"So the time is different on both sides after all?"

Back at the office, Gensou glanced at the time and muttered to himself, "It's well past lunchtime here, but it's still midday at the 9-to-5 office. This situation is really..."

Hmm... what should I do next?

After adjusting the clock to his local time, Gengo sat down at his desk, scratched his itchy ear, and then rested his chin on his hand, looking at the computer screen. Because of the previous battle, Kirisu-sensei had gone back to his hometown to visit and comfort his parents, Little Christmas was still somewhere handing out gifts, and Uncle Yai had gone to Tokyo with his boss to report on work. So, suddenly, there were far fewer places he could go.

Let's go check on Gale.

Gensou, guessing there wouldn't be any requests today, stood up and walked eastward. The automatic protection program of the Book of Darkness... ah, no, it should now be called the Book of Night Sky was destroyed. The child's legs were also beginning to regain feeling. When he visited her yesterday, she was undergoing rehabilitation treatment. He believed that it wouldn't be long before she could run freely like other children.

"Mr. Gensho, you've arrived."

"Hmm, is Hayate still training?"

In the hospital, Gengo greeted the controlled personality, then stood beside her, looking at Hayate Yagami, who was walking with the help of parallel bars, and said:

"It looks like things are progressing very quickly."

"Well, Master... cough, no matter what, Gale is still the holder of the Book of Night Sky. Without the obstruction of the automatic protection program, her physical fitness is still stronger than that of a normal person. By the way, Mr. Gensou, there is something I need to tell you."

The controlling personality pointed to himself sheepishly and said:

"I have a name now, it's Linfuse. It was Gale who gave me the name. She said we're all family now, and we can't not even have names."

"That's a good thing. To be honest, I'm not quite used to being called 'Control Personality' all the time. Please take care of me in the future, Lynfs."

"Please take good care of me, Mr. Gensho."

After a brief greeting, Gengo looked at Hayate Yagami, who was working hard, and said:

"What a pity, what a pity that most of the magic in the Book of Night Sky is lost. Otherwise, if we could find suitable magic, she could have recovered immediately and wouldn't have had to suffer like this."

"........."

Upon hearing this, Linfuse fell silent. After Yuanxiang looked at her with a puzzled expression, she smiled wryly and said:

"Actually, Gale lied to you before. Even if the Book of Night Sky is damaged, it shouldn't be so bad that you can't even find a healing spell. But... Gale said that if she can't even endure this little bit of hardship, how will she help you fight in the future? So she won't let me use healing spells on her."

"Nonsense, when did it become her turn to fight?"

Genji was overwhelmed with mixed feelings. He glanced at the drenched-in-sweat Yagami Hayate and whispered to Linfus:

"Go back and tell your master to make her obey and accept the healing magic, otherwise I won't take her with me when I go out to play anymore... no, the next three times... never mind, only twice. The next two times I go out to play, I won't call her."

Mr. Gensho, you really spoil my master.

Linfs muttered to herself, but was happy to take on the task.

"Oh, right, there's something else I need to do."

Gensho rubbed his hands together and looked at Linfs, saying:

"Could you teach me about your Guardian Knight's reloading system and the deployment of the magic barrier? I've been eyeing that thing ever since the beginning of the battle."

Indeed, the former can increase Gensato's explosive power, while the latter can protect the city from the destruction of battle and allow Gensato to fight freely. If it weren't for the fact that everyone had a lot of things to deal with during this period, Gensato would have come to Linfus to talk about this matter long ago.

"This... is rather troublesome."

Linfs thought about it carefully for a moment, then said softly to Gensou:

"Both the loading system and the demon realm barrier are quite complex. Mr. Gensou, your transformation system is also extremely ingenious. It's not something you can just merge together. If you don't do it right, it will cause you a lot of trouble. Hmm... how about we find some time later to combine and transform again? Then we can analyze the situation carefully and see how to achieve it."

"Okay, let's set a time later."

After settling things over, Gensou watched for a while longer before quietly leaving. Otherwise, once Hayate finished her training, she would definitely pester him to push her wheelchair home. And when they got home, when Linfus was about to use healing magic on her, the child started to whine and beg him. He admitted that he might have agreed to let her continue not use healing magic, since Nanoha had often used her charm to ask him for unreasonable things before, like asking him to do her homework for her.

"Hmm? Nanoha, what's wrong?"

