In Academy City, the Paradise Project begins.

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It's now!

As Higashino seized the opportunity and lunged at Kihara, the girl instinctively tried to use teleportation to escape. But Higashino was faster, and the two crashed heavily into the wall, the flashlight slipping from Kihara's waist.

In the chaos, Dongye's palm pressed against an incredibly soft spot.

"you……!"

Jie Biao's expression changed instantly, his earlobes turned bright red, and his pupils seemed to spit fire.

To make matters worse, the angle at which they fell meant that Higashino's lips were right in contact with hers.

"So the lady who works overtime at night... uses a peach-flavored lip balm?"

"Die to me!!"

Kihara's knee slammed into Higashino, but was stopped by Higashino's thigh the instant he exerted force.

In the midst of their entanglement, their lips accidentally touched.

Higashino secretly used his ability during the brief moment when their eyes met.

It's probably not possible to do it like in early spring, since his current strength is probably only Level 4. However, subtle modifications are still possible, such as making her slowly fall in love with me.

The wide-eyed stare of Kihara, caught off guard, reflected Higashino's burning gaze.

"Snapped!"

A resounding slap shattered the tranquility. Higashino tilted his head, licking the blood from the corner of his mouth, and watched as Kiyohira, slumped on the ground, frantically wiped her lips with the back of her hand. The girl's school uniform collar was disheveled, revealing her snow-white skin heaving violently, and her waist, adorned with a silver chain, was trembling like a small animal.

"I am going to kill you……"

Her threats were utterly intimidating, sounding more like sobs.

"I will absolutely kill you..."

Higashino slowly ran his thumb across his lower lip, a gesture that sent a shiver down Kihara's spine. He bent down to pick up the military flashlight and gently kissed the metal surface, still warm from their bodies: "How about we go on a date next Wednesday at three in the afternoon?"

"W-What the hell…"

"This is your Lingliu's first kiss, right? It was so innocent and innocent."

He tossed the flashlight back to the dazed girl and laughed heartily.

"I'll take responsibility..."

The moment Jiebiao caught the flashlight, he suddenly disappeared from sight through coordinate movement.

The ward returned to silence.

Chapter 9: Record of Taming Spatial Ability Users

The torrential rain, like a basin of water poured down by the gods, soaked the entire Academy City in a curtain of rain.

Unlucky Kihara Tatsuki never expected that she would encounter such a severe rainstorm after fleeing to the rooftop.

Jie Biao huddled behind the neon sign, her phone's front camera reflecting her glossy lip gloss, the carefully applied peach color now smudged.

"It's all that bastard's fault..."

She gritted her teeth and wiped her lips with her sleeve, only to see her own flushed face reflected in the puddles on the ground.

What Higashino had just done to her kept replaying in her mind, and she couldn't help but think of that wicked grin. This realization made her even angrier at her own lack of self-control.

The phone vibrated in my palm; a message from the hanging man popped up on the screen: [Mission Continued]

"Tsk, not even enough time for drying? Capitalists really don't care about the feelings of their workers! And no overtime pay either, what heartless capitalists!"

Kihara waved her fist at the air and kicked the fire hydrant. Although she was annoyed by Aleister's urging, what could she do? She was just an ordinary, pitiful, and soft working-class girl.

It is simply impossible to refuse or resist the orders of the Academy City Chairman.

Ten minutes later, Jie Biao, soaked to the bone, appeared at the ward door like a drowned rat.

She couldn't help but lament her bad luck once again. After being soaked in the rain for a while, it suddenly stopped just as she returned to the building. She felt as if fate was deliberately playing a joke on her and messing with her.

At this moment, water droplets dripped from her hair and landed on the bandage on her chest, outlining a silhouette that evoked many thoughts.

Despite being bundled up tightly, she is actually quite well-endowed, and her figure is much taller than that of her peers, with her fair and slender legs that are sure to evoke fantasies.

Anyway, when we met earlier, Higashino felt that the girl's thighs would be perfect as a frame; they would definitely be the kind that are very useful.

Moreover, he had just personally felt the softness of that area, and it felt quite nice. He wasn't going to let go of a girl like that.

However, there's plenty of time ahead, and it's not the time to waste my current strength.

Fortunately, she sneezed while hugging her arms, and Kihara Tsurugi, who was standing at the door shivering from the cold, had no idea what Higashino had been thinking.

All she wanted to do right now was finish her task, go home, take a shower, and go to sleep. Tomorrow was the last day of the semester, and even she didn't want to be late.

In the hospital room, Higashino Yu was leisurely eating strawberry daifuku left over from early spring. Seeing the drenched cat at the door, he puffed out his cheeks and waved his fingers, covered in glutinous rice flour: "Want some? This soaking wet stray cat needs some sugar."

"Who are you calling a stray cat!"

Jie Biao wanted nothing more than to punch this leisurely guy and let him know just how terrifying the rage of a working-class slave could be.

If the chairman hadn't suddenly asked her to come over, she would still be having a wonderful dream right now.

"Believe it or not, I'll teleport you to the Mariana Trench right now to feed the sharks!"

Higashino slowly swallowed the last bite of daifuku and suddenly appeared in front of her.

He reached out and brushed her damp temples, his hand lingering on her face: "If it were my last words... could we have one last, passionate love affair?"

"you--!"

Jie Biao's words caught in his throat, his eyes widening in disbelief. Was that spatial teleportation?

