Yukinoshita Yukino's head swayed, but her eyes remained locked on Xia You's face, lost in thought:
"I can't look away. Is this Sight Shift, or a slight form of brainwashing?"
Ema Sakuraba kept staring at Xia You's Ikemen face, her skin flushing hot. She spoke shyly:
"Kikyo-san, can you end the Magic? This feels a bit rude."
"Ah, sorry."
Kushida Kikyo ended the activation of her Ability, saying thoughtfully, "I feel a bit tired, like I just ran fifty meters."
Xia You immediately noticed the key element. "It seems you can't activate your abilities infinitely. Every use consumes Physique, and perhaps something else as well."
For instance, the energy represented by the Soul attribute might be called Mental Power.
On Xia You's Status Screen, there was not only Physique but also the Soul attribute with its unknown effects, which should also influence the use of abilities.
Once the effect of the Ability ended, Ema Sakuraba and Yukinoshita Yukino immediately shifted their gazes.
One did so overtly, the other covertly, both letting out a sigh of relief.
Yukinoshita Yukino regained her composure and began to analyze, "Energy is conserved. Activating an ability requires consuming some form of energy—a very reasonable deduction."
Xia You nodded in agreement, thinking to himself:
It seems they don't have a Status Screen; they've simply awakened a single Superpower.
A pure Superpower's upper limit likely can't compare to the MC System, but it's still quite good.
Yukinoshita Yukino can serve as a scout, and Kushida Kikyo is a powerful Support; both can contribute to wilderness survival and increase the team's combat effectiveness.
Conversely, Xia You hadn't even unlocked the most basic Wooden Sword yet; he might not even be able to beat the cat-transforming Yukinoshita Yukino.
However, once he had the Iron Set, he could definitely defeat Yukinoshita Yukino.
Xia You planned for the future; now that he knew their abilities, he needed to quickly complete an Achievement to at least unlock the Stone Sword.
Speaking of which... can Yukinoshita Yukino turn into a catgirl?
Catgirl Yukino... slurp.
I really want to see that.
Xia You glanced at Yukinoshita Yukino, but she didn't notice.
As he withdrew his gaze, Xia You's eyes met Kiana's.
Kiana hadn't looked away from admiring Xia You. Seeing she'd been caught, she nodded slightly and appraised him frankly, "You're very handsome."
You White-haired lewd dog, you've got good taste.
Xia You nodded back and said, "Who's next to introduce themselves?"
"I'll go."
Ema Sakuraba raised her hand. This time, no one competed with her. She shyly avoided Xia You's gaze and flashed a bright smile:
"My name is Ema Sakuraba. I'm a student like everyone else. Just like Kikyo-san, I hope to make new friends..."
"As for my Ability, it seems to be a type of Magic that can absorb a living being's Vitality."
"Rashly trying out Magic might hurt everyone, so I won't attempt it."
Absorb... absorb Vitality?
Kushida Kikyo and Kiana's eyes widened, their faces turning slightly red.
To think such an improper Magic existed.
Who would have thought that Ema Sakuraba, who looked so pure and cute, possessed such a terrifying Superpower...
Ema Sakuraba didn't notice the ambiguity of her Magic. She felt a bit of regret at being unable to test it, but soon asked with a smile, "The voice that appeared in my head also tempted me with Making Friends. Was it the same for everyone?"
Xia You shook his head. "Not for me."
He looked at Ema Sakuraba.
Without a doubt, Ema Sakuraba's Ability should be the Magic known as Witch Killer, which allows her to kill any human possessing a Witch Factor.
In the game's first ending, Ema Sakuraba underwent Blackening and caused World Destruction.
However, that was a special attack against people from her own world; it shouldn't work on normal people.
Since Xia You and the others didn't have a Witch Factor, had Ema Sakuraba's original Magic changed into simply absorbing Vitality?
Wait.
Was Ema Sakuraba really not from the same world as them?
Unlike the Honkai world, Xia You couldn't be certain that Ema Sakuraba came from a different world than him.
Therefore, his own body might not necessarily be free of a Witch Factor...
Kiana shook her head. "The voice in my head wasn't about making friends."
Yukinoshita Yukino crossed her arms. "How could I possibly be attracted by such a strange reason?"
"So... it wasn't the same for everyone..."
Ema Sakuraba looked a bit disappointed, but then a bright smile appeared. "It's okay, I'll become friends with everyone anyway!"
Kushida Kikyo watched Ema Sakuraba.
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She really is the same type of person as me. Tsk, how annoying.
Kushida Kikyo felt that to live, one must have their own place and shine.
Since she was young, though she wasn't bad at academics or sports, her presence would always be overshadowed by more talented people.
Thinking of her naturally cute face, she chose to put her effort into making friends.
As long as she became friends with everyone, no one could replace her presence.
Kushida Kikyo acted out her cutest side and easily made many friends.
Through this, she became a Friend to everyone in her class, building a "Kikyo Empire."
All her classmates regarded her as a close confidant, venting secrets and seeking help from her.
Kushida Kikyo enjoyed her irreplaceable sense of presence, yet because she suppressed her true nature and worried over her friends' trivial matters, she accumulated immense stress. She created a side account on the internet to curse those idiots as a way to vent.
Later, her side account was discovered by a classmate, exposing the truth of the Cold Noodle Faction and immediately drawing a storm of condemnation.
Kikyo snapped, too. She revealed the disgusting secrets of all her classmates, leading to the "social death" of the entire class. Afterward, she suspended her schooling and stayed at home, refusing to socialize.
Now, Kushida Kikyo had come to a new place where no one knew her. She had pulled herself together and decided to return to her old trade.
Ema Sakuraba, since you've chosen this path too, then stay obediently in second place as my subordinate existence.
I will become the number one person in everyone's hearts—including yours!
Kushida Kikyo made an immediate decision:
She would suppress Ema Sakuraba.
"Hey, Ema-san."
Kushida Kikyo rested her slender hands on her chest in a forced cute gesture, her innocent eyes blinking:
"The reason I want to be friends with everyone is that I love making friends, and right now none of my friends are here, so I feel lonely."
"Why is it that you want to make friends?"
Ema Sakuraba looked at her "good friend" Kushida Kikyo with a sense of shared suffering and said softly, "Kikyo feels lonely too... Me too. Middle school was very lonely. My only Friend and I... we had a falling out, so I want to make friends."
Ema Sakuraba smiled; she believed she would definitely become good friends with Kushida Kikyo.
Ema is lying.
Kushida Kikyo was smug inside, but outwardly she made a puzzled expression. "You're so cute, how could you not have any friends? Why is Ema lying? Are you a bad girl?"
Excellent. By planting the seed that Ema likes to lie, everyone will surely become closer to me than to her.
Ema Sakuraba gasped:
"Kikyo!?"