"Shut up!" Yusuke barked coldly. The last thing he wanted to hear was this system bitch's voice. He glared at Murayama's pleading, tear-stained face and kicked her away from him. "Murayama, you should have known there is no such thing as a medicine for regret."
"Ah!" Murayama cried out in pain as she rolled across the ground from the force of the kick. Her knees and elbows were bruised, her clothes torn, and her skin scraped, yet she ignored it all. Instead, she crawled back and knelt on the ground. "I know... I am stupid, dumb, worthless trash! I should not have done such a thing. Please forgive me, Master, give me a second chance, please!"
Yusuke gripped the sword by the hilt and slowly walked toward her, shaking his head lightly. "I tried to convince myself many times to forgive you. I wanted to bury the hatred I carry for you again and again. And just when I was about to do it, you pulled this stunt." His voice grew louder as he spoke, fury and hatred lacing every word, his features twisting into pure rage and loathing.
The trauma he had suffered in the previous timeline was something that would haunt him for the rest of his life. He had truly tried to forgive Murayama; he really had. He tried to let go of it, telling himself that it had not happened in this timeline. But it seemed he had been far too naive, because this bitch was still the same as the one who had once turned him into a human stick.
"Master... why?" Murayama's eyes filled with confusion. Why did her master hate her so much?
"Perhaps this was predetermined from the very beginning," Yusuke said, not bothering to answer her confusion. He raised the sword and aimed the tip at her chest, but when the moment came to strike, his hands trembled with hesitation.
He felt a sharp pain pierce through his heart.
"Yu... Yu-kun." Murayama did not glance at the sword pressed against her chest. Instead, her eyes remained fixed completely on Yusuke's. She forced a broken smile. "Even if you kill... me, I will not... stop loving you..."
"Perhaps... if there is a second life... I wish to be together again."
[Ding!]
Suddenly, a system notification appeared before Yusuke's eyes, and he quickly glanced at it.
[Murayama's submission +0]
"..." Yusuke's facial muscles twitched, his entire body trembling with pure rage. He clenched his hands so tightly that the sound of cracking bones echoed out.
[Hahahaha! Did you really think that at this particular moment, this bitch's submission would suddenly jump to 91? Hahahaha! Did you think life was that convenient? Fuck! Hahaha, your expression is priceless!] The System roared with laughter in Yusuke's mind after pulling such a prank.
'I will remember this,' Yusuke said in his mind as he took a deep breath. He then turned his attention back to Murayama and whispered, "Goodbye, Murayama. You were my first woman in this life and also the one who left the deepest mark on me."
"I will remember you forever."
Swoosh!
"Yu... kun!" The sword pierced through her chest and struck her heart. Blood gushed rapidly from the wound as Murayama's lips parted in a faint whisper before her eyes slowly closed.
...
'Fufufu~ Yusuke, my lover… Yusuke is my lover. Unbelievable, I still cannot believe it! It feels like I am dreaming. If this is a dream, God, please do not let me wake up from it.'
On the way back to her house, Tsubaki walked slowly, a blissful smile on her face. What had happened felt like the greatest wish and dream of her life fulfilled, as if she had won the lottery worth one hundred trillion USD.
"Ouch!" Suddenly, a splitting headache struck her because she had accidentally spoken the name of God. Even so, it did nothing to diminish her good mood.
"Eh? Did I leave the door open?" When she reached her house, Tsubaki noticed the door was unlocked. She felt slightly suspicious, but she did not think much of it. She was far too happy after getting together with Yusuke.
She could not wait to go home and send him a message, then chat with him like lovebirds, have a video call, and talk the whole night before wishing each other goodnight, only to refuse to hang up and stay connected until they both fell asleep.
'Hehehe~ just thinking about it makes me so excited!' Tsubaki closed the door behind her and hurried to her bedroom to change her clothes and call her man.
"Silly me~ I nearly forgot! We agreed to meet up later," she said, lightly knocking her head. "Hmm, since I am going to spend the night at my man's place, it would be bad if he saw me in the same lingerie, right? Hmm, what should I choose tonight?"
"My man, fufufu~ I can call him my man too!" Tsubaki giggled to herself, completely missing the extra pair of shoes at the door. She was too occupied with thoughts of Yusuke.
It was only when she reached her bedroom and noticed the door slightly ajar that her expression finally grew serious. She cautiously stepped inside, and to her shock and surprise, saw someone sitting in front of her computer, watching something.
"So–Sona-sama?!"
"Haah~! Ahn! Fuck me harder, master! Kiss me! I want you to kiss me!" From the computer came the sounds of panting and Murayama's desperate moans. Tsubaki instantly recognized it as the video she had secretly recorded when Yusuke was fucking Murayama on the rooftop.
"..." Sona slowly rose from the chair and turned to face Tsubaki. Her face carried no emotion as she asked, "Care to explain this, Tsubaki?"
...
[What dogshit luck, this bitch has!? Damn it!] As Yusuke ran along the mountain road toward the abandoned church, the system's constant, bitchy complaints had not stopped since earlier; her voice filled with disappointment and dissatisfaction.
