R1 Chapter 04

Chapter 04a522be09fb182e3d

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W-what?! Already?5e328fcedf68c0ab

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Is it even 902f77ee9e possible for skill 2346e8d7f2 levels to go c81b2d3091 up this easily? The system was 3e2a432118 oddly generous today.28b52303b735354f

Not that I’m complaining…570ee090c434fb28

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After a brief moment 8a3ee9d29a of shock, I quickly 8925b27688 tested out my Appraisal 7d93832142 skill.2afd445dd8ac24e6

Wow. That’s a really basic name.87efc8d4271cb060

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You can eat the da0262f83a seeds too, huh?443f2309dbd9a29c

Seems like leveling d14c68c83f up really is 6e1a63c832 beneficial.f4e0f5d77fff9edc

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Before, it only gave me 78efaa6a40 obvious facts, but with the d1ac246822 upgraded skill level, the descriptions ca640572e6 became much more detailed. Now it finally feels like bce9b3800d a real skill.92fa20a6085e93d3

Then maybe the Gathering skill…dabc1e8184913b1c

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With a sense of 2825c71980 anticipation, I reached out 142c279254 my hand. And just as 3ba0bf9b5f I was about 3599eb4e50 to grab a 030214d5a3 fruit—a5b05d102f2ebd56

A system window popped up.699210ca92ce7cd0

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Whoosh!5b98c02367303293

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Not only did the 39a14f39cb fruit in front of 8da74e4b45 me fall, but so b822124f5c did the ones that 231a777879 were far too high 5388da4dea for me to even 1d4054f6a2 consider picking.a2cc34b7ef7b606e

Fruits detached themselves from 52bc09d429 the tree all at e9d25571da once, floating mid-air as 27907fa857 I stared at them, 67c2073f04 wide-eyed.2059f4699bc8f98f

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What the heck?!b0220a934abae910

I’d cleared the entire tree in an instant. The drastic improvement in my skill left me speechless.58856426cf792a73

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But… how am I supposed to carry all this…?dbdc7a3e1ef94dcf

Huh? Inventory? I have that?40659a7ac67a8a9d

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Now that I think about it, I did awaken, so it makes sense I’d have access to an inventory.883a2500db761362

But as someone who’s practically a civilian, it wasn’t a feature I’d even thought about using.69a0c53b1e911d67

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With a mix of curiosity and excitement, I pressed “Yes.”675234d68ca3047b

The fruits glowed brightly before vanishing on their own. The bucket I’d been holding suddenly felt pointless.0a0b5f11cd7c1902

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I summoned my ac0d166756 inventory and dumped d9cab820a8 the fruits from 09a748ae95 the bucket into 4c6cb6225e it as well.8fd8eca05ae9c130

On one side of the inventory’s neat grid, I could see the stored fruits.3ef1bf30f10f2226

On top of that, this space didn’t have the concept of time passing. I didn’t need to worry about the fruits spoiling before I could eat them.17a02a7cdeaed7ca

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Wow. Awakening is amazing.ec1e474900f95512

My confidence soared.f259490113f73dbe

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With light steps, I headed toward the river. According to the beginner’s map, a stream flowed not far from the cabin.07e9f5bde3d868f7

Squeak, squeak!b70ef50a97e00c87

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Squatting by the water, I washed a few fruits I’d taken from my inventory.ebaf9bdf9bf541c6

Crunch.I bit into a sweet de380e983d purple fruit and then popped 87156aace4 a red fruit into my 06f1044b2a mouth right after.0f91d33f0682ea86

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The sweetness balanced out 0ecc57e1c1 the bitterness of the 16767eb640 red fruit.29593dbcc22e7cc7

The effect of the red 2563a8a733 fruits was incredible.35d487466d21a005

How could my 78104bf97c stats go up 9828c8421a so easily without 7ca291be87 any training?82267f52a3c2ed9b

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Fascinated, I finished off all acddc6bdac the red fruits I had 0f989fc79b gathered.854fb526afc71569

A whole 15 points, 7a0d968000 just like that.b8e54f2e3d3b9a91

So… just how strong am I now?675eee87799f39f7

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I used to have zero muscle strength. To test it out, I took the wooden bucket I’d brought, dipped it into the river, and filled it to the brim with water.6c5039369e5baeda

Then, whoosh—I lifted it high above the water’s surface.af3a84ac14200686

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It should have been heavy. The bucket wasn’t particularly small, and it was even filled with water.523037d6fb56ebc6

“Wow.”4ee5eb380994c285

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But it wasn’t heavy at all.6bd34f9a7068fab6

