"..."
After listening to the complete verdict, Yan Huan blankly raised his head, staring wide-eyed at the little Sakuramiya in front of him.
After a second of silence, Yan Huan awkwardly averted his gaze, conveniently curling his tail up to cover the space between his legs.
He absolutely could not let this group of Sakuramiyas know that he could turn into a human!
Although, he was quite curious. Even if a Sakuramiya who could pass out just from kissing really wanted to do the deed, what could she actually do?
Tell a bedti story?
'Other than covering
in your saliva, what else can you even do?' he thought.
"But, I am a cat right now," he pointed out.
"That is no problem. You cannot stay a cat forever, right, President? We also provide a loan service here..."
Hearing this, the Glasses Sakuramiya in front of him snapped her fingers. The surrounding courtroom instantly transford into a solitary bank counter.
Glasses Sakuramiya, originally wearing a judge's robe, changed into a won's suit and pushed a docunt toward Yan Huan.
"A Loan Agreent?"
"Mhm... Currently, the President owes us three tis. It will increase by one extra ti each month, and so on..."
That was an annual interest rate of almost 400 percent!
'What kind of illegal loan shark operation is this?!'
Yan Huan was horrified, but then he thought of his combat record with An Le.
Three tis...
One night would be more than enough. Even if he owed a few more months' worth, it would just an two nights of fierce battle.
Besides, that was only the worst-case scenario. In an ideal situation, if he could resolve the current chaos within the barrier and bring Sakuramiya Hitomi's main body back, these shady online loans might all be wiped out together.
"...Deal."
With that thought in mind, Yan 'Too Many Debts to Worry' Huan nodded. He extended a cat paw, dipped it into the red inkpad nearby, and slapped it down onto the docunt.
"Then, it is settled."
Glasses Sakuramiya retrieved the docunt and looked at Yan Huan with a smile, speaking softly.
"During this period, the President can pay off the loan in advance. Any Sakuramiya will do~"
"Any Sakuramiya?"
Yan Huan paused slightly, looking at the Sakuramiya before him as she stood up holding the docunt and continued speaking.
"Of course, because all Sakuramiyas have been the exact sa person from the very beginning."
"..."
Upon hearing this, Yan Huan was stunned for a long ti.
He remained dazed until Glasses Sakuramiya handed the docunt over to the other Sakuramiyas nearby, waiting for them to carefully pack it into a manila envelope, stuff it into a dazzling golden orb, and store it away.
"So, why did the President and these two Sakuramiyas co here?"
Yan Huan was pulled back to reality by her words. He adjusted his expression before speaking again.
"Hmph!"
The scenery inside the Brain Command Center changed once more, turning into a tranquil afternoon tea room style.
Cool Sakuramiya crossed her arms, looking unhappily at the adorable chibi Glasses Sakuramiya across the table, clearly deeply dissatisfied with how she had altered their common sense just now.
After a brief conversation, upon learning that the Sakuramiya before him possessed the authority to forcefully control the other Sakuramiyas, he could not help but change his line of thinking.
His goal shifted from 'finding the location of Perfect Sakuramiya's barrier' to 'asking her to directly step in and eliminate Perfect Sakuramiya'.
"Sakuramiya, do you have a way to directly deal with that Sakuramiya who keeps slaughtering the others?"
"Ah, President, so you ca because of Perfect Sakuramiya..."
Hearing this, Glasses Sakuramiya blinked, but she shook her head and replied.
"But I am very sorry, even if it is the President's request, I cannot do that.
"Because the one who granted her the highest authority was none other than Hitomi herself."
Mouse Sakuramiya's mouse tail drooped behind her, while Cool Sakuramiya widened her eyes in complete disbelief.
"So... the one who wants to kill us is truly Hitomi herself..."
"Relax a bit. Although we are further down the queue, we are absolutely on Perfect Sakuramiya's hit list too."
Glasses Sakuramiya smiled slightly, speaking in a calm and unconcerned manner.
"It is just that she still needs our authority to maintain her barrier for now, and since we are restricted by Hitomi's orders and cannot defy her, she hasn't made a move on us yet."
Yan Huan narrowed his eyes and took the opportunity to steer the topic back to his original goal.
"So, where is Perfect Sakuramiya's barrier?"
"Hmm... her barrier is quite special. It is stored on a specific part of her body."
On her body?
This was the first ti Yan Huan had heard such a concept.
