Face the Gale! / Your Name Is Hayate Yagami? Then Is Your Brother Named Iori Yagami?

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Facing Hayate!

Nanoha and Fate got along even more smoothly than expected. After all, the two of them were now in the same position.

Precia no longer craved the Seeds of the Holy Stone. The only thing she needed now was to find a way to return Alicia to her original body. Chu Chen had also said that Alicia had only become like this through his methods, and he would be responsible for finding a way to return her to her original body. It would just take some time.

Precia said she was not overly concerned about that. As long as Alicia could stay by her side forever, that was enough. However, Chu Chen had also said that if Alicia could not return to her original body, she probably would never grow up for the rest of her life. After all, Alicia was now a Heroic Spirit. Had anyone ever seen a Heroic Spirit grow normally like a human?

Alicia said she absolutely did not want to remain a child forever. Otherwise, when Fate grew as tall as her mother Precia in the future, if she and Fate went out together, how would they look like sisters? They would clearly look like a mother and daughter! Alicia did not want that!

Although Precia said that even if her daughter remained like this for the rest of her life, she would not mind.

That would be even better. Alicia could keep snuggling in her arms and acting spoiled...

Chu Chen was speechless at that. Precia's way of thinking truly left him with nothing to say.

"Brother Chu Chen, why don't we go find Sister Nanoha and collect the Seeds of the Holy Stone with her... With your help, wouldn't things be much easier for Sister Nanoha...?"

As Alicia walked down the street with Chu Chen, she could not help complaining to him.

Chu Chen had already been in this world for a day. He had stayed in the Time Garden last night.

After all, Chu Chen did not have a place of his own in this world, and Precia had also intended to keep him overnight.

Incidentally, Chu Chen had received the rewards from the six people in the System Network last night. But honestly, when he saw Alicia's rewards, even he could not help feeling speechless.

Heroic Spirit Foundation ×1, Mana Core scale +1, Title: Favor of the White Devil, Title: One Ruled by the Mother of the White Devil, Title: Loli Charm, Title: Sister's Authority, Personal Skill +1, Character Template: Takamachi Nanoha (skills gained after fusion also counted as rewards), Attribute: Big Sister

Damn, she was practically a title master. Almost all of her rewards were titles...

And it had to be said, those title rewards were all incredibly useful! She could summon the White Devil, gain Fate's abilities, and even fuse titles to form a character template, directly obtaining one-quarter of the other person's combat strength.

Even one-quarter of Nanoha's combat strength was a powerful boost for Alicia...

Looking at the numerous rewards, Chu Chen fell silent for a moment before finally complaining.

"Damn, most of these rewards don't fit my style at all... At least give me Brother's Authority or Shota Charm... If I picked Loli Charm, my whole style would change..."

Silently, Chu Chen chose the Character Template: Takamachi Nanoha. Playing around with Magic Cannons sounded pretty interesting too.

Congratulations, you have obtained the Character Template: Takamachi Nanoha. You may choose to directly extract Takamachi Nanoha's attributes, skills, and abilities without changing your appearance. (Of course, if the host wants to cross-dress, the system naturally has no objections.)

Cross-dressing was impossible. He would never cross-dress in this lifetime!

Chu Chen silently chose direct extraction. He had not forgotten that he still had a Magical Girl Transformation Card in his hand!

Once was enough! The second time could get the hell out!

Character Template: Takamachi Nanoha is in an upgradeable state. After upgrading, it will fuse together all the power possessed by Takamachi Nanoha across every Worldline's past, present, and future. Upgrade?

Chu Chen silently fused the Takamachi Nanoha character template into his body. In an instant, the System Creator changed once more.

"This is... the Template System... But it's grayed out and can't be selected. I still can't create it?"

Chu Chen could not help curling his lip. Could the system of this creation system come out and show itself? At least tell him how to activate this thing! Of course, he knew the hope in his heart was unlikely to come true...

"Looks like I'll have to research this thing myself..."

After silently grumbling in his heart, Chu Chen began to feel the power that had fused into his body.

Feeling that power, Chu Chen could not help complaining again. The power of every version of Nanoha had fused into his body: Nanoha during the Seed of the Holy Stone era, Nanoha during the Book of Darkness era, Nanoha during the JS era, Nanoha during the Crown Prince boxing era...

