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Chapter 296 Reconciliation ①

He grabbed a brush and slammed a basin that had been flung at him back, yelling, "We've almost reached our limit too..."

Before he could finish speaking, a basin was smashed directly into his face. In the bathroom, four girls, covering themselves with towels, threw basin after basin floating on the water. Future, both embarrassed and angry, said, "Isn't that what we should be saying?!"

He stood in front of the bathroom door, holding only a brush, engaged in a heated argument with the four girls in the bathtub—no, to be precise, three girls. "Shut up! Don't underestimate guys!"

"You're the ones who need to respect women more!"

Man sat calmly in the changing room, watching basin after basin being thrown in, without moving an inch. Suddenly, someone rushed into the bathroom, and Man looked at the person with some confusion. The person who rushed into the bathroom was none other than Seventh Sister.

Seventh Sister rushed into the bathroom and saw the boys and girls still fooling around. She yelled, "Stop it, all of you!!"

The loud shout silenced everyone in the bathroom. Even the girls hiding in the tub stopped throwing their basins. Everyone stared in astonishment as Seventh Sister stormed into the bathroom. Everyone was called to the living room; the boys stood to the left of the duct tape, the girls to the right, and Seventh Sister and Hachi stood on the stairs. Seeing the children's state, Seventh Sister began to question them:

"What will you do if a Klaxosaur appears at this time? Will you be able to fight properly? I don't think you will."

Hatch also spoke up, saying, "You are the manipulators. Don't forget the most important thing."

The boys and girls standing below were all unwilling to yield to each other, each looking in a different direction. After Hachi finished speaking, they all answered quietly. After the lecture, everyone returned to their own rooms. Hachi and Seventh Sister stood in the middle of the stairs; Seventh Sister stared at the clock, while Hachi looked in the direction the girls were going upstairs.

"Honestly, these kids don't act like kids at all," Seventh Sister sighed.

Hatch said, "I didn't expect 02 to join in the chaos too."

……

In the girls' dormitory, five girls shared a room. Ling Er, sitting on the top bunk, happily exclaimed, "Ah, this is so much fun! Those pranks feel so novel!"

Four girls stood below. Except for Xin, the other three looked up at Ling'er. Mei asked, "What exactly do you want? Explain yourself!"

Ling Er said, "With such a gentle approach, you'll soon become an adult."

The four women were startled, seemingly not understanding what Zero Two meant. Zero Two continued, "If you have anything to say, it would be better to say it now." After saying that, Zero Two jumped off the bed and walked towards the door. The four women stared at Zero Two in surprise, still not understanding what she meant.

Ling Er walked to the door, turned around to look at the four girls behind her, and said expressionlessly, "Anyway, we'll all be dying soon."

The four women looked somewhat serious. Zero Two didn't linger any longer and left immediately after saying those words.

……

In the boys' dormitory, five boys were huddled together on the top bunk, staring at each other. One of them yelled, which was quite annoying. Tai looked somewhat sad, while Goro, Rei, and Mitsuru's expressions were unreadable.

In response to the question, Man replied, "It's because we boys are being looked down upon."

Lying on the top bunk, Mitsu turned her head and saw that Man was still able to analyze things so calmly. She propped herself up and asked, "Hey, why are you still able to analyze things so calmly?! Damn it, I'm going to break up with girls like this, break up with them!" Mitsu said, then lay back down.

Zero suddenly looked up and said, "Although I feel a little sorry for everyone, I actually felt quite happy just now." Miku was surprised and quickly sat up to look at Zero. Zero continued, "Zero Two smiled, a very happy smile. Although I've never really thought about girls' feelings before..."

He picked up the thread, saying, "What's the point of thinking about it? I just don't understand them at all."

Zero said, "Yeah, I don't understand at all. That's why I want to know what they're thinking, so maybe I can become their help."

Man said, "If you're talking about Zero Two, then you're mistaken. She doesn't need your help at all; she's the strongest pistil."

Zero retorted directly: "Zero Two is just an ordinary girl. Not only Zero Two, but all the pistils entrust their control to us stamens, but the damage is all borne by their frail bodies, isn't it?"

Taiya said, "Ah, that must have been very tiring, right?"

"But they still tried very hard to stay connected with FRANXX," Zero said, recalling the third time he was manipulated by Zero-Two, the scene he witnessed before he died. Zero continued, "They believed in us. After seeing that, I wanted to protect them even more, and I wanted to become stronger."

After Zero finished speaking, everyone fell silent, carefully recalling the past. Goro spoke first, saying embarrassedly, "The girls worked so hard, and we looked at them with lewd eyes."

"Won't that be disliked?" Tai asked.

Sitting on the upper bunk, Yimu blushed and said, "I...I'm a boy too. It's not that I don't think we should cherish them, and I don't want to see them suffer."

Upon hearing Taihe's words, Goro smiled, straightened up, and said to everyone, "In that case, there's only one thing we need to do."

……

In the girls' dormitory.

Mirai lay on the top bunk, Kokoro sat on the bottom bunk, and Ichigo and Ikuno sat on the sofa. The four girls were all silent, seemingly trying to figure out what Zero-Two had meant earlier.

"Will I die soon?" Ichigo said.

Xin reached up to cover a corner of a book peeking out from under her pillow. Looking at the spot her hand was covering, she seemed to have made a decision. She stood up and mustered her courage to say to the other three girls, "Well, um, um, this really can't go on. There are things we can't do, but guys can do together! There are so many things like that, right? Riding a FRANXX is one of them, isn't it? Although guys are definitely lecherous, and I don't know what they're thinking, even so, it's precisely because guys and girls are different that we should be together. Because from this... something like a future... hope and something."

Towards the end, Xin's tone suddenly became somewhat hesitant. The three girls listened attentively to Xin's words, and from their perspective, they could hardly see that Xin's face had turned red.

"So, so..." Xin said "so" twice, but couldn't follow up with the rest.

Seeing Kokoro like this, Ichigo said in surprise, "It's really rare to see Kokoro so assertive of her own opinion."

Yu Nai also said with some surprise, "Yeah, I'm a little surprised."

"But what Xin said really touched me," Ichigo said.

Hearing Ichigo say this, Xin looked up in shock at Ichigo and Ikuno. Ikuno then offered her opinion: "One-sided complaining might not be the right thing to do."

Mirai, lying on the top bunk, was startled by Ichigo and Ikuno's words and quickly sat up, saying, "Wait a minute, are you planning to forgive the boy?"

Looking towards the future, Ichigo said, "Continuing like this won't solve anything."

"Is that so? Then do as you please!" With that, Mirai got out of bed and looked at the three women, saying, "Even if I'm all alone, I won't let it go!" Then she stormed out of the room.

The five boys walked into the living room together, seemingly having already planned to apologize to the girls. Aimee, however, maintained his stubborn, arrogant demeanor, insisting he would never apologize. Goro was utterly exasperated by Aimee's attitude. Just as the boys looked up, they saw the girls also standing in the living room.

Ichigo said, "Goro, the future is gone."

(End of this chapter)