Anime Crossover: Post-Apocalyptic Survival, My Stand is the World

"It's still about 'time'."

Chapter 181 Kurumi's Pledge of Allegiance

"It's still about 'time'."

When Kurumi's declaration of war, filled with extreme allure and blatant provocation, a veritable nuclear bomb, slowly spread through the conference room like the sweetest poison.

The air in the entire room seemed to have been sucked out.

Yukino, Shiwa, Mai, Erina, Alice, Saeko...

The six queens, each with a distinct style yet equally proud, all froze, their previously kind expressions turning to a cold, unspoken imperfection.

It slowly became somewhat dangerous.

"Owned property?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha was the first to smile.

She gently put down her teacup, the crisp clinking of the bone china sounding particularly jarring in the deathly silent room.

Her beautiful wine-red eyes gleamed with an extremely cold light, as if she were looking at a foolish, low-level green tea bitch.

"Tokisaki-kun, do you have some misunderstanding about the word 'ownership'? Or do you lack the most basic understanding of the basic etiquette of 'first come, first served' in human society? You know, in any great story, a 'sudden appearance' character like you, who appears halfway through, is usually just a tool to advance the protagonist's romantic relationship."

"Yes."

Alice Nakiri echoed with a cold laugh, her red eyes flashing with the rationality and disdain of a scientist.

“Based on my latest analysis of Su Chenjun’s physical data, his energy output and emotional fluctuation curves are more in line with the model of a ‘giver’ rather than a ‘taker.’ Someone like you, whose origins are unclear, a ‘spoils of war’ just picked up from the battlefield…”

She looked Kurumi up and down without any politeness, "I'm afraid even the qualification to become his 'experimental material' requires a strict evaluation of energy purity and gene sequence."

For a while.

A war of words.

The undercurrent is surging.

An ultimate battleground, a war of attrition over the ownership of property, is about to erupt.

Meanwhile, Su Chen, who was the catalyst for the war, remained calm and composed, leisurely sipping his tea.

It was as if the scene before him, comparable to a mythical battle, had nothing to do with him.

Even a little to laugh.

'Interesting, very interesting.'

As he watched the tense scene unfold before him, his mischievous sense of humor was burning fiercely within him.

'As expected of the women I've set my sights on, none of them are easy to deal with.'

'A cunning playwright, a rational alchemist, an icy queen of order, a gentle national idol… and now there's a yandere time witch.'

'Now, my fish tank ecosystem is truly complete!'

……

"Ha ha……"

Faced with the hostile questions from the queens, Kurumi Tokisaki showed no sign of weakness; instead, her elegant yet morbid smile deepened.

"Oh my god... all the older sisters are so fierce."

She spoke in a tone full of innocence and fear, even shrugging her shoulders exaggeratedly, as if she were the poor, helpless little sister who had been bullied.

"I'm just stating a fact."

As she spoke, she slowly pulled something out from under the hem of her gorgeous Gothic Lolita dress.

It was an energy core the size of a human head (BJDC), completely black, and still slowly pulsating, like a heart.

It's like a living black hole, formed from the purest malice and chaos.

Each pulsation seemed to devour the surrounding light, causing the lights in the entire conference room to dim for a moment.

Above the core, there were still wisps of the remnant will of a lord-level monster, which had not yet completely dissipated and was filled with a violent and insane aura.

The moment this heart appeared.

All the girls present changed their expressions.

They could all feel a terrifying power emanating from that heart that was enough to suffocate them.

It was a qualitative difference unlike any monster they had ever encountered before.

"This is……"

Yukino Yukinoshita's usually calm voice trembled with disbelief, "The core of a 'Lord-level' monster?"

"That's right."

Kurumi chuckled and casually tossed the still-beating heart onto the center of the conference table, like an ordinary toy.

"Just before Mr. Su Chen came to 'invite' me to the tea party, I took care of a clueless little guy who was lurking near the clock tower of the capital."

She pointed to the Lord-level core, powerful enough to wipe out any ordinary survivor team on the spot, and said with a naive and innocent smile:

"This is a small token of my sincerity to Mr. Su Chen and all the ladies."

She paused, her eerie, smiling, clock-like eyes slowly sweeping over every queen present who was utterly stunned and silent by her actions.

Kurumi Tokisaki has now taken the initiative, and she has proven with her decisive strength why she is sitting here.

Sometimes, silent actions are more persuasive than harsh words.

Her behavior seemed to be saying:

"Then please tell me."

"Dear ladies here."

"Apart from Mr. Su Chen himself."

"Who else?"

"Is it possible to do that?"

Chapter 182 Kaguya-sama Wants to Live Next Door

The "Queen's War" in the top-floor conference room is still raging, filled with sparks of wisdom and sharp verbal sparring.

Meanwhile, in the downstairs neighborhood, a smaller undercurrent, brimming with the atmosphere of a "battle of wits in love," was quietly brewing.

.......

"So, that's it."

Yukino Yukinoshita spoke in her usual icy tone.

She had just escaped from that tense meeting room.