After returning to the office, Gengo looked at Takamachi Nanoha, who was sitting on the sofa with no summer homework in front of her and was still wearing pajamas, and asked her in confusion. Upon hearing his voice, Takamachi Nanoha's body trembled violently, and she slowly raised her head. Only then did Gengo see that the child was already in tears.

"What's wrong? What's going on?"

Gengo rushed over, hugged Takamachi Nanoha, wiped away her tears, and said:

"Why are you crying like this? Who bullied you?"

"Nobody is bullying me."

Nanoha Takamachi sobbed as she said:

"I had a nightmare... I dreamt... Yuanxiang-nii, you died. It was so scary, your eyes were so wide open, so terrifying, so terrifying..."

"It's okay, it's okay... it was just a dream."

Gengo picked up Nanoha Takamachi and stood up, pacing around the room while gently patting her back to comfort her. He also frowned slightly. Barbara was currently unable to communicate, and Hayate Yagami naturally wouldn't tell Nanoha about his death, yet the child still seemed vaguely affected by it. This was truly unexpected. What was this? A telepathic connection between siblings? Come on, even if such a function existed, it would only be effective in situations like this.

"Alright, alright, Nanoha, look, I'm perfectly fine, aren't I?"

After hearing Nanoha Takamachi's crying subside, Gengo held her and sat her on the sofa, wiping away her tears as he said:

"You just love to scare yourself. You can't even have a peaceful dream. Come on, have a peach, wash your face, and go back to sleep for a while."

"But...but...I'm still scared."

Nanoha Takamachi tugged at Gengo's sleeve, her eyes brimming with tears, and said:

"Brother Yuanxiang, you said it yourself, you said that death wasn't scary to you..."

"...Nanoha."

Upon hearing this, Yuanxiang paused for a moment, then pressed his forehead against hers, gently turning it as he whispered:

"I will fight to live on. This city, and you, are my hope. Even if I have only one breath left, I will struggle to come back from hell and watch you all move towards a better future. Nanoha, my lovely little sister, I can't bear to leave you either."

“…Brother Yuanxiang.”

Hearing this, Nanoha Takamachi's eyes reddened again, but this time she held back her tears. She reached out and hugged Gengo's neck, nuzzling her face affectionately against him. Then she pulled away from his embrace, wiped away her tears and snot, looked at Gengo with a bright smile, put her hands behind her back, and whispered:

"Brother Yuanxiang, I'm going back now."

"Oh, please tell Aunt Peach that I have to continue organizing materials tonight, so I won't be able to come over for dinner."

Gengo smiled and waved to Nanoha Takamachi, watching the child run home in a flash. Then he sighed deeply. Survival was not something he could control. No matter how ridiculously strong the enemy was, he still had to bite the bullet and face them. He could only hope that Tsukasa Kadoya and the others would arrive in time to support him before he could hold them off.

"Has Nanoha been appeased?"

Meanwhile, at the Takamachi family home, the Takamachi family, having watched Nanoha run out crying, couldn't help but chuckle at her return, even with a hint of joy in her eyes. Her brother, Kyouya Takamachi, looked at his sister and said helplessly:

"To be honest, sometimes I even suspect that Kogoro is her real brother. Why don't we talk to Kogoro and let Nanoha take his surname, Gen?"

"You stinky brother, I'm ignoring you!"

Nanoha Takamachi lightly patted Kyoya Takamachi's shoulder twice, sounding annoyed. At that moment, Momoko Takamachi chimed in with a chuckle:

"Yes, it's a pity that Nanoha is too young, otherwise she could consider marrying Kogoro."

"Mom! Why are you ignoring you too?! Ugh!!"

Nanoha Takamachi blushed, covered her face, stomped her feet, and ran into her room. She grabbed the corner of the blanket and rolled around, wrapping herself up tightly, tossing and turning inside like a stranded fish.

But then she remembered something, and hurriedly struggled out of the covers, squatted in front of the bedside table, pulled open the bottom drawer, took out a box, and slowly opened it, revealing the cracked beads inside—the magical device that had turned her into a Nachtwal puppet.

However, with the destruction of the data virus and the elimination of Nachtwal, the magical device also broke free from control and returned to normal. It was through its recording that Nanoha Takamachi learned roughly what happened while she was unconscious and also saw the scene of Genji's death.

I want to help my brother Shangyuanxiang! I absolutely don't want him to face such a powerful enemy alone again!

