"Akira! Shall we do it again?"
"Now that I've finally discovered this pleasure, I must make up for what I missed before."
Saying that, she placed her assets in front of Akira.
"Akira, don't be shy."
Kitagawa Marin stood by, and other scenes inevitably appeared in her mind.
Akira looked at the clock on the wall.
Time had unknowingly reached 9 PM—they had to finish quickly.
"Mmm~! Akira, this is a bit sudden."
"But, I like it so much."
Angel leaned on Akira's shoulder.
"Marin, you're here."
Although Kitagawa Marin had already witnessed it,
in this situation, she still couldn't help but blush.
Now she wasn't wearing any cosplay costume; she was just herself.
"Mhm mhm, you two continue. I'll go back to my room first."
Click.
Only Akira and Angel were left in the living room.
Angel had even fewer reservations.
Her pure white wings spread, assisting Akira.
With the training limit maxed out, Angel's total stats directly increased by 4 in this training session.
Ten times over—that would be 40 points.
SS potential is indeed powerful, and the Master Ball is also amazing.
At this moment, the system prompt finally appeared in Akira's ear.
"Ding! Chain Quest: Dangerous SS Character, Completed."
"Quest Reward: Platinum Capture Ball × 1, Normal Capture Ball × 2, System Shop unlocked."
"Ding!"
"Junior System Shop has been opened."
Akira's mind moved.
A technologically advanced shop unfolded before Akira.
[Soldier Pills]
[Effect: Restores 30% status]
[Price: 10,000 yen]
Huh?
There was only one type of food in the food interface.
And it was a very ordinary rice ball.
But the effect was decent, directly restoring 30% of status.
It also didn't seem to be limited to only captured characters.
As the future heir of the Suou Family,
Akira immediately discovered the business opportunity within it.
This thing could save lives at critical moments—
pulling dying people directly back from the brink of death.
This item, bought for ten thousand in the shop, could be resold for tens of millions.
Specifically sold to the Hero Association, Jujutsu Association, high-ranking officials, and chaebols.
Why not Public Safety?
Most Public Safety employees were expendable; they wouldn't spend that money to buy these things.
One hundred million yen?
Three months?
Still too conservative.
Wait until tomorrow to attend the meeting of those old fogeys.
Just take this thing out and let them auction it on the spot.
But to be safe,
Akira still planned to buy one and try it first.
He opened his wallet and took out a 10,000 yen bill.
The next second, a Soldier Pill appeared in Akira's hand.
Seaweed-wrapped rice—
no, it was rice wrapped in seaweed.
It still had the faint warmth of freshly made rice.
Akira glanced at Angel next to him.
He fed the Soldier Pill—which was two bites—into Angel's mouth.
Her condition instantly recovered a little.
"Huh!"
Angel noticed the special properties of the Soldier Pill and her eyes widened.
"Akira, what is this? How can it be digested and restore stamina immediately after eating it?"
"This is a Soldier Pill—something that can save lives."
"Only I can produce it."
"But, this thing only has a shelf life of thirty days."
Ordinary Soldier Pills would expire in three days.
But the system's would expire in a full thirty days.
And when the system limits the expiration, it means it will definitely expire—no storage methods are effective.
Conversely, before that, even for a single second,
it would absolutely be fresh.
"What a good thing!"
Angel's loyalty to Akira had now reached 100.
She naturally believed Akira's words without a doubt.
After discovering that Akira could truly ignore her ability and interact with her normally, her favorability instantly reached its maximum at that moment.
And this favorability, after being captured, became loyalty.
Therefore, Angel was the third character among the current ones to be 100% loyal to Akira.
And the first thing Angel did after recovering was to find Akira.
She hoped to connect for training again.
"Hehe, as expected of Akira. I won't be polite."
Akira was currently browsing the shop and didn't respond at all.
However, Angel didn't mind these things and had a lot of fun on her own.
Akira scrolled to other sections.
[Long-distance Training Remote Control]
[Effect: By remotely controlling training equipment, it can slightly increase the training cap (1% fixed). Each character can bind three, but only one effect will be active.
[Price: 100,000 yen]
What remote control?
It was clearly a small toy.
Slightly increase the training cap.
Although it was only 1%, would future unlocked items be able to increase it more?
This thing had a perfect use case right now.
With a thought from Akira, his wallet instantly deflated.
The next second,
a remote control appeared in Akira's hand.
Huh? Why was there only a remote control?
Shouldn't there be the other end as well?
Akira was a little confused.
Then he saw a prompt from the remote control.
[Bind character, Angel?]
[Yes!]
[Remote control has been bound to character. Please select the activation location!]
Huh?
