My System Always Wants to Force Me to Confess
Chapter 66: A Strange Increase in Skills

Chapter 66: Chapter 66: A Strange Increase in Skills

Shirakawa Sawahei and Tachibana Tomoku were walking side by side quite ordinarily.

The street was bustling with people, coming and going. However, what puzzled Shirakawa Sawahei was that Miss Tachibana didn’t stare at her toes while walking, unlike usual.

Although her expression was still slightly tense, it was clear that she was making a great effort to walk normally with Shirakawa Sawahei.

This simple act was quite significant for Tachibana Tomoku. Due to her personality flaws, she had never gone shopping purely with a friend, let alone a male friend like Shirakawa Sawahei.

Perhaps it was due to extensive practice and constant mental rehearsals, or maybe because she gave herself a crazy amount of mental encouragement, temporarily overcoming her fears. Today, Miss Tachibana was portraying the demeanor of a top-class beauty perfectly.

You can do it! Keep it up!

Tachibana Tomoku secretly clenched her small fist and gave herself some encouragement. Next to her, Shirakawa Sawahei felt a bit uneasy and asked with concern, "Tachibana, are you feeling unwell?"

"Ah, no... it’s nothing..." Tachibana quickly shook her head.

"That’s good. If you feel unwell, be sure to tell me."

Shirakawa Sawahei pointed ahead with a glance and continued, "We’re almost there."

"Hmm~"

Shirakawa Sawahei clearly didn’t realize that his way of shopping was the typical straight-man style. Heading directly to the destination as soon as they set out, without paying attention to anything along the way.

Shopping is supposed to emphasize the experience itself. Ending it quickly would certainly be quite annoying to girls.

If Tachibana Tomoku were a somewhat normal girl, she would definitely stop him from doing something so tactless.

Unfortunately, she wasn’t.

Having never experienced anything similar before, she completely accepted whatever Shirakawa Sawahei said, making it seem as if he was the one who initiated this outing.

"Miss, the target has appeared in Area B and is heading in the planned direction."

In the crowd, a seemingly ordinary middle-aged uncle whispered into a microphone.

"Area C is ready, we have the target in sight."

Asano Nazuki lay on the bed flipping through a magazine, casually saying, "Keep following, don’t let that guy find out."

"Hai! I understand!"

She stretched lazily, and on the big screen in front of her was the video footage from where Shirakawa Sawahei and Tachibana Tomoku were. The image was clear and stable; whoever was following them was clearly an old hand at it.

Well, even if it was my idea to check out Little Bai’s date situation, expecting Lord Kaori to personally follow him around? Heh, might as well go wash up and sleep.

I, Asano Nazuki, even if I were killed by that black-hearted woman, would never stalk someone like this by jumping down here!

Saying such things, Asano Nazuki apparently forgot about the time she stalked Shirakawa Sawahei and accidentally ran into underworld revenge.

"Observe carefully, see if any target female figures appear." Asano Nazuki added another instruction.

Just as she finished speaking, an urgent voice came from the other end: "Target subjects three and four appeared in Area C simultaneously, judging by this, they are likely to meet!"

Asano Nazuki’s spirits lifted.

Great timing!

"Stay close; I want to see them meet as soon as possible."

On the other side, Shirakawa Sawahei and Tachibana Tomoku unknowingly walked into a store named "IEvery."

This was a fairly large fashion store, also selling small items like scarves and hats. Having traveled here for quite some time, Shirakawa Sawahei hardly ever went shopping. When it came to brands or styles popular among young people here, he was pretty much clueless.

Fortunately, although Miss Tachibana was quite shy, she wasn’t a complete homebody. At least she would occasionally go out shopping with her family, had her own favorite stores and brands, and wasn’t in a situation of rotating just a few hoodies throughout the year.

This shop happened to be on Tachibana Tomoku’s recommended list.

Shirakawa Sawahei followed Tachibana around a bit and found that the store had well-designed clothing, and the prices weren’t exorbitantly high, which immediately won him over.

What is this? A conscientious store! I might consider buying clothes here next time.

Tachibana Tomoku picked up a black and white patterned scarf, looked at it, and then glanced at Shirakawa Sawahei’s face. Before Shirakawa Sawahei could react, her face turned red as she said, "Sh-Shirakawa..."

"Do you want to try it on?"

Only then did Shirakawa Sawahei remember that Tachibana was picking out a gift for him. He took the scarf and tried it a bit and said, "It’s nice."

He genuinely thought it was nice. After all, in Shirakawa Sawahei’s aesthetics, as long as it wasn’t offensively ugly, it was basically decent.

Practicality was the greatest advantage; that scarf seemed to have a bit of wool and was quite warm to wear.

Miss Tachibana looked at it for a while, then suddenly said softly, "It kind of looks like a panda..."

"..."

To associate a simple black-and-white patterned scarf with a panda, Miss, you wouldn’t happen to be a panda enthusiast, would you?

Seemingly dissatisfied, Tachibana put the scarf back and started looking at other items along the shelves.

Shirakawa Sawahei followed for a few steps and then casually glanced at a certain middle-aged man not far away. He seemed to be shopping with his daughter, and the family of three was laughing joyfully.

Was it his imagination? Something felt off.

He frowned, locked onto the target, and used his system permissions to analyze the suspicious man.

[Raid Candidate Target: Kinkishi Youda; Photography: lv3; Stealth: lv3; Acting: lv3; Brothel Mastery: lv4; Boasting: lv2; Raid Difficulty: Simple (can be raided with money);]

[Note: This target has low growth potential, it’s recommended for the host to think calmly]

Shirakawa Sawahei’s mind was racing with thoughts, he didn’t even know where to start with the ridicule.

Seriously, a brothel master? Others have skills like weapons mastery or one-handed sword proficiency, but you have a brothel mastery? What’s that about!

The legendary god of brothels? Aren’t you going to write some kind of guide to Neon Brothel Girls Ratings or something!

Boasting even had a level 2 rating; so it turns out boasting also depends on talent? Isn’t this something everyone can do!

What the hell am I calmly thinking about! I just wanted to see his background, why am I being advised to think calmly! As if I would consider him if he had high growth potential!

Tachibana Tomoku noticed that Shirakawa Sawahei seemed to be in a daze and curiously asked, "Shirakawa?"

He snapped back to reality and said, "Nothing, let’s keep walking."

Despite the suspicious middle-aged man having unsettling skill traits, from his other skills, Shirakawa Sawahei could see that he probably wasn’t a serious person.

No no, not right, just that brothel mastery alone shows he’s not a serious person, doesn’t it!

Could it be that there’s a camouflaged celebrity scandal target nearby, attracting all these paparazzi here?

Shirakawa Sawahei thought a bit and gradually used his body to shield Tachibana’s figure while unintentionally picking up the pace, as if about to leave the store.