Chapter 10: When I Wake Up
"Mom, why hasn't Dad come yet?" The snow outside the window reflects the sunlight and hits a large area of white light into the deserted hospital room; On the hospital bed, the already pale face was dyed with a layer of snow white, making it look even more miserable.
A cute boy knelt on a chair beside the bed, his slightly fleshy little hand holding the woman's hand tightly, and a cold touch came from the palm of his hand.
"He'll be there soon, he'll be there in a moment......" The woman lying on the bed weakly answered the child's innocent question, she raised her other arm with difficulty, and gently rubbed it on the boy's soft blonde hair, and her dark and deep pupils glistened with love and reluctance.
"Wade, is it okay to promise Mom one thing?" The woman's voice gradually became weak, and the scrawny palm slowed its movements; But her eyes were still bright, and the tenderness that had been before had been replaced by determination.
"Mom, you say." The boy nodded very obediently, and his little white hand increased his grip a little, unwilling to let go; It was as if as soon as he relaxed, he would lose the most precious thing in the world.
"No matter what happens in the future, no matter what your life will be, you have to listen to your father well, and never make him angry, after all, he loves you the most in the world...... And...... My people...... "The woman's voice changed from heavy to light; Until finally, she finally couldn't make a little more noise.
The open eyes slowly closed, and the arm rubbing against the boy's head completely stopped moving, and fell weakly; Like a gear that had lost power, it stopped turning.
"Di-" A screeching alarm came from the machine on the bedtable; The sound of strong permeability suddenly reached the corridor, and the nurses on duty outside the door were alarmed, and rushed into the ward with rescue equipment, and then rescued and transferred the woman in an orderly manner in accordance with the prescribed procedures.
The boy was blindfolded, and he sat alone; There seems to be a faint fragrance left in the residual warmth in his hand.
He shook his empty palm with palpitations, trying to find the touch he had felt before, but to no avail; At that moment, it seemed as if a corner of his heart was forever missing because of her departure.
"Don't!" Wade exclaimed and sat up from the hospital bed; His screams alarmed the nurses in the hallway, and woke the pillow-clad figure from its light sleep.
"Is that you?" Wade's emotions gradually calmed down, and the moment he woke up from the bed, he noticed this figure standing beside the bed.
Looking at his familiar but unfamiliar face, Wade's tone instantly became cold, and his eyes began to turn from hazy to sharp, as if he had seen an enemy.
Ketterson could hear the coldness and hostility in Wade's tone; He was silent, his slightly open mouth turning into a helpless sigh under Wade's hostile gaze; It seems to contain deep apologies and endless remorse.
"You have a good rest at home when you first recover from a serious illness, this is Osaka, and I have hired someone to take care of that house; As for the school, I have transferred you to a city high school in Osaka, so it's up to you whether you go or not. When Caterson had finished explaining what had happened, he took off his trench coat from the hanger and draped it over his body, and turned to leave.
After Wade saw the somewhat old trench coat, his sharp gaze actually showed a slight fluctuation that could not be detected.
"John, I owe you money and I will pay it back. But what you owe her, you can never repay, let alone make it up. Wade was surprisingly calm when he said this, but when these words reached John's ears, they pierced him like a cold blade deep into his heart.
John's pupils dilated; His tall back trembled slightly, and then with a helpless sigh, he finally regained his composure and left the ward without hesitation.
Moments later, a doctor in a white lab coat came up to Wade with a tablet to examine him; After repeated confirmations, he couldn't help but let out an exclamation: "This is really a miracle in the history of medicine!" ”
In this way, Wade finally woke up from a long coma, returned to his world, and started a new life in a new environment.
"Di - Arrive at the station ahead, Osaka Studio City Station." The voice of the familiar announcer sounded in the tram car; After hearing the name of the station, Wade, who had been leaning against the window and listless, suddenly raised his head and stared out the window—the familiar gate appeared in Wade's sight as the tram advanced, the golden letters still shining in the sunlight.
