Conquer the world, young man!

"That's what they say, but I really want to hear your new song soon." Kushina Honami put the signed album back into her bag and joked, "After all, I can consider myself a fan of Randy."

"Totsuka-kun is actually Randy?" Yata looked at Totsuka with surprise. After examining him closely, he tapped his head. "So that's why I've always felt he looked familiar? I always felt an unexpected sense of familiarity with Totsuka-kun!"

“Idiot.” Fushimi Saruhiko said coldly from the side, “Back then, everyone in the class listened to his songs every day.”

Yata looked somewhat embarrassed and annoyed, and glared at Fushimi. "Saruhiko, did you recognize Totsuka-san at first glance?!"

Fushimi simply shrugged in response, indicating that he had no opinion on the matter.

In HOMRA, everyone is very friendly to Kushina Honami and the child she brought. However, since they are just ordinary people, they don't show too much closeness. After all, HOMRA has many enemies, and this world is inaccessible to ordinary people.

The girl brought by Kushina Honami, Kanai Kushina Anna, immediately stared intently at Suoh Mikoto upon seeing him, her expression extremely serious and focused. While being stared at like that by a girl, Suoh Mikoto turned and glared at her, but this didn't frighten her in the slightest. Seeing this, everyone quieted down, becoming curious about this seemingly 'special' girl.

Totsuka chuckled softly to himself; he knew very well how special Anna was. Seemingly having watched enough, Kushina Anna went to a corner, sat down, and started playing marbles.

"What would you like to eat, Honami-sensei?" At this moment, Kusanagi Izumo asked Kushina Honami directly, "Sensei, you have the right to order whatever you like, don't you know?"

Kushina Honami covered her mouth and chuckled, then looked at Anna, "Let's have a curry rice, Anna... why don't you have some too?"

The child in the corner shook his head, which made Kushina Honami's smile a little forced. "She doesn't like to eat much, so give her a smaller portion."

Totsuka smiled knowingly, went into the kitchen, and began making a bright red tomato and chicken curry rice. After serving a small plate, she went directly to the child in the corner, sat down on the floor like Anna, and handed him the plate.

Anna Kushina quietly played with her marbles, showing no reaction to Totsuka's actions. Meanwhile, Totsuka overheard Honami Kushina and Kusanagi talking behind her about the girl, about her hospitalization and the death of her parents.

"Anna, won't you eat something?" Totsuka looked at the girl who was still looking down, glanced at Kushina Honami who was very worried about the girl's condition, and said in a low voice, "You probably don't want Kushina Honami to worry, right? Eating more food will be good for your health."

Anna Kushina continued playing with her marbles, not even lifting her head. Totsuka wasn't angry; instead, he began to intently observe Anna's movements. The scattered red marbles bounced and scattered after colliding, seemingly without any pattern. Was Anna using this to see another world?

Totsuka reached out and flicked the marbles on the ground with her finger. The marbles seemed to be drawn to each other, colliding one after another and scrambling their arrangement. Totsuka's action finally made the little girl raise her head. She remained silent and watched Totsuka intently.

“I saw it…” Kushina Anna opened her mouth, then immediately shut it and lowered her head again.

Totsuka lowered her voice further and asked softly, "Can you see things that ordinary people can't?"

Totsuka's words made the little girl focus her gaze on him again, though her gaze seemed to be fixed on him, as if she were looking into the distance.

"What do you think of me?" Totsuka knew about the girl's abilities, but he didn't know what she could see about him.

Anna Kushina reached out and picked up a marble, placing it in front of her eyes. Through the marble, she looked at Totsuka and their eyes met.

Almost instantly, Totsuka also felt an indescribable, wondrous sensation. He sensed that Anna had indeed seen something, something that could be described as something beyond human reach.

[Hmph, this little girl has some nerve; she wants to see something even deeper.]

The system's words suddenly popped into his mind. Totsuka was startled, but saw that the marble in Kushina Anna's hand rolled to the ground in surprise, and the little girl's face also looked a little pale.

"System, what did you do?" Tokusuki asked immediately.

