"..."
Listening to Yan Huan's explanation, Tong Yingying froze on the spot, but a second later she couldn't help frowning as she asked,
"You knew all along that they had superpowers?"
"Yes, and unfortunately, the target of all their superpowers is . I've been trying to find a way to save myself this whole ti, which ans resolving the Modifiers they possess..."
"Even so, did you really have to use such a lewd thod? What kind of problem-solving approach is this?! Did they secretly use their superpowers to force you?"
If Yan Huan hadn't explained it himself, Tong Yingying would have thought so powerful being had trained him to be like this.
Hearing Tong Yingying question his thods, Yan Huan revealed a helpless expression.
Co on, Sister Tong.
The Battle Defeat CG made it perfectly clear. Your thod for resolving the Modifier wasn't much better, Sister Tong...
Did you really think you could solve everything with brute force?
In the end, you still completely failed...
Right now, the lives of everyone in Linn and An Le rested on Yan Huan's shoulders. He truly had no room left to talk about maintaining his integrity.
"Sister Tong, whether you believe it or not, I don't have ti to explain right now. You..."
"I believe you, but only half of it."
"Half?"
Yan Huan was slightly taken aback. A second later, he felt the tie acting as a blindfold over his eyes being gently removed.
The darkness gradually dispersed, and Tong Yingying's face ca into clear view.
She squatted in front of Yan Huan, biting her lip as she looked down at him. She slightly shifted her gaze away and asked,
"The second half of what you said... that your feelings for
are genuine, and that it's different from how you feel about them... is that true?"
"..."
Yan Huan opened his mouth and hesitated,
"...It's true, Sister Tong."
"Even though I'm a bit older than you?"
"Yeah."
That really didn't matter at all, did it?
After all, older won were the absolute best!
So declared "Little Yan Huan."
"Even though I have a few bad habits?"
Hearing this, Yan Huan's eyes widened as he shot back,
"Sister Tong, didn't you say you turned over a new leaf a long ti ago? You promised to quit all of them!"
"I'm in the process of quitting! Just tell , even so, is it still true?"
"...It's true."
"Then what if I have a slightly unpleasant fetish... sothing even more serious than what just happened... would it still be true?"
Looking at the suddenly coy Tong Yingying, Yan Huan looked as if he had swallowed a fly. He buried his face against the ground and replied with a muffled voice,
"...It doesn't seem quite as true anymore, Sister Tong."
"Damn you!"
Hearing that Yan Huan couldn't hold back anymore, Tong Yingying imdiately grew anxious.
But Sister Tong, don't rush it just yet!
[1:40]
Watching the countdown rapidly approaching its end, Yan Huan imdiately raised his head and looked at Tong Yingying with utmost sincerity,
"Sister Tong, you... let
go. True or not, I'll prove it to you!"
"Huh? How are you going to prove it?"
Tong Yingying's face was full of confusion, but in truth, as she spoke, even she couldn't hold back.
The main issue was that she lacked Bai Yi's confidence. After a few exchanges, she herself couldn't understand why Yan Huan would want to be with her.
It couldn't possibly be for money, right?
Weren't those beautiful girls' families even wealthier?
Thinking about this, the burning rage she had felt after watching Yan Huan passionately kiss the others began to subside.
Her heart softened along with it, and she followed his request, untying the knot on Yan Huan's back.
"Rustle..."
The mont it was untied, the rope slipped off his body, causing his unbound strength to instantly surge out.
The next second, Yan Huan's pupils shrank, and he imdiately shot up, lunging at Tong Yingying.
"Hey, Yan—"
Tong Yingying hadn't expected Yan Huan to suddenly attack. In her astonishnt, she subconsciously resisted.
But the mont they clashed, an overwhelming burst of strength transferred over, making Tong Yingying glance at his palm in surprise.
"Thud!"
It was just this brief mont of hesitation. The next second, Tong Yingying was pinned to the ground, biting her lip as Yan Huan's shadow completely enveloped her face and body.
"Gulp..."
She swallowed a mouthful of saliva and raised her eyes to look at the figure in front of her.
She saw Yan Huan holding her outstretched hand with one hand, pressing it tightly against his own cheek.
"Eek!"
She had been full of energy when bullying Yan Huan earlier, but now that the tables were turned, the timid nature of an eternal virgin flared up once again.
She gasped in shock and frantically began to struggle, her knees squeezing tightly together to form a barrier in a desperate attempt to stop Yan Huan's advance.
"Is... is this how you prove if it's true or not?! You're clearly just getting revenge!"