The other part of this thing actually had no physical form.
It acted directly on the target through binding.
And it could act directly on a selected area.
Holy cow!
What a good thing.
Let's try it in this scenario.
Beep… "Mmm~!"
What's going on?
Why would something like this happen?
"Ah~!"
"Akira, no."
Angel was instantly defeated.
Amazing!
Akira smiled slightly.
He changed the area.
Angel had a corresponding reaction again.
Good stuff, good stuff.
He had to get one for each character.
Although each only increased the cap by 1%, if there were many, it would still be a considerable amount of data.
As for Kirisu Mafuyu—
three.
He just loved Mafuyu-chan's pouting, angry, yet helpless look when she was bullied.
Thinking of this, Akira continued to flip through other pages.
[Normal Capture Ball]
[Effect:…]
[Price: 1,000,000 yen]
[Platinum Capture Ball]
[Effect:…]
[Price: 50,000,000 yen]
[Master Capture Ball]
[Effect:…]
[Price: 1,000,000,000 yen]
All payment methods were currency.
Therefore, he needed to earn money in reality to buy the capture balls inside.
Moreover, there was a prominent warning in the shop that cash used must come from legitimate sources.
So, his current net worth was only 19,610,000 yen.
Time to make money, make money.
The capture balls he had now were really limited.
One Master Ball, five Platinum Capture Balls, ten Regular Balls.
And four Platinum Capture Balls had already been used, yet several characters who could enter a Platinum Capture Ball had appeared—
Yuki, Fubuki.
Moreover, Fubuki had already become his disciple, so would Tatsumaki be far behind?
Master Balls must also be prepared.
And the chain quest stopped here, with no further news.
It was as if in a game, the player had already passed the novice stage.
For the subsequent world, players needed to explore the plot on their own.
However, it was good that character temporary quests would refresh.
One Platinum Capture Ball meant a net profit of 50 million yen.
So, he needed to interact more with the characters in the illustration book.
Click!
Saeko Busujima came out of the bathroom.
She was only wearing the apron Akira bought for her.
What a pity, what a pity!
It was already ten o'clock, and there were still lovely ladies waiting for him at home as promised.
Although the apron's allure was so great that Akira couldn't take his eyes off it,
the benefits of training were clearly greater than what was in front of him.
"Sigh~! Saeko, it will have to be next time."
Slap!
"Ouch!"
Saeko Busujima was attacked, her face flushed. "Then, Akira, I'll wait for you."
Akira rubbed his chin. "Depending on the situation. If I have time tomorrow, I'll go to the dojo to find you. Oh, and don't forget to collect your bonus."
"Understood, Akira."
"Mm-hm."
Returning to Angel's side, Akira stuffed another Soldier Pill into her mouth.
"I still have things to do, so I need to go home first."
"Whether you go home or stay here overnight is up to you."
"Then I'll stay here overnight. I have to go to work tomorrow—just thinking about it is annoying."
"I really want to stay with Akira all the time."
Akira stroked her hair. "You will. It shouldn't be long."
Akira's current strength and background were already enough for him to make a name for himself in this world.
Moreover, he still possessed an absolute advantage that the other three forces did not—
The System.
"Mm-hm."
Angel simply believed and looked forward to this day.
However, she knew very well that this might take a very long time.
After all, she was a Devil, and the only reason she had lived until now was because she was managed by Public Safety.
She became a Public Safety Devil.
If Makima deemed her a threat or worthless,
she would be abandoned by Public Safety.
Worthless Devils could not live in this world with ordinary people like Monsters who don't commit crimes.
They would definitely be purged by Public Safety and sent back to Hell.
It seems I can't be lazy anymore.
Angel found her goal, discovered the true meaning of life, and felt the whole world was full of vitality and light.
Akira left.
And he did not hide his strength.
At a speed of several kilometers per second, it only took a few seconds to get from Kitagawa Marin's house to the Suou Family's house.
He opened the door and changed his shoes.
Akira took out his phone.
As a Sorcerer, Mei Mei's nocturnal activities were perfectly reasonable.
"Big Sister, where are you now?"
The message was instantly transmitted to Mei Mei's phone. The special ringtone made Mei Mei ignore the fact that she was currently in the Jujutsu Association's meeting room and directly pick up her phone.
"At the Jujutsu Association, handling some matters related to you. Do you want me to tell you in person later?"
"Of course. I also have some things to attend to right now. If you finish early, choose a place and send me the address."
"If I don't receive a message, I'll call you directly."
"It seems little brother Akira is a bit impatient. Don't worry, Big Sister will definitely help you inquire thoroughly."
"I'll contact you later."
"Alright."
