After the kiss, Renji suddenly noticed that Reze's eyes had regained their luster—and she was looking at him.
Sensing something wrong, his gaze dropped to her neck.
The bomb's pull-ring had been pulled.
—BANG!!!—
Reze's head detonated like a bomb. A deep crater erupted in the ground beneath her. A massive plume of white smoke billowed outward, mixed with torn flesh and spraying blood.
Renji leaped back, rolling out of the smoke cloud, coughing and patting the dust from his body.
Then—a tiny, brilliant spark flickered within the haze.
Another deafening BANG followed immediately.
The surrounding smoke was blown away as if by a violent hurricane, and amidst the swirling chaos, a figure slowly emerged.
Reze stood at the center of the blasted crater. Her head had transformed into a massive, torpedo-shaped warhead. Below it, where a mouth should be, was a jagged groove lined with two rows of exposed, oversized teeth.
Her arms, severely damaged by the initial blast, hung in tattered shreds—but countless glowing, vein-like lines erupted across her body, writhing like living things as they rapidly converged and reconstructed her limbs at visible speed.
The fiery lines then spread from her arms across her torso, solidifying into an apron of densely packed, cylindrical C4 bombs that hung neatly before her.
"Renji, I was already on the verge of death. Why did you kiss me? Are you attracted to women who are practically corpses? You're actually a hopeless pervert, aren't you?"
Renji wiped the blood from his mouth. Golden light shimmered across his body as he activated the Transformation System.
"It's fine. I just thought you looked like a wilting flower—it was beautiful. But… Reze, you were literally on the edge of death, and you still came from a little tongue action. Aren't you also a hopeless pervert?"
[Ding~ Detected Reze's shy emotional state. System rewards 20 points.]
Reze was silent. Then she raised a finger and snapped.
A spark ignited at her fingertip, tiny as a lightning bug, and shot through the air in a flash of light.
Renji instinctively tried to dodge—but the spark was terrifyingly fast, already reaching his chest before he could fully react.
The spark flared, illuminating Renji's stunned face.
—BANG!!!—
A massive explosion sent Renji flying backward.
"Renji… there's still a chance. It doesn't have to be like this. I'm strong—you'll just end up killed by me. Please, come with me. I'm sincere about you."
The smoke ahead slowly cleared. But Renji, who should have been lying on the ground, was no longer there.
He appeared suddenly in the air above Reze, his Mumyo blade gleaming coldly as it arced toward her vital point. Yet Reze's reaction was equally astonishing—without even lifting her head, relying purely on instinct, she twisted her body and evaded the strike.
In the same motion, she seized the opening and swung a fierce punch, catching Renji cleanly on the chin.
Sparks flew. Another colossal explosion roared skyward.
Renji was blasted away again, tumbling several times through the air before crashing onto the distant grass, motionless, coated in dust and debris.
"See? I told you."
Reze walked to Renji's side, crouched down, and extended a finger to gently hook his chin. His eyes were closed. She confirmed he had been knocked unconscious by her blast.
Due to her transformation into a Weapon Human, Reze's oral structure had been completely altered. As she parted her massive, exposed teeth, a long, pitch-black tongue slithered out.
Reze's tongue was not only black as gunpowder and astonishingly long—it was also highly acidic.
It easily pried open Renji's tightly sealed lips, slipped effortlessly past his teeth, and pushed inward.
The snake-like tongue was grotesquely thick; both sides of Renji's cheeks bulged visibly.
It continued to penetrate, reaching the deepest part of his throat. Reze deliberately pressed further, forcing the skin of Renji's neck to distend outward.
His face reddened as he struggled to breathe. Then, Reze began to move.
In and out.
After only a few strokes, Reze reacted.
—Squelch—
Seawater gushed from between her thighs, spraying outward. Some of the hot, rapid droplets, rubbing against each other, ignited into tiny sparks—hissing and mini-detonating beneath her.
The seawater Reze now ejected was no ordinary fluid. It was gunpowder—volatile, explosive, capable of detonating like a bomb.
This sustained, deep, searing kiss continued for a long time—until Renji's expression twisted in pain, his face pale and breath ragged. Only then did Reze reluctantly withdraw her tongue.
The grotesque black tongue lashed through the air, saliva flying, its vengeance satisfied.
[Ding~ Detected Reze's shy emotional state. System rewards 20 points.]
"You're right, Renji. I really am a hopeless pervert, too."
On the grass not far from them, a sleek black Shark Fiend slowly emerged from the ground and began moving toward Reze's position.
As the distance closed, her fin cut through the grass faster and faster.
"——Shark Kick!!!——"
With a sharp, fierce cry, the Shark Fiend launched herself from beneath the turf, her pale, delicate leg extended, her small foot driving fiercely toward Reze's waist!
The impact sent both of them hurtling through the railing, tumbling down the slope together.
Mid-roll, Reze reacted. She dug her fingers into the earth, sparked a detonation, and used the blast to launch herself into the air, landing cleanly on a road at the mountain's base.
She moved quickly. Her fingers gouged into the road surface, sparks flickering at her fingertips, triggering a rapid series of violent explosions.
The concussive force propelled her higher; she adjusted her posture midair as more fireworks bloomed behind her, steadying herself on the wide pavement below.
The Shark Fiend's fin surfaced again on the road behind Reze, closing fast. She repeated her tactic, bursting from the asphalt, her tiny foot crackling with power as she kicked out.
"——Shark Kick!!!——"
Reze caught the flying foot midair. A surge of sparks erupted from her palm, crawling instantly across the Shark Fiend's entire body.
—BANG!!!—
The Shark Fiend was consumed entirely by the blast. Behind her, the road was gouged into a ten-meter trench—shattered rock and dust billowing skyward.
Charred black, smoke rising from every part of her body, the Shark Fiend collapsed to the ground.
"Are you also from Division 4? Protecting Renji in secret? I don't want to kill without reason. Stay down. Don't even think about getting up, and I might let you live."
"B-Bomb Woman… Stay… stay away… from Renji… Or I'll… eat… I'll eat you…"
Sparks flared on Reze's legs. With a deafening roar, she shot into the air like a launched shell, streaking back toward Renji's position on the mountaintop.
The Shark Fiend stirred weakly.
"Renji… What Renji asked me to do… I… did it perfectly… Yes… I helped Renji… Uh…"
Reze landed back at their original spot.
Renji was gone.
"Big liar."