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As it turned out, the boy's lips moved and he spoke again, much to Misaki Shokuhou's astonishment and anticipation.

"...A person...is a person...who is a person...I am a person...who am I..."

Misaki Shokuhou's heart leaped into her throat. Her actions had actually worked; they weren't in vain!

This means that she might be able to get closer to the boy and awaken his true self-awareness, at which point she would have the opportunity to escape the boy's consciousness and return to the real world.

As for how to take revenge on the boy, whether by making him her slave or by other means, that's a matter for the future.

Right now, ensuring my own safety and getting back safely is the most important thing.

"That's right, you're a person, you're a human being, not a fish! Wake up, you idiot!"

Misaki Shokuhou is still unable to use her powers and can only speak with her lips. She shouts with all her might, as if this way can help the boy understand himself.

However, this was actually just Misaki Shokuhou's instinctive action when she lost her composure.

After saying this, even Misaki Shokuhou felt her powerlessness; it seemed she truly couldn't do anything now. She hadn't been able to do anything for the boy with her abilities just now, so how could she possibly save him with just a few words?

The boy in front of me believes from the bottom of his heart that he is a fish. Is that something that can be easily corrected?

However, to Misaki Shokuhou's astonishment, the boy reacted to her words, looking at her with a confused expression. His eyes flashed with white and red light, along with a colorful array of markings, all seemingly in a chaotic conflict.

and many more!

Misaki Shokuhou suddenly became alert. She was already very familiar with the colors white and red, since the boy's mental space was currently filled with red in the sky and white on the sea, and these two colors should be a manifestation of the boy's mental power.

And what are those colorful markings?

Before Misaki Shokuhou could think further, the boy's voice rang out again. This time, the boy's voice resonated directly in Misaki Shokuhou's heart, as if piercing through her soul.

"...I believe...you...you are my...partner..."

"...Whatever you say...is what it is..."

The boy's fragmented sentences, coupled with his incoherent pronunciation, made it almost impossible for anyone to understand what he was saying. However, Misaki Shokuhou found that she could clearly understand what the boy was saying and what he was trying to express.

Why is this happening?

As Misaki Shokuhou thought of this, a memory suddenly flashed through her mind of the time she spent as a fish with the boy in the ocean. During that time, the two could communicate simply by making whimpering sounds, let alone now that the boy could already utter several words.

Did they not realize that they had become so familiar with each other?

This gave Misaki Shokuhou more and more hope. Although there was also an indescribable feeling lingering in her heart, Misaki Shokuhou knew that everything she had done before had not been in vain.

"That's right..."

Misaki Shokuhou gritted her teeth and used her last bit of strength to say, "You're a human! Don't be a fish anymore! You have to believe that you're a human! You have to believe it with all your might! Believe me, you're my partner, so you have to believe me!"

This was Misaki Shokuhou's last gamble. Since the boy had responded to her voice, whether it was out of trust or for some other reason, Misaki couldn't let this opportunity, this chance to save herself, slip away.

However, as soon as she finished speaking, Misaki Shokuhou felt a sudden, inexplicable unease. It wasn't that there was anything wrong with her, but she sensed that something was about to happen to the boy in front of her.

It felt like a tearing pain throughout her body, like being crushed into pieces. This pain made Misaki Shokuhou seem to hallucinate, and an inexplicable sadness washed over her entire body.

At this moment, Misaki Shokuhou instinctively wanted to make a "woo-woo" sound, and the meaning of this woo-woo sound was sadness and mourning, to send off her departing partner with a final farewell song.

Her eyes involuntarily welled up with tears again. This instinctive reaction left Misaki Shokuhou bewildered. What on earth was going on?

Misaki Shokuhou covered her mouth; as a human, she would never make a fish-like sound.

But what happened next made Misaki Shokuhou immediately understand why she had this strange change. The boy looked up at her, his lips twitching slightly, as if he wanted to laugh.

smile.

"……I trust you……"

The gentle voice rang out once again, but this time, Misaki Shokuhou's hope was overshadowed by growing pain, not for her own pain, but for the boy in front of her.

This boy...

A light shone from his body.

It wasn't white or red, but a disc-shaped marker with the words "SOS Brigade" written on it in red as the main color, and the rest of the space was filled with circles in green and blue.

A strange mark was branded on the boy's chest and in his eyes. The instant the mark appeared, the white of the sea and the red of the sky swept wildly toward the mark, like two enormous storms.

"Do not……"

Author's Note:

This is the first of four updates today.

037 I will not shed tears for you

Looking at the massive storm, Misaki Shokuhou realized that things had once again spiraled out of control. Some kind of conflict had erupted, and the sheer scale of it was beyond her comprehension and impossible for her to influence or control.

Misaki Shokuhou merely lit a fuse, but that small fuse was enough to ignite a violent conflict.

Moreover, Misaki Shokuhou no longer has the power to control the fuse.

She opened her mouth and screamed in the midst of the massive storm, but no one could hear what Misaki Shokuhou was saying, not even herself.

The red and white hurricane merged into a red and white storm, engulfing the boy entirely, as if countless forces were gathering within him.

The entire white ocean roared, forming a huge whirlpool centered on the boy, and the entire sky was also collapsing, forming a hole-shaped collapse centered on the boy.

It was as if all the power between heaven and earth was gathering in the boy's body, then converging into the boy's power, and finally fighting against the mysterious SOS rune symbol on the boy's chest and in his eyes.

This was a colossal upheaval in the world, engulfing even the sky and the ocean. Faced with all this, Misaki Shokuhou appeared so small, as if she would be blown away by the gale and swept away by the waves at any moment.

