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Laxus: "..."

Ling Yuan could only smile helplessly at that.

No helping it. Let him be, let him be.

"The matter's been settled. It's about time I headed back," Ling Yuan said after checking the time.

"So soon?"

Black Pupil chuckled teasingly. "General Esdeath still wants to talk with you all night."

"I'll pass. I can't handle that." Ling Yuan shrugged.

"I won't make things difficult for you. You can tell Esdeath a little about the group chat."

"?"

Black Pupil looked at Ling Yuan in surprise.

"What?"

"Nothing. I just suddenly feel like you're actually pretty thoughtful."

"Really? Want to come over and find out?" Ling Yuan said, patting his chest.

Black Pupil rolled her eyes. "You're just a little improper."

"Heh heh, don't you think I'm approachable? Personally, I think I have a pretty good personality."

Thinking highly of yourself is narcissism.

Seeing someone deny his perfect personality, Ling Yuan immediately became unhappy.

"? Believe it or not, I'll kidnap Akame right now. Next time we meet, you'll have an extra nephew."

Black Pupil's lips curled up. "Then go ahead. My idiot sister is completely lost right now. It's the perfect time to win her over."

Ling Yuan fell silent for a moment. "I strongly recommend that you become friends with Katarina. Your personalities might unexpectedly suit each other."

"Although I'm very tempted by your suggestion, sorry, I can't afford to support her for now."

Black Pupil froze for a moment, then seemed to realize something. The corner of her mouth twitched. "You really do know a lot."

Ling Yuan waved his hand listlessly. "I won't keep chatting with you. I need to hurry home. I still don't know how the time flow in this world compares to mine."

Before becoming a billionaire, he did not have the courage to take that risk.

"I should head back too."

"I need to go as well. It'd be bad if Lord Bishop couldn't find me." Cecilia handed Belleronus back to Ling Yuan.

"Next time you come, I'll properly show you around the Imperial Capital." Black Pupil nodded.

"Before that, you should take a good look around yourself. Don't drag me around when you can't even tell which way is which."

He said something to the system in his mind.

In an instant,

A pitch-black passage opened.

The four of them waved at Black Pupil and left.

"Black Pupil, there are some things we need to discuss properly later." After Ling Yuan and the others left, Esdeath placed a hand on Black Pupil's shoulder.

Her eyes were filled with excitement and curiosity.

The passage opened.

Ling Yuan stepped out, then tossed Belleronus from his arms into the air as though throwing a pigeon.

Belleronus immediately flapped his tiny wings and flew to the dining table on his own.

Ling Yuan plopped down onto the sofa and released Ophis.

Resting his chin gently on her head and breathing in the scent of her shampoo, Ling Yuan felt completely refreshed.

They clearly used the same brand. Why did Ophis smell so much better?

Ling Yuan: "Everyone, are you home?"

Katarina: "I'm back."

Ling Yuan: "???"

Katarina: "Mm, I'm so jealous. Everyone has so many points."

Lightning Dragon Slayer: "Two thousand."

Hongyan: "Two thousand."

Cecilia: "One thousand."

Ling Yuan: "Three thousand five hundred."

Maple: "Then where did the other one thousand five hundred go?"

Akame: "With me."

Katarina: "Does Black Pupil, who didn't accept the mission, get some too?"

Ling Yuan: "Distributed according to contribution. Black Pupil got beaten up, after all. Even if she made no contribution, she still suffered for it."

Akame: "Fuck!"

Lightning Dragon Slayer: "@Ling Yuan, I thought you swallowed it all."

Ling Yuan: "???"

Ling Yuan: "Where's the trust? Where's the trust between people?!"

Lightning Dragon Slayer: "I have nothing to say to the King of Cowards."

Ling Yuan: "..."

Tch.

Ling Yuan curled his lips and withdrew his consciousness from the group chat.

He then entered a pitch-black space, where a huge white orb floated.

