"How's Asuka Kazuma?"

"Did the energy fluctuation that just appeared because he woke up?"

Staring nervously at the faceless prosthetic beside him, Sha Ji asked in a slightly hoarse voice.

"No, Dinah was only briefly awakened, and most of his consciousness was still wandering at the end of the endless plane."

Hearing this, Sha Ji immediately showed a disappointed expression.

"I thought he would be able to know where Lu Xuan's guy ran when he woke up."

Turning his head slightly, Tomoko's faceless prosthetic body also showed a distressed expression.

"What is certain is that the boss is definitely still on Earth now."

"The only thing that is uncertain is where the boss is right now."

With a slight pause in her tone, Tomoko continued.

"I've tried to explore the ruins of Lalayah in the Pacific Ocean......"

"There are no useful clues there other than traces of the boss and the Gatanjee battle."

"The artificial intelligence of the ultra-ancient time machine, Yu Lian, also doesn't know what's going on, she doesn't even know as much as we do."

Since Lu Xuan's disappearance, Tomoko and Sha Ji have tried everything they can think of, but they have never been able to find each other's whereabouts.

As a matter of common sense, this is almost impossible.

Saki won't talk about it.

As the true leader of the Extraterrestrial Alliance, Shaji had never encountered such a confused situation.

The same is true for Tomoko.

As a quantum god of the microcosm, her monitoring has long been spread to every corner of the solar system, and there are basically no monitoring blind spots.

But for Lu Xuan's disappearance, the two of them had nothing to do.

"Looks like Gatanjee has found a way to deal with us."

Although Gatanjee had always fallen behind in his dealings with Lu Xuan, no one would doubt the terrifyingness of that evil god.

Especially after several battles, Lu Xuan's hidden hole cards have basically been exposed.

In this case, if Gatanjee really had a high level of wisdom beyond human imagination, it would be impossible not to counter Lu Xuan's methods.

In this way, Sha Ji and Zhizi have never been able to find Lu Xuan, and there is a reasonable explanation.

"What about Kirino Mukio? Has he also been missing? ”

Facing Shaji's question, Tomoko nodded affirmatively.

"Takayama Imu and Hikari have been helping us find the boss lately."

"Judging from the current situation, it is already the limit of their ability to retrieve Dinah in the turbulence of time and space."

Saki has no doubts about Takayama Imu and Hikali's abilities.

Her concern now is that these two powerful foreign players could also be noticed by Gatanjee.

At that time, no one knows whether Gatanjee will also make countermeasures against these two powerful foreign aids.

Judging by what happened to Dinah, this is a big possibility.

"Well, so I've temporarily restricted the space-time passage from Space-Time City to Earth."

"At least until this crisis is figured out, Takayama Imu and Hikari will not be on Earth again."

Hearing this, Tomoko, who had been prepared for this for a long time, said.

The calm tone seemed to be discussing what to eat today, and it was completely impossible to see her embarrassed appearance when facing the mountains and shikali.

"Thank you!"

Sha Ji didn't even have to think about it to know what Tomoko was facing at that time.

Whether it's Takayama or Hikari, they're not the kind of people who would abandon their friends at a critical moment.

Especially when their friends are in an inexplicable crisis, Takayama Imu and Hikali's first reaction is to stand up.

However, Tomoko does not agree with the reckless approach of these two.

Or rather, Zhizi clearly knew that if Lu Xuan was there, he would definitely not let these two people take risks.

After all, today's Lu Xuan is no longer the Lu Xuan when he first came to Earth.

Under the influence of Da Gu and Sha Ji, now Lu Xuan will never accept that his friends and companions are in a dangerous situation because of themselves.

Sha Ji even felt that if it weren't for the influence of this "lone wolf" thinking.

Judging from Lu Xuan's past performance, it was impossible for him to go to the depths of the Lalaya Ruins alone.

Be prepared and work together.

Doing his best to consume the enemy is Lu Xuan's consistent style.

[In the final analysis, it's all to blame for the reckless man who is Asuka and Ichima.] 】

The thought flashed through his mind, and Shaji became even more silent.

Maybe it's because Dagu died in battle, or maybe it's really affected by Asuka and Ichima......

After returning from the Hikari universe, Lu Xuan began to consciously protect the people he valued.

Sha Ji could understand Lu Xuan's importance to his companions, but she resolutely couldn't accept the other party's approach.

"That bastard, why does he think we're willing to accept such protection?"

As soon as he thought of this, Sha Ji clenched his fists, and wanted to smash his fist in the face of Lu Xuan's bastard.

"Obviously a cold-blooded bastard......"

"When did he start to be so affectionate?"

Tilting her head again, Tomoko said in that slightly mechanical accent.

"From the moment you decide to change the boss."

As soon as these words came out, Sha Ji fell silent again.

As Tomoko said, Lu Xuan's change began when he met Sha Ji and Da Gu.

Instead, he and Da Gu were also happy to see Lu Xuan's change, and even played a huge role in the process of the other party's change.

"This kind of self-righteous unilateral protection is not what a true friend should do."

With a deep sigh of relief, Sha Ji suddenly stared at Tomoko's face, which had no facial features, and emphasized.

"Tomoko, I hope you don't get influenced by that bastard!"

"What he did was wrong, and true friends must share weal and bene."

"A person who unilaterally enjoys the security of being protected can never become a true friend!"

Also staring at Shaji's serious expression, Tomoko did not answer the other party's words immediately.

On the contrary, Tomoko is thinking about the logic of Shaji's words just now.

It wasn't until Saki felt that Tomoko might not be able to understand the meaning of her words at all, that she finally spoke again.

"I see!"

"So, should I let Takayama Imu and Shikari go to Earth now?"

The gradually rising arc of the corners of his mouth suddenly stiffened, and Sha Ji's expression at the moment also looked a little stunned and confused.

"I didn't mean that......"

Wanting to open his mouth again and again, Saki tried hard to correct Tomoko's logic again, but in the end he could only mumble a sentence in despair.

"Forget it, being honest with you is the stupidest thing I've ever done."

Commuter/Referral Passes

(End of chapter)