"If possible," Leo said weakly, raising his hand, "I'd like to die of old age."
Kelly smiled slightly.
"Denied. Next."
"…Then how about dying from pleasure?"
"Sure. I'll make you feel really good."
Without another word, Kelly swapped to a shotgun right in front of Leo and began loading it shell by shell with a smile.
"I'll let this big baby give your little baby a real good time."
Leo glanced at the massive weapon, then at his own, and had to admit that—at least right now—the other one was bigger. Still, this wasn't an area where he could afford to lose.
"I don't think I'm that small—"
Kelly shoved the shotgun barrel against his head, her smile still warm and gentle.
"Is it harder and hotter than this? Want to test it?"
Feeling the cold muzzle, Leo really wanted to say that he was definitely hotter—though obviously not in terms of maximum temperature—but that wasn't a fair comparison, was it?
And even though he could tell she'd theatrically ejected the shells and the gun was actually empty, the grudge of having a gun pressed to his head…
He'd repay it one day. With a gun to her head.
Just like he'd done with Lux.
Honestly, what he'd just felt had made him desperately want to go all the way into that deep passage—but he hadn't been able to. With Kelly, though, he had to.
But reality was harsh. He had no choice but to back down for now.
"Uh… honestly, you don't even know how to use that thing. And besides, Kelly—"
Leo's expression turned serious.
"Lux just tested it. Using your mouth also works for gaining energy."
"..."
Kelly's face went blank for a second, then her teeth clenched audibly.
She pulled out a revolver and pointed it straight at Lux's forehead as the girl tried to quietly retreat, startling her badly.
"You think I'm dying to sleep with you?! Tons of guys want me, you bastard! And you, you sneaky little cat—get back to it! I don't want to stay in this damn place another second!"
"Eh?"
Lux froze. Seeing Kelly's anger, embarrassment, and frustration, she immediately understood.
Kelly had convinced herself that "this was the only way to go back." But now that another method existed, she'd lost the justification she'd been clinging to.
At the same time, she was curious—and she did have some feelings for Leo. Given her personality, this outcome was almost inevitable.
"But for repatriation, it still has to be the person themselves—"
Leo raised his hand again.
That was simply how it worked. Lux hadn't even had the repatriation prompt before this.
"Damn it!"
Kelly angrily lowered her gun, shoved Lux aside, yanked off her gloves, and grabbed Leo with her bare hand, squeezing and stroking hard, her thumb grinding down mercilessly on the tip.
The stimulation was intense—borderline painful—but Kelly didn't care.
"If using your mouth works, then using your hand should too, right?! You bastard!"
Lux's saliva had already left everything slick. As Kelly worked him, Leo didn't hold back the way he had with Tsunade, Erina, or the merchant woman. The instant sensation peaked, it was over.
In a flash, the energy jumped from 880 to 1120.
"…!"
Two hundred and forty points?
Kelly was fired up.
Leo took a deep breath. Kelly did too. She flung her hand away and stared at Leo with a complicated expression.
"So this works too? Bastard."
Leo checked—and sure enough, the "Repatriate?" prompt had appeared on Kelly.
He hesitated, taking in her long legs, tight hips, and pale, full chest. In the end, he nodded.
"It's enough."
"Bastard! You—"
Kelly grabbed his collar, clearly wanting to say something, but stopped herself. Finally, she let go, exhaling in frustration.
She wanted to ask whether he'd lied to her or not—but her feelings toward Leo were already a tangled mess.
After a deep breath, she straightened up, barely noticing what was still on her hand, and brushed back her hair.
"Looks like big sister doesn't even get a proper farewell, huh."
She turned, grabbed the clothes by the door—her Tianjie-style outfit, something like a kimono—and dressed as she walked back to Leo. Then she looked at him with a smile full of anger.
"Fine. If you're not lying, then send me back right now, you bastard."
She didn't even know why she said it—but it came out anyway.
"Alright," Leo replied simply. One less woman getting dragged into this mess wasn't a bad thing.
He placed his hand on Kelly's arm. She suddenly looked up, remembering what he'd said to Tsunade before.
"You really are a bastard."
Her voice was complicated—but the next second, Leo pressed the repatriation button.
The world shifted again. Before their eyes, Kelly vanished from this world and appeared in another—
"AAAAAHHHH—!!!"
That scream existed only in Leo's imagination, because once she crossed over, they could no longer hear her. They could only see her falling—her expression shifting from confusion to pure terror.
Kelly had forgotten one crucial detail.
She'd been falling off a cliff when she was sent back.
So the instant she returned to her world, her journey continued—from midair straight toward the ocean.
In the blink of an eye, she became a tiny speck and splashed into the sea.
"!!"
Leo and Lux stared at each other in shock. Leo immediately opened his status panel. Seeing that Endless Voyager had reached Level 2, he opened the skill.
Three portraits appeared beneath it.
One was Erina Nakiri, cold-faced.
One was Tsunade, looking drunk.
The last was Kelly—wearing a drowning expression.
Each portrait had a "Traverse" button beneath it.
Leo didn't hesitate and selected Kelly—but a system prompt appeared instantly.
"Insufficient energy! Traversing to Kelly Delaide requires 200 energy."
Leo froze. He glanced at his remaining 120 energy points, then at Lux, who was staring in shock—
And without hesitation, he grabbed Lux's head and pushed it down, once again meeting that soft, familiar tongue.
"Sorry, Lux! But this is to save a life!"