But Yan Huan rely sighed. With a slight exertion of force, he forcefully pried her pressed knees apart.
With the back of her head pressed against the cold floor, Tong Yingying truly had nowhere left to retreat. She could only stare blankly as Yan Huan leaned closer and closer.
"I... I'm your boss!"
Yan Huan stared straight at her. At their closest point, their noses were less than a centiter apart.
His gaze seed to materialize, slowly smoothing out Tong Yingying's ruffled fur like she was an angry tiger.
Because of this, Tong Yingying's fierce-looking expression gradually lted into a flushed, nervous look.
It was as if Yan Huan's gaze was like fine wine, leaving her dizzy and intoxicated.
Only then did she realize that Yan Huan wanted to kiss her.
So, Tong Yingying slightly shifted her gaze away and complained in annoyance,
"Damn it, say sothing then, right now..."
Hearing this, Yan Huan knew that she had actually agreed.
Thus, he finally revealed a relaxed smile and whispered softly,
"Sister Tong, you really need to quit smoking."
"Huh?!"
Tong Yingying's face flushed red, and she fiercely snapped her gaze back to him.
"Smooch~"
But the very next second, her fierce eyes instantly widened...
Then, they gradually beca soft and dreamy.
"Mmph..."
Soon after, without even lasting a few seconds, she was completely sunk by the experienced Yan Huan.
Left with no choice, she simply went with the flow, inevitably raising her arms to embrace him.
Her fingers subconsciously clawed at the muscles on Yan Huan's back, leaving highly visible red marks across his wide back...
[Hosts kissed so far: Spencer, Sakuramiya Hitomi, Bai Yi, Ye Shiyu, Tong Yingying]
[Hosts yet to be kissed: None]
[Congratulations, you have completed the mission]
[Reward: Crab dicine x0.5]
[Please leave your current location and proceed to an open-air area to claim your reward]
"Ring, ring, ring~"
On the streets of Akihabara, Ye Shiyu and Bai Yi waited for news with grim expressions.
The mont he disappeared earlier, the two of them had imdiately gone to the police to check the surveillance caras at the entrance, wanting to see who had abducted Yan Huan.
But the culprit seed perfectly familiar with the route and skilled at evading surveillance. They only saw Yan Huan being instantly pulled backward before vanishing completely.
Throughout the entire footage, they never caught a glimpse of whoever made the move.
Left with no other options, the two could only wait for the police to search.
Right at that mont, Yan Huan's phone unexpectedly rang.
They looked down, and the caller ID on the Plane app call looked incredibly glaring:
"Sakuramiya"
"..."
The two exchanged a glance, and Ye Shiyu pressed the answer button with an expressionless face,
"Um... President, are you still not done shopping? I'm still at the cat cafe near the station, and I was planning to co look for you."
The mont she heard the voice from the other end, Ye Shiyu closed her eyes, completely unable to listen further.
Bai Yi even broke out in goosebumps, hastily hugging her arms and rubbing them.
There was no other reason—Sakuramiya Hitomi's voice was just too forced and cutesy.
"It's ."
Fortunately, Ye Shiyu still spoke up.
"Huh... a woman's voice? Wait! Ye Shiyu?! Why do you have the President's phone?!"
Sure enough, in the next second, the rarely seen cutesy-voiced Sakuramiya Hitomi instantly returned to normal, even breaking her voice in shock,
"Did you... did you use Hypnosis on the President again?!"
Ye Shiyu didn't answer, but Bai Yi leaned in and spoke up,
"I'm here too, Vice President Sakuramiya."
"Are you two... also in Akihabara?"
"..."
Just as expected, Xiao Huan also invited Sakuramiya Hitomi on a date!
Thinking about this, Ye Shiyu's expression beca increasingly ugly.
Speaking of which, her possessiveness was actually the strongest among them.
Especially since she had just been imrsed in the joy of being kissed by Xiao Huan, and now she felt as if she had plunged into an icy cavern.
That jarring contrast of going from heaven to hell in an instant caused Ye Shiyu's emotions to fluctuate violently for the first ti ever.
To put it plainly:
Her defenses were completely broken.
Xiao Huan...
I really need to properly...
"So, Vice President Sakuramiya, Yan Huan kissed you just now too, right?"
"Eh? How did you... wait, what do you an 'too'?"
"..."
Bai Yi didn't say anything more. She just clenched her fists in anger, looking as if she were ntally scolding Yan Huan for multi-timing them.
"...Where are you two right now? I'm coming to find you!"
