My heart is set on Miu-chan!

American Coconut: ? ? ?

The scene before her eyes was enough to shock her mother for a hundred years.

In the darkness, Jiang Ling's hair shone with a dazzling earthy-gold luster, like flowing molten gold.

His crimson cloak billowed behind him like a burning flame.

The iron-gray breastplate tightly hugged the rock-like, clearly defined muscle contours, while the shoulder armor rose up like rugged mountain ranges.

On his abdomen, the eight layers of rocky abdominal muscles gleamed with a cold, hard luster under the moonlight.

His legs were taut and encased in armor that gleamed with a cold, earthy gold light, making him look like a war god who had stepped out of mythology.

He said, "Get up."

Then, the entire building began to shake violently, as if in an earthquake.

The concrete walls groaned under the strain, and spiderweb-like cracks spread rapidly. Steel bars were exposed and twisted from the walls, and bricks and rubble floated up as if defying gravity, coalescing in the air into a giant rock sphere.

—It was as if a god was playing chess, each move forming a mountain.

It's a pity there wasn't anyone with a hot pot on hand, otherwise they would definitely have said something like:

"Kuroiwa~ Chibaku Tensei-da!"

Thirty seconds, time for a real man.

Not far away is a lake, a deep pool formed by decades of torrential rain. The water is wide, and many whitebait and silver carp swim in it.

Many anglers come here on weekends for their daily routine of "giving away two sacks of corn and receiving a pair of juvenile male and female juvenile fish as a reward from the fish."

Simply put, it's fishing.

Jiang Ling manipulated the giant rock sphere formed from the hospital ruins, slowly moving it above the lake.

Then--

Let go.

Boom! ...

The rock ball crashed into the lake, creating a massive wave. The water level rose several meters instantly, almost filling half of the lake.

Some fishing spots that could be considered "imperial" locations were completely submerged.

[Thirty seconds have passed, cooling down...]

"Sigh, if only there were no cooldown time," Jiang Ling sighed, still feeling a bit unsatisfied.

Thirty seconds of pure bliss, with the power of the five elements at your fingertips...

I'm afraid he can only surpass that when he's being affectionate with a little female devil.

He turned back to the now-razed site of the former hospital, raised the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls, and looked at Mei Yezi, who was still in a daze:

"receive--!"

This time, they successfully contained her.

The spirit of the beautiful coconut transformed into a stream of light and disappeared into the banner.

A soft, pale purple halo illuminated the main soul position of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

At the same time, a line of small characters appeared on the banner:

Coconut (Loyalty 75)

"I didn't expect the loyalty to increase so much?" Jiang Ling was somewhat surprised.

Mei Yezi also came to her senses, swallowed hard, and said, "Why didn't you say so earlier..."

"Um?"

"I mean, if I had known Master was this amazing, I would have just lay flat and let you touch my belly as you pleased..."

I would have hesitated a bit if it were before, when it was just a "pet".

Now, she no longer feels any dissatisfaction; she feels a sense of peace and tranquility.

Please, I'd like to be a dog for a boy who can casually create a "Planet Explosion"...

That's so cool!

In the ruins, Lan Xinlan, who was well protected and still unconscious, woke up with a slight tremor in her eyelashes.

As for Shen Yue, she was still fast asleep like a baby.

Jiang Ling quickly stepped forward and, before Lan Xinlan could fully regain her senses, delivered a precise chop to her wrist.

Lan Xinlan: "I'm hungry~"

She tilted her head and fell asleep again.

After all, this ability to alter the terrain over such a vast area...

Before possessing overwhelming power, it's best to keep as few people as possible aware of it.

"Beautiful coconut!" Jiang Ling called out.

"Here!" Miyuko was surprised to find that her Jibinkai had turned into that little flag.

"Carry them up and take them away."

"Yes!!"

……

When I woke up again.

The three of them were already in the back seat of a taxi.

The overweight taxi driver kept glancing in the rearview mirror, a bitter feeling welling up inside him:

"That damn hot, muscular, blond guy, holding two little girls in his arms...it must feel amazing!!"

Lan Xinlan: "Mmm~ I slept so well, Su Fu..."

The car stopped slowly.

The chubby driver announced the price impatiently: "We're here, Happiness Residential Area. That'll be 17,000 yen in total."

Jiang Ling didn't expose his overcharging, but silently used her personal space to collect a day's wages, and said with her head down:

"Alan, you go up first, I'll take Shen Yue home."

She opened her sleepy eyes.

What catches the eye is a perfect jawline that would make most women's hearts race.

The magnetic yet intimate "Alan" instantly gave her goosebumps.

The most lethal flirting is the one done without being overtly flirtatious.

Lan Xinlan felt her heart skip a beat and subconsciously nodded:

"Okay...but, the hospital..."

"I've already taken care of that matter."

"Also, about what the three of us did, and about me taking Shen Yue home..."

"Don't tell Li Meiyu yet. If she asks, just make up an excuse..."

