"Ah, President! You're finally back!"
Monday, Ginza, Tokyo.
In the hotel lobby, Yurianna glared playfully at the handso young man waving and smiling at them. She imdiately ford her hand into a pistol shape and fired a barrage of imaginary shots at him.
Yan Huan dramatically pretended to be hit by her gunfire, throwing his head back against the sofa with a helpless smile.
"Yeah, I finally made it back alive..."
Yurianna sat down next to him, still relentlessly 'shooting' his corpse with her finger gun.
"Hmph, you and Vice President Sakuramiya definitely ditched us to go sowhere fun by yourselves!"
"Uh-huh, yeah, it was so fun I almost died."
Behind Yurianna, Ashley stood with her arms crossed. Looking at Yan Huan's half-dead appearance, she could not help but remark,
"Why does the President look like he just got released from prison? He's barely clinging to life."
Nearby, Yabashi Ki pushed up his gleaming glasses, speaking with an air of profound wisdom.
"On the contrary, I feel the President's life force is exceptionally vigorous right now. He looks exactly like the male lead in a galga who just unlocked the harem ending—absolutely euphoric."
"Hah, what kind of ridiculous analogy is that?"
Today was Monday, the second to last day of the School Trip. Tomorrow, everyone would gather at Haneda Airport to catch their flight back to Linn.
Why did Yan Huan have to return to the Far Moon Academy main group here?
Actually, to be precise, it was not the entire main group, just Class 1-A.
Since the entire first-year grade had their School Trip in the sa location this year, the hotels in Tokyo that normally partnered with Far Moon Academy did not have enough vacant rooms. Therefore, the classes had to be split up into different hotels.
For instance, right now, An Le was not here.
Yan Huan returned here mainly to handle the aftermath of yesterday's events.
On one hand, there was the incident of An Le blasting Tokyo with her tentacles last night. On the other hand, there was the fact that Yan Huan had frantically kissed several of them for the Crab dicine...
The forr was not difficult to resolve.
Now that Yan Huan and An Le were partners in cri, they could synchronize their stories at night and put on a double act during the day. It was guaranteed not to reveal a flaw.
'Why did everything turn out fine in the end last night?'
Because An Le took the initiative to stop.
'Why did An Le stop?'
Because Yan Huan was initially dragged away by Tong Yingying in Akihabara to handle an urgent matter. After returning, he could not find anyone and had lost his phone, so he had no choice but to wander around Akihabara looking for them.
During his wandering, he bumped into An Le.
Yan Huan noticed sothing was wrong with her condition, so he chatted with her extensively about the issues she faced with her parents, the problems with the Doujinshi Society, and so on...
Anyway, in the end, Yan Huan 'unintentionally' used their conversation to stop An Le from continuing to whip the other hosts like spinning tops with her tentacles.
It could only be said: do not underestimate the bond between childhood sweethearts!
The first issue was easy to resolve, but the second one was quite troubleso.
Although Yan Huan had planted the foreshadowing of mory Correction with Ye Shiyu before he left, it did not an the matter was completely over.
If it was mory Correction, it could not be that he was under mory Correction yesterday but suddenly cured today, right?
He still had to face the hosts he had kissed.
Even if Yan Huan played dumb and claid he completely forgot everything...
He firmly believed that the other hosts, with the exception of Spencer, would not let the matter rest so easily.
Therefore, Yan Huan had to quickly return to the main group to artificially separate the hosts, creating opportunities to explain things individually rather than facing a joint inquisition judging 'Scumbag Yan'.
Once he faced several hosts simultaneously, it ant Yan Huan had to completely unify his story and could not lie.
Do not forget, lies were utterly useless in front of Spencer, the human lie detector.
Besides, Yan Huan did not want to lie to her anyway.
"President, speaking of which, where is Vice President Sakuramiya?"
"She should still be in her apartnt. I was just about to contact her."
