Chapter 249: Chika: Big bugs, my favorite to eat! Not scared at all!
"Are you that scared?" Ren pinched Chika's chubby face.
Chika pouted, tears welling in her eyes, a truly pitiable sight. "Wuwuwu, I'm scared of bugs, can I not go?"
Afraid of bugs? Ren raised an eyebrow. "If you're afraid of bugs, why aren't you afraid of my big bug, and you're quite eager to ~ eat it?"
Already corrupted, Chika became a quick-witted girl, her cheeks flushing red, and she lightly spat as she mumbled, "Although I... I like to eat Ren-kun's big bug, I'm still a little bit scared of it!" Because the big bug was too big, she would always be nervous at first; it really hurt, though it would be very comfortable later. But they were talking about completely different things!
"Alright, you have to go. I'll figure something out for you." Ren's Dominator Eye appeared. Instantly, it dominated Chika's senses. Chika blinked. In her peripheral vision, the terrifying, hideous tentacled bugs all disappeared, replaced by large, tentacled carrots.
"Eh! Car... carrots! So many carrots!" Chika cried out in shock; she saw so many carrots.
"Carrots?" Eriri, who was obediently holding Ren's other hand, froze and looked around. Where were there any carrots? It was clearly an endless, surging sea of insects.
"Is that alright now?" He used the Dominator to alter her sensory information. The Swarm Chika saw would all turn into carrots, helping her overcome the physiological discomfort from her senses.
"Looks like it's fine now!" Unable to see the bugs, Chika immediately became lively. Her transparent fairy wings and angel wings flapped in unison, and she flew out, beginning to unleash wind element magic to her heart's content.
He tickled Eriri's palm. "Eriri, you go try too. It's a way to gain some practical experience. Who knows, you might face even more terrifying things in the future." The sea of insects was terrifying, and it was Eriri's first time encountering such a scene.
After taking a deep breath, she lifted her fair, swan-like neck, closed her eyes, and said with her sweet, lovely little mouth, "Ren, give me some encouragement."
"Encouragement? I'll fill you up." Ren cupped her small face and lowered his head.
"Gulp!" Under the shocked gazes of Yumiko and Mrs. Yuigahama, Eriri swallowed a lot. Regarding this, perhaps outsiders would find it unpleasant, but Eriri was already used to it. She played more perversely than ordinary people, and Ren was merely accommodating her; it wasn't him who was perverse.
After being filled up, Eriri also transformed into an angel and flew out. For them, aerial combat was a great advantage.
"Alright, I'm going too!" Yumiko, her gaze resolute, retracted her eyes. As she took a step, Ren grabbed her hand, his expression strange. "Where are you going?"
Yumiko turned back, raising an eyebrow. "Aren't we going to fight?"
"..." Ren always felt that this child's brain seemed to be getting worse after joining the Supernatural Research Club. He tapped her helmet with an exasperated hand, as if disappointed in her. "Do you think you can handle the insect tide? With this battle armor?"
"Uh." Yumiko squeezed out an awkward smile and mumbled, "Isn't there... your Chronal Power?"
"With your current body, you can't use too much Chronal Power at all." Ren stated this very bluntly. In fact, he himself only understood the requirements for using abilities long after joining the Doomsday Chat Group.
Either use specific energy, such as mana, spiritual power, mental power, and so on. Or use life energy. Life energy isn't just physical strength and spirit. It represents the power of an individual's evolving status. Clearly, Yumiko's individual status was too low. It was impossible for her to use too much Chronal Power.
"Yumiko, Mrs. Yuigahama, you 2 brought weapons. For now, just stay by my side and remotely clear any stragglers."
"Oh..." Yumiko drooped her head, feeling she was too stupid. She prepared to pick up her weapon, but found her right hand was still being held by Ren.
"Wow!" She quickly pulled her hand back with a strong tug, looking shy.
Ren saw this scene, his mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but retort. "You're wearing armor; how could I possibly take advantage of you?"
"!!!" Yumiko's chestnut-like eyes widened. She suddenly realized that Ren made a lot of sense! She was still wearing battle armor!
"…" Unable to find a way out of the awkward situation, Yumiko's face under her helmet turned as red as if she'd been drinking. She wished she could find a crack in the ground, turn into an ostrich, and burrow into it.
"Hmph!" Not wanting an awkward ending, Yumiko suppressed her embarrassment and let out a proud huff, then turned her head and began to take out her laser power gun.
"…" Mrs. Yuigahama watched Ren's interactions and conversations with the various girls from beginning to end. From an adult's perspective, she felt that Ren's relationship with each girl was not simple.
Ren's gaze just happened to meet hers as she was hesitating and guessing. Their eyes met. How could he not detect Mrs. Yuigahama's suspicions? The truth couldn't be hidden as Yui had suggested, so Ren sighed and told her, "Mrs. Yuigahama, I will tell you about my relationships with the others when we get back today; for now, let's focus on the enemy in front of us."
"…" Mrs. Yuigahama's body trembled. After silently nodding, she began to learn from Yumiko how to operate her weapon.
He decided to let the girls get used to fighting the spacefaring Swarm for now, just in case something unexpected happened when he wasn't around. Bored, Ren opened the Chat Group and checked the live streaming function, which had a blurring option.
The main function, when enabled, was to blur things you wanted to blur. This way, objects you didn't want others to see during a live stream would be blurred into a mosaic. Currently, he had enabled the live stream and the blurring function. As for the targets to be blurred, they were, of course, his girlfriends.
[Ding! Ren has started a live stream!]
[Tokisaki Kurumi has entered the live stream room!]
…
After a series of notifications, most of the idle people entered the live stream room.
Kiana: "Why did Ren suddenly start a live stream?"
Furina: "Ta-da! Focalors, the God of Justice, will constantly monitor the details of the performance, so don't disappoint this girl, okay?"
Aqua: "…You're so dramatic."
Ch'en: "Was this the perspective everyone watched from last time I started a live stream? It's truly amazing, a sense of being right there."
Exusiai: "It looks like Ren has a lot of monsters over there. Is it the Doomsday Game of another world again? The Chat Group didn't even give a notification."
Ren: "It's not the Doomsday Game of another world; it's the Doomsday Game of my world starting again."
Furina: "Game? Is it fun?"
Esdeath: "Hehe, a game of slaughter."
Silver Wolf: "Haven't tried it, but I actually want to go and see if it's fun."
March 7th: "Oh, you guys, don't mislead people who don't understand!"