"Chizuru Kagura came to ask me for help? Is it to save Maki Kagura?"
Ryuji knew about Maki. He had some familiarity with the story of The King of Fighters, and knew that the Kagura family consisted of twins. Originally, the one who should have teamed up with Kyo and Iori to fight Orochi was Chizuru's older sister, Maki. But Maki was killed by Goenitz while trying to protect the sacred seal of Orochi.
At this moment, Chizuru also came over with Maki, who was inside a life-support pod, and gave Ryuji a slight bow.
"Hello, you must be Lord Ryuji, right?"
As Chizuru looked at Ryuji, whom Mai had brought over, she immediately felt an immense sense of oppression, as is the man standing in front of her was not human at all, but something similar to Orochi!
There was also a terrifying aura radiating from Ryuji, causing her to instinctively address him with honorifics.
"Yes, that's me."
Ryuji nodded and looked at Maki, who was lying inside the life-support pod and looked exactly like Chizuru. He subconsciously extended his perception to examine her.
Maki's injuries indeed weren't particularly serious to him. She was simply suffering from a loss of life force, in addition to having her heart pierced. All he needed to do was burn her with his golden dragon fire and leave some of the dragon fire inside her body to replenish the life force she had lost. For him, it was merely a matter of an instant.
What Ryuji was curious about, however, was…
"This wound… it looks like she stabbed herself?"
After sensing the traces left by the wound, Ryuji was really puzzled, because this kind of wound could only appear when someone stabbed themselves!
Chizuru's face instantly darkened, but she pursed her lips and still spoke politely.
"When Orochi descended into this world, my sister wanted to use her own life to delay Orochi's advance so that we could escape, which is why she ended up like this. If Mr. Hayabusa hadn't been strong enough, my sister really would have died. And it was also from Mr. Hayabusa that we learned about your situation."
"Ryu..."
Has the plot really changed this much?
Orochi had appeared ahead of schedule, and had even been killed by Ryu…
"But if it's Ryu, killing a weakened Orochi that had descended ahead of schedule really isn't anything worth worrying about."
Ryuji rubbed his chin. Although this was something he could have done as well, he still had to give Ryu some face. After all, the scrolls Ryu had given him had indeed provided him with a great deal of inspiration. So, he casually opened Maki's life-support pod and then sent his dragon fire into Maki's body with a slap.
At this point, quite a few wrinkles had already appeared on Maki's body, and she had even begun to show symptoms of rapid aging. All of these were signs that she had suffered a severe loss of life force.
But the moment Ryuji's dragon fire came into contact with her body, these symptoms stopped progressing.
The golden dragon fire instantly blazed around Maki's body. Her originally pale complexion visibly began to regain its healthy color.
Her heavily wrinkled body rapidly became smooth and fair once again, while her white, withered hair also began returning to its original glossy black.
Chizuru was even more shocked, because she could clearly sense an intense divine aura within these flames!
Is the man standing before me a god?!
Chizuru immediately thought of this possibility, while Maki, whose body had been healed, also returned from the underworld and opened her eyes.
She also sensed the divine aura emanating from the flames surrounding her body. When she looked at Ryuji, her eyes were filled with the same shock as those of her younger sister, Chizuru.
She was far more knowledgeable than her younger sister, and she could clearly sense that Ryuji was not yet a god. However, there was no doubt that the divine aura belonged to Ryuji himself.
In other words...
The sisters had encountered someone who was about to become a god!
"This humble woman, Maki Kagura, pays her respects to Lord Ryuji."
Maki had also learned about Ryuji's situation while she was unconscious, so she knew very well what her younger sister intended to do.
Under normal circumstances, she wouldn't have said anything about it. After all, this was her sister's fate.
But if the person involved was a god, then it would be better for her, as a shrine maiden, to do this herself.
It wasn't that Maki wanted to steal her sister's opportunity or anything like that. Rather, the duty of a shrine maiden was to serve the gods, and since a god had saved a shrine maiden who had no god to serve, then naturally, the only thing the shrine maiden could do was serve that god.
Don't think that serving a god was necessarily a good thing, because in Japan, most people who served the gods didn't have particularly good endings.
"There's no need to call me 'Lord.' Since Ryu introduced you to me, just give me a consultation fee and that'll be enough."
Ryuji spoke casually. He actually had a pretty good impression of the Kagura sisters, not because of their large breasts, but simply because he had a special fondness for beautiful twins.
"Understood."
Maki immediately responded, but just as she finished speaking, Chizuru beside her also spoke.
"No problem."
Chizuru looked at her older sister in confusion. She was quite curious. Wasn't having children and carrying on the family line supposed to be her responsibility? Why had her sister suddenly spoken up?
What did she mean?
Chizuru's mind was filled with questions, but she immediately thought of one possibility!
Perhaps sister wants me to be able to find someone I truly love.
She couldn't help laughing softly inwardly at the thought. After learning about her mission, she had never expected anything like love. Her sister's worries were completely unnecessary.
As long as her sister remained alive, that was enough for her. Therefore, marrying Ryuji, the man who had saved her sister, wasn't really an excessive thing to do.
Not to mention that it could also increase the Kagura Group's wealth.
So, she spoke up before her sister, saying something her sister couldn't possibly refuse.
"Mr. Hayabusa also told me about a secret that only you, Mr. Ryuji, are supposed to know, so I would like to spend some time alone with you now."
Chizuru spoke in a calm tone.
She had decided that she would strike first and make sure the deed was done before anything else could happen. No matter how shameless Ryuji was, surely he couldn't possibly take both sisters at once!
Moreover, her older sister, who had been practicing abstinence for many years, certainly wouldn't have any reason to cling to Ryuji either!
Let me bear all of this myself!
"Ryu has something to tell me? Then come along. There's a quiet room over here."
Ryuji frowned slightly, but he didn't question it, because his instincts told him that he should simply agree.
So, Ryuji nodded and led Chizuru toward the quiet room.
Maki, meanwhile, gave her younger sister, Chizuru, a suspicious look. However, she didn't think her younger sister would eagerly seek to marry Ryuji. After all, she knew very well how much her younger sister hated political marriages. Besides, she didn't even know whether Ryu had actually asked Chizuru to do anything.
But she was still completely confident, because she believed her younger sister's was definitely not stupid!
Therefore, Maki did not enter the quiet room. Instead, she chatted with Mai about things like Ryuji's preferences, so that she could serve Ryuji better later when she fulfilled her duties as a shrine maiden.
However, just as Ryuji entered the quiet room, he heard the sound of the door being locked. He turned his head in confusion, only to see Chizuru standing calmly in front of him without saying a word.
The atmosphere made Ryuji feel somewhat strange, so he spoke up to break the silence.
"What did Ryu ask you to tell me?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Chizuru spoke up.
"It isn't a secret from Mr. Hayabusa, but a secret of the Three Sacred Treasures families."
"Hmm?"
Ryuji froze for a moment, and then he saw Chizuru pull open her clothes, revealing her large breasts wrapped in a black bra and a shy expression.
This is the secret.
Ryuji: "???!!!"
What the hell is wrong with you?!
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