Ultra: Heroes Don't Ask Where They Come From

The light of the stars falls in the sky.

It was a flash of white light in the night, like a shooting star.

The two fell onto a meadow on a high mountain.

He only had time to breathe deeply and let his chest rise and fall, otherwise he would die from the lack of gas exchange.

“Hu…Hu…Hu…We…We are back.”

Hokuto Seiji's whole body was completely exhausted, and he collapsed to the ground like flowing water, while his other hand was tightly clasped with another person.

He turned his head reluctantly and saw that the person he had not let go of was Nan Xizi.

She, like him, had an expression that indicated she was unable to move her body freely.

"...Is the battle...over...?"

Nan Xizi's eyes were focused on the sky. It was a dark night. What was incredible was that although the sky was not dotted with stars, more than ten twinkling stars could be seen in part of the night sky.

"We...did he pass out and just woke up or something?"

Nan Xizi heard Beidou Xingsi say this, and then after a few seconds, she heard a scream.

"Ultra Ring! The Ultra Ring is gone!"

what?

The hand that was holding Beidou's was not the hand with the Ultra Ring. Nan Xizi used all her strength to raise the other hand and put it in her sight.

The hand that was spread across the night sky with a few twinkling stars had lost any sign of the ring that represented light.

She and Beidou both raised their hands, and then they couldn't help but look at each other. When their eyes met, they both suddenly smiled.

"It was so sudden when we parted."

Beidou seemed to be having difficulty speaking, but there was a smile on his face.

They each turned their heads back and looked at the silent night sky that exuded a mysterious charm. Then, as if they had lost all their strength, their tense muscles seemed to relax, and they both heard each other's long exhalation.

"Yeah, that's it, it's over."

Nan Xizi said softly.

Beidou seemed to want to stand up, and Nan Xizi could feel it from the hands that were clasped together.

But even though they were "separated", the loss of physical strength was real and there was no way to recover so quickly. Beidou finally gave up and only had time to shout towards the night sky.

"This is the last time. Don't get lost on your way home! Goodbye, Ace! Goodbye, Shin-senpai!!"

Nan Xizi followed and shouted loudly.

"Goodbye, Ace! Goodbye, Shin-senpai!! Don't forget to get lost when you go home!"

They both smiled in relief, the night sky shone upon them, there was no black mist above, only bright stars.

The light of the stars is not as big as that of the moon, but it is also very bright.

It illuminates the trees and grasses on the mountains, and illuminates the two clasped hands.

......

night.

In front of the ruins, a man was constantly digging at the soil with his hands. In front of him was a small one-story building. The only things left of the structure were the bent and twisted steel bars that reminded people of the original appearance of the building.

"Well... it's very dangerous here. A lot of things will fall from above. It's not safe at night. Let's take shelter in a safe place..."

The man was in his early fifties. His clothes were covered in wrinkles and dust. He had scattered white hair. With a gleam in his eyes, he was picking at the soil, cement, and steel bars on the building.

"If you want me to leave, you might as well kill me."

There were scars on the man's hands, mixed with blood and black gray dust. He was unable to dig out the heavy and overlapping debris from the ruins for a long time. He knelt on the ground, covering his face with his hands, tears dripping from his chin.

"My wife and children are all dead... This is my shop, my life's work, and my family are all gone. I can't find a reason to live anymore."

"Well... at least my parents are here..."

"My hometown was reduced to ruins in the broadcast. It was an area near the sea and was completely destroyed."

Wandering here alone, Ogasawara Aiko was at a loss as to what to do and could only remain silent.

She closed her eyes slightly, then opened them again and saw what was in the ruins.

Those were the souls of dead people, perhaps the man's family.

She stretched out her hand slightly and was about to hold it, but her wrist was grasped by another hand.

The child grabbed his wrist and said without emotion;

"You shouldn't do this kind of thing."

"But......"

"Even if you can save one person's heart, can you save the hearts of 10 billion people? The reason why humans have professions is to let everyone fulfill their responsibilities and not suffer because of things beyond their abilities."

The child didn't look at him, but at the ruins. In his pupils, black mist rose as if it was about to be filled with marbles.

When she saw the man put down his hands that were covering his face and suddenly burst into tears, Ogasawara Aiko found it difficult to describe her inner feelings.

She could hear the warnings of the God of Destruction.

"It's just false comfort."

Ogasawara Aiko put down her hand because the child had loosened his grip on her wrist. She looked up at the sky. There was nothing to be seen in the night sky except a hint of the moon.

The sky is supposed to bring a sense of tranquility and comfort, or a sense of spiritual openness.

But she felt an inexplicable emptiness in her heart.

Because she is now a person without any relatives.

The man did not come back. It was clearly a farewell, but I didn’t even get to see him for the last time.

I slowly, slowly came to understand that the so-called father-daughter and mother-son relationship only meant that your fate with him was to keep watching his back as he walked away in this life. You stood at one end of the path, watching him gradually disappear at the bend of the path, and his back silently told you: no need to chase.

(Ace Volume, End)