Because—for once—nothing “unexpected” had happened, by the time they finished bathing, barely twenty minutes had passed.
Though, it was already creeping past 2 p.m.
The room was still a complete disaster. Clothes were strewn across the floor like the aftermath of a battlefield...
2025-06-08 12:55:44 +0000 UTC View PostFrom just before eleven in the morning until well past one in the afternoon—three whole hours—what seemed like a quiet room from the outside had, in truth, become the aftermath of an all-out war.
Of course, “battle” wasn’t the right word. The so-called tug-of-war had been complete...
2025-06-08 12:20:23 +0000 UTC View Post
After killing Kisame Hoshigaki, Guy didn't attack again. It wasn't that he didn't want to—he was already dead.
Yes, from the moment he killed Sasori and swung his fist at Kisame, Guy was already dead.
In other words, Guy’s death actually preceded Kisame’s. The force of his punch...
2025-06-08 12:02:43 +0000 UTC View Post
When I returned home, the sky had already completely darkened.
As soon as I entered the foyer, I found only two figures in the living room—Nia and Reine.
Nia Honjou, who was drawing manga, clearly didn't acknowledge my presence. After all, she was busy meeting a deadline; her manusc...
2025-06-08 11:39:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day, after a hasty breakfast, Mika fled from his apartment.
It wasn't because he was particularly eager to meet with Michael, but because the atmosphere at home had become tense.
After hearing about Xenovia's request, Rias had spent the night contemplating how to—"guide" he...
2025-06-08 11:10:56 +0000 UTC View PostSoon, under Nara Shikaku’s arrangement, Elite Shinobi were selected.
“Hiashi Hyūga, Hizashi Hyūga, Kosuke Maruboshi, Chen…”
All were prominent Elite Shinobi in Konoha.
Jiraiya’s gaze faltered, instinctively stopping at the two last name.
Kosuke Maruboshi, he kn...
2025-06-08 10:45:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Dong—! Dong—! Dong—!
As the hands of the Clock Tower’s great clock struck twelve, the heavy chimes resonated throughout the entire campus.
Like students released from class, a vast number of mage apprentices ambled out from the various academic buildi...
2025-06-08 10:26:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Jiraiya managed to take down two of the Pains, but it couldn’t be said that he had the upper hand—Initially, Nagato had underestimated Jiraiya. Now, taking him seriously, he controlled the remaining four Pains, completely suppressing Jiraiya.
The Asura Path handled close combat, the Hum...
2025-06-08 10:09:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Yuuki had promised everyone he would go all out.
So, the Dish he now planned to make was The ultimate secret technique from the world of Cooking Master Boy: The Four Heavenly Seafood Eight Treasure Buns.
The key elements of this dish were the eight types of seafood—which Yuuki had a...
2025-06-08 09:47:48 +0000 UTC View Post
"This power—!" Sanji exclaimed, feeling the new strength awakened within his body.
Speed, power, resilience—all drastically enhanced.
Even more significantly, his body had become tougher than steel, uniquely resilient.
"Exoskeleton." Sanji murmured, his eyes...
2025-06-07 16:41:22 +0000 UTC View Post
RUMBLE!!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Accompanied by terrifying thunderclaps and explosions of energy.
The devastating attacks, launched from different spatial coordinates, infused with the combined might of the Rumble-Rumble...
2025-06-07 15:44:46 +0000 UTC View Post
At this moment, Senzaemon Nakiri had temporarily blocked two contacts on his phone. These two people were precisely the two old friends who had served as judges with him before.
After the two of them came to their senses, they found that Senzaemon had actually run off with the food.
T...
2025-06-07 14:49:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Arthur couldn't fathom Big Mom's motives. He gave up trying to understand, a cold smile playing on his lips.
True strength rendered schemes and plots meaningless. He was confident in his power—his ability to overcome any challenge.
And besides... wasn’t the uncertainty, the not kn...
2025-06-07 12:49:25 +0000 UTC View PostBokue had never imagined in his entire life that he’d one day get flirted with by a tiny Succubus girl, so his response was swift, simple, and brutally effective—a flick to the forehead.
"Ow!"
The flick was barely more than a tap, so light it wouldn’t hurt a fly.
But Maria...
2025-06-07 12:32:33 +0000 UTC View PostEven though they'd talked about borrowing members from Rias’s peerage, there was one fundamental issue—you can't squeeze blood from a stone.
Sure, Bokue himself might have zero peerage members, but Rias wasn’t exactly rolling in a surplus either. Even if they pooled together every ava...
2025-06-07 12:08:11 +0000 UTC View Post
“<Summoning Jutsu!>”
Jiraiya bit his thumb and performed the Summoning Jutsu, bringing forth the entire toad family from Mount Myōboku.
