Traveling through the heavens began to materialize from the escape from the temple Two hundred and twentieth eight chapters of the courage to start again (fifty-seven)
Two hundred and twentieth eight chapters of the courage to start again (fifty-seven)
"Okay, I have a general understanding of your situation... let's stop here this time."
"Wait, I haven't yet!"
Hibiki struggled to stand up, but he didn't expect that Hao Qing didn't even look at him at this time, and turned around without looking back.
"Ah, I know... you didn't lose to me, it's just that you don't want to fight me now, that's all."
"I……"
Without waiting for any response, Hao Qing choked off all subsequent speeches with one sentence——
"Don't worry, I will take care of your physical problems... Leave the rest to us, and you can have a good rest - you have done enough, and you deserve it."
After saying that, Hao Qing left directly, and the high-rise buildings surrounding him were shattered into data and returned to their original appearance.
Hibiki was left alone, sitting between his bent legs in the open space, with a confused look on his face.
What does I have done well enough... mean?
She looked at her hands, and the feeling of nothingness and lack of warmth could not be eliminated no matter how tightly she clenched her fists.
The people holding these hands...are gone now.
It's all because I...failed to realize that he had a problem, let alone stop him.
And I know... I wasn't trying my best at that time.
Although it was full of arrogance to say such a thing when facing an enemy that everyone had tried their best and failed to defeat, Hibiki knew in her heart... At that time, she gave up the fight because of her inner shake, which was why everyone tried so hard to support her.
Everything ended so easily.
She didn't try her best and lost everything.
Then out of his own anger, as well as his ugly selfishness and malice... he almost did something irreversible.
There is no doubt that this is her fault.
If she is scolded and punished, she can accept it...this is what she deserves as a "guilty" person.
But why... say I've done good enough?
He held his hand tightly, loosened it, and then tightened it again. The feeling of emptiness and discomfort made Hibiki want to talk, but he couldn't say any words.
...even tears could not fall.
What should I do... I should fight, right?
Now I can do nothing but fight.
I don’t want to accept help blindly, but if I want to help others... I can only fight now.
But I can't punch Hao Qing, so... can't I fight?
And I, who cannot fight, am not needed.
The question circled back to its original point, and the inner tangle made Hibiki cover his head, looking extremely painful.
Thinking, thinking...I can't figure it out!
In the past, even if there was such a question, it didn't matter if one person couldn't figure it out - as long as I held everyone's hands, worked together, worried together, and thought together... I would feel that everything was okay and everything would be fine.
When I am with everyone, I feel like I can do anything and all problems will be solved.
But now... everyone I can rely on is gone.
It's not possible to rely on just one person.
That's why we hold hands - this is something even a fool like her understands.
But now...she can only make the choice alone.
"Everyone... no, what should I do?"
Forced herself to think, Hibiki covered her head. It was obvious that she had no intention of going back until she thought about it thoroughly.
"I said you...why did you go back again?"
At the same time, Doromon, who was tinkering with new equipment in the room, had put down what he was doing and was complaining about his behavior that was like "changing faces" in front of him.
"I saw you guys getting along well earlier, and I thought you had reached a consensus, but it turned out that you... just left her behind and left alone?"
"The person is right in front of the house...it should be no problem, right?"
Originally, Hao Qing didn't think there was anything wrong with him, but when Duolumon pointed this out and asked him to think about it for a moment, he felt that something was wrong.
"Okay... If you think it's okay, then it's okay." Duolumon saw that there was little point in continuing the story, so he stopped talking and brought up other topics, "I know, you are doing this because
I realized that she was feeling pain about this, and I didn’t want her to participate in this kind of thing again.
, let alone that guy is coming for you, you have a responsibility in this regard... so you have to solve it, even if you are said to be self-righteous and annoying, it doesn't matter, anyway, this is an agreed upon thing, and you are used to it.
...That’s what you think, right?”
"No, it's just that she can't fight now, so I thought..."
It's just that it's useless to quibble in front of a partner who understands your thoughts, so Hao Qing gave up without saying a few words.
"Okay, I admit... you are right, that's what I thought, very self-righteous, right? I thought about respecting her thoughts, but then I turned around and started to act according to my own thoughts. I felt that this was
It's for her own good. It's really the worst reason for someone like me."
After saying what was in his heart in one breath, Hao Qing first scratched his head, then grabbed a chair from the side, sat down on it, slapped his thighs several times in succession, facing Duolumon, the expression on his face
It was just a little soothing, but even the words he spoke were still——
"And, to be honest... we are being led by him right now. He has deliberately leaked all the information about him to us. We may not gain anything else in this world - so maybe
A bit arrogant, but I suspect that he deliberately brought us here, hoping that Hibiki would see me, so that we..."
At the end of the sentence, Hao Qing made a gesture of wiping his neck to himself and did not continue to elaborate, but the meaning was already obvious.
"Indeed, the bad taste he showed was not a disguise..." Having said that, Duolumon still felt that there were many doubts about this matter, "But even so, you can regret it at any time.
Ability, and I was present throughout the whole process...it's impossible, he just wants to have fun and make you suffer, right?"
But just letting people go without any back-up brainwashing and control... I really can't say for sure. Maybe the current situation is what he wants to see?
"That's why it's so difficult. This type of person has his own reasons for whatever he does. That's why it's so hard to figure out." After finishing his thoughts, Hao Qing took a sip with an extremely strong expression.
He complained in his private mood, "Haha, I can't say for sure. At that time, he was right next to us, watching the show."
"..."
Seeing the Duolu beast looking lost in thought, Hao Qing raised his eyebrows and was a little surprised: "No way, I'm just saying it, is it really true?"
"...I was a little concerned when I brought you back. After all, Hibiki couldn't have such a big resentment against you for no reason. Something must have happened, so when I had my hands free, I tried to look back.
It’s time.”
Doromon didn't say anything more later, but it goes without saying that Hao Qing also knew the result - it must have been the same as then, a failure.
"...Well, this is such a troublesome ability. It seems that we have nothing to do against him at the moment."
Hao Qing sighed as he spoke, looked at his hand, thinking about the result of fighting him as Alphamon, and put it down.
No... Even if the second-level ability can protect him from his influence, it will only ensure that he is not familiar with it at most. It is far from enough to knock him down or even kill him.
Moreover, as Alphamon's posture is currently their strongest, it doesn't really work for him.
This guy obviously didn't use his full strength.
Hao Qing moved his hand to his chin and fell into thinking.
Maintaining the status quo is not enough. Even if you catch up with him now, you still can't take him down. You have to find the means to hurt him and make yourself stronger.
At this stage, the improvement of the second tier and Alphamon is large enough. If you want to make such a leap again, without the accumulation of time and the emergence of opportunities... I am afraid it will be difficult.
So, what to do?
"You're starting again."
But before he could figure out the reason, Dolumon slapped him awake.
"If you can't rely on us alone, then ask for help from others! I believe they will be willing to respond to you. For example, isn't there one right now?"
"Who?" Hao Qing subconsciously rejected such a possibility, and then discovered the hidden meaning of Duolumon's words, "No, this is too dangerous. She has lost enough things, and she can no longer..."
"Do you think, with her personality, she would be willing to stay where she is and let the matter be resolved? Are you sure this won't make her more miserable and make her feel useless - this isn't the first time you've seen this kind of horniness, is it?