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I’ve never considered myself to be particularly observant; I’ve always been the type to realize things after the fact.

But ever since Tangerine came downstairs, through having breakfast together, and now sitting on the sofa, she’s been in a very fidgety state.

Even someone as slow on the uptake as me, will have noticed what’s going on with her by now.

That’s right, Tangerine, she…

“Tangerine… don’t tell me… you’re not wearing anything underneath?”

Ah, I just blurted it out. I was planning to ask more tactfully…

And then, right before my eyes, my cat—now a girl—turned red all the way down to her neck, covered her face with both hands, and gave a shy little nod.

Damn it, she’s way too cute!

Sure, the transformation process was a bit horrifying, but the fact that my fat, ugly Tangerine turned into a top-tier beauty is just amazing! Catgirls are the best! Little sisters are the best!

…But going commando is a bit much.

The problem is, we’re a single-parent household—a father-son duo! Women’s underwear is not something we have lying around!

And sure, I might have a cute face, but I definitely don’t crossdress.

Men’s boxers are obviously not an option. And if she was willing to wear those, she would’ve already put them on while I was unconscious.

So, I dialled the only female friend in my contacts—little Haitang.

“Commander? What’s up so early in the morning?”

“Commander¹ “—that’s my nickname. The reason behind it is pretty obvious, though I absolutely hate being called that!

After all, my hair is thick and full, with zero chance of me ever going bald.

“Ohhh~ my dearest little Haitang~ your dear brother Kai wants to borrow something~”

“Ugh! Gross, don’t talk like that… (gagging sounds)… What do you want to borrow?”

“Two sets of women’s underwear.”

“Go to hell, you pervert!”

The call was cut off in pure rage.

Jeez, Haitang, would it have killed you to ask for a little context first?

So, I dialed another close friend—Zhao Zhao.

“My dear brother, Zhao Zhao~”

“Commander? What’s up?”

“The hell, you’re calling me ‘Commander’ too… Anyway, I need to borrow something~”

“Huh? Borrow what?”

“Women’s underwear.”

“Sure, I’ll bring some over right now—wait, you think I’d actually say that?! Are you out of your damn mind? Why the hell would you ask me for women’s underwear? How would I even have that?!”

“Oh, come on, don’t play dumb. Didn’t you tell me before that you once stole Mrs. Wang’s panties from next door?”

“Get your facts straight! It was her daughter, Little Baihe’s panties! And I didn’t steal them! The wind blew them over!”

“Even better, then! Just give me that one!”

“I already returned it! No—wait, she burned it in front of me! (sobbing noises)”

“Alright, listen, bro, this is an emergency. Get your a̲s̲s̲ to my house right now.”

“No way. It’s the weekend, and I’m staying home to play RIDDLE JOKER².”

“I have a girl here. A real, living one.”

“REPORTING, COMMANDER! ZHAO ZHAO IS EN ROUTE! HOO-HAH-HAH!”

Then, through the phone, I heard the sound of rushing wind.

…Was he seriously sprinting over?

A cute girl is the ultimate fuel for a guy’s motivation, the stabilizer that keeps high school boys from spiralling into chaos.

But boys in an all-boys school? They have no motivation. They have no stabilizers. Their teenage years are pure suppression.

When that suppression reaches its limit, they are no longer just high school boys. Some turn into perverts. Others, into… real life yaoi.

My dear friend Zhao Zhao? He became one of the perverts.

He used to be a bright, sports-loving basketball player, but after years of repression in an all-boys school, he had evolved into the ultimate pervert.

Poor guy. An all-boys school is nothing short of a soul-crushing hell.

As for me… I had a different stabilizer. A toxic one called Tan Rinka… No, I don’t want to think about that.

My family’s two-story farmhouse sits in the urban-rural fringe. Technically, it should’ve been demolished years ago.

But back when our village realized that a bigger house meant bigger compensation, everyone decided to renovate first, negotiate later.

And the contractor we hired? A rare genius.

He turned our simple farmhouses into high-end European-style villas.

