The moon is in the sky, and the night is already late.
A chaotic footsteps broke the tranquility of the Yamaguchi parking lot south of Ibuki Mountain.
Hasegawa and Kobayashi stayed in the car looked at each other.
"It seems they are back."
"Um."
"After so long, there is no news at all, and I don't know what the result is..."
The car door was always open, and the two got out of the car, and saw the team of Lingjuemen who were full of fighting spirit when they went up the mountain, being wrapped in a dead silence.
“…”
Hasegawa saw the stretcher in the team and the white cloth covering it at a glance, and a thunderous sound in his mind.
It's dead...
Reiko Kobayashi also stared at the other side in a daze, unable to speak for a long time.
The spiritualists walked into the parking lot in silence and walked towards their respective cars.
After a while, they finally saw Noma Nan, Kyoko and Hanai, and the two people walking in front were also carrying a stretcher in their hands.
“…”
It was not until they saw Zong Gu on the stretcher that their tense heartstrings relaxed.
Putting down the stretcher, Kyoko helped Soya get into the car and sat down next to him.
"Is Zong Gu Jun injured?"
"It's okay..." He closed his eyes, his voice feeling weak, "Just a little weak."
Hasegawa looked at Noma Nan again, swept up and down at her body, "Anan is okay?"
"I'm fine."
Noma Nan responded, looking at another place in the parking lot.
Under the orange and yellow light, several witches cried in tears around the stretcher covered with white cloth.
"there……"
"Um."
Hasegawa pursed his lips.
After looking for a while, Noma Nan sighed in a low voice:
"Five colleagues unfortunately died in this operation... In addition, more than 40 colleagues suffered minor or serious injuries and have now been sent to the hospital for treatment."
"Five people..."
Immersed in the sadness, Hasegawa became shocked again, "Why are there such a big casualty?"
"We underestimated the destructive power of that evil spirit... and explained the details to you later."
Noma Nan said, patting her back gently and signaling her to get in the car first.
"Kobayashi, Mayouri, come up too."
Soya was lying on the seat in the middle, taken care of by Kyoko, and Hasegawa sat in the passenger seat.
"Now I'll take you to the hospital, stay here tonight, and have another physical examination tomorrow morning..."
Noma Nan looked back at Soya who was closed, knowing that he could understand that he was communicating with him.
"in case."
He nodded and squeezed a trace of sound from the depths of his throat.
"……good."
......
When Zong Gu woke up again, it was dawn, and it was already early morning the next day.
Lying on the bed in the single ward, he felt aching all over his body when he moved and could not lift his strength.
"pain……"
He raised his arm and couldn't hold his fist tightly. He quickly gave up his struggle and continued to lie down.
After killing the fire thunder, the power of the childish thunder that had been driving him to silence again, and his body was already overwhelmed under the continuous high load operation. Once the divine power was pulled away, it could not be supported, otherwise it would not have been by the wild matsu.
Nanhe Kyoko carried it down the mountain on a stretcher.
"hiss……"
Enduring the pain, Zong Gu raised his hand and touched his chest.
After being admitted to this private hospital last night, his clothes were also changed into blue and white striped hospital gowns.
Unbuttoned, he touched his chest and felt nothing.
After smashing the gods of Fire Thunder, all his divine power surged here, just like the divine power attached to his left arm when killing Zhi Lei.
I don't know if it was because he didn't have direct contact with the gods who touched the fire thunder. This time, he did not read the memory of the fire thunder, so of course he did not get any predictions. Their sense of the other six eight thunder gods was better than the last time.
Much clearer.
However, this induction lasted only for a short moment. He "saw" them, but had no way of knowing their specific location. He had only a little rough feeling, and it became blurred at this time.
"It seems that there are traces of them in any direction in the southeast, west and north... it's really a headache."
Touching his chest, Zong Gu suddenly hoped that there would be a mirror at his hand so that he could see if there was a black mark on his chest.
Just as his head turned, all he saw was the witch sleeping on the sofa.
"Kyoko..."
Last night, he was sent to this hospital. Noma Nan and the other three found a hotel nearby to stay, while Kyoko expressed her intention to stay and take care of him.
Exhausted, he quickly fell asleep, and she stayed in the ward until now.
After lying down and looking at Kyoko for a while, Soya endured the soreness all over his body and sat up on the hospital bed.
He knew that he had no major problems except for losing strength, but he had been admitted to the hospital, so it would be fine if he had a simple check.
