The next morning, the "Black Wolf" crash made the morning news in Japan.
Unsurprisingly, the incident was described as a tragic accident.
By this time, Yuu Hoshimiya and Vermouth had already arrived in New York.
Taking the elevator, the two went all the way up to the top floor of the hotel.
With Vermouth leading the way, their path was completely unobstructed.
Upon reaching the door, Vermouth stopped in her tracks.
The Boss had only summoned Yuu. Although she had essentially betrayed the Organization and could have gone in, given her relationship with the Boss, she ultimately stayed outside.
Yuu didn't force the issue.
He pushed the door open alone and walked into the innermost room. The furnishings inside were surprisingly ordinary.
A long table sat in the living room. At the head of the table, a silver-haired old woman sat quietly, elegantly brewing herself a cup of coffee.
Seeing Yuu enter, the old woman gave him a nod.
Although this was their first official meeting, thanks to the intelligence and data they had collected, the two were actually quite familiar with each other.
Yuu scanned the room. Aside from the elegant old woman, he didn't see Elena Miyano, nor did he see Fuesa.
This was different from what Noah had told him...
Just as Yuu was about to ask Noah, Sharon Vineyard, the true Boss of the Organization, seemed to see right through his thoughts.
"Elena's underground research facility is on the third basement level of this hotel. Fuesa is down there as well. They won't come up until we've finished our conversation."
Yuu understood. It was just like Vermouth waiting outside the door.
It seemed the Boss truly intended to have a proper one-on-one talk with him.
Yuu slowly walked over to the long table and casually took a seat.
He wasn't surprised that the Boss could see through his thoughts at a glance.
If she didn't have at least that level of capability, Sharon couldn't have remained the Boss of a massive transnational crime syndicate like the "Winery" for so long.
Sharon picked up her cup and slowly took a sip.
Just saying those two sentences left her feeling incredibly exhausted.
With her energy depleted to such a state, she truly had no way to manage the Organization anymore. Letting Rum run wild was understandable.
Yuu withdrew his scrutinizing gaze and cut straight to the chase: "To think the mysterious Organization Boss is actually an old woman. I wonder, what did you summon me for today?"
Sharon closed her eyes, sat quietly for a moment, and then looked back at Yuu.
"Yuu-san, do you know what my original purpose was in founding the Organization?"
Hearing this, Yuu raised an eyebrow. "Immortality?"
The old woman smiled and shook her head.
"Restoring your youth?" Yuu guessed casually.
Sharon shook her head again.
She spoke slowly, "Yuu-kun, you and Vermouth have known each other for quite a while now. You could say the two of you are intimately inseparable, right?"
Yuu nodded.
Indeed, intimately inseparable.
In the most literal, physical sense.
"Then, do you know her real name?"
"Not her codename, but the name given to her by her parents at birth."
Hearing this, Yuu paused in surprise.
Vermouth's real name...
He realized he actually didn't know.
Ever since he met Vermouth, ever since his past life, he had always just called her Sister Vermouth.
Even after uncovering the truth from twenty years ago and the actual relationship between Vermouth and the Boss, her real name had never seemingly come up.
If he had to guess... Chris Vineyard?
Moreover, in the Organization, unless it was a special circumstance, who would call someone by their real name?
Imagine seeing Gin, walking up to pat his shoulder, and saying, "Oh my, isn't it Kurosawa? Long time no see!"
The mental image was just too bizarre.
He shook his head honestly. "I don't know."
The old woman's eyelids drooped slightly as she revealed a rather complex smile.
"Of course you don't."
"Because that child never had a name to begin with."
Yuu frowned slightly. "No name?"
The old woman picked up the cup on the table and took a light sip.
After a moment of silence, she stared quietly at Yuu.
"Yuu-kun, you already know my true identity, don't you?"
Yuu raised an eyebrow. "Sharon Vineyard, the world-famous silver screen actress of the last century, Renya Karasuma's secret wife, who inherited the Organization after her husband's death."
