Unspeakable bubbles

After saying that, Roger sighed: "I hope His Excellency the Archbishop will not blame you too much for the loss of the Crimson Codex."

"Oh, that? Don't worry about it." Matthew didn't seem to care.

“I haven’t told you yet, have I? Archbishop Gavin is my father.”

"......ah?"

Chapter 76, Section 076: Rescue

Kazuto Maekawa continues his search within the quiet campus, determined to completely eliminate any remaining threats.

Staring at the small radar-like life-finding device in his hand, he walked into the new classroom.

Several survivors lay on the ground, their bodies twitching occasionally.

Now that the fog has lifted, these survivors are merely clinging to life with their extraordinary vitality.

After waiting for a while, the few survivors stopped moving completely, and at the same time, several of the small dots on the radar disappeared.

'Soon' and what people think in their hearts.

As time went by, the life search device detected fewer and fewer living responses, until finally only two small dots of light remained next to each other.

"Two survivors, or, two mutated monsters."

He walked nervously toward his destination, praying for a miracle.

In the classroom, Yu Zi propped herself up, weak and frail: "Bubble, bubble."

"Is the fog thinning?"

"Yes!" The little girl nodded vigorously.

Bubble smiled broadly, her round eyes curving into crescents: "It must be a righteous hero coming to save us!"

“Let’s find the school gate first,” Yu Zi said decisively.

It would be great if someone came to rescue them, but Yuko prefers to rely on herself.

She should hurry to find the school gate while the fog is clearing; that's her choice.

Yuko tried to get up by holding onto the wall, but found that her legs were weak and she couldn't stand up.

The lack of food, the exhaustion from fighting the fog's erosion, and the injuries she had previously sustained left Sakakibara Ikuko completely drained, with no strength left to even stand up.

Yuko leaned against the wall, a sense of melancholy welling up in her heart.

"Someone's coming," Bubble said happily, twitching its ears.

"Be careful. If it's a monster, just like before, knock them down." Yu Zi's expression tightened as she nervously stared at the classroom door.

Soon, two strange-looking paper puppets holding metal pieces barged in.

"It's a monster!"

"survivor!?"

Yu Zi was taken aback, and then saw a young man walk out from behind the puppet.

He looked at them with surprise and said incoherently, "Great, there really is a child who survived. Hmm, rescue, call for rescue immediately."

As Maekawa Kazuto fumbled for his phone in his pocket, a cute little girl ran toward him.

Years of combat experience made him instinctively tense. He immediately retreated behind the puppet and scrutinized the little guy with a joyful face.

She's a very cute little girl, a bit dirty, but in good spirits.

Feeling great? How can you feel great in this godforsaken place!

He almost ordered the puppet to attack; in fact, he had seen quite a few monsters that looked like ordinary people.

However, he quickly dismissed the idea.

The little girl's face was full of innocence, and there was not a trace of gloom in her azure eyes.

"It's been so long since I've seen such pure eyes," Kazuto Maekawa remarked, filled with emotion.

If there really is a monster disguised to this extent, then I'll accept it.

Bubble had no idea that so many thoughts had flashed through Kazuto's mind in an instant. She immediately threw herself into his arms: "Uncle Hero!"

"Hero, Uncle?"

People were both amused and exasperated. He was neither a hero nor an uncle; if anyone had to call him, they should call him "big brother."

"Yes, Bubble is waiting for Uncle Hero to come and save us!"

The little girl looked up at him with a trusting expression: "I knew Uncle Hero would come."

"..."

The person looked at the bubbles and was speechless. In just a few words, they conveyed so much hardship and trust.

In this hellish school, he could hardly imagine how many difficulties this little girl had overcome to survive and see him.

"I...I'm late."

He felt a tightness in his chest, but at the same time, he also felt a sense of healing.

At that moment, he sincerely thanked the version of himself that persisted in the rescue.

'It's wonderful that we were able to save this child.'

"Uncle, Yu Zi is injured, please help her."

He nodded to the man and quickly walked towards Yuko.

After a brief examination, He Ren frowned. The child was seriously injured, and the wound had only been simply bandaged. Strangely, there were no signs of suppuration around it.

"Take some medicine to relieve the pain first, then we'll go to the hospital right away."

"Ah, let's just go to the hospital. I won't take the painkillers." Yuko glanced at the pills Kazuto handed her and decisively refused.

"But"

He wanted to say something to someone, but met a pair of cold eyes.

There was no joy of being rescued or gratitude towards her savior in the girl's eyes. Instead, she looked like a wounded wild animal warily watching a trap.

"...If you don't want to take your medicine, then shall I pick you up?"

"Yes, please go to the hospital as soon as possible. I feel like I'm about to die," Yu Zi said calmly.

Kazuto picked up Yuko and said to Bubble, "Come on, Uncle, big brother will take you to the hospital."

"Oh!"

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In the affiliated hospital of the Seven Ring Tower, Maekawa Kazuto sat facing an elderly man with a white beard.

"Doctor, how are they?"

"The child who was always energetic is mostly fine, but the other one is seriously injured."

The old man pondered for a moment before saying, "The speed at which her wounds are healing is extraordinary. For an ordinary person, it would be good if they didn't suffer any lasting effects from such an injury. But in my opinion, it wouldn't be a problem to discharge her from the hospital the day after tomorrow."

"I see."

He nodded thoughtfully, which was not unexpected.

If they were just two ordinary children, they wouldn't have been able to stay at that school until he arrived.

One of the two must be exceptionally capable, or perhaps both of them possess extraordinary abilities.

"Didi"

He smiled apologetically at the doctor and took out his phone.

"And people?" A familiar female voice rang out.

"Yes, it's Ninomiya."

"Has the matter been resolved?"

"Everything went well, and two survivors were found."

"Huh, there really are survivors?"

There was a pause on the phone. "Is anyone around you?"

The old man heard the voice on the phone and immediately stood up: "I'll go check on the two children again. Mr. Maekawa, you go ahead with your work."

After saying that, he walked out.

"There's no one here now."

"Survivors, are there any elderly people inside?"

Faced with his partner's roundabout questioning, Kazuto simply said, "The demon spirit that Professor Nakamura was in has been confirmed dead."

He heard his partner on the other end of the phone breathe a sigh of relief. She said in a happy tone, "Thanks, I owe you a favor."

"I didn't kill that demon."

"I know, I know, I'm not a blabbermouth." Ninomiya Sui thought that someone had some reservations, so she immediately said with a smile.

"It was done by people from the Apocalyptic Secret Sect."

Instantly, there was silence on the other end of the phone.

Section 77, Chapter 077: The Telephone Call

After a long while, Ninomiya Sui said angrily, "As expected, that guy Nakamura colluded with the Apocalypse Sect. I said long ago that I would expel him from the Seven Rings Tower."

"Kazuto, what exactly is the situation on your end? Please give me a brief explanation."

"After I arrived at the school, I used the tools to find the demon spirit that Nakamura had transformed into, and after sealing it... it must have been a bishop who remotely manipulated the Crimson Codex."

"He originally intended to unleash a large-scale spell, but the scripture was cleaved in two by the puppet you gave me, and that was the end of it."