No, it was light. I could easily 813862eb1f lift it with 9b1b686bea one hand.037848cc77f27480

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So this is 0675d9485e what it feels 08ac5ed011 like for stats 38736359eb to increase.5fba3072cf4079fd

I wasn’t the same person who’d groaned for days from muscle soreness after swapping out a water jug on the office cooler.6e63b3109e79324d

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Carrying the full bucket, I 113779d667 casually strolled back to the d1d14613e5 cabin. It felt effortless.d3a591ef3e42b234

Thud.2311641d40862ec2

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I placed the bucket inside the cabin, then went to retrieve the blanket I had thrown out during last night’s cleanup.a3f12d96a99eed7e

Let’s see if this works too.1f879e6744c67609

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As I gripped one 4750dda591 end of the blanket 598bb19d7b and applied force, it bad89c4416 tore apart with a ae0dd9e9e0 ripping sound.4bf0790fd890f6a6

It really worked.6fee1ea890bf1bee

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I tore the fabric into 74aad4f28b a more usable size and 2c45606a26 headed back to the river. It seemed worth 11fd1a0984 washing and reusing.b4d948b46d5d02ff

Splash, splash!61efe510632c72ab

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With my strengthened b450ae89fb grip, I scrubbed 567a667bbe the fabric clean, 2a2c079b5a and the murky 307e602e76 water drained away 07b90d2d8e with satisfying ease.8fe92f9d68907ba9

The once grimy fabric was 6cdff939c8 starting to look much whiter.5ea0d82730bc3914

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The Appraisal skill was 3c1e5feedf activated unnecessarily while I 0d180ce8d4 was looking down at 415fb889e6 the cloth.97f0f5c8af9a0bc9

I worked so hard to clean it, but it still calls it a rag? That’s harsh.05f9a7afba9af97e

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Anyway, I figured the c2eb439b51 washing was good enough 3299fccbd5 for now.1ca21d20dc797d7a

I wrung the, uh, 1097816b62 fabric tightly and headed 50c3fd5ce8 back to the cabin.a4c55b03c6237e10

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It wasn’t much, just an extension of cleaning, I suppose.c5b451d7399c0956

I planned to reduce the cabin’s contamination level further since the broom alone wasn’t enough to drop it below 10%.a153437d993da74a

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I was curious—what would 05e30edea6 happen if I got e8d951593a the contamination level to 2399554b78 0%?7ad7a6de9621fd7e

Placing the wooden 6de690273b bucket filled with 45f1b3b915 water next to 688786cb36 me, I soaked 897abd7529 the fabric and 9c52a91bd7 scrubbed the cabin 705e4e63c3 floor hard.2083471d5f2033f5

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Maybe it was because my grip had improved, but the scrubbing felt entirely different. If I exaggerate just a little, I could see the floor’s color change right before my eyes.8ae0b4797c59dad2

When the fabric got fe64988b8f too dirty, I rinsed 690ccc6e28 it in the water, 428aeb22d7 scrubbed again, rinsed, and 3783139113 repeated the process.db4bd4ddead6cfc0

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It didn’t take long.94b6fe294e16fb96

The cabin was e451b35f16 small, after all. Bit by bit, the 2fbe6d9316 floor became cleaner.e51098d3ab1b7b29

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“Hah… hah… Huh? A ladder all of a sudden…?”a82f89702659eec5

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As I panted from 001bcdf858 scrubbing so hard, a fd59a1e28a reward notification popped up.3f9c95eab482c0fb

Wait, since when is a ladder considered furniture? The description couldn’t have been more blatant.2e350ae0acdc77f4

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Now, only 5% contamination remained.c473e8c4843fdaf9

It seemed like I’d have to clean the walls and ceiling to reduce the rest.a90bdc8fea3caefb

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I tilted my 23afd39c43 head back and e8a45448c8 looked up at a2438cbd88 the ceiling.faac276be717ceb7

There were dark stains here a6fcda4be7 and there, almost like mold.883cc28cf4399a32

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Ugh. Well, what can you do? If the system wants me to clean, I’ll clean.39baecafe4cfee85

If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the past two days, it’s that rewards come when you follow the system’s guidance.12252e2aec527660

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I stood up abruptly, b4e213fd10 climbed the ladder, and c1117493b7 started scrubbing the ceiling.ced3a2e23be355d1

Squeak, squeak.I worked hard on b4d242b8bf every inch of the 4f2b28ccdc ceiling.69adf54002053f31

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And just as the sun a86c3c7d75 was setting—caace7d5a5afc4a2

Gasp. I stared at 58930a6489 the cheerful message 864bed1ec5 that popped up.cb8e52b2f65e97b3