[I only showed her some things; of course, she wouldn't know about the existence of this system.]

What did you show her that made her so stunned?! Seeing the little girl frowning and unable to speak, Totsuka felt a little helpless and quickly asked, "Anna, are you alright?"

Anna Kushina shook her head slightly, finally focusing her gaze on the plate that Totsuka had been holding for a long time.

"Have some." Totsuka's hand was a little sore, but she still handed it over with a smile. "It tastes good."

Anna Kushina stared at the red tomato sauce on the plate, then reached out and picked it up. Under Totsuka's gaze, she scooped it up spoonful by spoonful and put it in her mouth.

Totsuka expressed his satisfaction and took out various brightly colored candies from the table, picked out the red ones, placed them in his palm, and handed them over.

After Anna ate a small plate of curry rice, she saw the ten bundles of candy in her hands, reached out and took one, then put it in her mouth.

"Totsuka, you're amazing." After talking with Kusanagi and the others, Kushina Honami was surprised to see Totsuka and Anna interacting. "Anna can't distinguish colors other than red. Because she can't see colors, she has a poor appetite. I didn't expect you to be able to discover this, Totsuka, and even get Anna to eat a lot."

Kushina Honami's words drew everyone's attention back to Totsuka, while Kusanagi Izumo said directly, "That guy has always been a very mysterious person."

"Where is that hospital?" Totsuka asked Kushina Honami. She had just said that Anna was hospitalized and that Anna had a brain problem. Clearly, that hospital was the one with the real problem.

Kushina Honami answered directly, "I stay in Nanagamado and don't usually go anywhere else."

Totsuka nodded, and Hatta, who was next to her, quickly said, "Kamamoto and I can take you to visit other shopping streets, there are quite a few nice places."

"You probably only ever go to arcades," Fushimi Saruhiko said, trying to dampen your enthusiasm.

Seeing the two of them, Totsuka couldn't help but chuckle. Just then, his clothes were tugged. Totsuka looked down and saw a girl with a blank expression grabbing his clothes.

This prompted Totsuka to immediately ask, "What's wrong, Anna?"

Anna Kushina stared with her cat-like eyes at Totsuka before turning her gaze to Mikoto Suoh. When no one was paying attention to her, she whispered, "You're in danger around that person."

Anna Kushina's expression was extremely serious, even solemn. She thought for a moment, then said, "It will be very painful... but it's also a bit strange..."

"You saw it?" Totsuka really couldn't say what Kushina Anna had seen, since this time it was the system that showed Anna something, and she had no idea what it was!

[Heh, is the host criticizing this system again?]

"I just don't trust the system," Totsuka said silently, glancing at Kushina Anna. Of course, he wouldn't say anything more about the system, since he still had to rely on it until all the missions were completed.

[The host is truly a clever and pragmatic person. This system is quite satisfied with you.]

"..." Kushina Anna seemed unable to articulate what she had seen, only looking at Totsuka with a hint of worry in her eyes.

Totsuka didn't show any unease about Kushina Anna's expression; instead, she smiled and reassured the girl.

"Aren't you angry?" Kushina Anna was also puzzled by Totsuka's reaction. Would a normal person react like this when they know they are in danger? And it seemed that he completely believed what she said.

Totsuka chuckled and patted the girl's head, whispering, "I know what you're saying, but don't tell anyone about this, okay?"

Anna Kushina frowned, but finally nodded.

"Sorry to bother you today." Kushina Honami walked over, extended her hand, and led the girl to her side. Beside her were Hatta and Kamamoto, who were going to take them shopping. "Anna, we have to go now."

After glancing at Totsuka, Kushina Anna followed Kushina Honami and left. After they left, Totsuka also went to the bar and whispered to Kusanagi Izumo and Suoh Mikoto, "Anna is a psychic."

A superhuman who possesses abilities naturally, without being granted them by a monarch.

“King’s flames are red.” Totsuka turned to Suoh Mikoto and smiled. “Anna can only see red, so she is probably most sensitive to King’s flames. For her, this kind of red must be something she has never seen before.”

