Chapter 251
After a few seconds of silent staring at each other, Luo Mio slowly extended her hand.
"Whoosh whoo..."
Upon seeing Luo Mio extend her hand, "Scorpio" let out a weak and uneasy roar at Luo Mio.
Luo Mio ignored its roar and instead pointed at it.
Suddenly, crimson glows appeared on Scorpio's body. Upon closer inspection, the crimson glows were actually Red and White Feather shimmering with crimson light.
As the power of "Feather of the Dust" was used, the originally violent atmosphere of "Scorpio" gradually calmed down.
The restless, sickle-shaped tentacles slowly and quietly drooped down.
The previously cloudy left eye gradually became brighter.
Not long after.
"Ooh ooh ooh!"
The roar of "Scorpio" subsided, and then it looked at Luo Mio with a strange emotion in its bright left eye.
Looking at the now calm "Scorpio", Luo Mio gently waved her hand.
The next moment, in front of "Scorpio", Void Fissures appeared that was tiny to it, and something emerged from the Void Fissures.
A silver-gray box, and inside the box was a damaged tricycle.
Upon seeing the tricycle, "Scorpio" immediately became excited, and its sickle-shaped tentacles reached out towards the damaged tricycle, handling it with great care as if it were a very precious treasure.
Hot tears streamed from his bright left eye.
Looking at "Scorpio," Luo Mio spoke slowly to it.
"You've suffered enough in this world, it's time for you to leave."
Upon hearing Luo Mio's words, "Scorpio" looked at Luo Mio with its bright left eye, and its massive body moved slightly toward Luo Mio, as if to express its gratitude.
"Then... it's time."
Luo Mio 'Finality golden eyes revealed a hint of emotion as she looked at "Scorpio" and extended her hand.
"Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh!"
"Scorpio" gave Luo Mio a very calm and gentle call, and then merged the silver-gray box into its body.
Seeing Scorpio's gentle movements, a dazzling golden cross pattern appeared in Luo Mio's bright golden eyes.
Luo Mio's eyes flickered, and the golden cross pattern shimmered with a pale light.
Then, the golden light covered the entire body of "Scorpio".
The Honkai patterns also became extremely dazzling under the radiance.
"Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh!"
As if letting out a sound of relief, "Scorpio" stood quietly in place, enjoying the gentle glow.
Her bright left eye looked at Luo Mio.
Then—
"——"
A dazzling, bright light burst forth from "Scorpio," illuminating the entire Imaginary Space.
"..."
As the light faded, the massive body of "Scorpio" also disappeared.
Luo Mio, on the other hand, was recalling the moment when the light had illuminated the area.
In the light, a small figure rode a brand-new, beautiful tricycle toward the depths of the light, turning around before leaving to give Luo Mio an innocent and radiant smile.
"Don't worry, 'they' will be coming for you soon."
Luo Mio looked at the Imaginary Space the light had disappeared and murmured softly.
Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Time of "Reset"
"Ah... welcome back."
Back at the church, Luo Mio heard the voice of Chizuru Kaseyo coming from the shadows beside her.
Looking over, Luo Mio saw Chizuru Kaseyo walking out with a rifle in her hand. Judging from her appearance, she must have been keeping watch in the church after Luo Mio disappeared, in order to prevent Gastrea from breaking in.
"Thanks a lot."
Luo Mio looked at Chizuru Kaseyo's expressionless face with her blue, ocean-like eyes again, and said with a light laugh.
Chizuru Kaseyo shook her head, then looked at the rectangular table in the corner where the silver-gray box should have been placed.
"As I was keeping a watchful eye on my surroundings, I turned around and the box suddenly disappeared."
After saying that, she looked at Luo Mio. Her intuition told her that Luo Mio had taken the box away using a method she didn't know about.
Upon hearing Chizuru Kaseyo's words, Luo Mio looked at the table with gentle eyes and said softly.
"I gave it back to its owner."
"..."
Upon hearing this, Chizuru Kaseyo fell silent.
She had just learned that the damaged tricycle in the box was the summoning catalyst for "Scorpio," and now Luo Mio said that the tricycle had been returned to its owner. Without a doubt, the owner of the tricycle was "Scorpio."
However, from the huge energy sound that came from the southeast and the huge explosion that came from the distant sea a few seconds later, Chizuru Kaseyo knew that Rentaro and Enju had hit "Scorpio" with "The Stairway".