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The cabin expanded.3090ccced9a7a9ed

With a poof, smoke 9e684e2381 filled the air, and ed286c22e5 in the blink of 1d98d81128 an eye, the cabin 5b27c7540a transformed.b096df2ba122ece3

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It became significantly larger.31d9fe78d7e665b4

Amazing?! The interior changes based on the rank? Is that… a door?1f7687ce6998a54e

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Questions swirled in my mind. But the biggest question of all…561a9d8e9091d8e7

Why does the 05406e41f5 expanded section look 7ea8c3fc42 filthy?f7c17de458a967cd

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Excuse me?4ee0dd6fcbd3f691

I worked so hard 5ab9274f7d to clean, and now 488b1b6ff5 this?!b0650a1f2546a21f

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A new useless skill 815e40a5db was given at the e5d23af5ad same time.bb849c357764df53

A bar of soap suddenly 16c4b496c6 dropped from the air.c072af2b8346f828

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“……”70737b68cd017059

This is… useful, but I hate it.efb9f9dfefcf983e

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It’s practical, but I don’t like it.2813cf14a736b0c4

If this was 6a24326dc8 going to happen, 5dc0686919 why did the f8cf6bc0a2 cabin even expand?7a282e6b835aa740

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Huh?2959f68c5c7ca016

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Wait, this is actually… really good?03bf4193acc0d517

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After the overwhelming rewards, 540e3e99d7 I slowly looked around.0138affb61712b72

The parts of the cabin I had cleaned remained spotless, but the newly expanded areas were just as filthy as the cabin’s original state.b14a54dafeafdb11

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It almost seemed like I 5cb28e297b was brought into this subspace c0d31174b8 just to clean.6f5eb18304ba4a65

But with the rewards that followed, I’d long forgotten about the dirty spaces.62458292c8798ae1

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Bathroom? A bathroom…!4e76a05dcd1ca385

Clutching the soap I’d just received, I eagerly opened the nearby door.d70e858e83faa0db

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It was indeed a bathroom.f671dd7a95fd7ecf

There was even a cf6cd42379 toilet and a sink! A perfectly normal bathroom! It was small, but 065c2a8926 it had everything I 3c23d3ebc5 needed.44947e25eb17c2a5

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I was slightly moved.f22502027bd180a4

I’d been wanting to use the bathroom for a while now. I even considered going in the nearby bushes, but had been hesitating, thinking ‘just a little longer, just a little longer’!df26dbd5cf09841b

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At least the system had e0b875b3e7 some decency, as the bathroom 0e6e6b1df8 was relatively clean.1358a25990ac1c40

Whoosh! The toilet flushed perfectly, and the sink’s faucet gushed water.f89ed5678134cfb4

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Satisfied, I stepped 526f0a7b2f out of the d269ee1412 bathroom.a32535d8cd3c99c1

Now, the next destination—the kitchen.af303d72184be810

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This place is seriously filthy.7ff76f89c82b0776

No wonder the bathroom was so clean…7f65fcb7ecd3fe52

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Soot marks covered 5fe8177781 various surfaces, dust 7c9eeeabde piled up everywhere, abd1bccc23 and the rusty e3a2b8baf6 faucet dripped water.37f58a96e849e32b

The stove was coated 458d46ad65 in grease, but at 6d020fd0a7 least it worked.3d793d7f6f306329

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I had no idea how 738e54cb4a a gas stove existed in a6f7670002 this subspace, but I gave 33c763ea3a up trying to understand it 1bbe903015 a long time ago.3404fabd0962cf17

At this point, what wouldn’t this strange space have?dc32d07cd4a4dbf4

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“Well. Cleaning? Bring it on.”69c907bd56880e75

I rolled up my sleeves db94493a06 and grabbed the rag and 8050e3a293 broom in my hands.1397b06ce2e7735e

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As I fought c3bc2a7e39 against the layers 292ce136ae of grease with 209c071ebe all my might, 15b969be72 the rewards kept 6d830cef82 rolling in.8076ad2cdd2618ee

Maybe it was because the cabin’s rank had increased, or perhaps it was just that kitchen-related items were being handed out because I was cleaning the kitchen?90d45d011f65d5f4

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Either way, it 117dea7737 was a relief. The useful rewards gave me 1733984672 the energy to keep going.16ffcb3022500b1e

I burned out completely…323f819eca30598d

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The kitchen was finally d3c87f5bcd spotless by the time 812ba04126 the pitch-black night had d1f96d9031 settled in.2ef1fef288aa1178

