Oh no! They all seem a bit off!

Chapter 92 The strongest superpower, distorting common sense!

The next day.

The weather was fine and sunny, with contrails stretching across the azure sky.

A refreshing breeze, carrying a hint of heat, heralds the arrival of summer.

At 10:25 a.m., Makoto Akizuki arrived at the Shinkansen waiting room to wait.

In ten minutes, the train carrying Shimizu Rei will arrive at the station.

After a day of rest, Akizuki Makoto's body had recovered to a great extent. The bruises and swelling on his body had subsided considerably, with only a few more severe bruises remaining.

After waiting quietly for about ten minutes, the announcement came over the loudspeaker that the train had arrived at the station.

Akizuki Makoto stood up from his chair, went to the agreed exit, and watched the bustling crowd descend the escalator, trying to find his childhood sweetheart.

He wondered if Shimizu Rei was lost. Most of the people who had gotten off the bus had already left, and the crowd had thinned out, but he still hadn't seen Shimizu Rei.

So he took out his phone and dialed Shimizu Rei's number.

The phone rang for quite a while, and just as it was about to hang up automatically, it was answered with a "beep beep beep," and the call status changed from dialing to being in progress.

"Hey, Cheng! I'm here!"

Just as the call connected, Akizuki Makoto suddenly heard a vibrant shout coming from not far away.

He subconsciously looked up, but his eyes widened in shock.

"Snap!"

At the same time, the phone he was holding fell heavily to the ground.

But he seemed oblivious to this, and could only stare blankly at the girl who was smiling, waving at him, and walking quickly toward him, radiating youthful energy.

as well as……

Beside her stood a petite girl wearing a flowing white dress and holding a black plush rabbit in her arms.

"Dong...zi?"

Akizuki blinked in astonishment, and after confirming that he hadn't misread it, he muttered to himself in disbelief.

Why……

Will Fuyuko come to Tokyo with Shimizu Rei?
"Hey, Acheng, what's wrong?"

Shimizu Rei quickly ran to Akizuki Makoto's side and immediately noticed that he looked dazed and his phone was lying on the ground.

His gaze was fixed on the girl who was holding a black plush rabbit and walking towards him timidly and slowly.

Seeing this, Shimizu Rei bent down, picked up the phone that had fallen to the ground, handed it to Akizuki Makoto, and said with a grin, "Even if it's been a long time since you've seen Fuyuko, there's no need to be so surprised!"

"..."

Akizuki Makoto didn't speak, his eyes still fixed on Fuyuko until she walked up to him.

"Ouni..."

She looked up at Akizuki Makoto, who was much taller than her, and whispered his name.

"Dongzi..."

Akizuki Makoto stared blankly at Fuyuko, then asked Shimizu Rei, "Did you sneak her out? Why would you do such a thing?"

"what?"

Shimizu Rei stared wide-eyed, utterly confused, and said, "Acheng, what are you talking about? Why would I bring Dongzi out here? This is ridiculous."

"……what?"

Akizuki looked at Shimizu Rei blankly, completely confused.

"If you hadn't taken Dongzi and run away, how did Dongzi end up in Tokyo with you?"

"I didn't sneak away with her. It's just that my aunt and uncle knew I was coming to Tokyo today, so they let me bring Fuyuko with me."

"……impossible."

Akizuki Makoto shook his head; he knew his parents very well.

How could Fuyuko possibly be allowed to come to Tokyo when she can't even make a phone call?

This is very wrong; something must have gone wrong or something is wrong.

Filled with doubt, he looked at Dongzi. Just like he had seen her half a year ago, Dongzi was still so delicate and pitiful, like a flower bud about to bloom, pure in beauty.

"Dongzi, did your parents send you to Tokyo?"

"……Um."

Dongzi nodded gently, her expression timid, as if she was afraid or worried about something.

"No, it's impossible..."

Akizuki Makoto couldn't believe it, so he took the phone directly from Shimizu Rei's hand and dialed his parents' number.

Fortunately, the phone wasn't broken, only the screen was mostly shattered.

"Acheng, you're acting strange, what's wrong?"

After asking a question in confusion, Shimizu Rei turned to look at Fuyuko and said angrily, "Look, you've scared Fuyuko. She used to be so happy to see you."

Upon hearing this, Akizuki Makoto was taken aback again, realizing that something was amiss.

Yes.

Dongzi's reaction is so strange, isn't it?

When he returned home half a year ago, Dongzi was so happy that she rushed up to him. But why is she acting like a child who has done something wrong today, afraid of something?

No... not only Fuyuko, but Shimizu Rei's reaction was also strange, wasn't it?

