"It's okay, Zun. I have lived a happy life and have no regrets."
Looking at the sad and lost Sky Temple Lord, Fukami Makoto comforted him again.
"And, even so, our hearts are still closely connected, right?"
"--Um!"
After hearing these words, the Master of Sky Temple came back to his senses, raised his hand to wipe away the tears on his face, and nodded heavily.
"I will take Brother Cheng's, Huayin's, Yalan's, and everyone's thoughts together into the future indefinitely!"
"Yes, that's it. This is the Lord of the Sky Temple that I know."
Looking at the Sky Temple Lord who was free from disappointment and full of determination, Fukami Makoto smiled and nodded.
"So, I will never disappear, Zun—I will always be by your side no matter what."
These words made Sky Temple Master caress his heart.
“I think, therefore I am?”
Fukami Makoto heard the whisper from the Master of the Sky Temple, and the expression on his face became more and more relieved.
"Yes, as long as you still remember me, I will live in your heart forever."
He knew that Lord Sky Temple would no longer be sad because of his own affairs.
Thinking of this, Fukami Cheng lowered his head, and then was slightly stunned.
"Is it almost time?"
He looked at his body that had begun to become transparent, whispered, then looked at the Lord of the Sky Temple again, and said with a smile.
"It seems it's time to say goodbye, sir."
"Brother Cheng..."
When the Master of the Sky Temple heard this, his voice tightened, but immediately he relaxed his expression, a smile appeared on his face, and said to Fukami Makoto.
"Well, goodbye, Brother Cheng."
Fukami Makoto responded with a smile.
"Goodbye, Your Majesty."
As soon as he finished speaking, Fukami Makoto's figure disappeared in front of the Sky Temple Master.
Looking at the place where Fukami Makoto disappeared, thinking about Fukami Makoto's previous words, the smile that had just appeared on the face of the Sky Temple Master fell. He was silent for a moment, and then showed a relieved expression again. He breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at the sky. , then passed through the gate and continued walking into the Big Sky Temple.
As he moved forward, Sky Temple Master saw many familiar people in the temple.
Kisarazu Narita pruning bushes.
Hachioji Shibuya cleans the garden.
Yamauchi Gosei.
Akari Tsukimura.
as well as,
A stranger who is chatting with Akari Tsukimura...
etc! ! !
Suddenly, Lord Sky Temple froze on the spot.
He looked at the woman who was talking to Tsukimura Akari...looking at the extremely strange, yet extremely familiar woman, his nose was sore, and an unbelievable voice with a hint of crying came from his constantly trembling lips. issue.
"Mother……?"
His voice was not loud, as if he was afraid that if it was louder, the scene in front of him would be scared away.
But even so, Sky Temple Lily who was talking to Tsukimura Akari across the way also heard the voice of Sky Temple Lord.
It was magical, like there was a telepathy between them.
Sky Temple Lily stopped talking, looked away from Tsukimura Akari, turned her head, and looked in the direction of Sky Temple Lord.
"What's wrong? Zun."
Sky Temple Lily was puzzled and asked gently with a little worry.
"Why do you see mom looking like this?"
While speaking, she stood up and walked towards the Sky Temple Master.
The Lord of the Sky Temple stared blankly at the Lily of the Sky Temple who was approaching him. He slowly raised his hand and stretched out his fingers towards the other person with trembling fingers.
However, as soon as Master Sky Temple extended his hand halfway, he started to withdraw it again.
He fears……
He was afraid that the mother in front of him was just a phantom that would dissipate with the slightest touch.
But at this moment.
Sky Temple Lily suddenly stretched out her hand, grabbed the hand that Sky Temple Lord was about to take back, and held it tightly.
Then, he took a step forward and held the Sky Temple Master in his arms.
Warm and real.
real!
This scene before my eyes is all real!
A huge sense of happiness suddenly came over, making the Lord of the Sky Temple burst into tears instantly.
He hugged Sky Temple Lily back and kept calling softly.
"Mom, mom, mom..."
Faced with such a reaction from Lord Sky Temple, Lily Sky Temple was slightly stunned, but did not ask anything at this time.
She just gently caressed the Sky Temple Master's back, smiled, and responded.
"Yeah, I'm here."
At the same time, another big and warm hand fell on the head of the Sky Temple Master.
The Lord of the Sky Temple raised his head, and through his eyes blurred by tears, he saw a figure that made him even more excited.
"Father!"
Yes, that figure was none other than the Sky Temple Dragon who walked out of the Buddhist temple at some point.
He did not reprimand the Sky Temple Master for his weakness at this time.
On the contrary, when he looked at the Sky Temple Master crying like this, a smile slowly appeared on his usually serious face.
I saw him nodding to the Lord of the Sky Temple, with pride and distress coexisting in his eyes.
He didn't say anything, but that expression said it all.
——Thank you for your hard work, Zun, I’m proud of you!
…
…
the other side.
From nine to five.
Gates' room.