On the other end, Sakuramiya Hitomi reached an instant understanding, causing her voice to turn dangerously deep.
"We're currently near the Washington Hotel..."
Bai Yi glanced at her surroundings and replied.
And as soon as she learned their location, Sakuramiya Hitomi hung up the phone.
Clearly, she was in a massive hurry.
Ye Shiyu and Bai Yi exchanged a glance and could only stay where they were to wait for her.
However, not even a minute later, Sakuramiya Hitomi called back.
"Hello, what's wrong?"
This ti, Bai Yi answered the phone.
And on the other end, Sakuramiya Hitomi's voice was heavily panting,
"No... I can't... You guys... co find ... It's too far... I'm going to die of exhaustion..."
"..."
Don't die on the phone!
Bai Yi was speechless and could only ask,
"So where are you now?"
"I'm... huff... at Pop Life. The green building... the place that sells adult products... They seem to be hosting a doujinshi event here, it's very easy to spot..."
"Alright, we're coming over now."
Left with no choice, Bai Yi and Ye Shiyu had to hurry over.
However, just as they started moving, Yan Huan's phone rang again.
They looked down and saw...
"Spencer?!"
Bai Yi pursed her lips and looked at Ye Shiyu.
And Ye Shiyu...
was already as cold as a vengeful ghost.
"Answer it," Ye Shiyu said flatly.
Bai Yi swallowed a mouthful of saliva and had no choice but to connect the call.
"Yan Huan, where are you right now? I've been waiting for so long, hurry up and co get ..."
The voice on the other end was incredibly sweet, completely unlike Spencer's usual tone.
At any rate, Bai Yi and Ye Shiyu had never heard Spencer speak like this before.
"..."
Ye Shiyu kept her eyes closed, remaining as motionless as one of her dolls.
But in reality, her hands were trembling uncontrollably.
Quick, get the ergency heart pills!
Bai Yi wasn't faring much better. She was already beginning to doubt her entire life.
But there was nothing they could do except speak up and give the other party their location.
No matter what, they had to regroup first!
Pop Life, commonly known as the "Little Green Building of Akihabara."
It had a total of six floors, all entirely dedicated to adult products. Today, the adult book section on the first floor was packed with people.
It seed that famous doujinshi artists in the industry had gathered here to promote their new books, host in-person fan events, and so on...
In short, it was incredibly bustling.
But that liveliness seed to belong solely to the fans. For the four beautiful girls standing at the edge of the crowd, looking at each other in dismay, it felt as gloomy as an endless downpour.
Sakuramiya Hitomi, tired from walking, sat on the nearby stone steps with her head covered in sweat. She pinched her chin, revealing a thoughtful expression,
"So you're saying, the President went behind everyone's backs and invited all of us to Akihabara for a date today?"
Ye Shiyu remained expressionless, but a hint of scarlet faintly flashed in her eyes.
"Yes... and everyone's original date locations and tis were separated. It's clear that it was intentional..."
Bai Yi puffed out her cheeks, trembling with anger.
"Scumbag!"
Spencer rubbed her chin, seemingly struggling to keep up with their train of thought.
But it seed to be a bit difficult, because soon enough, Sakuramiya Hitomi spoke up again.
Sakuramiya Hitomi frowned and shook her head in denial,
"...I actually feel like sothing isn't right."
"It's already this obvious, how could it not be right? Vice President Sakuramiya, aren't you too hopelessly lovestruck?"
Bai Yi scoffed, clearly still furious.
Ye Shiyu narrowed her eyes and didn't speak, simply waiting for Sakuramiya Hitomi to continue.
Hearing this, Sakuramiya Hitomi sighed and asked in return,
"Can you use your brain for a second, Bai Yi?"
"Huh?"
"Putting aside the fact that I've interacted with the President longer than any of you and I know he isn't that kind of person..."
Even though Sakuramiya Hitomi had nearly died of exhaustion from running, her mind was crystal clear. Unaffected by her emotions, she remained extrely calm.
"I'll just ask one question: Even if the President really was a scumbag trying to two-ti all of us, there's no way he would do it like this, right?
"A normal scumbag would want nothing more than to hide their mistresses away perfectly so they never ever cross paths.
"Yet the President did the exact opposite, having consecutive dates with four people in the sa area within such a short tifra. It would be a miracle if he wasn't exposed.
"Even if the President didn't know about our superpowers, he knows about all of our family backgrounds. How could he be so shalessly brazen?"
