I will never receive a response from her again, and soon, I won’t even be able to see her.
Actually, more than sadness and pain, there’s a sense of despair and helplessness.
No matter what I do, it’s all futile; nothing can change the despair and helplessness.
All I can do is cry and cry, and besides crying, I can do nothing, nor do I want to do anything.
And that gentle big sister with glasses, so suddenly beca a deceased person.
Keke naturally found it hard to believe, until Yue Ji explained the situation in detail, she slowly accepted the fact.
She recalled how Yiyi first took her to the Disaster Strategy Bureau, and how Yin Luo helped clear Jiang Si’s na.
She also recalled how just yesterday, they went shopping together, Yin Luo treated her to a cold drink and so desserts.
The mature and gentle face, and that soft voice still seed to linger in her ear, making it hard to grasp the reality of Yin Luo’s passing.
More importantly, Yiyi...
Keke spent money to take a taxi to the hospital where Yiyi was.
When she arrived, Yiyi’s sister, Yin Luo, had already been taken to the morgue.
She couldn’t see that big sister one last ti.
There were quite a few people in the hospital morgue.
Due to today’s rampage of the Disaster Beast, even though the Disaster Strategy Bureau and Cyan Cloud Sect handled it promptly, they couldn’t ensure zero casualties.
So unlucky people would be accidentally killed during the Disaster Beast’s attack, sotis not directly by the beast, but by the chaos it caused, leading to indirect deaths.
But here, mostly everyone who needed to vent has vented, there were no loud cries, only so suppressed sobs.
Luckily, the rain in Beihai had subsided, if it had been the heavy rain from the morning, those small sobs would be drowned in the torrential downpour.
Keke suddenly rembered the day her parents were buried, it was raining then too.
At that ti, she was the only one crying.
The adults were always busy discussing other important matters, and during the feast, the guests talked and laughed.
They said it was a ceremony to commorate the deceased, but besides herself, it seed nobody else was truly grieving.
When her parents were finally buried, even Jiang Si wasn’t there, Keke experienced an unprecedented loneliness, feeling abandoned by the world, and completely out of place.
If the ceremony was just a ceremony, then what is the aning of commoration?
When she found Yiyi, Yiyi was quietly standing at the morgue’s door, her face blank, her eyes empty.
In front of her stood an elderly couple.
The man wore glasses, the woman had a hearing aid, suggesting ear trouble; their looks revealed traces of Yiyi and Yin Luo.
At that mont, the couple was shouting at Yiyi.
"I said she shouldn’t have gone to the Disaster Strategy Bureau!"
"And you said you’d definitely protect your sister!"
"When have you ever really helped your sister from a young age? It’s always your sister cleaning up your ss..."
"Why wasn’t it you who died..."
The harsh words reached even Keke, suffocating and painful.
Yet Yiyi just stood there in a daze, quietly hanging her head, silently enduring all the insults, and didn’t react even when slapped.
Keke initially wanted to wait until they were done talking since it was soone else’s business and she was an outsider.
But seeing Yiyi being slapped was unbearable for Keke; she ran over, shielding Yiyi with her arms, angrily glaring at the vicious adults.
"You’re being too much! Yiyi is also very sad! Why bully her?!"
"Yiyi is my daughter; I discipline her! Who are you to interfere, little girl!" The middle-aged man’s face showed a hint of malice, "Get lost!"
"And she’s upset? She can’t wait for her sister to die! I said the Disaster Strategy Bureau was dangerous, but insisted her sister accompany her!"
Their outburst had Keke on the verge of tears, her eyes reddening, yet she gritted her teeth, pulling out the Miracle Seed, "I am a Magical Girl, a teammate of Captain Yin Lian! If you dare bully the captain, I will transform into a Magical Girl and hit you!"
Although it sounded a bit immature, the Miracle Seed was genuine.
Especially now, with Keke appearing agitated from being scolded, the couple realized that if they pushed her too far, she might lose her temper and act impulsively.
Such students are the easiest to go mad; with little understanding of social rules, it’s easy for them to go out of control when provoked.
Especially with the power of a Magical Girl; the couple knew what that power ant, and how terrifying it could be.
Their faces reddened with anger, but they dared not say anything further.
Until Li Yi grabbed Keke’s hand from behind, pulling gently, "I’m okay, Keke, don’t worry about ."
"It’s not okay at all!"
Keke also grabbed Yiyi’s hand in return, feeling an icy coldness, even a chill that made Keke feel a bit of pain, "Yiyi is my friend; I won’t abandon my friend!"
"This is how you raised your team." The man sneered, "You’re such a great captain; you couldn’t save your sister, your teammates are wild, is there no discipline? The Disaster Strategy Bureau is really blind..."
Keke couldn’t hold back any longer.
She mimicked Jiang Si’s deanor - in her heart, when Jiang Si was fierce, he was the most terrifying person in this world.
The expression, mannerisms, and tone, were habitual imitations of him, and then, using the exact sa voice,
"Do you really want to force ? Get lost!"
Even the harsh words were learned from Jiang Si.
To ensure she had presence, she transford directly.
No matter how she imitated, it couldn’t capture Jiang Si’s aura; it was only through transformation, with the oppressive power, that she could co close to the terrifying feel Jiang Si gave off.
Proving her idea right.
The couple finally quieted down, though after a while they started grumbling again, but didn’t dare speak loudly, and eventually left the hospital quietly.
Only then did Keke finally breathe a sigh of relief; she really wasn’t versed in such things...
After dispelling the transformation, she turned to look at Li Yi, who still seed lost, as if she wasn’t concerned with what happened before, Keke led her to a nearby bench, and they both sat down.
Yiyi’s small body was trembling slightly, Keke felt this clearly as she supported her to sit.
Her whole body was soaked by the rain, just like her cold hands.
Yet, whether trembling from cold or another reason, Keke couldn’t tell.
The captain, always mature, maintaining a soldierly deanor to outsiders, now resembled an abandoned little girl, bewildered, clueless, with a hint of panic.
However, she never cried, not a single tear fell, and looking at her eyes, it was clear she hadn’t shed any before either.
Just her entire being soaked by the rain, occasionally a rain droplet, like a tear, would fall from the corner of her eye.
Keke pulled the captain, like an empty shell, causing her to easily topple onto Keke’s lap, her wet hair cooling the area, yet Keke didn’t react, only gently stroking the captain’s head.
"Have a good rest, Captain."
"Mm."
Yiyi’s face pressed against her thigh, gradually, warmth returned.
Keke took out tissues, helping to dry Yiyi’s hair and tidying the ssy strands.
No comforting words ca to mind.
Even a simple condolence would likely cause Yiyi pain, leaving Keke speechless.
Maintaining silence.
With ti, it always gets better.
She suddenly recalled Jiang Si’s often-repeated words and shook her head, unwilling to agree.
Sothing must be done.
"Keke."
The feeble voice brought Keke’s mind back, she instinctively responded, "Yes, I’m here, Captain."
Li Yi’s next words made her pause, her expression briefly freezing:
"I don’t want to be a Magical Girl anymore."
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