Gongsun Ce did not open his eyes immediately after regaining consciousness. He seriously thought about who he would see first.
After the last battle, he thought he would see nervous friends, but in fact, it was Orianna who was waiting for him. This time, those heartless guys will probably go about their own business after confirming that his life is not in danger, so...
It won't be Airandia this time, right? The knight lady of the kingdom learned that Cangdu had changed and rushed over to observe the situation. This sounds like a very reasonable development! !
Gongsun Ce prepared himself mentally and opened his eyes nervously. He stared at the pure white ceiling in silence for a long time, confirming that this was not his home or his elder brother's home, but somehow it looked like a clinic he visited frequently.
He rolled his eyes and saw a woman with gray-blue hair sitting beside the hospital bed, putting pills in the medicine box.
"Sister Zhenfan..." Gongsun Ce opened his mouth habitually, and then smiled apologetically, "Doctor."
"My sister kept shouting before, but now I remember to call the doctor."
Maho buttoned up the medicine box and tapped his forehead gently.
"Idiot brother."
Gongsun Ce was a little embarrassed and quickly changed the subject: "Where is the eldest lady? Is everyone okay?"
"The most seriously injured are you and Qin Qianbai. The girl is still resting in the ward next door."
Even if the physical injuries can be repaired with superpowers, the mental wear and tear will require a long period of rest. The burden caused by excessive use of superpowers cannot be recovered in a short time.
Gongsun Ce thought of his meeting with the King of Silence in his dream, and asked nervously: "Did I make a big fuss?"
"You started to go berserk just after sealing the sword. It took some effort for the Creation Envoys to calm you down."
The rays of the setting sun filtered through the curtains, bringing a slight warmth to Gongsun Ce. The brief conversation in the dream caused him to fall asleep in reality for a long time. The sunlight was gradually fading. It was morning when the battle ended, and now it was evening.
The doctor put the medicine box on the bedside and told him: "The first priority after the spiritual healing is to cooperate with the medicine to stabilize the physical and mental state and avoid malignant changes. During this period, do not think wildly, do no strenuous activities, use less superpowers, and do not fight."
Gongsun Ce nodded meekly: "I follow the doctor's orders."
The doctor glanced at him helplessly and told him what happened after he fell into coma. She talked about her past in a few words and only told Gongsun Ce about the part about Master Chi and Ling Yin.
"That's it. Master Chi is dead, but Chikou Ayane is still alive..." Gongsun Ce thought thoughtfully, "Then our battle will be more meaningful than before. How good!"
Maho smoothed his hair and said softly: "You have grown up."
Gongsun Ce scratched his face: "Is there any?"
"You couldn't have said such straightforward words before."
"I'm still living in a state of confusion. However, people have to look forward."
Gongsun Ce propped himself up on the bed and stood up with some difficulty. He put on his shoes, but suddenly lost his balance and fell to the side. Zhenfan raised his hand to support him and said in the cold tone that Gongsun Ce was accustomed to: "If you fall and get injured, the medical expenses will be doubled. You are fully responsible."
Gongsun Ce shouted exaggeratedly: "It's so dark!"
Maho's hands went around his back, she pressed the side of her face against Gongsun Ce's chest, and gave him a gentle hug.
"You're just kidding, I don't charge you for treating my brother."
Gongsun Ce suddenly remembered those times in the past. Every time he and his elder brother went to the doctor for treatment after a fight, every time he would smile and call Maho sister for a hug...
In fact, at that time, he was just talking and didn't really want to take advantage of others. At that time, he was just an annoying brat. However, Maho never really got angry with him.
In fact, Maho-san has always cared about him, right? It's just that she never wanted to get closer to others before, so she always pretended to be cold. She hides herself in a fortress of indifference and hostility to protect herself in a crisis-ridden environment.
Compared with the past, they have changed now.
Gongsun Ce rubbed the back of his head: "How should I put it... I have really caused you trouble for so many years."
Maho still gave the same reply as usual, but this time his response was less cold and more intimate.
"Remember to take your medicine on time."
Gongsun Ce thought to himself that he might not have really gotten to know Chiguchi Maho until today.