A barrier required an enclosed space to be deployed, so that barrier was most likely in...
Hiss...
Yan Huan did not quite dare to think too deeply into it, but as he pondered this point, certain images from Sakura Country suddenly surfaced in his mind.
He still rembered how he had been teleported to Shenxiang Village from outside the shrine in Kyoto.
At that ti, it had also been an open-air, non-enclosed environnt, yet Sakuramiya's barrier had indeed been deployed...
So, it wasn't that the barrier couldn't be deployed outdoors, but rather that it required so special conditions?
"..."
"That is also why she can walk outside the barrier. Because she is a barrier herself, it is equivalent to her always being covered within one."
"I see... Do you know exactly where it is located?"
"I am not sure. You will have to rely on yourselves to find it... However, the President probably won't be able to find it."
"Why?"
"Because she can only walk in reality as long as that barrier exists, so she will definitely stop anyone else from touching the place where it is kept..."
Glasses Sakuramiya sipped her black tea and smiled at Yan Huan again.
"But she would never reject the President, so no matter where you touch her, she will not resist. Furthermore, the President is just a normal human, so even if you touch it, you will not be able to distinguish it..."
"..."
That was actually true.
Yan Huan didn't doubt it, because let's not forget how he had turned into a cat and entered the barrier in the first place.
He had pressed all over Perfect Sakuramiya and hadn't noticed a single anomaly.
But if he couldn't do it...
What about other modifier hosts?
"An Le..."
Thinking of this, Yan Huan quickly looked back at Glasses Sakuramiya and asked,
"One more question. Is Hitomi's main body truly hidden inside her barrier?"
"...It should be. Other than Perfect Sakuramiya, no one knows where Hitomi is hiding. So it is highly likely that even if you successfully enter her barrier, President, you still won't find where Hitomi is..."
Upon hearing this, Yan Huan's heart couldn't help but sink.
He took a deep breath, nodded, and prepared to stand up and take his leave.
But in the next second, Glasses Sakuramiya fixed her gaze on Self-Doubting Sakuramiya and said,
"You must be careful, little mouse."
"Eh? M-?"
"Mhm... Earlier, because Hitomi's emotions rioted for an unknown reason, Mama Sakuramiya's barrier shattered. Now, there is no safe place anywhere within the entire barrier."
Glasses Sakuramiya glanced at the surrounding Brain Command Center, her underlying aning clear:
This place wasn't safe either.
"What's more, her primary target right now is you. I can feel that she intends to kill you at all costs."
"..."
Cool Sakuramiya frowned, while Self-Doubting Sakuramiya lowered her head in fright, pulling her hood tighter as her body couldn't help but tremble slightly.
Yan Huan glanced at her, pondered for a mont, and suddenly spoke.
"There's no safe place inside the barrier... then what about in reality?"
"Eh?"
As soon as they heard this, both Self-Doubting Sakuramiya and Cool Sakuramiya looked at Yan Huan.
Yan Huan looked at Glasses Sakuramiya in front of him, latching onto a key phrase she had ntioned earlier, and asked,
"Just now, you said that the reason Perfect Sakuramiya's barrier can be stored on her body is achieved through your authority.
"If we can send her out into reality without leaking the information, Perfect Sakuramiya definitely won't be able to find her anyti soon."
Glasses Sakuramiya blinked, then revealed a slightly troubled expression.
"Well, in principle, I am not allowed to do that, but..."
Yan Huan showed a speechless expression and was forced to add,
"...The monthly interest we agreed on earlier. I'll double it."
"Deal!"
Glasses Sakuramiya clapped her hands and stood up, then imdiately looked at Self-Doubting Sakuramiya beside them.
"However, based on the existing raw materials, I can currently only project one more Sakuramiya's barrier to the outside..."
"Raw materials?"
"The President wouldn't want to know what the raw materials are~"
"..."
Yan Huan tactfully didn't ask further.
At the end of the day, if he hadn't been locked in a life-or-death battle with that killer back in Sakura Country, and he had seen the process of Sakuramiya deploying the barrier at that ti, he might have known...
Forget it, he would ask Little Finger later.
"But, if I go to reality, where should I live? Won't my ears and tail be easily exposed?"
"..."
That really was a problem.
But thinking that if he left her here she would be chopped into mince by Perfect Sakuramiya in a matter of minutes, he made a decision.
"For the ti being, you can stay at my rental apartnt."
