Kurumi shook his head, with a bitter expression and a worried tone: "I am willing...but can I do it?" She felt that the possibility was infinitely close to zero.
She has been traveling killing bad people or death row inmates to gain more time. The reason why she attacks the school is that she desperately wants to take a bit of time from everyone but has been stopped by Katsu maybe part of her wanted Katsu to stop her. Since then, she has felt guilty so she can only keep on going gathering time by targeting any bad people. Still killing so much also affects her mental a little bit so sometimes she will travel back to watch Katsu from afar to soothe her heart.
There are only two possibilities.
One, if she fails to gather enough time to give it to Katsu to fight the Spirit of Origin, Katsu will die.
Second, Katsu successfully defeated Spirit of Origin but the chance is very low.
… …
Just when Kurumi lowered her eyes and looked obviously pessimistic, Katsu loosened his arms around Kurumi's waist, hugged her whole body in his arms, and then gently kissed her forehead. A kiss was placed on the front hair, and then a firm voice rang in Kurumi's ears: "I will solve all problems, and I will definitely marry you..."
Facing Kurumi's firm words that were almost like an oath, Kurumi couldn't help but raise his head and look at Katsu's beautiful face. Then, he laughed out loud: "Then you have to work hard --- "
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In the next world, Katsu and Kurumi walked around Hall 3 and Hall 4 again, experiencing many entertainment projects, until after 12 noon, the above words sounded from the radio:
"The Tennou Festival stage program will begin soon. All participants are asked to gather in the lounge quickly."
Katsureluctantly looked into Kurumi's eyes and said, "You won't disappear this time and not be seen for several months, right?"
"...Well, don't worry, I will remember to see you from time to time."
"Well--can't you stay?"
"No...no way."
"..."
Looking at Katsu's obviously disappointed expression, Kurumi sighed slightly, and then in Katsu's astonished eyes, she slightly raised her toes and kissed him on the cheek close to the lips. Although it might be an illusion, Katsu felt that this time it seemed to touch the corner of his lips slightly...
Looking at Kurumi's graceful back gradually receding, Katsu's eyes were full of reluctance, but after a slight adjustment, he patted his cheek hard and said to himself: "Cheer up, we will meet again"
Feeling the notification from the system.
Katsu immediately checks the affection interface. He smiled lightly as the chibi Kurumi love hearts that were glitching before now restored to normal reaching over 10 hears.
[Kurumi affection complete receiving reward]
[Life points: 8500]
[Zafkiel: a large clock with Roman numerals, accompanied by an archaic pistol and musket that serve as its hour and minute hands respectively.]
A card appears in his hand with the image of a giant clock similar to Kurumi. Upon consuming it he also gains her power to control time but her powers are very unstable because the bullet consumes time, or in other words, life force.
At present, he can only activate 6 different bullets while Kurumi has 12th and he can't use them fully like Kurumi.
First Bullet Aleph: Accelerates external time on its target.
Second Bullet Bet : Slows down the external time on its target. Used to stall an approaching enemy
. Third Bullet Gimmel : Speeds up internal time to cause the subject to age.
Fourth Bullet Dalet : Rewinds time on a target. However, despite restoring physical injuries, it cannot resurrect those who are already dead.
Fifth Bullet Hei: Allows to see a glimpse of the future. Overuse of this bullet strains the mind from the sheer amount of visions seen.
Sixth Bullet Vav : Sends the consciousness of its target into the body of a past version of themselves. Consequently, since only the mind is sent back, the Reiryoku and time spent on traveling are reset with every loop, which allows this bullet to be used repeatedly until accumulated mental fatigue proves too much for the user.
"Thanks, Kurumi"
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"Misstep... I didn't expect that after just being in a daze for a while, I touched the corner of his lips - the power of the Sixth Bullet was actually sealed..." Kurumi, who was far away from Katsu's perspective, frowned and whispered but still smiled lightly remembering Katsu kiss.
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The green room is located behind the stage, similar to a backstage or something like that.
However, even though it is called a lounge, it is a spacious space that is more than enough to accommodate all the performers.
Of course, that is natural. It is said that this place was originally a small banquet hall located behind the central stage, and is now open to people as a lounge. Because of this, there is also a whole set of jazz drums, electronic keyboards, and other musical instruments placed in the room.
When Katsu arrived, there were already many students here who were about to perform on stage.
Of course, the most eye-catching one was Miku, so after entering the lounge, Katsu found Miku and his group with little effort.
I saw the scene over there - Miku was sitting in her seat like a queen. In front of her were four girls including Shidou, a "pseudo girl", practicing a dance, probably a half dance for the stage.
Seeing Shidou's somewhat jerky and coy dance moves, Katsu couldn't help but smile and shake his head, then stepped forward and said with a smile, "Shidou, are you doing the Yangko dance?"
"...I am Shiori." Shiori paused before saying in a complicated tone.
"Oh~ Shiori, are you doing the Yangko dance?"
"..." Shidou said was tired and didn't want to talk.
Seeing Shidou's expression as if he had eaten a fly, Katsu couldn't help but laugh out loud: "If my phone hadn't run out of battery before, I would have recorded this for everyone." appreciate."
"Go to hell!!" Shidou looked filled with grief and anger.
Seeing Shidou frustrated and almost angry, Katsu couldn't help but smile and stopped teasing him. After all, they were best friends before, so let's save some face for him so that they can meet each other easily in the future~~~
Turning his head to look at Miku who was sitting on the sofa, Katsu couldn't help but feel a little strange, and then sat down on the stool next to Miku, saying in a concerned tone: "What's wrong? Not comfortable?"
Hearing Katsu's concerned voice, Miku raised her head slightly, glanced at him, then smiled slightly, then shook her head and said, "No."
Looking at Miku's smile, Katsu couldn't help but feel a little strange: "Huh? Then why did you feel a little different just now? Are you too nervous? Well---that's right, after all, before... ahem, I'm not that one I mean, don't worry, as long as I'm with you, everything will go smoothly."
"Well, although I'm not nervous at all, I believe in you and believe that everything will go smoothly."
"Hey, hey, I'm a little embarrassed when you say that." Katsu smiled and scratched his cheek.
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At this time, the performance of the first group has begun.
Katsu and the others also walked out of the lounge under the guidance of the staff.
Then there was the climb up a long, dimly lit staircase to a catwalk that ran along the wall near the center stage ceiling.
In addition to the staff, you can also see the performers who have just been in the lounge.
Of course, the most commendable thing here is that you can lie on the railing and look down, and you can easily see the panoramic view of the stage, which is much clearer and broader than the view in the auditorium.
"Hey, the view here is pretty good. If the special seats are sold for tickets, there should be many people who will buy them." Katsu looked at the panoramic view of the stage below and the crowded auditorium in the distance, and couldn't help but sigh. One sentence.
"Don't always think about money. Speaking of which, Katsu, you are not very short of money." I don't know if it was to avenge Katsu for teasing him before, but Shidou rarely quarreled with Katsu.
But unfortunately, Katsu waved his hand and said back: "Tch, what do you know? This is called business"