The old woman clapped her hands in admiration. "Correct. No wonder you could reach this point. You've uncovered almost everything."
Yuu chuckled dryly in his heart.
Actually, he didn't uncover it himself. Part of it was what that old bastard Gosho Aoyama had written, and the other part was Noah's investigation and deduction based on various pieces of intel from twenty years ago.
Under his gaze, Sharon slowly lowered her hands.
"You are correct. Renya Karasuma and I formed a family."
"And he and I had a daughter. Her name was Asuka Karasuma."
"That child... beautiful, kind, gentle. She was a flawless existence, just like an angel."
"I had thought she would inherit everything I had and become a princess envied by everyone in the world."
"Until an illness took her life away forever."
From their first meeting until now, this was the first time Yuu saw the old woman wear such a twisted expression.
"We frantically gathered funds and manpower, creating the Organization, for one singular purpose: to resurrect Asuka and rewrite the laws of God!"
Yuu paused in shock.
This line... he felt like he had heard it somewhere before?
A few seconds later, it suddenly clicked.
It was a line Vermouth had once said in his memories.
We can be both of God and the Devil.
Because we are trying to reverse the flow of time.
To raise the dead!
After hearing Sharon's words, Yuu suddenly froze.
Some things are only passed down by word of mouth, and this was clearly one of them.
Noah had uncovered ninety-nine percent of the truth, but the most crucial piece—the very origin of everything—was wrong.
And Vermouth truly was the Boss's daughter, but she wasn't a clone of Sharon's genes. Instead, she was cloned from the genes of her deceased daughter, Asuka Karasuma.
It was just that the mother and daughter looked too similar, and their genes were 99.9% identical. Add to that Sharon intentionally tampering with the data to make it look 100%.
This was what caused Noah's misjudgment, leading her to believe Vermouth was a clone Sharon made of herself using sci-fi means.
Yuu widened his eyes and looked at Sharon. "Wait a minute. Is the youth-restoring drug just a byproduct?"
The old woman nodded gently.
"Yes."
A look of weariness returned to her face.
"When we first founded the Organization, in order to resurrect Asuka, we committed many insane acts."
"The creation of Vermouth and the other clones was solely to perfect the theoretical foundation for the resurrection experiments."
"That child... couldn't even be considered a replacement."
"From her birth until now, I have never given her any affection as a mother."
"In fact, because she was the only child to survive the experiments and achieve eternal youth, she suffered a great deal of extra torment."
Sharon lowered her head, her voice deep.
"It was also thanks to her—this unexpected byproduct—that I've managed to live to this day. And since I needed to retreat behind the scenes, I handed the identity of Sharon Vineyard over to her..."
Yuu understood completely.
Vermouth had indeed played the role of Sharon Vineyard. But perhaps because she was inexperienced and naive in many aspects at the time, she quickly let the FBI catch onto her trail.
Add to that the fact that time was running out; Sharon had grown old and needed to vanish completely.
So, she simply 'killed off' the Sharon identity and gave herself the name Chris.
After wiping her slate clean, she had operated as Sharon's daughter ever since.
The room fell silent for a moment.
Sharon continued, "From the look on your face, it seems you've figured out everything that happened after."
"Mmm, not only did I figure it out, but I've also told Sister Vermouth." Yuu shrugged, feeling a bit emotional.
To think the source of everything was just a mere accident.
Then again, compared to eternal youth and age reversal, raising the dead was far more absurd and insane.
He had originally thought he could definitely win over the Boss with the youth-restoring drug. Now, it seemed that wasn't a guarantee.
After all, resurrecting the dead was something he absolutely could not do right now.
But he had to try regardless.
Looking at the elegant old woman before him, he spoke slowly, "Boss, the truth is, Sherry didn't die. With my help during this period, she has successfully developed the youth-restoring drug..."
After explaining the situation concisely, Yuu presented his conditions and demands.
The condition remained the same: restore Sharon's youth.
His demand was that she voluntarily hand the Organization over to Yuu, and he would take Elena Miyano with him.