It was perfect timing. An Le wasn't there, and when he was dealing with the surveillance caras last night, he had even packed up An Le's things. There shouldn't be any trouble...
"O-okay..."
Hearing this, Mouse Sakuramiya swallowed a mouthful of saliva and lowered her head, sporting an innocent look that read, 'I'll submit to whatever the President arranges.'
But beside them, Cool Sakuramiya gnashed her teeth as she glared at her and spoke up.
"Well, congratulations to you, getting to lay low at the President's house..."
"..." Glasses Sakuramiya adjusted her spectacles and leaped down from a chair that was almost as tall as she was.
"Then, let's pull out your barrier first..."
"Ding~"
Just as she spoke, a soft chi suddenly rang out from the elevator nearby.
Everyone looked toward the elevator at the edge of the Command Center, watching helplessly as a 'Down' arrow abruptly appeared on its floor display.
"Who is it at a ti like this— Waaah!!"
Glasses Sakuramiya was still wondering, but Yan Huan's pupils shrank. He leaped off Self-Doubting Sakuramiya's shoulder, jumping straight into Glasses Sakuramiya's arms and shouting.
"Quickly pull up the barrier! And while you're at it, arrange a place for Cool Sakuramiya to hide!! Hurry!!"
It was definitely Perfect Sakuramiya arriving!
"Beep beep beep!!"
The mont they heard that the god of death had arrived, all the Sakuramiyas beca panicked and helpless, scrambling into action.
Glasses Sakuramiya quickly hugged him tight, running to the console and pressing a few buttons on it.
anwhile, Yan Huan kept his eyes fixed on the elevator, which stopped at a certain number. The very next second, an 'Up' arrow abruptly appeared next to the number.
"Beep!"
The elevator ascended extrely fast, which was reflected on the display as the numbers skyrocketed.
Yan Huan's heart jumped in alarm as he quickly checked to see if everything around them had been arranged.
Cool Sakuramiya had already disappeared to who-knows-where, while Glasses Sakuramiya behind him was still frantically typing on the keyboard.
"Are you done?"
"Just... a little bit more... ngh..."
"Beep!"
"Beep!"
"Beep!"
"Beep!"
As the elevator crept closer to the top floor, its initially rapid ascent finally slowed down a bit.
Yan Huan's fur unconsciously fluffed up completely. He stared at the elevator, his heart almost stopping.
Because at this very mont, the elevator had already stopped on their floor...
Only a single door separated them from the entity inside.
"Done!!"
Right at that mont, Glasses Sakuramiya behind him finally delivered the good news.
Yan Huan instantly turned his head and saw that glaring spots of light were gradually starting to appear on both Self-Doubting Sakuramiya's and his own bodies.
"Beep!!"
"Click~"
In the next second, the elevator doors slowly opened.
"Whoosh—"
A thick stench of blood poured into the room the instant the doors parted, causing all the Sakuramiyas outside to unconsciously hold their breath.
Inside, Perfect Sakuramiya stood with a cold expression. Her clothes and the dagger in her hand were thoroughly stained with blood.
In her hand, she also carried an immaculately clean Yan Huan body pillow, which likely belonged to so Sakuramiya who had just unfortunately died.
"..."
Carrying the body pillow, Perfect Sakuramiya stepped into the Brain Command Center and swept her gaze across the surroundings.
However, all she saw was Glasses Sakuramiya playing cards with a few other Sakuramiyas.
"Why are you here?"
Glasses Sakuramiya glanced at her and spoke with clear impatience.
Perfect Sakuramiya gently placed Yan Huan's body pillow on a nearby table, even finding an object to prop against it so it wouldn't fall over.
Only after doing all this did she ask,
"Did any other Sakuramiyas co here just now? Specifically, Self-Doubting Sakuramiya."
"..."
Glasses Sakuramiya swallowed a mouthful of saliva but still forced a tough front.
"No, not at all."
"Is that so?"
Hearing this, Perfect Sakuramiya didn't show any particular expression. She rely took her dagger and began wiping it back and forth against a nearby sofa.
She wiped the fresh blood out of the blood groove bit by bit, revealing the gleaming blade once again.
"Actually, it seems you have always misunderstood sothing. I am not refraining from killing you because my barrier relies on your authority to exist...
"For every Sakuramiya I kill, I gain the power to dominate the aspect they represent... Killing them is just a process. What I want is simply to... extract the essence and discard the dross...