"Master, hold up! Don't run so fast, I can't keep up!" Behind him came Murayama's gasping voice.
Yep, you heard that right. She didn't die.
When Yusuke drove the sword into her chest, a second later, a notification suddenly appeared in his vision. At first, he was about to ignore it, thinking this bitch was trolling him again. However, when he saw the content, his eyes widened to the size of saucers.
[Murayama's submission +1!]
[Murayama's submission: 91(Devoted)!]
This instantly froze him in place, his heart stopped, and his brain went blank for a moment.
He could not understand the reason behind this sudden change. Why the fuck had this crazy woman's submission only now reached the Devoted level?
Was her kink getting killed by her lover?!
"Why now? Why?" Yusuke muttered in his mind, staring at Murayama's closed eyes and increasingly shallow breaths. Her heart had been pierced, and she was barely breathing, blood seeping from her mouth and clogging her lungs.
Yusuke did not know what to do and fell into hesitation. On one side, he wanted to kill her for what she had done to him.
On the other side, a side he had never known existed, told him that she was his exclusive possession, his woman, and that no one, not even death, should take her from him. An urge of possessiveness, stronger than he had ever felt before, swept over him.
"Fuck! Fuck! Fuuuck! Crazy slut, I will make you pay for everything you did to me!" Yusuke cursed and roared loudly. He immediately laid Murayama on her back and quickly activated his Healing Touch.
A soft green glow emanated from both his hands as he pulled the sword from her chest and threw it away, causing blood to gush even more fiercely. He then pressed both hands against her chest, channeling his spirit into the skill.
[What the fuck are you doing?! Let her die! I want to see blood, corpses, and scattered limbs!] The System could not understand the reason behind his actions. She knew better than anyone how much he hated Murayama. Why was he trying to heal her now, just because she had become a Goudere?
'You know, you are acting very weird today. Far bitchier than usual,' Yusuke said as he continued healing Murayama.
[Acting weird? Don't act like you really know me. You've only known me for about a week.] The System snorted with disdain.
The healing skill was indeed remarkable, and with his increased spirit, its effect was astonishingly stronger than before. In just a few seconds, Murayama's condition stabilized, and shortly after, her wounds closed. Her expression improved, and she slowly opened her eyes.
"Yu-... kun?" When she opened her eyes and saw Yusuke's blood-stained face and clothes, she whispered in confusion. Then, noticing the missing wound on her chest, she slowly understood what had happened. "I didn't... die? You... saved me?"
Yusuke did not answer immediately. Under her excited and overly anxious gaze, he finally spoke, "...Yes."
[Murayama's submission +1!]
[Murayama's submission +1!]
[Murayama's submission +1!]
[Murayama's submission +1!]
[Murayama's submission +1!]
[Murayama's submission +1!]
[Murayama's submission: 97 (Devoted)!]
[Tsk!] The System let out a sharp, dissatisfied sound.
"Hehehe~ Master couldn't bear to part with me, right? Right?" Murayama's eyes immediately turned into heart shapes as she stared at Yusuke with an obsessive expression, laughing happily. Her hands clenched around his, which rested atop her chest.
"Nonsense!" Yusuke flung her hands away and stood up, staring down at her with disgust. "I only felt that killing you would be a waste. The best punishment for you is to torture you slowly in the future!"
"Yes~ Yes... I will accept all of Master's punishments! Hehehe!" Murayama's happiness was undimmed by Yusuke's coldness. She stood and clung to him, kissing his cheeks. "Please 'punish' me, Master~"
"Fuck off! Bitch! That's not what I mean by punishment!" Yusuke pushed her away, his expression dark.
"I didn't know that Master is also a tsundere... Fufufu, how cute!" Murayama covered her mouth and chuckled.
After coming so close to death, it seemed that Murayama had completely transformed. She had become less unhinged and crazy and more carefree. Yusuke's emotions toward her were still a mess, and he still did not know how to deal with her.
"...Why?" Yusuke muttered under his breath. He wanted to ask her why the fuck her submission had suddenly risen, but he didn't know how to phrase it.
He couldn't exactly ask why his system had suddenly shown her becoming more obedient.
"I'll deal with this later. First, let's save Aika," Yusuke decided, setting the matter aside for now. He looked at Murayama and said, "Follow me. We're going to save Aika."
Although there was still some time before the appointment, having this crazy bitch along would help him. With her submission value being the highest among all the Yanderes he knew, he was confident she could assist him without betraying him this time.
Back in the present.
"Use your freaking sword to keep up! If you fail, no sex for a whole week!" Yusuke said ruthlessly without even turning around.
"What?! A whole week! That's unfair!" Murayama's eyes filled with despair as she hurriedly ran after him. Suddenly, her speed more than doubled out of nowhere.
...
In a different location near the church, two devil girls watched the scene through a magic circle.
"Should we help him? If we help him right now, he would surely be grateful to us," Akeno said, staring at Yusuke's figure on the magic circle and turning to Rias, who stood by her side.
"No," Rias shook her head, her eyes never leaving Yusuke. Her lips curled into a beautiful smile as she licked them. "If we help him now, he won't appreciate it as much as he would if we waited until he was in complete danger."
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