"What do you mean by 'what a waste to give this ability to me'? Explain yourself properly, you damn god!!"
Watching Eriri - currently wearing Kurumi Tokisaki's appearance - swing her twin tails like helicopter blades, Luo Shu couldn't help but complain:
"What kind of person are you? Don't you even know yourself?"
"If I hadn't forced you to come with Kurumi to study your ability and undergo special training, would you have discovered this application of your power?"
"From what I can see, ever since obtaining this Transformation ability, aside from going home and turning into various hentai manga heroines to satisfy your fetishes, you haven't developed any other uses for it, have you?"
"Hah? HAH!!"
Eriri exclaimed twice, her entire face turning red like a tanuki whose tail had been stepped on:
"Did you install surveillance in my house?"
"Uh, no wait!"
"What do you mean by 'turning into various hentai manga heroines'?"
"How could I possibly do something so pointless!!"
"This is slander, you're slandering me!!"
"I'm going to sue you!!"
"Go ahead and sue."
Luo Shu rolled his eyes indifferently.
This idiot actually wanted to sue him? Where exactly? Civil court?
"I suggest you hire a lawyer to properly study what slander actually means."
"Tch, from what you just let slip, I already know you definitely did what I said."
Luo Shu continued with a cold laugh:
"Now I'm even starting to suspect whether you got exposed in front of Sayuri because you transformed into one of those hentai heroines and got caught acting suspicious."
"You... how did you know?"
Whoosh.
Eriri's face flushed crimson.
She squirmed awkwardly, her slender legs clamping down on her hands, her entire posture twisting like tangled yarn:
"You didn't actually install cameras in my house, did you?"
Luo Shu gave Eriri a look of mixed exasperation before turning to Kurumi Tokisaki:
"You're just letting her disgrace your appearance like this?"
Kurumi tilted her head, resting a finger against her lips as she smiled:
"If it's just to this extent, it's not worth worrying about."
Hearing this, Luo Shu suddenly nodded in realisation:
"Almost forgot, your chuunibyou clones are probably even more embarrassing than how she looks right now."
Kurumi's expression immediately stiffened, her cheek twitching as she said:
"If Luo Shu knows about such things, could you please not say them out loud?"
"I'll keep that in mind next time."
Luo Shu responded perfunctorily before glancing at Eriri:
"Speaking of which, how long can she maintain this transformation?"
Kurumi tilted her head again, smiling cheerfully:
"Without replicating abilities, maintaining it for a full day isn't a problem. If replicating, as we just tested, the maximum duration would be about one hour."
"A perfect doppelganger." Natsuki Minamiya sighed in admiration, then glanced at Eriri and added, "What a shame about the personality, though."
A vein seemed to bulge on Eriri's forehead as she appeared extremely displeased with Natsuki's comment.
"Sorry for having such a terrible personality, Instructor Natsuki!!"
"At least you're aware of it."
Natsuki calmly delivered the final blow before turning to Luo Shu:
"In a way, this girl's ability seems quite worth nurturing."
"Yeah, I know." Luo Shu scratched his head and sighed slightly helplessly.
In terms of ability, Eriri's Transformation was actually more suitable for cultivation to the Demigod Rank than Utaha Kasumigaoka's Mind Reading in terms of functionality.
After all, compared to the mostly auxiliary Mind Reading, Transformation's versatility at Demigod Rank would be far superior.
With this ability, simply by transforming into Mukuro Hoshimiya, she could utilise the partial power of the Master of Seal and Unlock, bringing unimaginable convenience.
Or if Eriri's ability allowed her to transform into Luo Shu, temporarily gaining the powers of a Hero Rank Calamity Priest...
Then Eriri could essentially obtain the strongest combat enhancement below Demigod Rank, becoming a top-tier Hero Rank powerhouse in the short term.
Whether for combat or support, Eriri's Transformation held remarkable potential.
This was precisely why Luo Shu couldn't help muttering to himself:
"Such a useful ability had to appear on this idiot. In a way, the world really is unfair!"
"I heard that!"
Eriri's face twitched as she glared at him:
"Could you at least badmouth people behind their backs?"
Luo Shu spread his hands and shrugged: "Where's the fun in that then?"
'Oh, how noble, how magnificent, insulting me to my face and feeling proud about it...' Eriri mentally complained before saying with a completely sour expression:
"So, why are you here?"
Luo Shu calmly explained:
"To inform you about the home visit."
"Oh." Eriri responded flatly: "A home visit, I see."
"Wait—"
"A home visit?!"
The belated realisation hit Eriri as she snapped awake:
"You actually went to see my mum?!"
"Indeed." Luo Shu nodded, casually adding: "She even asked me to take good care of you."
"Hah?" Eriri gaped in disbelief.
At this, Luo Shu said calmly, "Sayuri suggested I lock you up and keep you like a canary. I figured you wouldn't like that approach, so I declined."
"Of course I wouldn't like that!" Eriri rejected the idea without hesitation.
But then she added gloomily: "Though that does sound like something Mum would say."
"Honestly, you actually went to see her and came back with this nonsense."
Eriri couldn't help muttering, though it was unclear whether she was blaming Luo Shu or Sayuri.
To this, Luo Shu stated:
"Though many matters remain unsettled, I've more or less reached an agreement with Sayuri about your special training here."
After speaking, Luo Shu glanced at Eriri's current appearance and said:
"Given how you look now, I won't remind you about anything. Just keep cultivating this ability. When you're ready to advance, let me know directly."
"While it's unlikely to push Transformation to Demigod Rank in a short time, reaching Hero Rank does hold some hope."
At Hero Rank Transformation, Eriri could transform into an Elite Rank version of Luo Shu himself.
By then, Eriri would have preliminary combat capabilities.
Having experienced the Calamity Bringer stage himself, Luo Shu knew all too well how broken that phase could be.
With proper execution, Eriri could easily overpower some average Hero Rank opponents.
Such prospects, in Luo Shu's view, were sufficient to report back to Sayuri Sawamura.
"I'd do it even without you telling me."
Eriri responded with tsundere-like pride before turning away, her back facing Luo Shu:
"Alright, I'm going back to training now."
"If you've got time, remember to tell my mum that she should stop making those terrible suggestions."
"Understood."
Luo Shu smiled faintly, nodded towards Kurumi Tokisaki nearby, then addressed Natsuki Minamiya:
"Shall we leave together?"
"I'll stay. Having come all this way, I should at least try out the facilities here."
As she spoke, Natsuki Minamiya gazed up at the towering spire.
If Eriri's Transformation could produce such remarkable effects, might her own spatial abilities yield something even more interesting?
Natsuki was intensely curious about this possibility.
"Very well, since you're interested, stay here for now."
"Actually, I could use some time alone to clear my head."
As he spoke, a gentle breeze stirred, rustling his clothes.
With his sleeves fluttering, Luo Shu stepped forward calmly and returned to reality.