"Edazaki Yukina ......" comes to mind the figure of the girl; Although they haven't been together for a long time, Wade can find that long-lost sense of security in her.
Ever since his mother's death, he has tried to find comfort in all sorts of things; He likes to watch American comics, he came to Tokyo from New York, and even the mysterious oriental country of China, where his mother was born, is what he yearns for.
"If I knew I would lose my superpowers when I came back here, I wouldn't have come back! Now the girl is gone, alas. Wade grumbled with some anguish; The door of the tram closed with a beep, and then the carriage vibrated slightly and continued on its way.
"Huh?" Wade, who was about to close his eyes and recuperate, suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure in the afterglow; He exclaimed in his heart, and then jerked up from his iron seat to peer in, searching carefully through the crowd.
It was a pair of girls in high school uniforms; They leaned on each other's bodies, smiling and discussing something.
One of the girls was tied with a pair of jet-black and bright ponytails, and the peach-colored hairpin was attached to the root of the ponytail, which sparkled in the sunlight outside the window, and at the same time made the girl look even more cute.
"Hush." After seeing the girl's face, Wade immediately showed disappointment; He sat back in his seat, closed his eyes and began to rest.
"Ah, isn't it Yukina-chan? Over here. The pair of high school girls suddenly called out in the direction of the door; There, a girl in a double ponytail in a blue and white JK uniform looked at them, and then with a happy face, she squeezed through the walls to join them.
All this happened after Wade fell into a deep sleep.
Dim lighting illuminates the quaint patterns on the walls of the hall.
In the empty hall, there are ten huge stone pillars that can only be pulled together by five people, divided into two rows, neatly arranged on the left and right sides of the hall; In the center of the hall, there is a huge black and gold round table, in front of which there are ten chairs of different shapes, each with a unique pattern engraved on the back, corresponding to a different owner.
It was a grand hall that made everyone standing feel small; And at this moment, there was a person sitting on ten different chairs, as if he was holding some kind of meeting.
A delicate-looking woman with an Asian face slowly opened her eyes; On the back of her chair, there is a swirl-like pattern.
And the moment she opened her eyes, the dim light couldn't help but distort it, and two light blue whirlpools slowly swirled in the depths of her pupils, like an undercurrent in the depths of the sea, and there was a feeling of soul-stirring.
"Failed?" A deep voice came from the direction of the main seat, and judging by the height of the voice and his figure, it should be a sturdy adult man.
The Asian woman nodded, an abnormal pale on her expressionless face.
"I can't imagine that his speed has reached the point where it transcends spirit and time and space, is this a joy or a sorrow for us?" The voice was thoughtful, like a chess player in a stalemate, pondering what to do next.
"Hey, if you want me to say, that guy just get rid of it. As long as the nine of us shoot together, what can he do even if he reaches the speed of light? With a shuddering sneer, a man wrapped in black cloth said coldly.
If Wade were standing here at this time, he would surely realize that he was the man who stepped on the void.
"If he dies, then those aliens who live deep in the deep sea may immediately come ashore and start an all-out war." The voice mercilessly rejected the black cloth man's offer.
"Forget it, we'll talk about that later; Meeting! ”
In the dark night sky, there seemed to be a point of light with a flickering tricolor light, dragging a long wake, and flying by in a roar.
Wade sat on the roof with his legs dangling, feeling the chilly breeze on his face.
Three months after the destruction of Tokyo, a brand new city is rising from the ashes and rebuilding itself thanks to the efforts of a massive construction team.
"Is it really worth it to come back? this world. "All kinds of things with Edazaki Yukina resurfaced in front of Wade's eyes; He reached out to grab the phantom, but only a piece of air.
"That's it, the next one is always better." Wade exhaled a cloudy breath, and beside him, the somewhat tight school uniform was neatly arranged, but the school emblem on his chest was replaced by a golden lightning badge.