Why did she so readily assume that Fuyuko could come to Tokyo?
She was well aware of their complicated family situation, and their last video call had ended badly.

"Hey, Xiao Cheng?"

As Akizuki Makoto racked his brains trying to figure out what was wrong, a middle-aged woman's voice suddenly came from the phone.

He immediately snapped out of his daze and whispered, "Mom, Fuyuko has come to Tokyo."

"Oh, you've already met Xiaoli and Dongzi. You should treat them well."

"..."

Hearing the words coming from the other end of the phone, Akizuki Makoto fell silent.

He felt there must be something wrong with his brain.

Are you dreaming?
But the intense throbbing in his heart made his chest ache.

So, unwilling to give up, he asked again, "Mom, why did Fuyuko come to Tokyo? What did you and Dad think?"

But the answer he received plunged him into even deeper confusion, or rather, despair.

"What are you talking about, child? Dongzi is so attached to you, shouldn't you two be living together? What do your father and I have to think about?"

"...I understand, goodbye."

Akizuki Makoto hung up the phone in a daze, his mind a complete mess, his thoughts a jumbled mess.

Seeing this, Shimizu Rei asked worriedly, "Acheng, are you alright? You look very uncomfortable."

"...It's alright, let's go first."

After a moment of silence, Akizuki Makoto forced a smile and led them away from the station.

During that silence, he already had a vague answer in his heart, but it was inconvenient to ask directly, so he thought he would talk about it when he got back.

Rei Shimizu will be staying in Tokyo for half a month, during which time she will be staying in a hotel.

And Dongzi... without a doubt, is living at his house.

Perhaps considering that she could meet with Akizuki Makoto more often, Shimizu Rei chose a hotel in Bunkyo Ward, which was very close to the apartment where Akizuki Makoto was staying, just a five-minute walk away.

Akizuki first helped Shimizu Rei check into a hotel for a week, leaving her suitcase in the hotel suite, and then took her and Fuyuko back to his apartment.

Upon entering the foyer, Shimizu Rei couldn't help but look around. Looking at the spacious and bright living room and the bathroom with a separate wet and dry area, she patted Akizuki Makoto on the back and exclaimed, "Wow, you're really living a life of luxury! Living in such a nice place all by yourself."

"..."

Qiu Yuecheng had no intention of replying. He glanced at Dongzi, who was always sticking close to him and clutching the corner of his clothes, and said softly, "Li, sit in the living room for a while. I'll go help Dongzi put her luggage away and talk to her a bit."

"Go ahead, go ahead, but can I use the bathroom to take a shower? I'm all sweaty."

Shimizu Rei was still wearing the same sports bra and tight black high-elastic pants today, but because that was a bit too revealing, she also wore a red baseball jacket.

The weather in Tokyo was much hotter than in Takamatsu. Takamatsu is a coastal city with comfortable temperatures, and the average temperature is several degrees lower than in Tokyo.

As a result, Shimizu Rei naturally sweated a lot, and her body felt sticky.

"Taking a shower is fine... but do you have a change of clothes?"

"I'm just sweating on my upper body, can you lend me a shirt to change into?"

"Oh……"

Akizuki nodded, having no objections. After all, they were such close childhood friends that the distance between them had long since disappeared.

He went to the balcony to get a freshly dried T-shirt, handed it to Shimizu Rei, and then dragged his suitcase into the bedroom with Fuyuko.

Besides her own clothes, Dongzi's suitcase was filled with many handmade dolls, including plush toys like the ones she always hugged, as well as dolls that were first carved from wood and then painted and colored.

In the innermost compartment of the box, there was another notebook.

Upon seeing this notebook, Akizuki Makoto's heart was instantly filled with mixed emotions.

Fuyuko was terrible at writing diaries, but after Akizuki Makoto went to Tokyo to study, she started writing a diary every day and filled a whole page with her writing.

Makoto Akizuki once read Fuyuko's diary, which recorded what she did every day, her whimsical ideas, and her longing for him.

He took out the diary from a hidden compartment in his suitcase, turned his back to Fuyuko who was standing at the door, and said softly, "Fuyuko, make me abnormal too. Don't leave me the only one confused about your coming to Tokyo."

Even though he didn't want to admit it, he had to accept the facts.

His younger sister, Akizuki Fuyuko, activated her superpowers in order to come to Tokyo and live with him, distorting the common sense of Shimizu Rei and their parents!

If he hadn't spent the last two weeks dealing with these abnormal women and learning how they acquired their superpowers, he would never have doubted that Dongzi would do such a thing!
"elder brother……"

Fuyuko softly called out to Akizuki Makoto, came to him, knelt down, and gently shook her head: "Fuyuko... doesn't want to do this to her brother."

