A Way to Deal with the Gravity Suit

"Hey, Jilan- kun, are you alright!?" Erina Nakiri popped her head out from above and called out, "And you shorty, you're not dead yet!?"

"You're the one who's dead! Even if I die, I'll haunt you as a ghost!" Ueno retorted instinctively.

Erina Nakiri breathed a sigh of relief. Since this guy still had the energy to curse, he should be alright. She turned her head and gave instructions to the two people who were standing there in a daze.

"Hisako, go find a lifebuoy! Komachi, go find the captain and tell her a passenger has fallen overboard!"

"Understood!" The two nodded emphatically, exchanged a glance, and then quickly left the scene through the crowd of onlookers.

The accident site was quite a distance from the ongoing survival drill, where the captain, lifebuoys, lifeboats, and other equipment were all stored.

Nakiri then looked at Ibara Shiozaki: "Shiozaki, isn't your Quirk Vines? Can you rescue Jilan and Ueno?"

Nakiri believed that Ibara Shiozaki was Jilan's companion, and that she should use her Quirk to save them. However, Ibara Shiozaki shook her head and said seriously, "Jilan said he can handle it himself."

Nakiri paused, surprised that Jilan had such high hopes for him. He admitted he envied their relationship, but said she should consider the occasion...

Below the cruise ship.

"Hey, aren't you going to let go? Do you really want us both to die together...?" Jilan felt her hand getting a little sore.

Ueno panicked and quickly hugged Jilan tightly, pleading in a tearful voice, "Please don't let go! I don't want to Jilan!"

"But you're too heavy, I feel like I can't hold on for much longer like this..." Jilan loosened one finger, leaving only four fingers gripping the horizontal bar.

Ueno said frantically, "That's because of my clothes! As long as I press the switch on my clothes, my weight will immediately decrease, so please don't let go!"

"Then why don't you press it?"

Ueno his face tightly against Jilan's back, wrapped one arm around his neck, and after a moment of groping, pressed hard on the button in the middle of his stomach!

"Are you done yet? I don't think you've lost any weight at all..."

Ueno's voice, on the verge of tears, rang in Jilan's ears. "My clothes seem to be damaged after getting wet; the buttons are malfunctioning...!"

Ueno forgot one thing: she didn't consider waterproofing when designing it...

"Hey, Jilan, what should we do now?" Ueno asked nervously. "You're not thinking of leaving me behind, are you?"

"..." Jilan had a bit of a headache. She couldn't just abandon her like that, could she?

Seeing Jilan remain silent, Ueno panicked even more. "Hey, say something! I'm your senior, you can't just leave me like this! Besides, you jumped down on your own, legally speaking, this is suspected of murder!"

"I admit I was wrong, but you can't just abandon me. I'm a girl, you know, I still have the right to be willful!"

Finally, Ueno burst into tears, sobbing, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have played that prank on you, I'll never do it again..."

"Are you telling the truth?" Jilan's heart stirred upon hearing this, and she broke her silence.

Ueno nodded quickly. "I promise I won't go against you!"

Jilan calmly said, "I do have a way to help you, but I need your cooperation."

"As long as you ask, anything is negotiable!" Ueno readily agreed.

Jilan said, "Alright, take off your clothes."

"Huh? What did you say?" Ueno felt like water had gotten into his ears; he hadn't heard what Jilan said.

Jilan said seriously, "I said, take off your clothes. Since the button controlling your clothes is malfunctioning, taking them off is the only way, isn't it?"

What a joke! I'm a girl, how could I take all my clothes off!

Ueno was about to retort when he saw another finger of Jilan's clasped hand fall from the railing, and quickly said, "I want to take it off too, but if I let go now, I'll fall in, and I might sink straight to the bottom!"

Perhaps Ueno has a preference for this style; she is still wearing a school swimsuit with her name on it, which looks the same as the one she wore by the pool that afternoon. However, it is actually a specially modified version made entirely of special materials.

Jilan fell silent. She couldn't possibly remove her clothes with only one hand, so she had no choice but to do it herself.

"Ueno, since you can't take it off, I'll help you do it my way. Just don't say anything about me molesting you; I won't admit it."

Ueno didn't hesitate and shouted, "Stop talking nonsense and hurry up! Don't you like seeing other girls naked?!"

As far as Ueno knows, Jilan has a close relationship with a girl who takes her clothes off at the drop of a hat, so it's very likely that he likes that kind of thing!

As expected... I hadn't misunderstood; he really is a pervert!

What is this? I'm saving her, why is it sounding like I'm forcing her...? Although Jilan was thinking this, her hands didn't slow down. Amid Ueno's exclamation, her fingers touched Ueno's swimsuit, and then she pressed her thumb.

Ueno thought Jilan would take this opportunity to touch her entire body, so she closed her eyes tightly. But to her surprise, Jilan only touched her back briefly before withdrawing her hand.

I'm all better.

Ueno heard Jilan's voice and opened his eyes in surprise, as if nothing had happened, but his body no longer felt that downward sensation caused by weight!

Ueno glanced down and instantly screamed—his clothes had vanished!

When did you take my clothes off?!

Ueno wasn't looking to cause trouble, but rather he was intrigued by Jilan's "clothes disappearing instantly" technique, his eyes filled with excited curiosity!

"I have no obligation to answer you." Jilan felt that the weight behind her was gone, and ignoring Ueno's surprise, she prepared to use Sendo Hamon Overdrive to move quickly along the ship's side.

As soon as her body surfaced Ueno cried out in alarm, "Jilan, I'm not wearing anything! You want me to get onto the deck like this?!"

Jilan patiently reassured her, "Don't worry, no one will look at your elementary school-aged figure, and I won't turn my head away."

That made Ueno breathe a sigh of relief... Yeah, right!

Ueno screamed, "I don't want to go up there and have anyone see my body! Besides, that jerk will definitely laugh at me for looking like this!"

"Then I'll leave you here and go up alone?" Jilan proposed another suggestion.

Ueno instantly clung to Jilan like Tentacole: "Don't leave me alone!"

This is really troublesome...

Jilan sighed, tied Ueno's twin tails to the horizontal bar, freeing her hands, took off her shirt, and tossed it to Ueno: "Put this on."

Ueno froze for two seconds, then quickly dressed while yelling, "This is my hair! You're just tying it up like that? People like you who don't cherish their hair will go bald one day!"

Jilan said nonchalantly, "Anyway, it's a wig, so it's okay, right?"

Ueno's hair is a mechanical wig she developed that can move in response to her emotions and change shape in various ways, making it a very practical invention.

Ueno exclaimed in surprise, "How did you know? I didn't tell you!" This was her secret, something she had only told a select few!

Jilan rolled her eyes. "If I didn't know, why would I always grab your hair?"

After saying that, Jilan untied Ueno's hair and tossed her onto his back. "Hold on tight, I'm going to climb up."

However, before Jilan could even begin to act, a jet of water suddenly appeared below them, blasting Jilan and Ueno into the sky!