Chapter 480. High Expectations
「How could the Ultimate Four ever listen to the pleas of a prisoner? Especially when this was the order of the Emperor himself!」
「"Oh~ Honey, look, your entire body is covered in such delicate skin..."」
「"Sniff~ Sniff~ Ah~~ This scent, it's fragrant and sweet, fragrant and sweet ah~"」
「"Hehe, how elastic is this? How seductive~"」
「The Ultimate Four swarmed over her, each handling a different task, exhausting all their skills to bring infinite "joy" to this Blade Hero. They intended to provide a surprise unlike any she had ever known, ensuring their spectacular performance earned the recognition of the Earth Emperor!」
"Good! Powerful! So powerful!"
Kousaka Kirino, who had just been trembling with fear behind her brother's back because of Blade, was now overjoyed. She bounded out, offering her full support and rallying behind the actions of the Ultimate Four.
"This is exactly how it should be done! No, wait—this is the only way to do it!"
Watching his younger sister enthusiastically watching what was essentially a hardcore film while cheering at the top of her lungs, Kousaka Kyousuke felt something was deeply wrong. Isn't this the kind of thing a creepy uncle character is supposed to do?
"Forget it." Kyousuke shook his head. Regardless, a creature like Blade truly deserved to die, to be humiliated and insulted to the extreme. After all, she had harmed so many innocent people.
Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's method was indeed gratifying; it could be said that all three worlds felt a sense of immense satisfaction.
Even the likes of Hikigaya, Shinomiya Kaguya, Mimi, and Ferris were clapping their hands. Only a select few, such as Julius and Reinhard, refrained from kicking a person while they were down.
However, they were merely abstaining from joining in; none of them felt any particular aversion to the fate Ayanokouji had bestowed upon Blade.
Blade's actions had reached such a level of depravity.
If there were still some "feminist" types grumbling when Ayanokouji exploded the First Princess Flare, now, even they refused to stand up for Blade.
Because Blade's victims were women. Though these vocal activists were often logic-defying and foul-tempered, they all firmly believed themselves to be as beautiful as flowers and celestial in grace.
In their minds, even beauties on the level of Emilia or Priscilla couldn't compare to their own magnificence~
If Blade were to see them, they would surely be toyed with until death.
Thus, these people—who had already mentally cast themselves as "victims who had already suffered"—naturally followed the crowd in hurling abuse and bombardment at Blade.
Of course, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's status as a "Tall, Rich, and Handsome" lead was also a crucial factor. If an ordinary man had harmed Blade, they would have surely defended her.
Because if one isn't "Tall, Rich, and Handsome," one simply has no right.
"Ptui! Serves you right! Go eat dung, pariah! Dog-breed! Something that dared to look down on me and insult me deserves to be played with until death, hahahahaha!"
It wasn't just the kind-hearted people; even the First Princess Flare was among those kicking the fallen hero.
In fact, no one cursed more vitriolically than she did.
The tone and words Blade had used when talking to Ayanokouji—those expressions of looking down on Flare—had made her almost explode with rage. To her, the severity of that insult was on par with the trauma of Ayanokouji's fire rod.
If her sister hadn't dissuaded her by saying, "Father would not agree to the Kingdom severing its own arm," Flare would have gone to slaughter that bitch Blade herself right now!
Across the three worlds, the only person who felt a shred of pity for Blade was Ram—who had absolutely no connection to her.
"What a shame. If her technique had been better, and her methods a bit gentler, perhaps..."
Shaking her head and sighing, Ram had been thinking that if Blade's "tofu-grinding" could have awakened certain girls to a preference for same-sex mating, causing them to become lesbians and abandon their original beloveds, that would have been ideal.
Specifically, a certain Emilia, a certain Anastasia, a certain Priscilla, and a certain Crusch.
It would be best if only Rem remained a steadfast heterosexual.
Unfortunately, the waste known as Blade was too disappointing. Not only was her technique poor, but she was caught and "executed" so quickly that she hadn't managed to influence anyone yet. Sigh.
In reality, Blade did cause an effect, but it was the exact opposite of what Ram hoped for.
For instance, it caused Horikita Suzune at Advanced Nurturing High School to further solidify her life policy of not making friends—especially not female friends.
And it caused Ichinose Honami to fall for Ayanokouji Kiyotaka... She wasn't focusing on Blade or the Ultimate Four; she was simply attracted to the Ayanokouji who gave the orders.
Actually, Ichinose knew very well that even before this future was broadcast, she already had a faint, romantic fondness for him.
It was just that she realized even more clearly now... she had no way to get close to Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, no way to stay by his side.
Ichinose felt miserable, in deep pain.
But at this moment, Blade's own level of pain far surpassed Ichinose's—it was ten times, no, even more agonizing!
"WAHHHHHH!! YOU... YOU DAMN BASTARD... YOU... YOU... YOU CAN'T, CAN'T... NOT... YOU MAY NOT, YOU MAY NOT DO THIS, YOU CAN'T, AYANOKOUJI KIYOTAKA!!"
Watching the future light screen in the sky, where the Ultimate Four were getting "hands-on," was more horrifying and terrifying than a billion serial killers!
She was dead.
Blade knew that, just like the First Princess Flare, she would become the laughingstock of the whole world, ridiculed by everyone, and perhaps even recorded in history books as a permanent joke.
And like Flare, her body was not censored. She didn't get the mosaic treatment that "bitches" like Setsuna, Kureha, Keyaru's sister, and Eve received.
"GOD DAMN IT, ABSOLUTELY NOT!!"
Unable to accept it, refusing to accept it... a thought suddenly dawned in Blade's mind. To avoid becoming a permanent laughingstock, she might as well help the real-world Ayanokouji rule the world when he arrived, and then kill, kill, kill—slaughter everyone of this generation.
That way, no one would remember her humiliation, the new generation wouldn't know, and she could be free!
"Hee... hahahaha, good! Good! It must be done!"
Amidst her wild laughter, the delirious Blade felt a surge of anticipation. Even if she decided to assist the real-life Ayanokouji, surely the Ayanokouji in the original future should suffer a bit first?
"The Second Princess is invincible under heaven! The Second Princess is number one in the world! The Second Princess will surely insult Ayanokouji Kiyotaka!"
"I look forward to your results. I believe you can definitely beat him. Please, whatever you do, don't let me down, Princess Norn!"
By this time, all those opposed to Ayanokouji were on high alert. Like Blade, they placed all their faith in the Second Princess.
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