But now Rei Ao was talking about destroying the world? For real?
It wasn't that she didn't believe him; it simply didn't feel real at all. More like hearing a fictional story.
Click!
Just then, Yukino's bedroom door opened. She emerged, taking small, careful steps. That instantly drew the attention of both her mother and Haruno.
Seeing how she walked gave them complicated feelings. Clearly, Yukino had been thoroughly ravaged by Rei Ao.
Haruno's eyes brimmed with hurt. Yukino was her treasured little sister, yet someone else had so thoroughly "plowed her field," so to speakjust imagining it made her furious.
""
Their gazes made Yukino blush and feel extremely awkward.
Yukino: "Sister, Mothergood afternoon."
She forced herself to greet them.
"Sigh" Mrs. Yukinoshita exhaled heavily, trying to maintain her usual dignity. "Yukino, go have a shower and freshen up."
She had spotted a patch of white, hardened residue on Yukino's hair, something Yukino herself hadn't even realized. The sight wore on Mrs. Yukinoshita's nerves.
"Mm."
Yukino was planning to do just that. Without another word, she hurried to the bathroom
After the door closed, her mother shot Haruno a sharp warning. "Haruno, do not mention anything about last night in front of Yukino."
"Uh, I got it."
Haruno nodded. Internally, she realized that their mother understood how thin-skinned Yukino was, so she was warning Haruno not to upset her.
Meanwhile:
"All right, let's rinse your hair now."
Tendou Kisara was rinsing out the shampoo suds in Enju's hair when she noticed Enju's eyes open wide, slowly widening further as they locked onto something behind Kisara.
She looked as if she had seen someone who wasn't supposed to be there. Most alarming, she seemed to see extra silhouettes reflected.
Kisara's eyes turned cold, brimming with anger. She barked, "Hey! Who gave you permission to barge into my place? Are you trying to break the law and peep on me? Get out, now!"
Assuming it was Rentarou, she clung to her raging fury. If she'd had her sword on hand, she might have swung it already. But then:
A voice from behind answered, "Seems like our timing's off."
Kisara froze. That was a woman's voice? And "our?" More than one person?
Next, another voicethis time a man's. "Why's it off? I think the timing's greatfantastic view, plenty of perks."
"!!!"
Kisara felt a gaze that practically treated her body like some show to be watched, making her skin crawl all over. "Are you a pervert?! You disgusting creep, get out of here!"
She spun around, spurred on by Emilia's words. Her eyes blazed red with fury and lethal intent.
She finally saw a pair of strangers: one man and one woman. The woman had a heroic look, the man was handsome yet kept openly staring at her with no shame.
Two unknown people had forced their way into her homeinto the bathroom, no less, where she was in the middle of a showerand she hadn't sensed a thing.
She quickly shielded Enju behind her, feeling a grave sense of danger well up in her chest.
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Chapter 463: Perfect Timing! (Bonus Chapter)
"Who are you people?!"
Tendou Kisara snapped the question at them. At the moment, she was too focused on these two intruders to even try hiding her body.
Her eyes were locked on them, watching their movements. From the corner of her eye, she glanced at her clothes and sword lying off to the side, her mind racing as she calculated how to grab her blade as quickly as possible.
"There's no need to get worked up, Tendou Kisara-san. We're here for Enju Aihara."
Rei Ao offered that brief explanation, then opted for the simplest way to inform her of the situation, hoping to prevent any drastic reaction.
[Ding! You have chosen to grant sub-channel chat group access to: Tendou Kisara!]
"Huh?!"
A stream of chat grouprelated information flooded into Kisara's mind, making her tense body seize up for a second. Immediately after, she saw the latest prompt:
[Ding! Rei Ao has started a livestream!]
Acting on instinct, she clicked to see what was going on only to find a feed of her naked self alongside Enju Aihara, complete with scrolling chat messages.
Frieren: "What's going on here? The moment I enter the stream, I see two girls in the nude!"
Mikoto Misaka: "@Rei Ao, what are you doing?! Isn't this basically voyeurism?"
Erica: "This is such a bizarre livestream"
Rei Ao: "Don't blame me for this. When Enju confirmed the deal, she just happened to be bathing with this girl, Tendou Kisara. That's how things ended up."
Mai Sakurajima: "Shouldn't you at least be looking away right now? Gawking at them on a livestream is kinda problematic."
Miko Yotsuya: "Ugh, maybe Rei Ao-nii has his reasons."
