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However, a few minutes later, the toilet door opened again, and the Suzumiya Haruhi who came out seemed to have lost her original arrogance, as if she had completely lost her soul.

"How is this possible..."

Haruhi Suzumiya muttered to herself, and seeing this, Mikuru instantly forgot all her shame and immediately stepped forward to comfort her. However, before she could even touch Haruhi, Haruhi suddenly clutched her head and screamed in agony.

"What on earth is going on?!"

……

Haruhi Suzumiya's screams naturally caused panic among Ryoko Asakura and Mikuru. The two busied themselves comforting Haruhi, and at that moment they realized that something seemed wrong.

However, compared to the panic of the three girls, the one whose expression changed the most dramatically in an instant was a boy standing at the front door of the house where Haruhi Suzumiya was.

He had been staring at the doorbell, looking hesitant, but when he heard Haruhi Suzumiya's scream, his expression changed almost immediately. He jumped up, grabbed the edge of the wall with one hand, and tried to climb over.

Please do not do this.

But his actions were stopped by a soft female voice. The boy instinctively flinched, fell down, and landed on his bottom with a loud thud. He held back his noise, looked at the girl who had spoken, and then said in surprise, "Y-Yoshi?"

The petite girl who appeared before the boy was none other than Nagato Yuki, also known as Nagato the Great Goddess. However, at this moment, Nagato Yuki had a thin, almost invisible black line on her left cheek, which resembled both a scar and a birthmark.

Yuki Nagato heard the boy's words and nodded slightly, then looked at him with some doubt. Data streams flickered in her eyes; even though she had confirmed the information about the boy in front of her, she was still somewhat uncertain.

"Kyū?"

"Yes, it's me! That's great! You still recognize me!"

Kyon jumped up from the ground in an instant and happily approached Nagato Yuki, looking at this friend he hadn't seen in a long time... I guess we can be considered friends.

Kyon had only been a member of the SOS Brigade for a few days when he was attacked and nearly killed by that despicable administrator. If he hadn't been miraculously saved, Kyon would probably be long gone by now... Kyon thought to himself.

However, at this moment, Kyon felt more joy than resentment. Although he didn't have much power, he was indeed a true Transcendent, and he had come to see Haruhi Suzumiya with the great mission of uniting all the Transcendent forces. Seeing familiar faces in this other world was naturally more exciting than meeting an old friend in a foreign land.

“We thought you were dead, and Haruhi Suzumiya was very angry at the time.”

Yuki Nagato stated the facts calmly: compared to the bond between them and Kyon in the original story, they now merely knew each other as acquaintances. Of course, Haruhi Suzumiya and Kyon also had their encounter during middle school, and Haruhi Suzumiya certainly hadn't forgotten the alias John Smith. Yuki Nagato's interactions with Kyon in the past timeline also existed.

However, all of this has already been selectively forgotten by everyone after they believed that Kyon was dead.

"Ah, it's a long story, far too long to be a light novel with more than a dozen volumes. It's called Kyon's Otherworld Travelogue. But since the author has really run out of ideas and his creative inspiration has dried up, we'll talk about these things later."

"The most important thing right now is to find out if something's wrong with Haruhi Suzumiya."

094 Is this considered... a child?

At this point, Kyon didn't really think he was that familiar with Haruhi Suzumiya, and there wasn't any deep bond between them. In fact, Haruhi was more familiar with him, since Kyon himself hardly knew that he would one day become John Smith to enlighten Haruhi.

Even from the perspective of friendship alone, Kyon, with his kind heart, clearly couldn't have ignored Haruhi Suzumiya's screams. Moreover, his purpose in coming here was to discuss an important matter with the entire SOS Brigade.

Yuki Nagato, however, would not let Kyon in so easily. The reappearance of someone whom everyone thought was dead, and the fact that she could not figure out the reason even after countless tests, made her feel that there were too many mysteries surrounding Kyon.

For Nagato Yuki, Kyon was no longer the reliable human being she could depend on; instead, he was more like a highly unstable factor. Especially now, considering Haruhi Suzumiya's emotions…

"Haruhi Suzumiya is in good health now, but her emotions are a little unstable."

"Are you emotionally unstable?"

"I'm sorry, I can't tell you the specifics."

Through her communication with Ryoko Asakura, Yuki Nagato has learned what happened and knows that the situation is temporarily under control—except for Haruhi Suzumiya, who refuses to admit that she has a man and is trying to abort her child.

