The roaring gale and lightning swirled around them, forcing everyone to retreat. Fang Zheng gestured to Kurumi, who nodded and took out the musket in her hand. Based on Fang Zheng's experience, the Spirits he had encountered had all lost their memories after being transformed, including Nia, Kurumi, and Yoshino.
Fang Zheng was not entirely sure about the other Spirits, but for now, it seemed that Spirit Crystals could cause memory loss. Of course, Fang Zheng had made preparations for that possibility.
After a while, the thunder gradually faded away. At the same time, a figure slowly emerged from the lightning and storm.
She was a beautiful girl with long purple hair. Yuki no longer looked like she had been on her deathbed. Instead, she had taken on a form nearly identical to how she had looked in the Game World. Even her Spirit Dress looked like the outfit Yuki had worn during the final boss battle in the game... Well, perhaps some details had changed, but overall, it was not much different.
Then, under everyone's watchful eyes, Yuki slowly opened her eyes and looked at them.
"Yuki, how do you feel now?"
Fang Zheng stepped forward with a smile on his face, while also preparing himself in case she suddenly attacked.
"Do you know who I am?"
"..."
Yuki did not answer Fang Zheng right away. She stood there blankly, looking over everyone one by one before softly speaking.
"Brother Fang Zheng... I... this is..."
"You still remember me."
Hearing Yuki's reply, Fang Zheng breathed a sigh of relief.
"Then do you remember the people behind me?"
"Of course. Sister Asuna, Sister Black Cat, and Sister Eriri..."
As she spoke, Yuki raised her hand again, clenched it tightly, then released it before clenching it once more. She stared blankly