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As Sadako swallowed, the seed transformed into a ball of light and flowed down her doll-like neck, making even a Strange Story like Sadako feel a sense of warmth.
Her tongue unconsciously licked Kisaragi Rin's finger. Seeing that Kisaragi made no move, Sadako then stood up and retreated to the side, sensing the changes in her strength.
The reason for such a strong reaction was that all the ability seeds Kisaragi Rin held had been processed by the Workshop.
Seeing Aki Tomoya's loss of control, Kisaragi had started a new round of experiments with Haibara Ai in the Workshop these past few days.
As expected of a scientist, her research ideas were much clearer than Kisaragi Rin's. After Kisaragi waved his hand and supplied energy without limit, the experiment quickly yielded results.
The results showed that ability seeds whose original owner's influence was not eliminated truly couldn't be consumed. The use of such seeds significantly increased the probability of losing control, and using them to a certain extent even turned the experimental subjects into stitched monsters.
However, ability seeds with the original owner's influence eliminated would not cause this, truly becoming as the Workshop described:
"Truly become your own power!"
To give a simple example: the Lizard's invisibility ability extracted for 15 energy originally, and the invisibility ability after being processed for 1500 energy.
Although the Workshop never spoke, it had thoroughly indicated that you get what you pay for.
Kisaragi Rin thought carefully for a moment, feeling fortunate that the ability seeds given to them were all processed.
There were also new problems. Was the reason why the Paradise players lost control because the Skills and bloodlines they obtained in Paradise were unprocessed, retaining some kind of influence, or even Cthulhu-like corruption?
Kisaragi Rin was too lazy to think further. Anyway, he had the Workshop to process them, and he didn't believe he was the only one researching such matters. Perhaps the Main World forces already had some answers.
Mary watched from the side with eager eyes, her eyes brimming with tears. Seeing Kisaragi Rin look over, she turned her head away, pretending not to be sad.
Kisaragi Rin immediately blurted out, "You should go sit at a table with Sawamura Eriri."
Mary was clearly a white-haired girl, but her behavior was like a golden-haired losing dog, their attributes completely overlapping.
He distributed the remaining few ability seeds from Kongou Masurao to the two of them.
Hanako looked puzzled, clearly feeling that what she received was less than Sadako's.
Mary didn't think that much. Seeing that she had received something, she gave Kisaragi a tsundere expression of "I forgive you."
In the end, only one of Kongou Masurao's remained in Kisaragi's hand, which was the one Mary had asked him for.
Ability Seed - Otherworldly Girl Helper Manual: A rather special power, seemingly capable of yin-yang complementarity with non-human existences, thereby gaining powerful strength...
"Yin-yang complementarity?"
Kisaragi Rin took a look and, from his heart, swallowed this Otherworldly Girl Helper Manual.
[You have obtained special - Skill/Item - Otherworldly Girl Helper Manual]
Special - Skill/Item - Otherworldly Girl Helper Manual
Description: Beast girls, monsters, machines, and ghosts... They taste really good~
Effect 1 - Friend of Otherworldly Girls: When you face non-human female intelligent humanoid units, i.e., otherworldly girls, your charm attribute will gain higher priority.
Effect 2 - Mutual Aid: As a Friend of Otherworldly Girls, you can mutually assist otherworldly girls who have joined the manual and receive rewards.
Effect 3 - Manual: Only otherworldly girls who are sufficiently excellent and have reached a certain level of favorability with you can join your manual. In exchange, for every otherworldly girl who has reached maximum favorability with you, you can additionally take a special gift from their heart.
Bonus: Upon the first mutual aid with an otherworldly girl who has successfully joined the manual, Effect 2 will be triggered, and your attributes will be enhanced. The extent of enhancement is closely related to the rarity, talent, and favorability of the otherworldly girl...
Usage Condition: Possess an otherworldly girl who is eligible to join the manual and has already reached maximum favorability with you.
Compared to the brief introduction from the Workshop, the Paradise's introduction was much longer. After reading it several times, Kisaragi's expression became somewhat silent.
Who said Aki Tomoya didn't bring him any benefits? Didn't Brother Kongo give it to him in advance!
For such a great gift, Kisaragi Rin immediately mourned for Kongou Masurao, who had already melted in the Workshop, for two and a half seconds.
"Thank you, Brother Kongo!"
The Otherworldly Girl Helper Manual had already lit up on the panel, which meant that the seemingly troublesome usage condition had been met.
Kisaragi Rin was already eager to see what this special item was, with both a "special" prefix and dual forms of Skill and Item.
As the Skill activated, Kisaragi Rin looked at his body, and a special power was brewing within it.
Then, Kisaragi Rin pulled a book out of his heart.
It was pink, with some purplish-pink rendering, and holding it felt like touching skin.
[Otherworldly Girl Helper Manual]
"It's both a Skill and an Item that can materialize?"
Kisaragi Rin asked Sadako to come over and found that she could also see the cover of this manual, but couldn't open it.
Kisaragi Rin had obtained quite a few items with the "special" prefix, such as special - Infinity Castle, special - World Source, and also the Item - Soapland Experience Ticket opened from a special treasure chest...
"How did that guy Kongou Masurao, who's so weak, get something like this?"
According to the Paradise's introduction, the potential of this item was simply limitless.
With the three Strange Stories surrounding him, Kisaragi Rin opened the manual. The first page, as expected, was Spider Mother, and her maximum favorability was what satisfied the usage condition for this special Skill.
Black and white spider silk covered the entire page in a cracked pattern, and Spider Mother in a white kimono was bound in the center of the spider web. Upon closer inspection, her face was constantly changing between different ages.
"So cool," Mary said softly from the side.
She immediately blushed and reacted, primly holding her parasol and sitting on the back of the sofa, though her eyes, constantly fixed on the manual's image, still gave something away.
Touching this page, Spider Mother's basic information appeared.
[Spider Mother: 100]
[Spider Mother's favorability towards you has reached maximum. You can obtain a special gift from her heart.]
"What kind of special gift is it?" Kisaragi Rin wondered. With such high requirements, what kind of gift could be called special?
But he wasn't in a hurry. Kisaragi continued to flip through. The second page showed Mrs. Yukino. By a stream flowing down a snowy mountain, Mrs. Yukino held an ice lotus and placed it on the water.
[Yukino Mifuyu: 90]
"Her favorability has already reached 90 points..."
Kisaragi Rin had been interacting with her normally these past few days, fostering their relationship a little, and hadn't done anything special.
The third page was Sadako. The entire page was composed of shadows, with only the television in the center of the composition emitting light. Sadako was crawling out of it, without any terrifying implication. Instead, her posture highlighted her figure quite well, looking very unusual.
[Sadako: 90]
"Why Sadako first?"
Hanako and Mary stared at Sadako. Sadako's previously sickly pale complexion was now much more vibrant.
Sadako was silent for a moment, looking at her own image and saying, "...Why can't it be me?"
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