"Eh? I completely forgot, Vice President Sakuramiya is a local. We're the foreigners here..."
Yan Huan smiled slightly, but suddenly slapped his forehead, recalling sothing.
He had almost forgotten about it...
Today was Monday, aning he could perform his weekly drawing since it passed midnight last night!
Hanging out with An Le last night had been so pleasant that it gave him a sense of 'being too happy to think about the Modifier'.
Perhaps it was because the Modifier had not evolved this ti?
Originally, there were still many fragnts left behind in Kyoto, but because the Modifier disappeared and returned, Myau-chan speculated that those fragnts had likely vanished along with the Modifier's initial disappearance.
This broke Myau-chan's heart.
"Yurianna, how is your luck?"
While unfolding the illusory golden light screen in front of his eyes, Yan Huan looked at Yurianna beside him and asked.
"Hehe, my luck is great, President!"
Hearing this, Yurianna imdiately bead with an incredibly sunny smile and gave Yan Huan a thumbs up.
"Really?"
Yan Huan was half-believing, half-doubting, but he still raised his eyes to look at the illusory text before him, planning to siphon so of Yurianna's good luck to start his weekly drawing.
[Modifier Level: 6]
[Reward Pool Level: 6]
[Evolution Path: Demon Slot Machine]
"Buzz!"
Following a shift in Yan Huan's thoughts, countless golden streams of light slightly condensed, transforming into three glowing spheres.
[Reward Level: 6]
[Modifier Expansion: Where are the Magical Consumables?]
[Select this option to add a brand new type of reward to your future reward pool, and imdiately receive a random magical consumable.]
[Magical consumables have extrely powerful and entirely beneficial effects, but they can only be used once.]
[Reward Level: 6]
[Modifier Expansion: Attribute Fragnts Shop]
[Select this option to add a brand new function to your Modifier, and imdiately receive three random attribute fragnts.]
[The Attribute Fragnts Shop can help you refine the attribute fragnts you have already obtained, and you can earn more attribute fragnts by completing the tasks published within it.]
[Currently owned attribute fragnts: Fertility Fragnts
16, Fertility Attribute Points
2, Charm Fragnts
1, Intelligence Fragnts
1, Stamina Fragnts
2, Power Fragnts
3]
As Yan Huan read through, his pupils shrank slightly, and he stared dumbfounded at the last line.
Wait, how many Fertility Fragnts were there?
Sixteen?!
Where did so many co from?!
Myau-chan, get out here and explain this to !
Yan Huan blinked, subconsciously turning his head to question the chief culprit on his shoulder, forgetting that Yurianna was sitting beside him, smiling foolishly at him.
"What's wrong, President? Do you need
to help you pull gacha or buy lottery tickets?"
"...Not for now, thanks."
"Eh-eh?!"
Yan Huan helplessly retracted his gaze and looked over to his other shoulder, where Myau-chan was looking at him with an entirely innocent expression.
"No wonder. I was thinking about why the attribute fragnts had not dropped for
in so many weeks. Turns out you poured everything into fertility?!"
Seeing Yan Huan's darkened face and his impending outburst, it imdiately owed an explanation,
"Y-you listen to
explain, ow! You were the one who said earlier that if any more Fertility Fragnts dropped, I shouldn't display them!"
"But they couldn't all have been Fertility Fragnts, right?!"
"They were all Fertility Fragnts, ow!"
"??"
Yan Huan was slightly stunned and found himself unable to refute that for a mont.
He stroked his chin, his expression turning uncertain and alard.
"Hiss... It seems the Modifier is really doing
dirty."
"...Stop using the Modifier as a shield, ow!"
Watching Yan Huan sigh in mock distress, Myau-chan pushed at Yan Huan's cheek with its paw pads, attempting to awaken his conscience.
Naturally, Yan Huan was just joking.
He then looked at the next reward option.
