Chapter 209: The Promise with Fujiwara

After Kaguya Shinomiya left with Ai Hayasaka, Chika Fujiwara finally let out a slow sigh of relief.

“What was that just now?”

She completely failed to understand how she had so easily seen through Kaguya’s true thoughts, discovered that Kaguya seemed to already be dating Ren Amamiya, and even caught the flaw in Kaguya’s emotions, causing her to be unable to bear it and flee quickly.

“This is the extraordinary ability of the Spectator sequence at this stage.”

Hearing the voice, she turned around immediately and saw Ren Amamiya stretching his slightly stiff body.

Looking at Ren Amamiya now, she could also see that kind of emotion—discomfort and embarrassment—which fit her understanding and knowledge of him perfectly.

Chika Fujiwara also re-recognized the power she now possessed.

“Spirituality and observation are the strengths of a Spectator. It is precisely because of this spirituality and observation that a Spectator can more easily observe information that others cannot, and can synthesize this information to deduce the other party’s true thoughts.”

“Just as I said, a low-sequence Spectator does not possess outstanding personal combat ability, but what a Spectator is good at from the start is not combat, but observation. This is also the prerequisite preparation for the Sequence 8 Reader.”

“After advancing to Sequence 8 Reader, your observation will be even sharper, and you will be able to grasp the other party’s inner heart more clearly, even achieving the ability to read minds.”

After stretching his stiff body, Ren Amamiya began to explain and introduce things to Fujiwara earnestly.

“Eh~ I think the current ability is already very amazing.”

She didn’t know what the power system she belonged to was like, but Chika Fujiwara truly felt that the extraordinary ability gained by the Spectator was already very impressive.

Being able to see through a person’s true thoughts just through observation—such an ability was simply beyond imagination.

As far as she knew, such an ability was usually only obtained through years of accumulated experience, but she had easily gained it after drinking a bottle of potion. It was simply beyond imagination.

“The side effects are also quite significant, though.”

This sentence made Chika Fujiwara recall the unpleasant memories from yesterday, and her body shrank back. For her, that was simply the worst memory.

She glanced at Ren Amamiya sitting on the sofa, then secretly looked at the direction of the door, and in a few quick steps, she threw herself into Ren Amamiya’s arms.

After throwing herself into that embrace, the sense of security made Chika Fujiwara’s trembling body stop for the time being.

“Ren Amamiya... what exactly happened back there?”

She found it very hard to imagine how things could have turned into that state.

“Loss of control... corruption... this is the price that must be paid for gaining power.”

But when he said this, Ren Amamiya’s face was also filled with confusion.

“I actually warned you about this aspect before you drank the potion, but even I didn’t pay too much attention to this problem.”

“Why?”

Chika Fujiwara didn’t understand.

“Because low-sequence potions are actually not very dangerous, and it shouldn’t lead to the loss of control and corruption you experienced. If it were a self-concocted potion, perhaps there would be something to say, but what you received was a potion already prepared by the diary, making the possibility even lower.”

“My spirituality also didn’t give me sufficient warning. And in fact, that is indeed the case.”

This was also a question that Ren Amamiya found quite strange.

Walking three pathways, his sensitivity to crises was actually quite strong, especially as he absorbed the mental imprints within the potions, he was actually even more sensitive to crises.

But this sensitivity did not produce any reaction regarding Fujiwara’s problem. This was a very strange issue.

Of course, what was even stranger was another question.

“Actually, loss of control is almost an irreversible state; only a higher level of status can suppress the reaction of loss of control. I also possess this level of status, so I had enough confidence that I could suppress this situation.”

“But in fact, I only used my spirituality to soothe your condition, and your symptoms of loss of control were alleviated, and the corruption that appeared in your spirit also disappeared without a trace under my gaze.”

“Not the kind that was hidden, but completely disappeared without a trace.”

“I think it is precisely because of this that my spirituality did not give me the corresponding warning. Because my spirituality was telling me that this was not a problem.”

Because it was not a crisis, there would be no corresponding warning.

This was the answer Ren Amamiya had reached.

However, he also reflected on this.

“I also trusted my spiritual intuition a bit too much. Actually, I should have been more cautious, and performed a divination on your situation before you drank the potion. If I had known in advance, it wouldn’t have led to you experiencing such an unpleasant thing.”

Listening to Ren Amamiya’s explanation, Chika Fujiwara roughly understood what had happened to her.

“In short, what happened to me was an accident?”

“Absolutely not.”

On this point, Ren Amamiya was certain.

“There are no such things as accidents in this world. What happened to you was caused by my miscalculation; I even feel at this moment that the loss of control and corruption you faced was an inevitable result.”

“Fujiwara, you must remember this sentence. The sequence path we walk does not believe in accidents; many coincidences and accidents are actually inevitable results.”

“Although I don’t know why such a thing would happen to you, from today on, I will pay more attention to your condition in this regard.”

Ren Amamiya did not know why such a thing had happened to Fujiwara.

But not knowing did not mean that this matter would just be let go.

It wasn’t over; this matter would not just end like this. He would slowly get to the bottom of it. Once this matter had any connection to Adam on the side of the Mystery, he would wait and see—he would definitely go and twist his head off in the future.

“Mm.”

Listening to Ren Amamiya’s firm words, the corners of Chika Fujiwara’s mouth curved slightly.

Although she had had a very bad experience, the current result didn’t seem bad either.

She immediately buried her head deeply into Ren Amamiya’s arms. The sense of security dispelled her fear and the shadow of that experience, making her feel that her state was much better than just a moment ago.

“Then, if I’m scared in the future, can you hold me?”

“...Ah?”

Ren Amamiya was slightly stunned. He had a moment of hesitation at first, but thinking that this matter had a direct connection to his lack of caution, he still did not refuse.

“If you are scared...”

“Then that’s good.”

Having received permission, Chika Fujiwara felt that the shadow of fear had faded a lot.

— Author's Notes —

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