Mei Mei put away her phone, and the smile instantly faded from her face.
"You need to make a decision."
"Is it money you want, or information?"
"My information is unique—no one else could possibly know it."
"Hmph, but a few pieces of information from Akira cost 100 million. You really think our money grows on trees, don't you?"
Mei Mei waved her hand. "If you're trying to bargain, forget it. I always have a fixed price when doing business."
"For this 100 million, I've already sat here with you for half a day, showing plenty of sincerity."
"If you talk like that, this transaction won't be able to continue."
"Old man Zen'in, your family isn't broke, are they?"
Gojo Satoru sat with his legs crossed, looking unconcerned.
"It's not about whether we have money or not, but information from a young punk selling for 100 million is simply not worth it."
"Is that so? In that case, the Zenin Family has a better solution, I presume?"
"Of course! But I can't say it now."
He went into the room, took a sip of water, and Akira exhaled a turbid breath.
He had just barely endured a wheel-battle version of the Three Heroes Fighting Lu Bu.
He remained steadfast.
He was fearless of what was to come.
Only upstairs—
it wasn't just Yumi Suou who heard the commotion.
There was also Yuki Suou.
After that layer of relationship, she also joined the ranks of those who couldn't sleep at night.
Sure enough, as soon as the downstairs door closed,
she had already gotten out of bed and quietly moved to Akira's room.
Akira's system radar range wasn't large, but the distribution of the two people was very clear.
This was getting interesting.
The two of them bumped into each other.
It seemed tonight was going to be problematic.
However, Akira felt no apprehension at all.
There's a kind of fun in not knowing.
Coming clean has its benefits.
Both are acceptable outcomes.
And the choice was already very clear.
Time is tight, and the task is heavy, so of course, I should go find Yumi Suou.
Setting down the water glass,
Akira did not lighten his footsteps.
Click.
When the door opened,
the bedside lamp in the room also lit up simultaneously.
Yumi Suou was lying on her side on the bed, wearing a slip nightgown, which perfectly showcased her mature charm.
Akira closed the door, a smile appearing on his face.
"Mom, you're still awake."
Yumi Suou shot Akira a look. "You said you'd see me tonight when you went to school today."
Akira sat on the edge of the bed, and Yumi Suou naturally got up and leaned on his shoulder, reaching out to unbutton Akira's shirt.
"The old man doesn't intend for me to attend tomorrow's gathering."
"It should be said that no female members of the Suou Family are allowed."
"Huh!"
"Even you, Mom? I thought it was just a notice for me, telling me I didn't need to hide anymore."
Buttons were unfastened one by one.
"I'm not sure either. You know, I don't really care much about these kinds of things."
"It's only because of you that I bothered to ask."
The belt was removed.
A blush instantly appeared on Yumi Suou's face.
"It's good to be young."
"Mom, you're still young too."
Yumi Suou's eyes flickered. "Of course I'm young now, but what about ten years from now?"
"You'll still be young in ten years."
The mist shrouding the mountains dispersed.
Under the warm yellow moonlight, the lush bamboo forests, with the wind blowing and cicadas chirping, were incredibly beautiful.
"You're such a sweet talker. In the past few days, have you found any connections?"
"Connections? Of course I've found them—and many of them."
"Then I'm relieved."
Yumi Suou pushed aside the lampshade and brushed the dust off the incandescent bulb.
She also shifted from lying on her side to lying on her back.
She lifted her legs, pressing her soles together.
"How about this? This is a method I just heard about from a friend."
"Very good. But Mom, if you do that, I'll feel bad."
"So, let me help you too."
For the soles of the feet to join, to reach Yumi Suou's level,
some joints would inevitably need to be opened.
Akira merely brushed past—
Yumi Suou already started to feel a little breathless.
"Akira."
"How do you know these things?"
"There are lots of them in Yuki's manga."
"As expected."
"All those manga of Yuki's, you bought them, didn't you?"
"Wronged! Those are all Yuki's."
"Mmm."
"No, that's dirty."
Although she said that, Yumi Suou still uncontrollably leaned into him.
How embarrassing.
To show such a side in front of her son.
"This isn't dirty at all."
Akira climbed onto the bed.
His hands propped up beside Yumi Suou's ears.
"Mmm!"
Yumi Suou was startled, her eyes wide.
Pfft!
Without any fancy techniques,
Akira completed the first step of the training in a simple, unadorned manner.
"Akira."
Yumi Suou propped herself up, hooking her arms around his neck.
The soft bedside lamp illuminated her exquisite profile.
"Mmm!"
Pfft!
Outside the door, Yuki Suou was pressed against it, listening carefully to the sounds.
Click!
The door opened…