Gamabunta, Gamaken, Gamahiro, and Gamabunta’s sons, Gamakichi and Gamatatsu.
Even the little one...
2025-06-07 11:53:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Two weeks had passed since the Spacequake caused by Tohka in Tengu City.
During these two weeks, to help Tohka integrate better, I would take her out on dates and to play on weekends.
However, my preferential treatment of Tohka had caused Nia to sigh in exasperation and complain repea...
2025-06-07 11:15:56 +0000 UTC View Post<><><><><>
'So, it was Rias who set me up.' Mika, looking at Xenovia’s expectant gaze, forced a smile.
'If she had just guided Xenovia properly, this wouldn’t have happened. A little nudge in the right direction, and she wouldn’t be...
2025-06-07 10:45:28 +0000 UTC View PostUnlike previous conflicts, quantity had become quality.
Faced with a fifty-thousand-Shinobi deficit, even Konoha’s superiority in elite Shinobi couldn't compensate for such a staggering disparity.
Not to mention, Konoha’s top-tier combatants were—nowhere to be found.
The F...
2025-06-07 10:18:57 +0000 UTC View Post“...”
Arcueid’s words plunged the scene into an awkward silence.
Lorelei looked up at the bright sun, determined her bearings, then glanced dismissively at Arcueid. “It’s currently 9:40 AM. It is not lunchtime.”
Haru wasn’t surprised in the slightest that Lorelei h...
2025-06-07 10:05:46 +0000 UTC View Post
When Shin asked about his injuries, Obito felt a surge of anger.
Enough time had passed that his recovery, aided by the transplanted First Hokage cells, was complete.
But seeing Shin, he felt phantom pains where he’d been struck.
Obito hated Shin with a passion!
Even tho...
2025-06-07 09:46:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Yuuki's current actions were somewhat different from before.
Previously, it was mainly to conceal his actions, to ensure the success of the "Magic Trick." But this time, Yuuki was focused purely on the cooking process itself.
Cooking Buddha Jumps Over the Wall required a lot of time, ...
2025-06-07 09:27:20 +0000 UTC View Post
GURGLE!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Terrifying, violent magma seethed, emitting the horrifying sound of a volcanic eruption.
Meigo (Dark Hound)!
The full power of the Magma-Magma Fruit...
2025-06-06 16:51:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Akainu's expression was incredibly grim.
Even after losing Doberman and Strawberry, and half the Buster Call fleet—The forces he led still comprised three HQ Vice Admirals and over one hundred elite Marine officers of Captain rank or higher!
Against the Straw Hat Pirates without Sky...
2025-06-06 15:54:58 +0000 UTC View Post
"I'm up against Yuuki, huh? Looks like my Autumn Election journey ends here too. Yuuki, remember what you promised us—DON'T hold back!"
Shun Ibusaki didn't react much upon seeing his opponent was Yuuki.
Everyone had been mentally prepared; with so many people, someone was bound to f...
2025-06-06 14:46:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Whole Cake Island, rebuilt and fortified after Shiki's attack, was now Big Mom's absolute domain.
Her Soul-Soul Fruit—imbued with the power to grant souls to inanimate objects—gave her the confidence to face even the mightiest of the Four Emperors.
"Forget the flour. Just make sur...
2025-06-06 12:48:54 +0000 UTC View Post"Nice speech," Bokue said, spreading his hands helplessly, "but unfortunately—"
He shook his head, looking directly at Sairaorg.
"Isn't the Rating Game exclusively a Devil thing? I'm not a Devil, and I've never used Evil Pieces. No matter how you look at it, I'm not eligible to part...
2025-06-06 12:20:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe breakfast hour quickly passed.
As Bokue finished the last piece of the expertly prepared fried egg made by Grayfia, he set down his utensils and got up from the table, hands clasped together, beginning his usual rapid-fire incantation.
"Thanks for the meal, I'm full. If there's no...
2025-06-06 12:07:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Shin’s life in the Land of Whirlpools was one even gods would envy.
Tsunade and Konan eventually fell into the trap, tricked by Kushina and the others into Shin’s room to offer him “Morning comfort.”
And that little minx Karin actually tried a night raid on him.
If Kushi...
2025-06-06 11:48:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Immediately, the angered Nia Honjou stood before me. With a soft cry, she changed into her Astral Dress.
Hearing this sound, everyone's gazes, including mine, fell upon Nia Honjou.
Nia now wore a translucent, ink-like nun's habit, adorned with a pen on her veil and a crucifix.
M...
2025-06-06 11:11:40 +0000 UTC View Post