The Knight of the Second Generation of Demons Re-enacts

Nagasaki Suyo nodded and watched Kousaka Honoka disappear from her sight on her bike.

Looking at the fleeting crack opened by the Sakura Hurricane, Nagasaki Suyo couldn't help but fiddle with her fingers, and her eyes became a little gloomy.

The disappearance of Minami Kotori did make her feel anxious, but at the same time, she was more uneasy about the unknown.

The lock seeds that circulate in Zema City, the forest that seems to be able to produce lock seeds, and Toyokawa Shoko who is suspected of possessing a powerful lock seed like watermelon...

Nagasaki Suyo always felt that there seemed to be an invisible network behind everything that had happened so far, which vaguely connected everything together, and it could not be explained simply by "accident" and "coincidence".

But the information he had was too little, and he was unable to see through the truth of this big network.

"I have to go to that forest to investigate. To do that, I must also get the lock vehicle..."

As soon as this thought came to mind, coincidentally, a call from Sid came into Nagasaki Suyo's cell phone.

……

Meanwhile, inside Helheim.

Following Minami Kotori's footsteps and escorting her to her destination, Qu Wen Jie Dou did not find the crack that the girl mentioned.

Looking at the empty environment in front of her, Nan Xiaoniao suddenly felt creepy and began to grope around randomly.

"How is that possible? I clearly remember coming in from here!"

When Nan Xiaoniao found the mark she had left on the ground when she came in, her heart sank. A chill rushed from the soles of her feet to the top of her head, and she started shivering with fear.

"It disappeared. Why did the crack disappear?"

If the crack disappeared, how should she get back?

Just thinking about the possibility that she wouldn't be able to go back, Minami Kotori was almost crying.

Fortunately, she was not alone at this time. The young man's calm voice reached her ears, which calmed her panicked heart a little.

"It's not surprising that it didn't last long. If something unnatural like a spatial rift would continue to exist, this forest would have known about it long ago."

Qu Wen Jie Dou looked around and after confirming that there were really no cracks nearby, he secretly put his trembling right hand into his trouser pocket.

Although he didn't like to sit back and watch things drag on, he wanted to go immediately to help the woman find other cracks, but his physical condition seemed to not allow it.

In the battle just now, the attack of an alien caused the wound on Qi Wen Jie Dou's right arm to reopen. He felt that he needed to take a breath and find a chance to re-bandage the wound.

Of course, although he thought so in his heart, Qi Wen Jie Dou was not willing to show his weakness to outsiders.

"Okay, let's take this as a lesson. Don't run to places like this again without knowing your own limitations. You rest here for a while. I'll go check nearby to see if there's any danger..."

"and many more!"

It’s a pity that the idea is good, but perhaps it is due to past habits.

Nan Xiaoniao, whose attention was attracted by Qi Wen Jiedou's words, still keenly noticed the inconspicuous bright red on his right arm at the moment just now.

The feeling of fear was swept away in an instant. With strength coming from nowhere, Nan Xiaoniao rushed forward and grabbed Qu Wen Jie Dou's wrist.

"Varied!?"

There was no time to react. Qu Wen Jiedou never expected that Nan Xiaoniao's attitude would suddenly reverse 180 degrees. The next moment, his right hand was directly pulled out by Nan Xiaoniao.

"As expected, you are injured!"

After confirming the blood flowing from the other party's sleeve, Minami Kotori's gentle brows turned stern.

"Did you get injured in the battle just now? Really! You are so old, don't you know that injuries must be treated in time?"

"This is just a minor injury, it will heal on its own if you leave it alone."

"What's good about that! Are you a child who refuses to take injections or medicine?"

The increasingly powerful aura emanating from Nan Xiaoniao made Qu Wen Jiedou feel ashamed. He tried to pull out his right hand, but perhaps because of the injury on his arm, he failed to pull it out successfully.

Instead, he was met with an increasingly blaming gaze from Minami Kotori. The way she looked at Qu Wen Jiedou was like a mother looking at her own disobedient child, as if she wanted to treat him to fried bamboo shoots with meat.

"Calm down!"

"Uh……"

Feeling that things would become increasingly troublesome if he continued like this, Qiwen Jiedou sighed and could only find a random stone to sit on, no longer resisting Minami Kotori's pulling.

Seeing that the other party was obedient, Nan Xiaoniao breathed a sigh of relief, took off her backpack and began to search through the things inside.

What surprised Qu Wen Jie Dou was that the things in this woman's bag were unexpectedly complete. Normally, a more careful person would only bring a few Band-Aids.

However, Nan Xiaoniao carried with her a series of medical supplies including small bottles of disinfectant, mercurochrome, and cotton swabs. The preparation was so complete that Qu Wen Jie Dou was stunned.

Nan Xiaoniao naturally began to treat Qi Wen Jiedou's wound. After noticing his strange expression, she belatedly felt a little embarrassed.

"Hehe~ Actually, these are all prepared for Hono Jam. Ever since we were little, Hono Jam always liked to mess around with us. Once she got excited, she would rush around without caring about anything, so she would get bruised every few days."

As Minami Kotori spoke, she applied potion to Kaito. When she mentioned Honoka, her tone was full of complaints, but there was a happy smile on her face.

