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Ling Ke, who had appeared so abruptly, did not chat with Fu Hua for very long.
The two of them were not exactly close to begin with.
Before this, they had been enemies. It was only natural that they would not have much to talk about.
As for Fu Hua, she did want to draw more crucial information out of Ling Ke.
She had arrived in this era…
No. Strictly speaking, she should be the same as Kevin Kaslana.
As one of the forerunners of the Previous Era, before "returning" to this era, she had also seen those "nonexistent memories."
It could not be denied.
If Ling Ke had not personally suffered so much torment born from the darker side of humanity, then he would have become a reliable great hero who could save the world.
Just among the people and things connected to Fu Hua herself…
Danzhu, Cangxuan…
And even more of her friends.
All of them had been saved from their fates.
But now…
"Uh…"
Fu Hua froze.
Now…
What?
In this era, Danzhu was still here. Cangxuan was still here.
And Ling Ke had just reminded her.
Her father…
Was still here too.
"…"
At this moment, only Fu Hua remained in the alley.
Ling Ke was no longer standing where he had been.
Fu Hua silently raised her head and looked at the blue sky, breathing in that familiar fresh air.
"Hey!"
Another voice rang out inside her mind. "Old Timer, quit standing there in a daze."
"Hurry up and go to the hospital!"
The Herrscher of Sentience urged her anxiously. "Did you forget again? At this point in time, our… your dad got hurt because he was attacked by zombies. That's why he ended up in the hospital."
"What if he got infected with Honkai sickness?"
"!"
Fu Hua suddenly came back to herself.
After the Herrscher of Sentience reminded her, she also realized it.
The choice Ling Ke had left her with before he walked away…
It did not seem to have a rigid time limit.
Then, on that basis, no matter what kind of calculation he was making, whether he wanted to force her into a painful choice or simply sit back and watch things take their natural course…
At least right now, she could loosen the nerves that had been pulled tight for far, far too long.
She could go do what she wanted to do first.
Even if…
Even if it was only for this one day.
She would give herself a "vacation."
And the first stop after that, naturally, would be…
"You…"
Fu Hua originally wanted to ask the Herrscher of Sentience which hospital her father was staying in.
She could not find that memory.
However…
"'You'? What do you mean, 'you'? Don't I have a nam—uh. Wait. I really don't."
Inside her mind, the Herrscher of Sentience seemed to bristle a little.
Then she started getting tangled up by herself. "Right. What should I be called?"
"Herrscher of Sentience? No, that's not right. I don't even have my authority anymore. Then what am I…"
For a moment, she seemed to fall into the confusion of wanting to ask herself, Who am I?
Fortunately, very…
Very rarely, Fu Hua did not fail the emotional intelligence check at a moment like this.
"How about I call you Xiao Shi?"
"…"
"You don't like it? Then I can change…"
"Tch."
The Herrscher of Sentience…
Xiao Shi clicked her tongue and cut off Fu Hua's next words.
Right now, she was also inside Fu Hua's body. According to what she herself had said before, she hated the feeling of "two people sharing one body."
But…
"Our dad is at the First People's Hospital in the city center."
She knew what Fu Hua wanted to ask and gave the answer directly.
She also helpfully passed over a pile of related memories.
At once…
"Thank you."
A relieved, faint smile appeared on Fu Hua's face.
Then she activated the flight module of Shadow Knight: Moonblade and shot into the sky.
Of course, she was not reckless enough to draw attention with no concern at all.
Rather, precisely because she had returned to this familiar era, certain "concerns" she had not had before appeared again.
She could not expose her abnormality in front of outsiders too early and drag in those friends and relatives living in this era, people who might be taken hostage.
Fortunately, Shadow Knight: Moonblade, as a fourth-generation god-slaying Valkyrie armor, was equipped with high-precision optical camouflage.
So the moment Fu Hua flew out of the alley, her whole figure had already disappeared, unable to be captured by ordinary methods.
Before long, with Shadow Knight: Moonblade's extreme mobility, she arrived above Chancheng First People's Hospital.
She slowly descended, but did not immediately deactivate the optical camouflage on her body.
Fu Hua used the infiltration skills she had long since mastered.
Yes. Not the kind where she went full Triple Red and charged in mowing everything down.
She quickly entered a changing room, took a few nurse uniforms, deactivated the Shadow Knight: Moonblade armor, changed into normal clothing, and put on a mask.
Then, relying on Xiao Shi's guidance, she headed for that hospital room.
A room she had not had the chance to enter again for more than fifty thousand years.
She had just arrived at the door when…
"Come. Let Dad take a good look at you."
"My good daughter… Next time I see you, it'll be half a year from now."
From inside the room came that familiar voice.
He seemed overjoyed simply because he could see his own dear daughter.
But…
Half a year from now?
It seemed that after today, "she" would never again see her father's strict yet gentle smile.
And now…
Across her long life, how many "half-years" had already passed?
Fortunately, even though the relevant memories had once faded away, her soul…
Still remembered this voice.
Fu Hua stopped at the doorway.
The familiar voice sounded again.
And it was not only the voice that was familiar.
There was also the care contained in every word and sentence.
"You're going to Canghai City. Over there, remember to take good care of yourself."
"Dad doesn't have much ability, but paying for your schooling is still no problem."
"You don't need to worry about anything. Just study properly."
"When you're over there, don't practice martial arts anymore. Don't let your classmates think you're strange."
"Dad is in the hospital now, and I'm too embarrassed to even tell people I run a martial arts school."
"Little Hua, the times… have changed."
"In the future, you can go to work, start a company, enter politics… anything is fine."
"Those have a future."
"As for the martial arts school… heh. That path won't work anymore."
As the man spoke, the feeling that slipped into his voice without him meaning to was bitterness.
