She—Kirie Fujou—struggled to turn her increasingly blurred eyes toward him.
"Are you... a friend of my father's?"
The man did not answer, yet Kirie believed it implicitly. Without a doubt, this person was the benefactor who had been providing medical expenses for her, someone who had lost all her family.
"Why have you come here? I am already useless," Kirie asked in a trembling whisper.
The man's eyebrows didn't even twitch.
"I've come to help fulfill your wish. I can provide you with a new body that can obtain freedom. Do you want it?"
Though the words lacked any basis in reality, they felt as if they were enchanted. Despite it being only a faint sensation, Kirie Fujou accepted the possibility without any resistance. After a brief silence, her throat trembled as she gave a slight nod.
The man nodded in return and raised his right hand. Kirie's lifelong dream, along with an inescapable nightmare, descended upon her at that very moment.
However, before that—she asked one final question.
"Who are you?"
The man's expression suddenly shifted into a playful grin.
"Me? My name is Haruka Kasugano," he laughed. "I'm the subordinate of your father's friend!"
"Oh..." Kirie Fujou was instantly embarrassed to the extreme.
"Come, let me help fulfill your wish!" Haruka Kasugano laughed.
And so, following Souren Araya's instruction manual, Haruka Kasugano began helping Kirie achieve "Double Existence."
"Come now, I'm going to draw runes on your body. Don't be embarrassed!" Haruka Kasugano teased.
"It's fine... my body has long been seen by every nurse here. I'm not embarrassed," Kirie said calmly.
Just then, the system suddenly chimed.
[Detection: Kirie Fujou has a crush on Mikiya Kokutou, therefore she qualifies as a mission target!]
Huh?
She's paralyzed and lies in a hospital bed all day, yet she can still have a crush on Mikiya? Is Mikiya really that handsome? Is he some kind of succubus?
Regardless... since you're a target, don't blame me for being impolite!
Haruka Kasugano reached out and grabbed Kirie's "fragrant pomelos," beginning to stroke them.
"Ah..." Even though she was paralyzed, Kirie still had sensation. She let out a shy shriek.
"Don't move! This is a necessary experience to fulfill your wish!" Haruka Kasugano bluffed.
"Really?" Kirie was bewildered.
"Really!" Haruka Kasugano laughed.
Immediately following that, Haruka Kasugano removed Kirie's hospital gown, picked her up, and placed her on his lap. Due to long-term paralysis, her body was very frail, because of the lack of exercise and muscle atrophy, her limbs were terrifyingly thin. However, this didn't affect her looks, and she was naturally gifted—even with malnutrition, she still had a very large bust.
Haruka Kasugano couldn't help but grasp her "pet bears."
"Sir, is this also necessary to fulfill my wish?" Kirie questioned.
"Yes! These are all things you must experience!" Haruka Kasugano laughed.
"But... but isn't this something only people who get married do?" Kirie asked.
She had spent her life in the hospital since she was seven. She hadn't attended school, everything she knew was from her childhood. Like Void Shiki and Irisviel, her mental state was that of a child.
Haruka Kasugano smiled and bit her earlobe. "Then, are you willing to marry me?"
"I... but... I already like someone..." Under the stimulation of physical sensation, Kirie became more and more delirious.
"You like someone? That makes me even more excited!" Haruka Kasugano laughed.
Immediately after, Haruka Kasugano broke through the passage that Kirie hadn't opened for twenty-six years. The pain of her "deflowering" caused two trails of tears to fall from her eyes.
"It hurts..." Kirie cried.
"Relax... it will become pleasurable very soon!" Haruka Kasugano laughed.
"Why are you doing this to me... I clearly like that boy..." Kirie wept.
"You like him, but he doesn't like you. However, I like you. Why don't you respond to me?" Haruka Kasugano bluffed.
"You like me too... I... I..." Kirie's mind became a mess, for a moment, she didn't know how to react.
"I can even help fulfill your wish and help you walk out of this hospital. Why wouldn't you want to marry me?" Haruka Kasugano continued to manipulate her.
"I... ahhh—!"
Kirie's waist twisted as she entered a state of supreme bliss.
"See, your body is responding to my love. Why are you still resisting?" Haruka Kasugano smiled.
"I... my body likes you... I..." Kirie was even more dazed. Under the impact of pleasure, she didn't know how to think.