Hearing this, both Ye Shiyu and Bai Yi couldn't help but freeze.
Yeah...
Thinking about it carefully, this was truly very abnormal.
Ye Shiyu touched her chin, deep in thought.
"...That's true. Even taking Mother into consideration, Xiao Huan would absolutely never do sothing like this."
Bai Yi also pursed her lips and muttered,
"Yeah... Besides, Ye Shiyu and I just compared notes. Yan Huan had just finished kissing
in the police station, but the mont he walked out, it was as if he had split personalities, imdiately going to kiss Ye Shiyu..."
Sakuramiya Hitomi took a deep breath and reminded her,
"...Just get to the main point, leave out the kissing part."
"Tch, what happened happened..."
Bai Yi rolled her eyes at Sakuramiya Hitomi and mumbled.
"Split personalities..."
However, Sakuramiya Hitomi caught a hint from Bai Yi's remark.
"Do you think... this might have sothing to do with superpowers?"
"..."
The mont she said this, a brief silence fell over everyone.
Ye Shiyu, in particular, furrowed her brows tightly as if recalling sothing Yan Huan had once said.
"Xiao Huan did tell
sothing a bit... strange."
"Sothing strange?"
"Mhm... he said that whenever he gets close to , his body subconsciously feels nauseous. But the more nauseous he feels, the more... affection he ends up having for ?"
Bai Yi's mouth twitched stiffly as she comnted,
"Why does he sound like a masochist?"
"No, it's not masochism... This should be... so kind of chanism from mory Correction?"
Sakuramiya Hitomi instantly figured sothing out and speculated,
"The mories that were altered turn into a subconscious instinct buried within the body. And in order to enforce the correction over those mories, it inevitably overcompensates..."
Saying this, she looked at Ye Shiyu and drew an analogy,
"It's like... if the President's corrected mories contained disgust toward you, the mory Correction would generate a massive amount of affection to cover up and overwrite that disgust."
"..."
Ye Shiyu initially wanted to refute it, but upon careful thought, she realized that it was actually true.
Ever since the last ti she used physical Hypnosis on Xiao Huan, and after he fell into the Reality Barrier and returned to Tokyo, he had inexplicably gained affection for her.
While Sakuramiya Hitomi and Ye Shiyu were deep in thought, Bai Yi, standing to the side, seed to have realized sothing as well. Her eyes instantly lit up.
"Wait, if that's the case... doesn't that an Yan Huan truly likes ?!"
Sakuramiya Hitomi and Ye Shiyu snapped out of their contemplation and looked at Bai Yi with total disbelief, having no idea how she arrived at that conclusion.
However, Bai Yi certainly had her own reasoning.
"Hey, it's really true! Look... Vice President Sakuramiya, you activated your Reality Barrier; Ye Shiyu used Hypnosis on Yan Huan; and Spencer's superpower seems to be constantly active..."
Bai Yi counted on her fingers, growing more and more excited as she spoke,
"You all trigger mory Correction, but I don't! I haven't used mine, and even if I did, Yan Huan wouldn't notice, much less feel any disgust towards !
"Therefore, all the affection he has for you guys is just fabricated by mory Correction; but towards , it's true feelings—pure and genuine!"
Everyone was stunned. They just looked up and stared blankly at the suddenly ecstatic Bai Yi.
They watched her cover her mouth and giggle foolishly, spinning around on the spot while smoothing out her beautiful dress. She seed completely convinced of her conclusion.
Sakuramiya Hitomi looked blankly at Ye Shiyu beside her, while Ye Shiyu simply turned her head away, her gesture clearly aning:
'I don't know her.'
However, at this mont, Spencer—who had been standing at the edge the entire ti with a scrunched-up face as she struggled to think—finally raised her head and suddenly spoke up,
"Hold on..."
"What is it?"
"I'm just a bit confused... You guys keep trying to figure out Yan Huan's motives, who he likes, and stuff like that. But shouldn't we be considering whether he's safe and where he is right now?"
eting Spencer's sky-blue eyes, both Sakuramiya Hitomi and Ye Shiyu pursed their lips, completely speechless for a mont.
"Spencer, you..."
Sakuramiya Hitomi was just about to say, "You're right," but when she looked up at Spencer, she suddenly realized that right behind her...
Without anyone noticing, a girl with an ample chest, a face shadowed in darkness, and empty, hollow eyes was standing there.
She seed to have listened to the entire conversation.
Including the part where Yan Huan had kissed everyone except her.
And the part where Yan Huan was currently exhibiting a split personality because of the mory Correction caused by the Modifiers used on him.
