Comet Dragon, breaking into the gravity field

For Nagasaki Suyo, it's natural for her to have a desire to monopolize Naruse Ritsu. If conditions permit, she would also be willing to show off her high-quality boyfriend to others like an ordinary girl.

But when she saw Ritsu Narose appear around other people again - especially those whom she couldn't treat with a normal heart, she could hardly bear the desire in her heart.

She could tolerate the pulling of Naruse Ritsu and Aine because she knew that she could not restrain them alone, but this did not mean that she was really willing to give away the delicacy that she could enjoy alone.

With a calm expression, Nagasaki Suyo first asked Naruse Ritsu to leave first, so that she and Toyokawa Shoko could talk alone.

After she finished speaking, she saw that Ritsu Narose had a somewhat embarrassed expression.

It's really strange. Before today, I was trying to find a way to get her and Xiaoxiang to have a good chat, but now she doesn't want to see that kind of scene.

However, under her strong insistence, Ritsu Narose finally agreed to her request.

After watching his back disappear from her sight, Nagasaki Suyo slowly turned around and looked at Toyokawa Shoko. Without any pleasantries, she went straight to the point in a way that was out of character for her: "Does Xiaoxiang like Lu?"

"You seem to have misunderstood something," Toyokawa Shoko said coldly, not realizing her voice sounded a little sharp at the moment, "I never said I liked that guy."

"really?"

Recalling the gaze she had seen, Nagasaki Suyo looked straight at the old friend in front of her who had hurt her countless times.

Is Xiaoxiang lying?

The thought went around in her mind, but she didn't say it out loud.

When I thought about my unforgettable friend having those kinds of thoughts about my lover, a strange bitter taste would emerge in my mind.

But what should she say?

She saw clearly that Naruse Ritsu had never had such thoughts. Xiaoxiang's denial of such a situation reminded Nagasaki Suyo of the time she had ruthlessly cut CRYCHIC.

Suddenly, she seemed to understand something.

She lowered her head, as if she didn't want Toyokawa Shoko to see her expression. After a moment, Nagasaki Suyo raised her face and looked at the blue-haired girl with a sad look that was far different from anger.

"Xiao Xiang," her words were like icicles, "you really are so high and mighty."

"Whether it's CRYCHIC or Lu, as long as they are important to me, they seem to be insignificant in Xiaoxiang's eyes."

Shoko Toyokawa moved her lips but couldn't utter any words.

When she was about to speak, Nagasaki Suyo had already turned around and left her with one last sentence: "In about ten minutes, it will be my turn to perform with them."

As the calm words dissipated into the air, Nagasaki Suyo's figure also disappeared from the entrance of the employee passage.

Lowering her eyes, Toyokawa Shoko looked towards the stage not far away where a drum set and other equipment were already set up. After struggling and hesitating, she walked towards a secluded corner...

……

"Are you sure it's okay?"

In the lounge, Aisha, the Ice Curse Dragon, who was wearing a Moai mask and also moved in human form, asked Ritsu Narose.

The solemn face of the stone statue often gave Ritsu Narose a sense of absurd humor, but at this moment, he could only nod and then shake his head.

"It's rare to see you show such an expression." Her ice-blue hair swayed slightly with her movements. "But I think you're enjoying it."

"I can't feel happy at all right now..."

Sighing, Naruse Ritsu could only trust that Suyo would speak to Toyokawa Shoko in a proper manner. Putting this troublesome matter aside for the moment, he said seriously, "Have you prepared the equipment to deal with Tenkai Ryu?"

"The equipment to deal with the scale powder has been installed, but there's one thing I still don't understand." The pale golden eyes behind the mask looked around. "Are you sure it will really appear here today?"

"That guy is so confident that he's arrogant," Naruse Ritsu concluded as he sorted out the information in his mind. "He thinks his strength and luck are enough to handle everything, and yet he recklessly attempts to exert influence in my territory."

He took out the metal product from his pocket and shook the potion sample extracted from the Mad Dragon Virus in the container.

"Where knowledge doesn't exist, foolishness calls itself science." Gazing at the Heaven Return Dragon Anti-Noble Phantasm he had painstakingly researched, Naruse Ritsu said calmly, "It is precisely because I know that Heaven Return Dragon is not an ancient dragon that can be easily defeated that I seek your help."

