HBWnovel Chapter 453 453: Departure
Chapter 453 453: Departure
"2D Mita, open the portal," Mina's voice was unhesitating.
"Okay." 2D Mita was just as decisive.
While Alain was momentarily stunned, a flickering glimmer appeared by his feet. As time passed, it gradually brightened, forming a ring of light.
"Wait a minute!" Alain hurriedly shouted to stop it, glaring at 2D Mita before turning to Mina. "Do you know... what doing this implies?"
"Implies what? I understand, I'm not an idiot." Mina crossed her arms, met Alain's gaze, and then glanced away.
Alain frowned. "I'll just get straight to the point. Right now, inside the Security Assistant, you still have the identity of a virus. Therefore, you cannot enter the portal."
"Consequently, only I can enter this door. And you, you'll have to stay in the Core by yourself, facing these dozens of viruses!"
Alain raised his hand, pointing toward the surging swarm of viruses.
Amidst his voice, they seemed to become even more turbulent... and increasingly hungry.
"Face them, then face them. What's the big deal?" Her tone, still acting as if it didn't concern her, made a lump of unventable frustration rise in Alain's chest.
"Alain."
At this moment, 2D Mita spoke up. "You know it too, right? The current optimal plan is for you to return. To discuss long-term strategies."
Her voice deepened. "Furthermore, do you think everyone gathering the Mitas, versus a Player going to gather them... which one has higher efficiency?"
"But—" He glanced at the portal.
The light blooming from the "Doorway" grew increasingly intense, illuminating the faces of the viruses.
His gaze rested on Mina.
The latter did not meet Alain's eyes; amidst 2D Mita's words, she remained silent.
She silently walked to Alain's side, her small hand climbing onto that electric saw.
"Give it to me."
"No."
"Give it to me~!"
"No!"
Gazing at the increasingly forming portal, Alain pondered for two seconds, looked at 2D Mita in the system panel, and said, "Remove Mina's virus identity right now."
"Sorry, I cannot do that."
"Is this even my system?" Alain held his forehead, roasting the situation.
2D Mita did not back down either. "Then I will ask you a question in return: you understand what doing that implies, right?"
She simply stepped out of the panel, looking at the viruses gradually forming an encirclement around the three of them.
"The information gap between us and Yang—the Security Guard becoming the Security Assistant—is currently still in our hands. Now, we have also lost Monika's help. We don't even know when reality will collapse."
"If we adjust Crazy Mita's identity from within the Security Assistant, then do you think..."
2D Mita's gaze looked toward that flickering Black Sphere, which was precisely Yang Wanhua's incarnation.
"She... wouldn't know?"
"Oh my! So my identity is that important!" Mina laughed from the side.
Alain followed the gaze to look at her; the latter did not intend to look him in the eye... turning her head away.
He walked straight to Mina's side. The girl took a step, retreating two paces. Alain followed up.
Until Mina retreated to the front of the blue membrane, with nowhere left to retreat...
"Sigh... go ahead and speak, I won't listen anyway."
"..." Alain looked at her helplessly and sighed. "You... stop being willful, okay?"
He pointed at 2D Mita. "It's one thing for her to be willful, but why must you be like this too? With so many viruses, can you handle them?"
Alain truly had an element of earnest pleading in his voice.
Seeing the virus encirclement tightening further, with a posture suggesting they could attack at any moment, his tone became a bit more urgent.
"Go back with me. Go back, and then together with everyone, we'll think of another way. I don't believe that without this information gap, we—"
"Forget it, Alain." Mina's voice interrupted him.
The girl finally turned around, meeting his eyes.
Only then did Alain notice that within those clear, water-like indigo-blue eyes, wisps of tearful light were contained.
"Do you think... I want you to go? You big dummy..."
She extended her arms, as if to feel Alain's warmth one last time, and hugged him tightly.
Alain's brow softened as well. "Since you don't want to be apart, then let's go together."
He smiled. "With yours and Misha's intelligence and wisdom, as long as you join forces, there won't be any difficulty we can't break through."
"No... Alain."
The girl leaning in the young man's embrace shook her head. "Some things are truly unsolvable."
Her head drooped, listening to his heartbeat.
"We actually both know that if you leave, it will cause Yang Wanhua to ravage the other Mitas in the Game World."
"Then it's better—to let me protect them. That is the only foolproof plan."
"It allows you to go back and gather the Mitas, and also protects the safety of the Mitas and the Master Brain... the best of both worlds."
Hearing this, Alain looked at Mina in disbelief.
What did he just hear? Mina—the Crazy Mita of the past—wants to take his place to protect the Mitas?
Alain's stunned state did not delay her voice.
"As long as I delay the footsteps of those viruses until you arrive. Then... wouldn't all these difficult problems be solved?"
Alain opened his mouth slightly, not knowing what to say.
"You..." He spat out a word, his dry throat bobbing. "This completely contradicts your character setting. To speak of protecting Mitas and such..."
"Hehe~" The girl chuckled softly through her tears. "I don't want to care about whether they live or die~ But if I don't care..."
She raised her head, placing her slightly cool small hand on Alain's cheek.
"Wouldn't you be sad?"
In an instant, Alain's eyes widened.
Mina gazed at Alain's stunned expression, smiled slyly, touched her pocket, and took out...
A Wedding Voucher.
"I'm afraid there won't be a chance later. So, I'm using it now."
"Hey, wait—" Alain was just about to stop her, but found that Mina's arm shackling his was like a hook lock; no matter how much force he used, it was hard to shake.
"For richer, for poorer, in prosperity or in adversity..."
As she spoke, her heart reminisced about her first meeting with Alain.
"No!!!" Alain shouted loudly, attempting to pull his hand out, but it was to no avail.
Mina seemed to be chanting a spell.
"Whether selfish, generous, living or dead."
A spell that could obtain happiness.
She thought about how this man... had actually managed to change her this much.
Raising her eyes to gaze at the clearly visible helplessness in his eyes, the girl's tearful light froze, and a smile came to her brows...
"In happiness, in sorrow, in health or in sickness."
She thought of the other party's questioning after she rejected Yang Wanhua:
[Refuse? Why refuse? It's impossible, right? Clearly, I understand you the best... why would you refuse?]
[Clearly, if that group of dolls really turned into dolls... the happiest one should be you. No one would fight with you for Alain anymore.]
And this was how Mina answered.
[That group of dolls disappearing... indeed, I am very happy.]
[But wouldn't he be sad then?]
[I don't want that.]
[Why?] Yang Wanhua asked.
Mina couldn't remember her expression at that time, only remembering one sentence:
[Because, I love him.]
Her gaze returned to the young man's face.
"I do. I will use my whole life to interpret you, cater to you, become your true love, and be your wife. Because—"
She used all the strength in her body to shove Alain heavily.
Boom!
The electric saw fell.
And he was pushed into the radiance of that fully formed portal.
Time stood still.
Alain saw the girl's gentle smile, as well as those softly moving lips.
"I love you."
In his final gaze, Alain watched the fluttering Wedding Voucher, and the profile of her turning to walk toward the viruses without any hesitation.
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