Chapter 1013: Wolgast 3.0 (59)

"Xing, you've come." Kafka smiled and turned around. "This time's script was also completed smoothly."

Looking at the slightly desolate expression on Xing's face, Kafka was stunned for a moment: "What happened? Your expression now… is somewhat fragile."

She looked at her quietly, her light purple eyes like a deep pool, making no ripples, yet seeming to be able to properly receive all the things she had sunk. She switched to a gentler voice: "Tell me about it. You've long been used to confiding in me, haven't you?"

Xing furrowed her brows slightly: "I've forgotten everything…"

"……Hmm." Kafka fell silent for a moment, "So that's it… you've lost your past, and you feel helpless."

"It's a pity, I'm not a slave to fate, unable to foresee the future—I can't fill the void in your memory, nor can I tell you what we later experienced together."

"I still remember the scene of our meeting again."

"That means I will regain what I lost." Kafka paused, "Xing, listen to me—I guess that on the script I haven't read yet, you will surely encounter many dangers and find yourself in terrible predicaments. You will probably also encounter many wonderful things, gaining companions like family—even if they are no longer us, the Star Core Hunters."

Kafka turned to look out the window at the starry river: "You should also embark on an adventure beyond your wildest dreams, after all, you were born for adventure. The one thing I want you to always remember is this: no matter where you go, wherever you are in the galaxy… you can always find a safe haven here with me."

"My patience isn't great… but for you, I will never be stingy."

"Goodbye, Xing. When fate places you at a crossroads… make bold choices, don't fear regret."

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Chainsaw Man.

"Miss Kafka…… can become my mother!"

Feeling Kafka's gentle patience toward Xing, Denji shouted "Ah!" at the top of his lungs, startling Hayakawa Aki so that a mouthful of water went down the wrong pipe; she alternately patted her chest and coughed violently.

"How come, you're also an Oronis, and you've started calling mother?" Hayakawa Aki wiped the water sprayed from her chin, "Don't you have one yourself?"

"No, my dad told me she died of heart disease early on." Denji scratched his head, "The word 'mother' is completely foreign to her, and her understanding of 'motherly love' is limited to movies and TV shows. Violence, hunger, cold, debt—these words she knows well, but tenderness, tolerance, kindness, love—these are scarce."

"Mother, is it really that important?" Power said somewhat incomprehendingly, "How come you look so eager?"

"You don't have one?"

"I'm the great devil, ever since I woke up from hell I've been alone, I don't need that mother stuff." Saying this, Power became a bit curious and continued to ask, "However, I've noticed you humans seem to all have eh, what does having a mother feel like? Quickly tell me."

"Well, I can't really explain it in detail either." Denji rummaged through the pitiful vocabulary in his stomach, but found it hard to find a suitable word to describe it, "Probably it's just that every morning they'll provide you with milk and bread, then give you a place to live, and tolerate your mistakes… things like that."

"Oh." Power pointed a hand at Hayakawa Aki in front of her, "Then according to your description, isn't this guy our 'mother'?"

"Pfft… cough cough, cough cough cough——!"

Hayakawa Aki spat out another mouthful of tea, this time nearly choking herself to death, and she patted her chest with even more force.

"Don't talk nonsense, if I were your mother, the one thing I'd do is kick the two of you out."

——

"Xing, what happened?"

Xing rubbed her eyes: "A long stretch of memory, as if from another lifetime……"

"Long? What are you talking about? You were just standing here dazed, no matter how we called you didn't respond. The situation lasted less than a minute, and then……" Dan Heng pointed at the pink rabbit now behind her, "……and then this creature appeared."

Bai'e curiously sized up Mimi: "Truly a peculiar creature—should be an animal, right? I've never seen one."

"Perhaps girls just like cute things, Xiaodie felt very affectionate toward Mimi: "Adorable little guy… is it a gift from the Oronis?""

Xing turned to look at Dan Heng, solemnly saying: "I was glanced at by Fuli."

Dan Heng was stunned for a moment: "Fuli? Just now?"

"Fuli…… what is that?" Bai'e asked, not understanding.

"On the way to Aohema, I once talked with you about the 【Star God】 from beyond the heavens—Fuli is one of them, governing the 【Memory】 path."

Bai'e nodded as if realizing: "Ah… 'The gods of the outer realm, miracles difficult to behold with the naked eye'… right? Does gaining a glance from a Star God mean……"

"It's time to deal with Nicadoli."

Suddenly a small book appeared before Mimi, flipping its pages continuously.

"Titan, past… mist. Collect. Past… reappear."

Xing conveyed Mimi's meaning: "We need to collect the memories of Xuanfengcheng."

Bai'e felt somewhat incredulous: "You can understand its words? Collecting memories, recreating the past—how do we do that? We don't have much time left."

"Mimi will teach us how to do it."

Dan Heng: "If it truly is Fuli's creation, or has some connection to that Star God, I'm willing to believe it can wield power greater than the 【Oronis Miracle】. Let's go, we'll follow it."

After everyone left the hall, Xiaodie finally glanced back at Oronis: "Oronis… have you gone to sleep?"

"I don't know who you mean by mother, but……" Xiaodie expressed her gratitude gently, "You've worked hard all this time. If you also dream… I hope your dreams are sweet."

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One-Punch Man.

"Oh? Mimi hasn't even been seen by Bai'e, and yet it's related to Oronis and Fuli?"

"At first, when Mimi displayed the ability to reenact the scene of 'memory,' combined with Oronis's prayers, the Child Emperor began to suspect this creature might be related to Oronis, but he never imagined it would also be connected to the Star God Fuli."

""Fuli's creation…… is this adorable?" The metal bat couldn't help but eye the little fellow a few more times, feeling this kind of animal would be the type her little sister would like."