Under the guise of "inspecting the people's conditions and arranging new people," I was actually exhausted by Shiyu-senpai's endless sophistry and Erina-sama's unquestionable domineering aura. I wanted to take a break and clear my head with some simple, logical work to calm my chaotic thoughts.

But little did they expect that they would escape one wolf's den only to fall into another.

She looked at the two newly arrived commoners in front of her, who were also full of troubled children—Shirogane Miyuki and Shinomiya Kaguya—and explained the base's "basic law" to them in her usual cold, rational voice.

"Food will be distributed on time and in the correct quantities, and Ms. Nakiri will be in charge. You can apply to her for any special requests, but given her current 'queen' mood, they will most likely be rejected."

"Work will be arranged according to your individual strengths. Before that, you will need to participate in some basic logistical work, such as cleaning or organizing supplies."

"As for accommodation..."

She took out a newly printed diagram of the building's interior, drawn in the air, and pointed to the relatively clean former employees' lounges on the fifth floor.

"Considering that you are both students, I will try my best to separate you from the other ordinary survivors."

"There are two separate empty rooms in sections A and C on the fifth floor. They are fully equipped and have the highest level of security. If there are no objections..."

"I have an opinion."

Before she could finish speaking, a young girl's voice, filled with an unquestionable arrogance like that of a young lady, yet tinged with a barely perceptible nervousness, interrupted her.

It's Kaguya Shinomiya.

The beautiful heiress with long, straight black hair was a far cry from her previous disheveled and disheveled appearance.

With the help of Tohru's cleaning magic, which can be described as a "human-shaped fully automatic washing, drying and sterilizing machine", she not only regained her usual bright and beautiful appearance, but the Shuchiin school uniform she was wearing was even cleaner and tidier than a brand new one, and exuded a faint sunshine scent.

She straightened her perfectly developed petite chest and, in a tone as if giving an order to her butler, made an extremely strange request to Yukino Yukinoshita.

"Yukinoshita-san, right?"

Her voice was calm, attempting to project the authority befitting the heir of the Shinomiya family. But her small hands, tightly gripping the hem of her skirt, even wrinkling it, betrayed her inner turmoil.

'Calm down, Kaguya,' she told herself. 'This is just a trivial request. Show your usual confidence in the student council. You're the daughter of the Shinomiya family; how can you show weakness in front of a mere base administrator?'

"Yes, this is all for the honor of the Shinomiya family."

"Regarding the accommodation arrangements," she took a deep breath, her mind racing at an unprecedented pace, searching for the most respectable excuse for her little selfish desire, "I have a small suggestion."

"Please speak." Yukino Yukinoshita looked at her expressionlessly, her eyes devoid of any emotion, as if she were watching an actor putting on a poor performance.

"cough."

Kaguya cleared her throat, revealing an expression that she believed to be full of authority and unquestionable authority, but which, in the eyes of others, looked somewhat guilty.

"Considering that President Shirogane is, after all, the esteemed 'Student Council President' of our Shuchiin Academy."

"His safety is related to the honor and future of the entire 'Shuchiin Academy,' and it is absolutely not something that can be lost."

“So,” she emphasized, trying to make her reasoning sound more convincing, “I, as the ‘vice president’ of the student council, have the responsibility and the obligation to ‘protect’ his personal safety 24 hours a day, without leaving his side.”

"therefore."

She finally revealed her true, ultimate goal.

Those beautiful, ruby-like eyes sparkled with anticipation.

"Please make sure that President Shirogane and I are seated in adjacent rooms."

· ········Requesting flowers··· ··

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"..."

ha?

The blonde student council president standing next to her, who remained silent the entire time because he was completely confused about the situation, was Miyuki Shirogane.

After hearing Kaguya's "quasi-cohabitation" declaration, which was full of suggestive language.

That handsome face, which had been trying so hard to maintain the dignity of the president, suddenly turned bright red, like a ripe tomato.

"Shinomiya... Shinomiya. What... what nonsense are you talking about?"

He pointed at her, stammering and incoherent, his brain completely shut down due to overwhelming shame and shock.

"Who...who asked you to 'protect' them 24/7? Men...men and women shouldn't touch each other. Don't you even understand that?"

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"President."

Kaguya turned her head to look at him, her face displaying a cold expression as if she were showing concern for someone with intellectual disabilities.

Are you questioning my 'loyalty' as vice president?

"Or perhaps..." Her voice turned dangerous, a cold glint in her eyes, "you actually want to secretly go and stay in that area, supposedly closest to Mr. Su Chen's room, so you can easily go and ask him for study methods in the middle of the night?"

"I...I didn't!"

Shirogane Miyuki instantly jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, frantically waving his hands in denial, perfectly falling into Kaguya's malicious verbal trap.

"..."

"..."

Yukino Yukinoshita looked at the two silly couple in front of her, who could only be described as "laughing and joking".

Watching their battle of wits over love, which was full of "elementary school kid" vibes, low-level, yet inexplicably sweet, I felt a pang of envy.