"This is normal." Kanzaki Saku continued to spout nonsense. "The deep energy link will activate the body's primal instincts. Do not resist; accept it."
Rikka tried hard to concentrate, but it was too difficult. She could feel that her energy circuits were already being churned into a complete mess.
Under these circumstances, asking her to calm her mind and develop superpowers was indeed a bit difficult.
"I... I cannot concentrate..." she said with a sobbing tone.
"This is part of the trial! Only by achieving a state of freedom from distractions can you go further!" Kanzaki Saku bamboozled her verbally while speeding up his movements.
Not letting Takanashi Rikka have any spare room for thought was precisely the effect Kanzaki Saku wanted to achieve. This way, Rikka would instinctively cooperate with him, and he wouldn't have to think of so many excuses.
While maintaining the energy link, Kanzaki Saku diverted some of his attention and began trying to adjust the [Reversal] of Takanashi Rikka's character settings.
Speaking of which, this was the first time he had controlled this superpower so precisely while simultaneously engaged in this activity.
After all, he was invincible just by relying on mindless reflection; there was no need to study any micromanagement. Attempting to precisely modify only a specific attribute like this was a first for him.
Kanzaki Saku's goal was clear. He wanted to see if he could [Reverse] only the point of Rikka "truly possessing the Tyrant's Eye superpower", turning her back into an ordinary chuunibyou girl.
As for the other parts, such as certain concepts and cognitions bestowed upon her by this reversed world, it would be best if they remained unchanged.
To put it bluntly, it was to turn Takanashi Rikka back to her original character setting, but keep her intimate concepts unchanged.
After all, when facing Bocchi-chan suddenly going crazy or Yukino getting carried away in the future, he couldn't just submit to them every time, right? That would be so boring.
Being able to precisely hit the rewind button at a critical moment, making them revert to their original settings and suffer social death, was the advanced way to play.
This operation wasn't exactly hard, but it wasn't simple either; the main thing was to grasp the degree correctly. However, Kanzaki Saku wasn't worried about failure because, aside from reflection, what [Reversal] was best at was withdrawal. If an operation failed, he could just undo it. Practice makes perfect.
"Nng... Contractor... energy... so full..." Rikka's unconscious mumbling interrupted Kanzaki Saku's thoughts.
He looked down. The girl in his arms had a dazed look in her eyes; her golden eye seemed to be covered with a layer of mist. She had clearly entered the optimal state: consciousness blurred and at his mercy.
Just now.
Kanzaki Saku locked onto Takanashi Rikka in his arms and activated the [Reversal] superpower.
The first attempt failed as expected, merely moving Rikka's Tyrant's Eye from the right side to the left.
No choice. Undo.
Second attempt.
At first, there was no change, but soon Kanzaki Saku felt a massive change.
Rikka's body trembled slightly, and her height visibly increased by a section. Her originally well-fitting uniform suddenly became tight, especially at the chest area, where the buttons made a dangerous "creaking" sound.
Her face shed some of its childishness, her contours becoming clearer and more radiant. Her entire person instantly transformed from a middle-school-looking loli into a mature woman radiating an adult aura.
At this moment, the two were still in a state of deep energy linkage. The drastic changes in Rikka's body were fed back directly to him through the link. That feeling of fullness was magnified countless times, surging over along the link.
"Hiss—" Kanzaki Saku sucked in a cold breath, almost failing to maintain the ability output.
Then Kanzaki Saku felt a subtle change in the tactile sensation under his palm. The originally unripe and flat area swelled up at an astonishing speed like a balloon being inflated, instantly becoming heavy and of an amazing size difficult to grasp with one hand.
"Nm?!" Rikka herself also felt the strange burden on her chest. She looked down in confusion and immediately let out a small exclamation.
"C-Contractor?! My... chest... why did it suddenly... get so much bigger?!"
Kanzaki Saku: "..."
Ah, this. Seems I used too much force and didn't control the range well. Did I [Reverse] the "body figure" attribute along with it?
However, the tactile sensation was truly excellent. Kanzaki Saku subconsciously gave a squeeze; full and soft fat overflowed from between his fingers.
"Uwah!" Rikka's body trembled again, but she was mostly confused. "Is... is this also part of the training? Using energy to... reshape the flesh?"
"Ahem, that's right." Kanzaki Saku fabricated without changing his expression. "This is testing your body's adaptability to energy changes. It seems your 'energy nodes' have strong plasticity."
While spouting nonsense, he hurriedly undid this operation.
The plump tactile sensation receded like a tide, and in the blink of an eye, she turned back to her original petite and delicate self.
"Eh? It... it changed back again?" Rikka was even more confused. She looked down at her chest which had returned to its original state, then looked at Kanzaki Saku, her large golden eye written full of question marks. "Contractor, what exactly are you doing?"
"Conducting adaptability tests. There may be other changes next; do not panic, feel it carefully."
Having said that, he activated [Reversal] again.
Third attempt.
Rikka, who had been immersed in the link, suddenly felt her vision blur. The surrounding world seemed to lose a layer of color. The subtle energy flows and abnormal fluctuations that could once be captured by her Tyrant's Eye all disappeared.
Not only that, she found that she seemed to have become a bit smarter (?)
Those settings and fantasies in her brain about the "wielder of the Tyrant's Eye" and the "Priestess's Bureau" suddenly became a bit childish and awkward? An inexplicable sense of shame that made her want to curl her toes surged into her heart.
"I... This is..." Rikka blinked blankly, attempting to mobilize the power of the Tyrant's Eye, but her right eye was empty, with no reaction whatsoever.
She subconsciously wanted to speak a chuunibyou line, but when the words reached her mouth, they turned into an incredibly normal and weak question.
"Kanzaki-san... my eye... my power... Why are they gone? Also... did I say a lot of strange things just now?"
She even changed her address for Kanzaki Saku from "Contractor" back to the ordinary "Kanzaki-san".
Kanzaki Saku didn't know if this counted as a success or a failure. Not only was the ability gone, but it seemed the chuunibyou was cured as well?
This wouldn't do. He said he wanted the original character setting, so he wanted the original character setting. Undo again.
Fourth attempt.
This time, Kanzaki Saku could feel that he had succeeded. He memorized the feeling of this attempt; it could definitely be utilized next time.
However, the experiment was successful and the goal achieved. Kanzaki Saku didn't intend to let Rikka remain a disqualified wielder of the Tyrant's Eye forever. After all, the [Reversed] Rikka was so fun; without superpowers, a lot of the amusement would be gone.
Thus, after continuing the superpower training for a while longer, Kanzaki Saku felt it was about enough. He announced that today's special training was over and returned the superpower to Rikka.
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