At the Unity headquarters, all of Nic's girlfriends gathered again to await Nia's answer.
But Nia just remained silent and looked confused.
"Guys, how about this? Let's ask the Unity members in Sportonia for their opinions? Or the other Unity members; there are still many, right?" Nia said, trying to find a solution.
But Vivi was doubtful. "Um, Nia... I think they will all agree with Leona."
Olivia also responded, "That's right... besides, they are just members, and it's clear they want Nic out because he's their leader."
But Leona immediately chimed in and disagreed.
"That's not necessarily true. There must be some who are also shocked by the incident. I agree with Nia that we should ask those in Sportonia too," Leona said, glancing at Vivi.
After debating for several minutes, they all agreed to go to Sportonia again, especially since they had no schedule today.
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Only Nic's girlfriends went there, as it would be too chaotic if everyone went. When they arrived, the situation was still unsettled, and there were still many damaged areas from the battle between Nic and the Red Dragon.
Then, while walking towards the Unity headquarters in Sportonia, they met Kyra, the happy girl.
"OHH!? OTHER UNITY MEMBERS!" Kyra exclaimed excitedly.
Lily immediately stepped forward. "HEHE! YES! WE'RE GOING TO THE UNITY HEADQUARTERS HERE!"
The two immediately became just as enthusiastic as sisters, and they ran off together toward the base first.
"Oh my god, they are so similar," Violet said.
"They're cute, like long-lost twins, hehe," Yui said, laughing.
"But it's probably going to get even noisier when they're together," Fanny replied.
After that, the rest followed them there.
They finally arrived, and coincidentally, Lisa was also there with the other Unity members.
"Huh? Leona? What are you doing here again?" Lisa asked.
"Ah, we just wanted to ask your opinion about Nic being imprisoned, whether we should free him or not? I want to free Nic, but some others disagree," Leona said, glancing at Vivi.
Before Lisa could answer, Alethea stood up and approached Leona.
"Ah, it seems we're in the same situation. We're also discussing that here, and there are some who disagree as well."
Instead of finding a solution, they gained even more members with differing opinions, except for Lisa and Nia, who tried to remain neutral.
Here, Lily was shocked that Kyra disagreed with freeing Nic.
"I THOUGHT WE WERE THE SAME! WHY ARE YOU REFUSING TO FREE NIC!?" Lily said.
"UGH, YOU KNOW THE IMPACT OF NIC'S RAMPAGE, RIGHT? IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN SOON, IT COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS, YOU KNOW!" Kyra replied.
"Happy girl? Why do you look so scared?" Jenny tried to heat up the atmosphere.
"Hey... I'm always happy, BUT WHO WOULD BE HAPPY WHEN THERE IS SUCH A DANGEROUS THREAT!" Kyra said.
"Hmm, didn't Nic say you were someone who was always happy even in danger?" Leona said.
But Lisa immediately pulled Kyra away and told them to calm down.
The atmosphere grew tenser as they argued and exchanged passive-aggressive remarks.
Nia, who disliked this atmosphere, immediately went to a room, which turned out to be the room Nic had set up for himself to rest.
Veronica also followed Nia because she hated fighting.
While Veronica was lying on the bed, Nia idly looked around and noticed a prominent item: a book.
But it turned out the book was locked by Nic and had a password. The curious Veronica also came to look.
"Wow, this book looks familiar. I think I know who it belonged to originally," Veronica said.
After that, Nia and Veronica quickly went downstairs.
"STOP!!! LOOK AT THIS!!" Veronica shouted.
Seeing the book Nia was holding, Aria immediately noticed that it was her creation that she had given to Nic.
"Ah yes, that's my book that I gave to Nic. That book can make stick figures move according to what we write," Aria said.
Aria looked at the book, and it was locked.
"Does anyone know what the password might be?" Nia asked.
Everyone thought about what password Nic might have set for the book.
But it turned out there was a small code on the top of the book: ILYA.
Everyone was immediately confused. What did it mean? Was it an acronym?
Then Alethea raised her hand to get their attention, and they all looked at her.
"It's simple. The password is I Love You All."
Hearing that, everyone immediately blushed, and Lisa quickly opened it, and it worked.