Now, Luo Mio said that the damaged tricycle has been replaced by "Scorpio".
"Before Mr. Todou disappeared, I vaguely sensed that the surrounding space was experiencing irregular frequency fluctuations." Chizuru Kaseyo looked at the rectangular table, then at Luo Mio.
"It must be that Mr. Todou used some means."
Chizuru Kaseyo tilted her head slightly with her expressionless face, creating a kind of unexpectedly cute effect.
"Superpowers?"
"..."
Luo Mio paused for a moment, then raised her index finger to her lips and chuckled as she spoke to Chizuru Kaseyo.
"Please keep this a secret."
After hearing Luo Mio's words, Chizuru Kaseyo blinked.
"A secret between the two of us?"
"Um."
Luo Mio nodded gently.
Luo Mio glanced at the table, then turned around and walked out of the church.
"Let's go outside."
——
After leaving the church, Luo Mio's eyes fell on the collapsed ruins.
Hiruko Kohina was nowhere to be seen, and the stone that had buried Hiruko Kageyasu had been moved aside, presumably indicating that the two had also left.
After they came out, the earpieces in Luo Mio and Chizuru Kaseyo's ears returned to normal.
"Hello? Can you hear me, Brother Miohua?"
The voice of Tendo Kisara came from within.
"I can hear it."
"Great, it seems communications have been restored. They've been constantly disrupted ever since you and Chizuru Kaseyo entered the town."
"How are things going with Rentaro and Enju?"
"Judging from the voice, didn't you already know, Brother Miohua?"
"Too."
"His Your Highness Holy Child has already sent someone to pick you up, and they should arrive in about ten minutes."
"Yeah."
Upon hearing Tendo Kisara said, Luo Mio Ling looked up at the still dark night sky.
"It's 3 a. m. now."
At 3 a. m., most people are sound asleep, their consciousness immersed in sweet dreams. Many people in the Tokyo Area probably don't know that they almost stepped into hell just now.
"Ten or so minutes...?"
Then Luo Mio looked at the "facilitators" and "initiators" who had been killed by Hiruko Kageyasu and Hiruko Kohina.
"I'll help too."
Beside Luo Mio, Chizuru Kaseyo looked at Luo Mio and said in a calm tone.
Luo Mio and Chizuru Kaseyo then moved the bodies to a grassy area not far from the seaside town.
Chizuru Kaseyo stood in front of a small mound, behind which was a huge black longsword.
Standing beside Luo Mio, Chizuru Kaseyo's eyes dimmed slightly as he spoke to Luo Mio.
"Although the supervisor's words were very harsh, I could feel... how much he cherished me."
"Mr. Todou... can this world really be saved...? Will we be able to wait until the day we are truly accepted...?"
Chizuru Kaseyo's words echoed in Luo Mio's ears.
The "we" she was referring to were their "Cursed Children."
"..."
Faced with Chizuru Kaseyo's words, Luo Mio didn't know how to answer her.
But he still reached out and touched Chizuru Kaseyo's head.
"Don't worry, one day you will truly live in this world as 'human beings.'"
"I really hope that day will come soon."
"..."
Looking at Chizuru Kaseyo's profile, Luo Mio's eyes glazed over slightly. She then raised her eyes to gaze at the tranquil ocean.
"Soon... very soon."
After standing in front of the grave for a few minutes, the sound of helicopter rotors came from the sky behind them.
"Let's go."
"..."
After glancing at the black greatsword, Chizuru Kaseyo turned his gaze back.
"Um."
Turning around and following behind Luo Mio, Chizuru Kaseyo's eyes flickered slightly as he watched Luo Mio's back, recalling the words Luo Mio had whispered in Hiruko Kageyasu's ear.
Although she couldn't hear the sound, she could understand what Luo Mio was saying.
"I will destroy this world sooner or later!"
"Only..."
"Not now!"
"..."
But in a place that Chizuru Kaseyo didn't notice.
It shimmered with a subtle, crystalline brilliance in Luo Mio's hand.
——
Then Luo Mio asked Chizuru Kaseyo and the pilot of the plane that picked him up to wait for a few minutes.
Back in the church, Luo Mio looked at the table in the center of the church and took out her phone.