Chapter 7

Ryu White and Saten Rikou had been dating for a month, but apart from Shizuri Misaki finding Saten Rikou's strange actions a bit odd, no one had noticed their relationship. After all, they had only become friends recently. Ryu White, even at school, was careful not to let anything slip, as Saten Rikou was only in the first year of junior high school, and if their classmates found out, they would call him a beast. Saten Rikou, who had confessed, was already quite shy and certainly wouldn't go around telling everyone.

March, the time when cherry blossoms bloom. This weekend, Ryu White invited Saten Rikou to the park to see the cherry blossoms.

In the evening, the two met by the river as planned. Ryu White was still wearing his black windbreaker and white pants, while Saten Rikou wore a light blue shirt with red and blue flowers, paired with a white long skirt.

"You look beautiful today," Ryu White didn't hesitate to praise his girlfriend.

Even after a month of dating, Saten Rikou still blushed when praised by Ryu White, but who was Rikou? Her face turned slightly red, but she quickly accepted it. "Of course, having a beautiful girl like me as a girlfriend, you're the one who's lucky." As she spoke, she linked her arm with his.

He affectionately pinched Rikou's nose. "Yes, I'm the lucky one, my dear Rikou." He wrapped his arm around her slim waist.

The two headed to a park filled with blooming cherry blossoms. Ryu White took out the food he had brought, and they sat quietly under a cherry blossom tree, watching the petals slowly dance while eating.

"Rikou, I'm already at Level 2," Saten Rikou told Ryu White about her recent progress.

"Oh?" Ryu White was slightly surprised. In the original story, Saten Rikou only used a Level 1 power once after using the Imagine Breaker. This time, she had advanced to Level 2 within a few months after just awakening, which was no small feat. Did this break the skill level determination? Or did Rikou already have that level of skill? Without seeing the skill level determination himself, Ryu White couldn't be sure.

"Rikou, congratulations." As he spoke, Ryu White lowered his head and kissed the top of Saten Rikou's head, a gesture of encouragement for his girlfriend.

"Mmm..." Although they had been intimate over the past few months, Saten Rikou was still a bit shy.

"Ha ha." Seeing Saten Rikou's eyes spinning, Ryu White smiled and slowly ran his hand through her hair, enjoying the peaceful moment without saying anything.

Soon, the night grew deeper, and Ryu White escorted Saten Rikou back to her dorm. After a proactive farewell kiss from Saten Rikou, Ryu White left, while Saten Rikou watched him disappear into the darkness.

On the way back to the dorm, Ryu White glanced at the windowless and doorless building in District 7, where the highest ruler of Academy City, Aleister Crowley, resided. After all, the superpower he used to save Saten Rikou a few months ago exceeded the power recorded in his library, and the distance between him and the ice wall he created was definitely more than a meter.

Awakening to superpowers at the age of three and a half, and not breaking through for over ten years, how could he suddenly use a power he shouldn't have so skillfully? Clearly, something was wrong. It was also strange that the upside-down man hadn't come to him. Was he just overlooked? Not being monitored? Impossible. Thinking of the countless nanoscale surveillance devices—Kazakiri—scattered throughout Academy City, Ryu White shook his head.

Just then, Ryu White suddenly stopped and stepped back without warning. A green beam of light passed in front of him, hitting the street lamp beside him. The part of the street lamp that was hit suddenly disappeared, as if something had eaten a piece of it.

"Tsk, I knew it. As a key figure, I would definitely be closely watched. But to send ITEM directly? Really?"

The Dark Side is one of the organizations under Academy City, similar to the security officers and the Student Council, responsible for maintaining the city's order. Every place has its dark side, and in Academy City, the Dark Side is the organization responsible for cleaning up the city's dark side, including assassinations, kidnappings, and other covert operations, and ITEM is one of them.

"Who's there?" He had to pretend he didn't know, after all, if the upside-down man found out about his穿越 (穿越 means "穿越" in Chinese, which can be translated as "穿越" in English, but in this context, it means "time travel" or "dimensional travel"), he would do anything to get rid of him.

"You're the target this time, pretty boy." This was Jihan Aishu, a Level 4 Nitro Armor user who survived the Dark May Plan and has strong close combat abilities.

"Even if you're that handsome, Misa will easily take care of you." This was Flenda Seivon, a Level 4 bomb enthusiast who wears a beret, a mini skirt, and long stockings.

"ZZZzzz" This was Rikou Takitsubo, a seemingly harmless Level 4 ability tracker in a sports uniform.

And finally, "Not bad, kid, come with us." This was Misa Makinami, a Level 5 Atomic Decomposition user with an extremely bad temper, repeated three times for emphasis.

"Phew." Ryu White sighed. How should he put it? "Fortunately, it's ITEM. If it were another part of the Dark Side, I would have exposed a lot." "So, may I ask, beautiful ladies, who is the one inviting me?"

"Ha ha... ha ha ha... Don't say we don't know, even if we do, we won't tell you." Misa Makinami's maniacal laughter made Ryu White very uncomfortable. "Jihan, take care of him."

"Why me, it's so troublesome." Although she said this, Jihan Aishu had already charged forward, throwing a straight punch at Ryu White.

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