In the Monitoring Room
Things weren't going well.
Two women were about to erupt from their seats.
They were ready to rush into the Chamber and drag that bitch out themselves—but thankfully, the bitch didn't continue her actions.
Nemuri was furious. She had almost touched something she had never tasted first. Now she was really losing it. She knew more bitches would come, and she needed to hurry.
Mei was angry about Yoruichi licking the sleeping face of her husband when she hadn't even done it yet.
Nemu?
She was baffled by what she was feeling. It was something she had never encountered before. She just wanted to drag that cat away from him. She didn't know yet that what she was feeling was jealousy.
Then she turned to Nemuri, who was still thinking about her next move.
"Midnight-sensei… why do I feel like I suddenly want to kick that cat?" Nemu asked.
Mei and Nemuri both raised their eyebrows.
They knew exactly what she was feeling.
Mei leaned closer to Nemu's ear and whispered, "It's called jealousy, Nemu-chan."
Then Mei leaned to Nemu's other ear.
"Yes, Nemu. It's when you feel like something that should be yours is being stolen right in front of your eyes."
Mei's words weren't just an explanation—it was exactly what she herself was feeling.
Jealousy?
Nemu repeated the word in her mind.
Then she looked back at the monitor, where she saw Maki's sleeping face. Peaceful. Calm.
A subtle, slow reaction stirred inside her.
Nemuri gently patted Nemu's head. "Well, it's okay if it's you, Nemu," she said—but the meaning behind it was far more complicated.
Mei realized Nemuri was vouching for Nemu.
She scoffed and said, "Well, look at you deciding for my own husband."
Nemuri glanced at Mei and said to Nemu, "See, Nemu? That's also jealousy."
While the three women were busy with their emotions—
The other monitors were still buzzing.
Many examinees still hadn't found shelter or supplies. Some were still fighting inside the Chamber.
A girl in a blue dress was using her head to smash into a hybrid reptile.
The creature had dark green scales and stood six feet tall. Its claws were like a bear's, its head resembled a boar's, its legs were like those of a crab, and its body was reptilian.
The blue-masked woman was having fun playing a literal head-to-head match with it.
She was the sister Black Maria had mentioned.
Her name was—
ULTI
Authority: Akuma
Category: Ancient Zoan
Epithet: Ryu Ryu, Model: Pachycephalosaurus
Ulti was a relatively tall young woman with a light complexion. Her hair reached near her mid-back, forming rounded locks mainly blue in color, with thin pink streaks running through it—plus a single white strand over her left eye. Blunt bangs fell across her forehead, parted near the left, and an ahoge stood upright on her head.
Characteristically, Ulti had horns—a sharp, upward-curving white pair emerging from the sides of her head, resembling a bull's.
Her eyes were large and round, framed by long lashes, with pinkish-violet irises. Her lower face up to her nose was covered by a pink mask with a scalloped edge trimmed in white.
Ulti wore a long-sleeved minidress that was white and pleated above the waist, with a blue bow below a pointed collar. The lower light-blue section, non-pleated and buttoned down the middle, ended in a short skirt with a slightly ruffled hem, leaving most of her legs visible.
Fastened to her shoulders was a darker-blue cape trimmed with light-blue fur along its edges, reaching near the ground. The inside of the cape was also blue. She wore red high heels.
Ulti was bold, rude, and short-tempered. She never backed down from a verbal quarrel and regularly threatened violence against those who annoyed her. Somewhat fickle and insane, she could act friendly and refined one moment, then snap into yelling with dangerous bluntness the next.
She was merciless toward enemies and willing to brutalize them without hesitation. She wasn't above hitting a child if annoyed. In battle, due to her aggressive nature, Ulti was quick to attack anyone she deemed an enemy. Still, she remained a sharp decision-maker and kept her guard up continuously, unlike the grunts around her who often gloated and dropped theirs.
Ulti also had a vengeful streak. She grew extremely angry over anyone who hurt her and swore payback. However, she was capable of genuine gratitude toward those who helped her.
In speech, Ulti followed certain "trends" to sound fancy. But when annoyed, she slipped into a vulgar, bratty tone, revealing how superficial her mature manner of speaking truly was. Over time, she had developed many different ways of ending her sentences.
Her Epithet, Ryu Ryu Model: Pachycephalosaurus, allowed her to transform into a full dinosaur or a human-dinosaur hybrid.
In her Hybrid Form, her most common combat state, she grew significantly—roughly five to six meters tall. Her legs became digitigrade and dinosaur-like, covered in scales, and she grew a thick, powerful tail. Her face became more reptilian, while her signature horns remained prominent.
In her Full Beast Form, she transformed entirely into a Pachycephalosaurus—a massive quadrupedal dinosaur with a heavily armored, dome-shaped skull. Despite her size, she was surprisingly fast and could easily smash through stone walls.
And right now, Ulti was having fun fighting that boar-shit creature.
Then she decided to finally end the fight —
The anomaly was only at Grade F
So for her it was as easy as one plus one.
Ulti was done playing with boar-shit.
She grabbed the boar's horns to hold it steady—
Then delivered a massive headbutt.
( ＾Д＾)BAAAAAAAAAM—
The force created shockwaves.
The boar-shit creature was instantly knocked out.
Its body disintegrated into white particles, and the black ribbon on her wrist suddenly beeped.
Ulti glanced down
at her points.
Participant #103
Points: 362
Her score showed exactly what she had been doing all this time—searching and racking up points while destroying everything in her path.
Then she looked around and realized it was already night.
Without waiting, she ran off in search of a safe and secure place to sleep. After a while, she found a large tree.
She looked up and saw wide, coiling branches.
Without hesitation, she climbed.
The branches were thick and sturdy. She checked her surroundings carefully. Seeing nothing nearby, she sat down on one of the large branches and leaned back, finally taking her rest..