"Come to think of it, Hono-chan is just like you. She likes to hide her injuries and doesn't want us to worry. She's such an idiot. Obviously, this makes us even more worried. But there's nothing we can do. If she wasn't stupid, she wouldn't be Hono-chan."

Looking at her smiling face, Qi Wen Jiedou wanted to refute that he was not the same as that naive guy, but the words got stuck in his throat for a long time without being spoken. 】

Fruit Queen:? What do you mean if I’m not stupid, I’m not Honoka?

Sessile Bird: Literally.

Hai Ye: Honoka, tell me which tree in the park near our house you haven't damaged? You are even more naughty than other boys of the same age.

Fruit King: Ahaha, the tree is there after all!

Monkey King: I understand.

Kasumi Shiko: By the way, why does it feel a bit weird to use something specially prepared for Honoka to treat Kaito?

Zunsi: Now that you say that...

The dead fish eyes of the Great Sensei: I feel that Kaito’s attitude towards Minami Kotori is also weird, and he has become weak for no reason.

Mr. Pan: I still like your unruly look.jpg

[I don’t know why Qi Wen Jie Dou fell silent for a while, but Nan Xiaoniao was happy about it. After finishing treating the wound, he didn’t mean to stop.

While taking out the handkerchief she carried with her, Minami Kotori took advantage of the silence to roll up his sleeves so that she could bandage the wound, but the bandage hidden higher up caught her eye and made her pause.

The clever Minami Kotori immediately figured out a lot of things. This was not a new injury at all, but an old injury that had expanded during the battle.

I thought that Qiwen Jiedou's level of recklessness was comparable to that of Kousaka Honoka, but I never expected that this guy was even better than Kousaka Honoka.

"Really... You're willing to go to such lengths to get the powerful lock seed. Do you really want to win?"

"Of course."

Looking at Nan Xiaoniao who was bandaging him, Qi Wen Jiedou said without question.

"In my eyes, only the strong who keep winning are qualified to live. The weak who cannot win will eventually have only one choice: disappear!"

"Ugh?"

The topic suddenly turned to serious matters like survival and disappearance. Minami Kotori paused and looked up at Qi Wen Jiedou's face.

She didn't see the slightest hint of joking in that, but rather an obsession with believing in what was said.

As if to prove his own idea, Qu Wen Jie Dou turned his head and looked at her.

"Do you know what Zeya City was like in the past?"

As Qu Wen Jie Dou continued to tell his story, the tip of the iceberg of memories slowly surfaced—

It was a picture of a young boy smiling and greeting his father, the factory director.

“In the past, this was just an unknown rural place.

Life was boring, and there was no high technology like today, but I was not dissatisfied with such a life, and I still lived an ordinary and happy life, but..."

In his memories, a large number of men in uniforms with the World Tree printed on them passed by the boy. They walked into his father's factory with cold faces, and his father's expression changed with just a few words.

"The World Tree has arrived and has easily and unquestionably taken this place for itself."

Everything familiar disappeared quickly, the factory, the nearby shrine, and even his accustomed home. When the weak boy came to his senses, everything he was familiar with had vanished.

Because of the expansion and reconstruction of Zeya City, they had to leave their hometown and go to their mother's hometown Chiba.

The boy was held by the hand by his haggard mother, and after taking a last look at the empty land with nothing in it, he lost even the qualification to live in Zeya City.

“The World Tree took everything from me.

This is natural, at that time they were the strong ones, and I was just a weak one who could be exploited at will."

Several years later, the young man in black and red uniform stood under the World Tree Tower again, silently looking at the unshakable tower.

"But now it's different. I will never give in to anyone again!"】

Through this scene, even though Qu Wen Jie Dou's voice remained calm, all the audience still felt the anger and unwillingness hidden in this man's heart.

The dead fish eyes of the Great Sensei: It turns out that this guy’s personality is so different from other Che Che isomorphs. Is this the reason?

Fruit King: It always feels a bit pitiful when all familiar things suddenly disappear.

Customer service Xiaoxiang: I feel like I can understand his feelings a little bit.

Essence of Devil: Haha, the strong are respected. Even in a peaceful world, this iron law remains unchanged. It’s just that the things used to represent strength are different.

Power person: It is natural that without power one will suffer such consequences. Fortunately, this person realized it not too late.

Zunsi: By the way, I didn't expect that someone as proud as Qiwen Jiedou would actually say these things to Minami Kotori. A strange CP was born.

Red Comet: I understand. Maybe it’s because I felt the motherly love from Minami Kotori.

Sessile bird: ???

[After expressing the pent-up emotions in his heart for the first time in a long time, Qi Wen Jiedou, who had calmed down a little, finally noticed the moved expression on Minami Kotori's face.

Seeing that she seemed to be unnecessarily sad because of his words, Qi Wen Jie Dou realized that he had said too much and changed the subject.

"Hmph, you said some boring words, which are meaningless. You don't need to take it to heart, just mind your own business."

He stood up and lowered his rolled-up sleeves.

"Let's go. You don't want to stay in this forest any longer, right? Let's go and see if there are any other cracks..."

"I may understand your thoughts a little bit."

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She looked back at Minami Kotori who suddenly spoke with some surprise. She stood up with Qiwen Jiedou and covered her chest with her hands.