WHAM!
Mugino Shizuri lay in the rubble, her vision swimming from the impact of Yuuya's punch.
She regained her senses through the pain. Her eyes snapped open, fierce and filled with the rage of failure.
Step. Step.
Footsteps approached. A pair of shoes stopped a meter away from her face.
She looked up with violent killing intent. But the man looked down at her with a calm, almost bored gaze.
He ignored her killing intent completely.
"A mere Meltdowner is no match for me. I don't even need my abilities. My fists suffice."
Yuuya looked at the #4 Level 5 lying in the dirt and smiled with amusement.
"So... what should we do next? You came here to kill me. Shouldn't I do something similar to return the favor?"
Ding!
[System Notification]
* Target Detected: Mugino Shizuri (Meltdowner).
* Treasure Chest Rank: Gold.
* Unlock Condition: "A Maid who doesn't call you Master is not a good Maid."
* Objective: Break Mugino Shizuri's pride. Train her manners until she submits.
"Hiss—oh my."
Yuuya stroked his chin. The System was nasty.
'Train the violent queen of ITEM into a maid?'
Just imagining it made him excited. The four dangerous mercenaries of the Dark Side, cleaning his apartment in frilly aprons and calling him "Master"...
It was a vision worth fighting for.
"I am a Level 5! The Number Four!"
Mugino roared, her pride trampled by his indifference. Enduring the excruciating pain in her abdomen, she twisted her body and launched a vicious high kick toward Yuuya's head.
Whoosh!
Her high heel sliced through the air.
But it hit nothing.
Her ankle was caught in a vice-like grip.
"You're still feisty~ Such a bad temper won't do."
Yuuya looked at her struggling form.
"I'll teach you the proper attitude for facing someone who can easily kill you."
He pulled on her ankle.
Snap.
[Move Point: Teleport]
...
In an instant, the scenery changed.
The smell of rust and concrete vanished, replaced by biting cold wind.
WHOOSH!
Gravity took hold.
Mugino's vision blurred. The wind rushed into her mouth, stealing her breath.
She looked down.
Below her, Academy City looked like a circuit board. The skyscrapers were toy blocks. The roads were spiderwebs.
"!!!!"
Fear—primal and absolute—exploded in her heart.
They were in the sky! Thousands of meters up!
"Damn it! Don't think this is over!"
Driven mad by fear, Mugino went berserk. Ten emerald spheres appeared around her free falling body.
"DIE!"
She fired a barrage of Meltdowner beams at Yuuya, who was falling beside her, still holding her ankle.
But the beams passed through him or missed due to the chaotic tumbling.
"Damn it! Even if I die, I'll take your hand!"
She aimed at his grip on her ankle. She was ruthless, willing to blow off her own leg to kill him.
Zzzt!
Blue electricity erupted from Yuuya's hand, dismantling the Meltdowner beams instantly.
"How is this possible?!"
Mugino screamed, her pupils trembling.
"Hey. You didn't think I was defenseless, did you?"
Yuuya laughed, his voice carried away by the wind.
"Surprise. I'm not just a Spatial User. I'm also a Level 5 Electro Master."
Snap.
He teleported them again. Higher.
Altitude: 16 Kilometers.
Layer: Upper Troposphere.
Here, the sky was a deep, dark blue. The clouds were far below them. The air was thin and freezing.
"Now... I'm giving you a choice."
Yuuya smiled pleasantly as they plummeted toward the earth.
"Option A: Become my subordinate. Call me Master."
"Option B: Fall from this 16-kilometer height and die. With air resistance, it will take about 9 minutes before you hit the ground."
Of course, he wasn't going to kill her. But she didn't know that.
To deal with a woman like Mugino—obsessed with winning and insanely proud—you had to break her reality. You had to give her a countdown to death.
"Bastard! Don't threaten me!"
Mugino roared, her hair whipping violently against her face. "I don't care! I'm going to kill you!"
She fired another volley of beams.
Yuuya ignored them. He pulled out a pocket watch from his inventory.
"Look. You've already wasted 10 seconds."
He pointed to the spinning second hand.
"When the pointer reaches here... we will be at 15 kilometers. We will pass through the cloud layer. It's made of ice crystals. Your clothes will get wet. The temperature is minus 30 degrees Celsius."
"You might not die from the fall. You might freeze into an ice sculpture first. Tsk tsk. Gruesome."
"SHUT UP!"
Mugino screamed.
Yuuya continued, his voice calm and sadistic.
"And look here. Even if you survive the freeze... as the pressure increases rapidly, the nitrogen in your blood will expand. Your blood vessels will bulge. Your eardrums will burst. You'll bleed from all seven orifices before you even hit the pavement."
"No... stop talking!"
Mugino's lips were turning blue from the cold and lack of oxygen. She struggled to speak through chattering teeth.
"I won't... fall for that..."
But her eyes betrayed her. She was terrified.
"Don't rush. Take your time."
Yuuya grinned.
"Another minute wasted. We have plenty of time. Let's talk slowly."
He teleported right in front of her face as they fell.
"Look here, Mugino. The most crucial moment is when the pointer reaches this mark..."
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