After falling asleep, the expressions on Raiden Mei and Kiana's faces grew increasingly strange.
Then, two hours later—both of them suddenly woke up at the same time, drenched in cold sweat and gasping for air.
"Ha... ha... ha... Was it just a dream?"
"Strange... Why did I dream about those things...?"
The moment the two suddenly woke up, Gu Yu snapped his eyes open.
"Damn, I forgot..."
He stiffly turned his head toward Kiana and Raiden Mei, immediately inspecting their condition.
Well, both of them were mentally...
Fine, that wasn't the point.
After confirming that the expressions on their faces did not carry any strange killing intent, Gu Yu let out a sigh of relief.
When he had told them to rest earlier, Gu Yu had not thought much of it. It was only after their cries just now that he remembered something.
In the past, Sirin, the Second Herrscher, had seized the Herrscher of Thunder's core—the Conquest Gem—and made it her own.
Although the defeated Sirin had lost everything in the Second Honkai War, Gu Yu had not forgotten how terrifying Herrscher Cores were.
Sirin, who had once obtained the Conquest Gem, was currently lying dormant inside Kiana's body.
If the Conquest Gem within Raiden Mei came into contact with Sirin, then a little incident occurring was perfectly normal.
"Whew, did the two cores resonate after gathering together?"
"Good thing it didn't lead to a disaster."
After muttering to himself, Gu Yu picked up two bottles of mineral water from the table and walked over, placing one in each of their hands.
"Now that you're awake, get ready to move. Though before that..."
"Kaslana, Raiden, find somewhere to... change your clothes..."
Upon hearing Gu Yu's words, the two girls, who had been in terrible shape just moments ago, noticed the problem only after accepting the water.
"Ah! Pervert!"
"Turn around! Turn around now!"
Seeing the school uniforms on their bodies, both girls immediately blushed, cried out, and backed away a short distance.
"Ha, I knew this would happen."
Having already turned his head away, Gu Yu scratched the back of his head, then walked straight to the door and left the room.
"Hurry up."
"Hmph, Elder Brother Gu is a huge pervert too!"
After unhappily taking a change of clothes from her backpack, Kiana blushed and glared at the door before beginning to change out of her school uniform.
"Is that so?"
Raiden Mei also took out her clothes. Looking at them in her hands, she fell into deep thought.
She could feel that both she and Kiana had been in terrible condition when they first woke up.
But after Gu Yu's interruption, Raiden Mei looked at Kiana's slightly irritated expression and suddenly felt that something was off.
After this little disturbance, the two had clearly forgotten that awful feeling for the moment.
Even when Raiden Mei recalled everything she had seen in her dream, she no longer desperately wanted to ask Gu Yu what had happened on the rooftop, unlike when she had first woken up.
It felt like he had deliberately interrupted us?
Or was that just my imagination?
After closing the door, Gu Yu saw an unfriendly emotion in Bronya's eyes as she stood outside.
"What's wrong, Mr. Pervert? If you want to peep, you can still look through the peephole and get a few more glimpses."
"No matter what you do, Bronya won't tell~ on~ you~"
Hearing the girl's utterly flat tone, Gu Yu clearly detected the mockery in it.
But right now, he could no longer be bothered to argue with Bronya over such trivial matters.
"Listen, brat."
Leaning against the railing, Gu Yu looked at the sun gradually rising in the dawn and spoke indifferently.
"I don't know whether you truly have amnesia or are faking it, but at least for now, we're in the same boat."
"I don't want to die here, and you still have someone important waiting for you to save them. So I don't want anyone dragging us down during our escape. Therefore..."
"—If you do anything that holds us back or betray us, I won't mind killing you outright."
"Bronya understands, per~vert~ big~ brother~"
Hearing Gu Yu's words filled with killing intent, Bronya replied with equal solemnity.
"Bronya thinks the same. If Big Brother betrays Bronya along the way, Bronya will never forgive you."
"Then that's settled."
After reaching an understanding, Gu Yu took the initiative and extended his right hand.
"What are you doing?"
Seeing Gu Yu's gesture, Bronya looked at him in confusion.
"Bronya does not understand this gesture."
"Although I'm very unhappy about what you did before, let's call a truce with a handshake for now."
Letting out a soft breath, Gu Yu spoke as if trying to sound relaxed.
"We're both amnesiacs, so until we leave Changkong City, let's get along properly as fellow amnesiacs for a while."
"Is that so? Bronya understands."
After looking at Gu Yu's gesture and thinking for a few seconds, Bronya took his right hand.
"Only for this period, Pervert Big Brother."
"If you dare betray Bronya during this time..."
"Bronya will never let you go for the rest of her life."
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