By this time, Yakuchi Kei and Kamishiro Rize were already seated in the living room.
"How are things? Didn't you go after that Gecko?"
Kamishiro Rize asked.
"He's been expelled, in the name of an Investigator."
Yakuchi Kei said calmly.
"Mm."
Kamishiro Rize responded, then suddenly pulled up Yakuchi Kei 's shirt, "It looks like you're not injured, but even if it's just a small scratch, you can heal it easily."
Immediately after, she seemed to want to pull off Yakuchi Kei 's pants, but her restless hands were caught by Yakuchi Kei .
Yakuchi Kei coughed lightly, "Even if it's a joke, don't take it too far."
"Where am I joking? I'm clearly concerned about your physical condition."
Kamishiro Rize said with a smile.
As if it were true.
"Alright, now that Gecko has been expelled by me, the Aogiri Tree might take some action next. You should be more careful recently."
Yakuchi Kei steered the conversation back to the main topic.
Undoubtedly, multiple forces were eyeing Kamishiro Rize: the Aogiri Tree, the Washuu Family, and Nimura Furuta, who was tentatively affiliated with the "Clowns" organization. Eto Yoshimura, the One-Eyed Owl of the Aogiri Tree, might even be targeting Anteiku.
Gecko could at best be considered a warm-up minion; the events that were about to unfold would be more troublesome one after another.
...
The next day, at the Antique Coffee Shop.
Yakuchi Kei and Kamishiro Rize were reading books there as usual.
Ryoko Fueguchi and Fueguchi Hinami could also be seen in the coffee shop.
[Ding! Host has completed Choice Two, obtaining reward: 50 Fusion Points!]
This "Choice Two" was the option previously given by the system to protect Ryoko Fueguchi and Fueguchi Hinami. The system issued the reward once it confirmed that Ryoko Fueguchi and Fueguchi Hinami were safe.
However, not long after Yakuchi Kei sat down, he could feel Fueguchi Hinami's gaze on him was stronger than usual.
Not only Fueguchi Hinami, but even Ryoko Fueguchi and Touka Kirishima seemed to be looking at him.
Yakuchi Kei couldn't help but wonder if they had already figured out that the masked person who helped them yesterday was him?
He wasn't surprised, after all, he had only worn a mask yesterday and hadn't even changed his clothes. He was wearing the same clothes in the coffee shop yesterday, so if anyone had paid attention, they would have recognized him.
In any case, Yakuchi Kei acted as if nothing had happened, and he added some points to himself.
[Fusion Progress: Lv2 (470/500)]
[Fusion Points: 101 (Accumulated 681 points)]
Opening the system panel with a thought, he saw that his fusion progress could completely advance to Lv3.
At this point, there was no need to save them. He would directly raise the fusion progress first. Yakuchi Kei was quite curious if reaching Lv3 in fusion progress would allow his Sharingan to evolve into the Mangekyo Sharingan.
He felt this possibility was very high, unless the system deliberately "drew it out" to annoy him.
[Ding! Host has used 30 Fusion Points, Fusion Progress +30, Current Fusion Progress: Lv3 (0/2500)]
[New Abilities (including ability upgrades): Mangekyo Sharingan, Hashirama cells Lv3, Taijutsu Lv3, Susanoo, A-rank Ninjutsu "Fire Release: Dragon Flame Release Song," Transcription Seal, Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence]
As Yakuchi Kei expected, it was still the original formula, but also with quite a few new abilities.
Except for genjutsu, almost all the necessary abilities were given.
Yakuchi Kei suddenly felt a bit concerned about this. Although the original Three-Tomoe Sharingan already came with genjutsu abilities, he was indeed unable to use them.
This should be a problem caused by the system, right?
However, there was one explanation: neither humans nor Ghouls in this world had Chakra in their bodies, and the principle of most genjutsu was to disturb the target's Chakra. Conversely, the method to break genjutsu was to disrupt one's own Chakra flow, making it free from the caster's control.
But since Chakra did not exist in this world, most genjutsu were likely unusable here.
At this moment, the system seemed to hear his thoughts and immediately responded.
[Ding! Except for "Infinite Tsukuyomi," the Host will not be able to use any other genjutsu.]
"Alright, but even if it's 'Infinite Tsukuyomi,' would it really be useful in this world?"
Yakuchi Kei conversed with the system in his mind.
[Ding! The Host will be given a modified version of "Infinite Tsukuyomi." Specific information cannot be unsealed for now. The system will unseal new information irregularly.]
"Understood..."
Yakuchi Kei acknowledged in his heart, immediately curious about what the modified "Infinite Tsukuyomi" would be like.
If it were the original "Infinite Tsukuyomi," it would basically have no meaning for him in this world. He neither wanted to turn a bunch of humans and Ghouls into White Zetsu, nor did he need White Zetsu.
The modified "Infinite Tsukuyomi" should be useful; otherwise, the system wouldn't have kept him in suspense.
As for its exact use, he could only wait patiently to find out.
While Yakuchi Kei was distracted by the system, Fueguchi Hinami seemed restless.
Although she had decided yesterday to bravely ask this big brother for clarification, now that the moment had arrived, her shy nature made her hesitate again.
At this time, Touka Kirishima noticed Hinami-meimei's demeanor, so she decided to help Hinami-meimei herself.
She herself was also somewhat concerned about this matter.
Touka Kirishima walked directly towards Yakuchi Kei .
"Excuse me, sir, could I trouble you to come over for a moment? Someone wants to meet and talk with you."
Touka Kirishima said directly to Yakuchi Kei .
Yakuchi Kei immediately snapped out of his thoughts about the system and nodded slightly, "Okay."
At this moment, Kamishiro Rize merely glanced at Touka Kirishima faintly, said nothing, and returned her gaze to the book in her hand.
Subsequently, Yakuchi Kei was led to the second floor by Touka Kirishima.
Fueguchi Hinami, seeing this, probably realized that Touka-oneesan was helping her. Knowing this was a good opportunity, she immediately pulled her mother upstairs with her.
In the lounge on the second floor, Yakuchi Kei sat on the sofa, and Touka Kirishima poured him another cup of coffee.
"So, who wants to meet me?"
At this point, Yakuchi Kei asked as if he knew nothing.
"They should be arriving soon, but before that... I want to confirm something first."
Touka Kirishima said earnestly and directly.
As soon as she finished speaking, she deliberately leaned closer to Yakuchi Kei and carefully sniffed his scent.
Since clothes would cover some of the scent, Touka Kirishima chose to lean close to Yakuchi Kei 's collarbone, where the scent was relatively strong.