[This is a news update. Yesterday morning, an Aberrant attack occurred in Guanzheng District. There are currently no casualties reported...]
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[A strong Aberration reaction was detected on the male corpse... We urge all citizens to take note and to refrain from going out at night.]
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Another nukepacific day.
Aside from the usual Aberrant attacks on the morning news, and the usual... advice to not go out late at night.
Oh.
The TV station's wording had even changed from 'try not to' to 'must not.'
Other than that... the "Eye of Insight" cult—which Kujou Katora described as being as frenzied as a swarm of insects and as troublesome as a cancer clinging to the bone—still hadn't managed to cause any significant trouble.
It was like a stone dropped into the sea.
Su Yuzu gazed at her own crimson eyes in the mirror.
Through the mirror, she could almost see another person.
Su Yuzu and Soga Yura were twins.
When they were very, very young... Su Yuzu could even feel Soga Yura's thoughts.
As a transmigrator, Su Yuzu naturally assumed her ability was some kind of mental power like telepathy.
And just as naturally... the idea of protecting Soga Yura as if she were her 'little sister' began to sprout in her heart.
She had even wondered if she might be the protagonist.
It was only later... that Su Yuzu discovered that the one standing in the spotlight, the center of all attention, wasn't her.
It was her older sister, Soga Yura.
The one who needed protecting wasn't Soga Yura, but herself.
Honestly, that wasn't so bad.
Su Yuzu was genuinely happy for Soga Yura's strength.
Being a freeloader in the Soga family, just lazing around and acting like a well-behaved little sister in front of Soga Yura, wasn't an unacceptable fate.
But... what she couldn't accept was, in complete contrast to Soga Yura's dazzling brilliance... her own self, so dim it was as if she were on the verge of annihilation.
And—
Soga Yura's heart, which gradually closed itself off to her, and her increasingly cold attitude.
Their gazes would meet and part in an instant, as if she were some kind of walking source of contamination.
That was harder for Su Yuzu to accept than any other blow.
Eventually... Su Yuzu chose to run away from the Soga family.
She didn't have many attachments there anyway.
Her mother had passed away long ago, when she and Soga Yura were born.
And her father... to be honest, Su Yuzu hadn't seen him more than a few times.
Her few impressions of him were all of a man struggling to suppress his anger, to keep from venting it on her.
He must have loved Mother very much.
So... he must have hated her just as much.
Su Yuzu didn't blame him, but... it was impossible to like him either.
Blinking, she pushed all these thoughts from her mind.
Su Yuzu put on her trench coat.
Today, the girl was wearing a cream-colored, off-the-shoulder sweater with a wide, folded collar.
Unlike Soga Yura's figure, so flat it would make a Shenzhou tablet sigh in comparison, Su Yuzu, the younger sister, was surprisingly well-endowed.
Su Yuzu could perfectly envision it~ inside the training hall.
When she took off her coat, and the collar of her sweater slid down her shoulder with a simple gesture, the little rabbit's cowlick would go boing and stand up straight in shock.
That would surely be fun.
She had always had such a wicked personality.
The corners of her lips curling up slightly, Su Yuzu pulled open her dorm room door.
And then... she saw an unexpected character.
A woman in an open black and red jacket.
Under the jacket was a rather ordinary dark gray top.
However... the hem of the top was too long.
And the hot pants were too short.
It looked as if the woman was only wearing black pantyhose under her top, her shapely legs forming a beautiful line.
Su Yuzu couldn't help but steal a few more glances.
Her scarlet eyes seemed somewhat tired as Kujou Katora forced a small smile for Su Yuzu.
"Morning, Yuzu."
"Good morning, Kujou-senpai." Su Yuzu bowed respectfully to Kujou Katora.
Although she was well aware of the fact that beneath the woman's apparent sadist exterior was a severe masochist.
But... Su Yuzu was always meticulous about showing the proper respect due to a senior.
This allowed her to keep Kujou Katora's favorability from suddenly skyrocketing and triggering a series of dangerous incidents, while also slowly planting the idea in Kujou Katora's mind that 'Su Yuzu is my junior,' 'she's my kouhai.'
Then... when being bullied by her kouhai, the taboo, shame, and humiliation welling up in the proud woman's heart would blossom into even more vivid flowers.
"Kujou-senpai, did you just get back?" Su Yuzu asked with concern, noticing the weariness Kujou Katora couldn't hide in her crimson eyes.
"You should take a bath right away, get some proper rest, and sleep."
The cooldown for "Develop" was already over.
Su Yuzu was all prepared to let Kujou Katora relax her body and mind, and then get a good night's sleep.
"No need—" Kujou Katora shook her head, "I'm just a little tired."
"Yuzu..."
"Are you heading to the training hall?"
"Perfect, I'll go with you."
She took a long look at the girl's soft outfit.
For some reason... a thought suddenly surfaced in Kujou Katora's mind: she didn't want Su Yuzu to go instruct that young lady from the Saotome family.
Su Yuzu didn't refuse.
She just quietly pulled her hand back from the "Develop" option.
Oh well... she could let Kujou Katora properly relax her body and mind when she got back tonight.
After accumulating experience over the past few days.
Su Yuzu's ability had successfully broken through to 「Level 8 - Hand of Paradox」, and the next breakthrough would take at least another week of saving up.
She wasn't in that much of a hurry for one or two "Combat Records".
What a pity—
Regardless of an Operator's ability, you could only use one "Combat Records" at a time.
Otherwise... Su Yuzu would have liked to let Kujou Katora or Ms. Unohana really relax.
On the way to the training hall, Kujou Katora chatted with Su Yuzu about recent discoveries.
Regarding those "Epiphany Manufacture" headphones, the Fourth Action Division already had some leads.
She believed it wouldn't be long before they rooted out this nest of the "Eye of Insight" cult.
And then there were the various 'accidental' incidents that had been occurring frequently in the city recently.
Thanks to the insight from Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi.
Besides the strong Aberration reactions, the Fourth Action Division had indeed found another commonality among the bodies—
They were all members of the "Eye of Insight".
In other words...
There was another group, or another individual, in this city hunting down the followers of the "Eye of Insight" cult.
Su Yuzu bit her lip gently.
The answer in her heart grew clearer.
Soon, Su Yuzu and Kujou Katora arrived at the entrance to the school's training hall.
From a distance... the little rabbit came hopping over towards Su Yuzu.
But—
Besides the little rabbit, there was another girl's figure that brought a look of keen interest to Su Yuzu's face.
A black-haired girl, nervously wringing her hands.
She bowed deeply to Su Yuzu, trembling, "Y-…"
"Lady Sister Yuzu."
—Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi.
「She doesn't want to see that demon again?」
「No!」
「She does.」
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