Chapter 338: Chapter 338: I hope it doesn’t become a problem.

--Monday, August 3, 2172

In front of the beach, Kai—who had several compressed weights strapped to his limbs and a strange vest—formed a cross-guard the instant in which he was struck by a terrifying kick. The brutal impact created an enormous shockwave and managed to lift Kai’s feet a few centimeters off the ground. Taking advantage of the moment, Mirko, with an enormous smile on her face, spun on herself to unleash a second kick at Kai’s exposed side.

With a swift movement, Kai switched his guard and covered himself just before the kick landed, managing to avoid damage. But with no point of support, Kai went flying due to the devastating power until he crashed into a rock, creating an explosion and raising a cloud of smoke. At that moment, Mirko walked step by step toward Kai while commenting in a condescending voice.

"Seems you underestimated me too much. If you want, I’ll give you the chance to take off a couple of weights."

"Not necessary. If it isn’t hard, then it isn’t training."

Kai replied in a calm voice as he walked out of the smoke cloud with a firm step. Seeing the imposing Kai look at her defiantly with his hypnotic blue eyes, Mirko smiled with delight while a hunter’s light shone in her red eyes as she announced loudly.

"Then let’s keep playing!"

Using her powerful legs, Mirko shot toward Kai at a terrifying speed and then launched a barrage of kicks at full power. Fighting against the enormous weight of his weights and the electric current that contracted his muscles and practically cooked him from the inside, Kai took a low stance and soon became entangled in an exchange of blows at super speed.

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"I wonder how much Saito’s weights must weigh for him to move so ’slowly’..."

Meanwhile, from a distance, Kyoka Jiro couldn’t help but comment in a low voice as her Earphone Jacks moved to shake dirt off from having struck rocks. Toru, the invisible girl, who was nearby doing squats with visibly smaller compressed weights than the others, sat down on the ground to rest and added in a pained and winded voice.

"Yao Momo had to take several flasks of her nutritive serum just to be able to make them, so at least several tens of tons..."

"I bet you feel a little relief seeing him finally take some hits."

In that instant, Momo’s playful voice rang out from behind, taking the girls by surprise, who quickly turned around. A bit nervous, Kyoka commented hastily.

"N-no, not at all, I was just curious."

"Y-yeah, just curious."

Toru added, equally nervous, as she nodded her head repeatedly—something that was visible thanks to the sweatband she was wearing. Momo smiled and commented with a slightly playful tone.

"Really? I do feel a little relief, fufu."

"..." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Kyoka and Toru could only stay silent, somewhere between surprised and uncomfortable, not knowing what to say, at which moment Momo turned to look at Mina, who was still exercising silently, alone in a corner. Having made a decision, Momo looked at her friends and commented in a calm voice.

"Don’t look at me like that—Kai always winning is annoying for me too. But setting that aside, there’s something I want to talk about with Ashido-san. We’ll talk later."

"Alright..." Kyoka said solemnly, then moved off a bit with Toru.

Moments later, Momo finally arrived in front of Mina, who had already stopped and was looking at her visibly nervous. Instead of speaking, Momo just stood staring at Mina, almost as if organizing her words in her mind, which only worsened the pink-skinned girl’s nervousness. But just before Mina lost her patience from the nerves, Momo began to speak in a serious tone.

"Ashido-san, I was thinking all night, and I realized that, although what you told me isn’t something easy to process, you really haven’t done any harm. In fact, the fact that you had the courage to admit it is something that speaks very well of you and makes me realize you’re a valuable friend."

"Will you forgive me, Yao Momo...?" Mina couldn’t help but ask with wide eyes, visibly surprised. Momo shook her head and spoke in a serious voice.

"Actually, I have nothing to forgive you for; you haven’t done anything wrong. Is Kai your type of man? That’s normal. Kai is handsome, rich, and very strong; many women feel attracted to him. But that said, as your friend, I hope you take measures to prevent it from going any further than that."