Rei Ao: "Miko knows me best."
Mai Sakurajima: "? I don't see your 'reasons' at all."
Rei Ao: "I just gave this young lady sub-channel access so she could grasp the situation in the simplest way possible. Otherwise, Tendou Kisara-san might've grabbed that sword at her side and started hacking away."
As he spoke, he made a point of zooming in on a sailor uniform and pleated skirt, beneath which a sheathed katana was visible.
Rei Ao: "Besides, Emilia can attest to my innocence."
He panned the "camera" to Emilia. "Emilia, nod if I'm telling the truth."
""
Emilia's mouth twitched. Even if she did see him as a giant pervert, she couldn't lie outright. So, with some reluctance, she nodded. "Yes everything he says is true."
" "
Tendou Kisara was pretty dazed by all this. Seeing that eye-catching trade info, she turned to Enju, whom she was protecting, and asked:
"Enju is what they're saying in this chat group all true? About you?"
Enju's once-lifeless eyes shone with a spark of hope at Kisara's question. She looked at Rei Ao, countless emotions swirling in her softly murmured "Mm."
" "
Kisara recovered faster than expected. Turning back to these so-called otherworlders, she asked in a complicated tone, "So, if what you're discussing in chat is all real can you give us a little privacy now?"
After all, having a bunch of people ogling them naked, plus a crowd in a livestreamanyone would be mortified.
"All right, but please hurry. Our time's limited."
Some minutes later
After a quick final rinse, Kisara and Enju both emerged from the bathroom dressed, without even drying their hair. In the living room, they stood face-to-face with Rei Ao and Emilia.
During that last rinse, Kisara had studied the chat group closely. She was shocked by the group's contents.
But that shock relied on everything in the chat being genuine. She still couldn't be sure and wore a skeptical frown.
"Are you actually from another world? Do other worlds truly exist?"
Rei Ao shook his headnot in denial, but saying, "In fact, it doesn't matter to you whether it's real or not. My trade is based on Enju Aihara."
He glanced at the still somewhat dazed Enju.
"You want to change the fate of all Cursed Children in this worldchange their lives for the better, right?"
After a few seconds' hesitation, Enju gave a slight nod. She was afraid. Afraid this hope might turn out to be unattainable fantasy.
"Then one last question. Even if I end up 'cleansing' this world, you don't mind?"
"Cleansing the world?" Kisara couldn't hold back. "What does that even mean?"
"I mean exactly what I say. The injustice inflicted on Cursed Children is a result of the Gastrea virusand of humanity. I'll wipe out all of it."
Rei Ao spoke such terrifying words with absolute calm.
"???"
Kisara was at a loss for words. Honestly, she didn't care if the world got destroyed or not, nor if humans were wiped out.
She simply doubted this man could possibly have the power to do such a thing. But, as Rei Ao said, whether she believed him didn't matter. The key point was that Enju was the trade partner.
Finally, he set his gaze on Enju again, as if to confirm his resolve.
"Enju Aihara, tell me can you accept such a change?"
"I"
Enju's voice came out dry. She didn't know if Rei Ao was telling the truth, or if this was all some trick by humans to make her speak, and then punish her.
Yet she felt a pressure like a towering mountain crushing her, making it impossible to speak. One word from her could decide the fate of humanity unthinkable.
Lost in confusion, she heard Rei Ao's gentle tone: "Don't overthink it. Just follow your heart."
He reached out and stroked her head. That soft warmth flowed through Enju, so vivid that she felt it deeply.
"So warm"
She stared up at Rei Ao, mind calming. She had her answer.
"I I can accept it"
This time she chose selfishness. Sensing Rei Ao's sincerity, she didn't want to disappoint the big brother who didn't hate the Cursed Children and was willing to help them.
"Excellent."
Rei Ao smiled. As he had said, rather than other methods, he preferred "cleansing" the twisted human population of that world.
"Let's go, then. Let's see this world for ourselves."
He turned to Kisara and extended an invitation. "Tendou Kisara-san, do you want to come along?"
" "
Kisara eyed him deeply before giving a firm nod. "Fine."
She intended to see with her own eyes what this was all about.
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Chapter 464: Zodiac Gastrea, Inviting a lot of Females...
"Why aren't they out yet?"
Rentarou Satomi had been waiting outside the room for over half an hour, yet there was no sign of Kisara Tendou or Enju Aihara. He knocked on the door and called out:
"Kisara-san, are you two done?"
