“Why!? Why won’t the wound heal—!?” Beneath a withered tree, a handsome, severely injured man leaned back-to-back against someone.
Blood was flowing continuously from the corner of his mouth, and half of his face was covered in blood.
A fist-sized hole pierced through his chest.
Before him was a white “dango”, gathering a red spider-lily-like glow in its hands to heal him.
Seen from the front, this “dango’s” face was actually that of a puppet—quite literally.
“Yuko… Stop… it… I…”
“No! Never! Master won’t die! You can’t die!”
“Yuko… humans… are always flawed… You are my… most perfect… creation… Take this gift… and live on… well…”
With those final words, a streak of red light flew out from Canxin’s chest into Yuko’s body.
A miraculous sight occurred: Yuko’s puppet face gradually transformed into a human face of flesh and blood.
The joints on her wrists turned into real joints and grew skin.
It could be said that Yuko had transformed from a puppet into a true human in every sense of the word.
Looking at Yuko, who had fully transformed into a human, Canxin wore a satisfied smile—his final smile—and closed his eyes without any regrets, passing away from this world.
Looking at the lifeless Canxin, tears streamed down Yuko’s eyes as she spoke in agony,
“Master, you big idiot! You don’t even know what I really wanted! What I wanted was to hold you as a woman and look at you…”
“(Sniffle) That was so moving… Canxin was so handsome, why did Classmate Juri have to kill him off like this in her comic?”
Negishi Akiko was sitting on her bed reading the newly drawn manga by Hina, with a pile of used tissues scattered on the floor.
Before she knew it, Hina had already been in this otherworldly setting for a month.
Sometimes, she would even dress up as a guy to come to school.
Because she looked so handsome along the way, she attracted many young female fans, though she quickly informed them that she was actually a girl.
This instantly broke the hearts of a few fan girls, while the rest thought a girl was fine too.
Because of this incident, Negishi eventually switched back to women’s clothes.
With Hina backing her up, Negishi felt guilty towards Hina, but Hina said she didn’t mind at all.
This was because on her very first day at school, Hina established her authority in class, and when school ended, she even jumped down from the second floor completely unharmed, a feat witnessed by many.
Thus, Hina became famous overnight.
The next day, she was even called to the principal’s office for tea, earning her a reputation as a legendary figure in school along with the title of “Strong Woman,” and nobody dared to mess with her.
Yesterday, Negishi Akiko suddenly came down with a high fever.
After school, Hina brought some gifts to visit her, as well as her latest manga artwork, leading to the scene that just unfolded.
At school, in a small park, Hina and Wakaba Hiiro were sitting on a public bench under the shade of a large tree.
Wakaba Hiiro was reading manga as usual, while Hina was drawing side-story plots, which had now progressed to Crimson Slash Cangya’s storyline.
‘Calm down, Hina.
A month has passed, and my relationship on the surface with Evil God D is much better now.
It’s time to make a choice.
Who knows when my waifu will show up?’
‘Who knows when that human disaster will strike!
For the reward, for my waifu!
I’m going all out!’
“Um, Classmate Wakaba, tomorrow is Saturday, and there’s an anime convention opening not far from school. I heard they have out-of-print manga there. It starts at 9:00 tomorrow. Do you want to go together? I managed to snag two tickets. Wanna go?”
“Mhm.”
“Great! Let’s meet at the school gate at 8:00 tomorrow.”
Hina tried hard to calm her excitement.
Her efforts over the past month hadn’t been in vain.
She had come to terms with it: after reincarnating, she would either die or ultimately become Evil God D’s dependent.
That evening, Hina turned on her computer and sent a message to her friend [You Only Live Once Anyway].
[Classmate Negishi, are you feeling any better now?]
[Classmate Juri, I’m feeling a bit better. I still have a low fever, so it might not go completely down until the day after tomorrow.]
[I see. Hope you recover soon! By the way, Negishi, I asked Wakaba out to the anime convention tomorrow.]
[Then I wish you two have a great time! ( ﹡ˆoˆ﹡ )]
[Alright, cheer up too! Do you have your video call on? Do you need me to tutor you with your schoolwork?]
[Okay.] After typing this word, Negishi Akiko turned on the video, and Hina began the 1-on-1 tutoring.
With the skill [Genius Scholar Ability], just one glance at a problem brought several methods and formulas to Hina’s mind to solve it, and her lessons were far from dry or boring.
If one switched to Hina’s computer screen, it was split: tutoring Negishi’s schoolwork on one side while drawing manga with her mouse on the other, truly multitasking.
She even tried using her left hand during spare moments to do her own homework.