Back to the Future 1999: Raining at the Same Time

"Xia, the food has been distributed."

Gale held the bowl in front of Xia, and the white sticky paste shook out appetizing ripples in the container.

"Thank you."

Xia agreed, but his eyes still couldn't move away from the unconscious Chen Xi.

"Ugh."

Knowing that he couldn't persuade this girl, Gale simply sat down next to Xia with the bowl.

While stirring the food in the bowl, he followed Xia's gaze and looked at Chen Xi.

"Chen Xi's condition...is getting worse."

"Ah."

Xia mechanically responded to Gale's words, with a look of worry still thick on his face.

Swallowing the food in the bowl mouthful by mouthful, the sound of Gale eating became the only lively thing in the place.

Suddenly, Xia sat up straight as if a switch was pressed, took one of her hands away from Chen Xi, squeezed out the tears from the corner of her eyes, and put on a happy expression.

Chen Xi's recovery always starts from the palm of his hand. When Xia felt the cold palm of his hand suddenly regain its temperature, she knew that the boy who made her so happy was back.

Like a deflated balloon being injected with air, Chen Xi's body began to gradually glow with golden light. His frail and thin face quickly became plump and rosy. His fingers moved slightly and he woke up.

"Uh, hum… Shia?"

"Yes, it's me! I love you the most, Xia!"

"Hahaha, seeing you're so energetic, I feel relieved."

Reaching out and touching Xia's head, she immediately slid obediently into Chen Xi's arms like a cat, making a purring sound.

Seeing me full of energy, Chenxi would feel at ease... Xia remembered every word Chenxi said.

"Welcome back, brother."

"Well, I'm back."

At the same time, as if receiving some kind of induction, Wei and Ming also walked towards this side.

"Welcome... Welcome back! Mr. Chenxi!"

Ming, holding a book, bowed to Chen Xi, then hid aside with a red face.

"Okay, okay, I'm back."

"Hahahahaha, Ming hasn't changed at all."

"Also, I've told you so many times, just call me Chen Xi."

"Okay...Okay! Mr. Chenxi!"

Forced to smile somewhat helplessly, Chen Xi continued to rub the cat in his arms.

But at this moment, Wei suddenly lowered her head and walked quickly to Chen Xi with a low pressure all over her body. While Chen Xi was looking at her curiously, she raised her eyes, looked down at him, and showed an expression of disgust.

"Tsk."

After a brief moment of daze, Chen Xi burst into joyful laughter.

"Wei...Sister Wei."

"You are so cute, hahahaha."

He shook his fingers and shot out several wind blades, cutting through the black stockings wrapped around Wei's fleshy legs.

The texture of the meat instantly squeezed out from the newly appeared cut hole, and the delicate skin made people want to take a bite.

"It's a punishment but also a reward."

He was smiling and admiring his masterpiece when his eyes were suddenly covered.

"Meow~!"

"Okay, okay, don't look at it."

The princess hugged Xia and Chen Xi stood up.

"Meow?"

Then, with the same cat-like smile, he threw Shia forward to the ground.

"Chen Xi!"

"Hahahaha, alright, alright, let's all go. I'm fine, thank you all for your concern."

Chen Xi kept watching until everyone had gone far away, then he tilted his head and coughed lightly, and bright red blood suddenly fell on the white floor.

Chen Xi wiped away the blood dripping from the corner of his mouth carelessly, picked up the food left by Xia and drank it all in one gulp, washing away the remaining metallic taste in his mouth.

With a wave of his hand, the bowl and the bloodstains on the ground floated into the air.

……

"Lord, the number of test subjects at Sephiroth's Experimental Base No. 42 has reached critical mass."

The figure sitting on the throne did not move when he heard the report, and even his eyes did not change.

"My subordinates know."

The person to report left the hall, and the person on the throne raised one hand in front of him, and golden spots of light gradually gathered into a photo.

The subject of the photo is a tall man, very similar to the one on the throne, who is smiling and placing one hand on the head of a boy.

The boy had white hair, blue eyes, and a black highlight on his forehead.

……

"Chen Xi!"

