"We'll follow Brother Tiger forever!"
"Protect Brother Tiger!"
"Roar..."
Space stood still.
Time stood still.
The Blood Moon vanished.
Multicolored clouds descended from the sky.
Amid the clouds, a sacred face appeared, its full features impossible to glimpse.
Sacred, peaceful, warm.
"Wa."
Atop a mountain.
Yue trembled, wild joy spreading across his face.
"I... knew you hadn't... disappeared."
A warm aura surrounded Little White Tiger.
It carried an inexplicable sense of closeness.
As though he were in his mother's embrace.
"Child..."
The goddess's voice reached Little White Tiger's ears. "My name is Wa."
"The god who created humans."
Little White Tiger's heart trembled.
The goddess before him was the great deity who had created humanity in legend.
"I have slumbered for ten thousand years. The awakening of your bloodline briefly roused me."
Wa's figure clearly appeared in the sky, like a Heavenly Dharma Manifestation, yet no one could make out her features.
Yue stood atop the mountain, his gaze unfocused.
This being who transcended the Six Paths now displayed human emotions.
Tears faintly glimmered in his eyes.
"Finally... finally appeared... finally appeared."
Like someone having an episode, Yue kept repeating himself, his eyes shifting between joy and sorrow.
"Finally, the first truly remade human has appeared..."
"I wasn't wrong. The Blood Moon... I succeeded."
"The Blood Moon really can remake them. It really can awaken Wa's blood."
Golden blood flowed through Little White Tiger's body.
A mass of warm light enveloped Little White Tiger, and he absorbed it greedily, like a fetus.
"Please... please, save... save... my brothers."
After his brief shock, Little White Tiger struggled to speak.
Goddesses, remaking-none of it mattered to him as much as his brothers.
Wa did not answer, instead looking toward Yue.
"Still acting so recklessly."
"I only wanted to awaken you. Unfortunately... Wa's