An entire day had flown 636a759279 by in an instant.1f2298f38f66d94a

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I collapsed onto a 687ef8e960 chair, trembling hands caressing 8893dec9b9 the newly received reward.d7a3a93ff45a7de6

This time, it was a be5b73cbec rice cooker.a5091fca9eb6f69b

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Wow~ This is amazing~. I mean, except for the fact that I don’t even have rice.21e73397d7f569a8

Damn it. For all the effort I put in, this doesn’t seem like much of a reward!2c05e7f2b520f780

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With the sudden f34652794d appearance of such e34475533f a random reward, ef2a76c380 I let out 7a307e5740 a dead-eyed sigh 2ea4ae5e60 and rested my 4cd3d2793f head on the 17c52b3f98 table.90b8500489fe8a01

I’m happy, but not really. It feels like my pure, passionate drive to clean has been soiled somehow…e95ee2b9582c608b

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As I lay 9661631e44 slumped forward, a 9245705a07 system window popped 1ea5e8ffc6 up in front 72305f1f14 of my face.c9ca5e1b74b68458

A quest related ee38ea6cb6 to the rice 6b891c8a25 cooker had appeared.b75eaf2652a7557e

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Oh. So it wasn’t entirely a useless reward after all.80bc557c8c8b0e9d

Wait, but there’s rice here? Does that even make sense? No matter how you look at it, this place is so absurdly random.6b768775670d78ef

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Still, there was no 4dc8d71eab reason to reject the da94e48691 quest. Rice? Yes, please.316be6c8929e5020

I immediately accepted the quest and opened the basic map to locate the destination. It didn’t seem too far away.ec40dfa368bb94b0

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It was deeper 3ceb9d012f into the forest, 386815e523 past where I ebb4bae0e8 was now. It looked like f344d128d2 a short trip.be6763387513ec81

That is, tomorrow.2206293a472b8024

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I’ll go tomorrow.05b12a33c271b9f9

With that decision, I threw b1f48d6c24 the rag I was holding 8a20776dcb straight into the sink.39ceaca5da6030e7

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I can’t. Not anymore. My head shook on its own.132a2924632e7b84

Dragging my feet to the c1382b8b1f bathroom, I washed myself with b4141285ee the soap I had received ed43425ff4 earlier. I even washed 3b0e387d27 my socks and 764a6439df underwear, hanging them b1605f6fc5 to dry by 4039290b52 the bedside.892fff5be627728b

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Then I collapsed onto the 8982cc6e2e bed.f4ba83931657472d

I’m going to pass out…!15d23c0dabba7d59

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I really spent the entire day just cleaning. My arms hurt, and I was so exhausted I couldn’t hold on any longer.bac45fe33e0052b5

The fruit I ate f27fef7a43 may have increased my a092675da9 strength, but not my acfac107d2 stamina. As soon as my 74434a4115 head hit the bed, ab07c5cec9 I fell asleep.f528e3b57b6c9297

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The next day arrived.ea75e47e98804c69

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“Wow. This kind of thing actually exists.”26c1cef8ac9ad7ef

I followed the map 36b86eb399 and reached the quest 87d380324a location—there was actual rice.3318e71ce468c6fd

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It was a 52a3545cea neat and well-maintained a374a83639 rice field, as 73dac4ce2e if someone had 6308b3ff9b been farming it. The golden stalks of cce3af384d rice were plump and 80aea37729 bowed under their own f083d67ff6 weight, densely packed throughout d5b0aead99 the area.dcbc6cf304db857d

And—ba003b10a401cfdc

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“Cluck?”7264cb0111f43bf9

W-what should I do about 46bf8376a7 this?646af69becb61b67

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Where there’s grain, there are always visitors coming to eat it.265c5d6b3f020c8f

But what if ad5b234d0c those visitors are 7076abe7c3 monsters?ecee94459fd2c9fc

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At the sudden appearance de1a09ccfc of the chicken, my 5d0722432f body froze.fe909f715449094a

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“Cluck?”61bf72869661627e

The chicken tilted its head 8e98bddbc1 this way and that, looking 533118a162 straight at me.1fde2a27743b057c

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Excuse me? Why is a chicken SS-rank?! This isn’t even a rank that exists in this world!53bca02ba2c5d540

“Cluck-cluck-COO!”8d89a7a6c42690e8

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“Ahhh!”f2098d477a9a0142

The chicken launched itself at ef7f341eee me.fe9ba99f54ce207c

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Am I really about to 46fc95c4cb die here, after all that e28a5b9dd0 cleaning, from a chicken?!ee2621c4d3c72953

Seriously?!e2ad23f97ba3ef83

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