Yuanxiang chuckled and patted Wendy, who was trying to run away, before walking over and picking up the box.

"Brother Yuanxiang, you're back!"

"Ah, I just took care of something," Gengo said, tapping Takamachi Nanoha's forehead and taking the basket from Daidouji Tomoyo's hands. "If you want to help, go do something light. These heavy lifting tasks are more suitable for me."

"But your body..."

Kinomoto Sakura looked at Gengo with concern and said:

"I just saw you fall from the sky. Are you sure you're okay?"

"Haha, don't worry, I'm known for my thick skin."

Yuanxiang laughed loudly, patted his chest, and responded with a strong gesture:

"Little Nanoha can attest to that. Thank you for your concern, little one."

"Hmm... just call me Sakura."

Sakura Kinomoto rubbed her hands together shyly, her face slightly flushed, and said:

"The little guy sounds weird..."

"You can also just call me Tomoyo."

Daidoji Tomoyo leaned over with a smile and looked at Gengo, saying:

"I've heard Sakura mention Mr. Gensou's name many times, so indirectly we're acquaintances. It's just that Sakura never told me you could transform, so I was quite surprised when we first met."

Ok?

These words startled Genji, who instinctively looked at Kinomoto Sakura. The little girl's face immediately turned red, and she hurriedly waved her hands, blurting out:

"Um, I didn't say anything. I just occasionally told Tomoyo stories from the group chat. I... I just thought Gengo-nii was amazing. I really didn't let anything slip..."

???

Gensou silently shifted his gaze to Takamachi Nanoha, and the child's expression subtly changed—

After that trip to Fuuto, she felt that Barbara was particularly concerned about Gengo and Kamen Rider.

Then, after she learned about Yuanxiang's identity, she looked at Barbara's words again and felt that something was wrong. She went back to test her and sure enough, Barbara knew.

Since the dimensional group doesn't have a private chat function, I got used to this and forgot there was someone else in the group, so I started chatting directly with Sister Barbara, and so...

Just as Nanoha Takamachi was racking her brains trying to figure out how to explain the whole story to Genji, Wendy suddenly appeared, her face beaming with delight, and said:

"Are you guys about to start telling a story? Count me in! I want to hear it!"

106 The Crisis of Children

"Why did everyone suddenly stop talking?"

Wendy patted Gensou's arm and said with great interest:

"Can't I just listen and not say anything? Yuanxiang, your experiences must be very interesting. I want to write your story into a new song!"

After saying that, Wendy saw Genji looking at him with a rather subtle expression. He plucked a string from his guitar and said with a silly grin:

"Hey, why are you making that face? Are you worried about not being able to pay your royalties? Haha, don't worry, I won't charge you. But if you feel bad about it, why don't you tell me your story sometime?"

No, no, no, Yuanxiang-nii doesn't believe in your composing abilities.

Takamachi Nanoha muttered to herself, while also wondering how her brother Gensou had become so familiar with this bard in the blink of an eye.

"My story isn't anything special; it's just about eating, sleeping, and shopping, so just put away your curiosity."

Gensou pushed away Wendy, who kept circling around him, and casually replied with a remark. Then, he looked at the guilty-looking Nanoha Takamachi and said:

"You don't need to take it too seriously. I believe you just misspoke. Besides, Sakura and Tomoyo aren't from our world, so they won't cause any trouble."

After saying that, Gengo looked at Kinomoto Sakura and Daidouji Tomoyo, and said softly with a smile:

"Although we haven't spent much time together, I can tell you're all good kids. Even if you don't know from the group chat that I'm Kamen Rider, I don't think I'd mind telling you when we spend time together someday. So let's keep this a secret between us."

"Okay! I promise I'll keep it a secret!!"

Faced with Gengo's trust, Kinomoto Sakura couldn't help but get excited. She raised her fists to her chest, clenched them tightly, and made a loud promise. Daidouji Tomoyo, who was standing to the side, smiled quietly and nodded to Gengo.

Seeing their reactions, Genji breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, he hoped that as few people as possible would know his identity, which is the same principle as "the more you say, the more mistakes you make." But there was nothing he could do. They already knew, and they were even friends of Nanoha. So he had no choice but to come this way.

"Alright, let's put this topic aside."

Yuanxiang patted the box and looked at the little ones, saying, "If we don't deliver the things soon, they'll be getting impatient. Let's get to work... Wendy, what are you doing?"

Seeing the wind god pick up the harp, Genji asked in confusion, while Wendy replied with a smile:

"Of course I'll sing you songs to cheer you on! That's what a bard's job is, right? Don't worry, my songs will definitely give you a boost!"

"Let's get down to business, Wendy."

Gensho couldn't help but mutter a complaint, then headed towards the city gate with his things. Wendy stuck out her tongue and followed Gensho.