[Reward Level: 6]
[Modifier Expansion: Where are the Magical Items?]
[Select this option to add a brand new type of reward to your future reward pool, and imdiately receive a random magical item.]
[Magical items do not have usage limits, but their effects are not very powerful, and they often co with a random negative effect.]
Hmm...
It was decent enough.
The three options this week were acceptable to Yan Huan. After all, they were permanent enhancents to the Modifier.
After much hesitation, Yan Huan still chose the first option.
The second option was imdiately ruled out. Knowing this Modifier's nature, choosing it would just result in an endless stream of Fertility Attribute Points anyway.
It spawned them if he selected it, and it spawned them if he didn't, so why bother choosing it?
Besides, Yan Huan was already ferocious enough in that departnt...
Last night, a five-star review from an anonymous user, 'Miss An,' confird as much.
That ant choosing between the first and the third options.
Although the third option was permanent, Yan Huan did not have much faith in the so-called 'negative effects.'
After being severely screwed over by the Demon's Shop once, he could guarantee that whatever negative effect this thing had would be incredibly insidious.
It was better to go with the consumable. Its effect was powerful and could be kept on hand for ergencies...
'Then, the first option.'
With that thought in mind, Yan Huan selected the consumable in the first option.
"Buzz!"
Countless streams of golden light flowed out, surging into Yan Huan's body.
[Congratulations, you have obtained: Invisible Potion]
[By consuming half a dose of this potion, you will gain an 'absolute invisibility' effect covering your entire body, including clothing, for 15 minutes.]
[Naly: Aside from collision volu, no one can detect you by any ans, not even through the effects of a Modifier.]
Looking at the explanation before him, Yan Huan's eyes lit up slightly.
This thing was incredibly useful!
Overall, it was like giving Yan Huan an effect similar to Bai Yi's Indifference.
And it was even stronger than Bai Yi's effect, as it could not be detected by any Modifier's ability.
Excellent, excellent...
Maybe at a critical mont, he could use this thing to escape or sothing.
Yan Huan nodded, but the golden light in front of him instantly shifted again, transforming into a slot machine.
'Oh right, there's still the slot machine to use...'
Yan Huan did not have much hope of winning a prize, given that he had just hit three consecutive portraits of An Le the last ti.
"Clack-clack-clack!"
Unexpectedly, after lightly pulling the lever, the portraits of the hosts at the top began to spin wildly.
The first, the second, the third...
They all landed on a beautiful, expressionless girl who looked like a cold, pure snow lotus.
Ye Shiyu?!
[Congratulations, you have won the grand prize!]
Watching the slot machine erupt with illusory fireworks, Yan Huan imdiately sat up straight.
"Holy shit, Yurianna, you really are a good luck charm!?"
His eyes sparkling, he turned to look at the blinking, completely oblivious Yurianna beside him, thinking to himself that this girl might truly be an emperor of luck.
Maybe from now on, he should wait until Monday to see Yurianna and do his weekend draws next to her?
The flowing golden light gradually shifted, ultimately forming into a poster of a strange oto-style work.
["Hypnotic Depravity: My Exclusive Sworn Younger Brother"]
[A movie of unknown significance. Perhaps on a lonely night, it can be used for entertainnt.]
[The mouth-drying visuals serve as a revered key to a new world.]
Yan Huan stared at the illusory movie poster, his expression turning contorted.
But given his previous experience with An Le's targeted item, Yan Huan almost instantly unraveled the underlying logic from this bizarre item.
Logically speaking, when Yan Huan first t Ye Shiyu, she seed entirely focused on her dolls and completely ignorant of the ways of the world.
How did she suddenly transform into the terrifying Hypnosis Master she was now?
Looking at this movie poster now, Yan Huan felt as though he had found the chief culprit...
Yan Huan suddenly recalled the websites he had seen that ti he fixed Ye Shiyu's computer.
