Chapter 26.2
With Chako’s voice as the signal, we immediately put to practice what we thought up so far .
First, Sensei’s power is to be transferred to Chako .
Sensei, I, Chako, and Yuusei-kun hold hands and form a ring .
The cable moving Sensei’s power to Chako is me .
It seems that Yuusei-kun will be assisting while watching the two’s power
The state of Sensei’s power travelling across me and slowly being ferried to Chako continues .
Our connected hands are hot .
I personally just feel a strange sensation of something lukewarm travelling through me, but it seems extremely painful for Chako .
Chako looked calm and was taking deep breaths at first, but her breaths gradually grew rough .
The Chako I glance at has her eyes closed, looking in pain as though she’s enduring something .
Frantically suppressing my gushing anxiety, I immerse myself into the work of transferring Sensei’s power to Chako .
Yuusei-kun calls out after a while .
“Alright, Naba . That’s enough . ”
With that as the signal, I stop transferring the power .
Worried about the Chako going “Haa, ha” gasping in pain, I want to rush over immediately .
However, Tomoyuki-san sends a small nod my way and softly places a hand on her shoulder .
“Calm down . Try taking deep breaths . ”
“… Ss … Haa”
Chako’s fine .
Saying just that to myself as though to shake off my anxiety, I concentrate on Sensei’s power .
Sensei, too, may go berserk due to the sudden loss of power .
I send my power in to suppress that .
“Sensei, how is it?”
“Ah… Let’s see, somehow my body became extremely light . ”
“I see . Normally, one’s body would become heavy if they lose power, but the older Kuo reversely feels lighter because he doesn’t have to suppress the excess power, huh . ”
Yuusei-kun’s eyes shine when he sees Sensei check his own body in marvel .
He’s probably having too much fun right now .
“Yuusei-kun . Hurry, to Chako . ”
I pull Yuusei-kun, who seemed like he’d be staring at Sensei forever if left alone, to Chako’s side .
Chako’s hunched over on the sofa with her knees up, biting her lips in pain .
“Tomoyuki-san, how’s Chako?”
I ask the Tomoyuki-san sitting next to Chako with his hand placed on her back .
Tomoyuki-san looks at Chako worriedly and gives me a small nod .
“The power is rioting considerably now . I’m sending power in to adjust the flow but, it seems pretty painful . ”
“Yuusei-kun . ”
“Chako, you okay? Next is transferring that power to Kousuke . When we do so, we’ll convert the power inside you, so I think it will hurt even more . ”
“Eh… I reallyyy don’t wanna feel, even more awful . ”
”Haa, haa” Chako desperately takes deep breaths and speaks slowly .
“But… it’s awful having this power inside all the time too… Nn . I can do it . I’m probably, still not at my limit . ”
Even with her eyes closed firmly, Chako lets out her voice in a smiling manner .
I exchange a look with Yuusei-kun, and nod “Un” .
Best to end it quickly if it’s awful either way .
I take the hand of Chako who’s sitting on the sofa, while my other hand takes that of the Kousuke-kun looking at Chako with worry .
Yuusei-kun stoops in front of the sofa, taking Chako and Kousuke-kun’s hands .
Then, we do the opposite of what we did with Sensei .
Searching within Chako, we find the power transferred from Sensei just now .
It hasn’t been absorbed by Chako, and is present there in a lump .
Then, maintaining the imagery of changing that to the same thing as Kousuke-kun’s power, I move it to Kousuke-kun .
Midway, a “Hii” small scream escaped from Chako but I desperately concentrate so that it doesn’t affect me .
A “Wuu” groan-like sound was also heard from Kousuke-kun but I drive it away to a corner of my thoughts .
“Alright, it’s enough . ”
Yuusei-kun’s voice appears and I open my eyes at once .
The Chako seated on the sofa has her eyes closed, but her face is visibly pale .
Then, she falls down on the sofa .
“Chako . ”
“Ah…”
When I approach Chako while holding her hand, the Tomoyuki-san next to her glances at Kousuke-kun .
“She can be handled later . Kousuke comes first . ”
“… Yes, you’re right . ”
Seeing Tomoyuki-san leave a hand on Chako’s back, I leave that spot with a nod .
Then, I go to Kousuke-kun .
Kousuke-kun’s standing, giving rough gasps repeatedly .
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“Kousuke-kun, I’m going to suppress your power for a bit . ”
I take Kousuke-kun’s hand after warning him, and suppress the rioting power inside him .
He’ll probably be able to suppress the power eventually but being unaccustomed, he probably can’t control it well for now .