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Under the strong restraint of Zhenfan, Gongsun Ce failed to make a crutch out of white matter. He found an alloy crutch to assist his balance and walked slowly in the corridor.
"I think this time is pretty good. At least I'm not in a wheelchair and can still move..."
"--Ah ah ah ah ah!!"
Gongsun Ce's speech was drowned out by a miserable scream. "What's wrong!" Gongsun Ce looked nervously into the lounge nearby, and this sight almost scared him out of his mind.
The little girl with black hair and red dress stood in the center of the room with her back to him. Qiluo curled up and squatted in the corner, holding her head in her hands and shivering: "Don't come close to me——!!"
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The little girl looked confused: "Am I scary?"
"It's terrible." Qiluo's eyes filled with tears, "Super scary!!"
"Hey~~" Ayane looked back at them, "Maho-chan, why?"
Maho couldn't think of a good explanation for a while. Gongsun Ce tried to calm his beating heart and explained kindly: "It's okay, you are a cute, harmless girl. Qiluo has recently suffered from phobia of little girls. This It is a mental illness that has become popular recently, and is manifested in panic attacks due to increased heartbeat, blood pressure, and mental stress when seeing a little girl in red clothes.”
"Ah...ah! What a terrible disease!" Ayane pinched her dress, "Should Ayane change her clothes?"
Maho and Gongsun Ce exchanged a look, and she stepped forward in time, leading the girl towards the door.
"It would be nice to change your outfit. What kind of new clothes does Ayane want?" "Hmm... something more mature! Like an adult!" "It's better not to be too mature..." "Why did Maho-chan's tone also become lower? Already?!"
Gongsun Ce watched the two of them go away and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, Master Chi is no longer here."
Qiluo stood up tremblingly, walked to his side, and grabbed his arm: "Gongsun Ce, I thought it was nothing, but it ended up leaving a heavy psychological trauma..."
Gongsun Ce can empathize with the other person. After all, there should be very few people in this world who have the experience of being swallowed whole by a young girl.
"Qiluo, do you still dare to play restricted games with elements of tentacles and young girls in the future?"
"I will definitely not touch it within a year! I don't want to play with mature women anymore!" Qiluo shuddered and said with a sad face, "My joy in life was deprived by Master Chi..."
"Restricted-rated works account for a huge proportion of the joy of your life, you otaku idol!"
“Moderate sex is good for your physical and mental health!”
Qiluo rubbed his arm and narrowed her eyes.
"Ah...I have found a sense of security. I will sleep holding Gongsun Ce's arm from now on."
"What a terrible declaration of dismemberment!"
Was Qiluo such a scary girl before?
The influence of Fallen Heaven on this child must have been too great! !
Qiluo rubbed her head for a while, then raised her head and stared at him strangely.
"What's wrong, Qiluo?"
"It's a bit strange." Qiluo blinked, "Gongsun Ce didn't let me let go this time."
"Mr. Gongsun, how ruthless must I be to push away a girl who just escaped from hell on earth?"
"This is not etiquette." Qiluo imitated his tone.
"Compared with the etiquette that others will pay attention to..." Gongsun Ce patted her head, "Of course the mood of the girl who likes me is more important, right?"
Qiluo's face turned a little red.
"Woooooooooo. Gong, Gongsun Ce, suddenly became like a handsome boy..."
I used to be very handsome, right?
Gongsun Ce pushed up his glasses and said hesitantly: "Qiluo, regarding the previously agreed upon reply..."
The idol girl put her finger in front of his lips.
"Let's wait until later." Qiluo said lively, "Gongsun Ce, let's do the most important thing first! Remember to come to Mo Yuankai's house for the celebration banquet in the evening!"
Qiluo let go of her hand and pushed him slightly toward the door. The considerate idol lady ran out of the lounge with a puff of cigarette, caught up with Maho and Ayane, and started chatting with them with her eyes closed.
Gongsun Ce took out his mobile phone and wanted to send a message to a certain female hunter, but found that the other party had already sent a message in advance, "Don't disturb me." His imagination was particularly active only at this time, and he imagined Shigurei plopping. The scene of falling on the bed almost made me laugh out loud.
