HLnovel Chapter 425 Rabbit is actually a sadist
Chapter 425 Rabbit is actually a sadist
Su Tianqing felt that Xia Taotao's life trajectory was actually quite simple.
It's not even much different from my own life trajectory.
I eat a quick breakfast after getting up in the morning, then go to class if I have early classes; otherwise, I do some chores at home.
Xia Taotao's job is to edit videos and collect materials for spotting differences, while Xia Taotao works at home making handicraft orders. Everyone is working hard to earn tuition and living expenses.
When she doesn't have classes in the afternoon, Rabbit will go out shopping or continue fulfilling orders, depending on the situation.
Especially on weekends and holidays, if there are anime conventions or new merchandise releases, even socially awkward bunnies who stay at home will put on masks and hats to go shopping.
"How to develop an interest in magical girl merchandise..."
When asked this question, Xia Taotao, who was waiting at the courier station to fill out the parcel form, thought for a moment.
"Hmm... because the first toys I ever came into contact with were Red Snow and Lilac merchandise, and as soon as I touched them, I had the feeling of 'This is what I like!'"
"It was love at first sight."
"You could say that~" Xia Taotao scratched her ear shyly.
After leaving the courier station, Xia Taotao followed Su Tianqing and Nan Jiayu toward the nearby subway station.
The bunny girl wore sunglasses and a mask, with a baseball cap on her head, giving her the illusion of a mysterious paparazzi.
Looking at the rabbit in its case beside her, Su Tianqing chatted and laughed with it while pondering something in her mind—
Rabbit's most distinctive feature is her frequent flare-ups of social anxiety.
During a major episode, it can even escalate into social anxiety and cyberbullying, causing the art style to become extremely sloppy and the mental state to become very bizarre.
This is the first time I've ever seen such severe social anxiety symptoms. Rabbit must have gone through some kind of event to develop such severe social anxiety.
Let's find an opportunity to ask them properly, so as to lay a solid foundation for the subsequent Starry Night Shadow Project.
Su Tianqing thought to herself.
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"We have some amazing new merchandise releasing today!"
On the subway to Tianfu Square in Chengdu, Rabbit Girl excitedly showed the images on her phone screen to the cat and fox next to her.
Su Tianqing lay down on the catgirl, and the three little heads leaned close to the rabbit's phone screen to look at the teaser post published on the forum.
[Special Hero Edition ~ New Spring Arrivals]
"This merchandise is only available at the store in Tianfu Square. If we go now, we can catch the first batch of limited editions!"
"The Araceae starfish cotton doll set... and the snow globes of the entire Hyacinth Squad... these are all brand new products I've never seen before."
"Isn't this amazing? The Hero Association rarely releases such interesting merchandise; we absolutely have to get our hands on this limited edition today!"
The rabbit girl's eyes lit up, a stark contrast to her usual socially awkward demeanor.
"She doesn't seem socially awkward at all when it comes to magical girls," Su Tianqing thought to herself.
I had never discussed these topics in depth with Xia Taotao before; we only touched on the surface of our daily lives and didn't really understand much about her life.
After all, I didn't know her very well back then, and I often made conversations fall apart because I touched on her social anxiety. That's why I was so cautious.
"Secret Manual, you've really given this fox an extremely difficult task."
Su Tianqing mentally complained, while also having her familiar check the information provided by the secret manual again.
The intelligence and the mission were the same as always, except for a small line added to the mission reward section: "1000 Ancient Divine Stones".
What? The secret manual costs more?
No problem, no problem! It's just a Starry Shadow, leave it to me! I guarantee I'll give you a dazzling, sparkling Starry Shadow!
"TaoTao's information is very timely; this post was only published less than an hour ago."
Nan Jiayu spoke up, her cat tail swaying gently, hooking onto the fox's tail that was scratching her back.