Although Sharon's ultimate goal was resurrecting her daughter and developing a drug to bring back the dead, the Hourai Elixir Yuu presented still left her utterly shocked.
And incredibly tempted.
No one wanted to live in a decaying, aged body—especially a beauty who had once possessed peerless, world-class looks.
Sharon was no exception.
Moreover, the successful development of the Hourai Elixir allowed her to see a long-lost glimmer of hope for a resurrection drug.
Thus, after Yuu stated that he would have the mother-daughter duo of Elena and Shiho Miyano continue researching the resurrection drug, and welcomed her to join the Angel's Wing family, Sharon decisively nodded in agreement.
In reality, when she called Yuu here, she had already prepared for a handover.
Rum had already been eliminated. Apart from intelligence gathering, she was inferior to Rum in every way, and certainly no match for Yuu Hoshimiya.
Rather than stepping down in disgrace, it was better to orchestrate a dignified handover.
And this transaction now could only be described as an unexpected delight.
She had assumed there would be no way to continue researching the resurrection drug. Now, not only could the research continue, but the hope of success was even greater.
With a light heart, Sharon slowly pulled out a memory card and placed it on the table.
"Here is the identity information of every member in the Organization, along with the configuration data for all our bases."
"As well as our transaction records and network of connections with political figures across the globe."
"Even Rum was never able to get his hands on this card."
"You could say this is the very foundation of the Organization's existence."
Looking at the card, Yuu raised an eyebrow.
This was exactly what he wanted.
Sharon had been overly cautious. This card had only ever been in her possession, and its contents had never been connected to the internet—not even the Organization's internal intranet.
Therefore, even with Noah's god-like abilities, she couldn't extract the information.
With the century-old foundation laid by the Organization, especially its ties to various political leaders, executing his plan to influence the entire world and propel its ascension would be infinitely smoother and easier.
Sharon had shown her sincerity. As of this moment, Yuu Hoshimiya was the true Boss in both name and reality.
Now, it was his turn.
Yuu slid a silver box containing red-and-white capsules across the table.
"There are twelve pills inside. One pill reduces your physical age by ten years. You must absolutely not take more than your actual age, or you will die."
The logic was simple, and Sharon understood instantly.
She opened the box, staring intently at the red-and-white capsules inside, feeling a complex mix of emotions.
Joy, surprise, excitement, and a trace of doubt.
Ultimately, she decided to trust Yuu Hoshimiya.
Because if Yuu wanted to kill her, he wouldn't need to go through all this trouble.
Besides, she was aware of Vermouth's eternal youth and the isolated cases of age regression.
She took out half the capsules in one go, tossed them into her mouth, and swallowed them all with the remaining half-cup of coffee.
Sharon was from the last century. Based on Renya Karasuma's age, she had to be in her nineties, if not over a hundred.
Even if the incomplete drug she once took had halted her physical aging—subtracting twenty years—her body was still over seventy years old.
Therefore, taking six pills was perfectly fine.
Whether it was calculated from her seventies and regressing her to her teens, or calculated from her actual age in her nineties and restoring her to her thirties, both outcomes were acceptable.
Whether it was the teenage version of Sharon or the mature MILF version, both were breathtakingly beautiful.
As for how Yuu knew this... he had seen the photos, of course.
The Hourai Elixir wouldn't cause the intense, agonizing pain of APTX, but it still had some side effects.
Shortly after swallowing the pills, Sharon felt dizzy, and her body began to burn up. She felt as light as a feather one moment, and unbearably heavy the next.
From an outside perspective, she was simply enveloped in a cloud of vapor-like white mist, letting out low, muffled groans.
As time passed, the voice emerging from the mist grew increasingly younger and more seductive.
From an old woman, to a middle-aged woman, to a mature wife...
Because she had taken so many pills, the transformation took a bit longer.
About seven or eight minutes later, her voice finally settled into that of a pure yet alluring teenage girl.