"Marry me, and I will be your family from now on. You will never be lonely again!"
Click—
Kirie's mental defenses shattered. That's right. Even if I watch that stranger I fell in love with at first sight every day, I'm still alone. Haven't I wanted a family for over twenty years? Why resist...
Kirie stopped resisting and began to cooperate with Haruka Kasugano's passion.
"You are my family... don't lie to me..." Kirie smiled.
"Of course not!" Haruka Kasugano laughed.
"Ah—!" Kirie experienced pleasure for the first time since she was born.
[Ding! Congratulations Host for successfully tricking Kirie Fujou and completing the 'Netori system' mission!]
[Since Kirie Fujou is rated D-rank...]
[Reward: Magic Resistance EXP +1.]
Damn, that's stingy! But a D-rank beauty... is what it is. Can I treat her paralysis?
[Yes, that can be achieved once her 'Infidelity Progress' reaches 100% and rewards are merged!]
So greedy...
And so, in the days that followed, Haruka Kasugano helped Kirie birth her spiritual body while "exercising" with her to grind her affection. After three months of hard work, Kirie finally produced her spiritual form.
Since he wanted to enjoy "double the happiness," could he play with this spirit body too? Haruka Kasugano tried to have the spirit Kirie pleasure him. Although he couldn't touch her spirit body, she could use spiritual energy to make him comfortable. Feeling the joy below, Haruka Kasugano was ecstatic. He rode the physical Kirie while having her spirit body massage his back.
Truly not bad!
Later, Haruka Kasugano took Kirie to her own property, the rooftop of the Fujou Building.
Hehe, mission accomplished. He immediately called Souren Araya.
"Hey, I've finished this one. What's next?" Haruka Kasugano bragged.
Soon, he received the second file from Araya. It laid out the second backup plan: using Fujino Asagami to reach the Root.
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At that moment, Haruka Kasugano and Souren Araya sat in a dim room within the Ogawa Apartments, illuminated only by a weak desk lamp. The two conspired in low voices.
"I just went to check. You've done an excellent job. Kirie Fujou's spirit body is perfect. I firmly believe we can reach the Root through her!" Araya laughed triumphantly.
Haruka Kasugano propped his chin on his hand and asked curiously, "But looking at her, she doesn't seem like the type that can reach the Root. Is she not officially complete yet?"
"It is indeed not the final step! She still needs to kill eight girls!" Araya revealed a cunning smile. "Her spirit body is Yin, and girls are also Yin. After she kills eight girls, plus herself, there will be nine Yins. Nine-Nine returns to One, and the deaths of the maidens will absorb Yang energy. The fusion of Yin and Yang is exactly 'Two Forms dying into Taiji'! Thus, we can finally reach the Root!"
"Exquisite!" Haruka Kasugano couldn't help but clap.
In the original story, Kirie used her spirit body to lure girls to the rooftop of the Fujou Building to commit suicide. However, she only killed seven before she kidnapped Mikiya Kokutou's soul out of love, provoking Shiki Ryougi. Shiki destroyed her spirit body, and Kirie committed suicide. The count stopped at eight, failing the ritual.
But things were different now. Kirie had been taken by Haruka Kasugano and would no longer obsess over Mikiya, so she wouldn't ruin the plan. However, Haruka Kasugano didn't have high hopes for Araya's plan. Compared to the Ryougi family's methods, his was too bloody and extreme, which would surely trigger strong resistance from Alaya.
Of course, that wasn't Haruka Kasugano's concern. From Haruka Kasugano's expression, Araya could see his thoughts, as he felt the same way. Thus, Araya began introducing the second backup plan.
"You likely know of her already. This girl named Fujino Asagami—allow me to introduce her in detail," Araya said. "Fujino Asagami, born Fujino Asagami, was originally the heir to the prestigious Asagami family in the Nagano area—one of the four demon-hunting families on par with the Ryougi.
When she was six, the Asagami family fell into decline. Her mother remarried into the branch family, the Asagami, and thus she was renamed Fujino Asagami. Since her youth, Fujino has possessed a mysterious and unfathomable ability: she can bend surrounding objects at will without touching them. However, such a gifted talent did not bring her praise. Instead, under the strange looks of the villagers, she was treated as a cursed child and suffered through cold shoulders and slander."