Charge This Way!

"..."

Looking at the set of women's clothes Lin Yu tossed to her, Raiden Mei instantly felt a warmth in her heart.

Yet soon, a hint of doubt arose within her.

"Classmate Lin Yu, why... is there women's clothing in your suitcase?"

"Do you still have the leisure to care about such trivial details right now?"

Observing the blush currently appearing on Raiden Mei's face, Lin Yu said coldly.

"If you don't take a bath and dry your body immediately after getting caught in the rain, you'll catch a cold."

"There are things to do later, and if you don't adjust your state right now, I'm going to have a headache."

Speaking these words while watching Raiden Mei's affection toward him jump up by a few points, Lin Yu could only feel incomparably helpless.

No, with just this level of goodwill, your affection meter keeps jumping like this...

How on earth are you so gullible?

A gullible woman—this disdainful thought suddenly arose in your mind.

You felt no pity whatsoever for such a woman; after all, you knew very well that pitying her at a time like this would only subject her to greater deception and frustration in the future.

Watching the endlessly rising affection, you sneered inwardly, already treating Raiden Mei as a toy you could toy with at will.

So what if she possessed immense power? Even as an Apostle of God, once her mind was mastered by you, wouldn't she still be at your mercy—

I am seriously done for; if you keep messing around like this, people are really going to take me for a villain.

A villain? Having this thought, you suddenly felt far too tired, which was why such a boring idea had crossed your mind.

When Raiden Mei trusted that you truly had her best interests at heart, did your actual thoughts even matter?

No, no, no—could you please just stop for a moment? I don't have anywhere near this many weird thoughts, hey!

Skilled in the art of picking up girls, you knew all too well how a woman falling in love would idealize her romantic interest into perfection.

Wait, if that were really the case, where on earth would all those self-destructive radical feminists come from...

The problem was, was Raiden Mei that kind of person? Obviously not. Heh, perhaps it was precisely because you knew she was a considerate woman that you harbored the thought of toying with her mind.

"Um, Classmate Lin Yu..."

Noticing Lin Yu, who seemed a bit distracted, Mei ultimately gave up on questioning his thoughts and took the initiative to walk into the bathroom.

Accompanied by the young lady stripping off the clothes soaked through by the rain, and letting the cold water stream down from the showerhead to land on her body, Mei—who had never quite figured out the situation—finally calmed down a bit at that moment.

Just moments ago, when she saw Lin Yu, she genuinely felt as though the other person were a beam of light shining down upon her.

Mei, whose mood was utterly wretched, had to admit that if Lin Yu had chosen to comfort her with gentle words just then, she might have already...

No, it should be said that Mei at that time would definitely have fallen for Lin Yu's words.

Yet Lin Yu chose not to comfort Mei with such a method, instead making a choice that was the exact opposite of what Mei had envisioned.

"The Homu Sword Saint has always protected you far too well."

That's right, Dad protected me far too well.

"He taught you kendo to temper your body, yet failed to temper your mind."

That's true, if my mind were just a bit stronger...

I wouldn't have made such a disgraceful expression just now.

Classmate Lin Yu was completely right.

Me, crying over there just now...

I really was like a total idiot.

Chapter 27: Charge towards me!

The young lady washed her body within the hotel bathroom, while in the same room remained a peer of the opposite sex who filled her with affection.

Under any other circumstances, the mere thought of Lin Yu waiting outside might have made Mei feel somewhat shy.

Yet right now, accompanied by the cold water pouring down from overhead, Mei's state of mind gradually grew increasingly calm.

And with her mood having calmed down considerably, Mei naturally knew—Lin Yu did not harbor those kinds of thoughts or intentions whatsoever.

If Lin Yu had truly coveted her body, he could easily have adopted a different, gentle attitude just moments before.

Whether sincere or deceitful, Mei, whose mood had been rock-bottom at the time, wouldn't have cared about such details at all.

However, his words made Raiden Mei understand one thing with crystal clarity.

This man didn't treat her as a member of the opposite sex to be toyed with at will at all.

Perhaps in Lin Yu's eyes, she was merely a useless little girl whose spirit had been crushed by a few trivial matters.

At the very thought of this, a helpless bitter smile immediately surfaced at the corner of Mei's mouth.

Though she was inherently a reserved young lady, to have a peer of the opposite sex deny her personal charm in such a direct manner...

Truth be told, while this feeling was somewhat exasperating, it was also rather novel.

In the past, Mei had encountered flattery from classmates and experienced the pampering of her father.

Yet after Raiden Ryoma's imprisonment, she had also tasted the full spectrum of human warmth and coldness.

Some had bared their fangs at her the moment she lost her power.

