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"To be honest, if you hadn't confessed so readily, you might have lived a little longer."
He slowly raised the Star Blade in his hand.
The smooth blade of the sword reflected Takeru Satoh's despairing face.
Tell me, how do you want to die?
"I--"
A cold light flashed.
With a swift motion, Koshimura Sawa severed the index finger of Koshimura's left hand.
"I just asked, I didn't ask you to answer."
“Enough.” Satoh Takeru looked up, glaring at him angrily. “Even if you kill me, nothing will change. Those people will never come back to life! The companies will still—”
“I’ve already said that, Mr. Sato.” Koshimura’s voice was unusually calm.
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His hand gently brushed across the strings.
A dazzling flame ignited on the sword's blade.
"Tell me... how would you feel if those people were burned alive by you?"
"Wait—!!" A flicker of terror finally crossed Sato Takeru's eyes. "Let me go! My wealth! My company! All the money in my Swiss bank account! Everything I have is yours! Everything you have—"
"stop."
Koshimura Sawa sighed and put down his sword.
The flames suddenly went out, and the tip of the sword slowly drooped, pointing diagonally at the carpet inside the car.
“You’re very lucky, Mr. Sato.”
Takeru Satoh was stunned for a moment, then his eyes flashed with unbelievable ecstasy.
The smile hadn't even fully bloomed before it froze completely on his face.
Watching Yuecunze slowly take something out of the space under the car door.
"Because you seem to have the good fortune... to die by your most prized invention."
"Wait! That's just a regular dimensional bag—!" Sato Takeru exclaimed hastily. "It hasn't been specially treated! It's just a regular storage bag! You—"
“Yeah.” Koshimura Sawa sighed, opening the two dimensional bags in his hands. “Who told it to…”
"...There are exactly two (nine) O tumors (four) tumors Qi Dan'erba?"
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The explosion—or, more precisely, the annihilation—began without warning.
When exposed to spatial turbulence, the body is like a piece of paper thrown into a shredder. Starting from the head, the skin, muscles, bones... all the matter that constitutes existence will be torn apart, decomposed, and turned into the finest particles at a speed visible to the naked eye.
It was then swept away and swallowed up inch by inch, disappearing into the cracks in space.
But this is only the beginning.
In a spacetime structure that is distorted by disorder, the scale of time is stretched and extended countless times.
He will not die; his remaining consciousness and soul will repeatedly undergo decomposition and recombination, tearing and annihilation in the turbulent currents of that space.
Repeating itself.
Forever.
That would be an eternal purgatory more painful and more hopeless than any hell that humankind could describe.
Koshimura Sawa put his hands in his pockets, looked up, and stared at the black space in the sky that seemed to be missing a piece and was gradually shrinking.
"It's so beautiful," he said softly.
Come to think of it, he's never set off such a big firework in his entire life.
I didn't expect that two would be released today alone.
So cool.
The aftereffects of massive blood loss finally arrived belatedly; my body began to grow cold, and my vision was instantly swallowed by dense darkness.
Once the effects of adrenaline wear off, all the pain comes rushing back at once.
Koshimura Sawa fell backward helplessly, crashing heavily to the ground. The sound of rain in his ears began to fade into the distance and become indistinct.
As the icy rain poured down, his body temperature rapidly dropped, and along with his consciousness, which had become as fragile as a candle flickering in the wind, he sank into an endless abyss.
After an unknown amount of time, suddenly hurried footsteps sounded, approaching from afar.
With difficulty, Koshimura Sawa opened his heavy eyelids and, through his blurred vision, saw a familiar figure.
...Toyokawa Shoko?
The girl's uniform was completely soaked, and her long blue hair clung messily to her pale cheeks and neck, with raindrops dripping from the ends of her hair.
The left knee appeared to have been scraped in the rush, and blood was still flowing down, reflecting a glaring scarlet.
Then, he felt his body being carefully lifted up and placed into a cold but exceptionally soft embrace.
"Why...did you come?" He looked helplessly at the girl's anxious and fearful face so close to his. "Didn't I...tell you not to come?"
"You idiot! You madman! You fool!" Toyokawa Shoko glared at him, her voice trembling with tears, and demanded, "Are you out of your mind?! Why would you do this for someone like me..."
Teacher Xiao Xiang...you really need to update your vocabulary...it's always the same few sentences.
"Because I like you," Koshimura Sawa said in a weak voice.
Toyokawa Shoko suddenly froze, staring blankly at him, tears mingling with the cold rain as they streamed down her cheeks.
“Xiangzi…” Yuecun Ze twitched the corner of his mouth, seemingly wanting to show a comforting smile, but then gasped because of the sudden pain.
"Don't say anything..." Toyokawa Shoko cried, almost unable to breathe, looking at him like this.
But Koshimura Sawa still managed to raise his hand with difficulty, pointing tremblingly into the distance: "I won... Pretty impressive, right?"
"Is there even a question?!" Toyokawa Shoko exclaimed immediately, "You are the world's greatest sorcerer!!"