And so on and so forth. Nanoha's magical power from every stage had gathered together. Chu Chen even suspected that this magical power had surpassed that of Yuli, the Violet Sky Alliance Leader—the strongest in Nanoha World... Dark King Diachi had claimed to possess power capable of affecting the life activities of an entire planet. Chu Chen felt that he could do the same now.

"Brother Chu Chen..."

Chu Chen, who had been thinking about how to activate the Template System, was suddenly jolted awake by Alicia's call.

Last night, he had actually focused mainly on the Template System.

"What is it?" Chu Chen looked at Alicia in front of him with a baffled expression.

"I've been asking you why we aren't going to find Sister Nanoha and collect the Seeds of the Holy Stone together?"

Something that even Chu Chen found a little amusing was that Nanoha and Fate's relationship was not yet as good as it had been in the original story, but Alicia had an extraordinarily favorable impression of Nanoha. It seemed she had been completely conquered by Nanoha's Magic Cannons.

Alicia had now completely become Nanoha's fan.

If their relationship had to be described with a title, it would probably be—

I Wanted to Be Friends with Fate, but Became Fate's Sister's Older Sister First...

"You and Fate are already close enough. Let Fate get along with Nanoha properly..."

With Chu Chen's intervention, Nanoha and Fate's relationship was much better than it had been at this point in the original story, but...

It was precisely because of that that their relationship had not skyrocketed like a rocket the moment they met, as it had in the original story.

After all, Nanoha's insistence on communicating with Fate no matter what had been one of the reasons their relationship ultimately soared in the original story.

Nanoha and Fate had only met twice now. Where would that kind of obsession come from...

"Ugh... I suppose that's true..."

Alicia immediately lowered her head dejectedly. But at that moment—

A girl in a wheelchair slowly appeared from around the corner ahead, while Alicia failed to notice her.

The girl in the wheelchair immediately felt as though her wheelchair had bumped into something, so she hurriedly spoke.

"I'm sorry..."

The girl had short brown hair that reached her ears, and her beautiful eyes looked anxiously ahead.

Meanwhile, Chu Chen pulled the still-shaken Alicia protectively into his arms, looking at the girl before him with a rather strange expression.

Well, now the Big Three were all here!

Gentlemen! Face Hayate!

You're Yagami Hayate? Then Is Your Brother Yagami Iori?

The TSAB's Big Three—Takamachi Nanoha, Fate Testarossa, and Yagami Hayate...

The White Devil, Takamachi Nanoha!

The Golden Reaper, Fate Testarossa!

The Demon King of the Night Sky, Yagami Hayate!

These three could be said to be the three most famous figures in the TSAB in the future.

But Yagami Hayate was still a child about Nanoha's age.

And Yagami Hayate had not yet reached the turning point of her Fate.

"Did I hurt either of you...?" Yagami Hayate, seated in her wheelchair, looked nervously at the two people before her.

However, she did not think her wheelchair could have hit Chu Chen, who clearly looked like an adult. Her attention was mainly on the little girl in Chu Chen's arms. She was a kind child by nature and did not want to hurt anyone.

"Alicia is fine, so don't worry..."

Chu Chen shook his head. The moment he saw her, his dark eyes lit up slightly.

He had originally intended to find Yagami Hayate, but he had not expected to run into her so soon.

Chu Chen had already marked Fate, and he had also marked Nanoha when he saw her earlier today.

Oh, right. Chu Chen had not told Nanoha about the Seeds of the Holy Stone. He had also asked Fate not to tell Nanoha about the Seeds of the Holy Stone in his possession. After he finished researching them, Chu Chen would personally give them to Nanoha.

The magical power within Chu Chen's body was now unimaginably vast. Mere Seeds of the Holy Stone could not do anything to him.

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I should have watched where I was going..."

Alicia obediently lowered her head and apologized to Yagami Hayate.

She knew that she, not the girl before her, bore the main responsibility for what had happened.

"It's all right, it's all right. I was only startled. I wasn't hurt, was I?"

Yagami Hayate wore a gentle smile, with no trace of anger on her face.

On the contrary, she was very interested in the man-and-girl pair before her. Hayate had always been happy to make friends, but her circumstances made it difficult for her to find sincere friends...

"My name is Yagami Hayate. What are your names? Could you tell me...?"

As she spoke, Yagami Hayate put on a bright smile.