Yet there were also people like Kiana, who showed Mei the gentleness and kindness she needed most.

Even so, no one had ever treated her with this kind of attitude the way Lin Yu did.

Lin Yu's words might have felt as chilling as a cold wind, yet upon careful savoring, Mei could always sense the care hidden beneath those frigid remarks.

Lin Yu was right; she could not afford to harbor thoughts of relying on others right now.

Even he could only assist her in standing back up at critical moments.

From this moment on, she had to abandon those weak thoughts.

Only by doing so could she...

At this very moment, the young lady's mind conjured up the face of the young man waiting outside.

Yet soon, she cranked the showerhead to maximum, letting even more cold water pour directly down over her head.

Now was not the time to be dwelling on such things.

He had told her what needed to be done, and only after accomplishing those tasks would she be qualified to think about anything else.

One hour later. A certain dojo.

As soon as Mei finished washing up, Lin Yu immediately had her change clothes and tell him the location where she usually practiced kendo.

After driving to this dojo and opening the doors, Lin Yu saw that a layer of dust had already accumulated on the floor inside.

"This..."

Looking at the layer of dust across the dojo, Mei said apologetically.

"I'm sorry, I... haven't come over in too long."

"I'll go clean it right—"

Under the gaze of Lin Yu's cold eyes, Mei immediately realized she seemed to have said the wrong thing.

"There's no need for that. After all, I don't want to waste time on such matters."

Right, just like that.

A single cold glance was all it took to successfully PUA this naive little girl.

With just the right methods to domesticate her, in the days ahead, even if you weren't actually thinking anything at all, a mere cold look would be enough to make the successfully PUA'd Raiden Mei begin actively reflecting on her own flaws.

Hmph, she had stepped step by step into the trap you wove for her; soon enough, you would be able to conquer her using the method of boiling a frog in warm water...

No, to put it another way, completely dominating her body and mind!

Thanks a lot for the compliment.

I never knew my operations were actually this god-tier.

Seeing that not only had Lin Yu's gaze turned cold, but the expression on his face had also become somewhat frightening, Mei froze in place.

Um, although I seem to have said something wrong, still...

Lin Yu's reaction was way too intense.

Oh, look—observe that look of guilt mixed with a hint of incomprehension on her face; you knew your plan had been an unmitigated success.

Ugh, I can't be bothered to argue with you anymore.

Business comes first; after all, right now, I really didn't have much time to spare.

After shifting her state of mind just a bit, tomorrow she still had to head out to find that white-haired Kaslana.

After all, there were two life-and-death crises waiting for her, and one of them undoubtedly had to do with that girl.

Walking over to the cabinets nearby, Lin Yu retrieved two wooden kendo swords from inside and tossed one of them toward Raiden Mei.

Upon seeing the stance Lin Yu struck, Raiden Mei, having caught the wooden sword, furrowed her brow slightly.

Raiden Mei might not have been in the right state of mind lately, but that didn't mean she had completely grown rusty at the kendo she had practiced for so long.

Menkyo Kaiden was the certificate of permission indicating one had reached the highest level of kendo, and Mei, who had already attained Menkyo Kaiden, could naturally tell that the Lin Yu before her...

--looked every bit like an absolute amateur.

From his grip on the sword and the posture he struck, Mei spotted a mountain of openings.

Precisely for this reason, Mei found it utterly impossible to understand what Lin Yu was trying to pull right now.

"Between swordsmen, communicating with weapons is sometimes much simpler than using words."

At this moment, Lin Yu stared at the slightly dazed Raiden Mei and said indifferently.

"Now, charge directly at me."

"Um, but..."

Seeing the expression on Lin Yu's face threatening to shift once more, Raiden Mei swallowed back the latter half of her sentence, which was this doesn't seem appropriate.

"I'll say it again. Charge towards me."

"O... Okay!"

Prompted once more by Lin Yu, Mei finally began striving to adjust her mindset, forcing herself to grow slightly serious.

Though she might end up hurting Classmate Lin Yu, well--this was what he asked for.

In that case--

"Hokushin Itto-ryu, Raiden Mei--reporting for duty!"

At that instant, having struck her stance, Mei gripped her wooden sword and charged directly toward Lin Yu.

Simultaneously, however, as she watched the approaching young lady, Lin Yu—having activated the Mirror Mind ability—swung the wooden sword in his hand.

In the blink of an eye, Mei, who had just initiated her offensive, discovered a thoroughly embarrassing fact.

The wooden sword in her hand, at some unknown point...

--had already been swatted away by the opponent, tumbling out of the air to crash against the ground with a crisp, sharp sound.