Collapse Iron: I just transmigrated! You want me to save the Black Tower?!

"..."

"If I'm not mistaken, the third one is Jiang Jiu's lover. The fourth one, who is standing next to us and is about to explode with anger, is also Jiang Jiu's lover."

Tower One paused for a moment while holding the coffee.

She looked down at the coffee in her hand, then looked up at Jiang Jiu, who was holding Tower No. 3 in his arms, and then at Tower No. 4, who was standing not far away, radiating an aura that said, "You'd better give me an explanation." Slowly, she put the coffee cup back on the coffee table.

“So…” Tower One’s emotions were completely detached from the rest of the towers at the moment, and her tone carried a hint of playful curiosity, “My colleague… no, no longer a colleague.”

"A person who shared my ideals died before my eyes. I thought he had long been swallowed up by nothingness. Now he has become another person I hold in my arms. And not just one, but two, two different versions of me?"

Tower Two paused for two seconds before correcting, "There are three."

Tower One: "?"

The expression in Ms. Black Tower's eyes changed as she sat on the sofa.

She glanced at the others with a complicated expression, then fixed her gaze on Jiang Jiu.

why?

Why would I fall in love with someone who acts without considering the consequences?

"If you were repeatedly saved by him through countless cycles of reckless reincarnation, even at the cost of killing a Star God, you would probably understand why." Tower Two seemed to have guessed what Tower One was thinking and calmly explained.

She created the Little Black Tower doll.

So she's currently trying to figure out exactly what happened at an extremely fast pace.

Tower One: ".......?"

Is he speaking human language?

Compared to the two Black Towers on the first and second lines who could still get along and chat peacefully for the time being, the Black Tower on the fourth line, having been left out for so long, was clenching its hands tighter and tighter at its sides...

She has been holding back for a long time.

Black Tower No. 3 actually heard what Black Tower No. 4 said, but his emotions were more intense than his actions.

Even though she heard everything, her face was still buried in Jiang Jiu's chest, her arms wrapped around his waist, not letting go, but instead tightening their grip even more.

She doesn't care what others think.

In this situation, her behavior was entirely subconscious; her body acted faster than her mind, wanting to completely possess the person in front of her.

Jiang Jiu could feel the force in her fingertips... trembling.

It might not be obvious, but being so close, it was impossible for him not to feel it.

He raised his hand to pat her back, but before he could finish, Black Tower Number Four's gaze swept over him.

That gaze was frighteningly calm. Even though she hadn't done anything, Jiang Jiu understood the meaning behind that look perfectly...

Your hand... think carefully before you let go.

For a moment, Jiang Jiu's hand was suspended in mid-air, unsure whether to let go or not.

Black Tower Number Three probably didn't even notice his predicament. Her face was buried in his chest, her voice muffled, carrying a long-suppressed emotion of something lost and found: "A-Jiu... I've been looking for you for so long, do you know how long I've been looking? I've gone through every timeline I could, I've asked every star god I could, but I haven't found a single clue..."

“Aha says you’re gone, Nanuk says you’re gone, even Bosten says you’re gone—you’re nowhere to be found in any timeline, you’ve simply vanished from the past, present, and future… I’m completely helpless!”

She paused for two seconds, looked up at Jiang Jiu, and her voice suddenly lowered.

"A-Jiu...you're not deliberately avoiding me, are you?"

Side Story - Black Tower Shura Field Route (Part 3)

Jiang Jiu: "..."

Jiang Jiu thought about many things in that one second.

The fact that Black Tower reacted so strongly suggests that even without using one's brain, one could guess which storyline this was from.

He silently recalled his various deaths in other timelines, and a chill ran through him.

Oh wow...

It seems like we're doomed...?

He stiffly ruffled Black Tower's hair: "Cough... How could that be? How could I possibly avoid you? I'm so..."

With a stiff upper lip, he met the murderous gaze of the Black Tower from the other side of the timeline and awkwardly finished the second half of his sentence.

"...I like you."

"Then why didn't you come back to me when you were alive? Why didn't you come back to me after the end was resolved? Why can't I find you..." The Black Tower No. 3 paused here.

She abruptly lifted her face from his chest, her eyes reddening, but more so showing the astonishment of finally coming to her senses: "Wait, so... why are you still alive?"

Jiang Jiu opened his mouth, but before he could think of an answer, Number One Black Tower, leisurely sipping his coffee, answered for him: "I also want to ask that question."

Only then did Black Tower No. 3 notice that there were other people in the living room.

Her gaze first fell on Black Tower Number Four, who stood in the center of the living room with his arms crossed, his expression as cold as if he had just been pulled out of an ice cellar.

Then it landed on the second black tower, who was standing by the window, holding a small black tower doll in his hand, looking at her with an extremely complicated expression.

Finally, it landed on Black Tower Number One.

Tower One was the only Black Tower that seemed detached from the situation. She sat naturally on the sofa, holding a coffee, with a curious smile on her face, as if she were looking at something interesting.

The expression on Black Tower No. 3's face slowly changed from excitement at regaining what it had lost to confusion, and then to wariness.

She instinctively pulled Jiang Jiu behind her, shielding him from the other three versions of herself, her tone tinged with hostility: "Who are you?"