"We'll use low temperatures to suppress its control over its scales, set the location in the ruins of an ancient castle where we can set up an ambush, and we'll also have a potion specifically formulated to target the Mad Dragon Virus... 'Hunting' means being thoroughly prepared."

"But that doesn't mean there won't be accidents along the way."

"That's right," Naruse Ritsu nodded after putting away the potion. "I've always been on guard... So is that why you've been wearing this mask?"

"It's a disguise of the beauty of the dream, isn't it?"

After taking a glance at this operation that was like putting a paper bag over one's head, Ritsu Narose decided to remain silent.

Suddenly, someone knocked on the lounge door from outside.

When he opened the door, he saw girls dressed in blue and white appear before him.

In order to fit in with today's theme, at Chihaya Aine's suggestion, they all changed into Wind Dragon suits with a strong otherworldly style.

"I never thought that just by changing my outfit, I could instantly go from 'three down' to 'master' level."

"It's not that bad!"

After a few performances, Chihaya Aine said goodbye with a smile on her face, holding her guitar, ready to show the audience her long-honed skills on stage (only for certain songs).

Using casually boastful tactics to deal with the situation, Naruse Ritsu exchanged a subtle glance with Nagasaki Suyo. Seeing the gentle brown-haired girl nod at him with a smile, he said nothing more.

"We're about to go on stage~ Remember to watch us carefully~"

"I know, I know."

As he watched them walk to the back of the stage, Naruse Ritsu heard Gu Long beside him curiously ask, "Speaking of which one of them do you like best?"

"...Should I thank you for waiting until they left before asking?"

"So which one is your favorite?"

"I like everyone equally."

"But some people are more equal than others?"

"..."

Seeing Naruse Ritsu trapped in the vicious cycle of wanting to speak but not speaking—still wanting to speak—Hyōkūryū could not help but nod and sigh, "As expected of a humanistic lover."

"Wait a minute, what is this?"

82. Conflict is the engine of this world

"Chuhua, you're here too?"

"Mana?"

Suddenly someone patted his shoulder from behind. Sanjiao Chuhua tensed up suddenly, and only relaxed after hearing the familiar voice.

Turning around, she saw Mana Junda, who was also wearing casual clothes, a baseball cap and plain glasses, standing behind her.

Seeing the hardcover novel in Sankaku Hatsuka's hand, Juntian Mana blinked curiously: "Could it be that Hatsuka really likes the novels he wrote?"

"Ah, this..." To be honest, the red meteor in the novel made her a little concerned.

When Sanjiao Chuhua was young, she once witnessed the appearance of a red meteor after it fell on her hometown, a remote island. However, the ending of that memory was full of regrets, and it ended in an inconclusive way.

She thought that the final farewell was just a futile consolation, but she did not expect that there would be an unexpected turn of events today.

The content described in the novel is, in some respects, very similar to the story she experienced.

Same red meteor, same character...

Is it a coincidence? still……

The doubts in his heart urgently needed answers. Sanjiao Chuhua, who did not have the contact information of Mingse Ritsu, could only come here today to try to find an opportunity to ask indirectly.

Looking down at the book in her hand that she had flipped through several times, Sanjiao Chuhua, who was reluctant to reveal the truth, nodded and said, "Because it's very interesting. I quite like some of the stories in it."

While quietly chatting with Junda Mana, they had to be careful not to be discovered by nosy people. Sankaku Hatsuka observed the surroundings, constantly searching for the main person.

However, after passing through several activity areas, she was unable to find Ritsu Narose.

Soon, a band took to the stage on the other side, and the already enthusiastic scene became even more lively...

……

As the sounds of guitar, bass and drums gradually intertwined, Toyokawa Shoko saw the dazzling Tenkai Ryu leaning against the wall.

With one arm across her chest and the other resting on her chin, she gazed playfully at the depressed human. Her striking platinum hair shone slightly, contrasting with her fair skin, making her look regal and elegant, like a saint from a story.

Except for Shoko Toyokawa, no one noticed this shining existence.

Seeing it, Toyokawa Shoko didn't say much. She just silently took out the container from her bag and held the glass jar filled with gold in her palm.

"Sorry, I don't need this anymore." She seemed remarkably calm, without any regrets. "So I'll give it back to you."