…He went way too hard, though. The result? He scared off the developers.

That genius later used these villa-style farmhouses as his portfolio and skyrocketed in the construction industry.

Years have passed, but even now, architecture students still come here to study his masterpiece of overkill.

Zhao Zhao lives in the same village, so his place isn’t far. Considering he activated Sprint; he should be arriving any moment.

So, I stood by the entrance, waiting—with my Bishoujo Notebook in hand.

That’s right. I was holding the notebook.

Because, obviously, I was going to turn my dear friend into a beautiful girl and send him to buy some underwear for Tangerine.

How has no one figured this out yet?

Then, with the screeching sound of rubber against pavement, the symbol of masculinity itself—a muscle-bound, clothes-wearing, mountain gorilla of a man—came to an abrupt stop at my doorstep.

Of course, he had no actual vehicle.

That screeching sound? Just his sneaker soles grinding against the ground.

He didn’t step inside immediately.

First, he took a deep breath to calm himself.

Then, he adjusted his casual outfit.

Next, he took out his iPhone, used it as a mirror, and smoothed back his spiky, over-styled hair like some kind of playboy.

Only after that was he finally satisfied and walked in.

As he passed me, I noticed the red highlights at the tips of his hair.

…Yeah, tomorrow, the disciplinary director is definitely grinding him into the dirt.

I shut the notebook.

Ignoring the “Holy crap, Commander! Why am I glowing?!” coming from behind me, I smirked and shut the door.

Wait a second.

Zhao Zhao is built like a ripped gorilla.

If he turns into a girl… will he still be ripped as hell?

What if he turns into some tanky Amazonian?

What if he ends up looking like Tequila from Gintama…?

Slowly, cautiously, I turned around—preparing myself for nightmare fuel.

…Phew.

Not bad.

Because his body had shrunk, his clothes looked oversized.

A short-haired girl with red-tipped bangs was tightening the waistband of her pants to keep them from slipping off.

Her expression, though… was complicated.

I couldn’t tell if she was angry or excited.

Meanwhile, from the living room, Tangerine was sneakily peeking over at us.

“Chang Kai! This is your doing, isn’t it? Eh-heh-heh-heh…!”

Her tone was supposed to be accusatory, but for some reason, it trailed off into suspicious giggles at the end.

…Crap.

Now that I think about it, turning a sex-crazed pervert into a girl… feels like an insult to all women on Earth.

“Listen up, Zhao Zhao. I now possess the divine power to turn people into beautiful girls.”

That’s right, this is divine power!

I am now the God of Bishoujo (Apprentice)!

“Maji-ka³? Can I turn back…? Whoa! They’re tiny!”

Zhao Zhao, pretending to feel hot, pulled at his collar and sneakily peeked down his own shirt.

“Ahem. Yes, you can, but right now, I have an important mission for you… Actually, I’m reconsidering whether I should entrust this to you… Can you just stop being a damn pervert for one second?”

“Sorry, Commander. But I suddenly really need to use the bathroom. BRB!”

This guy is way too predictable…

…Honestly, though, I kinda want to take a peek too.

As the newly feminized Zhao Zhao dashed off to the bathroom, Tangerine crept up from the living room.

“Onii-chan, didn’t you say you wouldn’t write an animal’s name in that notebook again? Then why did I just witness a red-haired gorilla turn into a beautiful girl?”

…She really called me Onii-chan?!

Also, excuse me—he’s not actually a gorilla!

As much as he looks like one, calling Zhao Zhao a gorilla is too insulting to real gorillas.

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Footnotes:

Commander 委座comes from the Chinese historical figure Chiang Kai Shek 蒋介石.
Translation errors from early research papers accidentally changed his name to 常凯申.
It became a meme in China to refer to him as 委座 and 常凯申 due to this.
Our MC has the name Chang Kai 常凯, thus the resemblance and nickname.
RIDDLE JOKER is a very well received Visual Novel, or Gal-game.
Maji-ka マジか Means ‘really?’ in Japanese. Author used a pseudo Chinese transliteration马季噶 in the original text.