Kanzaki Rin ignored the useless Fox, keeping her eyes fixed on the distant suburbs. After Tsukimi Mei left, she had remained in that same position.
The Nine-Tailed Fox patted her pockets. Finding no phone, she remembered that she'd dropped it at the Government Building.
Bored, she picked up a small stone and tossed it at the Black Flame burning in the air.
"Damn woman. What rotten tomatoes and stinky eggs? You dare scare me? Just you wait until we meet again."
The instant the stone touched it, the Black Flame suddenly flared, soaring upward and spreading into a vast blaze.
Kanzaki Rin immediately turned around. The Nine-Tailed Fox looked completely innocent. "It wasn't me!"
The flames quickly died down, revealing Fang Cheng and Tsukimi Mei.
The Nine-Tailed Fox shuddered and instantly turned into a little fox, hiding behind Kanzaki Rin. She was afraid Tsukimi Mei had heard what she'd said.
Fang Cheng's eyes immediately fell on Kanzaki Rin, and he smiled. "I'm back."
It was the same thing he'd said before, but its meaning had changed completely.
Kanzaki Rin stepped forward and wrapped her arms around him, eyes closed tight, a faint glimmer of tears in the corners of her eyes.
All the emotions in her heart condensed into just one sentence.
"Welcome back."
Tsukimi Mei silently watched from the side, feeling two emotions churning inside her.
They weren't hers, but belonged to the personalities of those two girls.
All she could do was watch in silence. It was rather frustrating.
The embrace didn't last long. Though Kanzaki Rin still had a lot to say to Fang Cheng, this wasn't the time.
She let go of him and asked, "What about Isis?"
Fang Cheng didn't have a definite answer either. He shook his head. "She might be dead, or she