Chapter 472

My Refrigerator Turned Into A Dungeon

Mail Order 1

"Hmm... Tomo. Today is the day I finally catch you."

Several days had passed since I got back from Kusatsu, but every time I contacted him, he brushed me off by saying it was inconvenient, and I still had not been able to meet Sugita Tomomichi.

So today, on the way home from chiropractic school, I stormed straight into the apartment where Tomo lived.

[Ding-dong]

"(knock knock knock) Howdy there, this is Muscle Delivery~!"

"Yes~. (click) J-Jung-shi!? Why!?"

"Fuhaha! Caught you, fool!"

The moment the door opened, I swiftly held the door firmly and grabbed that hand.

By the way, this is a trick used by shady types pretending to be delivery workers or gas and electricity staff, so until you can properly confirm who it is, never carelessly open the door.

"Y-you tricked me! Jung-shi!"

"Shut up, it is because you keep refusing to meet me. Hah, and just as I thought!"

And so Tomo, whom I had finally reunited with after a long time, had completely rebounded and gotten chubby.

…。

After forcing my way into the room like that, it was time for a lecture from me to Tomo.

"My friend, what happened to your promise to me? You promised you would properly keep up with the training menu."

"...Even if you say that~"

Because I wanted Tomo to become like me, I had seriously thought up a training menu and even instructed him to go into the dungeon.

"Pull yourself together. I do not want you to die over something stupid, which is why I even told you my secret..."

"……"

But while saying that, I also had a part of me that accepted this might be what happens when an otaku has low tolerance for rough situations and physical pain.

(So, well, that is why I decided to challenge the dungeon solo too...)

"Geez, do not get so mad, Jung-shi. ...Here, this is the summer new release. I even bought one for you too."

"Hm? I-I am sorry about that. ...Oh, this is a fine thing indeed."

That is right. Tomo might not have any guts, but he is a good guy who really cares about his friends like this.

"Duhuhu... See? I knew Jung-shi would say that."

"U... Uh-huh. On that point, your eyes are not wrong. I see, you must have had a hard time carrying it all, and you even bought mine too. Right, let me pay y—whoa!?"

Even though it was only one thin book, carrying a huge stack of them through the heat and standing in a long line was exhausting. Thinking of that struggle, I felt bad for him. So I took out my wallet and tried to pay him, but my elbow hit the luggage behind me and made it topple.

"Ah, sorry. Hm... a super-weight-loss drink? What is this?"

"Ah! It is fine, Jung-shi, that one~!!"

Among the things that had tumbled down from the pile of luggage, there was some unfamiliar health food.

""……""

Hmm, Tomo had gotten even fatter. Still, it seemed he had at least tried to do something about losing weight.

"Did this have any effect?"

"……"

When I asked that, he let his eyes wander and looked away. Well, if it had actually worked, he would not have gotten this fat from rebound.

"Hmm, Mucha Health Support Co., Ltd., huh. That is a name I have never even heard of."

"B-but! Net idol Naka-chan was doing the commercial, and she said it had amazing effects!!"

"I see. But that is just because she got paid and is saying it that way. Hmm... my friend, you are smarter than I am, so why are you so easy to deceive?"

"Ehh, but~..."

Even though he was good with electronics and a genius working at a major IT company.

"First of all. If it contains ingredients that have such amazing effects, there is no way major companies in the world would just leave it alone, right? There are countless pharmaceutical companies and food manufacturers in this world spending hundreds of millions on product development. And yet the fact that they do not even spare it a glance means exactly that, does it not??"

"...B-but still."

And if it causes such a huge change in the human body, then it is basically the same as medicine. In that case, there is no way it would not be regulated under the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law or something like that.

"There is no 'but' about it. If it is that hard for you to deal with hunger, then eat a bellyful of konnyaku. Konnyaku is this miracle food that was made by trying all kinds of things to force-feed a starch you cannot really eat, until it lost almost all of its nutrients."

"Eh~ but konnyaku is not really that tasty or anything..."

"That is why you do not eat it by itself, you use it to bulk things up. For example, a Sukiyaki-style konnyaku-loaded gyudon, or whatever, just try it. ...Wait. What is that too...?"

While we were talking about konnyaku like that, I noticed there was a strange planter in Tomo's room that had not been there before.

"An acrylic planter...? Tomo. You did not have a hobby like growing plants, did you?"

"Ah! Th-that is no good~!!"

Then, with surprisingly quick movement, Tomo stood up and secured the acrylic planter that had been placed on the shelf. But the paper that had been laid underneath it slipped down into my hands.

"Let me see... with this, even your dreams can come true? Artificial fairy cultivation kit??"

"Ah~! Y-you are not supposed to read that~!!"

(Hmm...)

Bad news. It seems that while we had not met for a while, my friend had gotten hooked on some suspicious mail-order goods.