The next day.
When Henry woke up and went to the living room together with Ry-Two, each held a daughter in their arms.
After merging back and receiving the Reward from the System yesterday, they slept together in the master bedroom with their baby daughters.
As for Rio, being abandoned by her blood and flesh, she slept in the guestroom of the villa.
Their feelings were already confirmed, and their relationships already formed, but two of them still need time to get to know each other.
Arriving on the first floor, a tasty smell of food drifted to Henry's nose.
This was the second time Rio cooked for them.
She'd done it once yesterday, as she promised to Ry-Two; it was also when Henry found out that his girlfriend was unexpectedly good at cooking.
"Look at you guys, it's already past seven and a half." Rio pouted in protest as she finally saw the group of sleepy heads come down.
Today, to show Henry her good side, she'd been woken up to prepare breakfast at six in the morning.
After finishing her work, and found it hard to enter the same bedroom with Henry, so she could only shyly wait for them in the dining room.
Being tortured by the nice aroma of her own food for an entire hour, Rio was nearly at her limit and wanted to sneak a piece of meat, but she endured; she wanted to have a family meal together with Henry and their daughters.
When Henry's group arrived, she also hurriedly ate her fill.
"Have some more meat." Henry dotingly grabbed more meat for his girlfriend.
Rio shyly nodded, "Thank you..."
She suddenly felt that waiting this long was finally worth it, smiled happily as she enjoyed the piece of meat her boyfriend had grabbed for her.
Somehow, it tastes even better than her own piece of meat.
'The taste of love...'
Rio's cheeks turned into a healthy shade of red with that thought.
"Ba ba, feed Rio, feed Rio!" Clumsily saying her own name, but somehow making it sound like her mother's, Rion asked for more food from Ry-Two.
"Okay, open your mouth, ahhh~~"
The Clone volunteers to take care of their daughters, leaving the space for the couple to flirt with each other.
"Me too, ba ba!" Henrietta hurriedly demanded.
She doesn't want to lose out to her sister, as for saying her name-- Forget about it, the name was too long and hard for her baby tongue to pronounce.
"Henrietta, too, open your mouth, ahh~~"
Ry-Two was happy to be a slave for his daughters; he'd even stay up all night to snatch away the privilege of changing diapers for the babies.
The Clone was secretly smug as he sneakily glanced at his original.
'Hehehe, you think that you can hog all the happiness for yourself?'
'I will slowly brainwash our daughter with love, and later, they will prioritize me over you!'
'Muhahahaha!'
Petty thoughts ran over his head.
But he failed to realize that, unlike their mother, the Babies can't identify the Clone with their original Papa; to them, they're the same Papa.
In short, the clone unknowingly helped Henry score more points with his daughters while also allowing him to have more free time to flirt with their mom.
For now, just let him enjoy his little happiness in secret...
...
After breakfast, Rio and her daughters rested in the living room together, watching a cartoon show for babies.
Henry volunteered to wash the dishes, while Ry-Two prepared to put on his coat to go out.
"Are you leaving for work?" Rio looked over, softly asked.
Ry-Two nodded as he said, "Yes, I decided to report for duty earlier. I can't wait to experience this job."
He tried to sound like he really liked it.
Rio wasn't suspecting his act at all; she really thinks that he meant it, so her expression changed to one of concern.
She told him, "Please be careful, okay?"
The Clone was happy to receive the care from his beloved woman. After exchanging some talk with her, he looked over the two babies.
Henrietta was already absorbed by the cartoon show on TV.
Unlike Rion, who was already regretting letting her Papa go, just when she was bout to cry out in protest, she suddenly heard the cracking sound in the kitchen.
"Ah. You broke the plates again!" Rio shouted, visually angry at her boyfriend's carelessness.
"Sorry, I'm still not used to my own strength!" Henry shouted out, his voice showing his struggle as he tried his best to control the newly obtained strength after the merge with Ry-Two yesterday.
It was as easy as pie when he was with his daughters, but when his daughters were nowhere nearby, the "Father Limiter" also vanished, thus rendering it harder for Henry to control his strength.
"Oh!" Rion exclaimed, she realized that there was still another Papa inside the kitchen.
Then this Papa can go...
"Bye bye. Ba ba!", she cutely waved at her Papa.
"Bye bye!!" Henrietta mimicked her sister as she also waved at her Papa; clearly, she had also been through the same process as Rion.
As long as there was still one Papa at home, they wouldn't act out.
The babies were quick to adapt.
And the effort from last night until this morning of Ry-Two, to create his advantage over Henry with their daughters, was totally useless.
Regardless, the Clone became a daughter's slave as soon as he saw them. So in Ry-Two's view, his daughters were:
'Oh my god, my daughters are so cute!'
'They're waving at me so cutely!'
