Looking at the exquisite, almost perfectly recreated [Kazami Residence], Yusei suddenly noticed that in the tiny courtyard, there seemed to be four people. And in the kitchen visible through the window not far away, stood one more person.
Five people in total. They were him, Yui, Kanna, Shiro, and Asuna.
In the [Kazami Residence], he was lying on the floor, with Kanna, Yui, and Shiro playing nearby. In the kitchen, through the window, Asuna could be seen cooking.
Yusei then realized that the real difficulty wasn't carving the external structure of the building, but carving intricate people inside it. He wondered how much effort and care must that have taken.
Yusei looked at Asuna, his gaze intense, making her seem extremely embarrassed.
Asuna's face was slightly flushed, carrying a maiden's shyness. She unconsciously tightened her grip on Yui's hand.
"Why... why are you looking at me like that?"
Hearing Asuna's voice, Yusei just smiled slightly, looked at Yui who was grinning sweetly at him, and ruffled her hair.
"I was just thinking how wonderful it was to meet you and Yui in SAO."
A look of reminiscence also appeared on Asuna's face as she thought back to their first meeting in SAO, when they didn't speak to each other directly... relying on their mutual acquaintance, Kaguya, to communicate.
Then later, the two became inseparable in SAO, deeply in love, never arguing like other couples did.
Occasional small tantrums were just part of their romantic dynamic. They always considered each other.
Besides, there were those times when they waited for the little girls to fall asleep, then sneaked off to other rooms to do some 'misbehaving'...
Thinking of this, Asuna's face turned bright red. She could still remember the feeling from back then.
For a moment, the looks they exchanged were filled with deep affection. If they weren't at school, they probably would have been very intimate with each other.
Kaguya, who had been observing the entire process from the side, felt a mix of unwillingness, disappointment, and melancholy.
The good mood she had just felt was now completely gone.
It wasn't that she was in a bad mood, but she just felt... not as happy as before. It was that taste again.
Sour, and not very pleasant.
Just as Yusei and Asuna were flaunting their affection, his phone suddenly rang. It was a text message from Hina.
[Yusei-sama, Kodansha has sent a message. There's a new agreement they want you to sign and send back quickly. So I took the liberty of coming to your school.]
'She came to the school?'
Yusei instinctively looked out the window. It was still drizzling outside. The cold rain falling on one's body must be bitterly cold.
Considering Hina still had a cold, Yusei didn't dare leave her waiting.
"Asuna, I need to go downstairs for a moment. There's something I need to handle. I'll be right back."
"Okay, Yusei-kun, go ahead."
Asuna smiled slightly.
Yusei quickly grabbed an umbrella and went downstairs to the school gate.
In the distance, he saw Hina sheltering from the rain under a tree by the school gate. Yusei noticed that Hina hadn't brought an umbrella.
Yusei hurried over and held the umbrella over her.
"Why did you come out without an umbrella?"
Hina was still wearing the set of clothes he bought her that day. Her hairstyle seemed to have become long because of his comment. But now, it was wet from the rain.
She still wore a mask on her face, her pretty features hidden beneath it.
Seeing her shivering from the cold, Yusei's eyes shifted, his Sharingan transforming into the Mangekyo pattern. His ability switched to [Sunshine Girl].
Mangekyo's Ocular Power erupted. Yusei, who had just eaten a full breakfast, suddenly felt intensely hungry. He even felt dizzy, staggering unsteadily and almost falling.
However, a strange power burst from his eyes, reaching straight into the sky.
In an instant, the rain clouds in the sky seemed to be blocked by something, suddenly dispersing and revealing sunlight shining down on the earth.
The dark clouds over Tokyo dissipated, spreading outwards from Toyogasaki High School as the epicenter.
Finally, the rain clouds over most of the Tokyo area vanished. The most shocking thing was the direct sunlight.
The [Sunshine Girl] ability changes the weather according to the user's thoughts.
Yusei's thought just now was that he couldn't let Hina get rained on anymore. She was too cold, and she needed warmth.
However, Yusei didn't expect that using the [Sunshine Girl] ability for the first time, he couldn't control the amount.
Not only did he consume a large amount of energy at once, but the effect was also a bit too strong.
The scorching sun shone directly on the earth. In the areas that had cleared up, mist began to rise shortly after.
This wasn't smog... but water vapor formed from heat meeting cold.
Yusei failed to control the power, turning a cold, rainy winter day into a scorching summer day.
The sudden shift from cold to heat meant that before long, all of Tokyo was covered in mist. It wasn't quite 'pitch-black', but it was almost impossible to see things nearby.
Hina felt the steam gradually rising around her. She could feel that her body, which had been shivering from the cold, felt much better now.
"Yu... Yusei-sama..."
Hina was somewhat flustered, but Yusei didn't find it strange. Anyone would panic in this situation.
Strange events often hint at the supernatural, and Tokyo had no shortage of urban legends.
Yusei quickly walked to her side, took her hand, looked at the sky, and smiled.
"Don't worry. The weather... it's starting to clear up now."
But inwardly, he was smiling wryly. Because his power was limited and couldn't change the weather over the entire Tokyo area.
If one looked from the outside, only half the area was sunny, while the rest was still rainy.
It was like having scorching heat at the front of your foot and chilly cold at the heel.
'This was probably going to become a world-famous strange phenomenon, right?'
Yusei shook his head, deciding not to think about it. After all, the government handled this strange weather phenomenon had nothing to do with him.
Yusei looked at Hina, whose body was no longer shivering from the cold, and finally asked,
"What was so important that you came out in the rain? And why didn't you bring an umbrella?"
Hearing Yusei's somewhat stern reprimand, Hina instinctively shrank her neck embarrassedly and took out the contract from the bag she was holding close to her chest.
"This document was just printed this morning. They said if Yusei-sama's contract isn't signed in time for their meeting proposal, you won't get their recommendation. I thought if I waited for you to sign it at noon when you went home, it might be too late. So..."
Hina smiled awkwardly and scratched her head, looking somewhat silly.