It entered the body of someone Ryuji actually knew.
"Usagi?"
. . .
Ryuji frowned as he spotted the blonde girl with twin ponytails completely focused on the arcade machine in front of her.
This was an arcade. If he remembered correctly, Usagi was still just a high school student.
Ryuji quickly became serious. If the World Power had lodged itself inside Usagi, there was a real risk it might mutate and give birth to a monster. That would be a disaster.
So, Ryuji hid one hand behind his back, quietly gathering energy. If the twisted World Power inside Usagi began to distort or take shape, he would kill it instantly to avoid any trouble.
However…
Watching Usagi sway her hips as she played, Ryuji couldn't help but have a stray thought.
That ass… looks like she'd be good at bearing children, right?
Thinking that, Ryuji approached from behind and gently patted her on the shoulder.
"What are you doing here?"
He was already prepared for the World Power to escape again, but to his surprise it didn't. The energy remained still within Usagi's body, calm, as if unaware of his presence at all.
Ryuji was taken aback. When he tried to draw upon the 7 Days to Die world's power, the twisted World Power gave no reaction at all, as though he hadn't touched it.
"What's going on…?"
Before he could think further, Usagi whose game had just ended thanks to his tap let out a loud scream.
"Ahhh! What are you doing?!"
But the moment she turned and saw it was Ryuji, her outburst stopped cold. Her expression shifted to one of irritation.
"You again? What are you doing here?"
Seeing her glare, Ryuji could only give a wry smile. He had promised to teach them how to fight, but then disappeared the next day. If Makoto hadn't lived nearby, they wouldn't have even known he'd gone overseas.
"I got caught up with something urgent, didn't have time to tell you all," he said. It wasn't exactly a lie, just not the whole truth.
"But it looks like you haven't been in any trouble these past few days."
Usagi rolled her eyes at Ryuji.
"It's not like monsters attack every day. But everyone's been extra careful since you vanished. If there's a monster that can make you disappear, it must be very formidable. We even thought about hiding in the mountains until we heard you were in some place called Vespania suppressing a rebellion."
Usagi couldn't help but complain.
When Ryuji had failed to show up as promised, they had been genuinely worried. But after Makoto asked around, they found out the real reason. So now, she angrily shoved the last of her few game tokens she had into the machine in front of her.
"I originally asked Ami to come play with me, but she said she had to study for exams, so she didn't come."
Sighing, Usagi focused back on the game.
"So, are you still planning to help us or not? The monsters are really scary, but we can't let them stop us from living our normal lives."
Looking at the pitifully small number of tokens in Usagi's hand, Ryuji didn't answer right away. Instead, he went and exchanged for a large pile of tokens, then returned. While Usagi was completely absorbed in her game, he placed the tokens beside her.
"Leaving suddenly without a word was my fault. But don't worry, I'll still teach you. I can even take you all to Vespania to visit sometime. Consider this an apology gift. Use them as much as you want."
Knowing he was in the wrong, Ryuji simply sat quietly beside Usagi, watching her play and observing the World Power in her body.
But Ryuji felt something about it felt… strange.
The World Power now had a peculiar quality he could sense it, yet he couldn't, all at the same time.
Moreover, he had a premonition that if he thought of catching it again, this World Power would flee.
So why...
"Why isn't it running now?" he muttered to himself.
Ryuji rapidly reviewed everyone he had encountered recently, quickly summarizing his thoughts.
"The first office worker mentioned his wife was ovulating, clearly trying for a baby. The second was a pregnant woman. The third was a young woman of marriageable age; even if I couldn't tell, she probably was either already pregnant or fantasizing about it..."
Ryuji stroked his chin, looking at Usagi, who was playing intently.
"Before, when I approached those people, the World Power on them would vanish before I even reached out my hand. But when I saw Usagi, what I thought was that she seemed well-suited for bearing children. And this time, when my hand touched Usagi's body, the World Power didn't flee. Which means..."
Ryuji narrowed his eyes, watching the soft mounds on Usagi's chest sway as she focused on the game. In his mind, he pictured her using them to feed her baby.
He imagined her body becoming even more curvaceous and mature after giving birth.
Then, he reached out again, wrapped his arm around her shoulders, and spoke.
"But I really didn't expect you to be into arcade games..."
