Time in a collapsing world

It wasn't until the sun set the next day that "Li" woke up. The moment he opened his eyes, he stood up and looked around cautiously. He was still in Mebius's laboratory, lying on the cold floor. There was no one else around but himself.

Mebius didn't move him, and Li didn't get out of control, he was still restrained deep in his mind.

Wasn't it discovered...?

"Li" groped around on his body and was convinced that no one else had touched him when he was unconscious, and then he reluctantly felt relieved.

Mebius... in the memory of this body, she is a human with weird behavior. Maybe she really just wants to prick herself?

"Li" looked strange, but since he hadn't been tampered with since he was unconscious, what was there to worry about?

bump---!

The originally closed laboratory door was suddenly pushed open. Outside, it was Mebius who injected him with anesthetic and another woman in a dress who seemed to be going to attend an important banquet. Her name seemed to be Sakura?

"Little white mouse, it seems you have woken up?"

Mebius looked at "Li" who stood up, "How are you? Did you sleep comfortably last night?"

No, not comfortable at all.

"Li" looked at Mebius's facial expression casually and found nothing unusual. It seemed that he was really not discovered.

"Dr. Mebius, Dr. Mebius has made a rule that you cannot bring down other fusion warriors without permission."

Sakura said to Mebius coldly, with undisguised displeasure in her tone.

"Who made him so defenseless? Dancing with snakes requires constant vigilance~"

"..."

"Oh, you look at me like this, do you want to attack me directly?"

"If this happens next time, I will do it."

"Hmph, let's get down to business. Alicia should bring Kevin over soon. If we delay it any longer, we might really be late~"

"..."

Sakura didn't speak anymore, but looked at "Li" who looked at the sudden quarrel between the two in confusion, "Li, it's time for us to go, Kevin's birthday party is about to start."

"Now?"

"Li" looked at the time and found that it was indeed almost the agreed time, so he didn't shirk and immediately agreed, "Let's go then. I've been unconscious until now. Fortunately, you haven't forgotten me, otherwise I might really miss it." ”

"...let's go."

Sakura walked in the front, while Mebius waited for "Li" to come out first, and then followed him. The two of them went one behind the other, as if they were escorting the prisoner.

And "Li" also discovered this.

"Mebius?"

"What's wrong, little guinea pig?"

Mebius was behind "Li", admiring his fingernails as he walked, and responded casually, seemingly casually.

Sakura, who was walking in front, paused slightly, then continued walking forward naturally.

"...How about you come ahead and follow me? I always feel like you are going to do something to me."

"Li" hid the vigilance in her eyes and tried to persuade.

"Oh? Are you having any psychological shadow? I've never seen you so afraid of me before when you were lying on my operating table... Why did you suddenly become so timid?"

Mebius looked at him with a sneer, and it was this attitude that made "Li" hold back what she wanted to say next.

Forget it, it's not a long journey anyway, just be patient.

"Li" thought like this, but he didn't know that he might never reach his destination this time.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

"It's so cold!"

The pink-haired girl pushed the white-haired boy on the shoulder and walked down the corridor.

"...Alicia, you don't need to push me. Since I promised Mei, I have never thought about breaking the agreement."

"Oh, isn't it because I saw that you were walking too slowly, so I thought I could push you to walk faster~? You don't want to be late at the agreed time, right?"

"..."

Kevin had no choice but to speed up his pace to get rid of the push from Alicia behind him.

"Hmm, is this right~?"

The two came to a door. The door was opened a crack and shook slightly, as if someone had just passed by. However, it was dark inside, and it did not look like there was anyone at all.

Kevin glanced at Alicia and saw that she had no intention of taking the lead, so he had no choice but to push the door open and walk in——

"Happy birthday, Kevin!"

The sudden light and salute shocked Kevin. He couldn't help but take a few steps back and almost bumped into someone behind him.

"Hey! Wait!"

A familiar female voice sounded.

Fortunately, Alicia had quick eyesight and quick hands, so she didn't let the cake in this woman's hand fall to the ground.

"……plum?"

Kevin looked back in surprise, but the woman just smiled at him, very playfully, the young leader of the Fire Chaser showed her side as a girl.

"Okay, okay, don't stand there stupidly, come in quickly, the table is still a little inside."

Alicia's voice came, and other people who were originally standing on both sides also came up one after another at this moment, and gathered several people to a large table inside the room.

"..."

Kevin looked at the familiar people around him and blinked, not knowing how to react.

She put on a beautiful dress and looked at her animal-eared girl Sakura with a smile.

Mebius, who was still wearing a white coat and clapped every now and then, was out of tune with the people around him.

Destobia was trying to use telekinesis to cut cakes and place them neatly on the table.

Kosma was playing the harmonica hard, trying to find the original tune.

Reciting melodious and holy hymns, Aponia has not appeared outside the deepest place for a long time.

Wearing a formal suit, unlike Mebius, he was actually given the mark of applause that symbolized blessing.

and also……

The man was holding his chest and staring at the sliced ​​cake, as if he was thinking about which piece of cake was bigger.

As if sensing Kevin's gaze, Li raised her head and smiled at him, "Oh, you didn't expect it, this birthday party? This is what everyone worked together to prepare for you~ Well, although I didn't do anything, at least As long as people arrive.”

Kevin didn't know the helplessness contained in Li's last sentence. He was caught by the Eighth Herrscher inexplicably and didn't even have a chance to prepare a gift. If it weren't for the help of Mebius and the others, Li might have really I can't attend this birthday party.

Kevin nodded blankly. Once again, in the Fire Chaser's base, he felt warmth and happiness from people except Mei.