The others were sitting together. Seeing Chen Xi coming towards them, Gale called out to him loudly and gave up a seat. Chen Xi sat between Xia and Gale.

The four of them exchanged firm glances, and Gale spoke again:

"Chenxi, don't use that trick in the next battle experiment. We can definitely complete it successfully with just the four of us!"

The high-pitched tone and the pretended indifference failed to conceal the true intention of the owner of the voice.

"Is... time getting longer again?"

Xia silently held Chen Xi's slightly cold left hand, lowered his head and said nothing.

"How long will it take this time?"

He asked in a calm tone, as if this was not his business.

The aura around Gale stagnated, and a faint sadness enveloped the small circle of five people.

"27 days, 18 hours, and 43 seconds..."

"Um……"

"It's longer than last time, 18 days, 06 hours, and 26 seconds."

A crystal teardrop fell on the back of Chen Xi's hand. Xia seemed to be trying hard to endure something, and her body twitched slightly.

"It seems that next time, I might die..."

"Don't say it!"

Xia suddenly rushed over and covered Chen Xi's mouth, and the unconcealed tears were clearly imprinted on her face.

"We agreed, we agreed, that the five of us would always be together forever."

"No, no, Chen Xi is not allowed to break his promise first."

On ordinary days, Chen Xi's warm embrace is Xia's favorite place, but today, no matter how close he gets or how tightly he hugs her, the feeling of panic and uneasiness is still deeply embedded in his heart and cannot be eliminated in the slightest.

Stroking the head of the girl who was sobbing in his arms, Chen Xi looked around, saw the emotions in their eyes, and saw the necklaces on their chests.

"Okay, I promise you."

“I only provide the necessary support and don’t use my own abilities like that anymore.”

Chen Xi made his right hand virtual, reached into his heart, and took out a ball that emitted a soft glow.

The bloody smell surged up again, but Chen Xi was afraid that everyone would worry, so he suppressed the discomfort and tried to swallow it.

"Well!"

Xia in his arms suddenly raised his head and kissed Chen Xi with his eyes closed.

The tip of his tongue probed into Chen Xi's mouth, which was filled with the taste of death, and lingered for a long time, rolling up and down his throat several times, and then separated with a few blood-stained silver threads.

"Feeling better?"

With a red face, Xia turned her face to the side and didn't dare to look at the face of the person in front of her.

Chen Xi was stunned at first, but Sui Ji also returned to his usual calm demeanor, hugged Xia again, touched her head and whispered:

"Of course, with you and all of you here, no matter what happens, I will feel extremely happy."

Without struggling, Xia just lay in Chen Xi's arms like a cat.

After a while, when Xia finally had enough of acting coquettishly in front of Chen Xi, the five of them returned to their original circular seating arrangement.

Chen Xi pushed the light ball he had just taken out to the middle and said:

"Come and try it, absorb the energy here and improve your strength. This way, I will feel more at ease for the subsequent experiments."

"Chen Xi..."

Almost everyone looked up at him worriedly, not daring to extend a hand.

"Yes, the result of doing this is that it is difficult for me to use that ability anymore."

"That way, it would be convenient for me to fight with you, wouldn't it?"

"Alright, alright, stop dithering. Are you still partners?"

Chatting and laughing, he grabbed everyone's arms and put them into the ball of light one by one. With a flash of white light, the ball of light split into four parts and flowed into the bodies of several people.

The camera gradually zoomed out, and everything in the experimental field was displayed on a small, trembling projection. The experimenter in charge of the experiment had an expression on his face, an expression that was not sure whether it was happiness or regret, and reported what had happened to his master.

"Master, the catalyst is in place. Should we..."

The man on the throne was still staring at the photo in his hand.

[After all, you made the same choice, didn't you?]

He suppressed his sigh and gave the order:

"continue."

The gears of fate were turned again, and this time the direction of rotation seemed to be no different from before.

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There will be some riddlers in the flashback chapter, ahem, this is a small sacrifice for Chen Xi's improvement. You can also guess Chen Xi's life experience and so on, which is quite fun, isn't it?

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