The Devour superpower took passive effect, eliminating or enhancing things according to how the target substance acted upon the body.
And this time,
this particular type of drug seemed to be judged by the Devour superpower as beneficial to the body — not only did it fail to eliminate it or avert its effects on the body, it even purified it to a certain degree, further amplifying its potency.
凸(艹皿艹),
He'd forgotten!
Lin Ye had completely failed to consider this.
When coffee, tea leaves, mint, and so on were made targets of the Devour superpower, what it did was purify their components to keep the mind clear.
He'd been too confident.
He'd utterly failed to realize that the way the Superpower: Devour took effect was not judged according to his personal will.
Then… then… this time, what was he supposed to do?
Lin Ye only felt his body growing hotter and hotter — he even wanted to strip off his outer clothes to let off some heat and cool down.
The drug had kicked in!
A ball of fire blazed in his heart.
Kyou Fujibayashi watched Lin Ye, noticing certain unnatural reactions from him, and grew all the more satisfied in her heart.
She'd been worried this man would bolt at the crucial moment.
Now it was fine.
With his body reacting like this, surely he wouldn't still be thinking of running away!
"You go shower first,"
Kyou Fujibayashi pushed Lin Ye over to the bathroom. "Get yourself clean — I don't like stinky men. Tonight is a pact, and we absolutely must fulfill it. Once it's fulfilled, I'll be me and you'll be you. We'll owe each other nothing and have no further entanglements."
Having said that, she pushed Lin Ye into the bathroom.
'Thud…'
Lin Ye stood alone in a space suffused with the faint scent of body wash, mingled with a trace of a young girl's delicate fragrance.
His nerves were ignited further.
"Calm down, calm down…"
Lin Ye reached out and turned on the faucet.
He chose cold water.
Under the cold water, his feverish brain cooled a little, though the effect honestly wasn't very strong.
Lin Ye looked at his own body, breathing deeply over and over to adjust his state of mind, trying to calm the heat churning within him.
His mind grew more and more muddled, and his normal thinking began to stall.
How to put it!
Deep down, he always felt just the tiniest bit of resistance, a sense that it shouldn't be this way.
But things had already come to this point. If he really did just up and walk away, he'd probably truly be seen as a coward!
No matter how you looked at it, Kyou Fujibayashi was a great beauty, and he hadn't forced her at all — the girl was willing, the girl had taken the initiative. It seemed he had no real reason to refuse.
'Splash splash splash…'
Lin Ye kept rinsing himself off; only the cold water could still bring Lin Ye a sliver of coolness.
...
Kyou Fujibayashi returned to her own room and took out the items she'd prepared. Besides the necessities, there was also some rather sexy lingerie and underwear.
She herself didn't know why she'd casually bought them when she happened to see them while out shopping.
"I'm not going to wear it anyway,"
"That guy won't take much time, either."
After agonizing for a while, Kyou Fujibayashi blushed, feeling nervous, worried, and flustered about what was to come — and yet also a little expectant.
"Whew…"
"Calm down,"
"This was settled long ago,"
"What's there to worry about,"
"This is just repaying a debt of gratitude. Once it's repaid, all will be well, and I won't owe that guy anymore."
She murmured to herself like this.
'Click…'
The bedroom door suddenly opened.
"That was fast,"
Kyou Fujibayashi turned to look, saying it offhandedly.
But the next second,
her eyes went wide with shock.
The one who had arrived wasn't Lin Ye, but Ryou — her younger sister, Ryou.
Wasn't Ryou asleep? How had she woken up? But looking at her sister now, she still seemed quite drowsy.
"Sis, you…"
Ryou Fujibayashi rubbed her eyes muzzily, her tone thick with sleepiness, her body swaying slightly as though about to topple over.
"Ryou, why have you come over here,"
Kyou Fujibayashi strode over and steadied her swaying sister.
"After using the bathroom… I want, I want to sleep with you, Sis."
That absolutely wouldn't do!
Tonight, she couldn't sleep with her sister.
"Not tonight. I'll walk you back."
Having said that,
Kyou Fujibayashi supported Ryou and walked toward her sister's room.
It seemed she'd used too small a dose of the sleeping pills — her sister had only dozed off and slept a little while before being roused.
Still, it wasn't a big problem.
She could still wake up again.
Kyou Fujibayashi helped her sister to the bedside. "Ryou, you rest first! It'll be over soon."
"Mm…"
She gave a faint hum — but then she turned and forcefully pinned her sister Kyou Fujibayashi down onto the bed.
