Back to the Future 1999: Raining at the Same Time

As if in anticipation of the grand piano performance about to begin, more and more people flocked to the area.

"Wow, what is that man doing? The magical fluctuations are terrifying...! I should have known better than to come in!"

X is clearly a meticulous researcher, but when he talks, he's the most unreliable one.

"Huh? Are you two arguing? This watering seems to be at the worst possible time!"

The rock girl, unaware of the situation, also sensed something was amiss in the air and moved closer to Virtin.

"Si Chen——!!"

"Sonnet... Star Antimony...?"

She almost lunged forward, but just before crashing into Virtue's arms, Sonnet stopped in her tracks, her voice trembling with a mixture of relief and panic.

"You're alright, that's great... I'm so sorry, you protected me when the wall collapsed... I couldn't save you... and I even left you to face the rebuilding alone... I'm so sorry..."

"Your hands are trembling, sonnet... Calm down, you haven't done anything wrong. We're together again now, aren't we? There are more difficult tasks for us to complete together. Now is not the time for reminiscing."

Virtue quickly composed herself and calmed those around her. She held the sonnet in her hands, sensing not only the sonnet's unease but also using the warmth of her own palm to soothe her.

"Ugh... You... You're right. We're too late, but not too late... Si Chen, I'm so glad you're safe and sound. The final battle is about to begin...! This time, please let me protect you!"

When the genuine warmth flowed from her palms throughout her body, Sonnet truly confirmed that Si Chen was indeed alright. Soon after, anger and resentment filled her heart. Holding the crystal pen in her hand, she stared resolutely at the forget-me-nots in front of the piano.

On the other side, Yu Duo stood in front of Chen Xi, without the joy of reunion, his face only showing a strange sense of relief and sorrow.

He has the same appearance as Chenxi, but even with gold-rimmed glasses, he still looks somewhat immature compared to Chenxi.

"Do you regret it?"

Chenxi looked at Youduo's profile, her words filled with heartache.

Yudo glanced at Chenxi, shook his head, and took off his gold-rimmed glasses.

"I don't regret it, just a little bit of regret. The world is so big and I haven't seen it properly yet."

"Feel sorry……"

"This isn't something you need to feel sorry about. It's just that 'we' are too special. If we make room for our younger siblings sooner, they can stay in this world a little longer."

"Don't make that face. You're the eldest brother in our family, aren't you?"

Yudo gently tapped Chenxi's shoulder and tucked his glasses into the breast pocket of Chenxi's shirt.

"Looks like it's time."

Yudo watched his body, which was gradually glowing faintly, fade away with a relaxed tone.

"Then goodbye forever, and... thank you, brother."

After saying that, Yudo's body completely turned into light spots and merged into Chenxi's body. However, those light spots were just pure energy, and no longer contained the soul of that seemingly cowardly but irrational little fool who would lose all reason once he started fighting.

"Chenxi... what was that just now?"

Sensitive Virtin was the first to notice the strange occurrence. Just as Chenxi was about to explain, the music controlled by Forget-Me-Not transformed into a purple snake dripping with venom, lunging at the two of them.

"careful!"

Chenxi quickly pushed away Virtin, who was trying to get close, but perhaps because he had just lost a "soul," his dodging movements were a little slower.

The venomous fangs grazed his arm, causing the wound to quickly turn black and fester. Even his attempt to force the venom out of his body using mystical magic failed, and he could only suppress it temporarily.

"Cut it off."

He quickly put his injured hand behind his back, and when he stretched it out again, his arm was clean and smooth, with no trace of injury visible.

"Chen Xi!"

As soon as he regained his footing, Virtue planned to continue lunging towards Chenxi.

"do not move!"

Chenxi unleashed a burst of energy, pushing Wilting back to her original position. Her talent for mystical arts was poor, rendering it almost useless. In the game, Forget-Me-Not's skills didn't possess such potent poison; what went wrong?

"Don't forget, something's wrong with me right now. You organize the people from the foundation to protect themselves and evacuate in an orderly manner. I'll take care of the rest!"

Chenxi stepped forward, shielding Virtue behind him, and rushed towards the Forget-Me-Not piano. Standing behind him, Virtue looked at the asymmetrical sleeve with a missing section on each side, and felt a sudden pang in his heart.

However, she quickly followed Chenxi's instructions and directed the foundation's people to retreat in an orderly manner.

Many people were also attacked by the forget-me-not's mysterious spell, but their poisoning symptoms were not as severe as Chenxi's. There were only some spider web-like black lines spreading from the center of the wound, and they did not fester into a terrible state.

Guided by a mysterious spell, the surrounding air converged towards Chenxi, eventually forming a three-foot-long sword with a pale blue hue in his hand.

At the same time, however, space seemed to freeze. In the field of forget-me-nots, a pool of black slime surged up, as if swallowing the colors of everything, turning the world in everyone's eyes into black and white.

The only woman among them, now adorned with color, opened her golden eyes and gradually solidified her form amidst the sea of ​​flowers.

Without uttering a word, she raised her hand, and venom rose from the ground, coalescing into the shapes of disciples.

"start."

The disciples then moved forward like ghosts, like a city wall.

"go."

With a few light words, like alms casually scattered among the starving, the members of the Reconstruction group gathered around her. Their figures gradually blurred in the rain.

"It's raining. We need to go home."

Her smile was hard to decipher.

"Let's make the most of our final moments together. Goodbye."

All the Reincarnation Disciples merged together, becoming a huge, headless black statue. Arcana led all his members into the depths of the statue, and they could no longer be found.

However, as the statue was being completely shattered, Arcana looked at Chenxi, a smile that was hard to decipher.

"Everyone be careful, this guy is tough! Spread out and attack individually, looking for his weak points."

Virtin directed the mission, striving to save as many people as possible with minimal losses.

However, Chenxi stood in front of her with his sword in hand, holding the sword up in front of him.

"It's nothing, just a mindless monster. I'll destroy it with one sword."

Then, he gripped his sword tightly, the blade flashing in the rain and mist. The tip of the sword drew in the raindrops drifting into the sky, merging with and enriching the blade. The wind blade pierced his fingertip, blood dripping and spreading with the raindrops, coating the blade with a hazy crimson hue.

In an instant, an aura that Virtin had never felt before emanated from Chen Xi. The profound aura that rushed towards her made her eyes widen involuntarily.

Holding the sword in his right hand, he lightly stroked the blade with his left hand in a sword-finger gesture, leaving a trail of ink-like ink. In an instant, the sword hummed, and although it was an invisible sword, it caused the torrential rain to tremble. Finally, a flash of white light appeared, and the black statue in front of everyone, along with the sword in Chen Xi's hand, vanished without a trace.

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Now that I'm on vacation, I spend most of my days watching silly cartoons. I have to say, these days it seems like most of them are post-apocalyptic, superpowered, or cultivation-themed; you almost never see anything like Western fantasy or mythology.

I've been reading a lot of those lately, so the last part has a bit of that feel to it. I hope you readers won't mind.

This part of the story is basically over. In any case, sheltering everyone from the downpour was not a difficult task for Chenxi. However, she does need to make the most of what happens next.

The level of intimacy that can be achieved with Chenxi varies depending on how much people like him. I really need to think about it carefully. Also, it's been a while since Anya has had a proper appearance on screen. Anyway, I will try my best.

Also, a new book is in preparation. It's a Japanese-style Western fantasy, currently only about 20,000 words long. Please look forward to it!

love you~