Kosma: What's Going On?

The investigation mission is over, and the remaining matters are not for Zhu Yufeng and the others to handle. As combat personnel, they are only responsible for investigating the specific circumstances of this extremely small-scale Honkai. Once the logistics team of the Fire Moth arrives and completes the resupply, they can return to the Fire Moth. If even the subsequent arrangements require their participation, then the Fire Moth might as well cease to exist and let the combat personnel handle such matters.

Although it seems that even experimental subjects like Mobius were forced to go to the battlefield in the later stages of the previous battle... that was out of necessity, since even among experimental subjects, Mobius was one of the few remaining combatants compared to the others.

Before boarding the transport plane back to their hometown, Zhu Yufeng found Kosma again and said, "Kosma, about you and Disaster..."

"Feng, I think my stance is quite clear," Kosma said.

Zhu Yufeng glanced at Pardo, who was still comforting Disaster, and said, "No, you're just running away. 'Those who walk different paths cannot make plans together,' that saying is true, and it's not necessarily true. Have you ever truly understood Disaster?"

"I..." Kosma was about to say that he had grown up with Disaster since childhood, and that he didn't know Disaster well? But then he quickly remembered that he hadn't been able to discover Disaster's inner turmoil and depression the previous night, so he didn't argue.

"There are also conflicts between Elysia and me, Eleventh Herrscher Incident is still a barrier between us." Zhu Yufeng said to Kosma, "However, we understand each other the Present and know why we did what we did, so... although I am not sure if this barrier will disappear in the future, or if it will always remain, at least Elysia and I are still friends."

Although perhaps this relationship has already gone beyond friendship.

Did he hate Elysia for the Tragedy of Binding? Of course, he didn't deny it, and he even confessed it to Elysia during that vacation. From Elysia's perspective, she wasn't wrong.

Her judgment was based on human reason.

After all, the idea of using a large number of foreign life units to bring the power of the Herrscher of Binding to its limit is only a possibility, a theory, for everyone except him.

For others, the failure of this plan would have unimaginable consequences.

At this moment, his judgment cannot be described by human reason, but rather by the arrogance of an observer. He is an observer from outside the world, and therefore he is more unrestrained than others.

After they both confessed to each other, their relationship became much closer than before. Although he hadn't told Elysia his biggest secret—that he was an observer—at least Elysia knew why he had done what he did.

Kosma remained silent.

(Feng is right, I... yes, I am indeed running away the Present. Before, I avoided talking about it. But after admitting to Feng that I had special feelings for Disaster, I became much more open about this, but I also had more concerns... If I were to confess my feelings to Disaster, the Eighth Herrscher Incident would always be a reality I couldn't avoid... I'm just afraid, I'm running away from the future that I might not be able to bear. Different paths, different minds, that's certainly one reason, but... actually, the bigger reason is that I'm just running away.)

Zhu Yufeng turned around and boarded the transport plane. "Anyway, that's all I have to say. No matter what you think, remember that you still have a few years before you the Present an adult. Fire Moth don't recommend early relationships."

He could tell from Kosma's attitude that he was right. After all, he had been in the same predicament as Kosma, so he could only empathize with him.

He no longer intends to run away, but he also doesn't intend to face it; to put it bluntly, he chooses to give up.

After all, the difference between him and Kosma is that he knows and understands the feelings that Lilith and Elysia have for him, and he cannot make a choice, so he gives up.

As for Kosma, that's all he could do as a senior. Whether he continues to run away, faces the situation, or takes it one step at a time like Kosma did and gives up is up to him.

Kosma: "..."

Was that last part unnecessary? What's with all this talk about puppy love? Kaede is really something, getting serious and then suddenly going off-topic? Okay, I guess I've come to realize once again how different Kaede is from the one I remembered from the last time.

So... if Feng, as the leader, is like this, are the Fallen Angel he leads also like this?

With mixed feelings, Kosma boarded the transport plane back to China.

Along the way, no one spoke much, since there were two teenagers throwing a tantrum, and they didn't want to say anything.

With Elysia's permission, Zhu Yufeng retrieved his phone and immediately created a group chat to start chatting.

Zhu Yufeng: "Pardofelis, Pardo, I asked you and Sakura to handle that matter today. Did it cause any discomfort?"

Pardo looked at the message on her phone, then typed a reply with some difficulty, "I'm fine, Brother Yu Feng. Uh... I should be alright, after all, these kinds of things never happen often in Dusk Street."

Pardo didn't receive any systematic education from a young age, so she didn't know many characters. That's why she accidentally signed the surgical consent form and became Fusion Warrior. Later, she gradually learned some things, and during this time, Disaster taught her some more. Although there are still some parts of normal reading that she can't understand, she can at least figure out the general meaning. Because of this, she types very slowly.

Sakura also typed. "Pardo is stronger than I thought. Although the woman who suddenly turned into Honkai zombie on the way startled her, it turns out that Feng, your decision was right. If we had been a step later, the Honkai zombie soldiers might have caused even greater damage."

Zhu Yufeng: "Don't tell Disaster about this yet."

Kevin: "@Maple, what are you planning to do next?"

Zhu Yufeng: "This is their own business. Until they figure things out, none of us can help them."

Kevin: "I'm not just talking about this. Regarding Lilith, do you still have no plans?"

Zhu Yufeng: "..."

Kevin: "In terms of force, Qianjie can assist us. We just need to set a specific date for the operation."

Su: "Kevin, when did you go to see Qianjie?"

Elysia: "Kevin, I'm still in the group chat."

Zhu Yufeng: "After the Fourth Herrscher incident, I will arrange to bring Lilith back."

Elysia: "???"

Although Kevin's purpose might be to create a romantic pairing, Lilith's wisdom dictates that this is indeed necessary in her future plans. Therefore, this time Zhu Yufeng chose to respond to Kevin directly.

Kosma felt the air was too silent. He knew everyone was like this because of him and Disaster. He looked around. Sakura, Pardo, Zhu Yufeng, and Elysia were sitting opposite him. Kevin and Su were between him and Disaster.

Su seemed to be communicating with the director of the research institute, but Su's expression seemed a bit off. Could it be that she encountered some problem?

Kevin was also typing on his phone.

(It should be... sending a message to Mei, right? I heard that lovers like to do this.)

He glanced at the three women and one man across from him, all looking down at their phones, Kosma felt a little confused.

As for Zhu Yufeng and Elysia, Kosma knew why they were using their phones. Elysia was probably there to flirt with Mobius, while Zhu Yufeng was probably there to check on the progress of the experiment with Vill-V.

What's the deal with Ke Ying and Pardo?

Could it be that Sakura was sending a message to her younger sister?

What about Pardo? Surely she can't be practicing typing?

Kosma then saw Elysia suddenly glare at Zhu Yufeng with a sullen expression, and then reached out and confiscated Zhu Yufeng's phone.

Kosma: "..."

(Could they have created a separate chat group?)