America.
San Francisco International Airport.
A girl with blue hair and blue eyes dragged an enormous suitcase and walked out of the arrivals hall at noon.
It was none other than Shigure Kira, who, after receiving the plane ticket from Lucius, had arrived at the agreed time to head to Caltech.
Generally speaking, when an unknown company with dubious origins asks you to travel overseas to some destination, one ought to wonder whether they're being treated like livestock and lured into having their organs harvested.
But Shigure Kira had quite a bit of confidence in her own combat ability. With her skills, ordinary people couldn't even get close to her.
In pursuit of becoming a qualified singer, she had spent her university years learning excellent martial arts under Lixue.
After all, what kind of singer can't fight?
"If anyone dares to trick me, hmph hmph hmph!"
Thinking this, Shigure Kira tightly gripped the handle of her suitcase.
And then, accompanied by a sensation like crushing a rice cracker in her hand—
"Crack!"
A crisp sound rang out. Shigure Kira felt her hand go empty. Looking down, she found she had simply snapped the suitcase handle clean off.
Her expression turned bitter.
"Bad, forgot to control my strength again."
Since the handle was now crushed beyond use, she had no choice but to extend both hands and hoist this suitcase—which was larger than her entire body—onto her shoulders, then walk out of the airport.
In an instant, she drew the stares of the surrounding passengers.
Shigure Kira's face instantly flushed crimson, steam practically rising from her forehead.
Her dream was to stand on a stage and receive the audience's gaze in a dazzling manner—but she didn't want to receive the audience's amazement by uprooting a willow tree like some martial arts hero out of a classic novel.
And so, hoisting her luggage, she sprinted out of the airport in a flash.
After exiting the airport and reaching a spot where no one was around, she finally set down her luggage and let out a deep breath.
"Ugh... so embarrassing... so embarrassing..."
Over the past few days, Shigure Kira had found her body becoming rather strange.
Her strength had grown enormous—she could even knead steel plates bare-handed. Beyond that, a faint voice seemed to occasionally echo through her mind.
All of this made her feel uneasy. Thinking about it briefly, she understood it was related to that talent scout from a few days ago.
She had come to America as agreed, also to figure out what exactly was happening to her body.
Well, actually, what was happening to her body wasn't the most important thing.
What was important was how she could meet Eden!
Thinking of this, Shigure Kira's eyes sparkled. She seemed to see herself standing on a stage with all eyes upon her, singing her heart out.
"If I could receive Miss Eden's guidance, my awful singing voice would surely improve, right?"
Shigure Kira smiled with complete lack of dignity.
At this moment, her communicator vibrated.
Shigure Kira casually opened it, and then saw a flurry of messages in the group chat she had named "Dorm Group."
One of them was tagging her.
Shigure Kira curiously tapped on it, and then saw a photo of herself sprinting through the airport while hoisting her enormous suitcase.
[Salome: @KiraKira, looks like you're famous now]
[Patrick: Huh? Isn't that San Francisco International Airport in California? Did Kira go to America?]
[Shab: Girl's got skills! Running that fast while carrying a suitcase that huge—want to come join me in Africa for a summer job? Daily pay!]
[Lixue: Photo1.jpg]
Looking at the photos in the group chat, Shigure Kira covered her burning red face.
"Finished, I've completely embarrassed myself..."
[Salome: By the way, is Kira traveling in America?]
These friends in the dorm group were all her current university roommates.
Yes—despite Shigure Kira's wholehearted desire to become a singing master, she was actually a currently enrolled student at Technical University of Munich.
As the saying goes, the closer you are to singing, the farther you are from university.
And the reason she, Shigure Kira, was bad at singing must be because she was too close to university!
Shaking off the ridiculous thoughts born from embarrassment, Shigure Kira's fingers flew across the communicator screen.
[KiraKira: I'm indeed in America right now. Taking advantage of the vacation to come find opportunities to become a singer.]
[KiraKira: By the way, what is everyone doing over the break?]
[Salome: Attending a ball]
[Salome: Photo.jpg]
Shigure Kira looked at the photo the other had sent. It was a girl with long black hair wearing an opulent dress.
Behind her selfie was a banquet hall decorated in gold and splendor.
[Patrick: Preparing for the MIT interview.]
[Patrick: Photo.jpg]
The photo showed a spacious library, with a girl with short golden hair and tanned skin leaning against a desk piled high with books.
[Shab: Me? I'm doing a summer job in Africa. Daily pay—want in?]
[Shab: Photo.jpg]
The photo showed a red-haired girl carrying an assault rifle, dressed in a black combat uniform, clearly in some kind of trench from what the surroundings looked like.
[KiraKira: Everyone's lives are so colorful... feels like I'm the only one doing nothing.]
[KiraKira: By the way, where's Lixue? What's Lixue doing?]
[Lixue: Photo.jpg]
The photo Lixue sent showed a mountain forest with beautiful scenery. Farther in the distance was a collapsed structure that appeared to be some kind of temple or Taoist shrine.
[Lixue: Still seeking immortals and the Dao. Unfortunately, still haven't encountered any celestial beings.]
Lixue was one of the peculiar bunch of roommates—she came from Shenzhou, and was also a second-dimensional chuunibyou obsessed with immortal cultivation.
Despite clearly studying a STEM major, she always fantasized about the existence of supernatural forces in this world. Whenever she had free time, she would plunge into deep mountains and forests seeking immortals and the Dao.
[KiraKira: Sis, we STEM students are supposed to believe in science. Things like immortals don't exist.]
[Lixue: Kira brought so much stuff—you're probably not just going to America for tourism, right?]
[KiraKira: Hehe, since you've seen through me, I'll come clean. Sisters, I'm going to act in a movie!]
[Salome: Wow]
[Shab: Wow]
[Patrick: Wow]
[Lixue: No copy-pasting allowed in this chat]
[Shab: So excited to see what kind of role Kira will play]
[Salome: With Kira's looks being so high, it's definitely an important role, right? Maybe even the female lead]
Watching the messages flashing in the group chat, Shigure Kira's face showed guilt as she deflected and changed the subject to muddle through.
She really couldn't bring herself to tell her roommates that she had come all this way to America just to be a background extra...
"Miss Kira, it seems you're quite a punctual person."
A voice suddenly sounded beside Shigure Kira. She looked up and found it was Lucius.
After seeing Lucius, Shigure Kira hoisted her luggage, rushed to his side, and asked curiously:
"By the way, what exactly is this extra role I'll be playing?"
"I thought you'd ask about the abnormalities in your body first~"
"Oh, that's also very important!"
Facing Shigure Kira's curious gaze, Lucius said with a smile:
"The role you'll be playing is that of a test subject."
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