A supporting character in a romance anime? I became a god using a rat talisman.

Hiratsuka Shizuka frowned as she took the phone. After confirming that it could indeed communicate normally, her anger subsided slightly.

"What about Qianyu? Have you found him?"

"not yet……"

"We haven't seen him anywhere along the way."

The three girls looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.

Hiratsuka Shizuka's heart sank again.

Where did that brat go?

This forest is now extremely dangerous; it's riddled with cracks and signs of collapse. If something happens to him...

"Hey--!"

Just then, a shout came from afar.

Everyone turned their heads at the same time and saw a figure running up to them from the forest path.

"Kazama?!"

Hiratsuka Shizuka's eyes widened, almost unable to believe her luck.

The person who ran all the way here was Kazama Chiba.

He looked disheveled, but he had actually gotten a stitch in his side from running too fast on the ice.

Upon seeing the four people here, Kazama Chiba was also taken aback, and then her face showed a timely expression of emotion, as if she had finally met her family.

"Jing...Teacher Jing? And everyone else?"

"Are you guys lost like me? By the way, was that an earthquake just now? It scared me to death..."

Chiyu, panting heavily with her hands on her knees, looked like an ordinary high school student who had just escaped from a bear's jaws.

Looking at the student before her, who was completely unharmed except for looking a little weak, Shizuka felt a surge of emotion welling up in her eyes.

Where did that bastard go? He made her so worried! When we get back, I'm going to give him a good beating!

"Kazama-kun!"

Yui was the first to rush forward.

Are you alright? Are you hurt? We were so worried about you.

"I'm fine."

Qianyu's voice sounded somewhat tired, but overall she remained relatively calm.

"But what happened to you guys?"

"Didn't the teacher rush out to look for you all by herself?"

Michiyo stepped forward, her bright eyes scanning Chiba from head to toe, seemingly to make sure he was truly alright. "We were worried, so we followed him out. And then…"

Her gaze drifted to the chasm behind her.

Chiyu's gaze swept back and forth between Rift Valley and Hirazuka Shizuka.

"Ms. Jing, did you come out looking for me just now?"

"Enough with the nonsense!"

Hiratsuka Shizuka got up from the ground, her legs still a little weak, but her spirit was in no way inferior.

"Do you even know what the situation is like? To desert the group in this weather, do you think you're going to live forever?!"

"I--"

Shut up! I'll settle the score with you when we get back!

Qianyu was stunned for a moment, looking at the usually carefree female teacher in front of her, whose eyes were now red and whose wrist was still bleeding.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Jing, for making you worry."

The reunion didn't last long before the ground beneath their feet began to tremble again.

This time, it wasn't the kind of vibration caused by a simple physical strike as before.

It was a deeper, more oppressive resonance, as if some enormous creature was turning over deep underground.

The snow beneath our feet began to tremble violently, the surrounding trees began to shake violently, and the snow on the treetops fell in a rustling sound.

Hiratsuka Shizuka's expression changed instantly.

Whether it was the supernatural phenomenon just now or the geological disaster now, her instinct as a teacher made her make a decision immediately.

"Something's wrong, it looks like an earthquake is coming! Quick! Run back immediately!"

Without her saying anything more, the terrifying sense of oppression emanating from underground had already made the legs of the girls present go weak.

The group dared not linger any longer and, amidst the intensifying tremors, fled frantically toward the resort.

Chapter 126 Fusion and Sublimation!

On the other side is the city of Shinsui.

Akane Shinjo stuffed the last starch stick into her mouth, chewed it a couple of times, and then frowned.

Cold fries are like a male protagonist who has been NTR'd (Netorare, a Japanese term for sexually transmitted crimes); his appearance is still the same, but his soul is long dead.

She crumpled the paper bag into a ball and threw it into the trash can, her gaze returning to the notebook on the table.

"Hmm? Is it finally done?"

At this moment, the pages of the notebook are turning automatically.

Pale golden light seeped through the gaps in the paper, as if something was stirring inside.

Akane Shinjo leaned closer, squinting to decipher the gradually emerging characters.

Incubation conditions have been met.

"An absorbable energy source has been detected in the Melba Egg."

Should we initiate the integration and incubation program?

Akane Shinjo's eyes lit up instantly.

Melba! The Melba she had been longing for was finally about to hatch!

She had been raising this egg for a long time, from the size of a ping-pong ball to the size of a soccer ball now. During that time, she fed it countless amounts of magic and added countless settings. All that was needed was a trigger for it to hatch.

She immediately turned to the next page, where even more information came into view.

Energy source that can be absorbed: Golza (deceased)

『Golza Residual Power Detection Value: 87%』

Estimated success rate of fusion: 94%

Please write the specific fusion settings below.

Golzan.

That unfortunate creature killed by the unknown light could actually be put to good use.

Akane Shinjo still harbors resentment over its death, after all, it was her masterpiece, which she created herself, only to be killed off not long after its appearance, without even contributing a decent battle scene.

But now, its power still remains?

And it can be absorbed by Melba?

Akane Shinjo's breathing became rapid.

The image was already forming in her mind: Melba's elegant flight combined with Golza's raging magma power.

What a perfect being it would be if the fusion of two ancient monsters were!

She almost impatiently grabbed her pen and wrote the first line on the page.

Melba should completely absorb Golza's soul and dark power.

Inheriting Golza's hatred and fighting instincts

It hatched from its shell with even greater power and terror.

"To become the strongest Demon Beast capable of destroying all enemies..."

The pen suddenly stopped.

It wasn't that Akane Shinjo didn't want to write anymore, but a new prompt suddenly popped up on her notebook, interrupting her creative flow.

Additional fusionable materials detected.

Material Name: Snow Clow Cards

Material Type: Magical Concept Object (Damaged)

'Include in fusion sequence? Y/N'

Akane Shinjo stared at that line of text for a full five seconds.

Clow Cards? What the heck?

She had never heard of this thing before.

The name sounds like it's merchandise from some kind of card game, or maybe a prop from a third-rate light novel.

But the problem is, she never wrote anything about Clow Cards in her notebook, so where did this stuff come from?

Forget it, never mind.

Akane tilted her head, completely baffled as to what this thing was all about.

However, logic has never been important to this monster maker.

Anything that makes my monster stronger is good; anything that doesn't is trash.

Since this Snow Clow Card has been identified by the system as a "fusion material," it means that it will help Melba's growth.

As for its origins and potential side effects...

More on that later.