A man who ran a martial arts school for a living, who had practiced martial arts his whole life, was advising his own daughter not to walk this road.
Of course he felt helpless.
But if it was for his daughter's sake…
"The times haven't changed at all."
Inside Fu Hua's mind, Xiao Shi muttered, "Even fifty thousand years later, the strongest one still gets the final say. Everyone has to listen."
Clearly, she had thought of a certain avenger who had directly reversed time and restored the present age.
Yes.
In this world where extraordinary power existed, being able to fight…
Meant having a voice.
The people of Earth could not resist the Cocoon of Finality, so they could only obey it and be forced to accept its trial.
Back when Fu Hua was still the Red Kite Immortal, when she could still fight, even Schicksal's eastern expedition had to stop in front of her.
At the same time, it was also because she later could no longer fight that she had no choice but to cooperate with that man, Otto.
Speaking of that…
"You really were stupid back then. If you wanted to build a force, then build a force. Why did you have to build some tiny little elite sect?"
"The whole Taixuan Sect had less than ten people from top to bottom. And look what happened later. No one else to balance them. No family business to restrain them. No one to help keep an eye on things for you. Those little brats wanted to rebel, so they rebelled."
Xiao Shi muttered indignantly.
Of course she knew there had been reasons behind "those who fall to demons must be killed."
But unhappy was unhappy.
Especially when the whole of Shenzhou, because of that matter, had later been forced under Schicksal's control.
The mighty Red Kite Immortal, pushed around by a junior only a few hundred years old…
"That is all in the past now."
Fu Hua suddenly answered her. "Completely and utterly… in the past."
Yes.
It was in the past.
Even the entire era was gone now.
It could only be said that it was fortunate Xiao Shi did not currently have a body.
Otherwise, who knew how hard she would have pouted, with her whole face full of little expressions.
At this time…
"Little Hua, Dad isn't worried about anything else. Dad knows you can take care of yourself."
"But… remember to make more friends. I'm only afraid you won't be able to make any."
From inside the hospital room, that familiar voice once again reached her ears.
"…"
Fu Hua's eyes dimmed slightly.
Friends?
In this life, she had had many friends and comrades.
If the memories Xiao Shi had given her were not wrong…
After she went to Canghai City, she would meet a very energetic person her own age.
After that, she would meet Captain Himeko.
And also…
One face after another flashed past her like a revolving lantern.
At the very end, the image settled on a sofa.
A mischievous white-haired girl, tired from playing, lay on Fu Hua's lap, half-asleep as she listened to Fu Hua tell stories of Shenzhou.
Later, it was that girl who stubbornly pulled Fu Hua back.
She refused to let Fu Hua sacrifice herself to seal the Herrscher of Sentience, who had been her enemy at the time.
It was also that girl who said she would not let Fu Hua be alone again.
But now…
Fu Hua was no longer alone.
Then that bond from before…
That difficult bond, caught between two sides…
How should she look at it?
How should she face it?
Inside the hospital room…
"It's getting late. Hurry and go to the airport. You still need to leave some extra time… Did you bring your documents? What about your luggage?"
Her father's reminders sounded again.
"I brought them. The luggage has already been sent ahead."
A younger, more childish voice answered his small worries and concern.
"Good. Then go."
The old father smiled.
Even though he was deeply reluctant to let go, he still chose to release his little bird from the nest.
Fu Hua sensed something.
Hearing footsteps from inside the hospital room, she naturally pretended to be walking through the corridor.
Then, she saw a familiar face.
Although she did not have the habit of looking in the mirror often…
Whenever she did, she saw that face.
No.
This one was a little younger.
It was her fifteen-year-old self.
She stood at the door of the hospital room. Before closing it, as if she had sensed something, she looked toward Fu Hua.
But she only tilted her head and did not think too much of it.
Then she left on her own.
Fu Hua watched "herself" from behind.
"Hey, what are you standing there for?"
Inside her mind, Xiao Shi already sounded so anxious she might start spinning in circles. "Originally, after this, we never saw Dad again."
"You can stay…"
"No."
Fu Hua suddenly spoke. "This is no longer my life."
"I swear…"
Xiao Shi really wanted to spit out a few Shenzhou curses.
She truly had not expected that this Old Timer, already tens of thousands of years old, could still retreat right before the last step.
"If you won't see him, I will!"
Xiao Shi began fighting for control of the body.
"You…"
Fu Hua was stunned. "Don't act recklessly…"
At this moment, perhaps there had already been a flaw in her heart.
Or perhaps…
"Who exactly is acting recklessly?"
"If you don't treasure having a good father, I do!"
Xiao Shi's angry words directly shattered the final layer of defense around Fu Hua's heart.
In an instant, the gray-haired girl's (?) eyes changed from blue to red.
Then she pushed the door open and walked straight into the hospital room.
Xiao Shi moved very quickly.
After Fu Hua lost control of her body, she was still frozen in place.
But then she noticed that Xiao Shi directly tore off the nurse cap on her head and the mask on her face.
Then…
Then Xiao Shi handed control back to her.
At the end…
"So damn fussy."
After leaving that complaint behind, Xiao Shi said nothing more.
And at this point…
"Hm?"
Inside the hospital room, the middle-aged man with his right hand in a cast had already looked over.
Doubt appeared on his face.
"Little Hua, why did you come back?"
"…"
Fu Hua looked at that ordinary, slightly tired man.
An ordinary father.
Now, after the endless passage of one hundred thousand "half-years"…
She opened her mouth slightly.
There was so much she wanted to say.
But in the end, everything she wanted to say left only the simplest, most ordinary words one could say at home.
"Yeah."
A smile appeared on Fu Hua's face.
"Dad…"
"I'm back."