"That's a very good question."

One of the Black Towers picked up her coffee and took a sip, her posture elegant and composed. Facing a bunch of chaotic farces, she even had the mood to make a few sarcastic remarks: "In every sense, we are all Black Towers, but a more precise way to put it is... we are you from a parallel world, pulled here by Aha through a short-term teleportation channel from different timelines."

"Ms. Black Tower from some unknown timeline, are you sure you want to be so hostile towards me?"

Tower Two glanced at Tower One with a complicated expression.

She's so calm, that's great. I absolutely can't let her get her hands on the Little Black Tower doll.

After hearing what Tower One said, Tower Three remained silent for a moment, then turned to look at Jiang Jiu, his eyes filled with: You'd better explain yourself clearly now.

Jiang Jiu took a deep breath, realizing that the situation was beyond his ability to resolve using the power of destiny.

This isn't a matter of strength or weakness...

He had always been unable to contend with the Black Tower, so he couldn't simply forcefully send them back... nor could he do anything directly to her...

Given that the Black Tower already knows that multiple timelines coexist, what kind of trouble could a powerful genius possibly cause?

No need for further explanation!

He glanced at the silent Black Tower Number Two by the window, then at Black Tower Number Four standing in the center of the living room with an expression colder than nothingness, and finally looked down at Black Tower Number Three, who was still clutching his sleeve tightly and refusing to let go, and said with a wry smile.

"...cough cough, it was definitely Aha's doing."

“I know that,” Black Tower Number One put down her coffee cup, her tone still carrying her usual curiosity, with a rising tone at the end, as if she was in a good mood watching the show, even though it was her own gossip. “But I’m more curious about something else than the instigator.”

Having grown accustomed to Heita's familiar and somewhat intimate tone, Jiang Jiu felt a little uncomfortable hearing her speak to her like this: "What?"

"Number Two said that Number Three and Number Four are both your lovers. In addition to Number Two's own statement... her relationship with you has also gone beyond the scope of friendship. In other words, there are at least three of me, on different timelines, who have established intimate relationships with the same person."

She paused, a slight smile playing on her lips. More than disbelief, she was curious: "This is an extremely rare case of emotional convergence across multiple parallel worlds in sociology. How did you manage to do it?"

"Is there something about you that I find so interesting that I would fall hopelessly in love with you no matter which timeline I'm in? Don't be ridiculous."

"I'm not kidding, and don't look at him like you're a test subject."

The voice of Black Tower No. 3 turned cold.

She straightened up, loosened her grip on Jiang Jiu's sleeve, but did not back away.

Her fingers gripped Jiang Jiu's hand again, intertwining tightly: "It's a very straightforward declaration of ownership. He's my boyfriend. Not the case you mentioned, nor some coincidence from a parallel world. He's me... he's the person I spent an entire timeline to find."

Her voice was not loud, but her tone was sharp and arrogant: "Maybe in your line of work, he's just your colleague, or your savior, or something else, but in my case, he's not."

The living room fell silent for a moment.

Black Tower One raised an eyebrow, neither refuting nor continuing to press the matter in that academic tone.

Perhaps it was because in some extremely subtle ways, she saw a familiar shadow in this different version of herself.

Black Tower Number Four lowered her arms, which were wrapped around her chest, and walked towards Black Tower Number Three, stopping a step away from her.

They stood face to face, the same height, with identical faces, and even the things hidden in their eyes were somewhat similar.

The difference was that one's eyes were still red, while the other's eyes were not red, but the knuckles of the fingers clenched at his side had turned white.

“I know everything you’ve said,” Black Tower Number Four said, his tone as steady as ever. “Most of what you’ve been through, I’ve been through. And what you haven’t been through, I’ve been through. If you just wanted to confirm that he’s still alive, then you’ve already achieved your goal.”

She paused, her gaze passing over Tower Three and landing on Jiang Jiu, but she was speaking to another version of herself: "So now, can you let go of my boyfriend?"

"yours?"

Black Tower Number Three narrowed his eyes dangerously, not letting go, but instead gripping even tighter.

"What do you mean...your boyfriend?"

Side Story - Black Tower Shura Field Route (Part 4)

"Otherwise, how could it be yours?" Tower Four almost laughed in anger.

These guys are just people Aha dragged from another time and space, yet they openly try to steal her away? Don't they know what's important?

Here, she is the only mistress!

Tower No. 3 was not to be outdone.

"Of course it's mine. We got to know each other, fell in love, and were willing to live and die together. We officially established a romantic relationship and even reached the point where we were willing to die for each other."

Tower Four chuckled: "To die for the other? You mean when you were dealing with Burning Wind, he destroyed the world for you?"

"Isn't that enough?" Tower Three asked confidently, without considering the possibility that Jiang Jiu might not be standing behind him. "We share the same ideals, we express our love for each other, I am the most special person in his life, no matter how many times we start over, no matter how the timeline shifts, we will always choose each other. Have you experienced these things?"

Black Tower No. 4 fell silent for a moment.

Yes, I've experienced it all, and much more than that.

She had experienced far more than that. He walked hand in hand with her through the narrowest of destinies, across the most unsolvable final line. She accompanied Jiang Jiu from man to god, and they pledged their lives to each other under the starry sky.