No, that doesn't seem right!

Hallucination?

She staggered backward, her lower back hitting the IV stand.

"What nonsense are you spouting?!"

Kihara slapped his hand away, making a biting gesture, but in Higashino's eyes, she looked like a sulking kitten, which was very cute.

He knew that the cognitive modification he had just made was very effective, and it would be easy to affect even Level 4.

Fortunately, there was still some time between when she arrived and when he was experimenting with his abilities. If she had appeared then, he might not have had the extra power to make an impact.

However, both his physical and mental strength recovered much faster than he had imagined.

"If I weren't on a mission, I'd shove you into the vending machine's dispenser right now!"

"Sigh, is this a way of changing the subject to refuse? What a pity."

With a snap of her fingers, a warm breeze suddenly appeared around Kihara Ayaki, blowing her wet hair wildly.

"This, this is..."

Although she really wanted to complain about what he had just said about "what a pity," she was so surprised by the warm air that Higashino suddenly produced that she forgot.

The intelligence indicated that Higashino's ability was mental, but his sudden appearance in front of her and the warm breeze were both incomprehensible to her.

"Okay, this way we won't catch a cold from traveling in the wet conditions. Let's go!"

"It's none of your business! Don't you even think about who's responsible for my situation?"

Kihara grabbed Higashino by the collar and roared.

If Higashino's sneak attack hadn't made her shyly run to the rooftop, she wouldn't have gotten soaked at all.

"Now follow me, and stop talking nonsense!"

Just as she was about to activate her ability, she suddenly remembered an important warning: "First of all, don't you dare vomit on me! That idiot vomited all over me last time..."

Before the words were even finished, the two of them were "banged" into a vending machine in the seventh school district.

The stockings on the garment caught on the spring at the outlet, and Higashino's face was pressed against her chest, his nose just a sheet of paper away from a certain soft spot. His warm breath seeped through the thin fabric, making her chest feel like it was stuffing a rabbit inside.

No, there should be two rabbits, White Rabbit!

It feels great to the touch. Higashino thinks that if he can sleep with this on his pillow tonight, he might get a good night's sleep.

However, this head-down position is not conducive to sleep, as the tip of his nose is stuck in the middle, making it difficult for him to breathe.

"Is this the scene of the legendary chest-killing crime?"

The sound brought a tingling sensation that made the rabbit's owner very uncomfortable.

"Go die twice, you bastard!"

She struggled, her face flushed. The back of her head slammed against the glass with a thud, making the vending machine shake.

Higashino suddenly reached out and pressed her trembling wrist: "Your palms are sweating."

He gently placed his fingers on the pulse point. After all, he was a medical student, even though he studied in Japan, but he still had no problem with the basics of pulse diagnosis.

Kyoko's heart is beating really fast right now, and it's not just because she's shy.

If I remember correctly, her abilities weren't perfect, probably because of some accident?

"Mind your own business!"

She pulled her hand back as if she'd been electrocuted, and the tactical flashlight fell "plop" into the shipping chute.

"You need to rest for a bit."

Perhaps it was due to overuse of his abilities? Higashino wasn't sure about this, after all, he was just a novice in this area.

However, based on the pulse and Dongye's observation, there is nothing seriously wrong for the time being; a little rest should be enough.

Slowly, she began to resist, but somehow she obediently followed Higashino's advice. The two soon arrived at a 24-hour convenience store, where the cashier was yawning and playing on her phone.

"Two cups of hot cocoa."

He draped his coat over Jiebiao's shoulders.

It's late at night, and it's raining. Even in summer, the temperature is pitifully low.

Showing a bit of gentlemanly manners was his way of making amends for the unexpected incident that had just occurred and for any potential future incidents.

Higashino thought that Kihara Awaki had overused her ability because she suddenly came to see him tonight to work overtime and used her ability repeatedly in order to save time.

"Okay, please wait a moment."

The staff worked quickly and efficiently, showing no impatience despite working late into the night, and brought the hot cocoa over in just two minutes.

Just as Jie Biao was about to say that he didn't need it, his throat was blocked by a hot drink.

She stared wide-eyed at the cartoon image that appeared on the mug, noticing that she herself had cat ears on her head and the slogan "The most ferocious space traveler in Academy City" painted next to her.

What exactly are your abilities?

She lowered her voice and questioned him.

Completely different from what was in the intelligence, exhibiting several unrelated behaviors, which left Jiehao completely baffled.

"Hehe, isn't that an interesting ability?"

Higashino shook his cup, which featured a chibi version of Kihara Ayaki being held down by a cat's paw.

"Want to try this? They say it makes you more frank after drinking it."

"Where did this drink come from?!"

Jie Biao took a big gulp but burned her tongue, and in her haste, she completely forgot that it had just been made.

She suddenly froze. Someone had actually drawn a simple sketch of her being rubbed on the cup in her hand by Higashino, with the caption "Taming Record" next to it.

"Finish your drink and leave quickly!"

Damn it, what kind of mess are they making with their abilities?!

"no problem."

However, when the seventh misstep resulted in crashing into a trash can, Kihara finally snapped: "You definitely tampered with it!"

"You're just too nervous."

Higashino would never admit that he was deliberately stalling for time, because he wanted to be in the best possible condition before meeting the upside-down man.

"Before each movement, I silently count to three, and my right pinky finger twitches involuntarily."