"Did you just kill them?"
Naruto's sudden question made Rika Kitami's heart skip a beat. He wasn't going to hate me now, was he?
"Yes!" Rika Kitami lowered her head and followed behind him as if admitting a mistake.
"Those scum deserved to die." Naruto did not blame Rika Kitami. "But aside from scum and trash like them, this world is also supported by countless hardworking laborers at the bottom of society."
"Without the countless ordinary yet steadfast people willing to give their lives, shed their blood, and sacrifice everything to protect their country and people; without basic public security and order; without these laborers maintaining society, a country's basic social functions would collapse. Miss Kitami, whatever you do in the future, I don't want you using violence against people like them."
Rika Kitami hurriedly shook her head. "I understand. I absolutely won't. Never."
"Um..." Rika Kitami looked shy yet hopeful. "Could you just call me Kitami?"
"Of course, Kitami. You can call me Naruto directly too!" Naruto said without giving it a second thought.
"Naruto, Naruto!" Rika Kitami called his name several times, secretly delighted.
The two followed the purple-haired girl into the school basement. In the dark underground room stood a bed draped in red cloth, along with four girls wearing black robes.
More importantly, they were wearing only black robes. After Naruto used genjutsu to hypnotize everyone, he froze in shock and stumbled back several steps, his face flushing bright red.
"Th-this..." Naruto stammered, hurriedly saying, "Why aren't you properly dressed? Do rituals really have to be done like this?"
Naruto felt completely out of place in this world.
"R-Rika, hurry and get them dressed."
"Okay!" Seeing Naruto's innocent reaction, Rika Kitami found him more and more adorable.
Rika Kitami was about to go outside when she