180: Next Step

Chapter 180: Next Step

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"Aaa….aaa~"

Nejire was on the couch, lying on her back with a tired expression.

"Fucktard. That was too much… you weren't supposed to be so rough…"

She was muttering to herself but there was no one to hear her.

Everyone else was a bit far from her spot.

Along with Neji, Rumi was with the other three girls, sitting on the floor at the side, discussing amidst themselves.

"So, like, what're your plans? Momo explained stuff to me when we were out. It seems they're mistaking you for AFO, which I don't think is a good thing."

"It actually is." Neji corrected Rumi. "They're fearing me, attacking me and all, which just gives me an excuse to kill them. Sorry if I sound like a douchebag, but it's an excuse that I love to exploit for you girls with hero complexes."

"..." 

Rumi was silent for a moment before she sighed after looking at the three girls beside her.

Momo simply looked regretful but that's all. She didn't seem surprised, angry or opposed to the idea. She had accepted everything Neji planned.

Rumi knew that since Momo was the one who explained this stuff to her anyway.

Next- Ryukyu was weird, she was nodding at anything Neji was saying. She seemed to be drowning in love.

Rumi was envious.

'Fuck, I am so jealous of her…' Rumi thought, despite herself. To think she will one day be jealous of Ryukyu in a thing that didn't concern her overpowered dragon quirk.

But it's true.

She was jealous.

Rumi's been fantasizing about the fucking Ryukyu received since the moment she saw Ryukyu's melting expression a few hours ago.

She looked like she was in heaven.

Rumi wanted to feel that too.

'But not now… let's hold on.'

At last, there was the maid, Kimi.

She was another weirdo.

She was casual about anything Neji did or said, including this, and not in a good way. She was prepared for his words all the time, as if she could guess what he was going to say.

She seemed like a stalker.

Really, this woman was crazy. A crazy with tremendous power. Rumi herself wasn't sure if she'd be able to beat this maid even with her new Wild form. That's how strong this woman was.

"Well, ugh, fuck." Watching their reactions, Rumi facepalmed. "Looks like nobody else minds. I don't wanna be the bitch then. Not like I care anyway. But just…."

Rumi trailed off.

Nana Shimura was her inspiration for becoming a hero.

That Nana Shimura died, apparently by AFO's hands.

Now, her man was being mistaken as AFO, and he was fine with it, and actually wasn't doing anything better than AFO.

Technically speaking, she should be mad at him and try to stop him from planning and doing all these villainous acts.

But she was feeling hesitant.

She, on her own, has killed some villains on the way to find the "doppelganger".

And she didn't regret doing so.

She's not one of those people who believe in the saying that all villains should get a chance.

Rather.

She was the type who wouldn't mind killing villains if given the chance.

She just didn't do it because PSC didn't allow it. She wouldn't be a hero anymore, in the documents, if she did so and will instead be hunted down by other heroes.

"Just?"

She sighed at Neji's question.

"Don't hurt civilians, the innocents, please."

Neji smiled. "That's obvious. Why will I do that?"

That's good. He wasn't that greedy to go after Civilians. That's good.

Rumi nodded with a smile. "Alright, I knew you'll agree." After a second, she added. "Also, Neji, I also want to see that Memory Orb thingy-"

"I don't think that's a good idea." It was Momo who interrupted. "As I said before, it's… painful, really painful. If you still want to see it, despite my warnings until now and all, that'd mean you don't trust me. Is that right?"

"..."

While Rumi was caught off guard by the little girl's words, Neji laughed.

"Mhm, looks like little Momo is growing up."

He brought the girl to a hug, patting her head as the girl hugged him back.

"I can't help but grow up after being forgiven so many times." She muttered, as Rumi suddenly felt jealous. They seemed to have made so many nice memories with each other- "I am just trying to make sure the others don't feel the same thing I did." 

Suddenly Rumi's jealousy vanished.

'Oh…'

Hearing Momo's words, Rumi was slightly surprised. This little girl was a lot mature for her age, she was looking out for her…? That's… cute.

At first, Rumi just couldn't believe the things Momo described from that [Memory Orb], so she just wanted to see things for herself, but… 

Momo was right.

She shouldn't.

Not after all the warnings.

She sighed. "You guys are so weird, all of you…. Also, Ryukyu stop looking at Momo with this envious eyes, she's his girlfriend, you're his side chick."

"...!"

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Neji watched as Ryukyu, who was staring at Momo hugging him, was startled as she flinched.

"I- uh, I-I am sorry."

Ryukyu looked flustered, slightly confused too, as she avoided eye contact.

Seeing that, Neji laughed again.

"You know, you can take my other side," Neji called, patting his left side.

Slowly, even as Momo stared at her with a fake frown, Ryukyu slid onto Neji's left chest and hugged him.

"Are you comfortable now? Don't worry, I can sense you're still slightly out of place. But you'll get used to it." 

Ryukyu nodded slowly.

After a while, as the silence stretched, she spoke. "Truthfully… I am sorry, Neji. You just feel so weird to me right now." She muttered while hugging. "I am so… confused about you right now. You seemed like a good boy at first, then a playboy, then a good naive boy again and at last, this… You're also in an intimate relationship with Nejire, your blood sister. That's so wrong… so very wrong. Yet, I can't think of anything other than you. I-it's so weird how you feel much closer to me all of a sudden, how I am relaxing so much around you…. I think I might be in love."

