Night fell.
Koji was staying in an empty room at the convalescent ho, hands tucked behind his head as he stared at the ceiling.
He'd already t the mory constructs of the Thirteen Fla-Chasers in the Elysian Realm. Now, he could finally et the living Thirteen Fla-Chasers.
Creeeak—
All of a sudden, the door opened. Aponia slowly walked in, wearing white pajamas, then gently closed the door behind her.
"Aponia?"
Koji looked up—and after that single glance, he couldn't look away anymore.
Those pajamas were way too thin. He could vaguely make out her sinful curves… which could only an one thing: she wasn't wearing anything underneath.
And you call this a test of a man's willpower?
"Koji-san, I ca to express my gratitude," Aponia said softly. Even soone as composed as her had a faint blush rising on her face.
It was her first ti wearing sothing like this in front of the opposite sex. Her heart was pounding faster and faster—she was only barely maintaining a calm front.
"Aponia… you're the lewdest person I've ever t," Koji said honestly.
Her figure was downright outrageous, and that addictive, impossible-to-resist aura she gave off only made it worse.
Aponia knew her body was… excessively blessed, but it wasn't sothing she could control.
She walked to the bedside and looked down at Koji. Taking a deep breath as if she'd finally made up her mind, she slowly leaned down.
"I might be a little clumsy."
"Hiss—"
A suffocating, double-sided softness pressed in on him at once, like falling into clouds—an overwhelmingly intense sensation.
So much sinful "evil" that he sank right into it.
…
The next day, Koji looked refreshed and radiant—he practically had wind at his heels when he walked.
He'd already sampled Dusk Street's "local customs."
Not bad… no cap.
"HAHAHAHA!"
"Do you feel this scorching rage?!"
"Burn to ash beneath this glorious sear—vanish without a trace!"
"…"
The kitchen was in full swing. If Koji hadn't actually seen them cooking, he would've thought a battle was underway.
Kalpas was expertly tossing the wok—without spilling even a single drop.
"Kalpas's cooking is really good," Aponia said as she walked over. The mont she saw Koji, her cheeks flushed again—obviously rembering what happened last night.
After doing sothing like that… her face was still burning.
"You can sll it. Yeah—this does sll amazing," Koji said.
He didn't bring up last night. He knew it was better left unsaid—otherwise Aponia would only get even more embarrassed.
"The children love it too," Aponia nodded.
Chef Kalpas really could do everything. He was strong enough to carry heavy loads, and he had serious culinary skills too.
Breakfast was ready. After Koji took a bite, he couldn't help giving a thumbs-up.
The flavor was no worse than Xiangling's cooking.
It made him curious—was Kalpas just a born cooking prodigy, or did he simply learn insanely fast?
After breakfast, Koji had Pardo take him to find Vill-V.
He didn't know how Vill-V had managed to slip out from Fla Chasers, but to Koji, that kind of thing wasn't a big deal.
There were plenty of geniuses in the pre-Honkai civilization, and Vill-V was undeniably top-tier… but also extrely dangerous. Even Mobius's first instinct upon seeing Vill-V had been to kill her.
She was too dangerous and too uncontrollable. On a tiny island, she could still cobble together firearms and weapons, then set "those monkeys" loose to fight with them—no normal person would ever co up with sothing like that.
"We're here. This is where Sis Vill-V performs her magic. No idea why, but she disappeared for a while earlier," Pardo said, leading Koji to a house drenched in punky steampunk vibes. The sound of gears grinding, the sharp scent of evaporating fuel…
Yep. This was absolutely Vill-V's style.
"Pardo-chan, wanna be my assistant for tonight's show?" Vill-V's expression was exaggerated and unrestrained, like she could fool the entire world with a smile.
"Nope! I'm just bringing Boss Koji to et you, Sis Vill-V. Delivery complete—so I'm out!" Pardo spun on her heel and bolted, not wanting to linger for even a second.
She'd helped Vill-V with a magic act once before. Just once—and she'd been scared senseless ever since. Those tricks weren't life-threatening, but… a weak little kitty gets scared, okay?!
"Hello there! Are you here to watch the great magician Vill-V's performance?" Vill-V threw her arms wide, beaming.
"The Magician persona, huh?" Koji chuckled.
Vill-V had many personas, each with a completely different vibe. If you married one Vill-V, you'd basically get to enjoy multiple styles of Vill-V.
Even before she beca a Fusion warrior, Vill-V already had different personas. After becoming a Fusion warrior, she used thought-splitting to fully separate those parts.
"Oh?" Magician Vill-V looked intrigued. "A handso guy like you really knows , huh."
"Tell —how many ''s' do you know?"
Koji thought for a mont. "The original self. The Conductor. The Expert. The Magician…"
As for "Kevin Armant: Model Five," that persona probably hadn't been born yet.
Vill-V's smile faded. She stared at Koji in surprise—she hadn't expected him to know so many.
So of those personas, she'd never shown to outsiders even once—especially the original self.
"How do you know that?" Magician Vill-V asked, genuinely curious.
Koji pulled out a luopan-style compass.
At a glance, Vill-V could tell it carried her handiwork.
"When did I ever make this?"
Magician Vill-V took the compass and examined it with interest.
She loved leaving backdoors—and sure enough, she found one imdiately. That was her style, all right.
"Hi there~ Past . Or maybe parallel-world ."
A voice identical to hers ca out—bright and lively, with that warm, next-door-girl feel.
"The original self…" Magician Vill-V wasn't unfamiliar with that tone. But the original self was a bit socially anxious—she basically never showed herself.
"Koji is my friend. I figured he'd definitely et the living soday."
Magician Vill-V's expression shifted. She could hear it in the voice.
That Vill-V was already dead.
"Yep. I'm dead. Right now I'm just a data-based mory construct," the voice said cheerfully. "But thanks to my good bro Koji, I've got a body again."
Even with a body, none of those mory constructs considered it "revival."
Magician Vill-V thought it through. mory constructs. Data.
She was starting to understand.
It was probably a world built from their mories—existing either to preserve records or to serve as a trial ground for those who ca after.
That was as far as she could analyze for now. After all, they hadn't reached the end of the era yet.
"No wonder…" Magician Vill-V handed the compass back to Koji. "I never thought you'd actually et another ."
Koji only smiled.
That Vill-V hadn't told him any of this—he just knew it from before he crossed over.
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