"Blue youth, it doesn't suit me, but I still know that there's only one moment like this!"
On stage, Kessoku Band's four members performed "I'll Never Forget (Wasurete Yaranai)". Even Bocchi-chan overcame her fear and immersed herself fully in the performance.
Below the stage, Hoshika held Hiroi Kikuri's hand, looking at the four shining performers on stage with a relieved expression.
"Carefree youth is truly wonderful, isn't it?"
A somewhat familiar voice suddenly spoke beside Hoshika.
Hoshika turned her head in confusion, realizing it was the young man who had saved her a few days ago and borrowed her car.
Hoshika's mind suddenly replayed the terrifying scene from the night before, a memory she had just managed to forget with great difficulty.
"Don't be afraid, I told you, I'm a good person... Besides, I did save your life, didn't I?" Fang Wuwei sighed, placing his hands on his hips, and chuckled softly. "To be so scared just by witnessing a bit of extraordinary power... It seems I shouldn't let people know in the future."
If it's just a short trip like this, it's fine; the aftermath can be handled by the local World Consciousness. But if it's a world where I'm a permanent resident, like in the Chuunibyou world...
"Ah... mm... your hand and eye are..." Hoshika felt a chill in her heart, especially seeing the young man's missing arm and the eye patch covering one eye, which were not there last time. She could roughly imagine what had happened... But considering that the young man had never actually harmed her, she wasn't too scared. Moreover, she was actually more concerned about her car now...
"Minor injuries, no need to worry, thank you for your concern." Fang Wuwei didn't explain much. He pulled out a car key and a card from his pocket and tossed them to Hoshika. "Your car key. I'm sorry your car is a mess because of me... Although it can still be driven, I recommend you get a new one and never get in that car again for the rest of your life. It's best not even to open the car door..."
"Eh?"
"Don't ask why, you won't want to know." Fang Wuwei smiled mysteriously, "I parked the car in a junkyard for you to dispose of. There's ten million yen on the card, my apology to you. Get a new car."
"Ah, ah! So the senior's car was with you these past two days! It was you who drove behind us the day before yesterday, wasn't it?! I knew I wasn't mistaken!" Hiroi Kikuri lifted her head from Hoshika's embrace and laughed heartily at Fang Wuwei, "I knew I wasn't mistaken! Shima even said I was imagining things because I missed the senior too much! I'm going to call Shima!"
Fang Wuwei's smile remained unchanged as he quietly took two steps back with the student beside him.
"I'll never forget you!"
"Again and again until I die!"
"I'll laugh about things like this!"
"It sounds great, and the song is really good, Hoshika Manager." Fang Wuwei watched Kessoku Band's performance. It was his first time seeing a live concert, let alone Kessoku Band. He decided to stay until the end of this show; after all, he wasn't short on time.
"Yes." Hoshika's gaze remained fixed. She had grown somewhat accustomed to Fang Wuwei's presence. After all, no one would dare to commit murder in such a public place... No one would do that, right...?
On stage, Nijika observed her sister and the one-armed, eye-patched young man beside her. She felt some pity for Fang Wuwei—he seemed to be around their age, yet he had lost an arm and an eye so young.
She had even wondered if this guy was the monster boy her sister mentioned, but then she thought it seemed impossible...
No, no, focus on the performance!
— — — — This is a musical dividing line — — — —
The performance ended, and people gradually left. Kita and the Goto family left first with the school nurse carrying Bocchi-chan on a stretcher, and Fang Wuwei also prepared to leave.
"Leaving?" Hoshika keenly noticed Fang Wuwei's intention. She had no intention of keeping him, merely asking a simple question out of concern.
Just kidding, exchanging an old car for ten million yen, Hoshika's attitude would naturally be better after such a big profit.
"Yes." Fang Wuwei didn't look back, "I hope you never see me again for the rest of your life~ Remember, seeing me means nothing good."
With a hint of self-mockery in his tone, Fang Wuwei gradually departed. Hoshika stared at his retreating back, silent.
As Fang Wuwei moved forward, irregular crystal-like fragments, resembling broken glass and without thickness, began to appear around him, accompanied by some black, unidentifiable fibrous gas. When they reached a certain quantity, the gas and irregular crystals instantly contracted around Fang Wuwei's heart, obscuring his figure. The crystals and fibrous gas then condensed into a single point, like a black hole sucking them in, and vanished along with Fang Wuwei.
From Fang Wuwei's perspective, he only felt a sudden darkness before his eyes, then his body lost balance, and he almost fell to the ground amidst the spinning world. When his vision returned, he was already in his home in the Chuunibyou world, standing perfectly fine, without any spinning or near-falls.
Fang Wuwei sighed deeply, slumped onto the sofa, completely relaxing, and fell into a deep sleep.
...
The twilight sun on Fang Wuwei's face woke him. Fang Wuwei hadn't slept so soundly in a long time, so soundly that he didn't want to do anything now, too lazy to even move his body.
"Ring, ring..."
The phone rang. The phone, which Fang Wuwei had kept in his system space, immediately rang urgently as soon as he took it out.
Fang Wuwei lazily picked it up, wanting to see which idiot was calling him—Togashi Yuta.
Fang Wuwei answered the call directly. Yuta, on the other end, was overjoyed to see Fang Wuwei answer, only to hear a sentence from the phone: "Don't bother me, I'm still very busy right now. Talk tomorrow if it's important. Hanging up."
Beep, beep, beep...
Hearing the busy signal on the phone, Yuta's entire face darkened. If Fang Wuwei came over tomorrow, he swore he would beat him up severely.
Fang Wuwei touched his broken arm, looked at Stone Wing leaning against the wall, and caressed it with his remaining arm.
The system has a system space, but Stone Wing cannot be put into it for no other reason than that it's too big, over two meters tall and wide, so it can't be put in.
Feeling a gentle force enveloping him, Fang Wuwei didn't resist and was soon enveloped by a pure light, merging into Stone Wing. Stone Wing also emitted the same soft glow, flickering on and off...
— — — — This is a cute dividing line — — — —
The next day.
At school, during the three days Fang Wuwei was absent, Rikka and the others had already completed the creation of the [Far East Magic Napping Society]. Due to Fang Wuwei's absence and Nibutani's timely joining, the club name was changed to [Far Eastern Magic Napping Society of Summer], just as in the original work.
On this day, after their hard work cleaning, they cleared out an empty classroom in the old school building to use as the Sharing Club Activities room. Rikka and Totsuka arranged a magic circle in the middle of the floor with a rug and lights. In the center of the magic circle, Senior H茴香 was sleeping soundly, using Chimera (the cat) as a pillow. Rikka knelt on one knee, her hand on the magic circle, and chanted in a low voice:
"By the name of the Evil King's True Eye, I summon you! Your name is the killer from darkness! Your blood, your flesh, your bones... all are formless..."
As Rikka chanted, the magic circle emitted a blue light, dazzling in the darkened room.
"I summon you!"
As soon as Rikka finished speaking, Fang Wuwei, with all his limbs intact, pushed open the door and saw Rikka extending her hand and shouting at him.
Behind her were Totsuka, controlling the lights and fan, and Yuta, who stood by with a speechless, helpless expression.
Fang Wuwei: ...?