"Hmph, enough talk. Wanna spar with this lady?" Kiana challenged, annoyed by Bronya 'helping the enemy' by taking shortcuts, and wanting to vent her frustration on Jiang Qiao, the 'main culprit.' Her eyebrows arched, expression full of defiance.
Jiang Qiao, not particularly bothered, stroked his chin thoughtfully for a moment, then readily nodded. "Alright. Let me test the results of your recent training." Although there were more convenient ways, seeing the white-haired tuna brimming with fighting spirit, there was no need to dampen her enthusiasm.
Inside the training ground.
Jiang Qiao smiled without saying anything, observing the girl clad in tight training clothes that perfectly accentuated her excellent figure.
She shouldered her baseball bat and spoke up: "Aren't you going to grab a weapon? This lady doesn't want to bully someone unarmed!"
"It's all the same," Jiang Qiao replied simply.
Hearing this, Kiana's anger value instantly shot up. It's all the same? What does that mean?! Meaning it doesn't matter if you have a weapon or not when fighting me, huh?
—The white-haired tuna's stubborn temper flared up instantly. Getting bullied by that white-haired old guy [Kevin] in the Elysian Realm is one thing, but you're looking down on me too? How dare you underestimate this lady! Intolerable, absolutely intolerable!
"Hmph, watch me beat your face so badly even Bronya won't recognize you!" Gripping her baseball bat, Kiana charged towards Jiang Qiao with agile, swift steps.
Jiang Qiao sighed, slightly helpless. For him, the more accurate statement was 'any weapon is the same to me'—I can handle anything. But if she interpreted it that way... perhaps it wasn't entirely wrong?
"You're still as impetuous as ever," he sighed, watching the girl swing the bat crudely towards him. Jiang Qiao had hoped that sending Kiana to the Elysian Realm would help her mature mentally. But looking at her now, it seemed there hadn't been much gro—
The girl, grazing past his face, flashed a cunning smirk. Her eyes narrowed slightly. Jiang Qiao sensed something as he watched the baseball bat abruptly redirect its force.
"—Take this!" With an energetic shout, several Lances of the Void materialized from the void around him, shooting towards him at incredible speed. The distance of mere inches seemed impossible to dodge.
Kiana's face showed a smug expression. Hmph hmph, this lady didn't take all those beatings for nothing! Serves you right for underestimating me! Thinking about everything that had happened—Mei's intimacy with this guy, and her own body—the furious white-haired tuna planned to use this chance to teach him a good lesson.
Just as Miss White-haired Tuna thought victory was assured, the way her opponent responded made her eyes widen.
"Ngh—!" At extremely close range, the flustered Kiana stared at the face inches from hers, feeling his intense presence. Before she could even react properly, her consciousness blurred for a moment, and the next second—her perspective shifted.
Thwack~
The baseball bat, coated in an invisible force, struck [Jiang Qiao] with terrifying power. Immediately after, the Lances of the Void meant to seal his movement transformed into ribbons with unimaginable flexibility, covering the entire training ground within 0.01 seconds.
The figure sent flying like a cannonball slammed into the ribbons. Strangely, despite carrying enough force to shatter a concrete wall—a blow that would break at least a few ribs on a normal person—the final effect was like hitting a rubber ball. The figure stopped harmlessly on the isolating net formed by the ribbons.
It didn't hurt at all, though her head felt a little dizzy. Kiana sat on the ground, looking up at the exquisite face just inches away, which was smilingly staring back at her. She instantly realized what had just happened.
She roared furiously, "You cheated!"
"It's just another combat tactic~" [Kiana]—Jiang Qiao—replied nonchalantly. "Of course, I had other ways to respond... but I thought about it carefully. It was the attack Kiana painstakingly prepared; if it had missed, you'd surely be disappointed, right? See? Didn't it succeed?" A slender index finger twirled a silky strand of hair by her ear as [Kiana] spoke.