"Sis… please… go to sleep!"
"Hm?"
Quickly,
a sharp sting came from her arm.
It was a syringe.
"Ryou, you… mmgh…"
Kyou Fujibayashi struggled, glaring up at the sister pinning her down. At this moment, her sister showed not the slightest trace of drowsiness.
"Sis, that's too despicable, how could you do this!"
She had unexpectedly discovered that her sister had bought sleeping pills and other drugs, and in her sister's room she'd found certain other items that had never been there before. At first she'd assumed her sister was secretly dating a boyfriend.
For someone her sister's age, wanting to find someone to date and fall in love with was perfectly normal, but… within a few days she'd noticed something was off.
A phone's face recognition was useless against her.
Her sister's phone had kept some records.
A great deal of the information set the imagination running wild.
One particular term had caught her attention — Give yourself to him.
And "sister" plus "Give yourself to him" instantly made Ryou Fujibayashi recall the promise her sister had made back when Lin Ye first came to their home.
Her sister had wanted to give herself to that lifesaver in repayment. At the time, her sister hadn't known the lifesaver was Lin Ye, so this method of repaying the debt had held no meaning whatsoever for Lin Ye.
And recently, her sister had clearly already learned of this fact, but because her sister had never once brought it up, she'd assumed it was just a joke — that neither of them had taken it seriously, and that it was all in the past.
But now, she knew it hadn't passed at all. Her sister had been intending all along to fulfill the pact, and what's more, was fulfilling it this very night.
So,
she had to stop it,
and at this very moment, she was not only going to stop it — she was preparing to take her sister's place.
The seemingly confirmed matter of Mai Sakurajima and Lin Ye becoming lovers had been pressing down on Ryou Fujibayashi's heart like a great mountain.
At one point she'd wanted to give up, to retreat, not wanting to become an obstacle between the two of them. Lin Ye was already in a relationship; she had no chance left at all.
But she was unwilling to accept it.
Every time she thought of that figure who had shielded her back then, in the Strange Elite Campus, she couldn't bear to let go.
"Giving myself to him — I can do that too,"
Ryou Fujibayashi looked at her sister, who was gradually losing the ability to struggle and resist. "Sis, that repayment of yours, I, as your younger sister, will do in your place. This debt of gratitude that we sisters owe him, I'll be the one to repay it."
Today was her last chance. If she did nothing today, then she would truly end it all right here, and never again take the initiative.
She'd only be able to watch helplessly as Lin Ye walked off with some other girl, while she could only gaze from afar in some distant corner, silently aching and grieving alone, not daring to do anything, not daring to say anything.
"Ryou…"
Kyou Fujibayashi's eyes went wide, growing ever more terrified in her heart — yet her body grew ever calmer.
The sedative was steadily taking effect.
She had schemed for everything, yet the one thing she'd failed to account for was that her sister had long ago sensed something amiss, and at the final moment had turned the tables, subduing her on the spot — and had even used rope.
"It's all your fault, Sis, so you have to take on the corresponding responsibility,"
Ryou Fujibayashi stroked her sister's cheek. "Tonight, please, Sis… rest well."
Having said that, Ryou Fujibayashi rose and arranged her sister's body. Robbed of her strength, Kyou Fujibayashi could only let her sister do as she pleased. She wanted to cry out, but her voice could barely escape her throat.
Her sister was a nurse; in this respect she could be called a professional, something Kyou couldn't begin to match.
"Ryou…"
She couldn't have imagined it — truly couldn't have imagined it!
Tonight was the night she was to fulfill the pact, and from then on she would no longer be involved.
But as things stood now, once her sister went through with it, then she — what was she supposed to do in the future!
Kyou Fujibayashi gritted her teeth, only to find that her body simply wouldn't obey her. The her of now didn't even have the strength to lift her arm; she could only watch helplessly as her sister left the room.
Ryou, don't!
'Click…'
The bedroom door closed.
Having left the room, Ryou Fujibayashi heard the 'splash splash splash' of running water coming from the direction of the bathroom.
Lin Ye hadn't finished his shower yet.
Ryou Fujibayashi let out a breath of relief.
If she'd happened to run into Lin Ye coming out, she'd have been exposed.
So,
after shutting her own bedroom door securely, Ryou Fujibayashi headed to her sister Kyou Fujibayashi's room.
She rummaged out her sister's loose-fitting pajamas.
One look, and her heart trembled.
Her sister was far too bold.
But never mind that.
