"If the other person knows what you want to say, then there's no need to specifically answer."
"But… Nibutani said that even if it's meaningless, you still have to answer seriously."
"That's certainly true…"
"It's so hard…"
The two were walking to school together. Although Rikka had become much more normal, she had been a Chunibyo for too long, and still needed to learn some things. Yuta taught her on weekdays, and Fang Wuwei took her to study at school. Her mother was usually busy and couldn't take care of her like Toka.
Everything had to be taken slowly; it seemed life was gradually getting better.
Rikka suddenly remembered that Fang Wuwei also wanted her to change her words, and now she even added "classmate" after Yuta's name, which made him feel extremely unaccustomed.
But Yuta felt great; it should be like this. Chunibyo, after all, was better off gone.
Rikka had changed. The Rikka in front of him no longer acted up, no longer acted foolish, but stood obediently by his side. How wonderful was that? She was obedient and cute, and didn't give him a headache…
…Was it really good?
The two walked across the bridge, chatting and laughing. This was the only way to the train station; they were going to school together.
Then, very quickly, their path was blocked… A blonde, twin-tailed girl appeared in front of them—it was Totsuka.
The present Totsuka sat on the bridge railing, her two long braids swaying in the air, pretending to be profound as she blocked the two.
She was still a Chunibyo.
"Stop death."
"…Good morning."
"Not good death!"
Totsuka's appearance here today was also to save her Master and bring Rikka back to the world of Chunibyo.
Yuta was already used to it. Ever since Rikka got rid of her Chunibyo, Totsuka had been pestering the two almost daily, but even from the beginning, she had no chance of winning…
Rikka had already decided to be obedient.
Facing Totsuka, Rikka recalled the happy days they once shared, but then she saw the present reality clearly. She understood that only by being an obedient, good child would she not cause headaches.
"Sanae, I've already told you before, I've already…"
"Don't call me Sanae death! I don't care, I'm coming death!"
Totsuka hated being called Sanae because that name was very ordinary, and she really liked her surname 'Totsuka'. She knew her Master would not call her Sanae, no matter how close their relationship.
Rudely interrupting Rikka, Totsuka didn't care about anything else. For her, the return of her Master was of primary importance. She stood up despite the danger, her feet wobbling on the railing, scaring Yuta and Rikka terribly. One had to know it was at least three stories high below.
It wasn't over yet. Even with such danger, she insisted on standing on one leg and flipping her hair, insisting on striking her usual pose… So what was the consequence?
She almost fell to her death. Her body lost balance and she plummeted straight down towards the bridge. If Yuta hadn't reacted in time, lunging forward with all his might to pull her back, this anime would have ended today.
Totsuka, who had narrowly escaped death, lay trembling on the ground. She really thought she was going to die today… The crucial thing was that she had done such things many times before, and surviving until now was purely due to great luck.
Standing up, leaning on the railing, Totsuka still hadn't forgotten her main mission for coming here.
"Explode, reality! Break, nerves! Banish this world!!"
A burst of magic erupted beside Totsuka. From her perspective, she had entered the Chunibyo world. A huge lightning war hammer condensed in her hand, swinging in the air, unleashing a long-range attack magic, striking towards her Master…
"Sanae, I've already…"
"Master! Wake up!!"
"Graduated."
The magic blasted forth, but it couldn't hit Rikka in the slightest, because they were no longer in the same world.
A pathetic thick barrier had formed between them.
Totsuka stared blankly as her magic attack struck Rikka, yet it vanished without a trace as if it had hit an Imagine Breaker, completely ineffective. Her Chunibyo world instantly collapsed… She knelt on the ground, utterly lost…
Her Master, couldn't come back…?
"I say, you should just about…"
No! It's not over! As long as Totsuka works hard enough, Totsuka can definitely bring her Master back!
"So annoying death! Totsuka won't give up death!
I will… I will definitely expel the demon that manipulated Master and save Master death!"
Totsuka picked up her school bag, crying loudly as she ran off, leaving the two standing there, not giving chase…
Yuta noticed Rikka beside him was silent. He turned to look and found Rikka's eyes were incredibly blank, and incredibly sad… She and Totsuka had been good friends for two years. No matter how big or small the matter, she would always find Totsuka, having long become inseparable close friends. But now, she had hurt Totsuka's heart again and again. This guilt and nostalgia for the past made her feel somewhat dazed…
"Rikka… Rikka?"
Even Yuta had to call Rikka repeatedly to bring her back to her senses. He was very worried about Rikka; she had been acting increasingly strange lately. He really wanted to ask Rikka, was it really good to give up Chunibyo?
But he couldn't, because it was he who had told Rikka to give up Chunibyo. It was he who made Rikka give up, and now to make Rikka pick it up again… That would be too irresponsible…
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The two walked in silence, not saying anything more, all the way to school. After a morning of classes, they welcomed the precious lunch break.
Watching some unfamiliar upperclassmen surrounding Fang Wuwei discussing something, Yuta, who had been concerned about Rikka all this time, went to ask Isshiki Makoto behind him…
"Poaching?"
"Yeah, the last flash mob was a huge success. They're here to poach Fang Wuwei, saying her script is perfect…"
"Shouldn't they be poaching Wuwei and Ikenouchi then?"
"That's the problem. They were indeed poached, but the ones who came to poach them were from the Kendo Club."
Isshiki Makoto recalled the time he accompanied Fang Wuwei to the Kendo Club a while ago. Even now, he still couldn't accept the fact; it was too shocking…
"Didn't poach them?"
"The situation… is ridiculous. After Wuwei went, he proposed that if they could defeat him, he would join the Kendo Club, even if it was a group fight."
"Th-Then what?"
"Then they didn't poach him. I like our current association, that's it."
Just as the two were talking, Fang Wuwei suddenly cut in, placing his hands on Isshiki Makoto's desk, a wide smile on his face.
"…Speak properly, I'm quite interested."
"So you see, your head is full of Rikka now, you don't even care about your brothers. You could find out just by asking around now."
Fang Wuwei put on a hurt expression, still speaking flirtatiously, but still told Yuta what he wanted to know.
"The fact is, that Kendo Club bunch is too weak; they can't beat me. The strongest club president can't even beat Maki. Why would I go? I can feel they want to use me as a mascot, and it's not practical."
But the truth was, the Kendo Club was indeed planning to use him as a mascot to recruit people, which annoyed Fang Wuwei a bit. So he single-handedly took down over forty Kendo Club members… Under the premise of a group fight, no one even touched his clothes, and no one touched him even once during the entire brawl.
And they tried to save the country by a circuitous route, proposing that if they defeated Maki, Fang Wuwei would join Club… Then they couldn't win. In a one-on-one fight, Maki took down that president in about ten seconds, and no one else dared to go up.
This incident had already spread throughout the school. Now the Kendo Club's reputation was damaged, and morale was scattered. It was said that the president was so disheartened that he was going to disband Club.
Fang Wuwei, famous throughout the school, and Yuta, gained a girlfriend…
Only he, Isshiki Makoto, had nothing… He slumped onto the desk, feeling dejected.
Speaking of Rikka, Yuta looked at Rikka, who was still sitting alone in front, and was very worried… In past lunch breaks, Rikka would always get through them with her Chunibyo. But what about now?
Perhaps, she was inherently lonely, it's just that now there was nothing to numb her inner feelings…