Chapter 54: The Savage Girl Named Nanako
"Savage girl!?"
Yui and Yukino both reacted with surprise when they heard that the little girl was a wild girl.
"This... really?"
Yukino looked at the little girl, who was half hiding behind Utaha.
"We even already gave her a name,"
Jun said this while explaining where the savage girl came from and tried to call her.
"Her name is Nanako..."
As soon as the name was mentioned, Utaha chuckled softly again.
She also helped name the little girl.
The savage girl was actually quite smart.
Even though she had just been named, she immediately realized that the strong man in front of her was calling her.
"Aww, so cute!"
Yui immediately jumped and touched the small cheeks of the wild girl, who was just staring at her, confused.
The sudden action scared Nanako. She quickly hid again behind Utaha.
"She can even be shy... This is too cute!"
Yui started playing tag with the wild girl in Kasumigaoka.
"Stay away!"
That's what crossed the mind of the wild girl.
She wasn't shy, but she was scared.
Everyone around her looked like "weird women" with equally strange uniform-like clothing.
Hopefully, this tribe doesn't eat people. The wild girl, Nanako, felt like the girl with dango-like round hair was looking at her as if she wanted to eat her.
That's scary!
Nanako kept running away from Yui.
"Nanako?"
Yukino watched Nanako continue to play tag.
From the looks on Utaha and Megumi's faces, she started to understand that the name wasn't chosen randomly.
"Nanako may look gentle and innocent, but she's actually quite wild. So I thought it was important to be careful."
Kato Jun pointed to Nanako's hand, which was still tied up with a vine.
"That might not be necessary, Katō-kun. She looks like she recognizes you as her leader,"
Yui suddenly stopped playing and said something.
Jun looked at Yui, surprised.
"How do you know that?"
"Even though I don't fully understand, I can sort of understand her body language and her 'Ula' sounds."
Yui could tell that the wild girl was upset.
"When did you learn that?"
Jun was even more puzzled.
But after looking at the status panel above Yui's head, he immediately understood.
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[Name: Yui Yuigahama
Hunger: 100/130 (Full)
Health: 150/150
Stamina: 120/120
Sanity: 150/150
Affinity: 79]
[Skill: Zoologist (Passive Skill)]
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It looks like Yui had already learned a new skill.
Who knows when that happened—maybe when they killed the giant bear last night.
Yui learned that skill after she built the wooden hut last night.
"Yukino, you said the bear finally collapsed after being attacked by giant bees, and then you and Yui stabbed it to finish it off, right?"
Yukino nodded slowly.
"Yes, but the one that really killed it... might be the bee stings."
"That's incredible,"
Jun said this while looking at the huge dead bee that Yukino had brought from the riverbank.
Although it was in bad shape, the sharp stinger on its tail looked like it would make a great arrowhead.
Kato Jun suddenly understood something and looked at Yukino seriously.
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[Name: Yukino Yukinoshita
Hunger: 180/210 (Full)
Health: 220/220
Stamina: 220/220
Sanity: 240/240
Affinity: 100
Urge to Urinate: 33]
[Skill 1: Skillful Hands (Passive Skill)]
[Skill 2: Unlocked – Activate?]
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Even "finishing" a kill was enough to activate a skill.
Kato Jun silently chose to activate Yukino's second skill.
[Skill 2: Healing (Uses Sanity)]
Yukino as a healer?
White angel Yukino?
Jun felt like he was pulling gacha every time he opened the girls' skill menus.
Unfortunately...
Yukino wasn't a big, sexy healer like in the games.
Jun even—secretly—measured her chest size yesterday.
Jun's direct gaze made Yukino uncomfortable.
Especially since he looked at her chest for a long time.
She gave Jun a silent warning by pinching his waist.
"What are you thinking about?"
"Ah, nothing... nothing at all..."
Jun quickly turned away to think about something more important.
Maybe Yui was right—the wild girl really could adapt.
Jun then untied the vine around Nanako's hand.
Curiosity made him look at the status panel above the girl's head.
Surprisingly, the status panel not only appeared—but also displayed her name.
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[Name: Nanako
Hunger: 10/190 (Full)
Health: 150/160
Stamina: 120/190
Sanity: 170/170
Affinity: 89]
[Special Talent: Learning (Passive Skill)]
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Do you have special talent? This was the first time Kato saw the term "talent" appear in a status panel.
Before, the savage girl didn't have any panels at all.
Could it have appeared after they gave her a name?
Or after Nanako agreed to join their group?
Who knows.
But now that Nanako had a status panel, that meant she could no longer be considered a savage girl.
From now on, your name is Nanako, Jun thought.
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"Jun-kun, what about the bear's body?"
While the others started to build a cabin to stay the night, one big problem remained: the giant bear's body.
Most of its body was underwater.
Even if it's cut up, it would be very hard to get the meat or its skin off.
It was getting dark.
Yukino started making dinner, Yui was still playing with Nanako, and the others were preparing food ingredients and washing "lamp" fruits that Jun picked from the big tree.
"I... might have a way."
Jun looked at his own status panel.
His third skill, which came from combining the golden gem stones, had never been tried.
But somehow, Jun had a strong feeling that this skill could solve the problem of the giant bear's corpse in a way that... might be a bit too fantasy-like.
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