"coax!!!"

Huh?! What's that noise?!

Just as Yuanxiang and his companion arrived at the city gate, put down their things, and were helping to deal with the fence, a muffled loud bang suddenly came, as if an explosion had occurred somewhere. However, Yuanxiang did not feel any tremors coming from the ground. This should not be the case. How could an explosion of this magnitude not have a shockwave?

Everyone hurriedly searched for the source of the explosion, worried that something terrible had happened again. At this moment, Yuanxiang, who had looked around, suddenly felt that something was not right. He frowned and carefully looked around again, finally focusing his gaze on the moat next to him.

Has the water level there dropped a little?

'Tick-tock...whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~~~'

Just as Yuanxiang was about to pull Wendy aside to ask about the water level, the sky was quickly covered with thin dark clouds, and within a few breaths, the light rain turned into a torrential downpour. Something was wrong; the clouds were so thin that in some places you could even see the blue sky. How could this cause such a terrifying amount of rainfall?

“Yuanxiang, this rainwater contains the power of elements.”

Wendy reached out and caught the rainwater. She gently rubbed it and immediately sensed something unusual. She quickly told Genji, and Genji and Wendy's eyes met. They ran towards the wine lake behind the church without prior arrangement.

Meanwhile, on the other side...

"Bouncy Bomb!! Explode!!"

At the dock near the logistics department of the Knights of Favonius, Klee protected Nanoha Takamachi and the others behind her, constantly throwing the bombs on her body at the water slimes that seemed to appear out of nowhere.

Furthermore, the number of these water slimes was quite astonishing. In the blink of an eye, they completely surrounded them, and even Klee, who was skilled in AOE attacks, was somewhat overwhelmed.

Seeing that the number of slimes didn't seem to be decreasing, Klee, panting heavily, bent over and rested her hands on her knees to catch her breath. She had originally planned to sneak off to Starfall Lake to blast fish, but she hadn't gone far when she noticed the situation here and rushed over. But... hadn't she already cleared out a lot of slimes?! Why are there still so many now?!

"Sakura, watch out!"

At that moment, behind Klee, Nanoha Takamachi, wielding a stick, knocked away a slime that was trying to ambush Sakura Kinomoto. However, at the same time, another slime attacked Nanoha Takamachi. Fortunately, Tomoyo Daidouji pulled her back in time, preventing her from being hit on the head by a slime.

but......

A question flashed through Daidouji Tomoyo's mind. She and Klee were clearly more vulnerable than Sakura and Nanoha, and they were right next to the two slimes. Why did they have to go around to attack the two slimes?

"You bunch of big bad guys, don't even think about bullying Klee's sisters! Whoa! Boom! Sparks, full power!!!"

Klee also realized that as she stopped fighting, her companions were in trouble, and the Knights of Favonius who noticed the commotion were completely unable to break through the monster horde to come to their aid.

So she immediately perked up, and with her childish voice, bursts of sparks appeared around her, attacking the slimes around her like guerrilla artillery positions. Combined with the bombs she threw herself, she became like a fortress, unleashing endless firepower on the enemy. In an instant, the surrounding ground was blasted down.

However, it was clear that Klee couldn't control the blast radius of the booming sparks very well. Amidst the constantly flying dust and rocks, Takamachi, Nanoha, and the other two huddled together to avoid being accidentally injured. They suppressed the screams that were about to burst from their throats, worried that they would disturb Klee who was fighting so hard.

However, at that moment, strange elemental fluctuations suddenly emanated from the pool of water that had accumulated during the downpour beneath their feet. Then, it transformed into a giant water sphere that rose up, threatening to swallow the three of them.

Before that, Kinomoto Sakura's heart suddenly trembled, as if she had a premonition of something. She pushed her two friends out in advance, but she didn't have time to dodge and was trapped in the water sphere.

Seeing this, Daidouji Tomoyo desperately tried to rescue Kinomoto Sakura, but the surface of the water sphere was unusually tough, and as other water slimes merged into it, Kinomoto Sakura's figure gradually disappeared into the deep blue water.

Meanwhile, Nanoha Takamachi was horrified. After Sakura Kinomoto was trapped, the water slimes attacked her even more frantically. Klee was completely overwhelmed by the onslaught. The little girl was unwilling to give up and kept throwing bombs, making "ee-ya-ee-ya" noises. But she had almost run out of bombs and her voice was almost hoarse. She could only watch helplessly as the monsters gradually closed Nanoha Takamachi into a corner.

Facing the constantly jumping and falling slimes, Nanoha Takamachi leaned helplessly against the castle wall, tears welling up in her eyes. Stubbornly holding her fork, she prepared to fight to the last moment.