Even now, Misaki Shokuhou is still shouting something. She doesn't even know what she's supposed to do, but the urgency and sorrow in her heart make her desperately want to do something.

Unfortunately, she was powerless to do anything. She couldn't even reach out to the boy. She could only watch as the storm she had started continued to fester.

That's it... over?

What exactly happened?

Misaki Shokuhou didn't understand, and no one would explain it to her. At this moment, she was just an observer.

But at that moment, a hand reached out from the storm and towards Misaki Shokuhou. It was the boy's hand, reaching towards Misaki Shokuhou's forehead.

Misaki Shokuhou tried to catch the hand, but she was still unable to move and could only let the hand tap her forehead.

A gentle touch, like a soft kiss.

Then, centered on the boy's hand, the red and white storm also engulfed Misaki Shokuhou, but it only enveloped her, forming a sphere more than a meter tall, protecting her inside.

Misaki Shokuhou, who was originally on the verge of being swept away at any moment, has now stabilized and no longer needs to worry about her safety. She only needs to continue to watch all the changes happening in front of her.

With the danger gone, Misaki Shokuhou's mind stabilized considerably. However, after stabilizing, she felt a deep, mournful cry from the depths of her consciousness.

Those were the emotions and memories she had accumulated as a fish, which she had sealed away, lamenting and pleading with her master, Misaki Shokuhou, while also calling out to her companions in the distance.

However, Misaki Shokuhou was still unable to move and could only be a spectator.

She pursed her lips, opened her eyes wide, and watched quietly, not letting herself look away.

Then, Misaki Shokuhou saw the crack.

The boy's body seemed unable to withstand such immense power, after all, it was the power of the entire sky and ocean poured into his body. Cracks appeared on the boy's consciousness, but even so, the influx of power did not stop.

At the same time, the SOS Brigade insignia on the boy's chest began to glow, and the cracks on the boy's body disappeared wherever the light passed. However, the white and red light would then tear open the boy's consciousness again, causing the cracks on his body to reappear.

It seemed that the boy's entire body had become a battlefield, a battlefield where two different forces were locked in a tug-of-war. Compared to the overwhelming power of the white and red lights, the light of the SOS Brigade emblem appeared very soft and weak, yet it was always able to resist the impact of the white and red lights.

Seeing this, Misaki Shokuhou was completely confused. What on earth was going on?

Misaki Shokuhou originally thought that since the boy's body could fuse white and red powers, and the two powers could freely move between the boy's body, then this must be the boy's power.

But now, the white and red light is trying to tear the boy's body apart, while the suddenly appearing SOS Brigade emblem is protecting the boy's body from being torn apart.

Which side truly represents the boy's strength, and which side is protecting him?

Misaki Shokuhou couldn't understand it, but even if she could, it wouldn't matter, because she could only watch from beginning to end.

The tug-of-war continued. Misaki Shokuhou couldn't imagine the pain of this constant crushing of her body, but she knew that this must be the most painful torture, stimulating every inch of her nerves.

What exactly is tormenting this boy?

No matter who it is, no matter what, whether alive or dead, let all of this end soon!

Misaki Shokuhou was still watching, but she was no longer sure how much longer she could continue watching like this, or how much longer she could suppress the mournful cry within her.

Misaki Shokuhou didn't want to shed tears for the person in front of her.

Just then, it seemed that the heavens had heard Misaki Shokuhou's call. A bolt of lightning suddenly appeared in the sky, piercing through the storm and striking the SOS Brigade insignia on the boy at the center of the storm.

A slight tremor emanated from the SOS Brigade emblem, and a small crack appeared on it.

Seeing this, Misaki Shokuhou closed her eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.

She knew that things could finally come to a temporary end.

The instant she closed her eyes, the cracks on the SOS Brigade emblem expanded like a spiderweb, and then the entire emblem shattered and split apart, along with the boy's body.

……

"What the hell is this?!"

When Misaka Mikoto came to her senses, she was already in the sky.

No, to be precise, she was in the sky, in an unknown, high sky. Looking up, there was an eerie red sky with bird-shaped runes, and below her, as far as the eye could see, was a white ocean that stretched as far as the eye could see.

Misaka Mikoto, from the moment she regained consciousness, was in the sky, falling rapidly towards the white ocean.

Of course, just as Misaki Shokuhou analyzed before, this is a mental space where everyone appears in a purely self-aware form.

Simply put, Misaka Mikoto naturally soars through the sky with a sincere attitude.

Taking these two conditions into account, Misaka Mikoto, who had just regained consciousness, found herself ascending to the heavens in a completely innocent manner. Coupled with the eerie environment around her, it would be strange if she didn't wail and scream like a ghost.

Of course, Misaka Mikoto only had time to scream once, because she was about to face an extremely dangerous reality: she was falling.

Since people are in the sky, and Misaka Mikoto can't fly, falling into the sea was inevitable. Misaka Mikoto naturally realized this immediately, and screamed as she began to try to save herself.

At this moment, Misaka Mikoto was shocked to discover another serious problem, which was... her ability was useless here!

It was only then that Misaka Mikoto realized that she was not in the real world. If everything was correct, she should be in the mental world of her savior.

In other words, what's here now is her spirit, not her body. Since she has neither a body nor a brain, it's only natural that she can't use her abilities. Perhaps the only exception is Misaki Shokuhou, since her abilities are specifically focused on this aspect.

Upon realizing this, Misaka Mikoto turned pale. Even if she had the ability, it wouldn't have been enough to allow her to fly. She could control electromagnetic forces to some extent, but she couldn't fly like Magneto using a little iron, let alone the fact that she currently had no iron left on her.

After all, Misaka Mikoto isn't even wearing any clothes right now.