What if any bone was really broken when he rolled in a hurry?
With difficulty, Zong Gu stood at the end of the bed for a while, feeling that his legs could move before he let go of his hands.
"It hurts..."
Gripping his teeth, he staggered all the way to the bathroom in the single ward and stopped in front of the sink.
In front of the mirror, Zong Gu opened his hospital gown, and there was indeed a black mark in the center of his chest, which was the same as the mark on his arm, both of which were narrow and long willow leaves.
I still don't feel anything when I stroked it with my hands.
"Go back and let Yuedu see..."
After casually tying the buttons, he left the bathroom and walked towards Kyoko on the sofa.
The footsteps were uncontrollable, and she suddenly opened her eyes halfway through the way.
“…”
After a brief look, Kyoko immediately stood up and came to support him.
"Student Zong Gu..."
"Good morning."
She helped him sit on the sofa, "Do you feel okay?"
"Not very good." Zong Gu shook his head, "I feel like I've been beaten up all over my body, sour and painful."
Kyoko looked at him, "Today I will check the internal condition of Soya to avoid leaving hidden dangers... If it is just muscle aches, I'll be fine if I have two more days of rest."
"I see."
"Is that speed and power suddenly erupted last night because of the divine power I got before?"
Zong Gu nodded and then explained to her what happened last night.
"...After killing the fire thunder, the divine power fell silent again. Then, I got a new divine power."
He pulled the hospital gown on his body and showed her the mark on his chest.
“…”
Kyoko looked silently for a while, her eyes suddenly turned red.
"Very good."
Meeting the Eight Thunder Gods in the organization's spiritual exorcism is a complete surprise.
In order to seize this "unexpected joy", five spiritual enlightened people gave their lives, and dozens of them were seriously injured. The losses were tragic. It was really hard for her to be happy... Even if it was difficult to find the Eight Thunder Gods
Compared to this, such sacrifice is insignificant and totally worth it.
"Kyoko..."
After wiping it in her eyes twice, Zong Gu held her hand.
"I will not let their efforts down. One day, I... no, we will realize their ideals and restore the order of that world and the world to its original appearance."
“…”
Kyoko looked up at him for a while, then nodded again.
"I believe in classmate Zong Gu."
Zong Gu pursed his lips and smiled, and she also squeezed out a little smile and held his hands tightly.
"Thanks."
After continuing to chat on the sofa for a while, seeing it was still early outside the window, Soya asked Kyoko to go to his hospital bed and then rest.
"Where is classmate Zong Gu?"
"I've had enough sleep." He patted the sofa under his butt, "Sit here for a while and wait for the inspection to begin."
Kyoko shook her head, "I fell asleep almost the same time as that of Soya, and I've had enough sleep."
"It's only been around five o'clock now, and it was almost midnight when I was checked into the ward last night."
Soya looked at her, "Or Kyoko and I went to the hospital bed to sleep... This width is not that I can't sleep."
“…”
Kyoko was silent for a while, then looked at him again, and then nodded.
"good."
Lying on the hospital bed, my body felt a sore again when I relaxed again.
Half of the pillow was, Soya grinned at the ceiling, and Kyoko leaned forward.
"Student Zong Gu..."
"Um."
"The button was wrong."
"Yeah……"
Kyoko lay on his side, stretched out one hand, unbuttoned several buttons from his hospital gown from top to bottom, and then tied them again.
"alright."
"Yeah, thank you."
She still leaned sideways, her head against his shoulder and her hands on her chest, feeling his heartbeat.
"Student Zong Gu."
"Um."
"Good night."
......
At eight or nine o'clock in the morning, Nomanan and several others came to the ward from the hotel.
After hesitating, Noma Nan woke up the two of them who were sleeping together with each other, and then asked Soya about the battle last night.
He answered some of the content selectively, and she could see that he was hiding something, but she didn't ask too much.
"This time, Soya still wants to push Kyoko to the front and make her a 'hero'?"
The battle above and below the moon in the mountains, the only people who really see the whole process are the closer Nan Noma and Kyoko.
"Um."
Soya nodded. This was his decision after discussing with Kyoko. "It will not do me any good to attract too much attention."
After thinking about it, Nan Noma also agreed with their views.
Afterwards, she began to arrange various physical examinations for Zong Gu. After some trouble, the group left the hospital at two or three o'clock in the afternoon.
When I returned to Jinhu, the first thing Zong Gu did when he got home was to go upstairs to find Yuedu.