That was like the final warning, but Yan Huan had not taken it seriously at the ti. After all, at this age, it was normal to be curious about such things and watch the occasional adult film.
Who would have known that Ye Shiyu was not a normal person at all!
That was it. That was it. Everything aligned...
'Knowing full well that the things in the movie are all fake, you still used it as an action guide?!'
'You crazy Ye...'
Originally, Yan Huan had never thought in this direction. Even if he did, he only worried about Spencer, that pure idiot, getting corrupted.
Yet after all this ti, Spencer was still as clueless as a blank sheet of paper, getting embarrassed for half the day just from a simple kiss...
Instead, it was Ye Shiyu who comprehended the mysteries of the universe from a single work and ascended to 'immortality'.
Was this the vast gap in talent between a heavenly spiritual root and a false spiritual root?
Yan Huan gnashed his teeth as he retrieved the poster back into the Modifier, brewing a new plan in his mind.
Never mind, he would wait until they returned to Linn to deal with it...
With this thought, Yan Huan took out his mobile phone, planning to ssage Sakuramiya Hitomi and the others to prepare for the aftermath.
Unexpectedly, right after he opened his phone, Sakuramiya ssaged him first.
"President, I noticed your Plane went offline... Did you log in on another mobile phone?"
Eh?
So his original phone was with Sakuramiya?
Speaking of which, when Sister Tong left the scene this morning, she ntioned that she had only found three hosts. An Le hadn't caught Sakuramiya either.
Then where did Sakuramiya go last night?
Yan Huan thought for a mont before explaining things to Sakuramiya Hitomi according to his original story.
He sent it sentence by sentence, occasionally adding an emoji.
If Sakuramiya raised an objection to any particular sentence, he would imdiately adjust his wording.
But after finishing his explanation, Sakuramiya did not have any special reaction. She rely did what any host would do:
She tried her best to sidestep the events of last night, avoiding exposing her Modifier to Yan Huan.
It seed Sakuramiya knew nothing about the inside story of last night.
Could it be that Sakuramiya had been hiding inside her Jiejiè the entire ti last night?
"So that's how it is... Then, President, stay there for now. We will co over shortly to join the main group."
"Alright, Sakuramiya."
On the other side, in the open kitchen of Sakuramiya's apartnt.
Sakuramiya Hitomi set down her mobile phone, pouting adorably as she complained,
"President, how naughty... You actually lied and hid the fact that you kissed An Le on your own initiative..."
But soon, Sakuramiya Hitomi tapped her chin with a doting smile.
"However, I'll forgive the President this ti. Who told
to like you so much~"
Imdiately after, she placed the freshly washed silver knives back onto the knife block one by one, then wiped the water droplets from her fingertips.
"As for Ye Shiyu and the others, allow
to do it on your behalf and resolve your worries, President..."
Muttering this to herself, Sakuramiya Hitomi gently flicked her finger. The mobile phone floated into the air and automatically sent a ssage to Ye Shiyu and the others.
"Where are you guys? The President is already back~"
Afterwards, she snapped her fingers, and her clothing instantly transford into a chic, spring-appropriate tweed outfit.
An elegant white coat draped over her shoulders, faintly revealing a loose white tulle skirt underneath, enveloping her petite fra.
Then, Sakuramiya Hitomi finally pushed open the apartnt door and stepped out of the Jiejiè.
However, after leaving the Jiejiè, the clothes that had transford on her body did not disappear.
"Click!"
The next second, the door closed automatically without any wind, completely isolating the inside of the Jiejiè from the outside.
Leaving behind nothing but dead silence within the Jiejiè.
Sakura Country, near Ginza in Tokyo, close to the gathering point for the Far Moon Academy students' School Trip.
Inside a private room, the unique crescent-shaped seating emanated a soft glow, looking incredibly stylish.
On the longer side of the crescent, Ye Shiyu held a book-like nu handed to her by the waiter.
