"Just you two?"
Ye Xing glanced toward the doorway and chuckled lightly.
"No one else?"
"Go to hell."
Rio Futaba raised her hand and lightly smacked his shoulder, saying irritably.
"Aren't Miko and I enough? Don't go crazy here, actually thinking everyone would serve you together? Not even a real emperor gets that treatment."
Compared to Rio Futaba, who could still communicate normally despite being somewhat awkward and shy, Miko Yotsuya's face was burning red, so nervous she didn't know where to put her hands.
Last time, she had indeed invited Yui Yuigahama to fight together.
But taking turns challenging the boss in consecutive battles was completely different from teaming up for side-by-side combat.
It was only because Miko Yotsuya and Rio Futaba had the closest relationship in the Supernatural Society, being what you could call best friends.
If the other person drawn had been Kazusa Touma or Hina Amano, Miko Yotsuya probably wouldn't have agreed to such an embarrassing request as teaming up to challenge the boss.
"First... let's turn off the lights..."
Feeling her cheeks burning, Miko Yotsuya quickly walked over and switched off the room lights.
Though the moonlight streaming through the window provided some illumination, the dimming atmosphere clearly made her less tense.
"So..."
Miko Yotsuya looked towards Rio Futaba, standing there, a misty haze forming in her golden eyes.
"What... what should I do?"
"Er..."
Hearing Miko Yotsuya's question, Rio Futaba was also taken aback.
"I... I don't know either..."
After numerous battles, while Rio Futaba and Miko Yotsuya still felt shy and somewhat reserved during one-on-one sessions, they would try their best to meet Ye Xing's requirements, making them relatively experienced.
But when it came to two-on-one?
As pure high school girls, how could Miko Yotsuya and Rio Futaba possibly know what positions to use for two-on-one?
"You don't need to know."
Ye Xing spoke with a serious expression.
"As Kyoto's number one eroge player, I'll teach you how to do it."
"First, come over and kneel on the ground."
Upon hearing this request, Miko Yotsuya and Rio Futaba exchanged glances, both flushing bright red. But since they had already decided to go through with it, they obediently complied.
"Then... one on each side, or one person handles the head while the other handles the base, understand?"
Under Ye Xing's patient guidance, though Rio Futaba and Miko Yotsuya's movements were somewhat clumsy, they carefully extended their tongues and began gently licking.
Seeing each other in their peripheral vision made them feel even more ashamed, yet at the same time, there was an inexplicable sense of excitement.
Meanwhile, while enjoying Miko and Futaba's services, Ye Xing was pondering an important question.
If pairing up in teams of two, how should the groups be arranged?
Mai Sakurajima... could probably pair with anyone, same with Yui Yuigahama and Hina Amano.
Although Miko Yotsuya might only be willing to pair with Rio Futaba for the first time, and the latter likely felt the same, they could still be developed. Eventually, having them team up with other members should be achievable.
The key problem was...
Kazusa Touma probably wouldn't be willing to team up with anyone.
If she really had to pair up, she would only be willing to share with one person - Setsuna Ogiso.
For his own greater enjoyment... no, for Kazusa Touma's personal safety considerations, conquering Setsuna Ogiso was imperative.
Saki Kawasaki and Marin Kitagawa were good friends, so they could form a team.
As for Hana Yurikawa... she could form a double bust bond with Rio Futaba, or alternatively, team up with others to play with size contrast combinations.
As for situations outside the Supernatural Society...
Haruno Yukinoshita probably wouldn't be willing to team up with former competitors like Mai Sakurajima, Miko Yotsuya, and Rio Futaba, but some candidates could establish rapport with her.
The first choice was her younger sister, Yukino Yukinoshita.
Natsumi Suga should be fine, too.
There was even another candidate.
Shizuka Hiratsuka, who was friends with Haruno Yukinoshita, could also form a bond.
Thinking this, Ye Xing looked down at the diligently focused Miko Yotsuya and Rio Futaba, reached out to pat both girls' heads, showing a thoughtful expression.
That's how things were.
The members only needed to consider how to squeeze, while he, as the Harem God, had many more things to consider.
...
Twenty minutes later.
"You have so much... it got all over my face and hair."
Looking at Rio Futaba, who was wiping her face with a wet tissue while muttering complaints under her breath, Ye Xing spoke with righteous seriousness.
"I did it on purpose. Besides, is this really my fault? Shouldn't you have swallowed faster?"
Rio Futaba let out a slightly helpless sigh.
"My fault, alright?"
"Good that you know."
For the rest of the night, Miko Yotsuya and Rio Futaba seemed to have opened a new door.
It was the first time either of them realised that even in such situations, there were so many positions to try.
Like one person sitting in front while the other rides below, or both lying face down on the bed, and the most embarrassing of all...
Stacking together.
...
The next morning, on top of a high-rise building over two hundred metres away from the Osaka Metropolitan Police Department headquarters.
"Are you sure you can hit the target from this distance?"