The hunched, silver-haired old woman had transformed into an exquisitely beautiful Western girl with emerald eyes and flowing pale-gold hair.
"Amazing!"
After resting for a moment and adapting to her new body, Sharon eagerly walked over to the floor-to-ceiling mirror.
Looking at the delicate skin, the vibrant energy, and the both familiar and foreign beautiful girl in the mirror, she excitedly exclaimed in her mother tongue.
Looking at the short-haired teenage version of "Vermouth" standing before him, Yuu's eyes also flashed with pure amazement.
As expected of mother and daughter; they were practically cut from the same mold.
Only, one was a teenager and the other a mature woman, giving them slightly different figures and auras.
But it seemed... it looked... it truly was... even more arousing!
With this, their transaction was preliminarily completed, leaving both parties exceedingly satisfied.
Once the teenage beauty Sharon calmed down, Yuu officially took over the position of Organization Boss.
The first order he issued was for Fuesa to bring the captive Elena Miyano up to the penthouse room.
There were exactly six pills left—enough for Fuesa and Elena Miyano to have three each.
Although the two mature women maintained their looks extremely well and didn't look like middle-aged aunties in their forties or fifties, possessing a distinct mature charm instead.
Ultimately, they were no longer young.
Not only did Yuu prefer youth, but surely they themselves preferred their younger selves as well.
Consider it his welcome gift.
At the same time, Vermouth, who was waiting outside, was called in to be re-informed of the truth and officially re-introduced to the youth-restored Sharon.
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...
Yuu and Sharon spent half an hour explaining the entire truth of the matter to Fuesa, Elena Miyano, and Vermouth.
They also answered their questions.
Fuesa didn't actually have any questions. She was fiercely loyal to Sharon; whatever Sharon said, she did.
Vermouth had none either.
She had already made peace with herself before even coming here.
Her origins had undergone a slight revision, but the impact was minimal.
Elena Miyano, on the other hand, who had been imprisoned to develop drugs for nearly two decades, shed her aloof and intellectual image and peppered them with endless questions.
Especially after learning about Yuu's sexual relationships with the Miyano sisters and the Mary-Masumi mother-daughter duo, she was absolutely relentless.
But he still had to give his soon-to-be mother-in-law some face.
Yuu spent over half an hour before finally satisfying her and getting her to shut her mouth.
With everything cleared up, the next step was taking the medicine.
Five minutes later, after consuming three Hourai Elixir pills each, two gorgeous, blonde Western beauties appeared before Yuu.
Both Fuesa and Elena Miyano had reverted to around twenty years of age.
Looking again at the two incredibly similar silver-haired beauties—one older, one younger—Yuu could no longer hold back his boiling lust.
If he suppressed it any longer, "Little Yuu" was genuinely going to stage a rebellion!
Sharon, Elena, and Fuesa were all mature women. Though their bodies had become young, their minds remained seasoned.
From the very beginning, Yuu had frankly stated his intention to take all of them to bed.
Naturally, they wouldn't act overly coy now.
But when it came down to actual combat, whether it was the perpetually single Fuesa, or the mothers Sharon and Elena, all of them were fucked by Yuu until they were wailing and screaming to the heavens.
Putting aside the fact that they hadn't had sex since giving birth, after taking the Hourai Elixir, their bodies had been reverted to the pristine state of their youth, before they even had boyfriends.
How could their tender, sensitive bodies—whose mouths and hands hadn't even been touched by a man—possibly be a match for the battle-hardened Yuu Hoshimiya?
Vermouth only had a week's more experience than them. Thus, in the end, even with all four women joining forces, they were utterly routed and pounded into submission by Yuu.
However, aside from Vermouth—whose deepest desire had been fulfilled, allowing him to successfully form a contract with her—the other three had yet to be contracted.
Elena Miyano would be the easiest.
Once they returned to Japan and she reunited with the Miyano sisters and Mary, the contract could be completed.
As for Fuesa, she strictly followed Sharon.