Hearing this, the white-haired tuna momentarily thought, Huh, maybe that's true. After all, her carefully prepared strike hadn't missed; it had landed squarely. So, was it actually a good thing?
Wait a minute....
—SUCCEEDED MY FOOT!!!
Kiana, not being the sharpest tool in the shed, was almost fooled but managed to jump out of the trap in time, glaring 'angrily' at the white-haired girl before her. This lady's bat was meant to hit you, okay!
She was so close to winning, but this guy actually... Realizing her carefully planned strike ended up backfiring on herself made Kiana's blood pressure instantly shoot up.
"You definitely did it on purpose!" The white-haired tuna fumed. If he had said: In that situation, only this 'despicable' method could work, she might have found some comfort. But the reality—You had other ways, but chose the 'considerate' method just to spare this lady's feelings?... Unbelievable!
Undoubtedly, the previously confident Kiana felt thoroughly 'humiliated.' Flying into a rage from shame, she lunged forward.
"Oh my~" Following the girl's cry of surprise, [Kiana], now pinned underneath, looked slightly helpless and chided, "Is it really okay to treat [a girl] so roughly?"
Good my foot! Why didn't you say that when you 'attacked' me? The furious Miss Kiana, facing the mischievous Jiang someone, made no secret of her desire to bite this bastard to death. That was this lady's first time...
Although, from a [body swap] perspective, the white-haired tuna seemed to have done even worse things to [Jiang Qiao] previously—Miss Kiana adamantly denied it! This lady didn't do anything!
—Even if I did, he definitely did it first! I was just getting revenge! Did that bastard Jiang Qiao really do nothing while using this lady's body? Judging others by her own standards, the white-haired tuna was righteously confident.
Of course, if she learned the truth that Jiang Qiao really didn't do anything, she might be even angrier. (This lady is so beautiful, yet you didn't do anything? Are you even a man?)
Perhaps because her anger level was too high, Kiana huffed crudely—she wanted to give him a couple of punches, but realizing it was her own body and hitting it would still hurt herself, her method of retaliation shifted to using [Jiang Qiao]'s body weight to fiercely pin the latter.
To deliberately assert [Kiana]'s sovereignty, she directly grabbed upwards!
The soft feeling made Kiana blush slightly, even feeling it might be inappropriate. But driven by 'anger,' the thought arose: "Hmph, so what if I touch? It's this lady's body anyway, I can touch it however I want! It's not like I haven't touched it before!"
As for whether he had any objections, Hmph—does this lady need permission to touch her own body? If anyone's to blame, it's this guy for stealing my body!
Miss Kiana, having done this during their first swap, felt no psychological burden about taking advantage of herself—My own body, how can that be called taking advantage? Just right, I usually don't feel much when I touch myself, and last time I didn't get to touch enough! Tuna, this time I'll touch to my heart's content!
"...." The white-haired girl, feeling the restless movements of the hands, looked bewildered (???) and helpless—Wait, this girl doesn't even spare 'herself'?
Never mind... Kiana's like this. Knowing the white-haired tuna's terrible disposition, Jiang Qiao couldn't be bothered to intervene. After all, if others liked to 'fondle themselves,' he didn't need to meddle so much.
The 'sensitivity' belonging to this body couldn't possibly disturb his inner self—if needed, Jiang someone could even subjectively adjust this body's 'parameters,' shielding those senses.
Of course, some things still needed to be said— "Are you sure you want to continue like this?"
"Hmph—" The 'angry' Kiana looked smug—What, aren't you supposed to be strong? Yet this lady has you easily handled now?
However, following [Kiana]'s gaze, she suddenly remembered something. They weren't the only ones here!
She whipped her head around to look outside the training area—Seele, watching the fight, had turned into a steamed lobster. Hands covering her eyes... but the gaps between her fingers were exceptionally wide.
...What... What are they doing?! Seele had never imagined that an ordinary 'training' session would develop in this direction. She had only intended to observe, to be part of the atmosphere, but ended up witnessing such an 'inappropriate for children' scene.