Therefore, Nagato Yuki chose to appear before Kyon first to stop this person who had come back from the dead. She instinctively felt that Kyon's arrival would probably cause a greater shock to the entire SOS Brigade than Haruhi Suzumiya's pregnancy.

"Oh, I see..."

Kyon scratched his head. As a rare male protagonist with high emotional intelligence, coupled with his years of experience as a Transcendent, he naturally understood what Nagato Yuki was worried about. Moreover, he had already learned about the SOS Brigade's story beforehand and knew what these girls had gone through.

“In that case, please inform Commander Haruhi Suzumiya.” Kyon’s expression suddenly turned serious. “I… as a representative of the Crimson World, wish to invite the SOS Brigade to participate in the tripartite talks. And the topic of the talks… is to awaken our God.”

……

"I don't care! I don't care!"

Haruhi Suzumiya struggled frantically, her face pale, and tears seemed to well up in the corners of her eyes. She simply couldn't understand how she had suddenly become pregnant; where did this child come from?!

Haruhi Suzumiya felt wronged. Although she didn't have any ideals of chastity or purity, how could she accept that she had borne fruit without having done anything? Moreover, Haruhi Suzumiya harbored extreme disgust for men, and now even the way Mikuru looked at her made her feel like a liar.

A conman who deceived everyone, all the SOS Brigade members, while secretly cheating on them with men.

"Spring, calm down! Even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about the baby!"

Mikuru was equally anxious, tears streaming down her face. She didn't feel there was anything wrong with being deceived by Haruhi Suzumiya. On the contrary, the fact that Haruhi Suzumiya had a child meant that she had moved on from the shadows of the past, and Mikuru was secretly happy for Haruhi Suzumiya.

Despite the child and all that... Mikuru closed her eyes and held Haruhi Suzumiya tightly around the waist, not daring to think too much, otherwise she felt like she was going to faint.

Ryoko Asakura, standing to the side, wore a half-smile. She genuinely wanted to mock Haruhi Suzumiya, this two-faced liar. However, beneath her smile lay a deep unease in her eyes, not only because she hadn't noticed when Haruhi had been cheating, but also because of her suspicions about Haruhi's child.

So... is he really considered a child?

Given Ryoko Asakura's abilities, scanning a pregnant woman's fetus would be a piece of cake, and even scanning and analyzing a person's genes to identify any hidden genetic diseases would be effortless. Yet, when scanning the fetus inside Haruhi Suzumiya's womb, the results were utterly chaotic.

This could certainly be explained by the fact that Ryoko Asakura, a substitute granted divine power, was unable to deeply scan the information of Haruhi Suzumiya's true self, but Ryoko Asakura always felt that the problem was not that simple.

Perhaps... Haruhi Suzumiya really was wronged?

"Ah, Yuki!"

Haruhi Suzumiya suddenly exclaimed, causing Mikuru and Ryoko Asakura to turn around. It was Yuki Nagato who had arrived. Mikuru excitedly called out Yuki Nagato's name, while Ryoko Asakura slightly pursed her lips but also breathed a sigh of relief.

"You're here. Are you healed?"

Nagato Yuki nodded slightly and said, "We have analyzed most of the components of the black mud. Apart from the most fundamental power, which has a mysterious enhancement and requires the leader's power to resolve, the rest is fine."

"Oh, that's good. I was feeling a bit overwhelmed by the situation right now!"

As Ryoko Asakura spoke, she came to Yuki Nagato's side and took her hand. A ray of light suddenly shifted from Ryoko Asakura to Yuki Nagato. Yuki Nagato's body trembled, and the faint scar on her face was washed away by the white light and disappeared without a trace.

Ryoko Asakura seemed somewhat exhausted. She turned to look at Haruhi Suzumiya, who was still struggling, and smiled faintly, saying, "Well then, I'll go back to my logistics work. Ugh, I'm exhausted these past few days. I never want to be a chief consultant again, or someone's substitute."

Despite saying this, Ryoko Asakura couldn't help feeling disappointed. She had tried her best to be a substitute for Yuki Nagato, but she was still not accepted by everyone.

Why is there such a huge difference between aliens, even though they are all aliens?

"You think you can just leave? Don't be so sure! Stay here!"

Unfortunately, Haruhi Suzumiya wasn't about to let Ryoko Asakura off the hook so easily, saying, "Until you figure out what's wrong with my body, you'd better stay and assist Yuki obediently. After that, you'll do whatever Yuki tells you to do. Don't even think about shirking your responsibilities!"

Haruhi Suzumiya roared and screamed, seemingly venting all her resentment on Ryoko Asakura. Ryoko Asakura, however, trembled slightly, and a subtle smile appeared on her lips.

