Captain Just Wants to Go Home and Play Games

From Tia's disappearance to her reappearance, and then the Simulated Black Hole turning into bubbles that filled the sky, only two seconds had passed. Only then did Kiana and the other two finally react.

Tia turned around and looked at the three running toward her, her gaze finally settling on Kiana, who had charged ahead the fastest.

"Thank you for taking care of me these past forty-nine days."

Looking at Kiana with a satisfied smile, Tia's voice grew ethereal. "Nana, maybe you hate that I appeared and disrupted your life, but to me, you were my first good friend..."

"Goodbye, Nana--"

With that, Tia could no longer resist the exhaustion. Her will directly melted into the Grasshopper Sister Network. After all, this was True Kiana's power. Even with the help of every Grasshopper Sister, using this power came at the cost of Tia melting into it.

"You--"

A second before Kiana's hand could touch Tia, Tia, already glowing with colorful light, turned into bubbles just like the Simulated Black Hole before her. They scattered past Kiana.

"How could this happen..."

Combining Tia's words with the strange light emanating from her body, Kiana had subconsciously felt that something was wrong. She had never expected Tia to turn into bubbles before she could touch her, drifting past her and bursting apart beside her.

"I never agreed to deliver this little notebook for you..."

"I don't want this scarf that reeks of your sweat at all..."

"I still... haven't personally thanked you..."

Kiana remained frozen in the pose of reaching out to touch Tia.

"This heavy feeling in my chest... is this sadness?"

Bronya stopped where she was and muttered as she watched the bubbles filling the sky.

She had not been very familiar with Tia. She had only played games with her