Jaden and Erina regarded each other as their own people.
Or rather-
As family mbers they could rely on when things mattered.
That was why Jaden told Erina about encountering the Kure Clan the mont he returned.
And that was why Erina, after hearing about the Kure Clan, imdiately brought up The Wild Tiger-Takeshi Wakatsuki.
-My business is your business. Your business is my business.
Getting the two of them to say sothing like that out loud would have been impossible.
But the relationship existed regardless.
They had already accepted it in silence.
Jaden was calm.
Lazy.
And he hated unnecessary trouble.
Shinomiya had once offered him one-tenth of his assets just to get him involved in sothing botherso.
Jaden had refused without hesitation.
But when Koyo was involved-
He stepped in.
Simply because it could ease Erina's pressure, even a little.
As for Erina-
Outsiders saw her as arrogant.
In reality, she was awkward.
Guarded.
Carrying wounds she didn't show.
And Jaden was one of the very few people she could truly speak to without restraint.
That was the nature of their relationship.
So when Erina ntioned the commission, she explained everything in detail.
"The reason Toyo Electric is targeting both Totsuki and Koyo," Erina said, "is because Hayami Katsumasa plans to launch a competition."
"The Kengan Annihilation Tournant."
"The tournant will be limited to mbers of the Kengan Association," she continued. "And the final winner will beco the Chairman of the Kengan Association."
Jaden understood almost imdiately.
He was the type of person who liked to use indirect thods himself.
Putting himself in Hayami Katsumasa's position, the logic was obvious.
"So," Jaden said, "he plans to strike companies that qualify for Kengan matches before the tournant begins."
"Then use assets to recruit fighters."
"And make sure as many of his own people as possible enter the tournant, increasing his odds of winning."
"Right?"
"Exactly."
Erina nodded.
"Totsuki is already the leading enterprise in the culinary industry," she said. "And if I, the God Tongue, were to judge sothing as 'unpleasant,' a single word could destroy certain establishnts overnight."
"So Toyo Electric is probably planning to use my God Tongue to pressure more catering companies and pull them in as allies."
She raised three fingers.
"They're attacking from three directions."
"First, the Kengan match against Koyo."
"Second, the Kengan match against Totsuki in seven days."
"And third-during all of this-they sohow found a highly skilled chef who has been repeatedly challenging Totsuki to Shokugeki."
At that point, Erina smiled faintly.
"Before this, I had to guard against Toyo Electric suddenly initiating a Kengan match against Totsuki."
"I also had to deal with that chef who kept challenging us."
"And I suspected there was an insider leaking information."
"Honestly... I was overwheld."
She looked at Jaden.
"It's a good thing you helped shoulder so of that pressure."
"And if it's you, Jaden, I don't think the other Wild Tiger will be much of a problem either."
Jaden waved a hand dismissively.
"I can't do much about an insider," he said. "But about that chef who keeps challenging Totsuki-do you want to..."
He stopped there.
He was confident that if he challenged soone to a Shokugeki, he'd probably win.
But Totsuki was the leader of the culinary world.
Losing a Kengan match wasn't shaful.
A Shokugeki, however-
They wouldn't necessarily want his help.
And Erina's answer confird it.
"You don't need to step in for that," she said. "That Wild Tiger is still troubleso, so you should focus on preparing for the Kengan match and the Kure Clan situation."
"As for Shokugeki..."
Erina smiled.
"Totsuki is the culinary leader of this country, after all."
...
I really shouldn't have boasted...
Early the next morning, Erina stood there watching Gin Dojima lose a Shokugeki.
She blinked.
Her mind went blank.
The opposing chef-
Asahi Saiba-
Held his prize aloft.
Gin Dojima's chef's knife.
His expression smug.
Standing beside Senzaemon Nakiri, Erina sighed quietly.
Senzaemon noticed and smiled.
"Don't worry, Erina," he said. "The Shura will return tomorrow."
The Shura.
Hearing that na, an image surfaced in Erina's mind.
But this ti-
There was no flutter.
No disturbance.
She simply nodded.
If he's back, we'll win.
As for the feelings she once had toward his cooking-
They had all shifted elsewhere now.
Entirely.
To Jaden.
...
While Erina was dealing with Shokugeki at Totsuki early in the morning-
Jaden was woken up once again by the Sign-in System.
"Sign in..."
Jack Hanma's fusion percentage rose from forty percent to fifty percent.
Jaden tapped confirm.
[Sign-in Reward: Purity Enhancent Card]
"...Huh?"
Jaden froze.
After sitting up and reading the description, he understood.
This was an item used to increase bloodline potential.
It couldn't exceed the inherent limit.
In other words-
If you possessed a powerful bloodline but hadn't fully unlocked its potential, this card would excavate it.
It enhanced potential.
Not imdiate strength.
Unless you were sothing ridiculous like a Saiyan, where bloodline enhancent could directly cause explosive growth, this was mainly an investnt for the future.
Jaden used it imdiately.
As the card dissolved into light, a choice appeared.
"I actually have two bloodlines..."
The first-
Hanma Blood.
The second-
The bloodline Old Man Yugi had ntioned before.
But it wasn't called Tennozu Blood.
It was called-
Royal Blood.
Jaden didn't hesitate.
He chose Hanma Blood.
Compared to an unknown bloodline, enhancing the bloodline of a Hanma-an alien-level existence-was obviously more aningful.
He briefly wondered whether this would dilute the Royal Blood.
But once the enhancent completed, he understood.
To the System-
Bloodlines were like ga items.
After the enhancent, his body felt noticeably stronger.
Denser.
More resilient.
Beside Hanma Blood, the display now read:
(Pure-Blood Hanma - Potential Level: Yujiro Hanma)
And beside Royal Blood, it still read:
(Pure-Blood Royalty)
"...I can actually possess two pure bloodlines?"
"Did the System glitch my body or sothing?"
By all logic, purifying one should reduce the other.
-This made no sense.
Jaden thought for a mont.
Then shook his head.
He had already transmigrated.
Trying to apply logic here was pointless.
He wasn't a scientist.
What did he know about logic anyway?
"But now that my Hanma Blood has reached Yujiro's potential..."
"The strength in my limbs and the durability of my body have clearly increased."
He glanced at the calendar.
"Seven days..."
"No-six days until the fight with The Wild Tiger."
By then-
With his curses.
A fully fused Jack Hanma template.
And Hanma Blood at Yujiro's potential-
How exactly was The Wild Tiger supposed to beat him?
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