She was a real handful to deal with.
Come to think of it, he still hadn't checked Horikita's stats.
[Name: Horikita Suzune Looks: 9 (Meets requirements) Spirit: 8 Comprehension: 6 Strength: 6 Agility: 6 Constitution: 6 Luck: 5 Trait: Heroine Halo (The male lead she falls for will become the chosen one and gain a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity).]
"A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?!"
Ye Yunchuan narrowed his eyes.
Horikita Suzune really was the heroine of this series. Her trait was undeniably powerful.
For someone as unlucky as Ye Yunchuan, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity could absolutely transform his life.
He had to get her!
He had to make her his!
At that moment, Ye Yunchuan looked at Horikita with undisguised possessiveness.
"Why do you keep staring at me?"
With Ye Yunchuan looking at her like that, even the usually bold Horikita couldn't help feeling displeased.
"Is it wrong to look at a pretty girl?"
Ye Yunchuan rolled his eyes and didn't back down.
Only a creep sneaked glances. A real man faced his challenges head-on.
"..." Horikita was at a loss for words. But not wanting to lose face, she flicked her hair and tried to keep her composure as she said, "That's a reasonable excuse, I'll give you that. I may be pretty, but you can't keep staring at me like that. It's rude!"
Horikita was quite confident in her looks.
Ever since she was little,
both her parents and her older brother had told her she was a natural beauty.
They'd said she would grow up to be a great beauty.
"Rude? I'd say I'm simply appreciating beauty. Or does my gaze make you feel pressured?"
Ye Yunchuan still refused to back down.
As if! She was his woman. He could look at her whenever he wanted. Who were they to object?
Besides, his eyes belonged to him. He was free to look at whoever he liked. It wasn't anyone else's business.
"Don't flatter yourself. I don't care how you look at me!"
Horikita Suzune glared at Ye Yunchuan, trying to look fierce.
Unlike other men,
Ye Yunchuan's gaze really did put her under pressure.
In the past, most men had backed down as soon as she glared at them, cowed by her strength and imposing presence.
But Ye Yunchuan was different. Even after she called him out, he kept staring at her with that lecherous look.
His heated gaze made her feel uncomfortable all over.
"Is that so?"
Ye Yunchuan gave Horikita a doubtful sidelong glance.
For some reason, he had the feeling that Horikita was a little afraid of him.
Unfortunately, finding out why Horikita was afraid of him wasn't his priority.
His main goal right now was to clear out the entire dormitory.
He had to admit, Horikita was a great help.
She had looks, brains, and strength.
Unlike that bunch of deadweight who could only stand around and watch, with her help, Ye Yunchuan quickly finished clearing the whole dormitory building.
"Why did you gather everyone in the dormitory? Do you expect these people to protect you?"
Horikita had nothing but contempt for the students who could only stand around and watch.
"Heh." Ye Yunchuan looked just as disdainful. He had never expected these people to protect him, let alone his women.
To him, they were just workhorses.
Tools he'd use to rule the Island Nation someday.
"You're still too naive, Suzune. I've never expected them to protect me. But everyone has their uses!"
"Is that so?" Horikita Suzune was utterly baffled.
Yet Ye Yunchuan's calm, unruffled attitude gave her the creeps.
After all, even she couldn't treat other people as mere tools.
"By the way, have you thought about taking control of the whole school? If you have, I can help you."
Horikita Suzune suddenly brought it up.
At her words, Ye Yunchuan stared at her in disbelief...
"You're already helping me come up with plans? Are you in love with me?"
"..." Horikita was speechless. She pressed a hand to her forehead and said, "Could you stop being so full of yourself? I'm only helping because you saved my life!"
"Heh." Ye Yunchuan let out a cold laugh.
He didn't believe for a second that a selfish person like Horikita Suzune would help him out of the goodness of her heart.
"If I'm not mistaken, you want to use my plan to bring the school together as a chance to find your brother, don't you?"
"Huh? How did you know? I haven't told anyone else about our relationship!"
Horikita's eyes widened in shock as she stared at Ye Yunchuan.
"First, you both have the surname Horikita. Second, you look a bit alike. Add to that the lovestruck look you gave him during the new students' speech, and it's hard not to suspect you're related."
"You figured all that out? In that case, tell me what you want. What would it take for you to help me find my brother?"
"Be my gi—"
"That's impossible!"
"..."
"If you won't help me, I can find him on my own!"
Horikita's Conditions
"Fine, I'll accept your request. But I have one condition."
Since brute force wasn't going to work, Ye Yunchuan had no choice but to try a gentler approach.
"What condition?" Horikita Suzune furrowed her brows.
"After we find your brother, you have to keep working under me."
"Fine. As long as you help me find my brother, I'll keep working for you!"
Under normal circumstances, Horikita Suzune obviously wouldn't agree to that.
But she was a total brother-con. Horikita Manabu was her fatal weakness.
As long as Ye Yunchuan had a hold on that weakness, he could manipulate her however he wanted.
By this point, Ye Yunchuan had pretty much already imagined how things would go.
"I get the feeling you're thinking about something rude."
Horikita frowned as she watched Ye Yunchuan drool.
After clearing out the whole dormitory, Ye Yunchuan began assigning people to set up defenses.
First, someone had to guard the main entrance.
Next, they needed to block off the spots where Sprinters could easily get in.
Then there was the living arrangement: the men would stay on the lowest floors, the women on the middle floors, and he'd live on the top floor with the girls in his harem.
He also had Xiao Hei and Hasebe Haruka's summoned creatures guard the stairways and elevators between the men's and women's floors.
That would keep those sleazy men from trying anything.
After all, some of the women who weren't already in Ye Yunchuan's harem still met his requirements. He just hadn't had time to pick them out yet.
So until he had finished choosing, the men and women had to live separately—and the separation had to be absolute.
To make sure no one crossed the line, Ye Yunchuan also had Karuizawa Kei place some poisonous insects in the stairwells and elevators. Any man other than him who tried to come upstairs would be attacked and killed.
The men's floors were no different. Any woman who went downstairs would meet the same fate.
Ye Yunchuan had no intention of becoming an egalitarian savior. The group he was building had a strict hierarchy and was designed entirely to satisfy his own desires.
As for whether the men would be unhappy about it—
Ye Yunchuan could only say that the strong preyed on the weak. If they didn't like it, they could stop eating his food and go die.
If they wanted to live, they had to obey him.
After getting the dormitory in order, Ye Yunchuan realized there was a problem.
He didn't have enough combat strength on his side.
He was powerful himself,
but he didn't have many strong people around him.
Shiina aside, her superpower wasn't much use in a fight.
Kei's Domestication ability was decent.
She could use poisonous insects to protect the dorm, but she was still helpless against stronger monsters.
The Family Guardian could protect them in a pinch, but he didn't feel reassured relying on that one line of defense alone.
Hasebe Haruka's ability was good, but protecting so many people at once would be difficult for her.
"It's time to strengthen my harem."
Asahina Nazuna and Kushida Kikyo were two of the women he'd already taken special care of.
But Ye Yunchuan clearly didn't trust Kushida Kikyo.
After all, she wasn't particularly willing to follow him.
"Senior Nazuna, this is for you!"
"This is a Superpower Serum?"
Asahina Nazuna had clearly heard about the Superpower Serum from someone else. She looked excited when she saw it.
After all, she'd been looking forward to gaining such an incredible ability for ages.
"Why are you only giving it to me now? Am I really that low on your list, Yunchuan?"
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