Put it on.
She quickly changed into her sister's intimate garments and loose clothing, and at the same time used the perfume her sister occasionally wore, spraying it on herself a few times.
'Click…'
The lights were dimmed to a faint glow.
Ryou Fujibayashi also tied up her shoulder-length hair, so that unless Lin Ye looked closely, there was no way he'd notice in time that she was Ryou Fujibayashi and not her sister Kyou Fujibayashi.
"Whew…"
"Calm down,"
"Ryou, everything will be fine. After tonight, no matter what the future holds, you have to accept it with composure."
If Lin Ye still decided to choose Mai Sakurajima, to be with Mai Sakurajima, she would accept it calmly too — though this heart of hers would surely be hurt and grieved.
But Ryou Fujibayashi understood that she had no way back now.
If she didn't charge forward one more time, there would never again be any chance of success.
And besides, if not for her sensing it ahead of time tonight, her sister and Lin Ye would have ended up together.
Damn it.
How utterly hateful.
Her sister clearly knew she liked Lin Ye, yet still did something like this, not caring one bit about the feelings of this younger sister of hers.
Ryou Fujibayashi bit into the blanket and yanked at it forcefully a couple of times, venting the emotions within her.
The 'splash splash' of the shower stopped. Through the gap she'd deliberately left in the door, by the sounds coming from the bathroom's direction, Ryou Fujibayashi knew that Lin Ye had finished washing.
'Click…'
The sound of the bathroom door opening.
At this moment,
Lin Ye's body was scalding hot.
The cold water could no longer extinguish the flames in his heart.
He'd thought of leaving, yet his body was unable to take the steps to leave.
At this moment he was stuck fast where he stood.
It was willing,
not coerced.
And on top of that, he still had to provide Strange Game items to help the girl raise her survival rate. Spending a night together now was… not entirely out of the question, was it!
A multitude of thoughts kept alternating in his mind.
By the time Lin Ye came to his senses, he discovered he'd already entered Kyou Fujibayashi's room.
A faint, sweet, delicate fragrance suffused the air.
Sweet and fragrant, plucking at his heartstrings.
The flames burned even more fiercely.
Lin Ye instinctively looked toward the girl on the bed in the room.
In the faint light,
the maiden's features were blurred, suffused with a faint, hazy beauty.
At this moment Ryou Fujibayashi was crouching and leaning, both hands pulling the blanket up to cover half of her face, her two eyes gazing bashfully at Lin Ye where he stood in the doorway.
'Gulp…'
Being gazed at like that, Lin Ye couldn't help but swallow again.
His burning hot body surged up once more.
Ryou Fujibayashi made no sound; she simply lay down ever so carefully.
The implication of this action was overflowing.
Could he still hold back at this?
If he held back any longer, he might as well become a Ninja Turtle.
If he still didn't do anything, he'd surely be fiercely mocked by Kyou Fujibayashi.
In Lin Ye's mind flashed Kyou Fujibayashi's earlier mocking smile.
As all sorts of thoughts intertwined, before he knew it Lin Ye had come to the bedside,
looking down at the beautiful maiden who gazed up at him with bright eyes.
'Gulp…'
'Gulp…'
Lin Ye swallowed again.
The atmosphere had become far too ambiguous.
Reason was collapsing, desire was climbing.
'Huff…'
'Huff huff…'
There was only the sound of Lin Ye's quickening breath.
Ryou Fujibayashi gritted her teeth, realizing that Lin Ye still harbored a resisting mentality and needed someone to give him a push. Even though he'd already been drugged, it still wasn't enough to make Lin Ye take that final, crucial step.
Her heart stirred. Mustering her courage, she stretched out one hand, grabbed hold of Lin Ye, and with all the strength in her body pulled Lin Ye down, toppling him onto the bed.
At once,
the two bodies made contact,
sparks flew in all directions, a raging fire blazed.
It became utterly uncontrollable.
The instant their red lips pressed together, Lin Ye's reason completely collapsed, like floodwaters bursting through a dam, surging and rolling forth.
Everything changed in that moment.
Accompanied by a single sound,
the room instantly turned ambiguous.
There was only the sound of the two of them communing.
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...
Meanwhile, on the other side,
Kyou Fujibayashi was in a slow, half-awake, half-asleep state.
She did her utmost to maintain her reason, not wanting to fall asleep, not wanting to lose to the drug's power and the drowsiness. She had to stop it… she absolutely could not accept the thing that was about to happen.