"..."

"..."

"..."

Momo, Rumi and Neji were silent. Speechless even.

But.

Kimi started to giggle.

"Haaah. Don't worry, it's fine. I felt the same way when I fell for the young master. Though he was 11 then, so it's kinda different…? But still, it's a similar situation, it's nothing to worry about."

"..."

"..."

Neji cleared his throat.

"...Ahem, let's not bring that up."

Then he patted Ryukyu's shoulder.

"But yes, talk to her later if you want. Maybe it will help you understand your feelings. Or you can stay away from me for a while since all this might just be a side effect of my dragon quirk and you're getting affected."

Neji doubted that possibility.

Except for the part where Dragons feel relaxed around him, it should all be her own feelings that are at work. Probably being amplified by the Dagon's Heart, but they're still her feelings.

"No… I don't want to." Interestingly, Ryukyu refused. "I am showing an unsightly side of mine, sorry. But I feel like I will return to normal sooner than later if I spend some time with you."

"Alright, if you say so."

Neji patted her back.

Meanwhile, Rumi stared at Neji hugging the two girls.

Silently, she stared.

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She kept staring, and Neji finally looked back at her once it got creepy.

"...What?"

"Nothing."

"You're jealous too?"

Rumi deadpanned.

"I never said that."

Rumi refused, while the cat woman laughed from the side. 

That was interesting to Rumi. Did she didn't care about Neji hugging the two girls in front of her?

Maybe she should ask her outright instead.

"Speaking of jealous," Rumi turned to the woman. "Aren't you jealous? It seems you've been with him for the longest, at least intimate relationship-wise. Yet now he has four other girls besides you, and is currently hugging two girls while you sit on the side. Truthfully, I would want him for myself if I could, but you look fine with all this."

"Mhm? Oh, that. Its fine." Kimi waved her hand. "He loves me anyway, isn't that the only thing that matters?"

"Is that really all you care about?"

"Oh I don't think you understood what I meant."

"Huh?"

"I can take him right now, he won't refuse."

"Isn't that the same for any of us-"

Rumi was interrupted again.

"I mean the level of love he has for me is different compared to you and the others."

"..."

"Wanna get naked and see who he will take first?"

"..."

That was quite a confident query. 

It unnerved Rumi.

"Heeh, sure."

But she wasn't the type to back off from a challenge. She started to take off her clothes, but Neji sighed from the side.

"Stop, Kimi, don't make things difficult for others."

"O~Kay." 

"..."

Rumi turned to Neji, agape. What did this brat mean by that?

Ignoring her stare, as if she didn't exist there, he pulled Kimi closer, his body growing larger and larger, enough to make space for the maid.

"Also, you are being proud now. Arrogant, even. That's new. You hit your head or something?"

"Why, you don't like it?"

"I never said I don't,"

He rubbed her cat ears, watching as she moaned softly.

"I was just a bit surprised."

Kimi smirked. "Heh. I don't know, this is new to me too. Guess something changed after the Mind Stone consumption. Maybe I am not a Masochist anym- eep!"

She yelped, moaning loudly as Neji spanked her hard all of a sudden, feeling a squeeze of her butt, his fingers digging into her super soft ass.

"Nope, I don't think so. Well anyway, it's a good thing if you can hold your own against other girls." 

Rumi, watching from the side, was about to comment something snarky, but seeing her mouth open Neji suddenly pulled her into a hug too.

"Shush, enjoy your stay. Don't fight amongst each other. Looks like I would need to hold a proper Introduction Ceremony for you guys later on."

Rumi fell silent.

What was this treatment?

She was being handled around like a child by this man who was now triple her size.

She agreed to Neji having multiple girls because of the condition that she will get enough attention.

As promised, she was getting that attention.

But what was this feeling…? Why did she feel so weird seeing Neji so close with that cat woman?

Was she feeling inferior? 

Inferior– to a housemaid?

"..."

'Ugh, fuck, what weird shits am I need to see after this.'

"Young master, I just noticed in your battle with Ryukyu, but it seems you got a quirk that lets you grow around 3 times?" Kimi asked all of a sudden, looking at Neji's face as her hands started to wander around. "Is that true? Then~"

"Don't even think about it, you'll die if you take me when I am three times bigger."

"You never know~ Girls are flexible you know."

"You're going to die."

"Let's test it out then-"

"It's a bad idea, Kimiii!"

Nejire yelled from the side, still lying on the bed.

"N-never do that… I-I almost died choking on it…. Never try it!!"

"Oh… Ah, now I want to try more. Sorry."

"..."

Rumi stayed silent, feeling her panties going damn as she sighed.

She was in a weird place.

But not like she was any less weird.

This was all so weird.

She could only thank luck that the little black cat was out of the mansion, hunting outside. 

Indeed, it was lucky that Kurai didn't get to see the 'thing' that unfolded next in front of the five girls….

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Master4thWall Note: With this, the girls have actually accepted Neji's current motives. A lot of "blood and sweat" were scattered to make that happen, but Neji somehow managed to do it.

Now, it was time to focus on the other plot.

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