Shiro watched Lala, who acted like a troublesome child, and felt a slight helplessness. He couldn't answer those questions.
"I can't answer the questions you're asking. I've already said, these are science fiction powers, fantasy powers."
Lala heard that and entered a state of contemplation, then slammed her fist into her palm.
"I understand. I'll come back later and explore this area."
The moment Shiro heard that, he felt a bad premonition. He had a feeling that she would cause trouble.
After all, she had the ability to invent, but the side effects were also very strong. And if she meddled with inventions from the fantasy genre? Wouldn't that be a sure way to destroy the world?
Yes, in Shiro's eyes, if the other party's inventions touched the fantasy genre, they could really destroy the world.
"Lala, no!"
"I'll teach you about these things later. Don't meddle with them on your own, because if no one guides you, you could cause big problems."
"So promise me, don't touch anything in this area without my permission."
Lala, after hearing that, could only agree, but her bright eyes had already betrayed her. Shiro thought he needed to add a few more prohibitions.
Kasumigaoka Utaha, watching the surrounding scene, was completely stunned, or more precisely, incredibly shocked. She even seriously suspected that the other party had used some kind of illusion, but when she looked down, she felt that everything was real and couldn't utter the word "illusion."
After chatting a little with his little princess, Shiro looked at the Black Silk Senpai in front of him, smiling as he spoke.
"Senior, this guy will soon fulfill the conditions of the agreement you made with me. Are you happy?"
"After all, only I can do this, and you just happened to come across me. Don't you feel very lucky?"
At that moment, a smile more ugly than crying appeared on Kasumigaoka Utaha's face.
"Kouhai-kun, I'm overjoyed!"
After saying that, she pointed toward the sun, as if wanting to confirm, wanting to give up hope.
"Can you tell me what's happening? Or at least tell me whether I'm hallucinating or something?"
Kasumigaoka Utaha spoke, unwilling to give up, or more precisely, unable to believe it. The situation before her was too bizarre, too unreasonable. You say you're incredible, I accept. You say you can destroy cities, I accept. You say you can destroy countries, I can accept that. But you, bastard, brought me in front of the sun, so close to its core, and made us all completely fine, without any effect, as if we were on the ground. How can I accept something like that?
At that moment, her thoughts became a little confused, and for a while she didn't know what to say.
So she still wanted to fight one last time, for someone to tell her that all of this was false.
Shiro looked at her eyes full of disbelief, smiling. The aura he had when he said the contract was fulfilled disappeared, and he returned to his mischievous appearance, making her wonder if she had imagined something earlier. However, reality told her that she certainly hadn't, which meant this guy really was abnormal.
And most importantly, what should she do about the current situation?
"Emmm… it's normal to think that, but I tell you, give up. This is reality. I've fulfilled my promise and brought you here."
"Were you satisfied with my performance just now?"
Shiro first spoke triumphantly, then in the second part suddenly used a rhetorical tone. After saying that, how could she not understand the general meaning? She didn't react; she really had been fooled.
Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at that mischievous face, feeling the urge to drag this person to ruin with her. After all, her triumphant attitude just now, or more precisely, her secretly self-satisfied thoughts, probably looked like clownish behavior in his eyes, and this guy had really tormented her well.
After all, countless psychological struggles and oscillations had appeared in her mind just now, but all of it had been orchestrated by this guy. In other words, she had fallen into a trap from the very beginning.
When did it start?
Kasumigaoka Utaha ignored the surroundings and spoke through gritted teeth, her face full of reluctance.
"When did you start plotting against me?"
Kasumigaoka Utaha spoke through gritted teeth, clearly conveying: "Please, let me die with understanding."
After being fooled for so long, she felt too suppressed, too humiliated, and with the existence of that contract, she knew very well that she couldn't break it.
Precisely because of that, she needed to understand clearly, not die in confusion.
Shiro looked at the girl with a reluctant, murderous expression and couldn't help but feel amused, but he still spoke to give her clarity.
"It started the moment I said you could choose how you would die. Or rather, I tested you, and after one attempt, discovered that you would really take the bait."
"Because when I spoke with such confidence, you crossed your arms and looked at me with a perfect posture, as if saying: 'Can you really do it?'"
"Then I started acting and leading you astray, to make you see me as someone who forcibly acts important in front of his fiancée, someone who is stubborn for face. And you, holding onto that thought, wanted to punish me severely or something like that, and precisely because of that, you took the bait."
"Do you understand, Senior?"
"I forgot to mention, do you think with my strength you could even notice that I was acting?"
Kasumigaoka Utaha, after hearing that, angrily clenched her teeth, tightly clenching her fists, showing that her knuckles were hard.
Then she spoke with a forced smile.
"Ara~ Kouhai-kun, you really taught this Senior a good lesson."
"I've learned a lot."
No matter how angry Kasumigaoka Utaha was, it was useless, or more precisely, in vain. So she could only force a smile and say that she had learned a lot.
Shiro then pointed to the old man whose face was filled with horror, because his ears weren't sealed. Due to the same protection, he had heard their conversation and was terrified, wanting to ask who the person in front of him really was.
At the same time, he knew very well that something bad was being prepared for him, and the feeling of death clung to him, refusing to disappear.
"Senior, enjoy the final performance of the order you placed."
Kasumigaoka Utaha, after hearing that, gritted her teeth and gave a deadly look to the scoundrel in front of her. It was all because of him; not only had he almost cost her life, but more importantly, this bastard had made her meet Shiro, and this guy had set her up.
Under normal circumstances, if Shiro had saved her, that cliché "hero saves the beauty," though old-fashioned, would have been effective. She felt she would have fallen in love with him, and her favor would have risen sharply. But this guy used precisely that method, leaving her speechless. She was grateful, but when she thought about how she had been fooled, she wanted to settle accounts with him.
Now, with Shiro's reminder, she remembered that the real culprit was right there.
Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at the old man with a murderous gaze and began cursing him.
"All of this is your fault, you old bastard, for dragging me into this chaos."
"People like you should die like worms."
"Because your existence is a threat to humanity."
Kasumigaoka Utaha unleashed her anger, firing her full fiery power at that moment.
Shiro couldn't help but applaud while listening. He had to admit that the tirade was quite spectacular. After she had vented enough anger, her face turned red with rage.
After all, she couldn't do anything. Being humiliated by Shiro was one thing, but the other party was really just an ordinary person, even someone she thought could be subdued and turned into a subordinate. Yet, she was humiliated by him. If she had known earlier, she would have acted without any hesitation! She had just given him this opportunity to turn the situation around.