"I’ll never betray you, Yao Momo!" Mina said loudly, full of certainty and relief, then added in a more serious voice.

"Besides, right now I’m completely focused on my career, and I don’t have time for romance. When I do want it, I’ll ask for your help picking a good one."

"Now that I think about it, you’re right; right now, career is the most important thing, and here I am thinking about how to organize my wedding... Fufu, seems I’m not taking it seriously." Momo commented with a little laugh, somewhere between amused and self-critical. Mina smiled, and as she took Momo’s arm, commented cheerfully.

"Everyone has their own path. You’ve been training longer than anyone, and you’re already very strong—you can allow yourself some liberties."

"Such a bootlicker." Momo scolded playfully, then looked at Kai fighting Mirko and being repelled by a powerful kick after a swift exchange of blows, at which she added calmly.

"I haven’t trained even a tenth of what Kai has."

"... Speaking of which, it really does feel nice to see him take some hits." Mina turned to look at Kai and commented cheerfully. Momo looked at Mina and commented in a playful voice.

"So you were listening."

"Hehe, yeah." Mina replied with a ’guilty’ smile. Momo spoke back in a calm voice that hid a touch of pride.

"Then let’s enjoy the moment. Knowing him, it won’t be long before he starts his ’counterattack.’"

"Counterattack?" Mina couldn’t help asking, visibly confused. Momo smiled mysteriously and said.

"You’ll see."

Mina made an annoyed pout and stuck her tongue out at Momo, then looked at Kai’s fight until, after a few seconds, she commented in a more certain tone.

"By the way, Yao Momo, I’d like you to call me by my name. I liked it when you did it before, and it hurt a little when you stopped."

"I’ll be in your care from now on, Mina-san." Momo looked at Mina and said with a smile. Mina looked back at Momo and responded also with a big smile.

"Likewise, I’ll be in your care, Yao Momo."

The pair of girls smiled happily and with complicity, but after a few instants, a loud explosion sounded. While the ground trembled, Momo looked toward where Kai was fighting and commented with a smile that hid a hint of excitement.

"Oh, looks like it’s starting."

"Is it the ’counterattack’?" Mina couldn’t help asking rhetorically as she turned to look at the fight, which had completely changed.

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Near the beach, Kai, his guard raised, moved to the left, managing to dodge by mere millimeters a descending kick from the rabbit hero. Failing its target, the kick landed on the ground, creating an explosion and sending up sand as the earth shook as if an earthquake were taking place.

Almost at the same time, Mirko’s rabbit ears twitched, and soon she brought her arms up to cover her face in a hurry. In that instant, a leg moved across the sand at a terrifying speed, slamming fully into Mirko and sending her flying like a missile. With her teeth clenched from the pain, Mirko tried to adjust her posture in the air, but at that moment, her ears twitched backward.

While surprise shone in her eyes, Mirko quickly spun on herself in midair and guarded just in time to see Kai throwing a perfectly timed punch. Taking the hit, Mirko was launched in the opposite direction like a cannonball, gritting her teeth from the pain. But at that moment, Mirko could see Kai’s right leg move at a terrifying speed, and soon he vanished.

Almost simultaneously, Mirko could hear, thanks to her hypersensitive ears, that ’something’ positioned itself behind her, and then she received a brutal blow to her back that launched her skyward. As she let out a cry of pain, Mirko’s ears twitched, so the beautiful rabbit hero clenched her teeth and fists, ready to counterattack.

Just as she expected, Mirko could see Kai appear right in front of her with an enormous smile on his slightly bruised face. Then he launched a merciless strike at her face with visible killing intent shining in his blue eyes. But although something like that would be terrifying to any normal person, Mirko felt a tingle running through every part of her being as her mind accelerated to the point that she could see the world in slow motion.

Even though her body and mind were doing everything possible to avoid death, Mirko just kept staring at that pair of hypnotic, shining blue eyes, almost enraptured. That confidence, that strength, that smile, that ruthless attitude... No matter how she looked at it, that black-haired young man was too handsome—so much so that she couldn’t stop staring at him.

