Swearing Allegiance

Seeing all the beautiful girls in the group getting ready to leave with Ye Yunchuan, the other boys were naturally very displeased.

"Yunchuan, could you take me along too?"

Besides feeling resentful, some people also wanted to latch onto Ye Yunchuan.

There was no helping it; people admired the strong.

Ye Yunchuan was so powerful that following him meant they'd be safe and wouldn't have to worry about food or drink.

Anyone with a functioning brain would choose to follow him.

"Sorry, I'm not interested in men!"

Ye Yunchuan shook his head.

For now, he only wanted to build a harem.

As for gathering a following, he'd wait until he had the energy for that.

"Uh... all right."

The person who'd been rejected looked thoroughly dejected.

"Wait, Yunchuan."

Ye Yunchuan started to leave with the three girls, but before he'd gone far, someone called out to him again.

This time, it was none other than Katsuragi.

"What is it now?"

After being interrupted so many times, Ye Yunchuan was clearly getting impatient.

Katsuragi thought for a long while, then finally bowed to Ye Yunchuan and said:

"Please, Yunchuan. Please come with me to save my younger sister."

"Why should I?"

Although he sympathized with Katsuragi, Ye Yunchuan wasn't the sort of fool who helped people for free.

"My younger sister is beautiful. If you save her, I can arrange for her to marry you."

Apparently realizing that Ye Yunchuan liked women, Katsuragi immediately tried appealing to him on that basis.

Chapter 31: Swearing Allegiance

"Not enough!"

Ye Yunchuan stared at Katsuragi with a piercing gaze.

He wasn't the kind of man who lost his head at the sight of a beautiful woman.

The system was picky. The women it required had to be not only beautiful but also virgins and characters from the story.

There was no way to know whether Katsuragi's sister met the requirements.

Even if she did, Ye Yunchuan wouldn't leave his own base just for one woman.

After all, the apocalypse was far too dangerous.

Sprinters weren't easy to deal with. The Family Guardian, with only one-fifth of his combat strength, couldn't handle an opponent of that caliber.

If anything happened to his women, he'd be the one who paid dearly.

"Not enough? Then there's only one answer left."

Katsuragi's expression darkened.

To everyone's astonishment, Katsuragi gritted his teeth and knelt before Ye Yunchuan...

"I swear allegiance to you!

I'll be your sword and sweep away every obstacle in your path. I'll be your shield and protect you from every calamity!"

"What?!"

"Has Katsuragi gone mad?"

Katsuragi's actions left everyone watching utterly stunned.

In the Island Nation, swearing allegiance wasn't something people did lightly.

And Katsuragi certainly wasn't someone who took such things lightly.

Once he chose a goal, he would pursue it with unwavering loyalty.

"Heh... Hehahahaha..."

Ye Yunchuan laughed, covering his forehead and throwing all dignity aside...

"I have to admit, your sincerity has moved me. In that case, I'll give you a chance. Here, take this."

As he spoke, Ye Yunchuan tossed a bottle of colorful potion to Katsuragi Kohei.

"What is this?"

Although he had no idea what it was, Katsuragi instinctively caught it.

Seeing that, Ye Yunchuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Good thing he'd caught it.

Otherwise, he would have had to get Xiao Hei to catch it.

"Drink it!"

Ye Yunchuan gave the order outright.

"Understood."

Katsuragi obeyed without hesitation.

[ Ding~ Your loyal servant Katsuragi Kohei has consumed a Super Power Potion. Spirit, strength, agility, and constitution +5. Ability gained: Acceleration. ]

"Acceleration?"

Ye Yunchuan stroked his chin. He had to admit, it was a pretty good ability.

Back with Katsuragi.

After he drank the potion, large quantities of black filth poured out of his body.

A foul stench immediately filled the air.

But Katsuragi clearly didn't care about that now.

"How do you feel?"

Ye Yunchuan asked with a smile.

"I see. So that's how it works?"

Feeling the powerful strength surging through his body, Katsuragi smiled.

"I feel great. Thank you for your gift."

Katsuragi bowed to Ye Yunchuan again.

"In that case, enough talk. Hurry up and go save your sister."

Ye Yunchuan waved a hand, signaling for Katsuragi to leave.

"Aren't you afraid I won't come back?"

Katsuragi was somewhat surprised that Ye Yunchuan trusted him so much.

"If I have a way to grant it to you, then I naturally have a way to take it back."

Ye Yunchuan curled his lips into a smile, then turned his back and motioned for the three girls to follow him.

"Understood. I won't let you down."

Katsuragi nodded, then headed off alone in the opposite direction.

He'd already wasted too much time. He had to rescue his sister as soon as possible.

"What did you just give him?"

Sakayanagi Arisu was very curious.

Judging from Katsuragi's reaction,

that bottle of colorful potion was clearly no ordinary thing.

"A Super Power Potion. After drinking it, your spirit, strength, constitution, and agility all increase significantly, and you also gain a superpower. It can even cure illnesses."

He hadn't explained earlier because there had been too many people around.

Now that it was just his own people, Ye Yunchuan had no reason to hide it.

As for that last part, he'd deliberately said it for Sakayanagi Arisu to hear.

"Cure illnesses? So if I drink it, my body can return to normal too?"

Sakayanagi Arisu was thrilled.

She'd been troubled by her frail body for far too long.

If she could, she certainly didn't want to suffer like this anymore.

"Mm."

The question was whether Ye Yunchuan would give her one.

"So it really is a superpower. Looks like following him was the right choice," Morishita Ran said, suddenly understanding.

If her guess was right, Ye Yunchuan's own superpower had probably come from the potion.

But where had Ye Yunchuan gotten it?

A potion that gave ordinary people miraculous superpowers was far beyond the level of technology currently available on Earth.

Ye Yunchuan was definitely hiding some extraordinary secret.

"A Super Power Potion? I wish I could get one too."

Unlike Morishita Ran, Kamuro Masumi was simply envious.

At the same time, her gaze at Ye Yunchuan grew increasingly fervent.

If she could win this man over,

wouldn't getting a superpower be a piece of cake?

"Could I have one?"

Sakayanagi Arisu tilted her gaze upward, doing her best to look cute and vulnerable.

Unfortunately, Ye Yunchuan wasn't susceptible to that.

"You haven't given me what you promised, and now you're asking me for something else? Isn't that a little greedy?"

"Ugh... Well..." Sakayanagi Arisu was a little embarrassed, but she still shamelessly tried to wheedle him:

"Come on, I already promised to be yours, didn't I? Giving me a potion wouldn't be a loss. Once I've recovered and become a superpowered person, I can help you too.

Please? I really want to get better soon."

This was the first time Ye Yunchuan had seen Sakayanagi Arisu act cute.

He had to admit, she was genuinely lethal when she behaved like this.

Her sweet, coaxing voice nearly broke through his defenses.

"Stop right there." Ye Yunchuan quickly cut off her deliberate act...

"You have to take things one bite at a time. Let's take it slowly.

Right now, neither your body nor your heart belongs to me, so I can't trust you."

"You want not only my body, but my heart too?"

Sakayanagi Arisu looked a little surprised.