In short, she appeared to have been standing there from the very beginning. Yet she hadn't said a single word, rely clenching her fists and staring blankly like a ghost at the girls before her.
"An... An... An... An..."
Sakuramiya Hitomi nearly choked on her own breath, while Ye Shiyu snapped her head around to look.
Instantly, she felt cold sweat break out all over her body.
She stumbled back a few steps, her eyes instantly flashing an eerie deep purple...
"An what? An... An Le?! Why... why are you in Akihabara too?!"
Over there, Bai Yi, having finished her foolish giggling, turned her head. The sight of the hollow-faced An Le gave her a massive scare, and she hurriedly stepped in front to shield Ye Shiyu.
This supposedly unbreakable, powerful alliance was actually showing faint signs of collapse before the sudden appearance of this normally soft and sweet girl.
"..."
But to their complete surprise, An Le rely withdrew her gaze slowly, turned around, and walked straight away.
Without speaking a word, and without a single superfluous movent, she simply turned and left.
"This..."
The remaining girls blinked and began looking at each other in dismay.
Could it be that she was considering the crowd, so she decided not to make a move in public?
None of them knew the real reason; they could only watch An Le's lonely back fade further and further away.
anwhile, An Le walked numbly to the roadside and reached out to hail a taxi.
"Miss, where are you head—"
"Sir... where is the highest place... in all of Tokyo?"
"The highest place? Ah, you must be a tourist. In that case, you should go to the Skytree. It's the tallest tower in the world, and there's an observation deck at 450 ters where you can..."
"The Skytree... take
to the Skytree..."
Hearing the hollow and monotone voice from the backseat, the driver paused slightly and glanced back.
He saw that the girl behind him was deathly pale, her eyes completely unfocused, and her entire body trembling violently.
She seed to be teetering on the absolute brink of utter rage and total breakdown.
"Smack!"
The next second, her eyes went wide as she slamd a thick stack of yen onto the partition separating the driver's seat, making the driver shudder.
"The Skytree, Sir..."
"Uh... okay, we'll head there right now."
The driver swallowed a mouthful of saliva, not daring to say another word. He just turned forward, started the car, and left Akihabara.
"So, are you finally going to explain things properly to
now? About those superpowers, everything you know, and the fact that you kissed everyone today!"
At a street corner in Akihabara, Tong Yingying wiped her lips. Her face was slightly flushed, but she still turned back and glared crossly at Yan Huan,
"Don't think this is over just because you kissed !"
"Okay, I promise you, Sister Tong. Just wait for
for a bit, give
a few minutes..."
Yan Huan nodded helplessly. But right now, the Crab dicine hadn't been obtained yet, so he truly felt uneasy in his heart.
'Give
the Crab dicine the mont I finish kissing!'
'What is this nonsense about finding an open-air area...'
"Crab dicine... Crab dicine..."
At that mont, standing on the bustling street bathed in the glaring afternoon sun, Yan Huan waited for a long ti but still hadn't received the prompt for the Crab dicine.
'Are they trying to cheat ?'
'If so, damn your whole fam—'
"Hum—"
Right at that instant, Yan Huan suddenly felt the sunlight in the sky turn blindingly bright.
He frowned and raised a hand to block the piercing rays, instinctively glancing up at the sky.
Upon looking, he abruptly realized that right in the middle of the cascading afternoon halos, a pink, illusory crab was baring its fangs and brandishing its claws right before his eyes.
The crab was only half-ford, perfectly overlapping with the sun in the sky.
That was...
The Crab dicine!!
Yan Huan's pupils shrank. Unable to suppress his inner excitent, he quickly raised his hand, aiming at the Crab dicine in the sky.
With a gentle pinch, the half Crab dicine—completely illusory and invisible to others—began to slowly solidify between his fingertips.
"..."
Yan Huan gave a light tug, pulling the Crab dicine down.
But the very mont he claid the Crab dicine, the previously bright, sunny, and cloudless sky was instantly covered by dense, dark clouds.
It was as if what he had taken away wasn't the Crab dicine, but the sun itself, or the good weather of the day.
"Rumble!!"
All of Tokyo was instantly swallowed by dark clouds, casting the densely populated land into an ominous gloom.
Lightning faintly flickered, resembling the low growl of a Dragon King.
Looking at the bizarre phenonon that had just manifested, Yan Huan swallowed a mouthful of saliva, sensing a faintly ominous premonition.
"BOOM!!"
Thunder was about to strike.
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