Gongsun Ce replied "Wish you a sweet dream", then put away his cell phone, picked up his crutches, and walked slowly along the corridor.
It was not difficult for him to find the ward he used today among the seemingly identical doors. Even if you don't need to use telekinesis, you can still rely on observation skills. Gongsun Ce held the door handle of Ward 301 and found that the door was unlocked. He entered the ward. There was no one in the room, and the wide-open windows sent him the evening breeze.
"This guy……"
Gongsun Ce still used some superpowers to help him land safely from the third floor. He carefully observed the traces left by someone, walked along the path outside the hospital, and walked into the forest of Cangshou District.
Perhaps because the battles between the creation mages took place in their own worlds, the green grassy hilltop was lucky enough to survive today's melee. Gongsun Ce walked for about ten minutes, passed through a small forest, and found a small mound at the end of the forest.
The setting sun shines through the gaps in the leaves, casting golden light on the girl's hair. She sat on the small mound, looking at the scenery under Cangshan Mountain and the city where they lived.
Gongsun Ce stopped and shouted, "Miss, you are so elegant!"
Qin Qianbai looked back at him.
"Look, it's a questioning expression. What A Ce wants to say is actually 'the young lady is so willful'."
"The eldest lady is so willful."
"I got it."
Gongsun Ce tried to climb the mound but failed once. The eldest lady pulled him, Gongsun Ce sat down next to the girl, raised his hand and knocked her on the head.
"Don't act smug just because of such a trivial matter, you willful fellow!"
Qin Qianbai covered her head and whispered: "It hurts..."
"What a foul! You are plotting against me at this time!!" Gongsun Ce clutched his chest tightly.
Of course, it was impossible for his pitiful knuckles to cause any real harm to the eldest lady of the Qin family. However, the heartbeat mixed with guilt cannot be faked. Although it's cute, it's too foul.
When did this kid learn to lie? Who led her astray!
"It can be described as a tactical victory."
"Do I still need to use tactics to deal with a bastard like me, Mr. Gongsun?"
"If we measure it by the standard of being difficult to defeat, there is no doubt that Ace is a world-class player."
"You think too highly of me. More than three years ago, I was a shameless and naughty boy."
Qin Qianbai imagined Gongsun Ce wearing black clothes and speaking glibly, and felt a little want to laugh.
Gongsun Ce immediately added: "But, you were an excessive little girl three years ago."
"You're a libertine, how can you speak so rudely?"
Qin Qianbai poked him with one finger, and Gongsun Ce raised his hands to surrender.
"Miss, please forgive me!"
"Like a fool."
"This is what I want to say, thank you for being able to think of that Shi Po love love Tianx punch."
"A Ce, who used the Rasenx Pill, had the nerve to call me a fool." Qin Qianbai hit him on the head, "And A Ce reacted immediately."
"This is a tacit understanding. Didn't you cooperate very well when it came time to shoot the arrow in the end?"
"Speaking of this, why is it necessary to add the seal of ignorance before the double star's death?"
"This is because..." "It sounds cool when you pronounce it." "Don't rush to answer, okay!"
As before, they were having a meaningless conversation that was basically incomprehensible to others.
The sunset is about to reach the skyline, and night is approaching. Gongsun Ce put his arms around the girl's waist and pulled her closer to him.
"So, why did you suddenly think of it?"
"I want to see our city." Qin Qianbai said, "After all, we spent so much effort to protect it."
Gongsun Ce looked at the ruined city at his feet and sighed sincerely: "What have we protected..."
"After the transformation, Ace looks very much like Oxman."
"A person as small as me is still a masked warrior, and it's still gray and black."
It smells like its final form.
"Many of Masked Warrior's power-up items are harmful to the body." Qin Qianbai looked at him seriously, "Where is Ace's Nirvana Reincarnation?"
Gongsun Ce felt that there was no need to lie, so he told the truth to the girl.
"My method of communicating with the gods is designed according to the ideas given by Yan Qi. It highlights the righteousness and peace, appropriately abandons the current combat power, and focuses on the room for future growth."