But at that moment, a purple light descended from the sky, and the black knight raised his arm, which was enveloped in energy flames, and slammed it into the ground. The resulting air currents, carrying scorching flames, spread in all directions, easily annihilating any monsters caught in the blast.

Genji quickly switched to 'Fang' form. The pale memory chip glowed slightly, and two arm blades sprang from the knight's arms. He swung them repeatedly, the flying blade energy tearing two gashes in the scattered air currents, avoiding the direction where Klee and Tomoyo were, so as to prevent the children from being accidentally injured. At the same time, Genji shouted:

"Tomoyo! Lie down!"

Hearing the roar, Daidouji Tomoyo, who was struggling to tear apart the water sphere, disregarded her image and fell to the side. The 'Fang' memory flashed, and a sharp blade emerged from Gengo's left shoulder armor, flying out with Gengo's movement and cutting the huge water sphere in two.

At the same moment, Gengo rushed over and caught Kinomoto Sakura, who fell out of the water sphere. In the instant he caught her, Gengo felt that the child seemed to be enveloped by an invisible force, to the point that he himself was about to be bounced away.

Therefore, Gengo quickly activated 'Joker' with his willpower and used the technique of forced transformation to switch from 'Fang' to his most familiar form. Then, he frowned, carefully exerted his strength, and finally broke through that layer of protection, truly catching Kinomoto Sakura.

Feeling the child's cold body temperature, Genji didn't have time to think. He groaned and squeezed out surging ripples from his body. Golden ripples of lightning instantly drilled into Kinomoto Sakura's body.

Two breaths later, Kinomoto Sakura reacted, her face showing a pained expression. She turned her head and kept spitting out water, but her complexion was quickly regaining its color, so she should be out of danger.

But what was with that protective layer just now? It felt like it ultimately let me break through it. Does this child... also harbor some incredible secret?

Seeing that Kinomoto Sakura had recovered, Gengo couldn't help but mutter a few words of doubt to himself. At this moment, Klee also cleared out the monsters on her side and ran over with Takamachi Nanoha to check on Kinomoto Sakura's condition.

Under the watchful eyes of her companions, the child gradually came to her senses. She moved her body and felt as if she had just woken up from a wonderful nap in the sun, rather than having just escaped from danger. She felt as if she had inexhaustible energy. At this moment, she realized that she was still lying in Yuanxiang's arms. She jumped up shyly.

Yuanxiang remained squatting on the ground. Having used up so much ripple energy in one go, he felt a little dizzy. If he stood up now, he might not be able to stand steadily, and the children might notice something was wrong.

That won't do. In the current situation, any discomfort I feel could make the children uneasy. They are already very frightened. I should take on my responsibilities as an adult and put their minds at ease.

Meanwhile, seeing the children beside him safe and sound, Gensou breathed a sigh of relief. Just now, when he and Wendy were heading towards Cider Lake, he faintly caught a strange explosion sound in the sound of the heavy rain, and the sound was very similar to Klee's cluster bomb.

Therefore, because he was worried that the child might be in danger and was also concerned about Takamachi Nanoha and the others, Gengo temporarily separated from Wendy and sent Wendy to check on the situation at the Frucchio Lake. He came after hearing the commotion, but he did not expect to see such a critical scene.

Damn it, what on earth is going on? Which bastard is trying to harm these kids?!

Yuanxiang clenched his fists in anger, purple flames flickering between the gaps in his armor.

Suddenly, the torrential rain stopped. When everyone looked up, they found that the dark clouds showed no signs of dissipating and instead all gathered on the dock. Yuanxiang quickly got up, shielded the children behind him, and focused his attention on the surrounding movements.

Then, in full view of everyone, the dark cloud in the sky turned into a huge drop of water and fell into the water with a "plop," into the water system at the edge of the fruit wine lake. However, the splashed water did not fall, but gathered and sculpted into a giant hand. The surface made of water looked smooth and seemed to be elastic, like a work of art.

But no one here was in the mood to appreciate this, because another giant hand appeared and took a picture of Yuanxiang and his group.

"What are you all standing there for? Run!!"

While attacking the giant hand, the Knights of Favonius on the city wall hurriedly called out. Takamachi Nanoha, who had recovered her senses, also hurriedly led the others to run into the city. However, the giant hand seemed to have its eyes on them as well. It then drew more water from the lake to grow stronger and continued to include the children in its attack range.

You're asking for it!

Energy surged, flames boiled, and "Joker" responded to Gensou's furious outburst. The knight, as radiant as the sun, let out a chilling battle cry. The sound waves, almost tangible, caused violent ripples on the surface of the giant hand, like a flag fluttering wildly in a gale.

In an instant, the two giant hands trembled and twisted beyond recognition. Before Yuanxiang could even throw a punch, they burst open like balloons, sending water droplets into the air as they were radiated by intense heat, leaving behind a scene of utter devastation.

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