rslcontracting Chapter 78
Chapter 78
Chapter 78: Guo Shuai, the Accidental Father
The air after the rain was exceptionally fresh, but Guo Shuai's mood was a muddy mess.
He crouched on the ground, cradling the Circle-Face Entity his boss had tossed over to him.
He stared at it with a constipated expression, locking eyes with Hoshino Hikari beside him.
"What the hell even is this thing?"
Guo Shuai poked the little figure's target-like face.
"Looks a bit like that dead Principal… don't tell me it's his illegitimate child?"
Hoshino Hikari also leaned in curiously, extending a finger to poke the figure's rear.
"Soft… and warm."
"As long as it's not a Cursed Creature, I'm fine. Otherwise, I'd seriously be afraid it'd suddenly bite someone."
Just then.
Hmmm!
The little figure that had been curled up playing dead suddenly moved.
It slowly raised its head, and the gray circular patterns on its face began to slowly rotate.
Then a white light flickered on.
It opened eyes that didn't actually exist.
It’s very first look upon being born fell upon Guo Shuai, who was staring at it with an expression of pure disgust.
That disfigured young man became, in its eyes, the most familiar presence in the entire world.
And so, it opened its lipless mouth and let out its first cry after birth.
"Mama~?"
"……"
The next second.
"What the f**k?!"
Guo Shuai completely lost it!
"What are you calling?! Who the hell is your mama?!"
"I'm a man! A real man!! With the full equipment!!"
Guo Shuai was scared out of his wits and instinctively moved to fling the thing away.
"My boss said, if anything acts up, I'm free to deal with it!"
"This is already a serious threat to my mental health!!"
Can you imagine—a big, stocky guy like him?
Just finished a battle, and some target-faced monster calls him mama?
His Sanity Bar was about to hit zero!!
Hoshino Hikari, witnessing this, quietly inched backward and hid behind a ruined pillar.
Even so…
She was also very afraid it might try to claim her as family too.
After all, when it came to unexpectedly becoming a mama—whoever wanted it could have it.
Then, she quietly took out the Teacher's Certificate she had picked up off the ground.
It had fallen from Jiang Nan during the battle.
"I—I'll go tell Liu-jie and the others they're safe, I'll be back in a moment!"
With that, she jumped into the water and entered Rose High School Campus.
On the other side.
Splat!
Just as Guo Shuai flung it away, the Circle-Face Entity immediately bounced back, latching tightly onto Guo Shuai's thigh.
"Mama! Wuwuwu… Mama doesn't want me anymore…"
It clung to Guo Shuai's leg, crying its heart out.
Who knows where the tears and snot came from—it smeared an entire trouser leg's worth onto Guo Shuai.
"Ahhhhh!!!"
Guo Shuai truly could not take it anymore.
This leg was no longer clean!
"Wind Force Heavy Pressure!!"
He raised his foot, ready to physically amputate himself—along with this creature—via brute force.
And at that very moment.
"Stop!!"
In his mind, Albert suddenly came back online, his tone grave.
"Kid, don't make a move."
"Or you'll regret it for the rest of your life."
"Why?"
Guo Shuai froze mid-motion, grumbling irritably.
"Didn't you go offline in a huff? Why are you popping back up?"
"Hmph! None of your business! This Divine One comes and goes as I please!"
Albert gave a tsundere snort, then turned serious.
"Listen to me, kid."
"That little thing on your leg is no ordinary monster."
"It is, in fact, a legendary… Divine Fetus—born in the Twilight Forest, atop the World Tree!"
"I don't know what stroke of luck you stumbled into—and your boss really is generous enough…"
"A priceless 'Sequence Ability' combined with a 'Divine Chosen's son,' and he hands it over just like that."
"Sequence Ability? Divine Chosen? Son?"
Guo Shuai was baffled—he couldn't parse it.
But somehow, he felt like those words combined together sounded incredibly powerful.
"You really don't know how lucky you are, kid."
Albert let out a sigh, his tone carrying a tinge of envy:
"Haah… if this Divine One could have had this thing as a son back in the day, I'd have been absolutely delighted."
"Listen carefully. This thing's lifespan is actually only a short 2 years."
"And when its lifespan nears its end, it will face 2 choices."
"The 1st—and its most precious trait!"
"If it has a recognized family member, and grows up surrounded by love…"
"Then at the final moment of its natural death…"
"It will willingly transform into the purest Source Energy, and merge into its family member's body!"
"In other words, it allows that family member to… directly awaken and become a Divine Chosen who possesses a Sequence Ability!"
"What?!"
Guo Shuai's jaw nearly hit the floor in shock.
A Divine Chosen?!