She had already expressed her thoughts, and Naruse Ritsu's reaction made her give up that shameful and ridiculous idea.

In the days that followed, she simply returned to her original track.

It was as if I had never met him a month ago.

It's time to forget this dream.

"Is that so..." Looking at the golden container, Tian Huilong smiled and said, "That's not up to you."

As soon as he finished speaking, the jar's light, which was flickering like breathing, suddenly became brighter. And just as this blinding light almost broke through the wall, a sharp chill suddenly struck from the other side.

——"That's not up to you." Standing at the place where the cold air appeared, Mingse Ritsu calmly repeated its just judgment.

After taking a look at the ball of scale powder that had been frozen into ice, he looked at Toyokawa Shoko, who was looking at him in astonishment, with a complex look full of apology.

"Hmm~ So there's another one?"

Not caring about Naruse Ritsu's ridicule, Tenkai Ryu noticed the humanoid ancient dragon wearing a strange mask next to him.

However, the expressionless Moai statue did not show any reaction to its attention.

Life-and-death battles rarely occur between ancient dragons.

On the one hand, this is because they don't have to do this for their survival needs, but on the other hand, it is troublesome.

To put it in a more mundane way, we all meet each other sooner or later. If you fail to kill the other party this time, you may bump into him again someday, and if you are not in good condition then, you may lose your way.

So generally speaking, the battles between ancient dragons are often fought half to death, and the battle is maintained at a stage where the opponent remembers you and knows that you are not a soft persimmon.

Ritsu Narose has extensive experience in beating people half to death.

But for a death match that requires a kill on the spot, he can only proceed with the plan in the most stable way.

The Ice Curse Dragon Aisha is still green by the standards of ancient dragons, but quite mature by the standards of skills.

　The scales were covered in ice, yet the human holding them was not frozen—this was a reflection of her excellent control over her abilities.

Having never thought that Toyokawa Shoko would be targeted by this guy, Ritsu Naruse could only apologize to her secretly, while looking away, trying to make herself appear not to care so much about the life or death of this human.

The more critical the moment, the more you cannot expose your weaknesses.

Looking at Naruse Ritsu with a playful expression, Tenkai Dragon waited quietly for his next move. But after ten, twenty seconds, it still couldn't detect anything unusual.

The moment it realized this, it realized that this was the most abnormal part. But even if it reacted now, it couldn't prevent itself from falling into the trap.

During the confrontation between the two sides, fluctuations that were invisible to the naked eye gradually spread.

Even the same technique can produce different results in different hands. This is the case with the transfer technique used by Ritsu Narushe and the other ancient dragons.

The change of scenes is like editing a video. The ancient dragons who were in the bookstore in the last second are now in an abandoned city with vast sky and clouds.

The ancient ruins, which have not been visited by anyone for many years, stand here quietly. The soil, which used to only have traces of insects and small animals, now welcomes new uninvited guests.

The air became cold, and Ritsu Narose's pupils couldn't help but dilate when he saw the scene in front of him.

"Yeah, why is she here too~" As if seeing through Narose Ritsu's thoughts, Tianhuilong, who was defeated in the away game, pretended to think.

After a few seconds, it suddenly clapped its hands: "Could it be that it has become my puppet?"

As he finished speaking, countless golden threads emerged from thin air. One end was connected to the claws of the Tianhui Dragon, while the other end turned into a purple-black thread and connected to Toyokawa Shoko's back.

"You don't seem surprised?" Witnessing the scene that had never appeared in the plan, the Ice Curse Dragon turned sideways to look at his companions who had not fought side by side for a long time.

"Since there are still omissions in anticipating the enemy's moves, we should deal with them flexibly."

Having imagined more than once how this unscrupulous creature would fight, Ritsu Narushe was well prepared for its despicable behavior.

However, what he did not expect was that Tianhuilong actually gave up controlling those large creatures with powerful combat power first, and instead took Toyokawa Shoko under his control.

Do you think he won't be able to do it because of this?

Seeing Tianhuilong transformed into a dragon, floating in the sky, controlling Toyokawa Shoko, who was dressed in black, as if controlling a puppet, in response, a crimson dragon energy suddenly appeared on the surface of the earth.

83. What can be lost? (Two in one)