"..."
Kai was breathing heavily, looking at his wounds.
Most of them were holes all over his stomach, slowly healing.
Lily was unconscious, while Kanna was still lying on the ground, on the verge of death.
Kanna's life force was truly tenacious; even with a huge hole in her stomach continuously bleeding, she was still alive.
"Where the hell are you looking?"
Something shot straight toward my leg.
"Kuh!!"
I dropped to one knee, gritting my teeth as I glared at him.
The guy kept picking up rocks, touching them repeatedly, then firing them at me at breakneck speed.
This skill was no different from Kraft Work from JoJo!
"Hey, hey... That guy's been taking hits all this time and he still hasn't died?" the one next to him said, sounding a little worried.
"Didn't you already scout out all their abilities?"
"Yeah, that's true..."
"But damn, that guy's regeneration is insane. We've been attacking him this whole time and he's still not dead. I'm wondering just how good the Gear he's wearing is."
*Chance!*
I started moving in a circle, forcing his eyes to follow me.
My hand grabbed a small rock nearby and tossed it upward.
"...?" Both of them looked confused as I threw it into the air.
Then I did a backflip, my foot slamming into the rock and sending it flying toward the guy with the Kraft Work-like ability.
"!!"
Unfortunately, the other guy reached out and caught it.
But that was more than enough time!
I charged forward and landed a powerful punch on him.
"You—bastard!"
He swung his fist, only for me to easily dodge and land two hits on his cheek.
The martial artist belt was doing its job!
"You're stronger than me, but it looks like you don't have any real fighting technique!" I followed up with a kick to his throat, forcing his hand to the ground.
"You're worried about hitting him but not aiming for me, huh?"
"..." I glanced at the rock he kept touching repeatedly.
"Ah... How about you let me go this time?"
"Keep dreaming."
Instantly, the rock shot straight into my forehead at high speed.
*Oh... It's fine, Kai, it's just a rock. At worst it'll just cause a bump or something. It definitely won't kill you—*
Crack!
"..."
I touched the spot where it hit, then poked my finger through the hole.
"..."
There was nothing there. I looked behind me.
The rock had lodged itself into the ground, cracking the surrounding stone. It was still smoking.
"..."
The rock had gone straight through his head.
Right after that, Kai collapsed, the light fading from his eyes.
"Eh, I should've aimed for the head from the start. Why didn't I?" He dusted off his hands and walked toward his teammate.
"Ugh, he hit me right in the throat. It hurts like hell."
"Alright, now let's take all his Gear—especially the one giving him that regeneration."
The two approached Kai and started trying to remove his Gear.
Especially the snake earring—it clearly looked different from the others.
"Probably this one. Just rip it off," he said with a smirk.
The other guy happily tried, but no matter how hard he pulled, it wouldn't come off.
"Huh? Is it stuck too tight?"
"Where? Let me see."
He tried pulling too, but it still wouldn't budge.
"..."
So he used his ability, repeatedly touching the earring.
Instantly, Kai's entire ear was torn off and fell to the ground.
"Got it... But why is his ear still attached to the earring?"
"Beats me."
"Eh, whatever. We got the loot, who cares?"
"Ahahaha."
"Hahahah."
"Hehehe."
Both of them laughed cheerfully—then stopped.
"...Whose laugh was that?"
They stood up and looked around.
Then he noticed something.
"...Hey, where's that pink-haired girl I killed at the beginning?"
"Huh?"
At the spot where Kanna had been lying, there was now only blood.
"..."
The two pressed their backs together, cautiously scanning the surroundings.
"Is there someone else... or?"
"That's why I told you to finish that girl first. I didn't expect... she'd come back to life."
"That's kinda terrifying."
Their abilities were physical related and danger detection.
The one who had observed the battle between Kai's group and the monsters inside had concluded that the girl using rune magic was the most dangerous.
So they killed her first... and yet she was still alive?
"Something's seriously wrong here..."
While they were on guard, he bumped into something.
"...?"
They looked down and saw a hand rising from a pool of black liquid on the ground.
"?!"
The hand grabbed the guy with the danger-sensing ability and dragged him down.
"SON OF A— HELP!!!"
He panicked and grabbed his teammate's arm, but couldn't pull him back.
"Damn it! You're dislocating my arm!!"
"HELP! HELP!!! HELLLLLP!!!!"
Then he sank into the liquid, and the liquid vanished.
"..."
Sweating profusely, the remaining guy looked around.
Only to see the pink-haired girl in a black dress smiling gently, a butterfly perched on her finger.
"...Who... what are you?"
Her red eyes turned toward him, and the butterfly melted into black liquid that she absorbed.
Then she lifted the hem of her black dress.
The fact that she wasn't wearing anything underneath made her extremely alluring—but he felt no trace of lust.
Because the hole he had made in her stomach... had now become a pitch-black void continuously dripping strange liquid.
Suddenly, a hand emerged from that hole, slowly climbing out of her.
"..."
A black humanoid creature identical to the one that had just been dragged down appeared.
"...What did you do to him?"
The humanoid writhed violently, then slowly transformed—
—into a girl indistinguishable from Kanna.
"I am Lust. It's a pleasure to meet you," the new Kanna said, elegantly curtsying while lifting her skirt. The original Kanna continued smiling at him.
"To thank you for awakening me, I'll allow you to become one with me," she said, tilting her head with a smile.
Instantly, rocks shot toward her, blowing her head apart.
But in less than a second, it regenerated.
"You don't seem to like me, do you? That's okay—love takes time to grow."
"...Monster."
"So..." She raised both hands, as if about to do something.
Thump thump.
She stopped. Both Kannas turned to look at Kai.
Thump thump.
It was the sound of a heartbeat.
Immediately, both girls rushed to Kai's side—one placed his head on her lap, the other pressed her ear to his chest.
Then they looked at each other and smiled happily.
"So it's not time yet, is it?"
"Mm."
Then both girls turned to the remaining guy and spoke gently.
"Such a shame. It seems it's not your turn yet to feel my love."
"But that's okay. I'm very patient, so spreading my love to the world can wait."
"I have priorities."
Then both kissed Kai on the cheek before slowly melting into liquid.
After that, only the original Kanna remained, cradling Kai's unconscious head on her lap.
"..."
The guy had just witnessed something he never should have.
The snake earring suddenly jerked, breaking free from his hand.
He could only watch as it flew back to Kai and reattached itself.
Finally, Kai opened his eyes.
***
My Love (S): Will turn the entire world into a paradise where mating is always prioritized and revered.