‘That Kamiya Konan seemed to be a Divine Chosen!’
‘And his boss…’
‘No matter how you looked at it, he should be one too!’
‘That world-shattering power…’
‘If he himself could become a Divine Chosen…’
Guo Shuai raised his head and gazed at the starlit sky after the rain had cleared.
"Old Yang…"
"Maybe…"
"Those dreams I used to brag about weren't actually a joke."
"Maybe I really can… stand at the top of the world, and take you to see every corner of the Savage Realm!"
However.
Before he could finish being moved, Albert doused him with cold water again.
"Don't get too excited, kid."
"I haven't told you the 2nd situation yet."
"The 2nd?"
Guo Shuai's heart sank.
"Don't tell me…"
He widened his eyes, recalling the terrifying Faceless One Principal.
"That's right, exactly what you're thinking."
Albert said coldly.
"If that family member dies, or… the family member abandons it, abuses it."
"Then as it grows, a 'malice' buried deep within its heart will be born."
"It will turn around… and devour the family member, making itself the Divine Chosen!"
"Just like that Faceless One."
"And the Sequence Ability it would unlock is fixed—【Sequence 056: Positive-Negative Powers of Two】."
"As for what ability you'd receive under the 1st scenario…"
"That's also fixed, but the specifics are for you to discover yourself."
At this, Albert issued a warning.
"By the way, don't think about killing it now to be done with it."
"Even if your boss has the power to kill it once, he can't protect you forever."
"Because the Divine Fetus is shielded by the 【World Tree】."
"After it dies, it will immediately be reborn at the World Tree!"
"Then, carrying the grudges of its previous life, it will cross every mountain and river to find its 'family member' and take their life."
"Love… can bring power."
"Likewise… it can bring destruction."
His words fell, and Albert went offline again.
"……"
Guo Shuai sank into deep thought.
After a long while.
He let out a sigh and looked down at the Circle-Face Entity lying across his leg.
He rubbed his forehead helplessly.
"It seems…"
"I'm destined to be a single dad in this lifetime."
"Can't keep making things difficult for my boss…"
"And besides, this doesn't look entirely bad."
"Just 2 years of raising it…"
"In 2 years, I'll be able to stand on my own, and become the sharpest blade in my boss's hands!"
Thinking this.
Guo Shuai took a deep breath, patted the Circle-Face Entity on the head, and comforted it gently.
"Alright, alright… stop crying."
"I'm not your mama."
"But… I can be your dad."
The Circle-Face Entity stopped crying.
It lifted its dazed little face, tears still hanging from it, and stared blankly at Guo Shuai.
"Da… dada?"
"Yeah! Good son!"
Guo Shuai's heart leapt with joy—he felt like this was going to work out.
However.
The next second.
The Circle-Face Entity delivered a soul-crushing question.
"Then dada… I want milky-milk."
"Can you give me milky-milk?"
As it spoke, it stretched out its little finger and pointed at Guo Shuai's chest, face full of expectation.
"……"
Guo Shuai's smile froze.
He looked down at his own pecs, then back at his wide-eyed, innocent precious son.
"You want milk, huh?"
Guo Shuai narrowed his eyes, smiling with an expression of absolute benevolence.
"Sure… Dad will give you all you can drink!!"
Whoosh!
He yanked the Circle-Face Entity over, pressed it across his knee, and unleashed a rapid-fire drumbeat of spanks!
Smack! Smack! Smack! Smack!
"I'll give you milk!!"
"Go right ahead and ask for milk!!"
"These are pecs!! PECS, do you hear me?! Not a cafeteria!!"
The sound of slaps echoed through the ruins, accompanied by the Circle-Face Entity's wailing cries.
"Waaaahhhh!!!"
"I don't want it anymore!! I don't want milky-milk anymore!!"
"Dada is hitting me!! Somebody help!!"
Guo Shuai had completely lost his mind at this point.
This wasn't raising a son.
This was raising an ancestor!
He truly couldn't take it anymore!
……
At the same time, in the school building's bathroom.
It was a bit rundown, but still secluded enough.
Jiang Nan stood by the window.
Before him, muffled sounds could be faintly heard.
Suddenly.
From outside the window came a rhythmic drumbeat, along with faint cries and pleas for mercy.
He raised an eyebrow, glancing out into the night, a flicker of confusion crossing his eyes.
On reflex, he mistook the commotion of his companion for a ghost.
"Hm?"
'So this is spring, is it?'
'Nature truly is sinful~'
'Animals and people are one thing, but apparently even ghosts aren't spared.'
'And at that speed—are you trying to compete with me?'
'Heh, then… I'll start picking up the pace.'