Chihaya Aine has nine wings

Li Xi leaned against the pillar of the platform and looked at the chestnut-haired girl in front of him, "So, what's going on?"

Based on the clues provided by Aiyin, Li Xi directly sent a divine soldier from the sky to find Su Shi.

Su Shi had no choice but to let his classmates go first and get off the bus alone to deal with Li Xi.

"Well... to put it simply, from now on, I have nothing to do with you guys."

Su Shi played with her hair with her fingers and spoke softly.

"No...relationship?"

Li Xi didn't react for a moment.

"Oh yeah, I don't plan to team up with you guys to be a hero anymore."

Su Shi gave a polite smile, "Because Xiangzi doesn't want to go back to Crychic, there's no point in me insisting on it."

"Xiangzi...? What does this have to do with Xiangzi?"

"Of course it is related. I originally said that I wanted to team up with you just to stabilize you and Deng first so that we can rebuild the team in the future."

Su Shi's tone was nonchalant, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him. "Since Crychic can't come back, I won't participate. You, Deng, Aine, and Lenna, go form a team by yourselves."

"...?"

Li Xi opened his eyes wide: "Are you... kidding?"

"No."

"You! If you quit like this, Deng will be sad!"

Li Xi strode to Su Shi and said, "You said you would be a hero with everyone for life! Did you forget that in the ward?"

"Oh, that one."

Su Shi gave an ambiguous smile, "I said that just to tie you and Deng up, in preparation for rebuilding Crychic."

"Make preparations..."

Riki couldn't understand, "What about Aine? What about Rakuna?"

Su Shi said indifferently: "If they can help me keep you stable, then treat them well. If they are useless, why not just abandon them?"

"what……?"

"Originally, Crychic doesn't need them..."

Before she could finish her words, Li Xi grabbed her collar.

"Are you serious about what you said!?"

Li Xi just felt angry.

"Yes, I am telling the truth."

Simple and indifferent.

It's actually a lie.

After she arrived, she was hoping to use her connections to maintain a team of seven.

But there is no point in saying such things anymore.

Everything is over. Xiangzi will not come back, and Su Shi doesn't want to form a team again.

Let them hate me, and then make up their minds to cut off ties with me and form a new team.

——This is what Su Shi is thinking now.

"It sucks!"

Li Xi cursed.

"...Yes, after all, my mind is full of myself."

"what?!"

"But if we talk about bad things, you are not much worse."

Su Shi gently pushed Riki away, "You and Aine teamed up to be heroes. In the beginning, it was for Takamatsu Touma, right?"

Li Xi was silent for a moment, his eyes flickering: "It was just like this at the beginning."

"So, there's no difference between us. It's just that you got what you wanted, and I didn't."

Su Shi gently adjusted his collar and said, "You have no right to blame me."

Li Xi clenched his fists.

"By the way, please tell Chihaya Aine that the necklace I gave her before is still valid. She will always be able to receive preferential treatment in the Nagasaki family's industry."

"…Do you think Chihaya Aine values your company's so-called preferential treatment?"

"……goodbye."

There was no answer, but only silence. In the end, Su Shi just whispered these two words, then turned and left.

Leaving Li Xi there with a headache.

About ten minutes later, a train pulled up to the station and Aine and Touma ran out.

"Where's Sushi?"

Aiyin was a little anxious.

Lixi sat in a chair on the platform with a rather ugly expression on his face, and for a moment he didn't know how to explain to them.

"Su Shi...she withdrew."

"quit?"

Aine opened her eyes wide.

"Quit, hero team."

"Retreat...but why?"

Deng covered his heart, his expression becoming fragile, "Isn't everything going well?"

There was a faint hint of crying in the voice.

It happened too sudden.

Perhaps Aine had some expectations, but for Deng, Su Shi's withdrawal was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue.

Caught off guard.

"because……"

Li Xi clenched his fists.

"because?"

Aiyin was waiting for the next part.

"Anyway, she has nothing to do with us anymore."

Li Xi stood up and said, "Go find another team member."

"How could this happen? There must be a misunderstanding."

Deng rushed forward and grabbed the corner of Lixi's clothes, "Lixi, let's go ask again."

"Lixi, what did Su Shi say? Why?"

Aiyin also asked, "We've been through life and death together... there must be a reason, right?"

"The reason? She quit because she had no intention of teaming up with you."

Riki took a deep breath and looked at Aine, "All she's ever thought about is rebuilding Crychic."

"Just rebuild Crychic? What... Could it be..."

"Yes, the reason she pretended to team up with you and Lenai was just to keep me and Deng stable."

Li Xi showed a painful expression, "She originally wanted to kick you and Lenai out when Xiangzi and Mu came back."

whoosh-

Snapped!

In the distance, the celebration seemed to have begun. Fireworks soared to the center of the night sky and exploded, lighting up the entire sky.

Festive music was playing from over there, and the place was noisy and chaotic.

Aine felt her body losing strength and stumbled backwards. If she hadn't held onto the pillar, she would have nearly fallen.

"She said that Aine and Ryuna were not needed."

Li Xi's voice was low.

"how come……"

The light's eyes trembled.

Aiyin covered her chest, suddenly feeling difficulty breathing and suffocating to the point of pain.

I see……

So that’s it.

No wonder that day on the rooftop of the hospital, even though we were teammates, Su Shi still gave me a gift...

It turns out...she never considered her as a teammate from the beginning.

I thought, heroic teammates protecting each other, what's the point of being polite... Turns out, I'm an outsider.

Aine laughed miserably.

However, forming a team is not always smooth sailing.

If we just find another team member...

Gao Songdeng shook his head repeatedly: "There must be a chance of turning around, right? As long as we have a good talk with Su Shi..."

"Deng, don't you understand?"

Li Xi sighed heavily, "Su Shi wanted Crychic, not the team we formed with Aiyinnai."

The implication is...

Aiyin, and Sushi, now, you can only choose one.

"But...Su Shi..."

Deng looked so ugly that he almost cried, "If she wasn't there, our whole life would be without her... I can definitely persuade her to come back. We've been through so much together..."

"You want to find Su Shi back...but..."

Aine covered her heart and looked at the light, "She said such cruel words, Tomorin?"

"No, I don't want to lose anyone..."

Deng curled up with his head in his hands.

"But why do you firmly believe that Su Shi cherishes her relationship with us..."

Aine’s voice choked as she spoke.

Only then did she react.

Why is Deng still persisting, believing that Su Shi can be persuaded to come back?

Because, what she firmly believed was not that [Su Shi cherishes her relationship with us], but that [Su Shi cherishes her relationship with Deng and Li Xi].

It has nothing to do with Aine.

So that's how it is... Why didn't I discover it earlier?

Riki, Deng, and Suyo are actually old members of Crychic. They have stories that Aine doesn't know and bonds that she can't see.

Aine fought against the enemy together with them at the dock, so they had a strong bond——it was indeed true.

But somewhere unknown, the members of Crychic may have experienced many more battles together, similar to the one at the dock.

What I experienced may be much more than what I experienced with Aine...

Yes.