Soyo Kneels / The Intruder, Wakaba Mutsuki!

"Hurry up!" Nagasaki Sose looked at Riki.

Riki extended her palm.

Nagasaki Sose placed her small hand on Riki's hand, feeling the warmth emanating from her palm. It seemed that the fact that girls' body temperature was slightly higher than boys' was not an illusion.

Nagasaki Sose took her fingers between Riki's fingers, looked at him and said softly, "Will this make it a little warmer?"

But isn't this way of holding hands a bit too intimate?

Riki tried to pull her hand away, but Nagasaki Sose grabbed it.

Wow, that's powerful and effective.

"I won't let go." Nagasaki Sose blushed in the night breeze, looking straight at Riki. "You and Sakiko hold hands like this, right? Then I want to hold hands like this too."

Riki was forced to walk hand in hand with Nagasaki Sose Sue on the street.

"Hey, stop making that face!" Nagasaki Sose pouted angrily.

"Who told you to do this so suddenly!"

"It's not surprising at all," Nagasaki Sose suddenly said, lowering her eyes. "Isn't my feeling obvious?"

Riki looked at Nagasaki Sose.

"I won't let go, even if it's Sakiko," Nagasaki Sose said softly. "I want to be the most important person in your heart."

"If I absolutely have to give a reason..."

"Riki, I feel so much for you..."

Nagasaki Sose turned her head to look, only to find that Riki, who had been beside her just moments before, had disappeared without a trace, leaving only the slightly chilly night wind on the street.

"It's gone."

Nagasaki Sose murmured, standing there blankly.

Come to think of it, such a thing does happen. Sakiko encountered something similar before; Riki suddenly disappeared and no one knew when she would return.

Nagasaki Sose knew, but she kept herself from thinking about it because she was afraid that she would do something rash if she encountered such a situation.

But when reality was laid bare before her, her mind shattered, and she couldn't even control her thoughts.

What if... I never see Riki again in my entire life?

Back home, lying in bed, Nagasaki Sose stared blankly at the ceiling.

"Riki will definitely come for me. As long as I'm injured, he'll definitely come to protect me, definitely..."

She hugged her teddy bear tightly, curled up on the bed, with an unopened fruit knife on the table, and the moonlight outside the window was rather cold.

Chapter 82 Su Shi Kneels

Riki's heart skipped a beat when she saw the scenery suddenly transform into her familiar home.

He wasn't unprepared for suddenly being transported back home, but he was just about to talk to Nagasaki Sose about the time travel when he was suddenly back home!

What worries Riki the most right now is Nagasaki Sose.

Before this, Sakiko had already experienced Riki's one-way time travel once. Although he had broken down once, he cheered up after seeing Riki again. He should be prepared this time as well.

This is the first time Nagasaki Sose has experienced all of this, and given her past lack of companionship, it's hard to imagine how she feels right now.

If Nagasaki Sose were heartless enough to think that Riki being thrown into subspace and dying was something to celebrate with champagne, that would be fine. But judging from her recent direct approach to Riki, she might already consider him the most trustworthy person besides her mother. The sudden collapse of one of these two pillars could instantly make her mentally fragile.

Riki felt a chill run down her spine when she thought of Sakiko's experience last time.

Although Sakiko didn't elaborate, Riki could guess what she was planning to do at the Sky Tree. If she hadn't called in time, she probably would have found a pile of Sakiko after traveling back in time.

You women who Heavy Woman have gone too far.

Riki was drenched in sweat.

We must first contact Nagasaki Sose.

"Phone..." Riki hurriedly took out the only tool that could communicate between the two worlds, but after dialing the number, there was only a series of waiting tones, and there was no sign of the call being connected.

Damn it, I should have bought the leading stock.

This phone is really unreliable.

Riki sat on the sofa and sighed. It was the same last time. Was it possible that she couldn't be contacted for a period of time after each time travel?

Nagasaki Sose... is she alright?

The first day after Riki disappeared.

Nagasaki Sose sat quietly in her classroom seat, lost in thought, looking uneasy.

"Nagasaki-san, are you listening to my lecture?" The stern homeroom teacher frowned slightly, and only after repeating it several times did Nagasaki Sose finally get her attention.

"I'm so sorry, teacher..." Nagasaki Sose quickly stood up.

Seeing her uneasy face, the homeroom teacher softened her stern tone a little. "If you're not feeling well, go to the infirmary."

Nagasaki Sose had always been a well-behaved student, so her homeroom teacher was very lenient with her. Moreover, she was aware of her family background, and she always treated students like this with strict care.

No, that's alright.

Nagasaki Sose shook her head slightly, sat down, and stared blankly at the blackboard.

What if Riki never returns after this time travel?

The thought of it made Nagasaki Sose tremble. She gripped her shaking arms tightly, her heart feeling like a broken box, with unease creeping in like the cold of an iceberg.

She suddenly had an idea.

Sakiko... Sakiko has this kind of experience, she must know!

After waiting for a long time in front of Haneoka High School, Nagasaki Sose finally saw the slender, blue-haired beauty slowly walking out of the school building.

Toyokawa Sakiko saw that she didn't stop walking and continued forward.

"Sakiko-chan, wait a minute, I have something I want to ask you!" Nagasaki Sose quickly followed and said.

