Chapter 15: Ambush Foiled by Elbow Strike, Renyu Favors Puppet Fearing Attack

What was he doing?

Throwing something?

Lightning flashed, blurring her vision, making it impossible for Renyu Saiki to see what he’d tossed.

Instinctively, she commanded her hypnotized students to shield her from the unknown object.

But it slipped past their fingers, piercing like a bullet through a barrage, heading straight for her.

Then, a figure flashed.

The lone silhouette by the window vanished.

In its place, a hand loomed larger, reaching as if to choke her.

She saw those chilling eyes.

Their ruthless intent to destroy her poured unreservedly into her gaze, sharp as a blade hacking at her forehead.

Why?

Why did his stare make her tremble?

Thunder tore the sky, the wind scattering blood-stained bandages.

Su Buyu grabbed at Renyu Saiki, veins bulging like writhing worms on his hand.

His idea was right!

By creating a “hole,” the “carrot” could pull him to it.

His movements gained mobility.

Now, he could defeat Renyu Saiki.

He’d end her in one strike!

He gripped a tube of white liquid tightly.

The Super Perception Potion, carefully decanted last night for easy use.

Now was the time!

Su Buyu was close.

Two steps—just two steps, and he’d splash the winning tool on her!

Once in an aroused state, her heightened senses would overwhelm her, making hypnosis impossible, and she’d collapse first.

He’d shatter Renyu Saiki’s delusions.

As his fingers neared her pomegranate-scented neck, a flash came from his side.

A gut-wrenching pain erupted in his abdomen.

A figure lunged, elbow striking his lower stomach with fierce force, kinetic energy sending him crashing into chairs, scattering them.

The white liquid tube slipped from his hand, rolling to the hypnotized students’ feet.

“Cough… ha… damn.”

Pain forced a cough, the pomegranate scent flooding his nose, the burning pain in his gut sapping his strength.

“Ha, I underestimated you. I thought you’d just stand there like a novel’s villain.”

Su Buyu clutched his struck abdomen, forcing a grin through gritted teeth.

He hadn’t expected Renyu Saiki to have another trick up her sleeve.

“My bad. Didn’t dodge.”

“Even if you did, what then? I learned about your weird ability from my nephew yesterday. To stop your ambush, I hypnotized those closest to me to protect me, reacting at near-human limits.”

She glanced at the boy who’d struck Su Buyu, affectionately tapping his lips, her pomegranate-scented fingers sinking him deeper into submission.

No resistance.

Her hypnotized puppets, pulled by invisible strings, moved only as she willed, their faces blank.

Unless she released them, they’d never wake.

And Renyu Saiki wouldn’t release them.

She’d keep walking this path.

Even if it was smooth, she’d allow no imperfections.

Even a tiny pebble.

She’d make it vanish, paving her road to success.

Seeing Su Buyu weakened by the blow, Renyu Saiki sauntered forward, smugly baring her “peaks,” letting them sway before him.

She ordered the window he’d opened shut, then had students hoist him onto a desk.

Like punishing a criminal.

His limbs were pinned by classmates, his head held, unable to turn.

What was this?

“You’re not planning something humiliating, are you?!”

Su Buyu struggled.

But how could one person fight dozens?

Renyu Saiki leaned in, her massive “weapons” quivering like struck drums.

He tried closing his eyes, but hypnotized students pried them open, forcing him to witness the “view.”

And it didn’t stop there.

“So obedient~ Let Teacher pamper you.”

Renyu Saiki shifted, propping her arms on the desk, smirking as she pressed against him, her potent pomegranate scent flooding his nose.

“What… what are you doing?! If you humiliate me, I’ll…”

“What? Even if you scream for help, anyone who comes will just get hypnotized.”

She smiled, continuing.

“Your will is the strongest I’ve seen. Even Shizuku Sakurai only resisted a bit before going blank, but you’ve fought this long. How much do you reject me? But no matter. Once I finish this, you’ll be unable to resist.”

Su Buyu saw her serious eyes, unease creeping in.

She was trying to pull his pants off.

“You know, a boy like you has the most nourishing essence. And the most precious. Once I take it, no matter how you resist, you’ll be my s*ave. Talking about crushing me? No, I’m the one dominating you.”

Her lips curved into a terrifying crescent, her smile ghastly in the lightning’s glow.

The final step.

Renyu Saiki didn’t even let her puppets help—she wanted to do it herself.

She craved the taste of victory.

“Come, Su Buyu, scared? Don’t be… once you’re my s*ave, you’ll never be sad. Teacher will treat you like a pet~”

“No… don’t…”

But she ignored him.

She kept tugging his pants, licking her lips excitedly, her red mouth barely hiding a beastly hunger.

But the pants wouldn’t budge.

Guess she’d share the victory.

“Come, kids, who’ll help Teacher?”

Lightning flashed.

Low-heeled boots clacked with the thunder.

Her shadow twitched in the glare.

Someone answered.

“Okay.”

Renyu Saiki didn’t sense anything off.

She just smiled, “Mm~ good kid~,” and kept tugging his pants.

Until a chill hit her neck, the feeling of being watched like an ice pick in her spine.

But… all the students were hypnotized, right?

Why this feeling?

Thunder echoed in the silent classroom, her face reflected on the glass.

Time seemed to freeze. She held her breath, afraid to turn.

In the rain-streaked glass, under the blue-white lightning cutting the clouds into a shattered chessboard…

She glimpsed those pale yellow eyes.