Listening to the intelligent machine female voice announce the achievement unlock.
Looking at the Chibi Figure in "Operator Cultivation" in front of her, clinging to her finger and rubbing against it, with pink bubbles occasionally popping up beside its head.
Su Youzi completely gave up resisting.
She was tired.
Let it all be destroyed.
Might as well get it over with.
She... probably couldn't kick this yandere away.
In the game, Affection "60 (Dependence)" and "100 (Vow)" were both major thresholds.
Once Affection reached "60 (Dependence)," unless you truly did something outrageously unforgivable to the girl, like abandoning your wife and child or breaking her heart,
otherwise... it became very difficult for the girl's Affection to drop any further.
Moreover... as long as you chose to interact with the girl, regardless of whether she truly liked you, her Affection would slowly, slowly increase.
All the way to "99 (Attachment/Spoiling)."
The only difference was how fast it rose.
One more step forward, and it would begin unlocking a large number of useful CGs and new interactions.
In theory, whether it was cultivating someone from the "Stranger" range in the low teens to "Dependence," or from "Dependence" to "Vow,"
both should have been matters of growing close over time and developing feelings after spending a long time together.
Just like Little Rabbit.
Saotome Yukina's Affection should have been the easiest to raise among all normal Operators.
As long as you took Saotome Yukina to the shopping district and bought her a Strawberry Cream Crepe,
her Affection would slowly rise amid her happiness.
But... even so,
raising Saotome Yukina's Affection from "Favor" to "Dependence"
would still take at least a week.
If you wanted to bully Little Rabbit, you would need at least a month.
But... Su Youzi looked at the "Affection: 60 (Dependence)" prompt on Kujo Ryuko, which seemed to be shining.
Was she a normal Operator?!
She was not!
"You call this a masochist!?"
"Ah!!!" An aggrieved Chibi Figure seemed to be screaming like a marmot inside Su Youzi's heart.
Kujo Ryuko's Affection had already reached "Dependence."
If she tried to kick her away now,
what awaited Su Youzi might truly be the relentless pursuit of a Third Sequence Ability User.
"And more importantly..."
Su Youzi looked at Kujo Ryuko, whose delicate body seemed to be trembling slightly after being scolded by her.
"Can you guarantee that while I'm kicking Kujo Ryuko away... her Affection won't shoot up even faster?"
It was terrifying.
Who knew what that love would mutate into after Kujo Ryuko's Affection crossed the threshold of 100?
Su Youzi seemed to have already seen the IF ending where Kujo Ryuko held her face from the side with a sick smile and locked her in a basement, thinking about her day and night.
Putting on a forcedly calm expression, Su Youzi poked Kujo Ryuko's Chibi Figure.
Then she tapped Cultivate.
[Ding--] [Kujo Ryuko cultivation successful.] [Kujo Ryuko's combat experience increased.] [Level.32—Blood Ability User Experience: 37%→38%.] [Cultivation: Kujo Ryuko's Affection increased.] [Received compensation for cultivation resources consumed.] ["Beginner Combat Record"*2.]
Since she had already decided to let things go to hell, there was no reason to pass up this Combat Record.
However... Su Youzi looked at Kujo Ryuko's combat experience.
The "Beginner Combat Record" seemed to be suitable only for First Sequence Ability Users, or those who had not yet reached the First Sequence.
Su Youzi had originally thought that the increase when she used it on Teacher Unohana Chiyo was already low enough.
She had not expected that when she used it on Kujo Ryuko... the increase would actually become so small that it did not even reach one percent.
The same went for the Affection provided by "Cultivation."
The Affection provided by "Cultivation" was not even as much as what she got from scolding her a couple of times.
Still, fortunately,
even if it could not directly increase Affection by 1 point, the resources she spent on cultivation had still been returned twofold.
Rather--
This was even better.
The corners of Su Youzi's lips curled up almost maliciously.
She could unscrupulously treat Kujo Ryuko as labor for producing Combat Records.
She could continuously squeeze Combat Records out of Kujo Ryuko.
Just as Kujo Ryuko straightened up, her movements suddenly froze. She felt that long-lost warm power surging through her body.
"Grace."
The girl's scarlet eyes were almost unfocused with bewilderment.
It had been a very, very long time since she had been "blessed" by fate.
"Hee." A tiny, cute sound escaped the girl's lips.
Ever since the day Kujo Iruka had fallen into the abyss, Kujo Ryuko had never tasted the feeling of "Grace" again.
If Blood Ability Users could not even manipulate the blood within their own bodies, Kujo Ryuko forcefully "lifted" her body,
she might have stumbled and fallen right in front of Su Youzi.
The extent of the "Grace" might be small,
but the process still had to be completed.
The warm current traveling through her limbs and bones seemed like a "teasing" bestowed by fate, as if fate were submitting to her while mocking her.
Kujo Ryuko's scarlet eyes gazed dazedly at Su Youzi. For an instant, she even felt that she saw "light."
[Ding--] [Faith: Kujo Ryuko's Affection +1.] [Received Affection Boost Reward: Collectible Katana.]
The corners of Su Youzi's lips, which had just risen, immediately collapsed the next second.
She had not even managed to smile for three seconds.
She wished she could immediately grab a bench from the hospital corridor and smash it against Kujo Ryuko's head.
Then she could take a good look at what was inside this woman's head.
"What exactly are you worshiping--"
This woman had definitely come to mess with her mental state.
Fortunately, at that moment... the ward door opened quietly.
Sakai Miho's little head poked out from inside the ward.
Her pale-green eyes fixed directly on Su Youzi, who looked utterly dejected. "Senpai?"
Su Youzi looked toward Sakai Miho... the excessively loose hospital gown somehow gave the girl the feeling of wearing a "boyfriend shirt."
Looking at Sakai Miho's obedient little face,
Su Youzi immediately felt her irritable heart heal.
Only Little Rabbit's cheeks had puffed up like a pufferfish. The sour smell filled the air.
[Ding--] [Saikai Miho cultivation successful.] [...] [Received compensation for cultivation resources consumed.] ["Beginner Combat Record"*2.]
Today's harvest.
"Beginner Combat Record"*4.
"First Sequence Promotion Emblem"*2.
And also...[Blood Manipulation (5%)].
If you think this book is good, remember to add it to your bookshelf so you won't have trouble finding it next time.
Before you continue