Seemingly having received a satisfactory answer, the hand finally fell limply to its side.
"Don't die, Koshimura Sawa, don't die..." Toyokawa Shoko panicked, hugging him and crying loudly, "I'll go back in time to save you..."
"I'm not dead yet..." Koshimura Sawa said weakly.
That brat, why does she have to risk her life for no reason?
If you use cheats too much, you won't even be able to walk properly anymore, right?
"I'm so tired... Xiangzi, can I rest for a while...?" His voice grew softer and softer.
"well..."
Toyokawa Shoko bit her lip, looking at him with tears streaming down her face.
Immediately afterwards, he felt his head being gently lifted and placed on something soft and elastic.
It's Toyokawa Shoko's thigh.
The girl's body temperature, mixed with the faint smell of blood and the scent of rain, inexplicably made him feel somewhat at ease.
I was wrong, lap pillows are amazing, I will never criticize lap pillows again.
Koshimura Sawa slowly closed his eyes.
"Yuecunze?" After a long while, the girl's nasal voice cautiously sounded above his head, as if afraid of disturbing him.
"Um..."
"Yuecunze".
"I'm here."
"Koshimura Sawako Koshimura Sawako Koshimura Sawako Koshimura Sawako Koshimura Sawako Koshimura Sawako Koshimura Sawako..." Toyokawa Shoko kept repeating, as if only by calling his name could she truly feel that he was there.
"So what exactly are they trying to do...?"
Koshimura Sawa was a little dizzy from her reading and complained helplessly.
"I love you, Koshimura Sawa, I love you..." Toyokawa Shoko took a deep breath, mustered all her strength, and cried out in a broken, sobbing voice, "I love you the most, the most, the most, the most, the most—!!!"
"Okay... um—"
Before he could finish speaking, Koshimura suddenly felt as if something was blocking his lips.
The girl's kiss was clumsy and awkward; she even accidentally touched his teeth because of her nervousness.
The intense heat and love mingled with the stench of blood, replacing all words.
Melted in the torrential rain that flooded the world.
Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Story That's All
By the time Yuji Takamatsu finally arrived at the scene, the torrential rain had gradually subsided.
He pushed open the car door, got out of the car with his cane, looked around, and his gaze swept over the black Maybach with its door open.
Finally, the gaze stopped on the two people sitting on the edge of the overpass.
In the distance, the setting sun pierced through the clouds, tearing a gap in the leaden-gray clouds to reveal the clear sky behind them.
The afterglow of the setting sun was reflected in the roadside pond, casting a thin golden veil over everything, warm yet not dazzling.
"It's finally over..." Koshimura Sawa lowered his head slightly and glanced at their hands, which were clasped tightly together.
"Mm," Toyokawa Shoko responded softly.
"So," he turned his head, looking at her profile softened by the setting sun, "what are we going to do next?"
Toyokawa Shoko did not answer immediately, but simply tilted her head slightly, looking at the huge sunset in the distance that was slowly sinking into the horizon, and gently swayed her legs that were hanging outside the bridge.
"I haven't decided yet," she said softly, a relaxed smile playing on her lips. "But... I think I'm a little hungry..."
"Ah, I've got it." Toyokawa Shoko turned her head, her bright golden eyes looking at Koshimura Sawa. "How about we go get a pork miso bento?"
Koshimura Sawa paused for a moment, then burst into laughter.
"I thought you were going to suggest going for some fancy black tea or something..."
"Well, it's been a long time since I've had it, so I might not be used to the taste of desuwa."
“Sure.” Koshimura nodded without hesitation. “It’s on you.”
“That won’t do.” Toyokawa Shoko immediately shook her head and squeezed his hand. “Let me pay.”
"After all, I owe you so much, and I might have to stay by your side for the rest of my life to slowly pay it back."
"How despicable Xiangzi is! Does he really intend to spend his whole life defaulting on his debts?"
The two smiled at each other and stopped talking. They simply stood shoulder to shoulder, quietly watching the huge setting sun slowly sink, dyeing the sky a burning orange-red.
“However,” Toyokawa Shoko’s voice suddenly lowered, “two years…it really is too short.”
Koshimura Sawa turned to look at her.
"I also want to go to the amusement park we've never been to, and go to Hokkaido with you to see the cherry blossoms, and stroll along the beach together like you said... watching the sunrise and sunset..."
The girl stared blankly into the distance, tears gradually blurring her vision.
Those ordinary yet beautiful wishes have transformed from once unattainable fantasies into unrealizable realities.
"Why..." She turned her head abruptly, looking at Yuecunze with teary eyes, "Why did you have to come to me at this time..."
"If only you had come a little earlier... or a little later..."
Feeling the girl's hand trembling slightly as she gripped his, Koshimura instinctively squeezed it back, trying to dispel her fear.
“Listen to me, Xiangzi—” he said firmly.
Just then, a line of text suddenly appeared in front of him.
[Existing beacon detected. Current fusion progress: 100%]
You have received your reward: The End of Time—