“Her red marbles also have the ability to ‘see’ and ‘sense’.” Totsuka thought about how Anna observed him with the marbles, and continued, “Such an ability should be extremely special among espers.”

"I've been with her the whole time..." Suoh Mikoto glanced at Totsuka and said slowly, "Just to find out about this?"

Kusanagi Izumo chuckled as he looked at Suoh Mikoto's expression. "Mikoto was watching you guys just now."

“Anna is a good girl.” Totsuka’s face flushed slightly, but his expression quickly turned serious. “That Nanakamado must be the place of the Golden King, right?”

Kusanagi Izumo nodded. Since Suoh Mikoto became a king, he had learned a lot about these things. As the Silver King who had not made any moves in the sky, the Gold King's clan and power were at the top of the kings.

“That’s probably not just an ordinary hospital; it might be a research facility for people with superpowers.” Kusanagi Izumo understood Totsuka’s meaning, which made him frown as well. “I know what you’re worried about. I’ll investigate.”

“I’ll also inquire about it.” Totsuka immediately thought of Reborn, who seemed to know a lot about all kinds of information. Perhaps he could ask him for some information.

Suoh Mikoto, observing the expressions of the two, showed a slight displeasure, which caused Totsuka, who had been watching Mikoto closely, to turn around.

"King, what did you discover?" Totsuka stared at Suoh Mikoto. He had always felt that Anna and Mikoto shared some similarities.

Suoh Mikoto turned his face away and muttered softly, "He probably failed to become... a king."

Suoh Mikoto's words immediately made Kusanagi Izumo think that the fourth king, the Blue King, had not yet been born. Could it be that Kushina Anna's matter was related to those Blue Clan members wearing blue uniforms?

“No matter what, if it’s meant to harm Anna…” Totsuka’s eyes darkened as he looked at the two of them, “Kishina Anna will become a member of HOMRA.”

Chapter 111108 Invading the Research Institute

Since Kushina Anna appeared, Totsuka's attention naturally shifted to this girl. Kusanagi Izumo also understood Totsuka's concerns very well. It could be said that in HOMRA, although Totsuka always said that Fujishima Kosuke was a nice guy, Kusanagi thought that Totsuka was the same way. However, the key to his behavior was whether he was interested in it.

Totsuka also inquired with Reborn about the place called Nanatsugamado. Clearly, as the hospital owned by the Golden King, it held secrets unknown to ordinary people. Reborn indicated that the place needed attention, but as for anything else, he didn't know much. However, the Golden King's ruler, Kouji Daikaku, could be considered a righteous monarch, and it's unlikely he'd paid much attention to this small place. But it couldn't be ruled out that he might have deliberately ignored the research conducted there.

Suoh Mikoto didn't object to Totsuka and Kusanagi's discussion about bringing Kushina Anna to HOMRA. It could be said that those whom Totsuka had chosen as comrades, they all willingly accepted. In a way, Totsuka's words were indeed very convincing.

Kusanagi and Totsuka went to Kushina Honami's house, intending to bring Honami and Anna to live with them at HOMRA. As Anna's only family member, Anna's concern for Honami might also attract the attention of that 'hospital'. After only one night apart, when Totsuka saw Anna again, she felt that Anna was more like a doll than when they met the day before, almost without any expression or emotion. This state was even more worrying.

While Kusanagi Izumo and Kushina Honami were talking, Totsuka went directly to Anna and said, "There may be some things you don't want to say, Anna, but HOMRA is on your side. Both Kushina-nee and you will be alright."

When Kushina Anna heard Totsuka's words, she was slightly taken aback.

At that moment, Totsuka stretched out his hand, and a bright red flame appeared in the center of his palm. Kusanagi Izumo, having finished his conversation with Honami, witnessed this scene, which brought a smile to his lips.

What began as a small ball of flame gradually spread, enveloping Totsuka's wrist. Totsuka observed Anna's expression, noticing a hint of worry in her eyes, perhaps fearing the flame might harm him. This deepened Totsuka's smile, and the flame on his wrist expanded further, before a pair of wings unfurled from within.