When the book opened, it immediately provided options: "Use large screen" or "regular book screen."
Aria was surprised because this option wasn't there before, but Nic had upgraded the book to be more advanced.
Lisa chose the large screen, and the book immediately displayed a large screen above it. Then there was another choice: "Create new diary?" or "View diary contents."
Because of that option, they knew that Nic had already created a diary.
"Miss Lisa... let's look at all of Nic's diary entries," Leona said.
Lisa was actually scared because it was private, but she finally chose to look, and when she pressed it, a hologram of Nic sitting on the bench at the Unity headquarters immediately appeared.
They all sat neatly and began watching the diary Nic had created.
Unbeknownst to them, Nic had anticipated this would happen.
At the beginning, the Nic hologram said, "Hi, I know you will see this someday... I don't know when, but you will definitely see it. If you are watching this, first, I want to apologize. I always make you worry and bring you into the problems I create; this is my fault. But I will always protect you. I will never let you be sad. I love all of you. Unity is everything to me. You shouldn't fight because you are family, especially not because of me. The point is, if you are seeing this without me, it means I am in big trouble, so I apologize for leaving you... I promise to come back, and happy viewing of your leader's diary, hehe. Bye everyone."
Hearing the message, they all fell silent, holding back tears. Vivi was seen biting her lip, and suddenly the scene shifted to when Nic was just an ordinary student and met Vivi, the popular girl in school...
They saw how others bullied him.
Then they all started feeling nostalgic, especially Nic's first girlfriends. The beginning of their meetings and the formation of Unity. Some of them were embarrassed because their first meeting was funny, and some were emotional, like Melody.
Then it moved to the moment of Nic and Vivi's date, which immediately shook Vivi's heart. Especially when Vivi was reminded of Nic making a perfect dunk like her grandfather used to do... this made Vivi cry again. She was immediately hugged by Olivia and Leona.
"Hic... I'm sorry, everyone. I should have known what kind of person Nic is... Even though he looks brutal, he won't do that to us because his heart... is actually that soft."
Vivi continued to cry and apologize for giving an opinion that, according to her, was like they shouldn't meet Nic.
Here, Leona also apologized. She should have understood the feeling of fear because it was a normal human emotion, and she should have respected it.
While they were emotional, the scene shifted to Nic in the Red District. Nic had apparently made a diary when he took revenge on Red Scorpion...
All of Nic's girlfriends finally found out that Charlotte and Julia had already known what Nic was like, but they still wanted to be Nic's girlfriends.
They saw how Nic destroyed Red Scorpion even though he almost died there if he had made one wrong move.
"Huft... in that moment, I got chills watching it," Julia said.
"That's the reason I'm still by his side, because he does that for the people he loves," Charlotte said.
They continued to watch Nic's story in the diary until the end.
And after it finished, they all sat silently, looking up at the ceiling blankly.
They began to realize that they shouldn't have fought like that just because of different opinions. They should have unified their opinions.
And finally, Nia spoke up, accompanied by Lisa.
"Everyone, please listen to me! You heard what Nic said, right? We are the Unity family, so we must unite, not be divided just because of ego! Let's unify our opinions... not free Nic, and not not free Nic... but we support Nic! We support him until the Western government realizes that Nic will not be a threat! We have to convince them that Nic is good! If we do that, we can free Nic and at the same time not have to be afraid because you know Nic won't do brutal things to us or the innocent!!" Nia exclaimed.
Lisa, seeing that, was impressed and slightly motivated. "Honestly, I respect you very much, Nia. It seems you are more suited to be the vice-leader of Unity than me... I'm awkward, and I can't make everyone follow me because my leader aura is lacking... But the point is, what Nia said is right, you all must support Nic in any condition because if it weren't for him, we wouldn't be together like this... Nic is the one who created this harmonious family, not just for fun, but for the happiness of all of us who initially felt sad and had no place to rest... So come on, everyone, say it!!"
"WE ARE UNITY!! WE ARE FAMILY!!!" everyone shouted.
They applauded and hugged each other, then with strong determination, they planned to demonstrate to the Western government to free Nic from prison.
To be continued...