Comet Dragon, breaking into the gravity field

In order to reduce her body's consumption, Nergigante had to transform into this "low-energy" mode so that she could recover quickly. And the hands of Ritsu Narusha, who had turned into a human form, were still attached with blazing dragon energy.

He pinched Nerulu's throat and pressed his body against her chest, pinning her to the ground.

His clothes were tattered, and his hair, face and body were stained with blood.

A narrow wound had been torn across his back, and even though it had begun to form a scab, blood still oozed out. The area on his neck where the Nergigante had bitten him was also bleeding uncontrollably, not to mention his chest and limbs.

This high-intensity fight to the death is a severe test both physically and mentally.

Even though this was a tragic victory, it was still a victory worth celebrating.

Some people say: fighting is love.

The warriors staked everything on themselves, channeling their lifelong learning into their bodies and minds, conveying it to each other through physical contact. To some extent, the purity of this connection was indeed much higher than that of superficial love.

Although her exhausted brain couldn't think so much, when she saw the expression on the victor's face after being defeated, she suddenly remembered the vigilance and tension that appeared on his face when they first met.

But now, he showed a temperament that was able to tolerate others, as if the anger and murderous intent during the battle were just a deliberate disguise for himself.

He's clearly the winner, but now he's pretending to be concerned...

It really irritated her.

The fatigue brought by super regeneration overwhelmed Nergigante like a tide, and she had no interest in continuing to resist the drowsiness caused by failure, so she simply let herself fall asleep.

Anyway, this guy in front of her wouldn't do anything to her...

Thinking of this, she closed her eyes, and a few seconds later she could hear a very tired snoring.

Seeing that the person he was fighting with just now fell asleep in front of him in the blink of an eye, Ritsu Narose was stunned at first, then shook his head helplessly.

He struggled to stand up, but felt his knees go weak and he almost fell to his knees on the spot.

I don’t know if his bones were broken or his muscles were twitching and shattered by this guy, but in any case, his current condition is not much better than the other person.

When he used up his last bit of strength to fire the dragon energy cannon into the air as a signal, he sat on the ground without any manners, using the guy who was sleeping soundly next to him as a cushion to lean back against.

139. Epilogue: Burst of Heat

On the third day of Golden Week, which was also the first day of May, Ritsu Narose, who had disappeared for two days, finally returned to his residence.

And in a wheelchair.

Although most ancient dragons have good recovery abilities, they still need a recovery process.

As the winner, Tianhuilong had to choose a wheelchair as his means of transportation for the past few days in order to allow his legs, which had been the focus of the opponent's attention during the battle, to get a proper rest.

Of course, lying in bed and resting would help you recover faster, but who wants to lie there all day doing nothing while a few guys stare at them like they're zoo animals?

Back home after a long absence, Naruse Ritsu carefully read through the messages that had piled up on his Line account for the past few days, then replied to each one. After that, he decided to buy a robot vacuum cleaner online to clean his living room.

Just as he placed the order, he heard the doorbell ring.

When he opened the door, Ritsu Narose saw a pink-haired girl standing at the gate waiting with an uneasy look on her face.

Chihaya Aine, the first one to visit, walked into the house and saw a white wheelchair parked in the living room.

Her mind went blank, but when she turned around and saw Naruse Ritsu standing there perfectly still, her inner daze turned to confusion. After listening to his explanation, Chihaya Aine finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As for what Ritsu Narose said about the special modifications to the wheelchair, she selectively ignored it.

Seeing the usually reliable man showing a weak look, Chihaya Aine's heart was stirring with desire, instigating her to take advantage of the situation and become the host.

And she did exactly that.

After washing and cutting the fruits she brought, Chihaya Aine poured tea for her. Then she returned to the sofa and put her legs together with anticipation, indicating that she was about to provide the beautiful girl's knee pillow service commonly seen in anime.

Although Ritsu Narose said that this position could not be comfortable, his body lay down obediently.

　Looking up, he couldn't help but sigh at the small hills in front of him.

As if noticing Naruse Ritsu's gaze, Chihaya Aine's eyes suddenly turned cold: "Naruse-kun, are you thinking of doing something rude?"

"I just remembered it was a nice day today."

Sunny to partly cloudy - how apt it is to describe a certain part of the world.

Unable to discern Naruse Ritsu's metaphor, Chihaya Aine fed the apples while piercing them with a toothpick, and at the same time, she rambled on about what had happened a few days ago when they were watching from a height.

The rift between Nagasaki Motoyo and Toyokawa Shoko, the strange ancient dragon with a weird attitude, their discussion about the Comet Dragon and the Nergigante... However, among these trivial words, Chihaya Aine did not choose to express her uneasiness at this time.

Changing the subject, she mentioned that Nagasaki Suyo had not contacted them at all in the past two days and had even quit the chat group - she seemed to be acting as if she was aloof and had no intention of interacting with them forever.

Chihaya Aine was naturally at a loss as to why she had become like this. Even after discussing it with the other two in the group for a long time, she couldn't come up with any particularly reliable conclusion.

