Chapter 67 Explanation Of The Trading Rules
The man put his mother's body back into the [item box] and confirmed it with Tanabe.
"Hey, is it true that you discarded of Kurusu-kun's body?"
"...Yeah, that's right."
"In that case, there's no deal. I'll discard of it immediately too."
"W-Wait!"
"No, I won't wait. I hate being ordered around."
The man tried to leave. But Tanabe blocked his path.
"I'm sorry! Please wait! I'm begging you! Please spare only my mother... Please, I'll do anything!"
After looking down at Tanabe for a while, the man reluctantly spoke.
"...Hey, answer my question. Is Kurusu-kun's body there? Or is it not there?"
"It's there! It's there!"
"But how much total time it has been taken out of the item box? If it exceeds two hours, the revival probability with the elixir decreases rapidly, you know?"
"I haven't taken out much! I think it's only a little when I showed it to Ohashi-kun, and the total time is not even ten minutes!"
"...Hmm"
The man turned on his heel and returned to the room. He sat back down at the table and began tapping it with his fingertips.
Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap.
While looking at the empty space, the man repeated the same movement as if he were deep in thought. Just that simple action made Tanabe feel like something was pressing on him.
Tap... and the man stopped his fingers. There was a moment of silence. As the sound of his fingers bouncing off the table stopped, the ticking of the second hand from the wall clock entered Tanabe's ears.
Tick, tick, tick, tick...
"In the end, there is no deal. You lied to me from the beginning, and I can't trust you. If he can't be revived with the elixir, valuable items will go to waste."
"Please, please, please! That's right, I'll give you the elixir! So, there's no waste in using your elixir, right!?"
In response to Tanabe's confirmation, the man sighed in exasperation.
"I'm sorry, but when you propose something like that so easily, it only increases my distrust. Giving the elixir like this, it may seem like I'm lying, but I'm not."
"No, it's not true! I'm telling the truth! Please spare my mother, at least!"
"Huh? After taking advantage of a high school girl's vulnerability and making various demands, now you're trying to act like a good son?"
"Please don't say it like that. I may be rotten in some ways, but my mother, my mother is..."
"Oh, really? Then what do you think your mother, who knows about your actions, would think? Even if you make all these complicated requests to me, you yourself aren't the kind of person who can face your mother, are you?"
"Yes, yes, you are absolutely right. But, please spare my mother. She has suffered a lot, and I want to repay her in any way possible. Please!
"Oh, so your way of repaying is to ask high school girl for her used sanitary products and force her into physical relationships? That's quite a unique way of showing gratitude, isn't it?"
"Yes, that's right! I did make such requests out of desire. However, please spare my mother. She is the exception..."
"Listen carefully. I hate lies, so I haven't told a single lie today. Do you understand this so far?"
"Yes!"
"So, the rule of this deal is 'no lies from either side.' If I determine that you have lied, the deal will be terminated immediately. Understand?"
"Yes, I understand!"
"So, the rule of this deal is 'no lies from either side.' If I determine that you have lied, the deal will be terminated immediately. Understand?"
After saying that, the man pointed to the clock on the wall.
"The current time is 21:56, and your skills will likely recover around 22:00. I can see your skills, so I'll know the moment they recover. Is this okay?"
"Yes!"
"When your skills recover, immediately open the item box, and let's exchange items. Place both Kurusu-kun's corpse and the elixir on the table. Once confirmed, I'll do the same. Understand?"
"Understood!"
"No lies. If you try to outsmart me..."
"I won't! Absolutely trust me!"
The man remained silent. Silence fell again, and the ticking of the second hand filled the air.
At 21:59, Tanabe realized his skill had recovered—the next moment.
"Your skill is back, right? Show it."
With the opponent's words, it became clear that his skills were being observed.
Tanabe hastily opened the item box, retrieving Kurusu's lifeless body and the elixir from within.
"This! Please confirm!"
"Yes, I've appraised it. Without a doubt, it's Kurusu-kun's body and the elixir."
"Then, here!"
"There you go."
Placing the mother's body on the table with a thud, the man swapped Kurusu's body and the elixir into the item box.
Tanabe cradled his mother's lifeless form on the floor, opening the item box again to retrieve the elixir.
After a while, the elixir took effect, and his mother woke up.
"Mom! Are you okay?"
In response to Tanabe's call, the mother replied.
"Where is this?"
After a while, Tanabe's head became confused. For some reason, his mother had asked in English, "Where is this?"
"Ah, sorry about that. This isn't included in the deal, so I'll collect it."
The man touched the mother's body... and inserted his fingers around her shoulder.
"Nooo!"
"I'm sorry, but your was actually dead, so don't make a fuss like that. Here, let me use a potion on you."
The man used a potion on his mother's shoulder wound, and it healed. But more importantly...
His mother had transformed into a dirty-looking foreign man with white hair.
"Ah, I'll send this person off. I'll be back soon."
The man disappeared with the foreign man. After a while, he returned as promised.
"Eek."
"What is this? What's going on?"
"Well, this is a Ring of Illusion, an item from another world. You can use it even if you don't wear it on your finger, like I did earlier by embedding it in his body. And as the owner, I can specify the appearance. Convenient, right?"
The man explained to Tanabe while showing him the ring he held in his hand.
"By the way, the old man earlier was a homeless person who had an accident in a foreign country. Well, it's good that you were able to help him using a valuable elixir! So, how do you feel now? Can you proudly say that you're a good son who helps people? That kind of feeling, right?"
"Don't joke with me... You liar!"
"No, no, no, no! I only said 'in exchange for this,' I never said anything about being your mother. Don't compare me to a liar like you."
"Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up!"
"Well, don't say that. How about we make another deal?"
"Don't joke with me! Why you... and..."
Tanabe couldn't finish his sentence. It was because the man took something out of the item box again, which seemed to be the material for the deal.
"Now, is this real? Or is it fake? Which one do you think it is?"
The man with a smile showed it again—it was the corpse of Tanabe's mother.
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