The Cursed Gamer, Book 2

298: The Moon Princess (4)

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Chapter 298: The Moon Princess (4)

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In the meantime Neji and Rumi were hugging each other, the girls in Neji's heaven were worried to death.

As they were in a different dimension entirely, they weren't affected by Madara's Infinite Tsukuyomi. However, the same couldn't be said for Tsunade who was in Konoha at the moment, so they were worried for her.

To make it worse, Neji had turned off the 'live broadcast' to Heaven at one point during his fight with the legendary Kaguya Ōtsutsuki who these girls only knew from folklore.

Neji had turned it off because he didn't wish for these girls to see anything unsightly. Unfortunately, he picked a very bad time—when Rumi shot her hair through his mana pathways—so the girls were more worried about his health than anything else.

After exchanging opinions amongst each other, they gathered in one spot as they were looking up at the ceiling of the castle they were in—with Temari soon starting to speak for everyone.

"Uh, miss heaven's voice? Can you hear me? Perhaps do you know what condition Neji is in at this moment?"

Temari spoke carefully, not sure if she should be disrespectful to the will of heaven. The will of heaven, that was none other than Neji's 'System AI'.

["Ahem."]

An ethereal voice—Sisty—cleared her throat.

["Yes, indeed, master Neji is alright. I can't disclose the current situation or broadcast the live footage, that wouldn't be right on my part, but trust me when I say that he is fine. I think he's never been better in a long while."]

At her last line, the girls paused for a moment. They exchanged glances and then tilted their heads.

"...I see."

A few of them soon muttered.

"...Good for him, then."

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Neji and Rumi hugged for almost an hour—as if they were stuck to each other. Most of the hour was spent in silence, though from time to time they started asking random questions about each other's time spent.

"...That's why I hate that guy. Sure, what he did was the right thing to do for himself and his people, but I just hate him so much." Rumi complained, groaning softly.

Rumi was sitting on top of a small hill on top of the moon, and Neji was on her lap as she hugged him from behind.

"Y'er current look kinda reminds me of him. Long hair, kimono robes, and even those blue eyes. Honestly, I am starting to–"

Rumi's voice paused in time as Neji's long hair fell off from his head. He used Magnet Release to manipulate the silver in his hair to cut his hair and give him a shorter hair-cut. It was a perfect hair-cut, quite similar to his old life—though this time it was much less spiky.

"...You don't have to try so hard, y'know." Rumi smiled and hugged him tighter. "But since you are doing so anyway, maybe lose that Kimono too?"

By the time she finished speaking, Neji's kimono clothes had already been exchanged with modernistic attire that were– dark yellow pants and a red long-sleeved shirt.

"....Neji, I wasn't talking about changing when I said 'lose your kimono'." Rumi whispered in his ears. "Did you perhaps grow denser in the last two months?"