"Yuki..."
"Hm?"
Slowly opening his eyes, Yuki looked towards the girl with pink hair in front of him.
"Yuno?"
"Yuki? You're awake!"
Unable to contain her joy, tears rolled down Yuno's eyes as she gently held Yuki's hands.
On the other hand, Yuki felt his head spinning, as if he had a strong hangover.
(Hm?)
But his eyes felt strange; for some reason, they felt swollen, as if he had been crying for a long time.
This puzzled him; it had been a while since he last cried.
Since he regained his memories, that was the last time he shed tears.
"Are you okay, Yuki? No more nightmares?"
Seeing her beloved wake up, Yuno immediately inspected him. Since the conversation with Tsubaki had ended, she found Yuki crying; he had been crying in his sleep.
Initially, they thought it was due to the unbearable pain of his injuries. They quickly obtained medicine, but it was ineffective. The Apocalypse Virus was rapidly healing his body, and his wounds gradually disappeared. However, Yuki continued crying for a whole day.
Yuki cried for an entire day, worrying the two women. They thought it might be a nightmare, so Yuno held his hands and stayed with him throughout his sleep.
Until he woke up...
"What happened... How long was I asleep?"
Feeling confused, Yuki asked.
"One day, you've slept for a day, Yuki-kun."
While Yuno hugged him tenderly, Tsubaki responded. She had heard Yuno's shout and hurried in, sighing with relief.
Yuki's prolonged unconsciousness had made her anxious. She even considered visiting a hospital if this continued. Fortunately, Yuki woke up, and although he frowned slightly at seeing Yuno, he eventually smiled.
"Welcome back, Master."
At the same time, Est spoke. Like Yuno, she had been looking after him in her spiritual world, absorbing as much energy as possible to stabilize the Sephira Crystal.
(Sorry for the trouble, Est... Hm? A day?)
While apologizing to his companion, something shone in Yuki's mind, and his eyes couldn't help but tremble.
"Rasiel!"
"Yuki?"
"Yuki-kun?"
Quickly pulling away from Yuno, Yuki knew he was in trouble. He hastily summoned his angel, materializing it in his hand.
"Damn!"
As he thought, it was already too late, and his body slackened, falling back onto the bed.
"What's wrong, Yuki? Is there something wrong with your body?"
"Yuki-kun..."
Faced with the bewildered looks of both women, Yuki smiled bitterly.
"Sorry, but I think our enemy has become much stronger..."
Indeed, what should have been prevented had happened...
Things had gotten worse.
...
Unable to control her curiosity, Yuno held Rasiel's hands and looked at the information written, leaving her speechless.
Even Tsubaki, who approached, had her eyes wide open.
After all...
"How is it possible that she's alive?!" x2
Yes, the information Rasiel possessed was about the most troublesome enemy...
Minene was still alive, and not only that, she had become much stronger...
After all, she killed Fourth...
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Let's rewind a bit in time...
"You damn brats! You'll pay for this!"
Appearing in a flash of light inside an abandoned building in the neighboring city of Sakurami, Minene couldn't help but curse her enemies.
After all, she had come close to dying at the hands of those two brats.
However, both Yuno and Tsubaki underestimated Minene's power.
After all, she was the most powerful of the participants, controlling both time and space.
Yuno's terrifying strike wasn't enough to kill her.
Before being struck by that attack, she had swapped her body with a clone. Her Diary had warned her to escape, so she didn't hesitate and fled the scene during the fight against Tsubaki, never getting hit.
But she witnessed the enormous damage Yuno had caused.
So she couldn't help but gulp.
If she didn't have the power of time and hadn't killed Eighth, then that would have been her end. What a pity, those with the power of time are harder to kill than a cockroach.
Space might be strong, but time is more versatile. So she won't die easily.
Yuki also knew this. To kill someone with the power to manipulate time, he had to pay a price and use dirty tricks to do it.
With Eleventh, he had to use his only Sharingan, activating Izanami.
With Tenth, he had to lure him into his trap and forcefully enter the timeline to kill him. Even Est had to use a lot of her spiritual energy to destroy that timeline.
And with Reisuke...
The confrontation with that child was the worst. His clone fought an unfavorable battle for two years, protecting Tsubaki and using up all its chakra, only to disappear in the end.
As the Original, Yuki spent almost all his chakra in the search for Time Fragments, to the point of disappearing and being trapped with the Demon King.
That's how terrible and difficult it is to kill someone with the power to manipulate time.
So it was useless for Tsubaki and Yuno to try to kill Minene.
"I lack power and experience. I need to understand these powers more."
However, Minene knew exactly what she had to do and the reason for her failure.
Firstly, she lacked understanding; knowing too little about the nature of her power was her downfall. All she did was make things explode.
Which turned out to be useless against someone skilled in combat like Yuno.
She didn't possess high imagination and coordination like the other participants, especially Reisuke. If Fifth were in her place, the result would be different.
She also lacked more power; with more power, even Yuno would be forced to retreat.
These were the factors that determined her loss.
"I need more power. Next time, I won't let that brat pressure me, hm?"
But as she clenched her fist and thought of various ways to get back at those brats, Minene tilted her head. She felt a slight disturbance in time, as if someone had just accelerated time.
"Hahaha, my luck is so good!"
And upon discovering who activated his ability, Minene couldn't help but laugh because an old acquaintance had appeared.
"It's time to settle the score, Mr. Inspector."
Quickly locating her enemy, Minene disappeared in a flash of light.
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"It's useless, huh?"
Shaking his head in concern, a man in his thirties, with shoulder-length black hair, a bit of beard on his chin, and gray eyes.
This man is Keigo Kurusu, the Fourth participant in this Survival Game.
While slightly accelerating time in his Diary to help predict future data, Keigo blew a bit of smoke, lamenting the fate of Sakurami City.
As it was destroyed.
Fortunately, he and his family had moved to the neighboring city in time.
Initially, Keigo didn't think much of this Survival Game; he considered staying away until it was over. He had a wife and son; he couldn't expose them to the danger of nuclear monsters. But everything changed when he learned something terrible.
His son had very little time left to live. His son suffered from a terminal heart disease, and doctors diagnosed him with only three months to live.
This broke Keigo; he searched for ways to cure his son's illness. Unfortunately, he could only rewind time, extending his son's life but unable to cure the disease. He had the power, but it was useless.
Since it only delayed the inevitable, no matter how much he rewound time, his son's illness would never be cured. He also couldn't force his son to remain a child forever. While he could rewind time enough for the disease to be curable, there was the risk of other participants finding him.
(Maybe... if I become a god...)
But as his thoughts drifted in another direction, a strange child suddenly appeared before him, emerging from the shadows, confirming his fears that they had found him.
"I can help you with your problem..."
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Author's Note: Well, I've finished this volume. I hope I've given a fitting conclusion to the Survival Game. Without further ado, continue with the story.
TN: THE DAMN DRAMA AHHH