Chat Group: Anime Girls are Moist-Chapter 224 - : Decision...

"Rei Ao-kun, wh-what's happening to me?"

As an ordinary person, seeing her body suddenly sprout scales left Futaba Rio dumbfounded.

Rei Ao soothed her. "Don't be afraid—calm yourself and sense the new power in your body. You can control it."

"..."

She settled her mind as he'd advised, closing her eyes to try it out. A few seconds later, she opened them again; the dragon scales quietly receded.

"!!!"

She could actually control it!

Futaba Rio was shocked and confused. "What in the world is this?"

"Right now, you've received my 'blessing,' and awakened a special power," Rei Ao explained calmly.

Rio wasn't stupid; she could clearly feel the odd power inside her, almost like a super-ability. But...

"Why would you do this?"

"Because I don't want the other 'you' to vanish."

Rei Ao nodded, then gestured to her. "Your Puberty Syndrome has now become an ability you can control, thanks to the power of my blessing."

"In other words, whether that other version of you disappears or not is now your decision."

"..."

Futaba Rio froze in place. Rei Ao had gone that far, all to keep the other her from disappearing?

"...Hah."

She took a deep breath. "Twin form, twin body"—she activated this ability. In the next moment, it felt like a phantom parted from her own being, then separated out of her in the blink of an eye.

The silhouette that split off went from hazy to solid.

"Eh? Why am I out here?"

It was none other than the "outgoing Futaba Rio," looking bewildered.

"..."

Futaba Rio, the original, gazed up-close at this other version of herself for the first time. The two looked identical, but with her glasses off, hair in a ponytail, and a hint of makeup, the "other" radiated a vibe completely different from her gloomier aura.

"Rei Ao-kun, what's going on?"

The "outgoing" Futaba Rio still didn't understand, so she reflexively turned to Rei Ao for answers.

"..."

Watching that scene, the original Rio stayed silent. She found it telling that this other version instinctively relied on Rei Ao.

Rei Ao patiently summarized the situation, and finally turned to the original Rio. "All right, it's time for you to make a decision. If you want her gone, you can confine her inside your body forever so she never reappears."

That was what he meant by "leaving it in her hands." Honestly, Rei Ao was curious to see which path Futaba Rio would choose.

Meanwhile, the outgoing Futaba Rio lowered her head, resigned, awaiting her fate. She assumed the original would make her vanish for good.

Yet to her surprise, the original peered at her for quite a while, then asked in a subdued voice, "Don't you have anything you'd like to say yourself? Like pleading with me not to erase you?"

"..."

The outgoing version shook her head. With a self-mocking smile, she said, "I'm in no position to demand anything from you; from the moment I was born, my ending was already decided."

She was, after all, a pathological manifestation, destined to disappear into nothingness. She clearly recognized that. Besides, her existence had caused a lot of inconvenience for the original—no way she'd be so easily forgiven.

"Still, before I go, there's just one last thing I'd like..."

Hearing that, the original Rio was taken aback to see her "other self" abruptly hug Rei Ao and stand on tiptoe to give him a quick kiss.

The kiss came suddenly and ended just as fast. With a slightly forlorn expression, the "outgoing" Rio murmured, "Rei Ao-kun, thank you for everything you did for me."

Even she had never expected that the first person she met upon appearing—a strange man who professed to like her at first sight—would go so far for her on the strength of a simple promise. Even she couldn't remain unmoved.

"But your confession..." She paused, blinking back a hint of sadness, then gave a playful smile. "I'm afraid I can't give you an answer. Let's just call that a small thank-you gift for all you've done. Honestly, living for these days as an ordinary person has made me very happy."

Her words made it clear how reluctant she was to leave reality behind, yet she turned decisively to the original. "Go ahead—finish it off, the other me."

She stretched out her right hand as if to welcome her fate, expecting to fade on the spot. But the original just glared at her, cheeks blazing, and barked, "Do you have any idea what you just did?!"

"Mm?"

The outgoing one tilted her head. "I was just thanking Rei Ao-kun."

She didn't see the problem. But the original's shoulders trembled, lip quivering in embarrassment. "But you did it using my body!"

"Uh..."

That was when she realized that while they were two separate individuals, her body was effectively a complete "copy" of the original's. So from the original's perspective, seeing someone who looked exactly like her kissing someone else... She could imagine how weird that was.

"Cough, sorry—I wasn't really thinking that far."

Outgoing Rio rubbed the back of her neck, abashed, but she didn't regret it. It was what she most wanted to do.

"..."

Faced with the other's apology, the original didn't know what to say. Finally, she muttered, "Fine."

She looked serious: "But from now on, I forbid you from doing weird things in front of me—absolutely forbid it!"

"All right," the other replied. But a second later, she realized something was off.

Wait a minute—"from now on?" She widened her eyes at the original. "So... you're saying..."

The original Rio pushed up her glasses. Calmly, she said, "I won't shut you inside my body forever."

"Heh, so that's your choice," Rei Ao remarked with a satisfied grin.

"Don't act like you know me so well!" she snapped at him, then turned back to the newly overjoyed clone. "Don't think I'm showing you mercy."

"...?"

She cleared her throat. "It's just that your existence has plenty of research value—maybe it'll help me explore quantum fields further."

She really couldn't give up on quantum mechanics.

"And having two of me around might produce some new ideas," she added softly.

This content is taken from freёnovelkiss.com.

In words, that was her logic. But of course, part of it was she couldn't stand by and let a fully self-aware being get erased.

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