Hearing Mai Sakurajima's question beside him, Ye Xing looked down at the black dots that had become ant-sized on the ground, and the entrance of the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in the distance. He gently placed his sniper rifle on the ground and replied calmly.
"My aim isn't the issue. The problem is that at this distance, the target might be able to dodge."
"Dodge?"
Mai Sakurajima frowned slightly, hesitating as she spoke.
"But... for a human, at the speed of a sniper bullet, two hundred metres and two metres shouldn't make much difference, right?"
"That might be true for ordinary people."
Ye Xing nodded noncommittally, lying prone on the ground as he adjusted the position of his sniper rifle, speaking softly.
"But is that guy really just an ordinary human, or should I say, just an ordinary psychic? If the power of that Izanami God can adjust and enhance a psychic's strength, then such a useful pawn in the higher ranks of the Metropolitan Police Department would definitely be granted the strongest spiritual power."
"Of course, we also have to consider the target's original capability base. If they have reflexes on the level of Seishu Akoya, the probability of a hit at this distance is only forty percent."
Hearing this, Mai Sakurajima's frown deepened, and she pursed her lips.
"If that's the case, then why..."
"It doesn't matter."
Ye Xing replied indifferently.
"Success isn't only defined by killing that high-ranking Metropolitan Police Department official. Just firing this shot is enough to put Osaka under lockdown for investigation. A frightened bird who narrowly escaped assassination might just lead us to the mastermind's true form."
Mai Sakurajima sighed softly, her expression complicated.
"I hope... nothing goes wrong..."
"Don't worry."
A rare seriousness appeared in Ye Xing's eyes as he replied word by word.
"This time, I won't fail again."
...
Half an hour later, at the entrance of the Osaka Metropolitan Police Department headquarters.
"Inspector Taniguchi, welcome to the Osaka Metropolitan Police Department for guidance."
A man in a black suit, of medium build with cropped salt-and-pepper hair, appeared to be around fifty years old. Though his face showed signs of age, his eyes were sharp and exuded an authoritative aura. Facing the welcoming words from several high-ranking officials of the Osaka Metropolitan Police Department, he merely nodded expressionlessly.
"Guidance is an overstatement. This is merely an exchange of experience."
"Yes... yes, Inspector Taniguchi is quite right."
In terms of position, Inspector Taniguchi from the Kyoto Metropolitan Police Department held equal rank with the Osaka Metropolitan Police Department, making such ingratiating—almost sycophantic—attitudes entirely unnecessary.
However, when it came to seniority, the situation was different.
Nominally, members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department held higher positions than those in other regional departments, but nowadays, the Kyoto Metropolitan Police Department seemed to function more as Japan's central police headquarters.
After all, police officers prove their capabilities through handling cases.
And only the Kyoto Metropolitan Police Department had experienced so many major incidents.
Not just Soichiro Yagami—every officer in the Kyoto Metropolitan Police Department, including Inspector Taniguchi, had accumulated numerous impressive case records worth boasting about in less than a year.
This was precisely why several senior officials from the Osaka Metropolitan Police Department were receiving him with such deference.
"Let's skip the pleasantries and head inside—"
Just as Inspector Taniguchi was mid-sentence, his vision filled with drifting red threads and what appeared to be scattered cherry blossom petals.
"What's this..."
Before Taniguchi could process it, the gently floating red threads suddenly converged, binding his body tightly, while the cherry blossom petals began emitting an intoxicating fragrance that clouded his mind.
The next second.
Bang!
Inspector Taniguchi's head exploded like a firework of flesh and blood.
The destructive power of a sniper rifle bullet isn't like what's portrayed in films and TV dramas. In reality, even grazing an ordinary person would cause half their body to burst apart.
And now, Inspector Taniguchi no longer had a head.
Watching his headless corpse slump to the ground with a dull thud, surrounded by scattered flesh and pooling blood, the senior Osaka Metropolitan Police Department officials finally reacted, their expressions abruptly shifting.
"Sniper! Take cover!"
...
"Done."
Elsewhere, Ye Xing set down the sniper rifle after firing the single shot. Naturally, he had used spiritual power-formed black gloves throughout his handling of the weapon, leaving no fingerprints.
As a precaution, before leaving the building's rooftop, he used black flames of spiritual power to scorch the entire surface, ensuring no hair from Mai Sakurajima or himself remained at the scene.
Two minutes later, only the gun remained, lying there as if nothing had happened.
...
That same noon, in the hotel rooms occupied by students and teachers from Toyogasaki High School and Sobu High School.
"There's no related discussion online."
Rio Futaba set down her phone and looked toward Ye Xing, sitting by the window, pushing up her glasses with meaningful emphasis.
"Was this within your expectations, too?"
"Of course."
Ye Xing replied in an even tone.
"A visiting police inspector being killed at the entrance of the Osaka Metropolitan Police Department headquarters—with a highly dangerous, strictly controlled weapon like a sniper rifle—if this news got out, the resulting public backlash would be immeasurable."
