Rita, the Risqué Herrscher, Becomes a Fusion Warrior

To welcome their new dorm member/rival, they held another lavish welcome party as usual.

The meaning was simple: after tonight, they would be enemies, so they might as well enjoy a good meal while they could.

After midnight, in the dead of night.

Once everyone had fallen asleep, two figures quietly opened their doors and headed outside without a word.

"You really found material compatible with me?"

"That's right. I had Gray Serpent excavate several old Moth Chasing Fire warehouse ruins where Honkai Beast genes had been stored. I finally found a Honkai Beast compatible with your genes—this one. But... don't forget what you promised me."

As she spoke, the woman took out a storage container. Inside, a black curved horn was submerged in green liquid. Even after fifty thousand years, its genes had not lost their vitality.

The girl stared fixedly at the black horn, obvious longing filling her eyes.

"...Of course. I'll use my authority to get you into the kitchen, and I'll teach you cooking with everything I have."

"Very good. In return, I'll do everything I can to help you complete the Hypermutation Surgery. A pleasure doing business with you."

As the night wind blew the dark clouds aside, bright moonlight finally fell upon the two of them.

They were Rita and Mei.

"Come to my temporary lab. The equipment is a little crude, but don't worry. I may not be as good as that Mobius, but I've performed Hypermutation Surgery plenty of times."

"...Of course. I trust that a Flame Chaser whose inscription is wisdom won't let my surgery fail."

Rita calmed her heart and replied.

She had actually made this deal with Mei not long ago.

In exchange for teaching her cooking, Mei would perform Hypermutation Surgery on her and turn her into