I really don't want to have a girlfriend.

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After changing her clothes and going downstairs, Yuu Tenkuji noticed that most of the cat supplies in the bag had been taken out, and there was a litter box filled with cat litter in the corner of the entrance hall, with a layer of newspaper carefully laid underneath.

He walked into the living room and found his sister's petite figure squatting by the dining table, one of the two small bowls in front of her filled with water, while she was pouring cat food into the other small bowl.

"Qiong, do you know how to raise a cat?"

"There are plenty of tips and experiences shared online. We are modern people, and we should learn to make good use of technology."

After pouring out the feed, Kasugano Sora stood up straight and let out a slightly tired sigh.

Satisfied, she watched Xue Nong lean in and devour the food. She raised her delicate face, placed her hands on her hips, and smiled smugly at Tiankongji.

"I'm not your average shut-in! While Yu is out earning money, I'll stay home and study. Cleaning and taking care of cats are a piece of cake for me, so don't underestimate me!"

Tenkuji Yu blinked: "What about washing dishes and cooking?"

Startled for a moment, Kasugano Sora immediately stopped smiling, stared at him expressionlessly, and puffed out her cheeks in displeasure.

"I don't like getting wet, and my cooking isn't as good as yours... so it's not that I can't do it, it's just that there's no need for me to be an expert!"

"Yes, that's definitely right." Tenkuji Yu smiled, patted her little head, and said softly, "You did very well, you really are my little sister."

"What else?"

"...Double the amount of potato chips within three days."

"That's more like it." Qiong nodded in satisfaction, turning her gaze to the kitten that was happily eating.

Her lips were slightly pursed, her fair skin flushed, and she silently enjoyed his caresses.

A gentle night breeze was blowing.

Soon after, the house was filled with the aroma of delicious food.

The two sat down at the table, ready to eat, when they saw the gray-spotted kitten squatting on the ground, staring at them with longing eyes.

"Meow~"

Kasugano Sora hesitated for a moment: "It has already eaten so much food, it wouldn't want to eat more, would it?"

“Obviously, yes.” Tenkuji Yu sighed. He could understand what this guy was saying and had expected this.

He put down his chopsticks and went into the kitchen. Soon after, a fragrant aroma wafted out. He carried a plate of pan-fried salmon and placed it on the ground in front of the gray-spotted kitten.

"I've picked out all the thorns for you, so eat up. But you can't be picky; you have to eat all kinds of food, including feed and canned food."

"Meow~ (Of course, being picky about food is disrespectful to life!)"

"Did you hear that from Master Cat again?"

"Meow~ (No, this is just my own feeling. Because not eating will lead to starvation, and being picky about food is like slowly starving yourself to death!)"

"Don't worry, you'll only get fatter, not starve." Yuu patted the kitten's head and then let it eat on its own.

Although it had a bit of a cat's tongue, it ate quickly and hurriedly, panting as it devoured the plate of salmon.

Yuu Tenkuji sat back down and noticed Kasugano Sora looking at him.

"what happened?"

"You can talk to cats?"

"Sure, I know a little animal language." The system didn't restrict him from speaking it.

“I see…” Kasugano Sora nodded thoughtfully. “Then it seems I can’t let it into my room…”

The last sentence was not heard by Yuu Tenkuji.

"Don't you have any doubts?"

Looking at her rather indifferent expression, Tenkuji Yu couldn't help but feel strange—unlike Yukinoshita Haruno, Tenkuji Yu hadn't personally witnessed him smashing the machine, so how could she so calmly accept the surreal thing that 'he can communicate with animals'?

Kasugano Sora responded to him with a look that said, "You're an idiot."

"Didn't I say it before? If I don't trust you, who else can I trust?"

Of course, she didn't reveal her true thoughts—

In Kasugano Sora's mind, Tenkuji Yu is the best and most amazing older brother in the world, and being omnipotent is just the basics.

Even if one day he transforms into Ultraman and tells himself, "You can also become light!", Kasugano Sora probably wouldn't be surprised.

...Okay, this is still a bit scary.

"Indeed, your brother is getting more and more powerful." He said this with a smile, his tone confident.

After finishing dinner amidst a gentle sense of warmth and emotion, Yuu Tenkuji dragged his sister, who was trying to escape, into the kitchen before returning to his room.

Putting aside the mundane matter of money, he gained new skills and a new state of being today, which he needs to carefully examine.

For example, ventriloquism, speeding up, etc...

What can this seemingly unorthodox skill actually be used for?

Chapter Sixty-Nine: Even now, he still can't figure out [Yukinoshita Haruno]

I sat on the bed and opened the system panel.

Tenkuji Yu quickly found two new states and new skills, and closed his eyes to carefully experience them.

The system had no instructions or customer service. Before activating it, he could only rely on this intuition to know "what this thing is used for and how to use it".

