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Let's go home together.

76

What are you doing!

Kawakami Wakana tried to struggle, but found that the skin on her ring finger with the butterfly fingerprint seemed to be getting hotter and hotter, and her consciousness was flickering, making it impossible for her to break free.

“Wakana-chan, I’m trying to help you,” Gogol said. “Your ability isn’t offensive, and you can’t beat Fukuchi in hand-to-hand combat. Leaving you there would just be suicide.”

"—Now you and Tuosijun are tied together. If I don't save you, am I supposed to just watch my best friend die like this? And wasn't it my doing?"

"...?"

This sounds a bit like what Feda once told her: "Only I can kill you."

"As expected, you guys with the Five Signs of Decay are all perverts!" Ruoyi thought to herself.

Before she could even utter those words, her ring finger suddenly throbbed with pain, as if a thousand needles were pricking it. Knowing her fingers were connected to her heart, she gritted her teeth to keep from crying out.

Feda!

Could something have happened to Fedia?

"Take me... back to Blackjack's clinic...!" Even without deliberately looking in the mirror, Ruoyi could imagine that her expression must be distorted horribly from the pain, but she still tried her best to speak, even though forcing herself to speak in this situation might cause her to bite her tongue.

Her expression seemed to frighten the clown as well. Gogol nodded hastily, and the scene in front of him began to move rapidly. When the scene finally stopped, Ruoyi was indeed back at Fyodor's window.

However, Feja was not in very good condition at this time.

His body trembled incessantly, and he uttered incoherent murmurs, neither Russian nor Japanese, and the sweat on his forehead seemed to soak the pillow.

"Feijia...?"

The moment she saw Fei Jia's face, the finger marks became increasingly painful and burning hot. As if realizing something, Kawakami Wakana grabbed Fei Jia's hand.

The next moment, everything went black before her eyes. Just like when she activated her true power, the surroundings seemed to turn into nothingness, and she could only see a child squatting to one side with his arms crossed.

Even though she looked like an eight or nine-year-old child, Kawakami Wakana recognized her at a glance as Fei Jia.

Did I enter Feyia's consciousness?

She cautiously approached, only to find that the child suddenly grabbed her hair.

"You, you mustn't do this!" Ruoyi was startled and grabbed the child's hand, but Fei Jia, now a child, just blinked at him in confusion. After a long while, she murmured:

"Neko, maybe you're right."

"A world without superpowers is boring. So boring that there's nothing worth purifying, yet it seems no different from the original world."

“My mother was still killed by thieves who broke into our home, and I was still adopted by the church. If I didn’t work or wasn’t devout enough, I would still go hungry and be beaten.”

"The only difference is that there are no more people with special abilities."

"Actually, both your abilities and our meeting are the work of 'the book,' aren't they? It just wanted me to see this?"

As Fei Jia poured out her heart like a real child, many images appeared before Kawakami Wakai.

The woman lay in a pool of blood, and the little boy cried out for his mother over and over again, but was lifted up by a man dressed as a pastor.

"Come with me."

Next came some content that seemed very different from her current life.

Moldy bread, scriptures that had to be copied by hand, and the scars on his body.

These are things that didn't appear when she first encountered Fedia's past.

Is this what Fedia didn't want people to see, what he kept buried deep inside?

"Of course the book will do that!" Ruoyi couldn't help but think to herself.

After all, even if you purify the superpowered individuals, you can't purify the thing called "humanity"!

Perhaps it's because Fyodor is now childlike, and children naturally evoke a protective instinct in people. Kawakami Wakana wanted to hug the child in front of her, but he avoided her.

“Fei Jia…”

Looking into those eyes, which were even emptier than before, Ruoyi asked, "If creating a world without superpowers can't alleviate your pain, what do you want to do?"

"I don't know," the child kept repeating.

Ruoyi hugged her tightly.

"Feijia, I have a feeling our current situation is like that movie."

"It's that movie about how people who have lost their faith should face life."

"...?"

Xiao Feijia paused, seemingly not understanding what she was saying.

But a voice rang in my mind.

She once said that if one day he lost his faith, she would become his new god.

At that moment, Ruoyi was also smiling at him.

It's as if it's saying, since you don't know, then live for yourself again.

"..."

But is that really enough?

However, he found that his body had subconsciously moved towards Ruoyi, and he held her hand tightly, the butterfly fingerprints on their ring fingers touching.

"Let's go back..."

