Chapter 660: Chapter 82 Sincerely for You_3
“You’re such a flirt, how dare you speak so rudely.”
Qin Qianbai jabbed a finger towards him, and Gongsun Ce surrendered with raised hands.
“Please forgive , Miss!”
“Like an idiot.”
“That’s my line, considering you were the one who ca up with the Stone-Breaking lovelove Heavenly X Punch.”
“And you have the gall to call an idiot after using the Spiral X Pill,” Qin Qianbai bumped him with her head, “and you even managed to react imdiately.”
“That’s what you call chemistry, chemistry! You coordinated perfectly when it was ti to shoot the arrows.”
“Speaking of which, why did you add the Wuming Seal before the Double Stars extinguished?”
“It’s because…it sounds really cool.” “Don’t jump the gun, okay!”
As before, they engaged in aningless conversations that outsiders could barely understand.
The sun was about to reach the horizon, and night was fast approaching. Gongsun Ce wrapped his arms around the girl’s waist and pulled her closer to himself.
“So, what made you suddenly think of that?”
“I wanted to see our city,” Qin Qianbai said, “after all, it’s what we’ve worked so hard to protect.”
Gongsun Ce looked down at the city in ruins and earnestly lanted, “What exactly did we protect…”
“After transforming, Ah Ce, you really do resemble Ultraman.”
“My small stature is more like a Kan X Rider, though, and in a dark gray tone at that.”
It had the flavor of a final form.
“Many of the enhancents of a Kan X Rider are harmful to the body,” Qin Qianbai said seriously, looking at him, “What about Ah Ce’s Nirvana Fla Rebirth?”
Gongsun Ce felt no need to lie, so he told her the truth.
“The Divine Communication Skill I developed is based on the ideas given to by Yan Qi, focusing on balance and harmony, willingly sacrificing imdiate combat power to prioritize potential for future growth.”
“That sounds totally irrelevant to your actual combat performance.”
“Cough cough! That’s why there’s no harmful side effect to speak of with this thing. If I had to pinpoint sothing, the main fuel for the Nirvana Fla is my telekinesis and negative traits, so I can only use the Divine Communication Skill as a last resort weapon.” Gongsun Ce gestured, “Once it starts, it burns through telekinesis at a rapid pace, and basically after a fight, I’m drained. There’d be no chance for a second rebirth then.”
Miracles and magic always co at a cost.
If all the power is exhausted and it still isn’t enough, there’s only one path left: death. At the end of the day, being able to rebirth even once is a miracle.
Miss tilted her head, “What are negative traits?”
“Sort of like negative emotions. Things like malice, ignorance, madness, destructive impulses, suicidal desires… concepts that stand on the negative side.” Gongsun Ce adjusted his glasses, “After all, I am Mr. Gongsun, a guy full of negative energy. To move forward, changes are necessary.”
“But if you use Nirvana Fla too much…” Qin Qianbai said worriedly, “won’t Ah Ce beco righteous, sunny, cheerful, and brave!”
“That would be horrifying!” Gongsun Ce cried out in dismay.
“Just thinking about it gives chills…”
“No, absolutely not. That kind of person, although nice to look at and genuinely nice, is just not for Mr. Gongsun.” Gongsun Ce shook his head, “Without using the Divine Communication Skill, I wouldn’t have that extraordinary strength anymore. I couldn’t extend my presence to distant places and couldn’t use those Divine Skills. My current output is just a bit stronger than before.”
Qin Qianbai gestured with two fingers, “A little bit stronger?”
“Yeah, just a little,” Gongsun Ce stressed.
The two fell quiet for a mont, gazing at the gradually setting sun.
“Just now, I had a very despicable thought,” Qin Qianbai said, “I found it comforting to think that Ah Ce wasn’t always so powerful.”
“Why?”
“Being able to unleash such great combat power in a crisis feels reassuring. But if Ah Ce were always that powerful, it’d feel like he’s gone to a place far away. Close by, yet out of reach.” Qin Qianbai grasped his hand, “It’s a despicable thought because Ah Ce is certainly better the stronger he is. But still, I can’t help but think that way… It’s despicable, isn’t it?”
“No, I understand,” Gongsun Ce said, “Just like your martial arts prowess, the stronger, the better. But if one day you reached the realm of Qin Ming and beca the world’s top martial artist, I, too, would feel very uneasy.
I would think, how great that Qin Qianbai has beco invincible, but is that silly, foolish girl next door still there? Will she co back? Will she still watch cartoons and play gas with , her student?
That’s change, Miss. We all change, we all fear change, hence none of us want to grow up.”
He clasped her hand, fingers intertwined, listening to her voice.
“But being able to express these thoughts ans I’ve grown a bit too, right?”
In the past, they would have likely kept such feelings to themselves.
“I think so, or maybe we’re just immature young people,” Gongsun Ce said, “But so what? The road ahead is long, and we can take it step by step… When I beco more powerful, you’ll definitely be more powerful too. Maybe now I’m stronger than you, maybe later you’ll be stronger than , but there’s one thing that won’t change, no matter what.”
“What’s that, Ah Ce?”
The sunset was gradually sinking beyond the horizon, the last sliver of light about to disappear. The day was ending, yet this mont seed as if the sun was about to rise, as if a fresh light was about to erge.
Gongsun Ce turned his head, looking deeply into the girl’s face.
“I’ll definitely be by your side,” he said, “I’ll certainly be with you forever, Qin Qianbai.”
The girl looked at him motionlessly, “Why, Gongsun Ce?”
“Because I like you.”
The last bit of light drifted away, the shifting sands of ti seemingly taking with them all the brilliance in the world. Yet there was still light in his eyes, a brightness surpassing that of the sun. The girl’s lips quivered slightly, curling upwards as if glaciers that had ford over millennia were lting, and tender green sprouts were erging on the long-frozen land.
He thought he would never forget this mont for as long as he lived, for there are so things that never fade with the passage of ti, like her smile at this mont.
Qin Qianbai smiled and said, “I like you too.”
They embraced each other tightly in the darkness, holding onto each other’s light and warmth.
(The end of Volu 4)
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