Nanoha Takamachi gripped the red pillar, closed her eyes, and seemed to be able to feel the sensation of that beam of light shooting out from her hand. The power... even Genji's brother might not have been able to withstand it steadily. Now, all she had to do was wait for the magic device to finish repairing itself!

"RaisingHeart, please."

Nanoha Takamachi looked at the red magical artifact in her hand and said in a deep voice:

"You must get better!"

After a brief silence, a red light suddenly appeared in the dark room, and the cracked magical artifact responded to its master with all its might:

"Yes, My Master."

183 Klee's Escape

After Nanoha Takamachi returned home, Gengo, sitting at his desk, looked at the materials in his hand, slowly put them down, and then gently tapped the table. A hint of doubt flashed in his eyes. He felt as if he had forgotten something, but also felt it was just his imagination. This conflicted feeling made him stand up uneasily and pace around his desk, recalling the day's events, but it seemed there was nothing good to recall...

At this moment, Genji's gaze unconsciously drifted towards the gate. After a long silence, the memories in his mind gradually became clear. Only then did he remember to remind Sakura of the illusion of the person wearing glasses that he seemed to have seen when he returned.

Did I receive a suggestion similar to hypnosis? This is truly an extraordinary technique.

Yuanxiang's face was ashen. In the previous battle, his willpower attribute was increased by '+2'. Not to brag, but most mental attacks should be ineffective against him. However, he almost suffered a setback today, which really shocked him. At the same time, he was also a little angry. Children should enjoy their childhood. Why are there always some reckless people who want to mess up their lives?

Passing through the door, Gengo arrived at Kinomoto Sakura's door. He could hear other people's voices coming from inside the house. If he wasn't mistaken, it should be her brother and father returning. Under these circumstances, knocking on the door to call her out and tell her about this would be too attention-grabbing, so... he'd have to use a little trick.

Gengo took out 'Cyclone' from his clothes. He didn't press the button, but just held it in his hand. Immediately, a breeze blew from behind, rustling the boy's clothes, and he flew into Kinomoto Sakura's house. After the battles of the past few days, he could also borrow some of 'Cyclone's' abilities when he wasn't transforming, just like 'Joker'.

Inside, Sakura Kinomoto was playfully fighting with her brother Touya Kinomoto when, quite suddenly, she instinctively slapped backward. After slapping him, she realized what she had done and wondered why she had made that move. Outside, Gengo raised an eyebrow in surprise. Although he hadn't used much of 'Cylcone' power, it had been shattered by that slap. Wasn't something wrong with that?

But recalling the time when he and this child had tossed coins to tie in Fuuto, Gensou calmed down and tried to contact her again. After all, before, he didn't believe that Takamachi Nanoha could have almost crippled him with a single beam attack.

"Brother Yuanxiang!?"

This time it was a success. The 'wind' attracted children driven by curiosity. Seeing the boy enveloped in a pale green glow in the afterglow of the setting sun, reaching out to gently touch him, Kinomoto Sakura paused for a moment, her hand instinctively reaching into her pocket as if to take out her phone to capture the scene. But she quickly realized her mistake, pretending nothing was wrong, and ran to Gengo's side, whispering:

"Why are you here? Did you leave something behind?"

"No, there's something I need to tell you."

Gengo told Kinomoto Sakura what he had seen and experienced. He couldn't stay by the child's side 24 hours a day, so he could only tell her to run to his office as soon as she realized there was danger.

"Don't worry."

Seeing that Kinomoto Sakura looked a little uneasy, Gengo smiled and ruffled her hair, saying:

“Your brother Yuanxiang is very good at fighting. Ten strong men couldn’t even get close to me, so you can run over here. Just leave the rest to brother Yuanxiang.”

"Um!!"

Feeling the gentle touch on her head, Sakura Kinomoto smiled and nodded vigorously in response. But then, she sensed something, reached out and grasped Genji's hand, asking with concern:

"Brother Yuanxiang, your hands are so cold. Did you catch a chill? Why don't you come to my house to warm up? I'll make you some ginger soup."

"No need, I'm not sick, it's just that the moon is about to come out."

After fusing with the Moon King Stone, although the energy inside was completely released, his new body still experienced some reactions after sunset, such as a drop in body temperature, heightened senses, and increased pain. The brighter the moonlight, the more pronounced the symptoms became.

"moon?"

Gengo's words made Kinomoto Sakura look up at the sky in confusion. Gengo didn't let the child dwell on the topic, gently patting her shoulder and smiling as he said:

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