It couldn't be that she was so broken down just because they suddenly played the song that Nagasaki Suyo had always resisted, right?

Chihaya Aine felt that things could not be as simple as they seemed.

As she poked Narose Ritsu's cheek with her green fingertips and recalled the unfriendly atmosphere between the two girls that night, her stereotype of "CRYCHIC" deepened again.

And when she expressed some doubts and speculations about the band, she heard Ritsu Narose, who was lying on her lap, agree with her.

"Because the relationship between the members of [CRYCHIC] is not as good as Su Shi imagined..."

The organization is organized by a central figure, and their understanding of each other is limited to age, school, and music-related content.

They didn't even know what other people's hobbies were, and the sense of distance in the group gradually disappeared after the first live performance - and then not long after, the band suddenly disbanded.

The keyboard player, who was the backbone of the team, did not behave appropriately in order to conceal the changes that had happened to her, but Nagasaki Motoyo's subjective efforts to ignore objective facts did not touch the deeper issues.

To put it bluntly, many of them are not on the same channel: for example, Shiina Tatsuki and Takamatsu Tomo in the past, and Nagasaki Motoyo and Toyokawa Shoko now.

Ritsu Narose talked to Shoko Toyokawa about Nagasaki Soyo - thanks to his control of distance, he did not step on the other party's minefield like his girlfriend did foolishly.

If Toyokawa Shoko used to want to save some face for her friend, but thanks to Nagasaki Suyo's unremitting efforts, she now just wants the other party to stay as far away as possible.

In order to achieve this goal, she does not hesitate to use sharper words to hurt the other party.

At the same time, because the communication between the two of them was completely inconsistent in some aspects, Toyokawa Shoko is now more convinced that Nagasaki Motoyo played "Kasuga Shadow" with bad intentions.

Because the reason why Wakaba Mutsu invited Toyokawa Shoko was entirely because she obeyed the orders of Nagasaki Suyo.

Although the current situation seems to be a mess, Ritsu Narose feels that as long as things are made clear, everything will be fine!

Believing his conclusion, Chihaya Aine quietly caressed Naruse Ritsu lying in front of her, and seemed to be particularly enjoying this peaceful time. However, as if worried that her arrival would disturb Naruse Ritsu's rest, Chihaya Aine stayed for a while before taking the initiative to say goodbye to him.

Touching the red highlights in his silver hair on his forehead, she did not ask the reason for the change, but hugged him gently.

It is difficult to tell whether Chihaya Aine, who came to visit, wanted to get some comfort from it, or whether it was Naruse Ritsu's habitual behavior that made him involuntarily cater to the other party.

After bidding farewell to Chihaya Aine, Narushe Ritsu walked to the junction of the living room and the balcony. He sat in his wheelchair, leaning on the comfortable back cushion, silently feeling the sun's radiance and warmth.

It is indeed a sunny day today, with only a few white clouds floating in the clear blue sky.

His phone didn't vibrate, and he had no intention of opening Line to chat with anyone or looking for fun online. He just sat there and began to think about and feel the changes in himself.

The heat from that night's battle still lingered in his chest, like an everlasting flame that had transformed into a heavy hammer, constantly remolding his body.

Subtle currents of heat and tingling pains traveled throughout his body, and when he recalled the intimate contact with the people he loved, another heat burst out somewhere in his body.

While he was resting quietly, some changes that were imperceptible to the naked eye had quietly occurred.

140. Epilogue: Lingering Chill

In the haze, Nagasaki Suyo saw herself standing in a quiet snowy field.

On the white earth, she saw a girl walking alone on the road, and the park she was heading to was empty. She wanted to warn her, but found that she could not make any move, as if her body was completely frozen by the low temperature of the air.

She struggled desperately, and when she was delighted to find that she was about to break free from some invisible restraints, she suddenly saw the surrounding scene change into a dark room again.

The rain pattered against the window, making it impossible to see outside. There was no light in the room, only a few cold devices placed in a fixed position on the ground.

The cold air now became humid, covering her mouth and nose, making her feel suffocated as if she had fallen into the water.

In this feeling that was infinitely close to reality, Nagasaki Suyo woke up from her dream.

Early in the morning, 6:13.

On the morning of the first day of May, Nagasaki Suyo, who had already woken up, did not get up to prepare breakfast as usual.

The mother was still fast asleep in her room, and the school was still on vacation—no one and nothing was urging her to do anything.

It was vacation time, but she didn't feel the slightest bit of the excitement that students feel during their vacations. When she didn't even go to school, the feeling of emptiness only became more intense and engulfed her.

The "truth" about Ritsu Narose that night did not shake her heart as the strange ancient dragon said, but she was terrified of some thoughts in her heart.

At that time, she should have apologized to Toyokawa Shoko and let her know that she had never planned to perform "Kasuga Shadow"...

But she didn't expect that when she saw Shoko Toyokawa appear in the place where she shouldn't be, the first thought that came to her mind was not the joy after meeting her, but another kind of not simple suspicion.

