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"Imari?"

Noah called out to Imari with a tentative light.

He really didn't understand why Imari would suddenly ask such a question.

In this regard, Imari himself seems to be conscious, and instead of looking at Noah, he still looks into the distance and talks to himself.

"Do you still remember the purpose of me becoming a 'transcendent' and entering Haoling School Park?"

Noah nodded.

It is precisely because of this that Noah is even more confused.

The reason why Imari accepted the "Li Star Pattern", became a "transcendent", and entered the Haoling School Park to study, it was all for his family business.

For the sake of the small factory that was about to go bankrupt, left by his grandfather, Imari chose to study in Haoling School Park.

This is not only because if you study in the school park, you can get 100,000 yen per month for living expenses, but also because if you graduate from the school park, you can join the security forces of the "Dawn Organization" and become a "tomb guard" and earn a high salary that ordinary people can't get.

With this money, Imari will be able to revitalize the family business.

Therefore, Imarri's biggest goal has always been to strive to rise to the rank of "rank = iii".

Only by successfully ascending to the "Rank III" can Imari graduate from the school park smoothly and enter the "Dawn Organization" to work.

This goal, Imari has basically accomplished.

In other words, as long as you can ascend to Rank III. Even if Imari was satisfied, he didn't particularly force himself to be strong.

However. Now, Imari asked a completely different question than he had previously planned.

Getting stronger?

Imari. Do you want to be stronger?

"Actually, I wanted to be stronger at the beginning." As if Imari could guess what Noah was thinking, his jewel-like eyes met Noah's eyes.

"Because,The first person I met in the school park,The roommate who only had a week's 'stumbling double blade' is a very strong person.,There's such a strong friend by your side.,If you can't catch up.,It doesn't feel like you're qualified to stand by his side.。

"But then I gave up." Imari spoke in a relieved and less obsessive tone. said with a relaxed face.

"He's really strong, it's okay if it's just strong, but his speed of progress also makes people feel powerless, and his experience and knowledge are also very rich, and he can't catch up with a little effort at all, so although I tried my best to catch up with him, I never thought about being able to catch up with him."

"That's it, in constant catch-up. I have successfully ascended to Rank III. At this, Imari had a slightly bitter smile on his face.

"If you want to graduate in the school park, as long as you can reach the 'rank III', it's okay.,Because you successfully ascended to the 'rank III'.。 I began to be satisfied, and before I knew it, I forgot that I had to chase after him and not let him be left behind. ”

Noah was silent.

He. I already kind of guessed what Imari wanted to say.

"Julie is very strong, that kid should be the strongest among the girls besides Lilith. Ba is from a martial arts family, and his combat effectiveness is also very high. Not to mention Lilith, even if Julie goes with Ba, she may not be able to win Lilith. Imari looked extremely confused.

"Compared to them, although I am also 'rank III', I am not that strong at all, if I can be stronger, I can fight side by side with you like Lilith."

"You're already strong." Noah finally couldn't help but say this.

"In the entire first grade, your combat effectiveness can definitely rank in the top five, even if it is not inferior to the senior grades."

"But I still can't help, can I?" Imari smiled at Noah with some weakness.

"I'm sorry, Noah, actually, I'd love to fight with you."

"Imari..."Obviously, there was an urge to say a lot of words to Imari, but in the end, Noah just called Imari's name, and he couldn't spit out a word of the words that came to his throat.

Seeing Noah's unspeakable appearance, Imari "fluttered" and laughed.

"I'm just complaining." The haze on her pretty face was swept away, and she regained her former cheerfulness, and Imari gave Noah a small slap and teased.

"You don't have to be so embarrassed."

After saying that, Imari turned around, took a few steps forward, and then turned in a circle, facing Noah, putting his hands behind his back, bending down, his jewel-like eyes sparkling, and looking directly at Noah.

"However, I will no longer be satisfied with my current strength, reaching 'Rank III', my previous goal is considered to have been completed, and now my new goal is to catch up with you and become stronger, stronger than Julie, stronger than Lilith, and even stronger than you!"

"Will you make an appointment with me?" Like a child, Imari stretched out the tail finger of a hand and looked at Noah fixedly.

"I'm definitely going to get stronger, so, next time, you can't drive me away again, you have to let me fight with you!"

Looking at Imari who was standing in front of him,Stretching out his tail finger towards himself,Pretty face with an undoubted expression,Suddenly,Noah seems to have returned to the time when he just entered Haoling School Park。

……

"Ugh!"

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, are you okay?"

"It's okay, it's okay, I just touched it, it didn't hurt so much, and I blamed me for leaning my head closer, otherwise I wouldn't have touched it."

"Closer? Closer to this? ”

"Ahh I'm sorry.,Because I'm very concerned about the things in here.,So I unconsciously got over.,It's supposed to be something like a bamboo sword, right? I've also learned some kendo, and like you before, I've been carrying such a cloth bag with a bamboo sword, so I'm a little curious to follow you, don't you mind? ”

The brown pony-tailed girl suddenly said to Noah, who was carrying a cloth bag with a knight's sword.

"By the way, introduce yourself! My name is Imari Nagakura! Please advise! ”

……

Recalling the cheerful girl at that time, Noah felt a warm current in his heart.

"Imari, you're the first friend I've ever met in this world!" Noah stretched out his hand, put his tail finger together with Imaris's, looked at Imari, and smiled.

"I believe that the next time we meet, you will definitely become much stronger than now, and at that time, we will fight side by side again!"

"Yes!" Imari smiled, and her smile was more beautiful than ever.

"It's agreed!"

Under the sky, on the rooftop, the tail fingers of a man and a woman hooked together in the presence of each other, for a long time, and did not let go.

……

In the afternoon, led by the night of the Ninety-ninth New Year, Tsukimi Litu and the Three Kingdoms were accompanied, Imari, Julie, Lilith, Tachibana, Ya, Kuju Thora, Torozaki Aoi and a group of "Dawn Agency" "Tomb Guards" all left the hotel and went away in high-end cars.

After separating from Imari on the rooftop, Noah did not meet a second person.

Whether it's Julie, Lilith, Tangerine, and Ya, they didn't come to say goodbye to Noah, and they followed the army and returned to the school park.

Noah on the rooftop didn't say goodbye to the girls, but just watched the high-end cars go away, until all the cars disappeared at the end of the road, and Noah disappeared on the rooftop and returned to the "world".

"Ding---!"

With a soft crisp sound, the two pieces of broken feathers gently merged together in mid-air under Noah's gaze, regaining their integrity, and the whole body bloomed with soft white light, like a bird, happily turning around Noah's side.

"Whew..."Noah let out a scorching breath of relief.

However, just as Noah breathed a sigh of relief, the "feather" that had just been restored to its entirety spun around and came to Noah's face.

"Buzz!"

The "feathers" that bloomed with white light all over their bodies trembled and rose up, as if urging something.

"Huh?" The surprise on Noah's face, who had never encountered such a situation, can be imagined.

"Buzz!"

And the "feather" that represents the world doesn't know what it is urging, and it keeps trembling.

Noah reacted, and after hesitating for a moment, he reached out and gently put on the "feather" in front of him.

In the next moment, a rich white light burst from the top of the feather.

By the time the white light dissipated, Noah had already disappeared into the same place and entered this world. (To be continued......) R1292