"If I stay, I need some kind of official status, right? Yuki's already here, what am I to be a substitute?"

"Stay here and do the hard labor, any objections?"

"No objections!"

Ryoko Asakura shrugged, her smile deepening. Ignoring Haruhi Suzumiya's harsh words, Ryoko Asakura seemed to hear the true message Haruhi Suzumiya wanted to convey.

Stay.

Although I didn't hear it with my own ears, this is enough. It can be considered a form of acknowledgment, right?

"Alright, Yuki, let me tell you about our leader, Haruhi Suzumiya, cheating on me. Here's what happened..."

Ryoko Asakura wouldn't mince words with someone as dishonest as Haruhi Suzumiya; she'd directly retort with sarcastic remarks. She was determined to keep bringing up the fact that Haruhi Suzumiya was cheating on her husband every single moment!

"You'd better get out of here!"

The girls chattered excitedly. Nagato Yuki's arrival seemed to give everyone a sense of security in an instant. It seemed that in their eyes, there was no problem that Nagato Yuki couldn't solve.

However, Nagato Yuki disappointed them next.

"Is this... a child?"

095 Congratulations on your pregnancy!

As Haruhi Suzumiya's longest-standing partner, Yuki Nagato is also the most proficient in mastering Haruhi's powers. Although, like Ryoko Asakura, she cannot use Haruhi's powers to harm Haruhi, she can probe Haruhi's body to a certain extent with Haruhi's consent.

This kind of treatment was clearly not something Haruhi Suzumiya would allow Ryoko Asakura to have.

Therefore, the important task of figuring out what exactly happened to Haruhi Suzumiya naturally fell to Yuki Nagato. And Yuki Nagato did not disappoint, quickly presenting Shigeto with an image that resembled an ultrasound scan.

Haruhi Suzumiya blushed, but at this moment she couldn't care less about embarrassment or shyness. The most important thing now was to figure out what was wrong with her.

However, what they saw left them all speechless.

They saw a ball.

A fleshy ball.

It seemed as if a heart was beating inside the sphere, causing it to pulsate slightly. Although the sphere was still somewhat translucent at this point, no one knew what was inside.

A chill ran down Haruhi Suzumiya's spine. She had been prepared to see a baby. Although Haruhi swore she had never been near a man, if she were to become pregnant without her knowledge, she would face it all without fear.

But now, how can Haruhi Suzumiya bravely face a ball?

"What exactly happened, Yuki? Tell me!"

Haruhi Suzumiya screamed again, overwhelmed by an indescribable emotion. Anger, helplessness, confusion, terror, and so on—Haruhi felt as if she were being drowned by a surging torrent of emotions.

Even Ryoko Asakura became serious at this moment. It was true that she and Haruhi Suzumiya still didn't get along, but the current situation was no longer the time for her to mock them. They had to figure out exactly what this ball inside Haruhi Suzumiya's stomach was!

"Perhaps... Haruhi Suzumiya, your boyfriend has a rather unusual appearance?"

Mikuru, looking completely bewildered, was the first to speak, voicing her guess. But in an instant, Mikuru screamed in agony as Haruhi Suzumiya grabbed her hair and began to tear it violently.

"You mean I not only went to find a man, but I also got pregnant with a male 'ball'? Mikuru, I'm going to kill you!"

"Spare me, spare me! Waaah, I'm too scared to speak anymore!"

Haruhi Suzumiya lost interest in endlessly teasing Mikuru. Somewhat listlessly, she loosened her grip on Mikuru's hair and then looked at Yuki Nagato, who was still deep in thought, with a hint of apprehension. Yuki Nagato pondered for a few seconds before finally speaking.

"I think there are two possibilities, Kasuga."

"what?"

Haruhi Suzumiya quickly moved closer, almost regarding Yuki Nagato as her last savior.

"Clearly, this ball isn't a real ball; there's something inside. This ball is merely an appearance, like an eggshell. There are two possibilities for this outcome. One is that it's Kasuga's own divine power. After all, we haven't fully analyzed this power, so perhaps it's actively protecting your child."

"Even with your power, I cannot probe into it. This is not an obstacle, but more like a clash between the same kind of forces."

Upon hearing this, Haruhi Suzumiya's lips twitched, and she said, "So that means..."

"In other words, it's hard to say whether you can even be considered human anymore," Ryoko Asakura interjected, succinctly adding, "Therefore, it's understandable that your reproductive process is different from that of humans."