The former site of Sonosaki's house.

The mansion, which had been burned to the ground, had been abandoned for years because it had been left unattended.

Suddenly, a teleportation magic array unfolded in front of the ruins, and Shogo Tokiwa stepped out of it.

He rubbed his chin as he looked at the empty ruins of the mansion, a look of distress on his face.

Because the green pillar of light had disappeared, he was a little blind now, and he only knew that the position where the pillar of light rose should be this one, but he didn't know where it rose from.

After thinking for a moment, he walked into the ruins and began to look for an entrance to an underground chamber or something.

And just as he was looking, a green figure rode a motorcycle, broke through the gate directly, and then lifted E's transformation in the surprised eyes of Shogo Tokiwa, jumped off the motorcycle, and rushed through this ruin with great clarity, rushing in one direction.

This figure was none other than Philip, who had arrived at a rapid pace.

"Hey, you're ......"

Shogo Tokiwa blinked, beckoned and was about to say hello when Philip had already rushed past his eyes, as if he hadn't seen him.

The corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily, and Shogo Tokiwa withdrew his outstretched hand and smiled awkwardly.

He didn't say anything more, but ran after Philip through the ruins to the deserted church on the other side.

Then, following Philip, he entered the underground research institute of the Sonosaki family through the entrance to the church.

It's just that the door of the underground research institute has been tightly sealed, and the thick alloy gate is blocking Philip's way without moving.

Philip screamed, cried as he pounded his fist the alloy door.

"Sister! Sister Tsuneko!! Did you catch Sister Wakana? Whatever you want to do, I beg you not to do it, okay? Sister Tsuneko, Sister Wakana is your sister! Your own sister! It's family!! Sister Yinzi, you open the door, can you open the door!? Please open the door——!!! ”

Suddenly, Philip, whose vision was blurred by tears, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, because he found that the fist he had knocked on the alloy door was actually empty, as if the alloy gate in front of him had suddenly disappeared.

"It's ...... What? ”

Raising his hand and wiping his eyes vigorously, wiping away the tears that had been stuck in them, Philip was stunned to find that a black circular hole appeared on top of the alloy door in front of him.

Shogo Tokiwa: "It's a door, a 'door' that can pass through this alloy gate." ”

Philip turned back and saw Shogo Tokiwa looking at him with a very innocent expression, holding the Wizard's knight's watch on his chest and his thumb on the start button.

【Fall！ Please！ 】

Shogo Tokiwa maintained the magic of this thing that could pass through barriers, pointed at the black hole, and asked Philip with a smile.

"Don't you go in?"

Philip's hesitation didn't even give him time to blink, he nodded affirmatively.

"Enter!"

With that, he immediately leaned down and burrowed into the magic hole.

Shogo Tsukiwa then stepped in as well.

And after Tokiwa Sogo entered, the magic cave gradually shrank and disappeared.

……

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Basement research room.

After entering, Shogo Tsukiwa looked around and found that there was no one except Philip, who had entered first.

But Philip, who came in first, was like a lost soul at this time, standing by the well connected to the core of the earth in a daze, with a depressing atmosphere all over his body, which made Tsukiwa Shogo, who wanted to ask something, feel a little embarrassed to speak, opened his mouth, but didn't say anything.

Therefore, he first looked for the switch of the alloy gate, opened the alloy gate, and then walked to Philip's side.

Then, he glanced at Philip's expression, followed Philip's line of sight, and also looked at the well connected to the core of the earth.

After taking two steps forward, he looked down at the well, and when he saw the green light in the well, Shogo Tokiwa finally suddenly knew where the previous pillar of green light was ejecting from.

He remembered that Wox had said earlier that the Sonosaki family was able to create Gaia Memories when their family discovered a well connected to the core of the earth.

So......

"This is it, the well that Sonosaki found that is connected to the core of the earth."

Tokiwa Shogo muttered to himself in a loud voice, in fact, it was for Philip, in order to get his attention, break the oppressive atmosphere around him, open the topic, take advantage of the situation to pull some information, and then raise the feelings.

But just as Shogo Tokiwa was expecting Philip to ask something like, "How do you know?" As he spoke, he noticed a figure walking past him, and he was about to jump directly into the well.

[it!?] ]

Shogo Tsukiwa suddenly had a question mark in his head, and hurriedly reached out and grabbed the wrist of Philip, who was trying to jump into the well, and asked.

"What are you doing?"

Philip came back to his senses and looked at Shogo Tokiwa in a daze.

"I ......"

At this moment, as soon as the panting Shotaro Zuo ran in from outside the alloy gate, he saw Shogo Tokiwa holding Philip's wrist with a "concerning" expression, while Philip ......

“？？？” Zuo Shotaro's breathing was slightly stagnant and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

The atmosphere at the scene once condensed to a freezing point.

Shogo Tokiwa reflexively let go of Philip's wrist and coughed dryly.

Don't get me wrong, it's not what you think...... Tsk, of course Shogo Tokiwa wouldn't say that, and he wasn't filming a soap opera with emotional disputes.

He explained generously to Shotaro Zuo.

"I think your partner might need a little bit of enlightenment...... Because, he seemed to want to jump into this well just now. ”

As he spoke, in order to make it easier for Shotaro to understand, Shogo Tokiwa also raised his hand and pointed to the well in front of him that was connected to the core of the earth.

Following the direction of Shogo Tokiwa's finger, Shotaro Zuo also saw the well.

Then, he looked at Philip's expression, and when he saw Philip's reaction subconsciously looking away, he knew that what Shogo Tokiwa said was true.

Couldn't help but sigh, Shotaro Zuo didn't blame Philip for anything, but tried to control his emotions and asked.

“…… What happened? ”

Philip was silent for a moment and explained to Shotaro Zuo.

"Sister Tsuneko, in order to gain the power of Xtreme, may have given Sister Wakana to ...... But just now, I seemed to hear Sister Wakana's call, so I couldn't help but walk towards the well. ”

After a little hesitation, Philip took a deep breath to calm his mood and added.

"I'll take a look at the Earth Library."

With his arms outstretched, in a glowing green shimmer, Philip entered the Earth Library.

As soon as he entered, Philip heard the call from Sonosaki again.

"Philip ......"

"Sister Wakana!"

Philip ran through the Earth Library, calling out loudly.

"Sister Wakana, where are you!?"

"I'm here."

The bookshelves shifted to the sides, branching off into a long path, and Philip finally saw the back of Sonosaki Wakana.

"Sister Wakana-"

He quickly ran behind the figure and raised his hand to the other's shoulder.

"You ......"

The figure turned around, but Philip's eyes widened and his breathing stagnant.

Because, it's obviously the back of Sonosaki Wakana, but after turning around, the face that is revealed is not Sonosaki Wakana who has been with him day and night for ten years, but, Sonosaki!

Looking at Philip, who was so stunned that he lost his voice, the corners of Sonosaki's lips curled, and he greeted him with a smile.

"Long time no see, here."