“Wait, Nakano-kun!”
In Kei Yonoha's room, the sleeping girl suddenly sat up, calling out to Nakano Yu, reaching out to grab something, but only grasped empty air.
Seeing the familiar room, Kei Yonoha froze.
She... was back.
But where was Nakano Yu?!
Burning with anxiety, Kei Yonoha searched the room for Nakano Yu's presence, finally seeing the boy asleep in a chair by the bed.
Seeing the boy, Kei Yonoha wanted to reach out and touch him, but worried it would disturb him, she stopped her hand.
“Yonoha!”
At that moment, a joyful shout came from the doorway.
Kei Yonoha turned, not yet seeing who it was, when a rush of energy slammed into her, holding her tight in a hug.
“Yonoha! Yonoha, you… you’re finally alright!”
Holding Kei Yonoha tightly, Kei Nana-mi’s voice was choked with sobs, tinged with a hint of rasp. She had waited anxiously in the living room, unable to disturb Nakano Yu, and could only cry in her worry.
Hearing the commotion, Kei Nana-mi had rushed upstairs, and seeing Kei Yonoha awake, the joy in her heart dispelled all the gloom. Tears, in that moment, became tears of relief!
“Ka, Kas...an...”
Feeling Kei Nana-mi's emotional embrace, Kei Yonoha was stunned.
Her mother rarely showed her such concern. In Kei Yonoha's memory, her mother had always been a stern, strong woman, rarely hugging her like this, let alone crying in front of her.
Perhaps infected by Kei Nana-mi's emotions, Kei Yonoha also reached out, gently hugging her mother. Tears fell at that moment.
After a long time, the mother and daughter finally separated.
Looking at Kei Yonoha's haggard appearance, Kei Nana-mi felt a pang of heartache. But when she noticed Nakano Yu, still asleep, she was puzzled:
“He, didn’t he come back with you?”
Hearing her mother's question, Kei Yonoha’s expression turned slightly dejected. Looking at the sleeping boy, she said:
“Nakano-kun saved me, but he still needs to deal with some things... for me...”
Upon hearing this, Kei Nana-mi fell silent. Her gaze towards Nakano Yu became complex.
Just for a classmate, he was willing to put himself in danger?
If she had met someone like Nakano Yu in her youth, perhaps she wouldn't have gotten divorced.
“Hey, Yonoha.”
Thinking this, Kei Nana-mi suddenly called out to Kei Yonoha.
Kei Yonoha turned her head in confusion, about to ask her mother what was wrong, but Kei Nana-mi’s next words made Kei Yonoha's cheeks flush red:
“That boy, you can entrust yourself to him, you know.”
Kei Nana-mi's words fell, and Kei Yonoha's cheeks became as crimson as a summer sunset, burning hot. Her voice stammered as she tried to explain her relationship with Nakano Yu, but her voice grew quieter and quieter:
“Ka, Kas...an! Wh, what are you talking about? Me, and Nakano-kun... we're just, just friends...”
“Humph~ Friends and boyfriends are only a word apart, Yonoha. Such a good man, you have to hold onto him. If another girl snatches him away, you'll be left crying.”
Seeing her daughter’s demeanor, Kei Nana-mi understood her daughter's little thoughts. She waved her hand and was about to go downstairs:
“I'll go downstairs and make some porridge for you, Yonoha. You think about it carefully.”
“Um...”
Burying her head under the covers, Kei Yonoha replied in a voice as light as a mosquito.
Naturally, Nakano Yu was unaware that the Kei family mother and daughter had set their sights on him.
At this moment, the boy stood in the monkey car's carriage, watching the passengers being manipulated to rise like puppets, along with the monkeys hanging from the train shed ceiling. His face was filled with indifference.
“Honestly, you really are a strange thing. Not a monster, not a spirit. I’m really curious why you appeared in this world.”
He stomped his foot, Nakano Yu ignored the imposing group of monkeys and passengers, instead muttering to himself.
It seemed like he was talking to himself, but it was as if he was chatting with the monkey car under his feet.
“Woo-woo-wa-wa-wa!!!”
Just then, the monkey car suddenly jolted, and the leading monkey roared as if receiving a command. All the monkeys charged towards Nakano Yu.
The passengers, like walking corpses, were also controlled by the monkey car to run towards the boy.
But in Nakano Yu's eyes, they were nothing more than chickens and dogs.
He shrugged. The golden sword, Giuvareu, appeared. Just like before, Nakano Yu simply raised the sword and swung it forward. A golden sword energy streaked across the carriage.
The rushing monkey horde and passengers stopped in their tracks.
“Plop.”
Starting with the leading monkey, a thin line of blood appeared on all the monkeys and passengers.
The blood line became increasingly obvious, and the top and bottom of the line began to shift, then the upper and lower bodies separated and fell heavily inside the carriage.
Seeing this, Nakano Yu was a bit bored.
These monkeys and passengers were only slightly stronger than ordinary humans. Facing him, it was a matter of a single sword strike, and he didn't even need to exert much effort.
“If that's all you've got, then prepare to disappear.”
Nakano Yu looked at the blood and flesh on the ground dissolving into black water and merging with the monkey car. He spoke, his whole body erupting with an astonishing aura.
He had had enough fun. After all, if he didn’t hurry home, he wouldn’t be able to have dinner made by Nino.
Just as Nakano Yu was about to deliver the final blow to the monkey car, a white light suddenly enveloped him.
When the white light dissipated, Nakano Yu found himself on a set of rails.
He was wondering what trick the monkey car was playing, when a humming sound came from afar, along with the monkey car’s eerie laughter:
“Hum hum~”
“Hee hee, hee hee hee!”
Looking in the direction of the sound, Nakano Yu saw an incredibly massive monkey car speeding towards him in the distance.
The monkey head at the front of the car was full of ferocity, all smiles gone.
Compared to the monkey car, Nakano Yu was like an ant, not even as tall as the car’s wheel.
If an ordinary person saw such a huge train crushing towards them, they would probably collapse on the ground in terror.
But for Nakano Yu, that wasn’t the case!
In Nakano Yu’s eyes, what good was size?
In terms of single-target destructive power, Nakano Yu had never feared anyone, let alone a ridiculous monkey car like this!
“Hum hum!”
The monkey car blared its horn, as if mourning Nakano Yu’s impending death. The monkey car didn’t know, however, that the invincible war god had a mountain boar at its disposal, ready to crush everything in its path!
Facing the monkey car, Nakano Yu raised his hand, and a rift tore open, separating reality and the other world. The mountain boar’s crimson eyes glowed, fixated on the oncoming monkey car.
“Holder of sharp teeth! With one blow, destroy it, crush it to dust!”
Nakano Yu growled, the rift widening violently. A mountain boar, fully thirty meters tall, covered in black fur, burning with blue flames, and wielding sharp tusks, emerged from the rift.
This was one of the war god's ten incarnations, the destructive incarnation, the Mountain Boar!
Nakano Yu pressed his hand down. The mountain boar charged out of the rift, carrying an aura of destruction. Each step, capable of causing a magnitude 5 earthquake in the real world, slammed heavily into the monkey car.
“BOOM!!!”
In an instant, an explosion erupted. Fine cracks spread from the monkey car’s head, covering the entire car in the blink of an eye.
“BANG!!!”
After a muffled sound, the monkey car shattered, dissolving into white light. The mountain boar, unstoppable, continued on its path, until it crushed the bizarre dreamland itself!
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Chapter two for today~ As usual, asking for flowers~ Tickets