He quickly got a general idea of ​​what was going on.

"Acceleration" allows you to increase your speed while performing a certain action, such as running, punching, or licking cherries until your body can no longer handle it. The specific increase can be controlled at will.

As for whether "acceleration" can be applied to consciousness to form a state similar to time control or entering an accelerated world, Yuu Tenkuji has no idea and no way to try it.

After all, one-time states disappear once used up, so using them to synthesize permanent states is the most profitable way to utilize them.

However, considering its wider range of applications compared to "seamless" and "insoluble in water," Yuu Tenkuji decided to put it aside for the time being and not gamble on its luck.

The next few days will be his and Yukino Yukinoshita's "spicy taste journey". If nothing unexpected happens, they should be able to obtain a lot of skills and statuses. Since that's the case, they might as well pick a few less important ones to synthesize, so that they have trump cards to deal with any unexpected situation, and not be so conservative as to guard the gold mine but dare not cash it in.

Then there's 'ventriloquism,' which can be tried repeatedly.

He started with a skilled beatbox, and then Yuu Tenkuji imitated the sounds of a motorcycle starting, a steam train, gunshots, footsteps, etc., all so realistic that even looking at his mouth, you couldn't believe that the sounds were coming from his mouth.

"Meow~ Woof~ Awoo~ Quack~ Pikachu~ Peko~ Rua~"

Yes, the sounds of animals are very similar.

Yuu Tenkuji began experimenting with human voices, starting with the one he was most familiar with, Sora's voice.

"Yu, Onii-chan, potato chips, and a tablet to tide you over."

When he recorded it and played it back, he couldn't help but frown—although it was a girl's voice, it didn't have the same feel as Qiong at all, and he could tell at a glance that it was a fake.

I then tried Yukino Yukinoshita and Chizuru Mizuhara's voices. Because I wasn't familiar with them, the differences were even more obvious.

Yuu Tenkuji couldn't help but shake his head: "As expected, there is a limit to the proficiency level."

However, it's perfect for voice acting.

Not only does it cover most vocal ranges, but "ventriloquism" also provides him with the skills needed for voice acting, including breathing, vocal techniques, and emotional simulation—he may still be a little lacking for leading roles, but supporting roles are not difficult for him to obtain.

Of course, this is just speculation.

Yuu Tenkuji's understanding of voice actors is probably only at the level of a certain marriage-urging association or the Sakura Mizu cult; she has no intention of becoming a voice actor and doesn't know what the selection criteria for auditions are.

The most useful thing about this skill is probably to call Yuki Koichiro and pretend to be a girl to fool him.

Despite his thoughts, Yuu Tenkuji would never actually do such a thing.

Besides these two, Yukinoshita Haruno also gave him a repeated skill today—massage (proficient level).

Yuu Tenkuji wondered if collecting seven Dragon Balls would allow him to summon them... no, if collecting three identical skills would allow him to synthesize them into a Human-level Dragon Ball.

He didn't know, and this broken system never answered him; he had to figure it out himself.

"Wait, what if you combined perfect acting skills with ventriloquism..."

As a certain possibility came to mind, he felt his heart racing and unconsciously swallowed.

Then, he slowly picked up his phone and turned on the recording mode.

—Perfect acting skills, able to completely integrate emotions into the voice, making the listener weep with sorrow, smile with joy, clench their fist with anger, and feel cold with malice.

What vocal skills can do is to use different vocal tones to express this emotion more vividly.

So, he casually imagined a scene, and Tenkuji slowly opened his mouth, giving full play to his perfect acting skills, and said affectionately into the phone in an incredibly magnetic deep male voice:

"No matter how the world changes... I love you, always have."

Then play it back.

"..."

Silently, Yuu Tenkuji put down her phone, rubbed her ears, and took several deep breaths.

My heart was pounding, my face was burning, and my whole body was tingling with an electric shock-like sensation, making me want to roll around in bed.

His current mood can be summed up in one sentence:

"Damn, I almost turned myself gay!"

Even skilled ventriloquism has its flaws; if it were replaced with perfect ventriloquism and acting skills combined—

It might actually be possible to make someone hear that you're pregnant.

"It's probably best not to combine perfect-level skills randomly... I have a feeling that it might lead to some incredible breakthrough."

Suppressing the inexplicable tremor, Yuu Tenkuji stood up and decided to take a cold shower to calm down.

To avoid impulsively posting the audio I just recorded online and seeing how many people would experience the thrill I just felt.

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After taking a bath, Yuu Tenkuji greeted the gray-spotted kitten that was quietly running and jumping in the living room, and went to the kitchen to find some fruit to eat.

He happened to see a box of cherries, picked one at random, ate the flesh, spat out the pit, leaving only the cherry stem.

Next, put the cherry stem in your mouth, puff out your cheeks, and then spit it out.

And just like that, a beautiful single knot is complete.