Doujin Artist: Guys! You won't believe this, but the mutated beasts here are actually edible!
Machete Girl: Huh?
Skirt-Flipping Maniac: No way, really?
Doujin Artist: For real! I had roasted wild boar with Kasumigaoka and the others yesterday, and it was delicious!
This is an Actor: The idea of spiritual energy awakening is just nature pushing Earth's ecosystem to evolve. It's not radiation or anything, of course you can eat it.
Doujin Artist: Well, I didn't know before! Anran-san, you never told me!
Curly-haired Guy: Come on, anyone with half a brain should know that! You really needed someone to tell you? What are you, Kong?
Pretty Boy from Skull Island: I have a name. It's Ratie!
After a few days of hanging out, Kong had started picking up how humans talk. He also began to understand more abstract stuff.
Ratie was the name given to him by his parents. In Kong's inherited culture, it means hope and new life. He really liked the name, and would often bring it up in chat for no reason.
Curly-haired Guy: Sure thing, Kong. Whatever you say, Kong.
Pretty Boy from Skull Island: Ratie is mad now!
Doujin Artist: Don't talk to that idiot, Ratie. You'll lose brain cells.
Pretty Boy from Skull Island: Okay. Ratie understands.
Skirt-Flipping Maniac: Ratie's such a good boy.
Scarlet Lotus Fairy: He really is.
Machete Girl: And kinda cute, too.
Curly-haired Guy: Cute? Kotonoha-chan, are you sure you know what cute means?
Amegakure Village's Angel: Being cute comes from the heart. Judging only by looks—that's arrogance.
Curly-haired Guy: I get what you're saying, but come on, Gin-san really can't call a fifty-meter-tall gorilla "cute!"
Doujin Artist: Well, at least Ratie does group tasks and brings value. What about you?
Curly-haired Guy: Are you seriously saying I've never done group missions? Do you have *any* idea how much Gin-san gave back then?!
Wig Girl: Nope.
Curly-haired Guy: Nobody asked you! Shut it!
Skirt-Flipping Maniac: But Lati worked really hard to finish that mission too. She even had to do a hula dance without wearing anything! If you, Gin-san, can do the same, then I'll admit you're cuter than Lati.
Scarlet Lotus Fairy: Yeah, I'll admit it too.
Curly-haired Guy: You bastards trying to mess with me? Kongou doesn't wear clothes to begin with! That kind of mission doesn't cost her anything at all!
Wig Guy: I think I can do it too.
Curly-haired Guy: Do it your ass! What about your dignity as a human? Your pride as a samurai?
Wig Guy: I'm not a samurai—I'm a Hyakka member!
Doujin Artist: Pfft.
Skirt-Flipping Maniac: Gintoki-san, I really think you could pull it off.
Wig Guy: Hahaha, thanks for the compliment.
No one was complimenting you!
Saten Ruiko didn't even know how to respond anymore. He actually gave up being a samurai just to join Hyakka? That's insane. Completely insane.
But even crazier was Misaka Mikoto, standing right next to her with a shy look on her face. What's with this sneaky move trying to hold my hand?
We're both girls—holding hands isn't a big deal, right?
But the way you're being so sneaky about it just makes it weird!
Damn, this is so frustrating to watch.
Ruiko gritted her teeth and suddenly grabbed Mikoto's hand. Mikoto's eyes widened, and her body trembled a bit. But soon, she relaxed again.
From her expression, it looked like she was both flustered at being found out… and also kind of pleased, like she got what she wanted.
Oh no, is this girl really trying to start some yuri romance with me?
Ruiko suddenly felt like maybe she had acted a little too impulsively. But at this point, pulling away would be too awkward.
Luckily, they were almost home.
And then… right at the bottom of her building, Ruiko saw another girl—Mugino Shizuri.
She had a pretty face, a curvy figure, was wearing a pure white dress, and had long chestnut hair down her back.
She stood there quietly holding a fancy gift box in both hands, waiting outside Ruiko's dorm.
Three girls. Six eyes. All locked on each other.
The air instantly got heavy.
Skirt-Flipping Maniac: What do I do now? [Image]
The picture showed Mikoto and Mugino glaring at each other. Mikoto's body was crackling with sparks, while Mugino looked down with a smug grin.
Clever Machete Girl: What's with these two? Why are they fighting again?
This is an Actor: I'm guessing it's because of Ruiko. Looks like the harem's catching fire.
Doujin Artist: Hahahahaha, "the harem's catching fire"… I'm dying! Classic Rui-boss!
Skirt-Flipping Maniac: It's—It's not a harem! Even if it was, Anran-san, you can't just call it that so casually! I'm completely normal, totally normal!
This is an Actor: Whether you're "normal" or not has nothing to do with whether you've got a harem.
Scarlet Lotus Fairy: Exactly. If they're fighting because of you, then it's already out of your hands.
Amegakure Village Angel: In other words, this harem is official!
Curly-haired Guy: Rui-boss is unstoppable!
Skirt-Flipping Maniac: Gin, shut up! Do I even have a choice here?!
This is an Actor: You do. Just pick one of the two girls. If you're that direct, the other one probably won't bother you again.
Doujin Artist: Yeah! Hahaha, Ruiko-chan, just pick one already!
Pretty Boy from Skull Island: That electric one's too flat. If it were me, I'd pick the bustier one. Otherwise, how are you gonna raise kids in the future?
Curly-haired Guy: Pfft!
Skirt-Flipping Maniac: Can't even raise a kid…
Doujin Artist: Lati, with that body of yours, expecting a human woman to raise your child is just impossible. To put it simply, a human woman can't even give birth to your kid. Just give up on this idea, it's not happening.
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