"By repeating this process, I can achieve true perfection."
After saying all this, Perfect Sakuramiya finally lifted her head, looking at Glasses Sakuramiya with a beaming smile as she said,
"However, looking at you right now... it seems you're starting to resemble the dross?"
"!!"
In the darkness, Yan Huan abruptly opened his eyes.
He violently sat up. The bedding and a fat cat the size of a heavy truck slid down his body, exposing large swathes of his bare skin.
He finally wasn't a cat anymore...
Clenching his fists, Yan Huan breathed a sigh of relief, finally confirming that he had returned to reality.
He turned his head to glance at Myau-chan, who had fallen to the floor when he sat up. The cat was sprawled in a tangled ss, seemingly still asleep.
'Could it be that this guy also entered the barrier through the Dream Realm?'
'Things like this can happen?'
But the problem was...
Where was Self-Doubting Sakuramiya?!
Yan Huan scanned his room but couldn't spot a single trace of Self-Doubting Sakuramiya.
This couldn't help but make him suspect—was everything just now entirely a dream?
"Wuu..."
However, just as he was thinking this, a sudden whimper ca from behind him.
Yan Huan's pupils contracted. He hastily turned on the table lamp and snapped his head around.
But the mont the light clicked on, a panicked and helpless voice cried out from behind him.
"W-wait, President! Don't turn on the light yet!"
"Ah?"
But it was too late. He had already turned to look.
There, sitting right on the edge of his bedding, was an incredibly pale and stark naked girl.
Her expression was tense, her eyes uncomfortable from the sudden bright light. Considering she seemingly already loathed the brightness, right now she was frozen in place, as if struck by an immobilization spell.
It was also in this instant that Yan Huan fully saw her current condition.
The heavy, loose cloak that had completely covered Mouse Sakuramiya's body was nowhere to be found, unabashedly revealing her petite, adorable figure...
Her clothes hadn't teleported out with her!
Apart from the pair of round, Mickey Mouse-like ears and the constantly trembling mouse tail behind her, everything else about her seed absolutely identical to Sakuramiya.
Even her oppai!
She actually hadn't been polluted by the death of Flat-Chested Sakuramiya...
Flat, beautiful, delicious...
For so reason, a stream of synonyms for these inexplicable concepts kept popping up in Yan Huan's mind.
"Wuu..."
Feeling Yan Huan's dumbstruck stare, Self-Doubting Sakuramiya's small face flushed a deep red. She shielded her front with one hand flat across her chest, and used the other to cover the space between her thighs.
But there was no way that could actually cover everything. Instead, it only accentuated a certain teasing, hazy beauty...
Sensing Yan Huan's gaze growing even more direct, she couldn't afford to be shy anymore. She subconsciously leaned forward a bit, trying to use the hand shielding her chest to pull at the bedding to cover her body.
But because the bedding was pinned under Yan Huan's weight, she tugged at it for a long ti to no avail.
"Haa... haa... haa..."
Instead, the sheer effort of tugging left her panting heavily.
"Wuu..."
'That's right, that's right, that's right, exactly like this...'
'It's back, it's all back!'
'The real Sakuramiya, the one he was most familiar with, was exactly like this!'
Watching this series of familiar reactions—which had completely disappeared ever since Perfect Sakuramiya began her slaughter—return once more to Sakuramiya's body, Yan Huan revealed an expression of both astonishnt and excitent.
He subconsciously grabbed Self-Doubting Sakuramiya's shoulders and told her,
"Sakuramiya, we escaped! We are temporarily safe!"
"...Wuu... P-President..."
She looked at Yan Huan, who was right in front of her. Her deeply flushed little face turned even redder, and her already dazed eyes turned into complete swirls.
"Thump... Thump... Thump..."
Her weak heart burst with power at this mont, its rhythm so distinct that it felt like it would leap out of her chest.
To the accompanint of a thunderous tinnitus, Mouse Sakuramiya's mouth fell open, and her body slowly went limp.
Experiencing shortness of breath, her entire face flushed furiously. Her consciousness beca dazed as she began to mutter.
"P-President..."
In the next second, her head tilted to the side completely, and she peacefully closed her eyes.
Once again, she lost consciousness and passed out entirely in Yan Huan's arms.
"Sakuramiya?!"
Leaving Yan Huan utterly bewildered alone on the bed.
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