Takahashi still didn't understand what had happened to Kobayashi.
He hesitated for a moment.
Still, he went up to the fifth floor and knocked on Yukino Fuyumi's door.
It probably has a time limit.
Takahashi thought, controlling Kobayashi just now… it was about three minutes.
Although he didn't know what could be accomplished in three minutes, he decided to try it out first.
"Bang, bang, bang," three knocks.
It was quite polite.
Unfortunately, Yukino Fuyumi was in an extremely bad mood at the moment.
Just now, inside the house, she had been repeating indignantly:
"Who asked you to like me, who asked you to like me, who asked you to like me, who asked you to like me, idiot, idiot, idiot, idiot"—words like that.
Hearing the knock, she was slightly pleased.
She thought that thoughtless child had come to apologize to her…
Hmph, although I don't need you to like me, saying something so out of the blue is really annoying, but I'll hear your explanation for now.
Yukino Fuyumi thought this and opened the door.
Immediately, her expectant face froze completely into an icy expression:
"Why is it you?"
"...Me." Takahashi didn't quite know what to say.
"Something wrong?" Yukino Fuyumi asked.
"This… anyway, just look at my ring first!!" Takahashi held up his middle finger, intending to control Miss Yukino first. "Let me in," he added, planning to enter the room first to see if he could proceed with further negotiation.
But just as he was about to enter.
Yukino Fuyumi slammed the outer security iron door shut with a clang.
"?"
Takahashi was a bit stunned; shouldn't there be at least three to five minutes of control time?
He looked up, and through the hollowed-out part of the security iron door, he saw Mrs. Yukino's icy expression:
"Are you out of your mind?"
"Eh?"
Takahashi was at a loss.
Yukino Fuyumi didn't need his answer at all, and she slammed the inner house door shut after the security door.
The echo lingered.
Takahashi looked at the ring on his middle finger—it, it didn't work!?
Wait, wait? How could it not work?
Takahashi's pupils and lips trembled for a long time; he truly couldn't figure it out.
Could it be… Kobayashi was playing a trick on him!?
Downstairs, in room "404."
Hayato pushed his black-framed glasses with his middle finger; he was using his x-ray glasses again.
Although the glasses couldn't pick up sounds from that far away, through this form of silent movie, Hayato could roughly guess the direction of the story's development.
Heh, serves him right.
Hayato sneered.
As Takahashi walked down the stairs with his shoulders slumped in defeat, Hayato also took off his glasses and began to massage his Jingming acupoints.
This was definitely the most dangerous time in his "Cattle Hunting career."
He was still too careless.
Actually, Hayato had a way to avoid this situation, but he really didn't expect Takahashi to pull out that ring at such a moment.
And the supernatural power contained in that "ring" was truly terrifying.
Just looking at it could deprive a person of consciousness.
It's quite terrifying for ordinary people to gain "supernatural power."
For example, if Homelander has superpowers, he's at most a Homelander, but if any of you here had superpowers, you might become an Ancestor.
Takahashi almost opened that terrifying door.
Fortunately, Hayato destroyed the key that could open the door one step ahead of him.
What a pity.
Hayato thought, if that ring could get into his hands, the "Cattle Hunting" vision should become much easier.
But in that situation, Hayato could only resort to "destroying" it.
Moreover, the origin of the ring was unclear, and he didn't really want to use such inexplicable power; it gave him an unsafe feeling.
One can only say that character determines destiny.
Some people, upon gaining the ability to pause time for three seconds, dare to aspire to conquer the world.
Some people get a "time stopper" but only think about sleeping with women.
Some can hypnotize all beings and want to overthrow the Soul Society.
Some people can directly alter anyone's will, yet they still only think about sleeping with women.
[Host—Host!]
The system's voice directly entered his mind.
[It seems Ai-chan saved you, right? Why didn't you praise Ai-chan, or even mention Ai-chan! Hmph, Ai-chan is very angry, and there will be serious consequences!]
"Oh? What consequences?"
[Ugh… d-darn it! Hmph, Ai-chan thought with all her might and realized there's no way to retaliate against the Host, Ai-chan is deflated.]
"Thank you."
[Hmph, Host is really not gentle at all… Eh, eh, eh? Did Host say thank you? Eh, eh, eh? Hmph, Ai-chan suspects she misheard and wants to pick her ears, then realizes Ai-chan doesn't have ears.]
"Thank you, this time I owe it all to you," Hayato said again.
[Waaah—It, it's going to rain blood tomorrow, isn't it? Hmph, Ai-chan can hardly believe it, and is starting to wonder if the Host is still under control.]
The chattering system gave Hayato a bit of a headache, but he still patiently said:
"Thank you. If you were in front of me, I wouldn't just thank you, I'd also rub your head."
[Heh, heh heh… heh heh heh… N-never mind! Ai-chan can imagine it herself! After all, Ai-chan is a very excellent system! Hmph, Ai-chan said proudly, puffing out her 36D chest, and also said that if anything like this happens again, just leave it to Ai-chan!]
"Mm," Hayato said.
He hadn't expected this system to become his last safety net; now he had another way to deal with mental abilities if he accidentally encountered them in the future.
It was just like a Tailed Beast Jinchuriki who had fallen into a genjutsu, able to dispel the genjutsu through the Tailed Beast within them.
"You did well, you did well," Hayato praised profusely.
[Heh, heh heh heh, heh heh heh heh heh—]
The system laughed until her bones went soft—if she had bones, that is.
[Oh, oh right! Host can draw a prize now! Hmph, Ai-chan reminds Host that the previously completed "Great Annihilation of the Blond Army" mission has not yet been drawn, and demands that Host do it quickly so Ai-chan can have a good time!]
Hayato didn't understand what his prize draw had to do with the system having a good time, but seeing as she had been a big help today, he agreed to the request.
[This time! We will definitely draw a divine artifact similar to the "Xuanyuan Sword"! Hmph, Ai-chan is full of confidence!!]
"It'd be good enough if you could draw a 'Kusanagi Sword,'" he retorted.
[Hmph, Host! Get ready—and behold the magic weapon!!]
Then—
[Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the item—]
"Bicycle: Wind-wheeled electric, ghost fire bicycle."
Hayato: … …
System: … … … …
[Uh, something came up, I, I'll withdraw first. Hmph, Ai-chan performed a divine disappearance.]
Then Hayato frowned, looking at the bicycle that had appeared in the room.
If it were a mountain bike or a road bike, fine, but it was a folding one, for crying out loud.
The wheels weren't even as big as Nanao Akane's chest (exaggeration).
What good could it be?
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