NEET Receives a Dating Sim Game Leveling System

- Chapter 52

So, should he deceive them by pretending that he had some type of power to predict the future, or that he possessed a special sense or instinct?

This seemed possible... But for an amateur like Seiji to deceive people with mystical powers like them required him to make sure his story was airtight.

So what exactly should he do?

Seiji continued to contemplate.

"You mentioned that you use a spell to locate the enemy's Spiritual Retainer—how exactly do you do it?" He inquired.

"I've set up a detection spell formation—as long as the Spirit-branded Retainer uses mystical powers within the detection area, the detection spell will automatically notify me."

"And then you'll inform Hitaka-san and order her to catch the culprit, but you're still too late on every instance... There's nobody else that can help you?"

Natsuya sighed.

"Of course I can ask my family for help, but unless I absolutely have to, I don't wish to do that."

"There seems to be a deep reason behind that..."

"Yes, I don't want to talk about it, so please don't inquire any further." Natsuya wore an uncomfortable expression as she averted her gaze.

"I'm not the type who lacks that much common sense." Seiji scratched his face. "Then, how about viewing it from a different angle—why don't you request the assistance of an ordinary person?"

"I just mentioned that ordinary people shouldn't be getting involved, right?" Natsuya looked confused as she furrowed her eyebrows: "Haruta-kun, was your attitude earlier simply faked?"

"Of course, I'm not talking about having a normal person fight a Spirit-branded Retainer or anything like that." Seiji waved his hand.

"I just want to say this: is it possible that they can support your detection formation, without catching the attention of the enemy's Spirit-branded Retainer, thus increasing the overall power of your detection spell... Is something like that possible?"

"Support..." Natsuya showed surprise at Seiji's idea before she mulled it over seriously.

Seiji wanted to drink some more tea but found that his cup was empty. He gestured to Hitaka, indicating his cup was empty and that he wanted her to pour him a refill, but she coldly ignored him.

'Ah, she doesn't like me all that much...' Seiji could only smile wryly inside his mind as he was forced to rise in order to hold the teapot. He then poured some additional tea for all three of them.

It took a minute for Natsuya to finish considering Seiji's idea.

"What you just said... is possible," she stated slowly. "I can create a talisman that will enable an ordinary person to increase the power of the detection spell, as long as it's placed on their body and they move around within the detection spell's range. However, its effectiveness is quite low, and many people are required in order to strengthen the detection spell significantly. I don't have that many people I can command... And even if I somehow managed to do so, making them walk around everywhere within the detection spell's range would be quite apparent, and the enemy's Spirit-branded Retainer might notice them."

Seiji smiled slightly as he listened attentively.

"A large amount of people that won't be noticed easily even if they're walking around on the street, right? What a coincidence! I just met a group of people yesterday that fits these criteria."

Natsuya Yoruhana blinked.

"Are you talking about the local mafia?"

"Of course I am. They're the leader of the local underground community; asking the local hoodlums that go about their business on the streets every day to do something insignificant like wearing a talisman should be quite simple for them to achieve."

"Will they be willing to help us? Normally speaking..."

"Normally speaking, they'd avoid a situation where even the police are remaining quiet about, right? But the Juumonji group is an exception! If it wasn't for the fact that they have more backbone than even the police, they wouldn't have even bothered inviting me over, nor would I have appeared in front of you like this."

Seiji extended his palms.

"They want to protect their own territory; even if they've realize that the enemy is something incomprehensible to them, they still want to know. As for their backbone and their so-called pride... Honestly, I don't understand it all that well, and perhaps looking at it from a different angle it's merely stubborn foolishness, but mafia like them really do exist! Their boss even kneeled to me and kowtowed when asking for information!

"So that's why I came to find you, and now that I know what's going on, I think that he won't refuse to help us when I give him the information that he's been seeking. Of course, he's a mafia boss, so perhaps he'll add in some extra conditions. If that's the case, you can just go ahead and have a discussion with him; I believe that you can come to an accordance with him."

Silence fell in the room as Natsuya began considering Seiji's proposal once again.

This time, she thought it over for a much shorter time.

"The mafia..." She sighed.

"Using the mafia's power... Honestly speaking, it's quite a shameful thing, but right now's not the time to be worrying about honor. The fact that my power is insufficient is indisputable. In order to compensate for my lack of power, I should set aside some of my pride as a Yin Yang Master."

"Milady..." Hitaka Shuho furrowed her brows before she viciously glared at Seiji, evidently blaming him for Natsuya's ignoble decision.

Natsuya turned and faced Seiji directly with a serious expression on her face.

"Your idea is excellent. You have my heart-felt thanks, Haruta-kun. I'm going to need to trouble you to talk to the leader of that Juumonji group once more, and request their assistance. If it's necessary, feel free to contact me if I'm needed to talk directly to their leader. I'll leave it up to you, then!"

Natsuya lowered her head towards Seiji.

"No need to be so polite with me, President Yoruhana." Seiji smiled before continuing: "It's nothing, really."