A spiraling gray scarf emerged first. Then, the gray scarf was put away by a hand, revealing Gates and Woz underneath it.
Putting the gray scarf in his hand behind his back, Woz looked back at Gates, said nothing, just smiled, and left.
When Gates saw this, he immediately stopped Woz.
"Wait! Why are we the only ones back? Where is the King of Time?"
Woz paused slightly and chuckled.
"Oh, my Majesty the Demon King certainly has other things to be busy with. We mortals just need to follow them and don't explore."
After saying that, he opened the door and left.
Click!
The door is closed.
Isolate the image of Gates who remains in the room with his fists clenched and his expression changing inexplicably.
…
…
downstairs.
Woz politely leaned towards Junichiro Tokiwa behind the maintenance desk to say goodbye.
Junichiro Tokiwa smiled subconsciously and nodded in response.
He didn't react until Woz had left.
"Eh!? That one just now is Zhuango's friend, right? When did he come?"
Junichiro Tokiwa, who had been working at the maintenance desk at the door, couldn't help but take off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, and had a little doubt about his memory today.
And just as Junichiro Tokiwa took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes, an illusory ghost walked in from the door, leaned over slightly to signal to him, and then walked upstairs.
…
…
Boom, boom, boom!
A sudden knock on the door brought back Gates's mind.
He opened the door and his eyes suddenly opened slightly.
"Mr. Cheng!"
He saw the illusory figure of Deep Sea Makoto standing at the door, looking at him with a smile.
"Long time no see, Gates."
He greeted Gates, then raised his hand and handed a real thing that was incompatible with his illusory body to Gates.
"As promised, I'll give it to you."
That's exactly what Specter's knight watch is.
But compared to that knight watch, Gates is now more concerned about Fukami Makoto's situation.
"Mr. Cheng, your body...why? Hasn't the King of Time already..."
"Well, His Majesty the King of Time has indeed corrected the time."
Makoto Fukami explained to Gates.
"A thousand years is too long, so I chose to become an ordinary human being."
Hearing this, Gates, who had read through the history of the beholder in the Ghost comic book, quickly understood the reason.
"Yes...that's it..."
Then, Gates glanced at the knight watch in Makoto Fukami's hand and refused.
"Mr. Cheng, the reason why you are able to appear in this world is because of this knight's watch, right? In that case, I can't accept this..."
"No, you're going to take it, Gates."
Makoto Fukami interrupted Gates.
"I have finished my life, but your life is still long... Do you remember? I said that practicing the way of survival requires strength! You don't want to help His Majesty the King of Time and become his friend , witness his royal road?
"Then you need strength!
"A power greater than anyone else!
“Only in this way can you always stand by his side and fight with him.
"So, Gates, you need it more than I do now."
Gates, who was touched by Fukami Makoto's words, couldn't help but think of what Kadoyaji said to him in the beholder world.
So, after a moment of silence, he finally slowly raised his hand and took the Specter knight watch from Makoto Fukami's hand.
"I understand, Mr. Cheng, and I will make good use of it."
"Well, that's good."
Fukami Makoto smiled and nodded.
Then he said goodbye to Gates.
"So...goodbye, Gates."
"Goodbye, Mr. Cheng."
As Gates's words fell, Fukami Makoto's illusory figure completely disappeared.
Only Gates was still standing there, holding the Specter knight watch in his hand, silent for a long time.
at this time.
Tokiwa Shougo's door suddenly opened from the inside.
Gates, who was brought back to reality by the sound of the door opening, immediately took a step forward and turned to look.
"hour……"
Then, he happened to meet Tsukuyomi's eyes as he walked out of Tokiwa Shogo's room with a stack of books in his arms.
"..."
"..."
The scene was a little awkward for a while.
After a pause, Tsukuyomi pretended not to see anything, looked away, and closed the door.
Click!
Lock with key.
He turned around and passed by Gates. He still didn't say anything. He just tried to keep his expression calm and went downstairs very calmly.
Dong dong dong dong dong——
The footsteps were slow at first and then quick.
Of course, this isn't a big deal.
As for Gates, the scene of Tsukuyomi locking Shogo Tokiwa's door with the key on her own key chain kept popping up in his mind.
Once, twice, three times, four times...
"Hehe, hehe..."
Gates suddenly sneered twice, turned back to the room, and closed the door forcefully.
Bang!
The sound of a door closing loudly sounded in the empty corridor.
downstairs.
Hearing the loud slamming of the door upstairs, Tsukuyomi couldn't help but tremble slightly and shrink his neck slightly.
After a moment, she tilted her body and tilted her head to look upstairs.
Her long hair was like a waterfall, sliding straight from one side of her shoulders to the other, and falling vertically.
After he was sure that Gates had no intention of running down to argue with her, he breathed a sigh of relief and showed a relaxed expression.
Then, she suddenly remembered something. She was holding the key chain in her hand, and a happy smile suddenly appeared on her face.
Zi-O world famous paintings——
"The Demon King's Resistance".
