"Wow, Big Brother Yuuto, your cooking is so delicious!" praised Komachi, eating the food on the dining table very happily.
"Hahaha, please eat as much as you want. There's still plenty," Yuuto said warmly.
On the other side of the table, Zelretch also seemed to be chewing his food calmly and with full satisfaction. "Hmm... the taste is already on par with Emiya's cooking. You have a chance to surpass him," the old man commented.
"Thank you, but this is still just a mere imitation. It's too difficult for me to surpass the original creator," Yuuto replied.
Hearing that, Zelretch carved a small smile. "I once heard a quote like this: *'There is no rule that says an imitation cannot defeat the original.'* So, you just need to work even harder. Maybe someday, you really can surpass him in cooking," said Zelretch.
The movement of Hachiman's chopsticks suddenly stopped. "Whose words are those?" he asked curiously.
"Just the words of a foolish boy who is incredibly stubborn," Zelretch chuckled casually.
Komachi tilted her head with a mischievous look. "Oh? Is that boy very stubborn? Is he more stubborn than my brother?" she teased.
"Hey! I'm not a stubborn person, you know!" Hachiman protested quickly, feeling targeted.
Zelretch stroked his beard while glancing at Hachiman with an amused look. "Hmm, I wonder..."
"Maybe their level of stubbornness is the same, even though their personalities are actually very different," Yuuto answered casually.
"Eh? Does Big Brother Yuuto know that person too?" Komachi asked, growing more curious.
"Not personally, I only know him from other people's stories. Hachiman and that boy indeed have opposite traits. But... there is one exact same tendency between the two of them," Yuuto explained while glancing at Hachiman.
"The same tendency? What kind of tendency is that?" Komachi pressed, her curiosity peaking.
Zelretch stroked his beard, as if just realizing something. "Ah! That's right. Come to think of it, those two boys are indeed very similar in 'that' regard," the old man chimed in, confirming it.
"Eh, what are you two talking about? Leaving the sentence hanging like this just makes me even more curious, you know! What does 'that' tendency mean?!" Komachi whined.
"Hehe~ someday you will definitely find out for yourself," Yuuto teased with a small laugh. The young man then stood up from his chair. "Alright, since dinner is over, let me help clear the table."
In an instant, the piles of dirty bowls and plates had neatly transferred into Yuuto's hands. He then walked towards the kitchen, followed by Zelretch who also got up.
"Oi! When is 'someday'?! Why are you two hiding something so important?! Are you conspiring to prank me, huh?! Hey, don't ignore me!" Hachiman protested in annoyance.
However, his protests were completely ignored. Hachiman could only sit frozen in his chair, left alone at the dining table with a feeling of extraordinary confusion and suspicion.
(Transition)
The morning sunlight began to shine on Chiba city. On the roof of a tall building facing directly towards Sobu High School, Yuuto stood frozen. Beside him stood the figure of a woman in an office suit with tall platinum blonde hair tied in a ponytail. The woman's facial features were a perfect reflection of Yuuto's own face, but with a gaze that was much colder and flatter.
Yuuto touched the earpiece on his ear. "The time has come. Let's begin Operation 'Fata Morgana'. All units, make sure you are in your respective positions," Yuuto ordered firmly.
"Ready, Leader!" replied four voices in unison through the communication channel.
However, shortly after, Miku's voice was heard interrupting from the earpiece. "But Yuuto... are these preparations really necessary? It feels excessive, as if we are preparing to conduct a massive war ambush," complained Miku, who was currently on standby inside an empty building not far from Yuuto's position.
Yuuto cast his gaze towards the school gate which was starting to get crowded. "There's no harm in being prepared, Miku. We don't know what trump card that parasite is hiding. If this transmigrator turns out to have incredibly strong system cheat abilities, at least we are already in the most prime combat-ready condition," Yuuto answered rationally.
"Even though this is just an ordinary world, you really prepared everything very thoroughly, huh," commented Zelretch who was now standing monitoring from the roof of the school building.
"Precisely because this is an ordinary world, we must make such strict preparations," Yuuto replied. "The people here do not have any abilities that can protect themselves. If a large, uncontrollable battle breaks out, this incident will definitely claim many casualties."
"Okay, good reason," Kuroneko chimed in from across the communication channel.
The girl was on standby inside an empty house, observing the Sobu High School students passing by towards the gate. "Then, what about that 'woman'? Is she ready? Don't tell me you used her real name when registering her to the school as a temporary teacher? Let me warn you, that woman's name is very famous and recorded in several worlds that share the same history as ours."
"Fufu~ take it easy, Kuroneko. I didn't use her real name," Yuuto chuckled casually.
"Hey! Let me remind you! After all this crazy operation is over, you must restore the condition of this school back to its original state, understood?!" Hachiman cut in with a voice that sounded very angry from the other end of the communication. "And that hypnosis magic you implanted in the teachers must also be completely removed! Make all this mess as if it never happened!"
Hachiman grumbled in annoyance. The young man truly could not tolerate Yuuto's actions of arbitrarily hypnotizing his teachers just to insert a puppet figure into the school.
"Yes, yes, relax, Hachiman. After all this is over, I will restore the school's condition to the way it was," Yuuto replied soothingly.
"Oh, it seems Hiratsuka-sensei is already standing waiting in front of the gate. It looks like she's the one assigned to welcome this 'new teacher' of ours. Alright, I'm closing the channel now. We proceed according to plan," Yuuto said while cutting off his communication connection.