Gradually, the flames sprouted a bird's head, body, and tail. The firebird seemed to break free from Totsuka's grasp, detaching itself from her wrist. The firebird's red wings fluttered, scattering sparks. It began circling Kushina Anna before soaring into the sky.

Anna Kushina stared at the scene in astonishment, her gaze fixed on the firebird until it disappeared. Then, she quickly looked at Totsuka's wrist. His wrist was still smooth, unburned.

“It really does look like a magic trick.” Small flames appeared on Totsuka’s fingers and disappeared one by one. “Anna, in HOMRA, King’s flame is the brightest and reddest.”

Kusanagi Izumo expressed his appreciation for Totsuka's approach, saying directly, "Only you can control the flames so skillfully, it's just that the flames are too weak."

Totsuka didn't offer any explanation; he admitted that he wasn't particularly powerful when wielding the flames bestowed upon him by the Venerable. However, his fire attributes weren't limited to just this one...

Kusanagi Izumo smiled at Kushina Anna and slowly asked, "Can little Anna trust us?"

Anna Kushina stared blankly at the two of them. "Believe?"

"Does Anna possess that incredible power?" Kusanagi Izumo asked this girl, who seemed to have a lot of ideas, almost directly stating the question he wanted to ask: "Was she undergoing special examinations in that special place?"

Anna Kushina stood there stiffly, offering no response whatsoever to Izumo Kusanagi's question.

Totsuka walked over and extended her hand to Anna. "It's okay if you don't want to say anything, but you should like everyone in HOMRA. Let's get along well in the time to come."

Anna Kushina tightened her grip, but still placed her hand in Totsuka's palm. Totsuka took her hand, and then Izumo Kusanagi led Honami Kushina back to the HOMRA bar.

In the bar, Anna quickly shifted her attention to Suoh Mikoto, staring at him intently, just as she had during their first meeting. Anyone would feel uncomfortable being stared at like that by a girl with a blank expression. Suoh Mikoto almost never cared about what others thought, but being scrutinized by such a young girl made him a little anxious.

"It's rare to see you like this," Kusanagi Izumo teased from the side. Apart from the Totsuka incident, it was really strange for Suoh Mikoto to treat others like this.

Suoh Mikoto frowned, turned his head away, and deliberately ignored the girl. "So annoying."

Kusanagi Izumo's smile grew even more delighted at Suoh Mikoto's reaction. Kushina Anna, sitting to the side with her knees drawn up to her chest, leaned even closer to Suoh Mikoto. This intensely focused, almost observant look made Suoh Mikoto even more agitated; he even shouted, "Where's Totsuka? Tell him to watch the child!"

Kusanagi Izumo looked at Mikoto and Anna and said softly, "He and Yata went to take care of some business."

Suoh Mikoto gave a soft hum, having come to understand quite a bit about what that guy was doing.

At this moment, Totsuka was at the Nanagamado Chemotherapy Research Center, accompanied by Yata and Kamamoto. After being granted power by Mikoto, Yata began carrying a skateboard with him, with red flames burning at the bottom, serving as a weapon for his attacks. While taking Yata and Kamamoto along, Totsuka also casually pulled Fushimi along, even though Fushimi was unwilling, he still came along.

"Little monkey, is this the way to the Central Research Institute?" Totsuka pointed to the fork in the road ahead and asked Fushimi, who was using a terminal to make inquiries.

"Go up those stairs over there." Fushimi pointed ahead, expressing his distrust of the group trying to infiltrate the research institute. Compared to him and Totsuka, who were dressed relatively normally, Hatta, carrying a skateboard, and the very burly Kamamoto, looked completely out of place in the research institute.

Following the directions found, Totsuka stopped Hatta from destroying the wall and then used his precise control over flames to break the lock before entering.

"Isn't this also destruction?" Hatta didn't quite understand Totsuka's approach. Wouldn't it have been simpler and more direct to let him use his ability directly?

Totsuka glanced at Hatta, chuckled, and shook his head. "After all, we've infiltrated infiltrated, so quietly causing trouble won't attract attention."

"That's really impressive." Kamamoto Rikio looked at the cross-section of the lock and exclaimed in admiration.