As long as Sharon was contracted, the contract with Fuesa would follow naturally.
And as for Sharon's deepest desire...
Needless to say.
In any case, Yuu currently had no way to help resurrect her daughter, Asuka Karasuma.
Neither sci-fi logic nor magic could accomplish it.
If there was any chance of raising the dead, it would likely have to wait until the world's ascension.
Unable to contract them meant missing out on the effects of dual cultivation, which was a bit of a pity, but it wasn't a major issue.
At this stage, forming contracts no longer held much significance for Yuu.
Aside from the lewd crests looking incredibly erotic and adding to the bedroom fun, their only real benefit was the dual cultivation effect.
As for effects like teleportation or absolute mutual trust, under Yuu's overwhelming absolute power, it made no difference whether he had them or not.
Moreover, as his strength continuously approached the limit, dual cultivation offered him practically zero improvement.
Therefore, being unable to contract Sharon and Fuesa for the time being didn't matter.
Once the world ascended, and sci-fi technology or magic advanced further, allowing for the resurrection of Asuka Karasuma, the two women could naturally be contracted.
And at that time, dual cultivation would conveniently become effective once again.
Author's Note: Just picture Sharon looking like Vermouth, they're identical, even with short hair. Fuesa is an original character I modified; she's not very popular, so I can't find any reference images for her.
(There are pictures of Fuesa on Baidu, but they don't look good, so I won't post them.)
Grand Finale
Yuu Hoshimiya stayed in New York for five days.
On the first day, he reached an agreement with Sharon, helping her, her loyalist Fuesa, and his soon-to-be mother-in-law Elena Miyano restore their youth.
On the second day, they exchanged intelligence, and then fucked extensively, taking the three long-legged, busty Western beauties—who had just reverted to virgins—and turning them all back into mature women.
And this time, they were exclusively his property.
The remaining three days were spent with their assistance and Noah's coordination, taking inventory of and consolidating the Winery's resources and personnel.
The next step was transferring all of this to Yuu's private reserve and home base: the Kingdom of Vespania.
According to Yuu's plan, he kept what was useful and severed ties with the rest.
For example, male members and drug trafficking operations were completely discarded.
Overall, he retained about sixty percent.
It seemed like a little, but in reality, it was an excellent haul.
Had Sharon not cooperated to make it a legitimate succession...
Slicing off portions like that wouldn't have left sixty percent; the Winery would have most likely crumbled and disintegrated immediately.
At best, the executives would have formed cliques and fractured into several new, independent crime syndicates.
With this, the matter of the Winery was completely resolved.
However, based on Yuu's observations, the chaotic, sluggish timeline had not recovered.
It seemed that to untie the bell, one still needed the person who tied it.
If he wanted to restore the warped timeline, he truly had to revert that brat Conan back into Shinichi Kudo.
Then again, since he no longer needed the kid, what kind of changes would happen if he just killed him outright?
Yuu was deeply curious about it, but it was purely curiosity.
As he'd always said: Conan was annoying, but his sins didn't warrant death.
Besides, everything was developing steadily and smoothly right now. If he killed the kid and the world spawned some new glitch, what then?
If it was a minor issue, fine, but what if it was something disastrous?
Yuu didn't feel his current strength was enough to contend against the power of an entire world.
If he could, he would have shattered the void a long time ago. Why would he go through all this trouble trying to ascend the sci-fi logic world?
Forget about shattering the void; he had once gone all out on an uninhabited island in the Pacific to test the absolute limits of his current power.
Mmm, he was still a bit short of being able to move mountains and part seas.
Truly, just a tiny bit short.
But that was the limit.
Thus, Yuu left Sharon and Fuesa behind to handle the transfer of personnel and resources, while he took Vermouth and Elena back to Japan.
Upon returning to Japan, Yuu's first order of business was to get the antidote from Shiho and find Conan.
If the timeline didn't recover, everyone except him would be affected. Many operations would be difficult to execute, or even impossible.
