Chapter 960: with translation of chapter title

NO. 83: Feel? Thanks

Come, let's make a promise, the hope that everyone has in their hearts! No matter where you are, you must protect it?!

"Look up~" "Same starry sky?"

We are definitely connected to each other, not alone?!

The lyrics were unexpectedly pieced together in sync, the rhythm-matched lively chorus saw the few people in flashy clothes each holding a microphone; except for the youngest, who kept a completely expressionless face, the other three were full of high spirits.

This also gave the few teammates sitting on the opposite sofa, who had once opposed them, subtle expressions.

Of course, it wasn't just them who found it hard to fit in; the three local high school students who rarely came to such places were also quite ill at ease.

"I said, why did it become like this?"

Neihai team member, privately enthusiastic about singing various tokusatsu songs, after being shown his own character song by a demon from another universe, he even secretly practiced for a while, but when he got to the KTV he turned out completely useless.

Although Aomo captain wasn't exactly legal, he temporarily remodeled the KTV's song library so that everyone's character songs could be recorded, but he didn't seize the opportunity.

Unable to sing 'Ultraman Theory' in front of the real Ultraman, he's just a small fry.

But even as such a small fry, he still wanted to talk tough.

Why do those who are tough-mouthed appear here?

However, his tough talk meant nothing in front of Aomo.

"Why has it become like this? Without evening self-study, after-school time shouldn't be used for proper fun? You're not yet at the grade to prepare for exams."

Aomo, sprawled on the sofa, his finger sliding back and forth on a light screen nobody could see, answered in an extremely lazy manner.

"Even if you say that, it shouldn't be a KTV, right!" Neihai said, gazing at Yu Tai and Liu Hua, who were 'surrounded' by a few new-century junior high students, and also at the rather excited Qian Lai, Mazhong Peng, and Nan Mengya, etc.

"Those under 18 aren't allowed to come!"

"It doesn't matter to us otherworldly people~" the pink-haired JK sitting beside Aomo poked her head out and laughed loudly, "Don't say buzzkill things; there aren't any ordinary people here."

Her open-hearted demeanor made Neihai feel a bit unfamiliar, but when he turned his head back, he'd think perhaps it was actually himself who never understood the other person from the start.

In memory she always wore that smiling mask, but now this somewhat extravagant smile truly seems like her genuine self; it's not hard to imagine that after returning to her world she indeed began a new life.

That world… otherworldly people…

Neihai thought carefully, recalling that he too had once had a 'dream' of crossing over to another world; the result……

"I'm just an ordinary person…" he muttered, without resentment but feeling ashamed.

"Really? I heard Gui She just came here and sought you out; that guy never associates with truly ordinary people."

When the topic suddenly turned to him, Aomo didn't bother to explain or refute; he simply raised a hand to lightly pat the air, and the magical claw that had emerged behind Neihai also lightly tapped his back.

"Maybe some of you haven't noticed, but Gui She has always been rather picky about people; when faced with those who aren't quite 'unique' or 'special', he not only politely keeps his distance, but won't even give them a second glance."

"You just went and spilled my personal secret like that?" Aomo, still lounging in the Ge You pose, lifted his head.

"Huh? Do I need to apologize?" Xin Tiao Qian, looking down at him with a sly smile, said, "How about I go sing 'Motto Kimi o Shiritai'?"

"No need for that." Aomo slumped back down.

"Hmph~" the girl chuckled smugly, turning her head, "So Neihai, don't let down everyone's expectations~"

"Not only does Aomo think you're special, but you also refused the dream I tried to craft for you back then, right? That's precisely why you can now stand alongside Yu Tai, Sai Luo, and the others."

"If you put in some effort, you might even become Sai Luo's human vessel, of course on the condition that you don't go looking for danger to exploit."

Aomo raised a hand and waved it.

"But the topic's drifted further and further; did you originally have something else you wanted to ask?"

"Uh..." Neihai froze at the reminder, then glanced again at the few uniformed figures singing 'One day our tears will illuminate the road ahead, supporting our thoughts,' and then at the other side, the somewhat complex-looking Shima/Rex (the name they use as new-century high school students, which the Ultraguard Alliance calls out).

He then turned back and asked: "Why do they even have a team song? And these lyrics… really aren't yours, are they?"

"Wrap around this anxious heart." "Merge with it."

"Face bravely, embrace this steadfast vow."

——Just like that, the overly sunny, uplifting lyrics are genuinely hard for Neihai, who heard they were once terrorists, to stomach; likewise, the same shock likely applies to the Shima team across the sofa.

"Of course I didn't write it; it's a chorus they originally had, corresponding to the five opposite them forming a mirror image."

The character songs of 4S Denkou Machine King total ten tracks: Qian Lai, Reki, Peng, Hana, Shima, plus Chin, Mujina, Jutta, Gui She, and one filler-like chorus.

But it's precisely this filler-like song that made Aomo resolve to let them all survive.

Even Gui She, whom he didn't particularly appreciate, was incidentally saved as well.

Because it revealed another side of these people's hearts.

It wasn't a pure split personality, merely an opposition of stance; they could be sent to a place where their views align, to show that positive, upward-looking world.

He never said those things to them, but they indeed lived as the lyrics described, and that was enough.

The expectation indeed drew a strong response; even Shima, under the princess's gaze, wore a complex expression, but ultimately broke into a relieved smile.

Then, after the princess lifted her hand to push him up, he turned and walked toward Aomo's side.

He hoped Xin Tiao Qian would free up a spot so he could sit beside Aomo, and also conveniently sit between Aomo and Aomo's subordinate Apeng.

The pink-haired JK, too, offered no resistance, instead cheerfully trotting over to sit by Liu Hua and Mengya, as if she'd long endured having one prim and one lazy person on either side.

After she left, Aomo straightened up, resumed his usual etiquette, sat properly, and together with Apeng on the other side listened to Shima's rambling thanks.

Including the few months Aomo initially struggled, for Shima it's been nearly a year since seeing Aomo's subordinates and their 'monster eugenics' ideology.

Even at Christmas half a year ago they drank together, showing that the relationship had largely been repaired.

With communication they could understand each other again; although there remained a stance that could not be reconciled by words alone—for example, that betrayal—yet even now they could fight side by side, and only this opportunity of coming together to KTV allowed him to hear the four of them sing in chorus.

《Promise》/Agreement.

Searching the KTV song machine brings up many popular songs with the same title, but only theirs, when sung, sounds most professional, as if they had practiced it before.

They sang so uniformly, they sang so freely, and the glances they cast at the other listeners were also that self‑satisfied.

This also made him unable to avoid giving thanks.

Although he is coarse, he is not foolish.

Because he had already faced off against those former companions, he could clearly see in this world the changes of those former companions, later enemies, now companions again.

Although they are two groups, they are from two universes, two groups heading in different directions.

After spending a long time together, he could naturally tell who caused the two groups to show such a divergence.

Ma Zhong Peng established the foundation for change, which is the hardest first step to achieve.

Aomo gave them a path, allowing their change to develop further.

Moreover, there is also, originally something impossible to achieve no matter what, a good environment and society that can bypass the difficult formation process and immediately place one within it.

Such a miracle is also not as common as the first step established by A Peng.

Rather, both are creating miracles, both worthy of his sincere gratitude.