For the pure Miss Blue Seele, this was clearly too stimulating.
"Se... Seele, you misunderstand!" Kiana panicked, hastily trying to explain—but Seele's gaze landed squarely on her small hands, which were in slightly inappropriate places.
Strange hands, strange position, and... a strange tent.
—This idiot has absolutely no self-control, completely indulging her desires.
Jiang Qiao, freed from the 'pin,' noticed the unfortunate protrusion and was speechless at the white-haired tuna's lack of self-control. But recalling 'her known... tendencies' and Kiana's character setting's 'pervert' attribute, it wasn't really surprising.
"It's all this guy's fault!" The extremely embarrassed Kiana, faced with Seele's subtle gaze, looked left and right, then directly pointed at Jiang Qiao beside her—'[Kiana],' at least from Seele's perspective.
Jiang Qiao curled his lip, casually straightening the slightly messy collar and hair in front of him. Amidst Seele's bewilderment, a brief blame-shifting and explanation session unfolded, finally allowing Miss Blue Seele to understand what the so-called stand-in situation was all about.
She covered her mouth... 'Bronya-neechan'... Jiang Qiao-Nii-chan, actually used that method...
Wait—Seele suddenly thought of something. If the swapping method is a 'kiss'... then Bronya-neechan, who was previously stood-in for... An image surfaced in the blue-haired Seele's mind, causing her temperature to instantly rise—in various senses. Among them was shyness, but also... a subtle annoyance.
Bronya-neechan actually did such a thing behind Seele's back! She never mentioned it at all! Although perhaps such things didn't need to be mentioned, Seele still felt a sense of dissatisfaction, like being 'betrayed.'
And between Jiang Qiao and 'Bronya.' Whether it was Bronya and Jiang Qiao, or 'Bronya' and 'Jiang Qiao,' this inevitable swapping formula left Seele, Bronya's die-hard fan, feeling extremely conflicted.
Of course, it might simply be because there was absolutely no place for her in this swapping formula. If Miss Blue Seele could get involved, perhaps the former scenario would be slightly more acceptable. But confined only to those two—Seele minded the 'Bronya' and 'Jiang Qiao' formula quite a bit.
As for the first swapping formula... she definitely still cared, but it wasn't exactly fresh news anymore... and Bronya-neechan's rather pathetic state made it difficult for Seele. Affection level is a high ground; if Bronya-neechan wasn't good enough, then Seele could only like Jiang Qiao-Nii chan a bit more—it must be known, Bronya = Bronya.
Whereas Jiang Qiao = 'Bronya' + Jiang Qiao... oh wait, now there's also a 'Kiana,' and Blue Seele quite liked the white-haired tuna too. According to the Affection Inheritance Law, summarizing the above, the new Seele Affection Formula is thus derived:
Bronya = Bronya < 'Bronya' + 'Kiana' + Jiang Qiao himself = Jiang Qiao.
Just like one is less than three. Based on Bronya's poor performance, perhaps the Bronya = Bronya formula needs a hidden deduction later. Such a simple and easy multiple-choice question, no one could possibly get it wrong, right?
Incidentally—Kiana, minus one point! After distinguishing between 'Kiana' and Kiana, her 'perverted behavior' was undoubtedly a major deduction—especially since the white-haired tuna's perverted actions were directed at Jiang Qiao = 'Bronya'-neechan. Seele was undoubtedly dissatisfied with this.
"Kiana, how could you do such a thing!" The gentle, soft-spoken Miss Blue Seele directly opened the court session!
Kiana felt extremely guilty, muttering softly, "It was his fault! He did it first! I was just getting revenge."
Seele heard this and felt it made sense. But after looking at '[Kiana]'—Jiang Qiao, who was smiling back at her, she completely lost the desire to hold court.
So she pondered for a moment, then subconsciously said: "Setting aside the facts, aren't you even a little bit at fault?"