Yet from the corner of her eye, she glanced over the edge of the pages at Sakuramiya Hitomi, who sat beside Spencer on the opposite side.
Watching her peruse the various flavors of coffee on the nu, she spoke softly,
"That roughly sums up the situation from last night..."
'Last night, Xiao Huan ran into An Le...'
'It seems that the high probability of us being safe and sound now is all thanks to Xiao Huan.'
'We fought for half the day and couldn't beat An Le, yet Xiao Huan unintentionally saved us from the fire with just a few words...'
Thinking this, Ye Shiyu felt a bit bitter.
First, it should have been her protecting Xiao Huan, not Xiao Huan protecting her.
Second, this made her realize the sheer value of childhood sweethearts, and she felt threatened.
Ye Shiyu chewed over the information in these words and raised her eyes to glance at Sakuramiya Hitomi, growing suspicious.
'Was Sakuramiya Hitomi actually fine in the end last night?'
'She even had the leisure to change clothes...'
"Let's order first. Do you want sothing to drink?"
Saying this, Sakuramiya Hitomi finally shifted her gaze from the nu and asked softly.
Just as Ye Shiyu was about to ask sothing, Bai Yi unseasonably interrupted beside her.
"I'll have a cappuccino, thanks."
"..."
Ye Shiyu glanced at Bai Yi with disgust and was about to speak again when Spencer, that idiot, threw the nu onto the table, scrunching up her small face as she complained,
"I hate coffee the most, it's so bitter... I want to drink sothing sweet!"
"..."
Ye Shiyu took a deep breath, feeling her blood pressure begin to rise.
But Sakuramiya Hitomi was not annoyed at all. Instead, she smiled very patiently at Spencer.
"It's okay, they have sweet drinks here too. Shall I recomnd one for you?"
Spencer laid her head on the table and nodded, agreeing.
"Okay."
After handing the drink orders to the waiter, Sakuramiya Hitomi suddenly glanced at Spencer, speaking with extre apology,
"Sorry, Spencer. I dragged you down when the tentacles were chasing us earlier..."
"Ah?"
Spencer glanced at the distorted peacock beside her that no longer resembled its original shape and said carelessly,
"It's fine, we're all perfectly okay now anyway."
"So, An Le really did beco angry out of sha because she was jealous that Yan Huan kissed us, right?!"
Bai Yi coldly scoffed and curled her lips, about to complain further, when her expression suddenly blanked as she realized sothing.
"She cald down the mont she t Yan Huan... Hmm, wait, so did Yan Huan say sothing to An Le, or..."
"C-Could it be that Yan Huan kissed An Le again due to the mory Correction?!"
Bai Yi grabbed her hair, looking utterly devastated, and even started babbling nonsense.
"To save his wife, the lover had to compromise himself and kiss the Great Demon King... This kind of thing... No way..."
It was no wonder. The logic behind Bai Yi's previous belief that Yan Huan liked her was actually flawless.
So in her eyes, she and Yan Huan were the ones engaging in pure love.
All the rest of these people were just demons and monsters coveting Yan Huan.
Sakuramiya Hitomi took a sip of her coffee, looking at the disheartened Bai Yi across from her.
"Didn't you say yesterday that the President kissed you out of his feelings for you, excluding any superpower factors?"
"Wasn't that the case?!"
Sakuramiya Hitomi smiled slightly, not denying it, and rely said,
"Since that's the case, isn't it also possible that An Le noticed this?
"Since the President isn't influenced by the Modifier, and the President's true feelings lie with you...
"In that way, An Le would have no excuse to intervene. Feeling ashad of her inferiority emotionally, and having lost completely, she naturally had no choice but to stop."
The more Bai Yi listened, the brighter her eyes beca.
Right!
There was indeed this possibility!
If she had a tail, it would likely have turned into a propeller right now, wagging her straight up into the sky.
"Oh my, this is really..."