Ryuji said this sincerely. And the moment he put his arm around Usagi's shoulders, imbued with the desire for her to bear his child, Ryuji felt a tremor in the World Power!
It was a strange sensation. The last time he had felt something like this was when he was in bed with Ran. After feeling that tremor, the distorted World Power representing 'Love' quickly manifested and was successfully captured.
So that meant...
Although he felt the tremor, it was not very strong, and could even be said to be a slight fluctuation. Ryuji looked at Usagi, who had just realized he was hugging her and was blushing furiously.
"What is it?"
Looking at this shameless man, Usagi really wanted to kick Ryuji away. But seeing how natural he acted, and remembering that he had already seen her naked, stolen her first kiss, and even touched her down there, she only scolded him.
"Keep your hands to yourself!"
She voiced her words by slamming the buttons on the arcade machine with enough force to make Ryuji wince.
"Alright, don't be so angry. After a week of training, I'll take you all to Vespania."
Ryuji actually had quite a few things to handle over there. For instance, he needed to research the country's economy and industrial base to plan for future technological support or to manufacture what he needed.
As for the legendary Vespanian Ore... let's be real, anyone with a functioning brain knew that keeping even a small portion of such a resource was the best-case scenario; the superpowers would inevitably claim the largest share.
So, Ryuji needed to gather a lot of information. He planned to introduce some viable industries to Vespania, things like relatively advanced mobile phone and semiconductor manufacturing, which could effectively boost the nation's GDP without painting too big a target on its back.
These initiatives would also significantly boost Mira's prestige in the country.
So, Ryuji had his work cut out for him. The only reason he'd returned now was because of the World Power.
"Ooh, Vespania? The place with blooming tourism industry where the queen and prince recently died?"
Usagi's eyes instantly lit up. She hadn't taken him seriously before, thinking he was just teasing her, but now it seemed he was serious!
However, looking at Ryuji and the large stack of game tokens he'd placed before her, Usagi's gaze turned sharp with suspicion.
"Wait a second... You're not planning to lure us there to do... weird things, are you?"
She mentally reviewed Ryuji's past behavior and concluded that, yes, he was absolutely capable of such a thing.
"Do you really think you could stop me if I truly wanted to do something to you? If I were that kind of pervert, you'd be carrying my child by now."
Ryuji looked at her as if she were an idiot, posing his blunt rhetorical question. His words carried a blunt honesty that hit harder than she expected.
It was because Ryuji was a kind hearted person and his self-control, he reasoned, that had prevented such an outcome. Otherwise, if he truly wanted these five girls, he could have had them locked in his basement long ago.
Usagi thought about it for a moment, and even with her somewhat scatterbrained logic, she had to admit he had a point!
"Ugh…"
Covering her face with her hands, Usagi groaned, at a total loss for words.
"You're really something, acting so justified," she muttered.
"And why shouldn't I be justified?" Ryuji retorted smoothly. In one fluid motion, his arm slid around her waist, pulling her close as he leaned his face in.
"You're so beautiful," he said, his voice steady and disarming. "So tell me... what's wrong with wanting a beautiful girl like you to have my children?"
Staring at Ryuji's face now mere inches from her own, Usagi froze.
For a moment, she couldn't tell whether Ryuji was complimenting her, teasing her, or just saying something outrageously indecent.
But before she could find an answer, Ryuji closed the distance between them and pressed his lips against hers.
Usagi's eyes widened in shock. Her first instinct was to push him away, but she hesitated afraid that struggling might draw unwanted attention from the people around them. So instead, she weakly beat her fists against his chest, hoping he'd get the message and let go.
Her eyes glistened faintly, a mix of confusion and frustration welling up inside her.
Ryuji deepened the kiss, guiding her movements, their tongues meeting in a dizzying rhythm. And as he silently soothed her, his hand slid gently up her back tracing the faint current of the distorted world power he had sensed within her.
Under the force of Ryuji's deliberate, intense desire, the World Power offered no resistance, allowing his hand to reach its location. But, no matter how Ryuji caressed the place, he couldn't extract the World Power from Usagi's body!
However, Usagi's breathing grew labored.
Ryuji had no choice but to stop and release her.
Usagi gasped for air, her face flushed crimson. She tried desperately not to look around, knowing full well that many people must have seen her and Ryuji. She really didn't want to face the reality of being forcefully kissed yet again!