Lan Xinlan lowered her head, her ear tips slightly red: "You, you want Alan to help you lie to your girlfriend, to keep her from knowing that the three of us did it together... and about you taking other women home?"

Fat Otaku Driver: ? ? ?

Damn it, you social butterfly!

Not only does he have a girlfriend at home, but he also slept with two incredibly beautiful young girls?

Why can't I have such a good thing happen to me?!

Jiang Ling: ……

"I was taking her home and running some errands on the way. It's not as... uh, dirty as you think!" he righteously condemned.

Lan Xinlan felt her heart inexplicably burning.

He was going to take another girl home...

Li Meiyu has no idea that her boyfriend is taking another girl home...

My feverish heart pounded even harder.

Oh wow~ You touch me, I touch you, the snowy ice city is so sweet, so exciting...

Jiang Ling: ……

No, Alan? What kind of shit is in your head?!

I am completely devoted to Miyu-chan!

"Alright, hurry up and get out of the car!" Jiang Ling opened the car door and gently kicked her.

Fat Otaku Driver: o(▼皿▼メ;)o

You bastard! How could you kick that blue-haired little girl?!

Oh my god~ He... he actually kicked Alan, really...

Lan Xinlan's heart raced; she was somewhat enjoying that kick she'd just received...

Jiang Ling couldn't help but think to herself, "Green Heart Orchid, you wouldn't happen to be an admirer too, would you?"

"Hey!" the overweight driver complained, "How could you just kick a girl like that?"

"Hurry up and apologize to her, or I won't take your order!"

"And what kind of idiot are you?" Jiang Ling was speechless.

The driver, however, remained calm and composed. He opened the car door, striving to adopt an elegant, knightly stance, and attempted to help Lan Xinlan.

Lan Xinlan instinctively took a half step back to avoid him, and asked, "What...what are you doing?"

"It's okay, young lady. He's just a jerk who doesn't know how to be gentle with women... I'll teach him a lesson for you."

The chubby driver confidently rolled up his sleeves.

"The Love Handbook, Chapter One": The hero rescuing the damsel in distress is the oldest, yet most effective, way to attract a girl's attention and affection.

Before Jiang Ling could speak, Alan said discontentedly, "What's it to you..."

"Huh?"

"You nosy bastard..." she pouted, waved at Jiang Ling, and said in a sweeter voice:

"Alan, you can go upstairs now. Come back soon!"

Fat Otaku Driver: ...

Jiang Ling smiled and said casually, "Brother, I bet your next line will be, 'Hey, pretty girl, I'm speaking up for you!'"

"Hey! Pretty girl, I'm speaking up for you!"

The chubby driver couldn't help but curse under his breath—"Dating manual! You big idiot!"

"Beautiful Coconut, it's all yours now," Jiang Ling whistled.

The roar of the engine grew louder as the Honda R sped up and came to a steady stop in front of him.

He picked up the still-sleeping Shen Yue and placed her on the front seat of the motorcycle, letting her lean against him, and murmured softly:

"Why are you sleeping so soundly? Alan is already awake."

【…】

"Hmm?" He looked down and frowned.

The little purple-haired girl kept her beautiful eyes tightly closed, lying obediently in his arms.

"Did you just hear my thoughts?"

Jiang Ling shook her head. "It's probably just my imagination."

He twisted the throttle, and the motorcycle shot away like an arrow, the sand and gravel kicked up by the rear wheel hitting the driver's face precisely.

The chubby driver: "...Ptooey! Ptooey!"

"Damn those social butterflies! I should have run a few more laps of the watch..."

He returned to his car, cursing and swearing, and was about to leave when he suddenly felt a cold wind blowing from behind.

He shivered instinctively.

Suddenly, all around became quiet; the chirping of cicadas, the sounds of air conditioner units, and even the distant traffic noise all disappeared.

Dead silence.

Suddenly, the car radio turned on automatically.

[Recently, several taxi drivers have died mysteriously while driving at night. The sole survivor, Mr. Yamano, said that he had run the meter several times for extra passengers, and ended up picking up a faceless woman... The urban legend of the faceless woman is real!]

The driver jolted, frantically turning off the radio and trying to remain calm.

"What urban legend about a faceless man... I don't believe it at all..."

Suddenly, his whole body stiffened, and his neck, like a rusty machine, slowly, inch by inch, turned toward the rearview mirror.

"ah--!!!!"

His eyes rolled back, and he fainted from fright and wet himself.

Mei Yezi couldn't help but chuckle: "Scaring people is so much fun...it's way more fun than sleeping in the hospital!"

So this is what "freedom" feels like.

I guess I won't be bored anymore from now on.

A moment later, her figure slowly disappeared into the back seat.

P.S.: Fewer people are urging me to update. Is it because I haven't written about education and training?

Hehe, everyone please send some small gifts~ The training content will be coming soon! (˵¯͒〰¯͒˵)……After going home, I'll be doing some "bean-making" with Miyu~