For instance, waiting for the terms of high-ranking geezers like the Japanese Prime Minister to end—or waiting for them to die—so he could arrange for his own people to run for office and completely control the country from the shadows.
Moreover, with the youth-restoring drug, the passage of time meant nothing to Yuu.
The chaotic, sluggish time shifts brought him nothing but disadvantages at this point.
Therefore, turning Conan back into Shinichi Kudo was necessary.
Soon after Ai dropped out and transferred away, another transfer student, Conan Edogawa, also transferred out.
Because of this, the three kids of the Detective Boys were heartbroken for quite a while.
The Grim Reaper elementary schooler of Teitan Elementary's Class 1-B had vanished.
Meanwhile, in Teitan High School's Class 2-B, the high school detective Shinichi Kudo, who had been missing for over a month, returned.
Yuu felt like at least five or six years had passed, but in reality, the calendar showed only a little over a month had gone by.
That's right, the timeline had completely returned to normal.
Various confusing bugs caused by the temporal distortion—such as how hundreds of murder cases could possibly happen within a single month...
All these bugs were simply ignored by everyone, smoothed over by the world's powerful corrective force.
Even Yuu himself, if he didn't actively try to think about it, would have overlooked those jarring inconsistencies.
With time back to normal, the story of Conan and Shinichi Kudo drew to a close, but Yuu Hoshimiya's story had not yet ended.
Phase Two of his plan officially commenced.
Codename: World Conquest.
Estimated time: Ten years.
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...
Ten years later.
Late August, graduation season.
It had been a long time since Yuu visited Teitan High School. Since Sonoko and Ran graduated, the last time he was here was for little Ayumi's entrance ceremony.
Three years had passed in a flash. Today was little Ayumi's graduation ceremony, and simultaneously, her coming-of-age ceremony.
Little Ayumi had waited a full ten years for this day. If he didn't fulfill his promise now, there would be no appeasing her.
After Ayumi entered middle school and grew sensible, Yuu had told her everything.
Including the fact that Ai, who had transferred away, was actually the older sister Shiho Miyano she frequently ran into later.
Little Ayumi had been shocked for quite a long time back then.
However, once she accepted everything, she became incredibly excited and thrilled, trying to reverse-rape Yuu right on the spot.
Although she was fourteen years old, she was still a bit too young.
Over these ten years, Yuu had long since experienced all kinds of beauties.
For her own good, he had firmly rejected her.
But they made a promise: when she turned eighteen, on the day of her coming-of-age ceremony, he would turn her into a true adult.
Accompanying little Ayumi with Sakurano Yoshida... actually, she couldn't be called 'little' anymore. She was now the beautiful high school girl, Ayumi Yoshida.
Because of the Hourai Elixir, Sakurano Yoshida maintained the youthful appearance of someone in her early twenties.
Of course, the same went for Yuu Hoshimiya.
Standing together, anyone who didn't know them would think the three of them were siblings.
After the graduation ceremony concluded and photos were taken, Ayumi impatiently dragged Yuu and Sakurano home.
Ten years had passed, and Yuu still lived in that same high-rise apartment building.
However, it was no longer just three floors; the entire apartment building belonged to him.
And inside the entire building, aside from him, there was not a single other male.
Even the security guards standing on duty were beautiful female bodyguards bound to him by his "chains."
At present, the apartment building was almost fully occupied.
If any newcomers joined, they would have to live at the Suzuki Manor.
By now, the World Conquest plan was essentially complete.
Under Noah's coordination, everyone in Angel's Wing played a massive role in their respective fields of expertise.
Utilizing the connections and blackmail material obtained from Sharon, the Hourai Elixir, and the special ores from the Kingdom of Vespania, they traded and gambled with people in power across various countries and organizations, constantly expanding their own strength.
Angel's Wing had become the undisputed, uncrowned king of the underground world.
The Kingdom of Vespania also wielded pivotal influence on the international stage.
Its actual international standing was even higher than that of France and the UK, the two lower members of the Permanent Five.
