"… Then I'll just go back to sleep."
"Don't you think it's scary?"
"Although that's the case, I can't have you sleep in the living room."
"It's fine for me to sleep in the living room."
"Same for me …"
"How could it be the same?"
Seiji didn't want Chiaki to sleep in the living room for so long. Chiaki didn't want him to either, so she would rather go back to her own room.
But, she already said that she was scared. And, Seiji was indeed worried about her and wanted her to stay.
So, he decided to move her bed over! With his power as a Spiritual Ability user, it wouldn't take him much time to do so.
He moved the bed over to the study and tidied it up. That was all he needed.
"If it's a night attack, I welcome you ~" Chiaki sat down on the bed and made a seductive pose.
"Stop fooling around … Go to sleep. Call me if anything's wrong." Seiji was slightly tempted.
Late at night, he was unable to restrain himself from making a move … but he didn't.
He simply got up to check on her. When he saw that Chiaki was sleeping soundly without anything out of the ordinary, he simply tucked her in.
Of course, Seiji felt impulsive as he looked at his girlfriend's sleeping face. But, he wouldn't actually pounce on her.
Nothing happened that night.
In the morning, Yui arrived by car.
After Seiji got on the car, he reported to her about Itsuki Kamitani, as well as the information he obtained afterwards.
"You currently have two choices," Yui spoke up after a period of silence.
"The first is to hand over that Wakaba Chiaki to me … in other words, hand her over to Soul Society.
The second is to protect her with your own power. "
Seiji fell silent.
This scene reminded him of the final scene of the Bloodwine Ritual tournament.
And, as if it was intentionally cooperating with him, his system gave him two options …
[A: I trust you. I'll leave Chiaki to you.]
[B: I trust you. But, I can't trust Soul Society as well … I'll protect Chiaki with my own power.]
[C: I need to know more. What's going to happen to Chiaki? What will happen if I hand her over to you?]
Seiji chose C, indicating that he wanted to know more.
"I'm not sure what will happen. Perhaps nothing will happen. Or perhaps … it will be very dangerous." Something flashed in Yui's eyes. "If we hand her over to Soul Society, we'll protect her life within certain limits. But, if she exceeds those limits, we'll deal with her."
Deal with … The word made Seiji's expression turn cold.
Soul Society wasn't a charity organization, nor was it a righteous organization. Just as Hana said, it was a faction of order.
"Order" was by no means the same as "kindness". Its existence and maintenance had elements of violence and cruelty. Seiji understood this.
Seiji didn't blame Yui. Instead, he thanked her for making things so clear.
"How should I protect her?" Seiji expressed his choice with this question.
"Stay by her side and watch over her," Yui answered seriously.
…
"That's why you brought her along."
In Summer Night's house, after hearing Seiji's explanation, the Grand Mistress looked at Chiaki.
Chiaki smiled and acted cute.
"That's right." Seiji nodded.
He had Chiaki come over with him. Chiaki didn't have any objections to this. In fact, she was more than happy to do so.
Little Shi also came. Feng Wu was having a day off today. She stayed at home to accompany Ling Yang.
Tomohisa, Genji, Hoshi, Kazuko, Kaori, and Mayuzumi all arrived.
Chiaki greeted everyone. This was her first time meeting Tomohisa. However, they had chatted on the internet before, so they weren't strangers. As for Kazuko, she already knew about her as well. Her eyes sparkled when she saw her, and she had a delighted smile on her face.
After everyone gathered, Seiji told them about Chiaki. Then, together with Summer Night and Hitaka, they all had a strategy meeting.
At this time, Chiaki discovered a wild Rona. She immediately tossed out a master ball … whoops, pounced on her! However, the cat girl nimbly dodged it.
"Don't run ~ Kirin-san ~ ~"
"Meow."
The tomboy chased after the cat girl out of the meeting room. She seemed to be having a great time.
After the strategy meeting ended, everyone changed into their combat gear.
Hitaka was still wearing the same red dress. Tomohisa and the others were astonished by her attire since they were seeing her for the first time.
Summer Night wasn't wearing the same skintight attire as before. Instead, she was wearing a windbreaker combat attire that was similar to Seiji's.
This combat attire was red and white. When worn by the Grand Mistress, who had an excellent figure, she seemed valiant and beautiful. This was especially so when she stood next to Seiji who was wearing a black and gray windbreaker. They seemed like the main characters of a role-playing game!
'This combat attire is nice as well. But, I prefer the original combat attire …' Genji commented in her mind.
After returning home last time, she drew many sketches based on President Wanhua's image, which was deeply imprinted in her mind due to the huge impact she received. Afterwards, she completed an excellent design that was so good that she didn't even want to upload it to the internet. Instead, she kept it for her own personal collection.
After learning that Summer Night was participating in the strategy meeting as well, she was looking forward to seeing President Grand Mistress in the skintight attire again. However, her hopes were dashed.
Seiji was the one who told Summer Night to change into a different combat attire. That was because her skintight attire was far too sexy, and it would be a bad influence …
Fine, Seiji admitted that he didn't want other boys to see Summer Night like that! Even if she had a cape to cover it up, it wouldn't do.
Summer Night was delighted by his feelings, so she quickly prepared this "couple outfit" for him.
Tomohisa and the others sincerely praised Summer Night's beauty as well as how well she and Seiji worked together.
Seiji noticed that Mika had an envious expression in her eyes.
"Do you all want to wear even prettier combat attires?" Seiji asked his teammates.
"This humble one isn't dissatisfied with the current combat attire, but if possible, of course I'd like to wear something even more impressive!" Tomohisa stated.
"I think so as well," Genji agreed.
"Me too …" Hoshi agreed.
"I think that the current combat attire is fine," Mayuzumi said.
"I think that this is fine as well," Kaori agreed.
"I … think that this is fine as well," Mika muttered in a low voice. Although that was what she said, her expression betrayed her.
Custom-Made combat attires were expensive, but if one didn't care about the combat attire's performance and only cared about aesthetics, Seiji had the financial ability to give everyone a custom-made combat attire.
He suggested that everyone change their combat attire. Yet, when his teammates asked about the price of custom-made combat attire with basic performance, almost all of them refused to do so.
It was too expensive! Even if they weren't paying for it, they couldn't ignore the price … or, it was precisely because they weren't paying for it that they cared more about the price.
"Don't mind this amount of money. It's nothing compared to what everyone is paying for," Seiji told them.
Even though he said this, Genji and the others still didn't agree.
Seiji didn't insist upon seeing this and gave up on the idea of changing their combat attire.
However, upgrading their combat attire was a must. As for how to upgrade their combat attire, he would need to start thinking about it now.
Seiji intended to give his teammates "homework" after this Domain. He would have them write down their thoughts on custom-made combat attire as a reference.
As for Mika … he had other ideas.
After they finished their preparations, everyone entered Kazuko's Domain and began fighting!
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