A humble gentleman, gentle as jade.
Yui Obata looked at Alex. She didn't know why that phrase flashed through her mind. Her emotions immediately calmed down. Panic, nervousness, fear—everything vanished. She had blind confidence in him.
Alex could handle anything, even if Gou Himegi looked physically stronger.
Alex and Gou Himegi stared at each other, their gazes crossing, sparking tension.
Gou Himegi frowned. The guy was below him, looking up from the stairs, but his eyes, his expression… they carried an air of condescension.
He was looking down on him, like looking at an ant.
What an annoying look. This guy seems much harder to deal with than that good-natured Kaoru Furuta, but even so, he can't be my opponent.
"You're that Alex?"
Alex curved his lips, not answering, but merely licked them. "You saw it just now, didn't you? Makoto… your little sister, she's amazing~"
"!!!"
This bastard!
"Fine, you've successfully angered me."
"Angered you? And then what?" Alex twitched his eyebrow, smiling provocatively. "Red Overheat?"
Tap…
Tap…
Tap…
Watching him step up the stairs, Gou Himegi's savage expression flashed across his face. He moved, his muscles bulging. His side-swept punch cut through the air, leaving a sharp afterimage, aimed at Alex's head.
If that punch landed, Alex would be lucky to escape without a concussion.
Swoosh—
However, it hit nothing.
He vanished?!
Gou Himegi's pupils contracted to pinpoints. He didn't even react, unable to see how the guy had disappeared. Alex had already appeared behind him.
Bang—!!!
\[Strength]: 13
\[Agility]: 10
\[Intelligence]: 9
\[Stamina]: 15
This was Gou Himegi's status panel. Purely in terms of attributes, he wasn't weaker than Alex. He truly is an athlete. In a situation with a disadvantage in attribute values, Absolute Control couldn't be used.
If it were back when he first crossed over, before he targeted Chloe and the others, he probably wouldn't have been able to handle him. But now, it was different. He relied not only on attributes and Absolute Control.
But also… Time!
"You bastard!!!"
Turning, his punch missed again. Alex, who appeared like a ghost to his side, savagely kicked Gou Himegi onto the ground.
The power of Time played with him like a puppet. This was a force that could rule the world, and it could also be used to do Lewd things. After the massive increase in his mental power, the Time Manipulation ability was even easier to wield.
"Alex~"
Yui Obata smiled excitedly, rushing over to hug his arm, not shy at all about sandwiching his arm between her Chests, squeezing it to alleviate her fear from just a moment ago.
"I heard you wanted to lay a hand on my woman?" Alex wrapped one arm around Yui Obata, placing one foot on Gou Himegi's arm. He sneered, "You have a lot of nerve."
Snap—
"Aaaahhhh—!!!"
A bone, a bone was broken.
"Yui-senpai, are you alright?"
"I'm fine," Yui Obata glanced at the miserably howling Gou Himegi, shook her head, and said shyly, "Alex, you came just in time…"
Alex called me his woman. Although she knew it was true, it was still so embarrassing.
But, she was kind of happy…
Sure enough, he values me, and not just for… that kind of relationship in bed.
"Normally, as Makoto's brother, I shouldn't go too far, but you touched something you shouldn't have… Not just Yui-senpai, but also last night… My Big Brother-in-Law hasn't forgotten, has he?"
"Hoo… Hoo…"
He was breathing heavily, his face flushed, staring fiercely at Alex with bloodshot eyes, the veins on his forehead throbbing. Luckily, no one else was around, or the commotion would have been significant.
"Last night… was that you…" He seemed to realize something, his expression drastically changing.
"Heh, it's not just Makoto, Yui-senpai is the same. My women are not for anyone else to touch," Alex's eyes flashed coldly. "Even if they are just tools."
Tools? Alex isn't talking about me, right? Yui Obata tilted her head. Mmm, it must not be me. It must be that girl named Makoto.
"So, even if you are my Big Brother-in-Law, I can only say I'm sorry. Anyway, Makoto already finds you disgusting and repulsive," Alex's smile gradually turned malicious, appearing like a demon in Gou Himegi's eyes.
"What, what did you do to me?!"
A broken arm was one thing, but he felt a sense of weakness flowing through his entire body. Gou Himegi was very confident in his physique. Even being kicked down, he shouldn't be completely unable to resist.
But now… Lying on the ground, he found his strength and stamina constantly draining away. He couldn't fight back at all!
"This is what happens when you touch my woman. Remember it well," Alex's demonic face magnified. From the moment he started speaking, he had activated his Time Manipulation ability.
Lifespan Theft!
\[Strength]: 13 \rightarrow 7
\[Agility]: 10 \rightarrow 5
\[Intelligence]: 9 \rightarrow 6
\[Stamina]: 15 \rightarrow 5
His attribute values dropped wildly. Visible fatigue and aging appeared on Gou Himegi's face. His young, healthy body was continuously aging, his metabolism accelerating.
His body cells… were rapidly approaching the end of their life.
Five years, ten years, twenty years, fifty years!!
"You… you… Ugh, Hoo…"
Yui Obata was stunned, watching her classmate slowly develop wrinkles and gray hair, transforming from a strong young man into a feeble old person.
The girl was terrified, curling into Alex's embrace.
"Alex, he, he is…"
"It's nothing. I just stole his lifespan," Alex squatted down, smiling at Gou Himegi, who couldn't even lift his hand. "Gou Himegi, how does it feel to have your lifespan draining away?"
"Thank you for contributing more than fifty years of your life. By the way, this lifespan will allow us to live longer, so… thank you very much for your selfless contribution."
Lifespan?
He can do something like that?! Yui Obata was dumbfounded.
The incredibly aged Gou Himegi's mind was utterly shattered. The loss of his lifespan, his body so weak and old—he had never experienced this feeling, this life like a candle in the wind, which could go out at any moment…
"Demon! You, you are a demon!!" Every sentence required three gasps for air. Gou Himegi trembled, reaching out his hand. "No, don't take my lifespan! I was wrong, I was wrong!"
"Makoto and Yui Obata! I'll never touch your women again! Please, please let me go! Give me back my lifespan! I'm Makoto's brother, I'll give her to you…"
Tears and snot flowed all over the floor. It was hard to imagine that this Blonde-haired boy could show such a humble side.
No one could accept being transformed from a teenager into an old man in the blink of an eye.
Unfortunately, it was too late.
"Just spend the last few months of your life in pain, despair, and terror…"
"Aaaahhh!!!"
Watching Alex walk away with the beautiful girl, no matter how much Gou Himegi screamed, struggled, or pleaded, he lay on the ground like a pile of mud, unable to change the outcome.
At this moment, on the brink of despair, he saw hell.