Bai Yi was thrilled, but the remaining two, Ye Shiyu and Spencer, refused to accept this.
'Wait, is this right?'
Spencer looked at the red-crowned crane flapping its wings constantly in front of her, only wanting to beat her up.
Right at this mont, Sakuramiya Hitomi rested her chin on her hand and asked doubtfully,
"This is just one possibility... For the rest, for instance, what if An Le still considers you a friend from the bottom of her heart, Spencer?"
"Aw?"
Spencer's clenched fists suddenly loosened, and then she paused slightly.
"Don't forget, the mbers of the Doujinshi Society aren't just you and An Le, but also the President, right? Yesterday, the President and An Le talked a lot about the Doujinshi Society..."
"S-So you're saying I might still be able to make up with An Le?!"
"If you work hard later, it should be possible."
"Yay!"
Watching Sakuramiya Hitomi effortlessly settle Bai Yi and Spencer with just a few words, Ye Shiyu frowned.
"Regardless of the reason, the current result is that An Le has stopped. Last night's events are important, but what's more important is what we should do next..."
Just as she was about to speak, Sakuramiya Hitomi coughed lightly and said indifferently.
She raised her eyes to look at the others, asking with a smile,
"Are we going to continue fighting with An Le, or should we stop and quickly let ourselves and the President return to daily life?"
Hearing this, Bai Yi curled her lips and muttered softly,
"...It's not like we wanted to fight, she attacked first, okay?"
Sakuramiya Hitomi held her coffee cup, sweeping her smiling gaze across the group,
"Then what if she doesn't attack anymore? What happens to the past matters, and what happens in the future?"
"Then... we'll let bygones be bygones regarding the previous matters, and we won't fight anymore either. After all, it would be detrintal to Yan Huan too, right?"
Bai Yi hesitated as she spoke. At this mont, Sakuramiya Hitomi suddenly interjected, making the final decision,
"Good, then it's settled."
"Huh?"
"A complete ceasefire, returning to a normal life. I will secure things on An Le's end. The premise is that we let bygones be bygones regarding the past, and no one uses superpowers to brawl anymore."
Sakuramiya Hitomi clapped her hands, her face full of smiles,
"However, there is one thing I have stated before: don't ever use superpowers to the detrint of the President again.
"Otherwise, I will truly turn hostile~"
This was indeed not the first ti Sakuramiya Hitomi had said this.
It was just that, for so unknown reason, compared to her previously exasperated declaration, her smiling reiteration now made everyone shudder with fear even more.
"How about it? Do you agree, or do you object?"
On the surface, the atmosphere remained very harmonious.
Spencer hugged her arms and nodded frantically.
Bai Yi thought for a mont and also nodded.
"An Le acts like a ghost every day, using either Pleasure Manipulation or tentacles... As long as you, Vice President Sakuramiya, can guarantee she won't do that anymore, I'll abide by it."
Finally, Sakuramiya Hitomi's gaze fell on Ye Shiyu again.
Ye Shiyu's brow furrowed slightly as she simply stared at Sakuramiya Hitomi in front of her.
She did not intend to object; it was just that she suddenly and instinctively felt a bit uneasy...
An uneasiness regarding Sakuramiya Hitomi.
Well, maybe there was a little bit of objection too.
After all, what Sakuramiya Hitomi said about using superpowers on Xiao Huan was very obviously directed at her.
However, at this mont, the other two had already agreed.
If Sakuramiya Hitomi truly had a way to make An Le stop, that effectively ant all four hosts had implicitly agreed to a ceasefire...
So, after a few seconds of silence, Ye Shiyu also nodded heavily and said indifferently,
"I also agree."
Seeing this, Sakuramiya Hitomi's smile deepened. Looking at the already dried-up coffee in her cup, she said softly,
"Since that's the case, then it's settled...
"Let's go. We should head back and join the main group.
"Tomorrow, we return to Linn."
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