""
No response. Frowning, he shouted several more times, but still nothing.
"?"
"Something's off!"
Sensing danger, Rentarou did not hesitate. He put his weight into the door and rammed it.
Boom!
The door burst open under his impact.
"Kisara-san!"
He hurriedly scanned the surroundings and rushed toward the bathroom. No sound of running water.
Opening the bathroom door, he found it empty. Yet the warm steam still lingered, and Enju's ragged clothes lay in a nearby laundry basket.
"Damn it!"
They were gone!
But Kisara Tendou and Enju Aihara weren't truly missing. Rei Ao had simply taken them along, giving them an extensive tour of the Tokyo Area's current state.
All the while, Rei Ao had kept his livestream going, so everyone in the chat group who was interested in this world could watch.
Kisara was far too overwhelmed to care about whether Rentarou was waiting for them. Her mind was in total turmoil over everything she was experiencing.
They were teleporting instantly to different locales. Hovering in midair. Just like right now.
One moment they'd been inside her home, the next, they were out in a boundless wasteland, where the ruined city had been reclaimed by dense vegetation.
From high above, she saw a horrifying scene below: bizarre, grotesque creatures of varying sizes roamed the wilderness among the ruins.
"These are what you call Gastrea."
Rei Ao's explanation was aimed at the group chat following the livestream:
Miko Yotsuya: "Eek! I see one down there bigger than a building!"
Shiba Miyuki: "They look so vicious."
Shinoa Hiiragi: "Well, they do eat people, so they can't be anything good."
Bibi Dong: "I wonder how these monsters compare to soul beasts in terms of power."
Rei Ao: "Even soul beasts aren't all that strong, but these creatures are generally weaker than those. Ordinary Gastrea can be killed by regular humans using conventional firearms."
Mao Lilian: "There's a hint in your words. Are there 'unordinary' Gastrea?"
Rei Ao: "Of course. Gastrea has levels."
He went on to detail the Gastrea's three primary terrifying traitsInfection, Regeneration, and Evolution.
Infection: injecting the Gastrea virus into other organisms, mutating them into more Gastrea.
Regeneration: powerful self-healing, rated from Level One to Level Five at Level Five, not even missiles or nukes can kill them.
Evolution: they can keep growing stronger, with five 'phases,' culminating in Phase V.
Mikoto Misaka: "So you're saying a Phase V Gastrea with Level Five regeneration can't be stopped by extreme cold, vacuum, or even lava? They can self-repair at a molecular level? That's insane!"
Rei Ao: "Heh, I'm not exaggerating. This world nearly fell to ruin thanks to the so-called 'Zodiac Twelve'twelve Phase V Gastrea."
Enju Aihara: "Onii-san isn't lying. Phase V is very scary."
Yukinoshita Yukino: "A monster with infinite regeneration, unafraid of missiles or nuclear bombs It's hard to imagine the despair of facing something like that."
Saeko Busujima: "Suddenly, a 'corpse virus' seems tame in comparison."
Yomogawa Ayame: "And the Kabane virus might not be so over-the-top, either."
Frieren: "Even so, the law of balance stands. No matter how terrifying they are, there must be a countermeasure, like that Varanium metal you mentioned."
Frieren: "@Rei Ao, we've already seen how disgusting the Gastrea are. Shouldn't we take a look at this world's human civilization now?"
Rei Ao: "Yes, that's precisely my plan."
He turned to the still-shaken Kisara.
"Tendou Kisara-san, from your perspective, where should we begin? Mind you, what happens next may well determine the fate of humankind in this world."
""
Kisara, who had started to believe (more or less) what the chat group and Rei Ao said, felt a weight descend on her like the pressure Enju faced when they asked her about humanity. Taking a breath, she answered with some reluctance,
"The central district."
By "central district," she referred to the heart of the Tokyo Area.
In the blink of an eye, Kisara found herself standing on top of the tallest tower in Tokyo.
"If we're going to admire the 'scenery' of the Tokyo Area, just us isn't enough."
Rei Ao intended to invite some special "guests" as well:
[Ding! You have chosen to grant sub-channel chat group access to: Seitenshi, Sumire Muroto, Tina, Miori Shiba, Midori Fuse, Asaka Mibu, Hotaru Kouro, and Kayo Senju, Yuzuki Katagiri!]
He was inviting the notable women of Black Bullet who had left a strong impression on him.