"You're Yagami Hayate? So you don't happen to have an older brother named Yagami Iori, a younger brother named Yagami Taichi, and a younger sister named Yagami Hikari, do you...?" Chu Chen could not help teasing. Yagami Hayate was left completely bewildered.

Yagami Iori? Yagami Taichi? Yagami Hikari? Who were those people...

Ding! Selection has begun! Selection time: 1 minute.

A certain future Night Sky Breast-Grabbing King wishes to establish the honorific name of this system's host. Host, choose:

1. As the host of this system, how can you lack initiative when introducing yourself? Please speak with overwhelming momentum while striking a cool pose: "Ho ho ho ho... Beyond the other side of Fate, we have finally met. My name is Alicia Testarossa, the future Demon King of the Night Sky. The Golden Flash has awaited you here for a long time!"

2. As the host of this system, you naturally cannot lose to your younger sister Fate when it comes to making friends. Please say, "My name is Alicia Testarossa. Hayate, can I be friends with you?" Then learn Nanoha's friendship-making style: If you won't listen to me, take a Magic Cannon first, and then you'll become my good friend!

Selection rewards: Selection 1: Obtain 10% of Fate Testarossa's magical power.

Selection 2: Template: Takamachi Nanoha level increases from 25% to 50%.

Haibara Ai: "You can tell at a glance that the first option is pure chuunibyou!"

Alicia Testarossa: "When I saw the second option, I thought my system had finally become normal for once. But then I saw the rest of it—it wants me to fire a Magic Cannon at Hayate..."

Administrator: "If you fire that Magic Cannon, the Friendship Cannon will turn into a Friendship-Ending Cannon..."

Chu Chen watched this scene with amusement. Hayate in her current state could not withstand a Magic Cannon.

And besides... what the hell was that first option? Golden Flash was Namikaze Minato's nickname, wasn't it?

But then again, Namikaze Minato was quite the chuunibyou himself... Those lines suited him perfectly...

Alicia Testarossa: "Big sisters and Brother Chu Chen, what should I choose? I really want to choose option one, but I can't say it out loud... It feels like option one is... so embarrassing..."

Alicia immediately flushed red and fidgeted in front of Yagami Hayate, leaving Hayate thoroughly confused.

"My name is Chu Chen... Her name is..."

One minute has elapsed. Option two has been automatically selected for the host.

This system will automatically control the host to carry out the selected action.

Then Alicia skipped over to Hayate and spoke.

"My name is Alicia Testarossa. Hayate, can I be friends with you?"

Hearing that, Hayate froze slightly. After a brief silence, she finally revealed a brilliant smile.

"Of course you can!"

Alicia immediately tilted her head. The system had suddenly released control of her body, leaving her face full of curiosity.

Alicia Testarossa: "Eh! Why did the system suddenly release my body?"

Haibara Ai: "It's simple, Alicia... Look carefully at what your system's option said..."

Administrator: "It said if she wouldn't listen to you... Since she agreed to be your friend, there was no need for the Friendship Cannon to come online. Nanoha fires Magic Cannons at people who won't listen to her. If you fired one at people who listen to you too, it really would become a Friendship-Ending Cannon, okay..."

Alicia Testarossa: "I see!"

Looking at Chu Chen and Alicia before her, the girl named Yagami Hayate asked slowly with a kind smile.

"What is the relationship between you two? Are you siblings?"

"I know Alicia's mother. I'm taking Alicia around the area today. Alicia's older sister and her friend have their own activities, and Alicia's mother also has her own matters to attend to, so I brought Alicia out to have fun..."

That was indeed the case. Fate and Nanoha had gone to collect the Seeds of the Holy Stone, while Precia...

Chu Chen had explained the concept of Heroic Spirits to Precia. Since Precia also wanted to contribute to Alicia's resurrection, Chu Chen would not stop her. Perhaps she really could discover something.

However, Chu Chen had also told her not to use magic too much. Otherwise, her body, which had only just started improving, would worsen again.

"What about you, Hayate? Why are you out alone... Where is your family?" Alicia looked at her curiously.

She had noticed that Hayate was carrying a basket of groceries, as though she had just gone shopping and was heading home.

At that, a trace of gloom flashed across Hayate's face.

"It's just me at home..."

"Sorry... I didn't mean to, Hayate..."