"Ryou…"
"Don't!"
She was supposed to be first, she was clearly the one who should be first.
If her sister went first, fell asleep first tonight — if it really came to that, how was she to fulfill her pact with Lin Ye, and how was she, as the elder sister, to face her sister in the future.
But the reason she clung to had no way of changing her current situation.
And at a certain moment, a violent pain suddenly arose, and along with it came a sensation difficult to put into words.
Kyou Fujibayashi was startled, her eyes suddenly going wide.
The drowsiness receded by half.
Two sensations interwove.
Her whole self was in a terrible state.
A conjecture had already arisen in her mind.
Their senses were synchronized.
The experience her sister was going through, she, as the elder sister, was experiencing too.
She'd noticed something off earlier during dinner — she'd kept feeling as if she could taste the flavor of the food in her sister's mouth. Now even this was happening,
This, this… she wanted to cry, and even more, she wanted to go mad.
How… could there be such a thing — she, a maiden who had never known a man, how was she even experiencing something like this? So did this count as having experience, or not having experience? She had no idea anymore.
But of one thing she was certain: that guy Lin Ye absolutely had to bear the corresponding consequences.
Tonight,
for her, was destined to be a sleepless night as well. The drug's power was taking effect, the drowsiness was surfacing, the two interweaving and battering against each other, plunging her completely into a state words could not describe.
...
As for the sole remaining 'outsider,'
Isshiki Iroha — in her dreams, she murmured ceaselessly, her face rosy, her skin giving off a faint flush of color.
Only Isshiki Iroha, in the guest room, slept soundly, hugging her blanket and sleeping in comfortable contentment.
"Senpai…"
"Don't!"
"How is that no good."
Now and then, she'd let out a few sleep-talking phrases too, though there was no telling whether she'd sensed some movement, prompting these sounds.
A while later, she rolled over again, but feeling there was nothing in her arms she seemed quite uncomfortable, so she once more pulled the blanket over with one hand, hugging it tightly, and clamped it between her legs too.
Only this way could she sleep comfortably and contentedly. Tonight, she slept very happily and contentedly.
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The next day,
Lin Ye's consciousness gradually returned, and he slowly opened his sleepy eyes.
The ceiling,
an unfamiliar ceiling.
Where was this?
So tired.
His back ached and his waist was sore, his legs even a little numb.
Something was pressing down on him.
Lin Ye instinctively shifted, and immediately felt that softness and delicate smoothness.
His stalled brain gradually recovered, and he looked over to see the girl beside him.
Shock.
What was going on, what had happened, how had a pretty girl with a soft body and sweet scent suddenly appeared beside him — what had happened last night, had he done something that adults do?
But a few seconds later,
the briefly scattered memories began to return.
Lin Ye remembered.
Last night he'd come to the Fujibayashi home for dinner with Isshiki Iroha.
The Fujibayashi sisters had warmly received him and Isshiki Iroha,
and what's more, he'd been thoroughly and privately 'entertained' by the elder sister, Kyou Fujibayashi.
Although this was the pact Kyou Fujibayashi had agreed to, something built solely upon a promise and a vow — there were no emotional entanglements whatsoever between him and Kyou Fujibayashi.
But last night,
certain indescribable things had indeed happened.
At the same time, another matter left Lin Ye thoroughly shaken with afterfright.
The side effect of the Superpower: Devour was too terrifying.
In this matter, Lin Ye judged that the Devour side effect seemed to have further amplified the sensory experience.
The intensity of stimulation in a certain respect had surged dramatically. Although he'd never experienced it before last night, wasn't this degree somewhat beyond spec?
Before, as a virgin, he'd never experienced it, never been through it, and had no way at all to compare. But going by last night's sensations, Lin Ye felt something was off — this was no ordinary feeling.
Just thinking about it scared him a little. That feeling — it was both intoxicating and worth savoring, and yet also chilling and terrifying, such that he didn't dare touch it again at all.
Lin Ye let out a long breath.
If he remembered correctly,
the Devour superpower was due to update today, and its drawback was also about to vanish.
From now on, he'd no longer need to worry about similar things. It was just that, at the thought of truly never being able to experience it again, Lin Ye felt a touch of reluctance too.
That feeling really was worth savoring, worth lingering over. No wonder some people used drugs to increase the intensity of stimulation, no wonder some people kept resorting to bizarre methods.
Reason told him to stay away, to keep his distance, but his sentiment was unwilling to let go.
"Whew…"
Stop thinking about it, it's over. Better to do without this stimulation and experience after all.