Qiuyue asked, puzzled, "Why?"

He couldn't accept it if he was the only one who retained this feeling of unease.

Furthermore, he couldn't accept that Fuyuko's use of superpowers had distorted the common sense of her parents and Shimizu Rei. Superpowers are like Pandora's box; once opened, they can never be taken back.

Especially with a superpower that can distort common sense, he couldn't even imagine how strong Dongzi's power really was.

When did she distort Shimizu Rei's and her parents' common sense?

At the very least, it should start from this morning, right?

But even now, the effects of the superpowers have not ended and are still in effect.

"Because... if my brother doesn't approve, then it's meaningless."

Dongzi spoke softly, a hint of sadness appearing on her fair and delicate face: "If brother can't accept Dongzi staying here, and thinks Dongzi is a burden or trouble, Dongzi will obediently go back."

"..."

Akizuki looked at Fuyuko silently, and when their eyes met, he saw his own reflection clearly.

At the same time, he could clearly see the unspeakable repression and sorrow in Dongzi's eyes.

Even though her eyes were smaller than a lake, and she wasn't crying much anymore, standing next to her felt like standing by a lake, with fine mist stretching to the horizon.

"Touko... just wants to see her brother, because Touko needs... needs her brother more than anyone else."

At this point, Dongzi could no longer hold back. Her clear, innocent eyes became moist, and a layer of mist appeared. Warm tears overflowed from her eyes and slid down her cheeks.

She was afraid the whole way.

She was afraid that her brother would find her troublesome and a burden, and wouldn't want to see her.

Just like in the last video call, don't let her come to Tokyo.

Looking at Fuyuko, who was crying with tears streaming down her face, Akizuki Makoto didn't know how to respond to her.

Will he approve?
Should he approve?
He asked himself these questions, but couldn't find the answers.

If he could just say "I don't agree," everything would be much easier.

Dongzi will return to her hometown, unravel the common sense errors regarding Shimizu Rei and her parents, and get life back on track.

So……

In contrast, Dongzi continued to endure the loneliness of not being able to meet him.

Akizuki Mako is not Fuyuko and cannot empathize with her, but he can sense some of her emotions from the notebook in his hand.

Every page I randomly flipped to was filled with things I wanted to say to him and things I wanted to do with him.

Although she repeated many of her words, she wrote them down tirelessly, which shows how deep her longing was.

"Touko, make me weird."

Makoto Akizuki pleaded with Fuyuko again, saying that he could not keep her if he did not do so.

He could neither agree nor deny it.

Reason told him that he shouldn't keep Dongzi; superpowers are a double-edged sword, harming not only himself but also others.

But his emotions prevented him from refusing Touko, because Touko was so pitiful, and his motivation for using his superpowers was simply to see her.

"elder brother……"

Dongzi sobbed and shook her head desperately; she really didn't want to change her brother's common sense.

If asked to change her brother's common sense, she would rather return to her hometown and continue to endure loneliness.

Just as she had said before, if her brother couldn't accept her existence, then everything was meaningless.

She didn't want to go against her brother's wishes.

"Just for a little while, okay? Just make a few changes, then undo it for me."

Akizuki Makoto continued his request, wanting to bind the system to Fuyuko and obtain information.

At the very least, we should know when Touko gained her superpowers, right?

When the system binds a woman who is not a normal woman, it will routinely provide a profile of her.

After experiencing the superpower for the first time, you will unlock another one.

"Just change it however you like, even if it's just to change my preferences. I don't like broccoli, so make me like it."

Seeing that Akizuki Makoto kept pleading with her, Fuyuko hugged the rabbit doll tightly. After hesitating for a moment, she gently nodded and agreed: "Okay, alright, then let's change it... Brother likes to eat broccoli."

Upon hearing this, Akizuki Makoto suddenly felt the bright bedroom darken, and a familiar feeling welled up in his heart.

One by one, red characters, seemingly dripping with blood, appeared out of thin air, instantly filling his field of vision and engulfing him.

"Player detected approaching an abnormal female; automatically bound."

"Protection mode has been enabled to mitigate the effects of abnormal abilities on players."

After a few seconds, the pitch-black panel suddenly appeared in the boundless red ocean.

In an instant, the dense red characters vanished without a trace, leaving only the pitch-black panel, which floated eerily in mid-air.

