Surgery

Ren Anhua awoke with a start from a nightmare.

A violent palpitation still lingered in her chest, difficult to quell.

Like a startled fawn, she looked around, relieved it wasn’t the scene she found so hard to accept.

The first person Ren Anhua saw was Bai Rui.

Seeing the lovely girl, Ren Anhua’s heart settled down.

It seemed that the sight of Bai Rui involuntarily produced a sliver of security within her.

Bai Rui stood beside her, watching her with a faint, enigmatic smile, as if looking at something amusing.

She found herself in an unfamiliar room.

All around were jars and vials containing strange limbs or creatures, each submerged in solutions of different colors, looking particularly terrifying under the residual glow of a shadowless lamp.

She herself was lying on a bed that resembled an operating table, covered by a green cloth.

Ke Xingmei was also nearby, cleaning up a small tray of various surgical instruments.

What a bizarre situation.

What in the world were these two strange women doing?

Sensation slowly returned to her body.

Only then did Ren Anhua feel a slight stinging pain in her ankles, along with a numb, itching feeling.

“Xiao An, you’re awake?
Perfect, we were just about to put you in your new clothes~” Bai Rui said enthusiastically.

Bai Rui’s enthusiasm made Ren Anhua a little uncomfortable.

Ordinarily, after she had burned her clothes, this wouldn’t be Bai Rui’s attitude.

But since Bai Rui wasn’t bringing up the matter of the sukumizu, Ren Anhua certainly wasn’t going to apologize for it.

In the end, all she wanted was a shirt and a pair of shorts.

She wouldn’t feel bad about burning cheap, mass-produced clothes, but Bai Rui had insisted on making her wear those girly outfits.

Since Bai Rui didn’t seem to care that it was burned, then Ren Anhua certainly didn’t.

The slight discomfort she felt toward the overly enthusiastic Bai Rui inexplicably transformed into a sense of gratitude for being cared for.

That is, until Bai Rui took out the “new clothes.”

“What the hell is that thing you want me to wear!”

Upon seeing the garment, which was another school swimsuit, goosebumps instantly broke out across Ren Anhua’s skin.

In her hands, Bai Rui held a white swimsuit styled like an old-fashioned sukumizu, nearly identical to the one she had worn before, only this one was pure white.

The leg openings were cut very low, a very conservative style.

It offered high coverage and low exposure.

If it weren’t for the fleshy granules and some unknown mucus faintly visible on the swimsuit’s inner surface, Ren Anhua would have truly thought it was just an ordinary, pure white school swimsuit.

Even just being held in Bai Rui’s hands, the swimsuit squirmed slightly, as if it were a living creature.

Ren Anhua instinctively felt a subtle revulsion toward the thing.

“You call these clothes?
And you want me to put it on?”

Horrified, Ren Anhua propped herself up and scooted back.

The green cloth slipped off, revealing the small, delicate body it had been covering.

She wanted to get away from Bai Rui, who, despite her seemingly kind and inexplicably attractive demeanor, was terrifying her.

“Aww~ It really hurts my feelings when you say that, Xiao An.
After all, Xingmei-jie and I stayed up all night to make this tenta—… ahem, biological battle suit for you”.

Bai Rui seemed a little dejected, and for some reason, Ren Anhua felt her own mood inexplicably sink as well.

‘Still, what was she about to say just now… tenta-something…’

“I created a special bio-affinity material to match Xingmei-jie’s Biological Transformation ability, and together we produced this special fabric. Then, we collected your blood to biologically assimilate this garment.
After you put it on, you will naturally form a special bond with it, and your ability control will eventually recognize the suit as a part of your own body”.

“After that, no matter how much heat you generate, this suit won’t be burned.
For a girl, that’s a very important thing, you know”.

“We haven’t slept since yesterday, and then you just had to sneak away.
We were so worried and heartbroken.
We were trying so hard to find you, while also not forgetting to make you your own exclusive outfit”.

“After all, the battle at the Water World Aquarium is coming up soon, and we don’t want you to be forced to give everyone a free show every time you fight.
But in the end, all we get from you is such a hurtful comment, wuwu~” Bai Rui said sorrowfully.

Seeing Bai Rui like this, Ren Anhua felt that her actions had been far too inconsiderate.

It was a gift prepared for her by the girls, yet she had given such a hurtful assessment without a second thought.

Ren Anhua looked at the suit again and felt the precious, genuine sentiment it contained.

And though she had never told anyone, Ren Anhua had actually always wanted a set of clothes that wouldn’t burn.

The fact that her clothes were damaged every time she activated her power was perhaps the only flaw of her ability.

Although she had grown accustomed to the situation, being naked was still detrimental to her dignity.

If possible, she too would prefer not to have to carry a pile of replacement clothes every time she went out.

Ren Anhua was deeply moved that they had been so considerate of her.

Although her initial impression hadn’t been great, the creation of this fabric was good news for her.

Even if she changed back into a man in the future, she wouldn’t have to worry about losing her clothes.

It was just that this particular outfit didn’t seem suitable for a man to wear.

Perhaps she could ask Bai Rui to make her a new set.

“If that’s the case, then… then I suppose it’s not entirely unacceptable.”

Ren Anhua suppressed the disgust in her heart.

Thinking about it, although the inside looked a bit much, at least it wasn’t visible from the outside.

Putting it on, it would just be a form-fitting garment in the style of a sukumizu.

“Really?
That’s great!”

The dejected Bai Rui instantly reverted to her enthusiastic state and, without another word, began to pull the ‘biological battle suit’ onto the girl’s body.

“Mmph, mm-hmm~ I can put it on myself.”

Bai Rui pulled away the green cloth covering Ren Anhua and dressed her in the new clothes.

Ren Anhua felt her body being enveloped by something soft and damp.

It was a very peculiar sensation.

The clothes she was wearing seemed to be squirming with a will of their own, making her feel a little uneasy.

“Bai Rui… I’m asking you, is not being burned really the only function of this suit?” Ren Anhua asked, her face flushed.

For some reason, wearing this suit made her a little shy, as if she had done something wrong, even though she hadn’t felt this way when she wore the previous sukumizu.

“Of course, that’s not all.”

Although Ren Anhua had addressed Bai Rui, it was Ke Xingmei, who had finished cleaning up, who answered the question.

“According to my design, this suit has a self-cleaning function, and it will also keep the host… I mean, it can also keep your body clean”.

“And it also has an assisted digestion function, which can help you completely digest food”.

“This sounds like you don’t plan on letting me take it off…” Ren Anhua felt that the suit’s functions were a bit strange.