"It sounds completely unrelated to actual combat performance."
"Ahem! So this thing has no harmful side effects. To be honest, the main fuel of Nirvana is my telekinesis and negative traits, so this divine communication method can only be used as a weapon in the final decisive battle." Gongsun Ce said. He made a gesture and said, "This thing will burn up the energy very quickly as soon as it is turned on. It will be exhausted after basically playing. Then there is really no way to be reincarnated a second time."
Miracles and magic always come with a price.
If you burn out all the power and still fail, there is only one way to die. After all, just being reincarnated once is already a miracle.
The eldest lady tilted her head: "What are the negative traits?"
"It's similar to negative emotions. Such as malice, ignorance, madness, desire for destruction, desire for self-destruction... This is a collection of concepts on the negative side." Gongsun Ce pushed up his glasses, "After all, Mr. Gongsun, I am a person full of negative emotions. A guy with energy, if you want to move forward, you have to make changes."
"Then if Nirvana is used too much..." Qin Qianbai said worriedly, "Wouldn't Ace become a just, sunny, cheerful and brave person?"
"That's too scary!" Gongsun Ce screamed.
"Just thinking about it makes me feel chills in my back..."
"No, absolutely not. That kind of person looks good and is actually very good, but he is really not suitable for Mr. Gongsun and me." Gongsun Ce shook his head, "And without using the magic method, I don't have that Such super-standard strength. I can’t extend my existence to distant places, and I can’t use those magical powers anymore. My normal output now is just a little stronger than before.”
Qin Qianbai gestured with two fingers: "A little bit."
"Well, just a little." Gongsun Ce emphasized.
The two of them were quiet for a while, looking at the setting sun.
"Just now, I had a very despicable thought." Qin Qianbai said, "It's great to think that A Ce is not always so strong."
"Why?"
"Being able to burst out with strong fighting power at a critical moment will make people feel at ease. However, if Ace is always so powerful, it will feel like Ace has gone to a very far away place. He is right next to him, but he has to It's out of reach." Qin Qianbai grabbed his hand, "This is a very despicable idea, because the stronger A Ce is, the better. But, I still think so...it's despicable."
"No, I can understand." Gongsun Ce said, "Just like your martial arts training, the higher the better. But if one day you really reach Qin Ming's level and become the best warrior in the world, then I will also feel Quite disturbing.
I would think that Qin Qianbai is already invincible, which is great, but is that silly girl who lives next to my house still there? Will she come back? Will she watch animations and play games with me, a student?
This is a change, Miss. We all change, we all fear change, and therefore we all don’t want to grow up. "
He held the girl's hand, interlocking his fingers, and listened to her voice.
"However, being able to say these words means that Ace and I have also grown, right?"
In the past, they would probably have kept these emotions deep in their hearts.
"I think so, or maybe we are all still immature young people." Gongsun Ce said, "But so what? There is still a long way to go, and we can move forward step by step... When I become more powerful , you must have become more powerful. Maybe I am stronger than you now, maybe you will be stronger than me in the future, but one thing will not change, no matter what."
"What is that, Ace?"
The setting sun gradually sank on the other side of the sky, and the last ray of light was about to disappear. The day is coming to an end, but the scene at this moment is like the sun is about to rise, like a new light is about to appear.
Gongsun Ce turned his head and stared at the girl's face.
"I will definitely be by your side." He said, "I will definitely be with you all the time, Qin Qianbai."
The girl looked at him motionless: "Why, Gongsun Ce?"
"because I like you."
The last ray of light left towards the other side, and the changing time seemed to take away all the brilliance in the world. But there was still light in his eyes, a light brighter than the sun. The corners of the girl's lips trembled and raised upwards, like the melting of glaciers accumulated over thousands of years, and tender green shoots growing on the long-frozen land.
He thought he would never be able to forget this scene in his life, because there were always some things that would not fade under the erosion of time, just like her smile at this moment.
Qin Qianbai smiled and said, "I like you too."
They held each other tightly in the darkness, embracing each other's light.
(End of Volume 4)
