None of the three contract prerequisites were easy to fulfill.
The first was relatively the simplest.
With the upgraded [Strikingly Handsome] talent, it wasn't hard for Hoshimiya Yuu to get a woman into bed.
But achieving barrier-free, internal ejaculation presented a slight difficulty.
The last two conditions were even harder.
"Harboring deep affection" sounded simple, but in reality, most people find it hard to truly love anyone other than themselves, let alone harboring deep affection.
This was certainly true for Hoshimiya Yuu; even after having sex with Hitomi Kuujo, it was nowhere near love.
The same was true for Hitomi Kuujo.
One could only say they both got what they wanted—they desired each other physically.
Fortunately, there was a workaround.
The System didn't specify that the deep affection had to be continuous. When someone is overwhelmed by passion, let alone deep affection, eternal loyalty is easy to secure.
As for when someone might be overwhelmed, there are many scenarios.
The simplest to achieve is during the peak of shared pleasure.
Not only do men promise anything at that moment, but women are the same.
The last contract condition depended on the person.
Like the second condition, a person's desires are not constant.
If he was lucky enough to encounter an easy-to-fulfill wish, he could complete it immediately, and then figure out how to satisfy the second condition.
However, to know whether a contract subject harbored deep affection for him and what their wish was, the first condition had to be met.
Only upon meeting the first condition does someone become a Pre-Contract Subject.
While difficult to achieve, the effects after signing the contract were immensely powerful.
Effect 1: Each time he has sex with a contract subject, his physical condition and one of his existing talents are microscopically improved.
This microscopic improvement was indeed tiny. To raise a White talent to a Blue talent would require roughly a hundred penetrations with internal ejaculation.
The jump from Blue to Purple was a hundredfold increase, requiring ten thousand times.
Going higher was practically impossible; it could not be achieved.
Therefore, improving talents still largely depended on participating in Fated Events.
The same applied to physical improvement. Trying to become an athletic champion through sex would likely destroy little Yuu before achieving it.
Still, being able to slightly boost his strength while enjoying pleasure was a decent benefit.
The first effect was somewhat negligible, but it was the remaining two effects that truly excited Hoshimiya Yuu.
Effect 2: The contract subject becomes exclusive to Hoshimiya Yuu.
In short, they achieve one hundred percent loyalty and lose all interest in any male other than Hoshimiya Yuu.
No man, unless he has a cuckold fetish, wants to leave his women unlocked.
The extremely possessive Hoshimiya Yuu was definitely of this mindset.
The Conan world is filled with beauties, and Hoshimiya Yuu's delay in losing his virginity was somewhat related to this.
Before, he had no way to guarantee that his woman would belong only to him.
Now...
If he previously only had a slight grasp of control, this new System function completely put his mind at ease.
No further discussion was needed—all his women must be contracted!
Effect 3 was even more potent, completely exceeding the scope of anything explainable by science in the Conan world. Used skillfully, Hoshimiya Yuu could perfectly execute many impossible crimes.
For example, the classic locked-room murder.
Because Effect 3 allowed him to instantly teleport to the contract subject's side.
This effect was limited to once per day per contract subject.
The intended purpose of this effect was to allow him to arrive in time when a contract subject was in danger.
But with a slightly flexible mindset, one could realize just how powerful this incredible ability was:
Impossible crimes, escaping danger, playing multiple roles simultaneously…
In the Conan world, this ability was nothing short of divine.
Just thinking about it made Hoshimiya Yuu excited.
The only slight disappointment was that the System currently only allowed for three Contract Slots, and Hitomi Kuujo was the only Pre-Contract Subject.
To unlock more Contract Slots, he would have to upgrade the System further.
However, the System provided no hints on how to continue upgrading.
Still, three slots were sufficient for now.
Besides Hitomi Kuujo, Hoshimiya Yuu's relationship with Ran and Sonoko Suzuki hadn't reached the stage of being intimate.
Detective Sato, Eri Kisaki, and others were only at the stage of slight favorability.
[Contractable Subject: Hitomi Kuujo]
[Condition 1: Met]
[Condition 2: Affection (Not Met)]
[Condition 3: Dispose of the corpse in the bathroom (Not Met)]
Opening Hitomi Kuujo's contract conditions, Hoshimiya Yuu rubbed his chin and pondered.
Her current wish is only to dispose of the corpse?
If that's the case, it might be possible to fulfill.
If it were about helping her escape conviction or taking the fall for her, Hoshimiya Yuu would truly be powerless.
But if it was just about disposing of the corpse, taking a slight risk was definitely feasible.
Compared to the benefits of contracting Hitomi Kuujo, this risk was completely worth it.
Hoshimiya Yuu understood that he would eventually clash with the Organization. Although he could cooperate with the Red Side (the heroes).
He also had his own self-interests, and the benefits of both sides weren't perfectly aligned in certain matters.
It was best to form a faction completely loyal to him.
Hoshimiya Yuu had this idea only a few days after the System was activated.
But it had remained a vague concept until the Destiny Contract function was enabled, at which point he finally had a general plan.
With the Destiny Contract in place, the personnel would definitely be selected from the Contract Subjects.
While he might lose a pool of male talent, the most troublesome issue of loyalty could be completely disregarded.
Didn't the massive Organization, simply because it couldn't ensure the loyalty of all its members, now suffer from double-agents everywhere?
If the high-ranking members weren't so well-hidden, and if the FBI, CIA, and other forces didn't have their own agendas, the Black Organization would have been taken down long ago.
Furthermore, building a team entirely composed of highly capable, beautiful women…
The thought alone was thrilling!
Hitomi Kuujo possessed the Green talents [Flexibility] and [Balance], putting her above most ordinary people.
Daring to commit murder on a roller coaster showed she was bold and ruthless.
Having now killed yellow-haired Kishida with poison, she had truly become a criminal.
She was perfectly suited to be a thorny rose walking in the darkness.
Of course, the main reason was that she was the only one Hoshimiya Yuu had the opportunity to contract right now.
The immediate benefit of one instantaneous teleport per day upon contracting her was too tempting to ignore.
As for bringing Hitomi Kuujo into a faction, that wasn't the time yet.
By the time Hoshimiya Yuu finished figuring out the upgraded System function, nearly ten minutes had passed.
Hitomi Kuujo, who had been waiting silently on the side, was growing restless.
She hadn't felt much while committing the murder, but afterward, she started to panic, especially when looking at the corpse.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have rushed to call Hoshimiya Yuu and confessed to the murder so quickly.
After the killing, she was completely lost on what to do.
After all, she was still just a girl who had recently started university.
At most, she was exceptionally talented at gymnastics and slightly more cunning than average.
If yellow-haired Kishida hadn't been so excessive, forcing her, who might have gone to the Olympics, to miss competitions, she wouldn't have resorted to murder.
"Hoshimiya-kun, have you thought of a solution?"
The girl's slightly hoarse voice brought Hoshimiya Yuu back.
Seeing Hitomi Kuujo's visible panic, Hoshimiya Yuu reassured her, "Don't panic. You have to trust the incompetence of the Japanese police."