"As long as the Osaka Metropolitan Police Department leadership aren't fools, they'll do everything possible to prevent any information about this incident from leaking."
"Of course, even without public pressure, the fact that a high-ranking Metropolitan Police Department official was assassinated in public means that to maintain normal social order, while Osaka may appear calm on the surface, the Metropolitan Police Department's investigation should have already begun."
Miko Yotsuya nodded slightly in agreement.
"Hmm... This way it won't cause panic among Osaka citizens, minimise the impact on the Reverse World, and still put pressure on Osaka's Metropolitan Police Department to investigate the mastermind's headquarters. The plan Light Yagami came up with is indeed perfect."
"Is the pressure only on Osaka's Metropolitan Police Department?"
Ye Xing meaningfully countered the question, shaking his head with a smile.
"The one under the most pressure right now should be that famous detective."
...
Meanwhile, in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department operations meeting room.
Just as Ye Xing had thought, and exactly as Light Yagami had initially predicted, a heated debate was taking place in the meeting room.
"L."
Soichiro Yagami sat at the head of the table, watching the world's greatest detective, who was crouched on his chair, nibbling on chocolate while wearing a stained white long-sleeved shirt that made him look somewhat unkempt. He couldn't help but slam the table heavily, speaking sternly with a serious expression.
"Such a serious incident has occurred in Osaka! As the special investigation team of the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters, we should provide support and apprehend the criminal as quickly as possible!"
L didn't even look up, giving only the simplest response.
"Not going."
Soichiro Yagami's brows furrowed tightly upon hearing this, his clenched fists even beginning to tremble with agitation.
"Don't you realise how dangerous that criminal is!? According to the Osaka Metropolitan Police Department's report, aside from the sniper rifle used in the crime, not a single trace was left at the scene - no fingerprints, hair, or skin tissue, nothing that could be investigated. Such a vicious and audacious criminal, we must..."
"Director Yagami, I'm afraid you've misunderstood."
L glanced up at Soichiro Yagami, yawned, and said with a lazy expression.
"Sniper assassination? I have absolutely no interest in such boring cases. There's only one criminal that interests me, and that's Kira."
"You..."
Through their interactions during this period, Soichiro Yagami had come to understand.
Famous detective? The Metropolitan Police Department's trump card...
L's motivation for pursuing Kira wasn't based on any form of justice - he simply found it interesting and acted accordingly.
Did Soichiro Yagami agree with Kira's ideology and methods?
He did not.
But similarly, he didn't agree with L's approach either.
This guy was like someone possessed.
The serial poisoning cases in Tokyo, along with other difficult-to-solve crimes - L paid no attention to them at all.
He seemed bewitched, with only Kira in his eyes.
This was definitely not justice, nor was it like the Mask's actions, which, though breaking rules, were ultimately right.
"Suit yourself."
After several seconds of silence, Soichiro Yagami said with a serious expression.
"But as the head of the special investigation team, I will deploy all available police resources - Japan's finest criminal investigators - to support the Osaka Metropolitan Police Department's case. If you want to continue pursuing Kira, do it alone. Otherwise, provide us with assistance to quickly solve this Osaka case."
With that, Soichiro Yagami turned and left the operations room directly.
Listening to the sound of the door slamming shut, a thoughtful expression appeared in L's eyes as he quietly said to Watari, standing beside him, who had remained silent throughout.
"I'm... gradually losing this game."
Watari slowly replied.
"Then why don't you consider helping the Metropolitan Police Department's investigation? Perhaps the Osaka case has some connection to Kira."
L nodded slightly, his expression unchanged.
"Perhaps that's the only way."
Helping the Metropolitan Police Department investigate the Osaka case wasn't something L particularly resisted.
Under normal circumstances, a case like this - where a high-ranking police official was publicly assassinated, with no traces found except for the sniper rifle used in the crime, making it utterly perplexing - would be enough to capture the interest of the world's greatest detective.
However, L had a vague feeling.
That by doing this...
He would be acting according to Kira's expectations. Though he didn't know why the other party wanted to draw his attention to Osaka, this way...
He would be conceding a move.
...
Meanwhile, at the high school where Light Yagami studied.
"Was the matter completed successfully?"
"It's done."
Hearing Ye Xing's affirmative response from the other end of the phone, Light Yagami couldn't help but smile slightly.
"No related news reports, it seems the mastermind hasn't made any moves regarding this. However, this is only the beginning of your school's study trip - you'd better be careful over the next few days."
Ye Xing replied in a relaxed tone.
"Of course. Any progress on your end?"
"Yes, we'll catch that guy soon. After all, some things ordinary people can't observe become very clear to people like you and me."
"That's good."
After hanging up, Light Yagami leaned against the rooftop railing of the teaching building, his brown eyes flashing with a hint of crimson as he murmured to himself.
"So now, facing the joint investigation by Mask, Kira, and the world's greatest detective L, how will you respond?"