I arrived in the room from the past ti point, but there was no one there. It seed like no one had co back yet.
I went to the closet to grab the spare pocket, wondering if Doraemon was still inside. Just as I grabbed the pocket and was about to open it, a figure suddenly floated in through the window.
"dusa!"
I exclaid in shock.
"You're the important human that King Demaon wants to capture!" dusa said, sounding thrilled. Today was her lucky day.
I imdiately teleported out of the house—I couldn't let a fight affect my own ho.
"Don't think you can run!"
dusa chased after .
I pulled out the Anywhere Door from the pocket the Take-copter—and put it on my head, dodging dusa's attacks in the air.
It wasn't that I couldn't beat dusa, but using sothing like a massive attack like Planetary Devastation wasn't suitable in the city, especially since this was where I lived.
I dodged her petrification magic as it shot toward like a flash.
Then, I waved my hand and used telekinesis to try to restrain her movents.
The telekinesis touched dusa, freezing her in place instantly.
dusa struggled fiercely.
Just as I thought this would solve the problem, dusa's eyes emitted a black glow, and black tendrils burst out from them.
I hadn't expected her to release magic from her eyes.
dusa lowered her head, sweeping her eyes over her body, and the black tendrils followed suit.
My telekinesis, which had been intangible, was directly hit by dusa's petrification magic, turning into stone fragnts that fell off her body.
My telekinetic control over her was instantly broken.
Then, dusa shot a petrification spell straight at my face.
I waved my hand to create a telekinetic barrier to block it, but the barrier turned to stone and fell to the ground.
This was really troubleso. No wonder Demaon let her co alone to capture us. dusa's strength wasn't as overwhelming as Demaon's, but her abilities were a pain—even Doraemon could get caught off guard.
But looking at the petrification magic she shot, which was like a beam of light, I quickly thought of a plan.
When dusa fired another petrification spell at , I pulled out the Rebounding Cloak that I'd prepared earlier while dodging her.
I angled the Rebounding Cloak just right and faced it directly toward the petrification magic.
The petrification magic hit the Rebounding Cloak, but instead of turning it to stone, it bounced right off—as expected, the cape could reflect it.
And since I'd aid the reflection angle at dusa, the bounced-back petrification magic hit her body.
"How could this..." In dusa's disbelief, she gradually turned into a stone statue right before my eyes.
Then she fell to the ground.
With that, the dusa problem was temporarily solved.
Just as I was about to head back to find Doraemon, I suddenly saw Doraemon and Dorami flying over with Take-copters.
"Doraemon? You're okay?" I flew up to them, feeling a surge of joy.
"And Dorami, you're here too."
"Yeah! Dorami saved , but it's a long story," Doraemon said, looking happy to see .
"Nobita, you guys are unbelievable! If I hadn't co, you and my brother would've been in real danger!" Dorami said, clearly unhappy about us taking such risks.
"Okay, okay! It was our fault. Let's head ho first!" Doraemon chid in to smooth things over.
But the sky wasn't the best place to talk right now. Before we went back, I asked Doraemon to help carry dusa's stone statue ho.
Doraemon was puzzled about why I'd want to bring an enemy's statue back, but he trusted and did it anyway.
So, Doraemon and I carried dusa's statue back to my house first.
At that ti, the Nobita and Doraemon from the original ti point had probably already gone to the Demon Planet.
So, the house was empty right now.
Once we got ho, Doraemon told about his experiences.
It started with Doraemon trying to go back to the past to change the history of using the What-if-telephone-booth.
But sohow, he encountered dusa in the ti tunnel.
Then, he was chased, fleeing all the way out of the ti tunnel, but eventually, he got hit by dusa's petrification magic by accident.
He turned into a stone statue and fell from the sky, crashing into a house. Later, the past Doraemon picked him up and stuffed him into the fourth-dinsional pocket.
Inside the pocket, Doraemon accidentally touched the Moon Torch Light, which temporarily lifted the petrification.
So, he caused a ruckus inside the pocket to try to get the past Doraemon's attention.
That was why the earlier Doraemon had a stomachache.
Later, when that Doraemon went to the future for treatnt, he ran into Dorami. Dorami had planned to drag him to the hospital for a checkup.
But Doraemon stubbornly refused. Just then, the Doraemon inside the pocket turned back into a statue, so the past Doraemon felt his stomach stop hurting and quickly escaped from Dorami.
Afterward, Dorami suspected that Doraemon's stomachache was related to his fourth-dinsional pocket.
So, she ca over to check the spare pocket.
As a result, she found the petrified Doraemon inside.
Later, Dorami moved Doraemon's statue out of the pocket and used the Ti Cloth to restore him.
The process took ti, so during that, she noticed my battle with dusa and couldn't co to help right away.
But fortunately, by the ti they hurried over, they were relieved to see I was okay.
That was the experience Doraemon recounted to .
"By the way, why did you have bring this monster's statue back?"
"Wouldn't it be fine to just leave her like that as punishnt?"
Doraemon said, still puzzled.
"Doraemon, listen to . Actually, dusa isn't a monster," I explained, knowing he was confused.
"Not a monster?" Doraemon was even more baffled. If she wasn't a monster, why had she helped Demaon chase us? Why had she turned him to stone? Not to ntion pretending to be Miyoko and stealing the Demon World Chronicles earlier.
"You're telling after all those bad things, she's not a villain? Is this so kind of redemption arc?"
I didn't answer directly. Instead, I brought up what Professor Mangetsu had said before.
"Do you rember the story Professor Mangetsu told us in the living room about Miyoko?"
"You an... could it be..." Doraemon wasn't dumb; after thinking for a mont, he recalled the story Professor Mangetsu had shared about Miyoko's mother!
"That's right. This petrified dusa is Miyoko's mother."
"The woman who made a contract with a demon for Miyoko's sake and then disappeared!"
I said solemnly.
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