Many people online joked that it was no longer the Permanent Five, but the Permanent Four.
The so-called Permanent Four referred to Vespania and the original top three Permanent members.
On the surface, it was the Permanent Four, but in reality, through the Hourai Elixir and magic, Angel's Wing had completely seized global dominance.
As long as it didn't negatively impact the entire nation or race, every resolution proposed by the Kingdom of Vespania was passed without question.
Besides the Kingdom of Vespania, after ten years of operation, Yuu had also gained total control over Japan.
Even though this was the sci-fi logic world, the history of World War II was identical to reality.
After taking control of Japan, he made Japan formally apologize to the world, especially to a certain large western neighbor.
If directly annexing the country into his homeland from his past life hadn't been fraught with immense difficulties and done more harm than good for Yuu, the "Province of Japan" might have genuinely appeared in this sci-fi logic world.
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During these ten years, Yuu only personally intervened in the "World Conquest" operations at critical moments. For the most part, he remained in Japan.
He enhanced his strength by continually contracting and "chaining" Women of Destiny, engaging in dual cultivation, and so on.
Of course, part of it was also simply for the sake of "collecting the cards."
Many Women of Destiny he hadn't encountered before or didn't have much of an impression of were conquered by him during this decade.
For example, Rumi Wakasa, whose real name was Rachel Asaka, the former bodyguard for a billionaire.
She was the very first one Yuu conquered after the worldline returned to normal.
Having such a powerful and ruthless woman nearby, he wouldn't feel at ease unless he claimed her for himself.
Rumi Wakasa's looks were only above average, but her highly trained, slender, and incredibly resilient body made Yuu exceptionally fond of her.
Then there was the beautiful lawyer who was always at odds with Eri Kisaki, Ritsuko Usui; the beautiful girl from a musical family, Renki Shitara; the songstress of the sci-fi logic world, Mai Kuraki, and many more.
The specifics of how he obtained each of them won't be narrated one by one.
Under Yuu's overwhelming charm, strength, wealth, and power, the fastest took a day or two, and the slowest took no more than a month.
And after sharing a bed with him, they became utterly and hopelessly devoted to Yuu.
Soon enough, all of them formed contracts with him.
Thanks to the Hourai Elixir, they all maintained their most youthful and beautiful appearances permanently.
Over the ten years, Yuu also resolved several thorny conflicts.
The most classic example was between Jodie and Vermouth.
Even now, the two still didn't get along and rarely saw each other. But if they happened to run into one another, at most they would just exchange cold snorts; there would be no more life-or-death battles.
As time passed and his strength continued to grow, the experience Yuu could reap constantly dwindled.
Reaching recent times, whether he was contracting Women of Destiny or performing dual cultivation, he didn't gain a single drop of experience.
He knew this day would come sooner or later, and had even estimated a timeframe.
But he hadn't expected his calculation to be so perfectly accurate.
Ten years. The time he had set for world conquest was, in fact, the time he estimated it would take to reach the absolute limits of this world.
[Name]: Yuu Hoshimiya (99%)
[Physique]: LV60 (0%)
[Soul]: LV60 (0%)
[Spirit]: LV60 (0%)
These were his current status panel attributes.
Aside from the fact that he could no longer gain experience to level up his three main attributes, Noah's next upgrade was also stuck.
It had reached 99% a long time ago and hadn't moved since.
Presumably, just like his three major attributes, the next upgrade would have to wait until the sci-fi logic world itself ascended.
Today, aside from fulfilling his promise to Ayumi, Yuu also wanted to see if she could give him any surprises.
Even though ten years had passed and the Detective Boys had disbanded long ago, she was still a relatively important Woman of Destiny, right?
Mmm, relatively important.
9:00 PM.
After everyone finished celebrating Ayumi's graduation, they tacitly excused themselves, leaving the time and space exclusively for Yuu and her.
Over the years, although they hadn't taken the final step, they were already intimately familiar with each other's bodies.
