Chat Group: Anime Girls are Moist-Chapter 327: Healed, Grateful and Fearful...

"It's going to sting a bit, so please bear with it!"

Rei Ao's words had barely left his mouth

when he grasped Shiba Miya's hand.

"Ah?!"

Yotsuba Maya's eyes narrowed sharply.

She didn't know whether she should trust the actions of this stranger and was about to step forward to stop him.

"Don't!"

Shiba Miyuki moved to block her.

Yotsuba Maya said sternly,

"Miyuki, he's not a member of the Yotsuba Family. We can't trust him."

"No, he's my friend. I can trust him!"

Shiba Miyuki stood firmly on Rei Ao's side.

Compared to the Yotsuba Family, she trusted the members of the chat group far more.

In her mind, the person most worthy of her trust was her mother, followed by everyone in the chat group, and only then the Yotsuba Family.

"..."

Faced with this, Yotsuba Maya felt helpless.

She herself knew that Shiba Miyuki felt neither kinship nor belonging to the Yotsuba Family.

"I'm sorry, Miyuki."

With an apologetic tone, Yotsuba Maya used an acceleration magic, darting past Shiba Miyuki like an illusion and rushing at Rei Ao.

She gave the order,

"Shiba Tatsuya, restrain her."

As the head of the Yotsuba Family, she could not allow an outsider to act freely on their territory—

especially someone so mysterious that even his arrival was inscrutable.

"!!!"

Shiba Miyuki readied her CAD to stop them.

"Don't move."

A dark gun barrel suddenly pressed against her forehead.

It was the cold-faced Shiba Tatsuya, following the order to hold her in check.

"Hmph."

At that moment, Rei Ao clicked his tongue in annoyance.

"I'm in the middle of saving someone here. Why all the fuss?"

He cast an icy glance at Shiba Tatsuya.

"And don't ever point a gun at the person I've set my sights on, whoever you are."

Crack!

The gun in Tatsuya's hand suddenly shattered.

At the same time, an invisible force slammed into his abdomen.

"Guh—!"

His face twisted as he coughed up blood, his body sent flying like a kite whose string had been cut.

"?"

Yotsuba Maya, meanwhile, was startled to find her psions in disarray—she couldn't control them at all, making it impossible to form a spell.

It was as though there was something before her that her psions instinctively feared.

And her body felt as if it were stuck in deep mud, unable to move even an inch.

Boom!

Shiba Tatsuya crashed right through the door and landed who knew where in the courtyard, his life or death uncertain.

Rei Ao withdrew his hand from Shiba Miya.

He looked down on Yotsuba Maya, now frozen in place like a puppet.

Where her eyes once held the dignity of the Yotsuba head, now they were filled mostly with confusion.

Rei Ao calmly swept a single hand across her cheek.

"Before you do anything, how about taking a look at the situation with your own eyes?"

He gripped her chin and tilted her head in Shiba Miya's direction.

"This is..."

On the other hand, Shiba Miya was shocked to realize that after he touched her, it felt as if a clear, refreshing spring flowed into her body.

Cells once on the brink of death now surged back to life.

In just the blink of an eye, she felt as though she'd been entirely reborn.

Brimming with vitality, she felt both delighted and at a loss.

And it wasn't just how she felt—anyone could clearly see the drastic transformation in her.

The once withered, pallid look had vanished,

replaced by a healthy glow; her entire complexion was now beyond compare to what it had been just moments ago.

"Mom, y-you're better now!"

Overjoyed, Shiba Miyuki came forward.

"...I'm not sure myself, but my body feels unexpectedly light."

"Ma'am, I've already adjusted and healed you.

From your body to your mind, there shouldn't be any problems now,"

Rei Ao explained, then cautioned,

"Of course, a sudden change like this might cause some discomfort, so take your time to adjust."

"It... really is true..."

Miya found it all utterly unbelievable.

No one knew her condition better than she did.

Modern medicine and magic alike had declared it incurable—and irreversible body headed for certain death.

Yet in a single touch, Rei Ao had restored her.

Was this a miracle? A divine act?

She stood there silently for a long time, then finally turned to Rei Ao with a complex expression and asked, "You... who exactly are you?"

"..."

Still poised as though on guard, Yotsuba Maya shared the same question.

"Who I am doesn't matter," Rei Ao said.

"All you need to know is that your daughter paid a price—she made a deal with me to save your life."

"Huh?"

Shiba Miya looked at her daughter... Miyuki hung her head in embarrassment, nodding almost imperceptibly.

"What sort of deal?"

"That's for the two of you to discuss yourselves. I'll step out."

Leaving space for the mother and daughter, Rei Ao left the room, practically dragging Yotsuba Maya out like one would carry a cat.

"..."

The mother and daughter remained in silence.

After a time, Shiba Miya placed her hands on Miyuki's burning cheeks and spoke gently,

"Miyuki, can you tell me everything that happened?"

"Mm... yes..."

With the voice of a tiny mosquito, Miyuki explained to her mother what the deal entailed.

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Out in the living room, Yotsuba Maya finally regained her sense of time.

Her body could move again.

This time she stayed calm, not taking any rash actions.

Though she had just been immobilized, she had seen and heard everything clearly.

The man before her had indeed used some unknown method to heal her older sister.

No matter what the method was, the fact that he could bring someone with one foot in the grave back to life was an almost unbelievable miracle.

If word got out, it would undoubtedly cause an uproar.

As the head of the Yotsuba Family, Yotsuba Maya had long been immersed in the dark world of politics.

Her first instinct was how to secure this man and his power.

Anyone could imagine the enormous value of an ability that could essentially bring a person back from death's door.

"I advise you not to entertain any little schemes,"

Rei Ao's cold voice entered her ears.

"The Yotsuba Family alone isn't enough to protect you."

Yotsuba Maya's breathing halted for an instant,

as though her heart was being clenched by an invisible hand.

She felt death approach—then that feeling vanished as quickly as it had come.

"!!!"

Her chest rose and fell violently.

Unnoticed, cold sweat had soaked her back.

When she looked at Rei Ao again, her eyes now held a deep and abiding fear.

He was far too dangerous.

She quickly put away the mindset and manner of speaking she usually adopted.

Yotsuba Maya understood all too well: to this man, who could destroy her as easily as breathing, her little plans and maneuvers meant nothing at all.

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