'Papa loves you guys so much!'
'Papa will work hard, okay?'
He was already a lost cause.
...
After Ry-Two said goodbye to his daughters and Rio, he left the house in Rio's car.
It was also Rio's suggestion, since the original doesn't have his own car yet, but he'd learned how to ride some types of vehicles already; his parents registered some courses for him during their visit last year.
Saying that it will come in handy.
"They're right, my driving license has finally had its use," Ry-Two murmured.
He then took a deep breath.
It was Rio's faint, lingering scent of perfume that still stuck inside the car; she doesn't normally use it because the two babies were always together with her.
But since the reunion with Henry was deemed an important occasion by her, she put on some.
The more Ry-Two thinks about it, the more he feels good.
His smile unconsciously widened.
Then suddenly, "Well, it's time to get serious!"
The Clone's face switched to serious as his eyes glanced at the notification from yesterday.
...
[Ding!]
[The Host had successfully aced his Superhero Test and managed to get a high-ranking position!]
[Mission completed rating: A+]
[Reward:
. Superhero Team Certificate x1
. A Specialized Building for Superhero Team at: Cell A212, Beatrix Zone, Road 182
. Superhero Recruit Ticket x2]
[Reminder: Recruited Heroes are all real people, the System is already checking out their character and quality, so unless the Host failed them as the Leader, they won't betray the team.]
...
That's right.
Ry-Two didn't go to work at the Superheroes Bureau this morning.
The Director gave him one week to consider, which was also a way to show his sincerity toward him, and also for him to understand the privilege of being a high-ranking Ability User.
Anyway, just because he doesn't report back, it doesn't mean he couldn't do any hero's work.
In fact, the moment he accepts the Rank B Identity Card, he has already qualified to work as a Superhero.
Which also included operating a Team.
The requirement to run a Team was as follows:
. The team leader needed to be at least B Rank or higher.
. The team leader must be one who was qualified by the Superhero Union for their leadership.
. The team members can only be at the same Rank or lower Ranks than the team leader.
Also, the Superhero Team has its ranking, and the member limit will increase according to the Rank.
For now, Ry-Two's Team was unranked, thus the member limit of his Team was 3
That was also the reason why the System only gave him two Tickets to recruit members for his Team.
"I'm kinda don't like it... It feels like the System's guiding my life..." he commented, there were some worries in his eyes.
He'd try to ask the System about its goal one time, and the answer was:
[The System's existence is for the sake of the Host.]
[After the Host achieved the peak of his life, the System will also vanish.]
It was just...
Too good to be true, right?
"For now, let's just enjoy the benefits it brought." Ry-Two shook his head, decided to stop overthinking.
Anyway, he was just a Clone.
In the worst case, he still has a save point to reload when needed.
Since the one being bound to the System was him, not the original, the harm it brought should only be limited to him, right?
At that point, he could just commit suicide.
This way, the effect won't merge back to the original, and he could still be able to re-summon again.
...
Henry's Clone ability was a bit special.
When once awakened their ability, the information about their ability will automatically appear inside their head.
It was like gaining an extra limb that you can feel and control.
For Henry, when using the Clone ability, he technically creates a perfect Clone of himself. And these clones were all unique, with slightly altered characteristics from the original.
Ry-Two, for example, was more prideful and had better fighting sense than Henry.
If the clone was destroyed, it can be re-summoned again, but all the memories and changes in its body won't be carried over to the original. That was why, after each time Henry merged Ry-Two back, he didn't create another Ry-Two, but re-summoned him.
Next was the number of clones Henry can create:
("I feel like I can create more clones now, after being strengthened twice by your System, but when I try to create another clone, it feels like the material is missing.")
("Over time, my body is reproducing the missing material. I can feel it, and the process was slow.")
("Probably took an entire month until I can create another clone.")
Those were his comments last night, before the two of them went to bed.
...
While Ry-Two was still deep into his thinking, he had already arrived at the building that belonged to his team.
But...
"Eh?" He was struck dumbfounded.
Then there was a knock on his window. It was a middle-aged man in a construction worker uniform, his face showed guilt.
Ry-Two unconsciously opens the window to see what's going on.
The middle-aged man instantly started talking, "Excuse me, sir. Is this building yours?"
As he asked, he pointed to the building behind him.
Which Ry-Two double checked the address, and it was indeed his.
His face blackened.
"What's going on? I'm the owner." He questioned with a cold voice.
The middle-aged man turned pale, he hurriedly took off the protective helmet on his head, then he hurriedly bowed down to apologize.
"I'm sorry, there was some misunderstanding, and we might have torn down the wrong building!"
That's right...
His Superhero Team Building, it's...
It was entirely torn down to bits!
Only a small section of the wall that attached the address plate stood there.