(You really do just read without correcting anything, huh? Chapter 81 and Chapter Eighty-One aren't the same.)
The song ended, but everyone remained spellbound for a long time.
Chen Yu left the area as well. He did not know whether he could build that kind of machine, but he had to bring them back.
Ruri, in particular, seemed able to resonate with what had happened back then even when she heard it again. She did not know why, but she could always feel it.
Nikki, standing nearby, also noticed Ruri in the corner. "Lillian..."
Yes, she really did resemble her. Aside from looking a little younger, she was practically identical to Lillian in every other way.
Forget it. At least she sang much better than that doctor, Nikki thought.
Eventually, Tsukasa found Chen Yu.
Sensing someone approach, Chen Yu did not even ask who it was. He simply asked, "Convinced?"
Tsukasa sighed and lowered his head. "Convinced."
Chen Yu was not surprised by Tsukasa's answer.
Last time, Tsukasa had decided on his own to return to Senku's side. This time, with Chen Yu mediating between them, it had been easy.
"Human evolution has already brought us that far. Even without us, Chrome in the village would carry it forward," Chen Yu said, thinking of the ideas Chrome had come up with, one after another.
"I understand." Tsukasa nodded.
"All right, hurry up and spend some time with your sister. You've only just reunited, so you ought to enjoy it, right? What a shame. I studied medicine for so many years, only to lose to this Petrification Beam," Chen Yu said self-deprecatingly.
He had primarily studied traditional Chinese medicine, but he had also dabbled in Western medicine, though not deeply. Most of his understanding had come from spending time around veteran