"Abnormal Woman: Akizuki Touko"

"Age: 16"

Intelligence: 10

"Charm: 9"

"Stamina: 3"

Personality traits: Brother complex, taciturn

"Affection Level: Max+++"

"Character Information ①: One week ago, on the night we had a video call, Fuyuko, who missed you so much and wanted to see you, asked her parents for permission to go to Tokyo."

Naturally, the request was rejected, and Dongzi was severely reprimanded as a result.

Overwhelmed by longing and worried that you might find Fuyuko annoying or troublesome, Fuyuko gained the ability to modify common sense.

Character Information ②: ???

Character Information ③: ???

Character Information 4: ???

……

Looking at the panel floating in mid-air, Akizuki Makoto suddenly fell into confusion.

Is Fuyuko... a superpowered person?
And they used superpowers on him?

What did she change?
wrong……

Dongzi...super...

"Ouch!!!"

Suddenly, Akizuki Makoto clutched his head and collapsed to the ground, his expression twisted and contorted in agony.

At that moment, he felt as if his brain was being pierced by thousands of needles, causing him excruciating pain.

It was as if some ineffable being was possessing him, vying with him for control of his consciousness.

On one hand, he was wondering how Touko had become a superpowered person and even used her powers on him, so he was desperately trying to recall what had happened.

On the other hand, he was puzzled by the superpowers, wondering how he knew about their existence and how he knew that Touko had used superpowers on him.

"Brother...Brother!"

Seeing Akizuki Makoto's pained expression, Touko panicked.

She didn't know why her brother was in so much pain, since when she used it on Shimizu Rei and her parents, they didn't react at all.

So, Dongzi quickly deactivated her superpower.

The way to remove the superpower is to set things right, make Akizuki Makoto like eating broccoli, and change the distorted common sense back.

"call……"

The moment Fuyuko deactivated her superpower, the excruciating pain that Akizuki Makoto felt disappeared. At the same time, he also recalled why Fuyuko was a superpowered person, why she used her power on him, and the fact that she had altered that common knowledge.

Previously, whenever he thought about these questions, he would feel a splitting headache and could only vaguely recall some unimportant fragments of memory.

"What a terrifying ability..."

Qiu Yue was panting heavily, still shaken. Her black hair was soaked with sweat and became messy. Her back was also covered in cold sweat, which clung tightly to her skin.

He now has 21% resistance to all attributes, but in the face of the common sense modification, the resistance not only failed to work, but almost drove him to mental confusion!

[You have experienced a common sense modification; common sense modification increases resistance by 5%]

[You have completed an interaction with an abnormal woman, rewarding you with 1% resistance to all attributes and unlocking character information ②]

【当前抗性：全能力22%（时停32%、隐身37%、催眠32%、常识修改27%）】

[Character Information ②: After gaining the ability to modify common sense, Fuyuko first tested her parents, then tried to cancel it, and finally, six days ago, she has been maintaining the modified common sense status of Shimizu Rei and her parents.]

When Akizuki Makoto saw the second character information, he was horrified.

Only now did he truly realize just how terrifying the abilities that Dongzi possessed were.

It was able to maintain the state of common sense modification for six days. What's the difference between that and a god?
Time stop, invisibility, and hypnosis all have time limits. Even someone as powerful as Ji Yexue can only maintain invisibility for a few hours and cannot remain invisible indefinitely!
"Brother, are you okay?"

At this moment, Dongzi came over and struggled to help Qiuyue Cheng up. With a sob in her voice, she said, "I'm sorry, brother. I shouldn't have used my power on you. It made you feel so bad. It didn't happen when I used it on sister, dad, or mom."

"It's alright, it's not Dongzi's fault."

Akizuki Makoto smiled and shook his head, sat up from the ground, placed his hand on Touko's head, and gently stroked it, saying, "Touko, you can stay here."

Since Dongzi's obsession with seeing him is so strong that she has gained superpowers and become an abnormal woman, he must also take responsibility and guide Dongzi back on track so that she can become a normal person again.

Simply distancing yourself from him will not work; it will only backfire and make Dongzi miss him even more.

"Eh?"

Upon hearing this, Dongzi was stunned for a moment, and then, as if she had just realized what was happening, she suddenly threw herself into Qiuyue Cheng's arms, so forcefully that she knocked him to the ground again!
"R-Really? Can Fuyuko really stay by your side, brother? Won't she be a burden to you? Won't you think of her as a liability?"

She asked anxiously, her body trembling slightly, tears welling up again.

However, tears are not always caused by sadness; this time, she was crying tears of joy and happiness.

“I have never thought of Dongzi as a burden or a nuisance. Dongzi can stay here until Dongzi doesn’t want to stay here anymore.”

(End of this chapter)