After all, sometimes the one who tied the knot must untie it.

He has to go back.

…………

The rooftop of an abandoned building.

The smell of blood lingered in the cold wind.

It turns out that Fukuchi Sakurachi does indeed have the ability to be the leader of the Five Signs of Decay of the Celestials.

When Edogawa Ranpo called, the other members of the "Hound" team hesitated for a moment, but after Fukuchi said, "Do you prefer to believe the detective agency's instigation rather than the captain's words, you still chose to ignore Ranpo's words and assist Fukuchi Ouki.

As it turned out, in terms of ability and physical skills, no one present could match the "hound".

Fukuchi Sakura smiled and walked to the coffin. She bent down and was about to open it when she felt something grab her ankle.

"What, are you still going to stop me?"

Looking at the club president behind him, who had been stabbed, he spoke with a hint of smugness.

"I just... want to know why..."

"Why?" Fukuchi smiled. "I was just doing what I was supposed to do."

"If it were you, if you knew that I found the 'Book' only because I could protect countless lives by creating a world ruled by me and other ability users, would you still stop me?"

As he spoke, ignoring the other person's hesitant gaze, he bent down and opened the coffin.

"Next, all that's needed is to plunge Yokohama into further chaos—"

"Special ability, Rashomon—"

Countless black beasts surged out the moment the coffin opened, coiling around Sakura's body. Atsushi Nakajima's eyes lit up instantly when he saw the person sitting inside the coffin.

"Akutagawa?"

Not long ago, in the ward.

Noticing Gogol behind him, Ryunosuke Akutagawa's eyes widened. He wanted to activate Rashomon, but realized he wasn't wearing the coat.

“I know what you’re thinking.” Gogol toyed with his cane. “It’s just that the Port Mafia is in crisis right now, and your sister, Silver, can’t escape unscathed either. You can’t accept that you can only stay here to recover.”

"But, won't your current health condition cause trouble for everyone?"

"...!"

Ryunosuke Akutagawa reached out and tried to grab Gogol by the neck, but Gogol dodged him.

"Don't be like that. I didn't mean to stop you from fighting. In fact, I'm here to help you."

"But...would you be willing to listen to my plan?"

"Is your body alright now?" Atsushi Nakajima's concerned voice brought Akutagawa back to reality.

“It’s not that he’s alright yet,” Ryunosuke Akutagawa said. “The doctor also told me that he might not be able to use his abilities like before. But if we just use Rashomon to restrict his freedom, I can do that.”

"Moreover, this time, I want to fight for what I want to protect."

This is a standard textbook example of inspirational quotes, but it's clearly not the right time to be moved.

Atsuya Nakajima quickly realized what was happening.

"Wait a minute! Akutagawa, if you're in here, then... what about the vampires?"

“The clown took him away,” Ryunosuke Akutagawa replied.

Now, someone is taking him to Blackjack's clinic.

"...!"

Could it be Gogol?

Fukuchi Sakura realized this as well. Just as she was about to try to break free from Rashomon Beast's restraints, she felt a sharp pain on her body. Turning around, she looked in surprise at the vice-captain of the hunting dogs she had raised together—Okura Yoko.

On the other side.

Although it was only half her body, carrying Bram on her back still took a toll on Koda Aya's strength, but she knew she had to get as far away from here as possible.

We absolutely cannot hand Bula over to that wicked old man who captured her and tied her up in the building!

However, elementary school students have limited physical strength, and after running a certain distance, Xiaowen felt obvious signs of exhaustion.

Once she was sure no one was chasing her, she finally had a chance to lean against the wall and catch her breath.

“You can run by yourself,” she heard Bula say behind her.

"No way!" Xiaowen said firmly.

"A partner of justice will not abandon their friends and run away!"

Friend...?

Bram looked at the little girl helplessly.

Even he himself didn't know when he had become friends with this little girl.

"Enough of the unnecessary talk," Xiaowen said breathlessly, "Anyway, Bra-chan, let's hurry to the Black Jack Clinic that the white-haired brother told me about!"

She wants to take Bula-chan over so he can help everyone, and then, after everything is over and Bula-chan has been forgiven, she'll eat the chocolate bar with him that she didn't get to eat because of the big bad guy.

Thinking this, Xiaowen lifted her foot to continue running, but a shadow suddenly appeared in front of her.

“…!” Her pupils dilated in surprise as she looked at the person in front of her.

This person is...

[Author's Note]

The story will end in the next chapter.