Thud!
Before Fubuki could answer, a stone hit Junior Centipede between the eyes.
Although it didn't cause any damage, it drew Junior Centipede's attention.
Fubuki and Junior Centipede turned simultaneously.
They saw Utaha not far away, still holding a few stones, shouting at the centipede monster:
"Hey! Ugly freak! Over here!"
Fubuki's face paled in fear. "What are you doing? Run!"
"You are dead!"
However, Utaha's position didn't require Junior Centipede to move.
Its tail, as long as a train, twisted in mid-air and lashed out like a whip towards the girl in black stockings.
Utaha's face turned deathly pale.
She didn't even know why she was doing something so meaningless.
Was it to repay the favor, or a momentary surge of compassion?
But whichever it was, Utaha didn't regret it.
Just as Utaha thought she was really going to die this time-
Whoosh-
A sword light descended from the sky.
The blade, reflecting cold light under the sunlight, cleanly severed Junior Centipede's tail.
In the next second, both Utaha and Fubuki recognized the sword wielder.
"Busujima-san!?"
"Busujima-san!?"
Coincidentally, both of them knew Saeko.
The former, Utaha, knew her because they were in the same grade at Shuchi'in Academy, and the two were known as the two third-year campus belles.
Fubuki had always wanted to recruit Saeko into the Blizzard Group but had never succeeded.
"Long time no see, Fubuki-san. Oh~ Kasumigaoka-san is here too."
Saeko, holding a katana, smiled back at them.
"Ahhhh-"
Junior Centipede, who had been the persecutor just moments ago, became the victim in one scene.
Having lost one tail, he let out a piercing scream, frantically thrashing his remaining two-thirds of a body.
Just then, another blur descended from the sky.
A single hand pressed against Junior Centipede's throat, slamming him heavily into the ground.
"Demon Cyborg!?"
Utaha and Fubuki's expressions changed dramatically again.
However, calling Genos the [Demon Cyborg] now was a bit of a stretch.
After all, the fully armored mechanical body from before had disappeared.
What was revealed now were solid muscles, bulging with veins, no different from an ordinary person's.
Although Genos's right arm was no longer mechanical, the next second, his palm still released an orange-red energy blast.
Boom!
Red light shot skyward, exploding upon impact.
Junior Centipede's remaining 2/3 body shattered into countless fragments raining down.
The shockwave from the explosion sent Utaha, who had no combat ability, flying, about to fall off the railway bridge.
Fortunately, a large hand timely grabbed the collar of Utaha's school uniform and pressed her back onto the ground.
Utaha, still shaken, turned her head. When she saw the person's face clearly, her small mouth hung open in astonishment.
"Th... Thank you..."
After being dazed for a long moment, Utaha finally came to her senses and stammered her thanks.
"Surprisingly polite. I'm slightly impressed."
Lott's gaze lingered on Utaha for a couple more seconds.
Utaha and Yukino were known as the two sharp-tongued women in the Slice-of-Life Fanfiction of his previous life.
But upon closer comparison, there were some differences.
Although Utaha had a sharp tongue, she knew who to target.
She usually only used her sharp tongue on two types of people.
One was people she was already familiar with, as she knew they wouldn't get angry if she teased them a bit.
The other was her simps.
Because with these guys, if you weren't harsh, they'd always think they had a chance.
But for everyone else, she generally adopted an aloof, unapproachable beauty attitude.
As for Yukino, it was basically indiscriminate attacks.
She would instinctively mock anyone she met.
But surprisingly, she seemed quite popular with those Authors' fanfiction.
Lott wondered if those people get more excited the more you insult them.
"But you should have run away earlier. Otherwise, Blizzard of Hell's efforts to save you would have been wasted, right?"
Although Utaha turning back to help seemed hot-blooded on the surface, thinking about it carefully, it was actually quite stupid.
Fubuki risked her life to save you, and then you came back?
Didn't that make her rescue pointless?!
"I..."
Utaha also realized her earlier actions were quite foolish.
"I was just saying it casually. Don't overthink it."
Lott waved his hand dismissively.
Although Utaha's actions seemed somewhat foolish from a rational perspective, from an emotional standpoint, it did show she was a good person.
"A mere Tiger-level monster, and you couldn't take it down in one hit?"
After throwing the last piece of debris aside, Genos looked up at Saeko.
For some reason, he felt inexplicably displeased with the women around Lott.
"Don't say that, Genos."
Lott walked past Utaha and said with a light laugh:
"Although this guy is only Tiger-level, he's extremely close to Demon-level among Tiger-level monsters. Saeko did very well."
Anyway, Lott couldn't understand how Ichigo evolved from seated officer-level to Captain-level in half a month.
He wondered if mixed-bloods are stronger on the Planet Shinigami.
"Yes."
Genos nodded.
Saeko's eyes were filled with tenderness as she looked at Lott, then she reached out a hand towards Fubuki, who hadn't yet stood up.
"Are you alright? Fubuki-san."
"Th-Thank you."
Fubuki took Saeko's hand and stood up with her help.
Utaha stared blankly at these people.
Although she was already accustomed to the existence of heroes and monsters, only today did she truly realize that they belonged to a completely different world from hers.
"Senpai!"
A familiar call made Utaha instinctively turn her head.
'Huh? Isn't that the one who came for my autograph at the signing event over a month ago... What's his name, To... something?'
Lott also instinctively glanced over.
He almost laughed out loud.
Average build, average attire, average looks... In short, he looked completely ordinary in every way.
But he was a famously notorious figure in crossover fanfiction.
He was the number one cuckold in anime fanfiction, the top capitalist in harem series, someone even certain websites despised, the champion of playing dumb while knowing better in the 2D World, Tomoya 'Cuckolded' Aki!
To be honest, playing dumb while knowing better was almost a required skill for every harem series male lead.
Itou Makoto, Hasegawa Kodaka, Uesugi Futarou... which one wasn't an expert at playing dumb?
But compared to the one before them, their purity was still too low.
After all, not only did this guy play dumb to string along four or five female characters, but he also used it to make them work for him for free.
"Lott, did something interesting happen?"
Seeing the mischievous smile on Lott's face, Saeko asked curiously.
"Haha, it's nothing!"
Lott hooked his finger at Saeko.
Although she didn't know what Lott intended, she obediently walked over.
If Saeko's feelings for Lott before were somewhat similar to Momo's feelings for Aizen, now they had completely surpassed Momo's feelings for Aizen.
At least if Aizen told Momo to kill herself, she might hesitate.
But Saeko truly wouldn't hesitate for a second.
Mwah!
Saeko, having been kissed, immediately blushed deeply.
"Kyaa! Lott, what are you doing?"
'No matter what, I am still a girl, right?'
'How could he do this in front of so many people...'
"I do what I want! Who I like, I never hide it!"
Lott's smile grew increasingly unrestrained.
Fubuki watched with dumbfounded expression.
She found Lott's personality even stranger than she had imagined.
Genos remained expressionless. In his view, his teacher was so perfect that he should find more women to pass on his excellent genes!
However, as his disciple, it was necessary to carefully screen what kind of women were suitable.
'If just any woman could take advantage of Sensei, that would be unacceptable!'
Utaha stared blankly at Lott.
If it were before, hearing Lott say such things would have made her think he was a complete scumbag.
But now... What he says makes so much sense, she actually can't refute it.