But just then, Ryuji spoke up again.
"Hmm, good. Now you carry my mark. Everyone here should know you're mine."
Gently lifting the panting Usagi's chin, Ryuji looked at her delicate face and flashed a roguish smile.
He realized that what used to be considered a classic, romantic line in older times now felt cheesy but they were 100% effective against Usagi.
Because the Usagi who had been somewhat afraid of him moments before now showed significantly less resistance after he said those words.
What a cute girl.
Ryuji felt that if he took her to look at wedding dresses right now, by tonight, she'd probably end up in his bed without even realizing it.
This girl was too naive, too easy to fool.
"You jerk... with so many people around..."
Usagi wanted to scold him, but looking at his face and remembering the two times he had rescued her, the words of condemnation stuck in her throat. She could only mutter a weak, half-hearted complaint
"So, you're saying it's fine when no one is around? Got it. By the way… you still haven't told me why you like playing games."
Ryuji swiftly changed the subject, not giving Usagi a chance to dwell on his earlier actions. Usagi froze for a moment; while girls playing games was perfectly normal in her mind, she still instinctively felt shy when a boy was watching.
"Well… mostly because I didn't have many friends, or any siblings, so I could only play by myself. But recently, Ami and Makoto have been playing with me sometimes. Only Rei, that big idiot, thinks it's a waste of time!"
Having said that, Usagi couldn't help but puff out her cheeks and cross her arms indignantly.
Ryuji glanced at the game she was playing. It was similar to arcade classics like Raiden, Dynasty Wars, or Oriental Legend– side-scrolling beat 'em ups or shooters. Essentially, NES-era type games.
"Then I'll play with you. Then in the afternoon, we'll start training together."
After casually sending a text message to Misato, Ryuji decided to thoroughly investigate the World Power within Usagi and proceed with his plans.
He reached out, pulled Usagi directly onto his lap, effectively wrapping his arms around her in an embrace. Usagi naturally wanted to escape, but feeling Ryuji's strong arms, she could only huff and puff, bumping against him a few times in frustration before resigning herself to playing the game while sitting on his lap.
She completely failed to realize what kind of monster her earlier "bumping" had awakened.
Ryuji wasn't very familiar with this world's games, as they differed from the ones in the Food Wars world, but for the people here, these games were extremely popular.
After just a short while playing, Ryuji quickly got the hang of it. And for some reason...
Ryuji felt that when he concentrated fully on the game, a sense of confidence welled up inside him, and his reaction speed increased dramatically while playing!
This wasn't his imagination; it was really happening.
But remembering from whom he had acquired this skill, Ryuji understood.
After all, this skill came from D.Va/ Song Hana, so it carrying her passion for gaming was unavoidable.
For Usagi, however, it was astounding!
She watched firsthand as Ryuji went from a complete novice unfamiliar with the controls to mastering the game entirely within minutes. In fact, afterwards, it was completely Ryuji carrying her through the levels. If not for hidden stages being impossible to react to on the first encounter, she even felt Ryuji could have cleared the game solo!
So she quickly adjusted her posture, focusing intently on clearing the stages with Ryuji, completely forgetting the fact that she was sitting on his lap.
In her excitement, she would even subconsciously squirm and wriggle on Ryuji's lap, happy as a clam, directly causing Ryuji's cock to rise steadily.
Finally, after clearing one stage, Usagi suddenly sensed something was wrong!
"Ryuji! The next park level is really hard, you..."
As she spoke, she shifted on his lap. Mid-sentence, she felt something hard and rod-like pressing between her butt cheeks, right against her crevice. It was nestled between her thighs, heating up noticeably from the friction, radiating a scorching heat.
Somehow, without her noticing, Ryuji's zipper had come undone!
Doesn't this guy wear underwear?!
She screamed internally, but her face flushed crimson once more. She quickly lowered her head. Not clamping her legs together felt wrong, but clamping them also felt...
And just then, Ryuji whispered in her ear.
"Keep your legs tight for me. If anyone notices, I'll make you a woman tonight."
Usagi froze for a second, then, blushing deeply, she clenched her thighs together, trapping his burning, hard cock between them. A small, helpless whimper escaped her lips.
"Mmm..."
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