As I suppress the power, his rough breaths gradually return to normal .
However, those amber eyes lost their white portions and his nature as a phantom actualised .
“Kousuke . You know Naba suppressed the power?”
“… Yeah . ”
“You have to do that by yourself in the future . So, you’ll be training with me from now on . ”
“Ah?”
Kousuke-kun’s amber eyes glint .
Even when receiving the blood lust that’s different from Kousuke-kun’s usual eyes, Yuusei-kun laughs like he’s having fun .
“Nice, that’s . It excites me . ”
“… Shut up . ”
I gently release my hand when Kousuke-kun’s power has been suppressed to a certain degree .
Kousuke-kun’s schlera have not appeared as yet, but Yuusei-kun had said beforehand that it won’t be training if I suppress too much of his power .
“Kousuke-kun . I think you’ll be having it the roughest from now on . ”
”Don’t lose” I stare at those amber eyes .
When I do, Kousuke-kun’s eyes narrow gently with a “Fu” .
“It’s fine, Naba . I’ve never been in a better condition my entire life . ”
“Un… that’s good . ”
Yuusei-kun snorts when I smile with my brows knitted .
“Hurry up and control the power with that spirit then . Let’s go . ”
He turns around and faces the entranceway .
Seems like he’s going for training at once .
“No, but, Chako is…”
“You can’t . If you go berserk here, Chako may go berserk too . ”
When Kousuke-kun’s worried about Chako and doesn’t follow Yuusei-kun, Yuusei-kun turns back and looks at him .
“Hurry up and suppress your power if you’re worried about Chako . ”
“… Got it . ”
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Kousuke-kun’s brows knit at Yuusei-kun’s words before he heaves a huge sigh .
Then, he faces the front as though he made some sort of resolution and chases after Yuusei-kun .
“… You can do itー . ”
Apparently having heard their conversation, Chako painfully, but tenaciously speaks .
“Yeah, I’ll be going . ”
Saying just that, Kousuke-kun leaves the house with Yuusei-kun .
I see off their backs and approach Chako who’s lying sideways on the sofa .
Leaning over the front of the sofa, I grasp the hand of Chako that’s left weakly on the sofa .
“Chako… are you okay?”
“Nnn… I’m a little tired . ”
“I see, is there anything you want?”
“Ahh… I want to cool down so a wet towel . ”
“Got it . ”
Tomoyuki-san stops me when I’m about to stand up to get a towel .
“I’ll go . Since the power itself seemed to have calmed down . ”
With that, he stands up from the sofa .
Apparently Tomoyuki-san doesn’t need to send his power anymore .
As though in substitution, Sensei sits on the spot Tomoyuki-san was at .
Sensei doesn’t look much different from before his power was extracted, he seems to be his usual self .
“Is Sensei perfectly fine?” [Yui]
“Aa . Like I said before, it’s just my body becoming lighter . ”
“… Think you can live long?” [Chako]
Chako’s eyes open just a little and look at Sensei .
It’s just an instant, and I am not able to see the color of her eyes .
Sensei nods “Aa” to the question of such a Chako .
“It feels like I was reborn… It’s cliche, but the world looks like it’s shining . ”
“I see… that’s great . ”
Chako breaths out .
Somehow those words didn’t have energy behind them .
Was it because she’s tired, or was it some other feeling?
I can’t tell .
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However, those words were somehow extremely lonely…
When Sensei and I are unable to say a thing, Chako smoothly lets go of my hand .
Then, she turns her body .
Her face towards the back of the sofa, and her back facing us .
“You know, Yui-chan… you’re amazing . ”
She quietly mutters that with a chipped voice .
I focus on Chako’s voice in order not to miss that small voice .
If found outside of nakimushitl, this has been stolen
“Me?”
“Un . Yui-chan… pulls everyone along . ”
“But, I won’t be able to do anything without everyone, you know?”
“… Un… Even still . ”
Yui-chan is cool .
Chako’s small voice mutters word by word .
Somehow that back looks terribly small . I softly place a hand on Chako’s back .
Sensei surely felt something too . He softly props his hand on Chako’s head .
“I won’t disappear anymore . ”
Then, he slowly speaks as though to admonish Chako .
“I’ll continue to live for a long time from now . ”
Sensei’s voice is strong, and kind .
“You come too . I’ll be waiting . ”
Chako’s body trembles a little at that voice…
Her body curls up tightly .
The Chako who doesn’t look at me or Sensei .
Surely, now .
She’s swaying unsteadily .
I gently caress such a Chako’s back .
A bit more .
A bit more to go .