He then turned around and looked at the artificial woman figure behind him. "Now, move. You already understand what needs to be done, right?" he ordered.
"As you wish, my Husband," replied the cold-faced woman figure, right before her form vanished without a trace from Yuuto's sight.
Hearing that address just now, Yuuto inevitably frowned slightly. "Damn it... it seems I accidentally put too much of her original memories and personality into that puppet," he muttered, shivering a little.
Meanwhile, in the area near the school gate, Hachiman, Yukino, and Yui appeared to be observing Shizuka Hiratsuka from a distance.
"How is it, Hikki? Has the operation started?" Yui asked in a whispering tone.
"Yes, the puppet has started moving. She will arrive here shortly," Hachiman answered. His eyes kept staring intently at Hiratsuka with a tense and anxious expression.
Yukino glanced at the young man with her characteristic look of disgust. "Stop making such a weird expression, Hikigaya-kun. Your face actually makes you look exactly like a perverted man getting ready to pounce on his own teacher."
Hachiman let out a tired sigh. "Yukinoshita, you really don't know the time and place, huh. That venomous mouth of yours is truly merciless."
Yukino only snorted softly, ignoring Hachiman, then returned her gaze straight towards the school gate. "It seems she has arrived," she muttered.
From her position, Yukino could clearly see the form of Yuuto's puppet imitation walking closer.
Her appearance was truly beyond reason. Her beauty was so extraordinary that it felt capable of defeating any top supermodel.
One by one, the passing students stopped in their tracks automatically. All eyes were glued to staring at the graceful figure. All the students seemed totally hypnotized by her deadly charm. Near the gate, Shizuka Hiratsuka, who had been leaning casually against the wall, immediately corrected her posture to stand straight.
The female teacher was even captivated and tempted for a few seconds when looking at her face, before finally hurriedly shaking her head to snap herself out of it.
However, amidst the crowd of hypnotized students, there was one person who was still fully conscious. It wasn't that he was immune to the captivating charm, but rather because his fear was far more dominant when he recognized the identity behind that beautiful face!
"S-she...! How could she possibly be here?!" Bong Ol thought to himself, his body trembling violently. His eyes widened in sheer terror staring at the platinum blonde-haired woman. "Could it be that this world is a Lostbelt?! Or is this some crazy crossover world?! Why is a monster woman like her here instead?! And after years of waiting... why is she only appearing now?!" cursed the student named Bong Ol with panting breath and shrinking courage.
"Snap out of it, Hiratsuka! Remember, you are also a woman!" she muttered, trying to bring herself back to her senses.
She then gulped and looked back at the platinum blonde-haired woman. For some reason, when making direct eye contact with her, Hiratsuka's instincts screamed, urging her to bow down and submit obediently to her. Her incredibly intimidating aura made Hiratsuka feel as if she were facing a king or queen.
"Shizuka Hiratsuka," the woman called out, breaking the silence with a flat and authoritative tone.
"O-oh, yes! That's me," Hiratsuka replied, slightly flustered. She hurriedly fixed her posture. "You are the one who will be the temporary teacher here, right?" she asked to make sure.
"Do you still need to ask? Haven't you already heard it directly from your superiors?" the woman replied in an incredibly cold and piercing tone.
'Ugh... this arrogant aura of hers really reminds me of Yukinoshita. Could it be that she's another one of her older sisters?' Hiratsuka thought miserably.
"Ahaha... sorry, sorry. I just wanted to confirm to be sure," Hiratsuka chuckled awkwardly, trying to break the ice.
"Hmph. Whatever. Now, quickly show me the way," the woman ordered without beating around the bush.
"Alright. Please follow me, Madam Vivian," Hiratsuka said, guiding the 'new teacher' to step into the school building area.
Along the way, their steps were continuously accompanied by the intense stares of the students who seemed hypnotized. Their eyes absolutely could not tear themselves away from the figure of the temporary teacher with an angelic face who introduced herself as Vivian.
"Morgan le Fay... the king of the sixth Lostbelt," Bong Ol muttered under his breath.
He stood frozen in place, staring at the departure of Hiratsuka and the woman. His mouth was still hanging wide open, before finally slowly changing to form a wide smirk.
"Wait a minute... don't tell me this is my main reward! Because I managed to complete that dog-shit quest, the system must have opened a crossover route with another world! And that means, Morgan is..."
Bong Ol's breathing quickened. A perverted and obscene smile was clearly etched on his face. "Hehehe~ My wife, Morgan! You must have been sent here as a gift from heaven for me because I've gone through the trouble of being patient all this time! That must be it!" he muttered, full of delusion.
"And if this is how the story goes, there will definitely be more heroines coming to me! My harem... my wives! Hehehe~ this world will turn out to be very interesting after all!"
His restrained laughter was unknowingly voiced out too loudly. He only snapped back to his senses when he found several students around him starting to look at him with weird and disgusted glances.
"Damn this mouth of mine... I talked too much," he cursed in panic. He immediately lowered his face and hurriedly moved away from the crowd.
Meanwhile, unnoticed by anyone, Yuuto appeared to be standing balanced on top of a utility pole not far from the school area.
The young man's eyes stared straight at the delinquent student who had just been babbling nonsensically. His eyebrow twitched hard, as if his common sense had just been thoroughly insulted.
"Are you kidding me...?" Yuuto muttered with a dumbfounded expression of disbelief.