In the quiet, dimly lit living room, everything fell into place naturally and seamlessly.
An hour later, Yuu embraced Ayumi's slender, snow-white, delicate body and pumped every drop of his essence deep inside her.
With the flow of mana, a pink, heart-shaped crest adorned with devil wings appeared on the flat, white lower abdomen of the beautiful high school girl.
The contract was formed.
Snapping back from the intense ecstasy of his climax, Yuu closed his eyes and carefully sensed his body.
Although it was expected, he still felt a bit disappointed.
Humans—or rather, all living creatures—inherently dislike shattering a stable, comfortable environment.
If possible, even if there was only a sliver of hope, Yuu would have preferred to maintain the status quo rather than proceed to the next phase of his plan.
But facts proved that if he wanted to continue ascending, he had to break out of his comfort zone.
A long time ago, the System had laid it out for him.
There were only two options.
One: Leave the sci-fi logic world and find a more powerful realm.
Two: Ascend the sci-fi logic world, elevating it to a higher-dimensional realm.
His choice was naturally the second one.
Setting aside the fact that Yuu didn't currently know how to travel to other worlds, rather than going to a strange, powerful world alone to start from scratch, he preferred to stay and bring his many beauties along with him as they grew stronger together—perhaps even achieving eternal immortality.
Moreover, the sci-fi logic world had immense potential. Whether through supernatural means or sci-fi logic, it was possible to reach the absolute apex.
After ten years of planning and arranging, a flawless blueprint for ascending the world had long been established.
Having made his decision, Yuu hesitated no longer and decisively issued the command to Noah to execute Phase Three of the plan.
As Noah relayed the command, Angel's Wing sprang into action.
Soon, various pieces of information regarding the supernatural began spreading across countries worldwide.
And official organizations began openly endorsing them.
First came the popularization of supernatural powers—not limited to mana and magic.
The Qi of martial arts, the cursed energy of witchcraft, the spiritual power of shrines, and so on, were made public to everyone.
Then, they strived to cultivate as many supernatural individuals as possible.
By using humanity to influence the world, they would propel the world's ascension, effectively bringing about a true revival of spiritual energy.
Simultaneously, the sci-fi technologies developed over the past decade were unveiled: super artificial intelligence, youth-restoring drugs, nanomachines, bionic organs, and more.
Ordinary people who lacked the talent to walk the path of the supernatural could choose to walk the cyberpunk path of mechanical augmentation.
Of course, this path was quite expensive.
If one possessed neither talent nor money, they could only be left behind by the era.
In ancient times, the changing of a dynasty resulted in massive amounts of people being left behind, let alone the shifting of an entire epoch and the ascension of an entire world.
It was unavoidable.
As the man spearheading it all, Yuu chose to grasp both paths firmly, ensuring both were robust.
Scientific cultivation was already powerful, but his brand of "sci-fi logic cultivation" was utterly absurd.
It could be summed up in one word: Invincible!
The ascension of a world wasn't achieved overnight.
Even with vast preparations, it still took a full century to complete.
But when the world successfully ascended, the century's worth of accumulated "sci-fi cultivation" transformed into a massive torrent of experience, allowing Yuu Hoshimiya to reach the world's new upper limit in a mere three days.
Following that was another cycle of spearheading, dominating, and ascending.
Every ascension of the world birthed a new epoch.
And brand new gears of fate would begin to turn once more.
As the guiding force behind it all, Yuu Hoshimiya, who had long stood at the world's apex, remained unshakably invincible.
With each successive ascension of the world, Yuu continually raised the upper limit of his own power, gradually evolving from a man into a god.
When the potential of the sci-fi logic world was fully exhausted, with no further room to ascend...
That would be the time he shattered the void and traveled to an even stronger realm.
He wouldn't go alone; he would take different groups of his beloved confidantes to train, engage in dual cultivation, and elevate everyone's strength together.
The entire sci-fi logic world would serve as his absolute stronghold.
And his journey would span across—the myriad heavens and infinite realms!
(End of Book)