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Shizuka's demand…
Shuya agreed to all of it without hesitation.
As for Yuriko…
It looked like he was going to have no choice but to play the role of a master time manager tonight.
After that, he continued discussing the details of Rika's future training with Shizuka.
Now that she'd gotten the answer she wanted, Shizuka sat on the edge of the bed and listened carefully, ears perked up.
Of course, Shuya's requirements weren't as simple as the girls had imagined. It wasn't just a matter of letting Rika go out with Shizuka to kill zombies.
After all, zombies were much slower and less alert than they had been while alive. Aside from their dangerous infection ability, as long as you stayed careful, they actually posed far less threat to Rika than living humans would.
Especially since Rika would be shooting from a distance with firearms instead of fighting up close.
For an elite special forces operative like her, this was basically easy mode.
That's why Shuya wanted to raise the difficulty on purpose—so Rika would have to focus with everything she had while killing zombies, increasing the chance she'd unconsciously use Nen.
For example, requiring her to take down at least two zombies with every single bullet.
Of course, he left the exact difficulty up to her. If she wanted more of a challenge, she could always push herself further—three kills per shot, four, whatever.
"Alright, let's go with that for now."
In the end, Shuya didn't have any better ideas. After all, this was all still just a theory.
Once the serious stuff was settled, it was time for the not-so-serious stuff.
Rika looked at Shuya and licked her lips.
Having only become a real woman the day before, she was already hooked. Plus, some of the suggestive things Shuya had said earlier had left her feeling restless.
If her body wasn't still a little sore from losing her virginity, she might have already tackled him right there.
She was thinking maybe tonight, once she recovered a bit, she could join Shizuka…
She had zero objections to that idea.
Rika opened her mouth, about to speak—
"Mii?"
—but a Snowball Beast suddenly hopped into the room, cutting her off.
Shuya asked in surprise, "Snowball Beast? Did something happen with Rei?"
After opening Rei's pores, he hadn't felt comfortable leaving her alone. So he'd left two idle Snowball Beasts to watch over her. If anything went wrong, they were supposed to come find him immediately.
The sudden appearance of the Snowball Beast made him think something must have happened to Rei.
"Mii!"
The Snowball Beast replied.
…Yeah. Shuya couldn't understand a single word of Snowball-speak.
"Never mind. You two keep talking. I'll go check on Rei."
Shuya told Shizuka and Rika, then quickly headed for the door while expanding his En to check on Rei from a distance.
"Yan-kun~"
At the same time, a joyful voice came from outside the room.
It was exactly who he was worried about—Rei Miyamoto.
Caught completely off guard, she ran straight into him as he was stepping out.
Thankfully, the ridiculous accidental kiss you always see in anime didn't happen.
Instead…
"Ouch, ouch, ouch…"
Rei rubbed her slightly reddened forehead, wincing in pain.
Shuya asked worriedly, "Are you okay?"
At the same time, he shot the Snowball Beast a death glare.
What the hell? False alarm?
Did Rei look like something was wrong?
The Snowball Beast gave him an innocent look in return.
"So you were here," Rei said, her eyes and voice overflowing with happiness the moment she saw him. "Yan-kun, I did it! I finally managed to control that life energy!"
"Really?"
A flash of surprise crossed Shuya's eyes.
He couldn't help but think—the success rate for learning to control aura after pore-opening seemed pretty high.
Both Yuriko and Rei had managed to grasp it successfully right away.
Was it because they were main girls and heroines in this world?
"Look, look, Yan-kun!"
Rei immediately started showing off her newly mastered Ten, wrapping her body in aura.
Shuya didn't even need to use Gyo.
Just from her current state, it was obvious. Earlier, when he first opened all her pores, her life energy had been pouring out like a broken faucet. Now she looked completely normal.
The result was clear.
"Well done. So… do you want to form the contract with me now?" Shuya smiled, manifesting a contract scroll and holding it out to her.
"Yes!"
The ash-brown-haired girl nodded vigorously.
She snatched the scroll from his hand without even bothering to read it again, then signed her name on it without hesitation.
To Rei, this contract scroll meant way more than any marriage certificate ever could.
Now she had a proper excuse to sneak into Shuya's room tonight.
The moment Rei finished the final stroke of her signature, the parchment turned into a stream of light and flew into her body.
In an instant, it flowed through all her limbs and meridians, merging with the weak aura she had already begun cultivating.
"So comfortable~"
For a brief moment, Rei felt like she was wrapped in Shuya's embrace, completely surrounded by his presence.
A blissful smile spread across her face.
Unfortunately, the wonderful feeling faded quickly.
When she opened her eyes, she still had a slightly dreamy look on her face—only to find several expectant faces staring at her.
Even the usually lazy Shizuka was watching her with open curiosity.
"How does it feel?" Shuya asked.
"I feel amazing. The aura inside me has increased quite a bit too," Rei answered after thinking for a second. "As for anything else… I'm not sure."
Shuya wasn't surprised.
After all, part of his own aura had fused with the aura she had cultivated herself. Of course her total aura capacity would increase.
As for anything more specific, it was normal for Rei not to understand yet—she had only just become a Nen user.
"Let's do the water divination test," Shuya suggested.
He had felt something strange flow back to him through the contract. It was like his own aura had gained some new quality.
It felt a bit like Enhancement… but also a little like Transmutation?
He wasn't quite sure himself.
In this situation, the water divination test seemed like the only way to find out.
"Is it the same one Miss Takagi did earlier?" Rei asked curiously.
"Yeah. Wait here a moment. I'll go grab the cup and leaf."
With that, Shuya turned and left the room, leaving Rei alone with Shizuka and Rika.
"Marikawa-sensei… could you please stop looking at me like that?"
Only after Shuya left did Rei notice the strange look Shizuka was giving her.
"Ehehe~"
Shizuka smiled brightly and explained, "I'm just really curious! After all, both Sensei and Saeko-chan formed our contracts directly with little Shuya. We didn't go through the pore-opening step first."
"So that means, Miyamoto-san, you're actually the very first person to sign a contract with him after having your Nen opened!"
Hearing Shizuka's words, a slightly silly, happy smile spread across Rei's face.
The first?
I'm the first one?!
Right now, the girl was completely lost in the sweetness of those two words—"the first"—her heart filled with joy.
Meanwhile, Rika—who was standing next to Shizuka—thought for the first time:
Holy shit… my best friend is actually terrifying.
With just a few simple sentences, she had turned this smart-looking girl into a lovestruck mess who couldn't even find north anymore.