Jobless Rising! ~I’ve Become a NEET. I Acquired Lewd Skills and Lived a Life of Sex in the Other World and in Japan. Before I Knew it, I Was Impregnating A Harem of Ladies?!~

Chapter 74: Steak at Home! And a New Oni

I got home around noon, taking my time. Immediately, I started cooking the steak I bought at the supermarket in a frying pan.

“New life and bonus cash celebration! Let’s go all out for lunch!”

I cooked it to a perfect rare, slicing it thinly for Cui to eat easily. Sprinkling some salt and pepper, I served it up to Cui-san.

“Here ya go! This was pricey, so savor it, alright?”

‘Very well.’

Cui stretched out her beak, swallowing the thin strips of steak.

How does Cui’s stomach even work? It’s like she’s ignoring some law of physics.

Pushing that unsolvable mystery aside, I cooked my own steak.

‘Hmm… not bad. Among the meals you’ve offered, this ranks high.’

“Just say it’s delicious!”

I cut the perfectly cooked steak, heated some white rice, sprinkled salt and pepper, and took a bite.

“…! D-Damn, this is good…! When’s the last time I had steak…!?”

The izakaya with Kurumi was all about seafood… Man, meat hits different!

‘I’ll admit it’s delicious. But Touya, I know something.’

“What’s that?”

‘This world has meats far superior to supermarket steak. I hear a place called JOJO-en gathers such exquisite cuts.’

“Sounds like a tough place…”

I’m kinda worried if it’s a legit spot to eat meat. Like, the moment I walk in, I’ll hear ZUKYUUUN or something.

‘And there’s Hida beef chateaubriand, right? This steak’s good, but I crave even higher-tier meat.’

“You’re talking about stuff I’ve never even tried…”

Has Cui-san been flying around Tokyo gathering meat intel…?

“Fine, when I get more cash, I’ll hook you up sometime.”

‘Heh, that’s my contractor. I’ll look forward to it.’

Looks like I’m still far from satisfying Cui’s palate. I chewed the steak, savoring it with rice.

“What a carnivorous bird… Oh, it’s Minato.”

A message from Minato popped up on my phone, detailing today’s plans.

“Let’s see… Meet at 6 p.m. here…? Wait, it’s a family restaurant?”

I sent a quick “Got it” reply to Minato. Gotta bring those magic stones…

“Now, what’s the young lady Minato-sama calling me for before I start the job…? Oh, Cui-san, we’ve got a decent stock of Hero Points right now, yeah?”

‘Not that many, but more than ever before. There’s plenty of ways to use them, though. You could burn them all right now.’

“No way! Save them for unlocking Sensitivity Amplification!”

That’s one of the ero-skills I’ve been dying to get.

Heh heh…! Girls trembling with pleasure…! Too exciting…!

‘Hmm. With enough cash, you could unlock Sensitivity Amplification and a few other ero-skills.’

“Oh? Like what?”

‘Cui-ace, which summons pseudo-tentacles.’

“What’s that!?”

Guh, pseudo-tentacles!? Another tantalizing term. Cui explained the ero-skill.

‘A skill that summons a familiar… or rather, a fleshy mass specialized for ravishing women. The summoned mass follows your orders, wriggling and violating them.’

“W-Wriggling…”

‘With enough Hero Points, the tentacles can even pseudo-ejaculate. You can also add aphrodisiac effects.’

“That’s busted as hell!?”

Whoa, whoa, that’s some overpowered stuff! And I can control the tentacles however I want…!?

‘It consumes a ton of Hero Points, though, and timing’s tricky.’

“Still, without extra features, I could summon it cheaper, right? Not that those features are extra or anything.”

‘Indeed. Summon duration depends on Hero Points used. It’s originally a skill for summoning combat familiars to aid heroes, but I tweaked it to create tentacle masses.’

“That was the right call!”

The fantasy ero-skills are getting more fantastical…! Hell yeah, tentacles!

“But I’m broke…”

‘Hmph. That’s your problem.’

“Hey, didn’t you say you’d think up ways to make money? We can’t move stuff between worlds, so use your head!”

‘Hmph. Without me, you wouldn’t have made money selling magic stones or joined Tényō Development. That’s a solid money-making scheme.’

“Guh…! Can’t argue with that…!”

Fine, fine. Starting next month, I’ll have a fat salary plus bonuses from selling magic stones.

First, I gotta sell those three stones to Minato tonight…!

“I’m gonna nap till evening.”

‘Alright. I’ll fly around Tokyo in the meantime. Open the window.’

“Sure thing.”

I slid the window open, and Cui flew off.

With a full stomach, I flopped onto the bed, closing my eyes to “time travel” to the future.

Kuragane’s Perspective

“Kuragane-san…! Please forgive me, I-I…”

In a warehouse somewhere in Tokyo, a group of men gathered.

A man with a battered face was tied to a chair, surrounded by others. Standing before him was a man in a deep crimson suit, smiling pleasantly.

He was an imposing figure, his well-trained physique evident even through the suit.

But compared to the younger men around him, he stood out. None of the others wore suits.

The man called Kuragane placed a hand on the tied man’s shoulder. The man flinched violently.

“Didn’t expect you to be this useless… So, what’s the first rule of Ryūseikai?”

“K-Kuragane-san’s orders are absolute…”

“Exactly. My instructions are to be followed, even if it kills you. Haven’t I let you guys have plenty of fun in return? Hm?”

“…”

Ryūseikai—a group of hot-blooded youths.

Kuragane, who looked a generation older, effectively ruled the group.

“You’ve been doing whatever you wanted, haven’t you? Dragging dumb girls to the club’s basement, getting them drunk, filming yourself screwing them—not just once or twice, right? So why the sudden goodie-two-shoes act, saying you can’t do it anymore? Hm?”

“Eek…”

Kuragane tightened his grip, probing for Oni energy within the man.

(…As expected, it’s been purified. Completely. He was decently corrupted, so what’s going on…?)

Kuragane had been giving certain promising Ryūseikai members small stones infused with potent Oni energy, designed to corrupt their minds efficiently.

Normally, imbuing objects with Oni energy requires specific conditions. But recently, thanks to a certain Oni’s whim and power, ordinary pebbles were infused with it.

“A… GAAAHHH…!”

“Oh, my bad, my bad.”

Without realizing, Kuragane had crushed the man’s shoulder bone with his grip.

It wasn’t human strength. The surrounding men sweated, witnessing the scene.

(To purify Oni energy this cleanly… Definitely Tényōshū. Those guys have always been a pain…)

Kuragane had considered crushing Tényōshū before.

A direct fight could weaken them as an organization, but it wouldn’t be without losses. Tényōshū’s long history of fighting Oni meant they had formidable skills.

Plus, Oni typically lack unity. There’s one at the top, but it doesn’t control the others.

They live freely, driven by desire, and even clash among themselves.

As a result, organizing to destroy Tényōshū never happened.

(There’s other reasons I can’t wipe them out completely… Whatever. I’ll just enjoy myself.)

Ignoring the sweating, limp man, Kuragane thought about his next move. Just then, a cheerful electronic chime rang from one of the men’s phones.

“S-Sorry…”

“No biggie. Ryūseikai business?”

“Y-Yes. We’ve been eyeing a student from Seijo Kotozakura Academy…”

“Oh! That elite girls’ school!”

Oni rarely network, but Seijo Kotozakura Academy is known among them as the school attended by many of Tényōshū’s female warriors.

“She’s coming to Shooting Star with friends…”

“Perfect…! Treat them well… Student IDs propped up during filmed hookups sell pretty well…!”