Lin Ye slowly exhaled another breath.
His eyes turned toward the girl beside him, gazing at that exquisite face.
In his hazy memory,
he recalled that the girl had been worn out, and had even sobbed.
Last night he'd truly put the girl through a hard time.
Lin Ye felt a pang of tenderness and pity.
He gently stroked the girl's back with his hand, to express his own gentleness and goodwill.
Had it not been for the effects of the drug and the Superpower: Devour, he would have shown some restraint too, rather than acting as he had last night…
As he was reminiscing and sighing,
Lin Ye noticed that at some unknown point the maiden had already opened her eyes; her hazy, sleepy eyes had cleared after a little while.
"Morning!"
Lin Ye took the initiative to greet her.
Ryou Fujibayashi froze for a moment, and after that brief daze instinctively wanted to scream — but Lin Ye reached out and covered her mouth.
"Don't cry out, your sister will hear."
If they were caught red-handed, what then? Nothing to be done about it!
"Mmgh, mm mm…"
At this point, Ryou Fujibayashi's mind finally resumed working, and she remembered what had happened last night. She'd gotten what she wished for, successfully consummating a relationship with Lin Ye.
But, it was so terrifying — truly far too terrifying.
It was completely different from the knowledge she'd gleaned from books and the internet.
Why had Lin Ye lasted so long!
By the end, she'd no longer known whether she was crying or laughing, or perhaps begging for mercy.
Ryou Fujibayashi curled up and pulled the blanket over to hide her reddened cheeks.
At the slightest movement, she immediately felt the sharp, stinging pain coming from all over her body.
"Mmgh…"
She couldn't help but let out a whimper.
Lin Ye instantly understood the reason. "Sorry, Fujibayashi, I went too far last night."
But he had absolutely no idea how to help the girl relieve the pain. None of the skills he possessed could do anything at all to ease the pain in the girl's body.
"I'll go buy some painkillers."
As he said this,
Lin Ye, having just thought of something, made to get up — but Ryou Fujibayashi grabbed his wrist with one hand and shook her head.
She didn't speak; she only used her actions and her eyes to express her stance.
Ryou Fujibayashi was worried that the moment she opened her mouth, she'd expose the fact that she was the younger sister.
"Mm," Lin Ye didn't leave for the time being, agreeing to the girl's request.
Soon, the girl shifted her body over to Lin Ye's side and hugged his arm, savoring the warmth and lingering heat of this moment.
Ryou Fujibayashi knew that Lin Ye still hadn't recognized her.
She felt just the tiniest bit hurt.
But considering Lin Ye's state last night, it wasn't entirely incomprehensible.
If she were recognized, she didn't know what reaction Lin-kun would have.
Ryou Fujibayashi inexplicably felt a little expectant, but also a little worried.
Lin Ye let the girl hug him. He knew the girl was extremely lacking in security right now — this was knowledge he'd gleaned from books.
In any case,
today he'd keep the girl company first.
He decided not to go to class today.
At the same time,
he also sighed and congratulated himself on taking a step forward in life, ascending to a new stage.
His past life and present life had finally ushered in a new beginning.
He, Lin Ye, from this moment on was a man.
Amid his happiness and contentment, Lin Ye was also considering how he should handle Kyou Fujibayashi, how to treat this relationship.
After all, she was the first girl he'd been intimate with. To truly have no further entanglements at all afterward — his heart couldn't quite bring itself to do that.
When all was said and done, Lin Ye was still a man who valued feelings.
Thinking of Kyou Fujibayashi, he couldn't help but also think of the younger sister, Ryou Fujibayashi.
If Ryou were to find out, the relationship between the three of them would probably face a challenge.
Especially the relationship between this pair of sisters, which would also face a severe challenge.
As for this matter, he'd let Kyou Fujibayashi handle it herself first. If she couldn't handle it well, he'd step in to handle it. At most — at most, he'd just take them all, which seemed… not entirely out of the question either.
Lin Ye thought about a great deal, but first he'd see Kyou Fujibayashi's own attitude and thoughts.
If Kyou Fujibayashi really intended to keep her original mindset, he'd respond accordingly and follow her wishes, maintaining the stranger-like relationship she hoped for.
Letting last night's events become thoroughly a thing of the past.
"Fujibayashi, you've already fulfilled the pact,"
Lin Ye took the initiative to speak. His experience last night had been too intense, and the girl had been no weaker — he felt he'd already left the girl with a trauma.