The catgirl wasn't particularly interested in magical girl merchandise, but seeing the exquisite and beautiful photos of the items on the screen stirred something in her, and she curiously asked:
"Could it be that there's some kind of pre-sale channel? Or is the source of the information rather unique?"
"Well..."
The rabbit girl thought for a moment, as if organizing her thoughts.
"First, we need to obtain information from multiple channels, as information for the general public is often severely delayed."
"This requires leveraging the internet to build an intelligence network—for example, these chat groups for selling secondhand merchandise often feature previews of unreleased items, allowing you to get the latest firsthand information."
"And then..."
The source of the intelligence is indeed not something that can be explained in a few words.
— Su Tianqing sighed as she listened to Xia Taotao explain how she learned about these things.
"Tianfu Square Station has arrived. Please exit from the left-hand door."
"This way! It's faster this way!"
"Is this the store?"
"This is it! There's hardly anyone in line. We arrived just in time!"
Upon arriving at Tianfu Square, the three headed straight for the surrounding shops, where they happened to see shop assistants setting up promotional signs.
Under the surprised gaze of the store staff, the group lined up at the front of the queue and successfully obtained the first batch of limited edition new merchandise sets.
"Yay! Today was a super smooth day!"
Sitting in a private room at a dessert shop, Rabbit Girl excitedly showed off the dazzling array of merchandise in her travel bag, as happy as a child who had just received a new toy.
It is indeed a new toy.
Seeing the rabbit girl's joy overflowing in front of them, Su Tianqing and Nan Jiayu's mood also improved a lot.
"You really enjoy collecting merchandise, don't you?" Nan Jiayu teased with a smile.
"How much merchandise has Tao Tao collected? Has her house been filled with it?" Su Tianqing asked casually.
"what……"
When asked this question, Xia Taotao was visibly taken aback, instinctively glancing around before whispering to the two of them:
"The room is almost full, and now... I basically just display the merchandise in 'that room'."
"I see……"
The cat and fox immediately understood; what she was referring to was naturally the magical space most commonly used by magical girls.
"With so many items sitting at home, it would take a whole day just to take them out and play with them once," Nan Jiayu asked, puzzled.
"Xiaofeng also loves collecting souvenirs. She has a lot of them at home and in her cabinets, but some of them are just left there. Sometimes I feel like... it's a bit of a waste."
"It's hard to avoid this kind of thing. After all, if you collect too many items, it's really difficult to take them out and examine and play with each one individually."
Xia Taotao said helplessly.
Su Tianqing also agreed with the cat girl's idea.
After all, I feel that buying too much merchandise takes up a lot of space, and most of them are mass-produced industrial products. Apart from those truly limited edition items, most prize merchandise has little collectible value.
If Xia Taotao understands this principle clearly, why does she still spend so much time and money buying merchandise? Is it just to support her favorite magical girl?
But she liked way too many magical girls, which Su Tianqing couldn't quite understand.
"When I first came into contact with magical girls, it was during the time when Qiu Baiyang was fighting and holding on in Rongcheng."
"Back then... I would buy a lot of things every day and spend a lot of money on them."
Xia Taotao took a sip of her drink, shook her head with a wry smile, her rabbit ears drooping on her head, and sighed softly.
"I've practically made collecting merchandise my whole life. I even feel that only by collecting enough merchandise can my life have any meaning."
silence.
After a brief silence, Xia Taotao suddenly raised her head and looked earnestly at Su Tianqing and Nan Jiayu.
"However, it wasn't until I became a magical girl myself that I finally understood something."
"Jiayu, Tianqing."
"During my time as a magical girl, I finally heard the true thoughts from the depths of my heart."
"What I like is not the same smiles and poses that magical girls have printed on all sorts of things."
"What I truly love is their unknown side, their most secret and authentic side that only we can see!"
At this point, the bunny girl's face lit up with a lovesick expression, and the corners of her mouth curled into Cheshire Rabbit's signature crescent smile.
"Those extremely pleasant scenes brought to me by Tianqing and Xinyuehu are what I truly love."