Weighing the two emotions on the scale, before the result appeared, an answer that made her ashamed emerged in Nagasaki Suyo's heart.

Her left hand rested limply on her forehead, and with her right hand she pulled out her phone and opened the chat app. Seeing that the message she had sent was still unread, she put the phone back into her pajama pocket.

Turning sideways, Nagasaki Suyo saw the gift that Naruse Ritsu had given her before - a clay doll based on her own image.

Silently gazing at this Q version of herself, a feeling of resentment suddenly arose in her heart.

This toy was so similar to her, but this inanimate object didn't have the same worries as her, which really made her jealous. But arguing with a toy really made her seem a little petty, like a child who hadn't grown up and was venting her anger for no reason.

Sighing, Nagasaki Suyo left the bedding that carried her body temperature.

When she walked past the mirror in the room, she saw the haggard girl in the mirror: the girl's beautiful eyebrows were knitted together, her face was full of fatigue from lack of sleep and had obvious dark circles under her eyes, her pajamas were full of wrinkles, and it was obvious that her sleeping posture was not very stable.

After standing in front of the mirror for a while, Nagasaki Suyo turned around silently, unwilling to look at the ugly face she saw.

Leaving the bedroom, the chilly air of the house briefly reminded her of her dream. Her body trembled slightly beneath her pajamas, and she walked silently to the kitchen to boil some water.

In these few short minutes, Nagasaki Suyo couldn't help but open her mobile phone to check the several messages she had sent.

She has already quit the band's chat group - it seems that only by doing so can she strengthen her determination to reorganize [CRYCHIC]. The price she pays is that she is excluded from the success and cheers of live performances.

Mist of water vapor appeared in the air, and feeling the heat, Nagasaki Suyo felt that the temperature around her seemed to have dropped a little.

A strong sense of emptiness enveloped her, making her want to rely on someone.

She took out her phone for the third time and saw that the message status had not changed. The fear brought by falling into pessimism almost strangled her throat.

All kinds of illusions happened before her eyes. The more joy she had in the past, the more pain she would suffer from losing it.

The freshly boiled hot water was poured into the cup. Nagasaki Suyo looked at the still shaking water surface and saw the distorted reflection of herself.

That night, the whispers that the ancient dragon, who had not yet introduced himself, had said to her before she left that world once again echoed in her ears:

"His morality makes him a bird in a cage, and it is his love for you and your love for him that makes him build this cage."

"No bird likes to live in a cage forever. I'm curious how much longer you can delay..."

At that time, Nagasaki Suyo was thrown back into this world before she had time to understand or refute, but as time passed, the words the other party said not only did not fade away, but instead continued to deepen in her memory.

She had witnessed Ritsu Narushe's battle and knew that the injuries he had sustained were more severe than what she saw from afar.

But she could do nothing but wait here quietly, just as she once waited quietly for the other members of [CRYCHIC] to change their minds.

The golden sun rose in the distance. The hot water gradually cooled. From the second floor, a door softly opened... Nagasaki Suyo came to her senses and saw her mother, also stretching, coming downstairs.

Facing the morning light, her face was still hazy, as if she had not yet woken up.

The girl was forced to suppress her worries deep in her heart. When she finished talking to her mother who needed care and dug up her worries again to try to solve them, she realized that they had left a noticeable mark in her heart, like a broken pencil.

The fatigue from staying up late didn't subside, but instead intensified due to her meaningless, blank standing. After finishing the cold water in the cup, Nagasaki Suyo finally walked slowly back to the bedroom, back to the not-so-warm bedding.

When she saw herself in the mirror for the second time, she suddenly imagined what Ritsu Narose would say or do after seeing her like this.

No matter what, Nagasaki Suyo didn't want him to see her losing composure. But there was another voice in her heart telling her that she should make more use of this gesture, otherwise how could she capture his heart?

Lying back on the bed, the soft pillow seemed to massage her slightly aching head. Filled with anxiety and uneasiness caused by the two opposing emotions, Nagasaki Suyo closed her eyes.

Soon, a tired breathing sounded in the room.

She didn't know how much time had passed, but when she heard the hazy sound of a cell phone notification, her actions were faster than her brain.

When she saw the long-awaited message appear on the screen, Nagasaki Suyo's first reaction was that she was dreaming. Then she smiled with relief and leaned sideways to take the phone into her arms like a hug.

End of volume remarks

The first volume contains 30 words. Since the plot is primarily focused on character appearances, Aine, who has the advantage of location, will be the first to appear. Naturally, Sushi's plot is inseparable from Xiangzi, so it will be expanded in the second volume.

At the same time, the second volume will expand on the description of other characters. Of course, Mujica's character will probably not be described too much, after all, the animation has not been released yet (urgent! urgent! urgent!)

Sometimes, due to the difference in perspective between the author and the reader, readers are welcome to point out any inappropriate content. The author will then consider whether there is room for improvement.