[Huohuo is the cutest!]
[My heart's gonna break.]
[miHoYo, congrats, you've successfully stirred my emotions again!]
[Little Cake, don't cry, you're not a monster.]
[Darling, you're not a monster, you're an adorable matcha cake!]
[Huohuo isn't a monster, she's everyone's treasure!]
[My heart hurts so much.]
"What should I do…"
"Tail…" Huohuo lowered her head, moving like a walking corpse, her steps heavy with effort. Bang. Tail's figure appeared… Huohuo looked up at Tail's silhouette, her heart filled with countless grievances. "Tail, how… how are you here? Weren't you already…"
The next moment, she understood. Perhaps this was just another farewell, like with those most important to her. "I get it. This time, you're the one leaving."
Tail blinked. "Ha?!"
[Hahaha, that "Ha?!" I knew it was the real deal the moment it came out.]
[Give me back my tears! I was just crying, and now I'm laughing.]
[I couldn't hold it together, guys.]
[I'm dying laughing, hahaha. miHoYo, you sure know how to manage the audience's emotions!]
"Everyone leaves me. What am I supposed to do? I don't want to be alone again…" Tail immediately floated to Huohuo's side, deliberately circling her. "Your Uncle Tail hasn't gone anywhere!"
[Haha, Tail's getting anxious.]
[He's panicking, he's panicking.]
[Suddenly his tone softened.]
[Uncle Tail's always so unexpectedly hilarious.]
"Don't talk to me anymore, Tail! I don't want to watch you disappear…" Huohuo sat on the ground, burying her head in her knees.
"Don't talk to me anymore, Tail! I don't want to watch you disappear…"
"Hey, I!" Tail swallowed the words he was about to blurt out.
"Are you a judge or what?! This is a heliobi messing with your feelings! Pull yourself together! Don't play into the heliobi's game…"
Huohuo kept her head buried. "Everyone's gone… everyone's gone…"
Tail let out a heavy sigh. "'Everyone's gone,' huh? Fine, watch your Uncle Tail drag them all back!"
[Tail's so cool!]
[Yeah, didn't he just say last chapter, "I just want to hear her cry"?]
[They bicker when together, miss each other when apart—can't stand each other, can't live without each other.]
Tail continued circling Huohuo. "Don't you still have your ghost-hunting squad friends?"
"They're not here."
"Don't you have your seniors at the Ten-Lords Commission?"
"They're not here."
Tail roared, "Don't you still have me, your Uncle Tail?! Watch me bring them all to you!"
With that, he floated off toward other places. Soon, he possessed Huohuo's mother, and in that instant, Tail gained her past memories. Tail's voice was full of sighs. "Even biological parents can be this heartless? Humans…"
Before long, Tail returned to Huohuo's side and said softly, "Huohuo, I've brought your mother back." Huohuo only replied dully,
"She left me long ago."
"Sigh!" Tail refused to give up.
"Keep going."
The next moment, Tail possessed the malicious classmate. All he said was, "Why does Huohuo get so much attention? I'm the one who deserves it! I'll isolate her!"
"No wonder kids have such a need to show off."
Then he found the second classmate. All she said was, "That tail's too scary! It glows like a torch, so gross." Tail gritted his teeth.
"I'll give you a bite!"
"Huohuo, your Uncle Tail brought them all back." Huohuo slowly raised her head, no longer shutting herself off.
She stood up slowly, looking at the illusions before her. At that moment, Tail repeated the process, possessing Huohuo's mother again and speaking in a strained female voice.
"Huohuo, my dear daughter… your parents shouldn't have abandoned you."
Next was the malicious classmate.
Tail pinched his voice to sound sharper. "Huohuo, I'm sorry, I was just jealous that your tail's cooler than mine!"
Finally, the scared female classmate, with an even shriller, cutesy voice. "Huohuo, I dream of having such a cool tail. Please play with me, okay?"
[Hahaha, I'm dying. This voice impression show.]
[I'm dead. Tail, you say you don't spoil Huohuo?]
[My anger's finally eased. This scene is oddly heartwarming.]
[Playing both dad and mom. Sorry, I couldn't hold it together when Tail mimicked Huohuo's mom.]
[Kinda funny, hahaha!]
This time, Huohuo didn't cry. Her lips curved into the most healing smile.
[That smile, I screenshotted it.]
[I can't take it, I'm calling my lawyer.]
[Oh my gosh, Huohuo, marry me.]
[Huohuo, please be my girlfriend!]
[Huohuo's underage, okay? At most, she's Clara's age.]
[Didn't Huohuo work at the Ten-Lords Commission for over forty years?]
[Bro, that's the web series' setting. In reality, Huohuo's just that age.]
[No problem! I can wait. When Huohuo's of age, we'll get married.]
[Dream on, Huohuo's mine!]
[Mine!]
[…]
After laughing twice, Huohuo pouted. "They were all brought back by you possessing them, weren't they? That's not really coming back…" "Oh, come on! Just tell me if they're back or not?!"
[Hahaha, just tell me if they're back or not!]
[I'm dying laughing, hahaha.]
[Tail's the comedic star. Why doesn't Tail team up with Sparkle?]
[I can't imagine the sparks those two would create together.]
[Hahaha, those two together would probably be pure chaos, wild and unhinged!]
[So much love between these two!]
"Tail, you're not my illusion…" The next moment, Huohuo pursed her lips.
"You're the real Tail! You're really Tail! You're back!"
"Where have you been all this time? I thought you… I thought you were already…" Huohuo wiped away her tears, but this time they were tears of joy.
Tail couldn't help but hum lightly. "Already dead? Your Uncle Tail hasn't had it easy either. Blown into countless tiny fragments, took a ton of effort to piece myself back together… I've been stuck with you through years of bad luck, so I deserve some good fortune, don't I? I was planning to run off, but I couldn't stop worrying about you. Had to come back to check if this scaredy-cat could handle herself, if you'd made any progress."
Huohuo lowered her head, her eyes full of guilt. "Sorry, Huohuo hasn't made any progress at all."