"And I've already received it. But as for the remaining six times, let's just forget them! There's no real need to actually do all seven times."
Ryou Fujibayashi: ???
Seven times,
with six still remaining?
Sis, what on earth are you trying to do — trying to take possession of the man I like?
If it were one time, you could say it was Sis wanting to give herself to him to fulfill the pact, to complete the promise. But seven times was a different matter entirely — under what circumstances would someone be willing to sleep with Lin Ye seven times!
This was absolutely no longer just giving oneself to him; there was another emotion mixed in.
Ryou Fujibayashi suddenly realized that her own sister was probably about to become her love rival too.
No, she already was. From the very moment her sister had intended to give herself to him, her sister had already become her love rival.
Sure enough, she'd been right yesterday.
If her sister had succeeded last night, then these next six times would probably have continued. Going by her sister's personality, she would definitely have kept fulfilling the pact.
One time, two times, all the way to seven times,
and even with no feelings, feelings would have developed.
By then, the man she liked would have been possessed and snatched away by her sister. Counting on her sister to give him back — Ryou Fujibayashi didn't believe that for a second.
If her sister had truly been considering her, she wouldn't have done something like this at all.
As for this giving-yourself-to-him matter, she didn't believe it was Lin Ye forcing her sister to fulfill it. She trusted Lin Ye wasn't that kind of person, because if Lin Ye were that kind of person, he'd have made advances on her and taken liberties with her long ago,
rather than never having done anything to take advantage of her at all.
In fact, Ryou Fujibayashi even knew that Lin Ye was well aware that if he were to ask of his own initiative, she would actually be willing to satisfy this wish of Lin Ye's.
So, Lin Ye was absolutely not a lecherous person, and it was all the more impossible that he'd force her sister in order to make her fulfill a pact like giving herself to him.
This matter must have been her sister's one-sided demand, taking the initiative to fulfill the pact.
Apart from that, there was no other possibility whatsoever.
Lin Ye saw the girl pondering in silence and guessed that the girl was feeling resistant.
"Last night, our time was fairly long too — it can count as worth seven times,"
Hearing this, Ryou Fujibayashi's face reddened, and she even shot Lin Ye a sidelong glare.
"If you really insist on seven times, I won't refuse either. After all, I'm the one coming out ahead — I'm making a killing, not losing out one bit."
With a great beauty like Kyou Fujibayashi warming his bed, he definitely wasn't losing out.
He'd only made this suggestion in order to make up for the harm he'd done the girl last night.
He felt the girl was scared, no longer daring to continue with him, so it was better to just directly propose calling it off — this would free the girl from having to keep fixating on fulfilling her own pact.
Ryou Fujibayashi made no sound; she only nuzzled against him and hugged him all the tighter.
This left Lin Ye quite helpless.
Ever since the girl woke this morning, she'd kept declining to talk.
What was the matter?
Lin Ye suddenly thought of something and was struck with sudden realization.
"Fujibayashi, how does your throat feel — does it hurt a lot? I'll go pour some water and find some throat lozenges."
It must be because she'd cried out for too long last night and injured her vocal cords!
Lin Ye felt all the more guilty.
But Ryou Fujibayashi used her actions to stop Lin Ye. She shook her head again, still refusing all along to speak.
Aching with tenderness and guilt, Lin Ye could only reach out and stroke the girl's back to comfort her hurt.
If he could choose again, he really shouldn't have done this last night — he should have left after all.
In the end,
he'd still lost to desire and instinct.
Lin Ye also knew this was inseparable from the Superpower: Devour and the drug.
But the deed had been done by him; he couldn't shove all the responsibility away entirely and play innocent.
The one who'd drugged him was Kyou Fujibayashi, and Kyou Fujibayashi bore responsibility — but at the time he'd already guessed there was a drug, and had only drunk it out of confidence in his own Devour superpower.
Afterward, under the effect of the Superpower: Devour, the drug's potency had become all the more intense.
Which had ultimately turned into this situation.
It really was a mess.
Lin Ye had a headache over it too.
He wanted to talk things over with Kyou Fujibayashi, but the girl's throat and vocal cords were injured, unsuited for talking.
She still had one more worry, and that was Ryou and Isshiki Iroha — by this point in time, they'd probably already woken up!
Lin Ye groped around and found his phone, and saw the current time.
Mm,
nine o'clock.
Nine o'clock on Monday was the time for the new week's superpower refresh.
The next moment,
Lin Ye saw familiar text float up before his eyes.
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