With her spirits at absolute rock bottom, Rice Shower slowly made her way to the cafeteria entrance.
Just as she had expected, the place was already nearly empty.
Half the lights had been turned off. Every horse girl she saw was coming out after finishing dinner; Rice Shower was the only one still going in. Even the cafeteria ladies were starting to get off work, and the whole place looked ready to close.
The dishes Rice Shower liked were definitely gone by now. If her luck was especially bad, she might not even get anything to eat at all.
That had originally been exactly what the God of Misfortune intended.
But now her energy had been completely exhausted, and she was no longer able to stir up trouble.
Which meant that tonight, Rice Shower was guaranteed to have food to eat.
And not just food—there would even be dishes she liked.
The God of Misfortune gnashed her teeth.
"God of Fortune! Damn you!"
But after her burst of rage, she found herself sincerely impressed by Tang Han.
What he had done just now really had shaken her a little. She had never met anyone like him before—someone who would ignore his own pain, curl himself up like a wheel, and roll forward anyway. His resolve far surpassed that of ordinary people.
Even if he was an enemy, he was an opponent worthy of respect.
Thankfully, in the end, she had still been one step ahead. Otherwise Tang Han would have succeeded.
At this point, the God of Misfortune believed Tang Han had only one possible move left: take off the Doctor's Outfit and use his S-rank horse-mint constitution to attract Rice Shower's attention.
But exposing that horse-mint constitution was no different from suicide. Sure, it would catch Rice Shower's eye—but it would also catch the attention of every other horse girl nearby. He would be marked instantly, and his future would be pitch black.
It would amount to trading his own life for one chance to grievously wound her!
And if Tang Han actually did that, then the God of Misfortune would be willing to say that, among everyone who had ever fought her, none surpassed Tang Han in sheer resolve.
She, the God of Misfortune, would acknowledge Tang Han as the strongest.
"So then... will you do it? Or do you have some other method?"
While the God of Misfortune delighted in imagining the battle that might still come, Rice Shower was lost in sadness.
But what saddened her was not whether she would be able to eat dinner.
It was something else.
"I hope my answer didn't trouble that student..."
Even now, Rice Shower was still thinking about the question that unknown horse girl had asked her earlier.
More than herself, Rice Shower always cared about other people.
The thought that her answer might have caused trouble for someone else made her feel even worse.
"Rice Shower really is useless..."
Her eyes grew damp.
Mood down...
Well, it was already at rock bottom.
Then her motivation stayed at rock bottom too.
Just as Rice Shower was about to enter the cafeteria, a small pink-haired horse girl came bouncing over.
"Mi-mi~!"
The pink-haired girl beamed brightly and greeted Rice Shower with enthusiasm.
"Huh? Urara-chan."
The one who had come was none other than little angel Haru Urara.
The moment Rice Shower saw Urara's smile, she instantly felt much better.
(Mood improved.)
Meanwhile, the God of Misfortune looked at Urara with obvious disgust.
She hated this pink horse girl.
Among all the horse girls, Haru Urara was one of the few who knew perfectly well that getting close to Rice Shower would invite bad luck—and still chose to run up to her anyway.
She was always cheerful, always sunny. Her smile alone could make other people happy. Even unlucky Rice Shower could be healed by it.
Even if Rice Shower absentmindedly mixed up salt and sugar and made salty cookies for Urara, even if crossing the street with Rice Shower always happened to result in a red light, even if training with Rice Shower meant getting caught in a sudden downpour...
Urara would still happily praise her.
She would say that salty cookies sounded perfect after training, that the red light was great because they were tired and could rest a little, that the rain turning the field into a swimming pool made everything more fun.
It was all to stop Rice Shower from feeling guilty and miserable over causing bad luck to others.
It was because of Urara that the God of Misfortune's energy collection had always been so painfully slow.
The God of Misfortune hissed,
"Urara! Damn you too!"
She already disliked her normally, but now she found her even more repulsive, because for some reason, Urara's aura at this moment carried almost the same feeling as the God of Fortune she had just clashed with.
If the God of Misfortune still had even a little power left, she would absolutely have made Urara trip right here and added a few more bandages to her collection.
"Urara-chan, are you here to eat too?" Rice Shower asked with a small smile.