"System, what happened to Ruonan's system from before?" Ling Yuan asked.

"Ding! Replying to Master, all energy within that system has been analyzed."

As the system spoke, the Big Light Orb made a soft pop, and a palm-sized white orb appeared.

The white orb slowly flew into Ling Yuan's hand.

"What is this?"

"Replying to Master, this is a subsystem I created based on the Naruto System. It retains the Naruto System's reward mechanism. Master cannot possibly handle everything personally, so nurturing subordinates is also necessary."

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"How did the matter I told you about earlier go?"

Ling Yuan looked at the orb in his hand and asked.

"Ding! Replying to Master, according to your request, this system has separated the Tenseigan's abilities."

A sapphire-blue ball of light then flew out of the Big Light Orb. Its size was roughly the same as the Naruto System in Ling Yuan's hand.

"The Tenseigan... my favorite ability. System, honestly, is there anything you can't do?"

"Ding! There are still many things this system cannot do. The host needs to discover them independently."

Ling Yuan: "???"

Didn't you say that backwards?

"No matter what, System, thanks."

"Ding! Serving Master is this system's duty."

Ling Yuan patted the Big Light Orb, then left the consciousness space with the two small orbs.

When he opened his eyes again,

He found Ophis staring curiously at his hands.

She could not understand when these two balls of light had appeared.

"Xiao Fei, get down for now," he said softly to Ophis in his arms.

Without questioning him, Ophis lightly tapped the air with the tip of her foot.

Her skirt fluttered as she flew to Ling Yuan's side.

Over here,

Ling Yuan looked at the sapphire-blue orb in his hand and slowly closed his eyes.

He pressed it against his eyes.

The sapphire-blue light seemed to melt upon contact, turning into pure energy that nourished Ling Yuan's eyes.

He only felt a burst of coolness.

The next moment, crimson energy like flames appeared around Ling Yuan.

The energy gradually spread over him.

In the end, Ling Yuan took on a form similar to Reincarnation Eye Chakra Mode.

The difference was that Ling Yuan had no horn on his head, and the chakra surrounding him was not green, but an orange curtain of light.

Ling Yuan's profile was reflected in Ophis's gray eyes, and she could not help murmuring, "Master, sparkling..."

"Bzz~"

The moment he opened his eyes,

A pair of pupils glowing orange replaced his originally black eyes.

In an instant, an invisible ripple spread outward from Ling Yuan.

"This aura?!"

Next door,

Xiao Qingya's hand suddenly stopped as she wiped the table, and she instantly raised her head.

Through the glass, she stared in shock at Ling Yuan's room.

After the shock, her expression softened. "Just how many secrets is this brat hiding?"

"Da, da-da-da, da, da-da-da-da..."

Xia Ranran, who was buying water at the supermarket and humming a song, suddenly froze.

Then she looked outside strangely. "This aura... Brother Ling Yuan?"

"Xiao Bai, be quiet. If Uncle Pope finds out I brought you out, he'll definitely scold me to death." Xia Ranran glanced at the glowing mark near her collarbone and tugged up her collar to conceal the light.

As though it understood Xia Ranran's words, the slightly restless glow gradually quieted down.

"I never expected it. Brother Ling Yuan actually has power that even you, Xiao Bai, care about. But that makes things troublesome."

After a surprised exclamation, Xia Ranran fell into distress. "Mm, it feels like my plan to protect Brother Ling Yuan is going to fail."

After finally obtaining this power, she had imagined how she would protect Brother Ling Yuan in the future.

But now she was suddenly being told that Ling Yuan possessed power no weaker than a Seraph's. It was somewhat frustrating.

"Forget it. Things will work themselves out when the time comes. I'll just peacefully be a little flower that gets protected."

After cheering herself up again, she skipped away under the bewildered gaze of the store clerk.

The energy around Ling Yuan began to slowly dissipate, and he let out a deep breath.

His orange pupils also returned to black.