"Finally dead." Momo Nishimiya, who had been on edge the whole time, let out a breath, but her expression showed no relief. "How much longer until this ends? This is just too suffocating."
Unlike the previous loops, where hope and happiness had still existed along the way even if they knew the ending, this loop held nothing but despair as far as the eye could see.
Kento Nanami rubbed his temples to ease his headache. He had been quiet since this loop began, because he simply could not accept that they had left such a hopeless future to Tsunayoshi Sawada and An Xinyi alone.
"That responsibility is too heavy," Kento Nanami sighed. "The two of them should never have had to bear it."
Atsushi Nakajima pressed a hand to his tight chest. "Kyoka, I'm so sad." That sorrow kept his chest clenched so tightly he could barely breathe.
Kyoka Izumi pressed her lips together as she and Atsushi Nakajima leaned against each other. "Me too."
"But we still have to keep watching. At the very least, we have to face their ending."
At least someone had to know how it ended.
Checker Face was dead.
Tsunayoshi Sawada did not even have the heart to feel satisfaction, relief, or grief. He used every ounce of strength to escape, but still failed to get entirely beyond the range of the Pure Humans' attack. The violent shock wave destroyed everything on the ground. Even at its outermost edge, Tsunayoshi Sawada coughed up a mouthful of blood and passed out.
When he woke, he was already in the secret base where Byakuran Gesso was staying.
"What a sorry sight, Tsuna." Byakuran Gesso lounged beside the recovery pod and lazily waved at Tsunayoshi Sawada.
"I... cough, cough..." Blood surged up from his chest. Tsunayoshi Sawada