Urara-chan's smile really was so healing. It made all the upsetting things in the world feel like they had vanished.
"Nope."
Urara shook her head and patted her stomach.
"I already ate, and I'm suuuper full."
"Then why are you here, Urara-chan?"
"I came here specially to find Mi-mi!"
"Huh? Me?"
"That's right!"
Urara nodded excitedly.
"Mi-mi, I met this super amazing ninja trainer just now, and this is a gift from them for you~"
"A ninja trainer?"
Rice Shower looked puzzled.
She understood the word ninja. She understood the word trainer.
But put together...
What exactly was a ninja trainer?
A trainer who trained ninjas?
"Ta-da~!"
Urara pulled a small object out of her pocket.
It was a sachet, with a blue rose embroidered on it, giving off a faint floral fragrance.
The moment the God of Misfortune saw it, her face turned deathly pale.
That thing... that thing was...
The Lucky Sachet!
At last, she understood where that disgustingly pleasant aura around Urara had come from.
The Lucky Sachet had been on her all along!
But what the God of Misfortune could not understand was this:
Why was something belonging to the God of Fortune in the hands of a horse girl like Urara?
Sure, Urara was a little angel, but aside from receiving the equal blessings of the Three Goddesses like every other horse girl, she had never once been specially favored by any other divine being. She was just an ordinary horse girl.
"Wait... she just said this was a gift from some strange person for Rice Shower..."
The figure of Tang Han in his Doctor's Outfit suddenly appeared in the God of Misfortune's mind.
"No way...!"
"That's right!"
In the God of Misfortune's imagination, Tang Han's phantom suddenly started talking, and under her personal filter, his whole style became intensely JoJo-like.
Phantom Tang Han pointed at the God of Misfortune, and the world seemed to freeze as he launched into an explanation:
"By your logic, if I don't take off the Doctor's Outfit, I can't win. But if I do take it off, I can't survive."
"But too bad. I want both victory and survival!"
"Besides the desperate gamble of removing the Doctor's Outfit, I still have one simple, yet crucial strategy left!"
"That is... relying on companions!"
"Companions are the precious answer to misfortune! No matter how unlucky someone is, if they have others beside them, they'll have the courage to face hardship!"
"But you could never understand that, because a creature like you—one that feeds on the bad luck of others—could never grasp the power of friendship!"
"Even if I can't personally hand the Lucky Sachet to Rice Shower, I can have someone else deliver it for me!"
"This is the stand-in who carries the Lucky Sachet in my place—Urara!"
"Fate guided me to meet Urara, and she will now inherit my golden spirit and face you in my stead!"
"You used up all your curse energy on me—so what do you have left to stop Urara?!"
"The one who truly lost... is you!"
"Stop! WRYYYYY!"
The God of Misfortune let out a scream.
In order to stop Tang Han from reaching Rice Shower, she had already spent every last bit of curse energy she had.
She had no power left to prevent Urara from handing the Lucky Sachet to Rice Shower.
She really did not have a single drop left.
The God of Misfortune let out a pitiful,
"Oysters~"
"What a cute sachet~"
The moment Rice Shower saw it, she was instantly captivated.
It was delicate and lovely, the floral scent it gave off calmed the heart, and it even had her favorite blue rose embroidered on it.
Was this really a gift for her?
Rice Shower hesitated for a moment, then reached out to touch it.
As she drew closer and closer to the sachet, the God of Misfortune attached to her grew more and more frantic.
"No..."
"Don't come closer..."
"I'm meeting Somalia in Cairo! Stay away from me!"
The God of Misfortune's face was filled with despair.
But no matter how she screamed, she could not stop Rice Shower from touching the sachet.
The moment Rice Shower's fingers brushed it, a burst of golden light erupted forth and blinded the God of Misfortune.
"AAAAAAAH—!"
As though being seared by unbearable heat, her body began breaking apart at tremendous speed.
"Kono Dio da... Kono Dio da!"
"I'll come back for revenge!"
Leaving behind that final declaration, the God of Misfortune's split body dissolved into sand on the wind and vanished completely.
Holding the sachet in her hand, Rice Shower immediately felt much lighter all over.
"Thank you, Urara-chan... and thank you too, ninja Trainer..."
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