(Definitely, this is the man for me...)

Arriving at a conclusion, Mirko couldn’t help but smile, filled with excitement, madness, and thrill, and finally sprang into action, brimming with energy. When Kai’s fist was about to strike her face, Mirko moved her head to the side, dodging but missing by mere millimeters, which caused Kai’s fist to graze her cheek, wounding her.

But without worrying about the wound, Mirko looked at Kai with a predatory smile on her face and grabbed his arm to use as a point of support and soon managed to wrap her legs around Kai’s head. Looking Kai in the eyes, Mirko used all the strength of her legs to imprison him, then leaned backward with the intention of spinning on herself while shouting loudly.

"Luna Tijeras!"

At the same time, Kai used his terrifying strength to try to free himself, but Mirko’s legs were like titanium chains that refused to yield, to the point that some terrifying cracking sounds were echoing out. Seeing that he’d first have to rip off one of the rabbit hero’s legs to free himself, Kai changed strategy. Within milliseconds, Kai moved to land a powerful strike on Mirko’s back, making her scream in pain and finally release him, and then both fell into the sea.

Due to the heavy and merciless blow, Mirko was left immobile in the water, at which moment she felt a pair of strong arms taking her by the back and knees and then lifting her up. Seeing herself being carried like a princess while her head rested against Kai’s strong chest, Mirko couldn’t help but open her eyes and ask, full of disbelief.

"What are you doing?!"

"Carrying you to shore. You’ll be fine in a little while, but it’ll be hard for you to move for a couple of minutes." Kai replied with a subtle smile on his face, which left Mirko speechless. After a few moments, Mirko nodded and replied in a softer voice.

"Then it’s fine... It’s the first time someone has carried me like this..."

"Then Princess Mirko, allow me to take you to your chambers." Kai replied with a playful tone, which caused Mirko to huff and hit him in the neck, making him laugh.

Meanwhile, Mirko looked at the world from a position she had never been in, feeling the body warmth of the handsome young man, his strong arms and muscular chest, and listening to the strong beating of his heart. This strange combination caused Mirko to feel a strange warmth beginning to take hold of her body, and before she realized it, a subtle blush appeared on her cheeks.

...

At the same time, from different locations far away, Ryuko, Tomoko, and Shino looked at the slightly blushing rabbit hero with mischievous smiles, looking like playful cats. But as if they’d had a simultaneous revelation, the trio turned to look in the same direction. There, they could see Momo with her arms crossed and her brow furrowed, making it evident that she didn’t like at all seeing her husband carrying another woman.

[... She looks jealous...]

Shino quickly sent a telepathic message to her companions with a somewhat complicated tone. Ryuko, who was controlling earth beasts to fight against the students, commented with a worried tone.

[Drop the ’looks’, she’s very jealous... I hope it doesn’t become a problem.]

[Momo is a bit like Kai; she doesn’t like others touching her things...] Tomoko soon added, a little worried. Shino soon commented in a serious tone.

[Let’s not jump to conclusions. Momo has never shown any discomfort with the relationship—better to wait and see before doing anything...]

[You’re right, it’s better not to rush... But I can’t help feeling that our dream of ’defeating’ Darling is slipping away fast...] Ryuko sent a telepathic message with a visibly disappointed tone. Shino soon added, sounding as if she were trying to convince herself.

[We can still make ourselves stronger and win without looking for reinforcements...]

[I wanted to see the independent and combative Mirko ’tamed’ by Kai...]

Tomoko commented with a sad and disappointed tone, making a pout that Shino and Ryuko could see in their minds just from the way it ’sounded.’ But the pair of beautiful pro heroes couldn’t say anything back, because, deep down, they themselves wanted the same thing. Seeing that fight-crazed woman beneath their beloved, totally docile and defeated, was an image they were all already eagerly awaiting.

[Let’s wait and see... Nothing is certain yet...] In the end, Shino could only express herself in a soft and not very convinced tone, provoking sighs from her two companions.

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