"Could you please not come to see me wearing the Tsukinomori school uniform? The students around here are all watching," Toyokawa Sakiko said calmly.

"No, it's because Riki suddenly disappeared, and I'm afraid I'll never see him again, so I want to know when he will come back. If it's Sakiko, she must know, right?" Nagasaki Sose quickly said.

Toyokawa Sakiko paused, turned to look at Nagasaki Sose, who looked uneasy, and finally sighed, "I don't know when Riki will come back, or perhaps he will never come back."

"How... how could this be? Sakiko-chan, you must be lying to me, right?!" Nagasaki Sose grabbed Sakiko's hand and knelt down almost pleadingly, her voice trembling with anxiety.

"I'm not lying to you. I don't know more than you do," Toyokawa Sakiko said.

"Then why are you so calm, Sakiko? You must like Riki just like me!"

Toyokawa Sakiko lowered her eyes. "Because after the last time, I made up my mind. Riki likes the strong me, the indomitable me, the beautiful me... So I swear that if I encounter such a problem again, I will not be confused anymore. The weak me of the past is dead. I will wait forever, no matter how long it takes, Riki comes back."

"But I can't wait!" Nagasaki Sose exclaimed excitedly, "This is just too illogical!"

Toyokawa Sakiko sighed deeply, concealing the impatience in her eyes, and said, "You're completely only thinking about yourself."

"Huh?"

Toyokawa Sakiko looked directly at Nagasaki Sose: "Are you the only one who feels uneasy? Have you never considered that Riki might be afraid in the face of something so illogical? After all, he's only two years older than us. Have you really thought about whether he might be afraid?"

Nagasaki Sose was stunned.

She truly hadn't considered it, because Riki had always protected her and cared for her; how could someone as capable as him be afraid?

"I have nothing more to say to you, please let go," Toyokawa Sakiko said calmly. "I still have to go to work."

Nagasaki Sose weakly let go of Toyokawa Sakiko's hand, slumped to the ground, and trembled as she hugged her own arm.

Riki... may never appear in front of her again.

The person who will always be by my side to protect me.

The person I like.

Riki.

Nagasaki Sose hadn't been to school for a week. She was curled up, hugging a teddy bear, her eyes vacant. The room, with the curtains drawn, was dim.

Mom didn't come back because of work, and no one from the school came to look for her even though she was on sick leave. Also... Riki didn't come either.

Nagasaki Sose clutched the teddy bear tightly.

No, no... Riki will definitely protect me.

He said he would come to my side no matter what happens to me.

His absence now must mean I haven't been hurt yet.

So...

Nagasaki Sose sat up in bed, her eyes fixed on the fruit knife on the table. She picked it up, removed the sheath to reveal the sharp, uncut blade inside, and her pupils trembled. Anxiety and anticipation flashed in her eyes, finally turning into deep longing.

If it were Riki, she would definitely come to protect me.

She hugged the teddy bear, pulled open her pajamas to reveal her fair and slender arms, and saw pale blue veins on her delicate and beautiful arms.

Nagasaki Sose slowly pressed the blade against her wrist, her eyes vacant, her breathing growing heavier.

If I do that, Riki will come to save me.

The alarm clock rang--

Nagasaki Sose looked up at the alarm clock on the table, hesitated for a moment, put down the fruit knife, walked over and gently tapped the alarm clock button to turn it off.

Suddenly, she paused, her gaze falling on her diary on the shelf. It seemed her diary hadn't been kept there before.

Reaching out to take it down, Nagasaki Sose opened her diary and suddenly froze.

On the very day she made the fish soup, under the diary entry where she smugly belittled Riki, there was a familiar handwriting that was written a few days later.

"How embarrassing, just you wait."

Riki's handwriting.

Nagasaki Sose collapsed onto the floor, almost crying, clutching her diary tightly as tears streamed down her face and fell onto the floor.

"Yes, I'll wait," she said, sobbing.

Chapter 83 The Invader Wakaba Mutsuki!

After several unsuccessful attempts to make a phone call, Riki began looking for other solutions.

My phone is a regular iPhone 14 in Cool Blue. It wasn't originally designed to make calls across worlds. It's just a mass-produced phone that's similar in precision to other phones from other factories, without the refinement of a Japanese phone guru.

In other words, what's actually amazing isn't the phone itself, but rather the time travel aspect that makes it amazing.

So, let's change our perspective. Perhaps we can't practice on our phones right now, but other things affected by time travel can?

Riki wasn't sure if her idea was right, but to prevent Nagasaki Heavy Woman from rushing into the underworld, she had to take action and start searching the room.

"Damn it, what exactly turned into Miaomiao's tool?" Riki cursed as she searched.

Next time we travel through time, let's call that big golden guy over. That Fifth Evil God definitely has a way.

Suddenly, his eyes caught sight of the sheet music for his composition, "The Wedding," and he opened it on a whim... Well, it was still his own handwriting.

He casually placed it on the table, when suddenly he seemed to catch a glimpse of the handwriting on the notebook. He flipped it open from the bottom, and the handwriting was neat and beautiful, almost like the image of a well-educated young girl quietly writing in her diary at a table.

Riki hadn't seen Nagasaki Sose's handwriting many times, since only Rikki often gave him little notes.

But he certainly wouldn't mistake the names and experiences listed above.

"Is this Su Shi's diary?"

Riki flipped through the diary and was immediately shocked.