【Ultimate Class One】The Survival Diary of Coward

June 2015 Taipei Taoyuan Airport

This season in Taiwan is a cloudy and rainy day, with light rain pattering down.

A woman with dark curly hair was walking in the rain with a suitcase and an umbrella in high heels, her expression was gloomy.

A couple not far away greeted them.

"Xiao Nan, long time no see."

The woman looked up, then smiled.

"Yeah, long time no see, Tang Xiao, and the sports committee."

Tang Xiao and Gu Nan haven't seen each other for almost ten years.

The changes between the two people in ten years are also obvious.

Tang Xiao cut her short, capable hair, changing her carefree image back then and becoming more gentle.

Gu Nan changed from a little white rabbit with noodles in clear soup to a mature woman with delicate makeup on her face and an intellectual aura all over her body.

Ten years can change a lot of things.

Two years ago, Tang Xiao was with Ji Lang, the sports committee member who once pursued Gu Nan, and they are now married and have children.

And Gu Nan also returned to the mainland after graduating from high school, gave up his brush and became an ordinary white-collar office worker.

Although the two haven't seen each other for ten years, they still have a communication relationship, so this time they meet to reminisce about the old days and there is no feeling of unfamiliarity.

"I was shocked when I received your wedding invitation. Who knew that you would be with the sports committee and get married so suddenly." Gu Nan teased while sitting on the sofa at Tang Xiao's house.

Tang Xiao poured a cup of tea for Gu Nan, and said in a somewhat angry tone, "What are you talking about, I wanted you to be my bridesmaid, but you refused to come to Taiwan."

"Isn't it busy?" Gu Nan smiled apologetically.

"By the way, how are you doing now?" Tang Xiao sat down, looked at Gu Nan and raised her eyebrows.

"What else can I do, life is still like that." Gu Nan took a sip of tea, and then laughed at himself.

"I said Xiao Nan, you are already 28 years old this year, are you really not considering finding a boyfriend?" Tang Xiao asked with her chin resting.

Gu Nan's hand holding the teacup froze: "I don't have that plan yet."

"...Xiao Nan, you can't let go of Rex, can you?"

Gu Nan was startled, then fell silent.

"I said, why are you so stubborn." Tang Xiao sighed, "It's been so many years."

Gu Nan lowered his eyes, the light in his eyes flickered.

Ten years ago, there were many disappearance cases in Taipei City.

And all the members of the ultimate class that year except Jin Baosan and teacher Tian Xin have also become missing persons.

This includes Rex.

Gu Nan will never forget that before he left that afternoon, he smiled and said that he would surprise her when he came back.

But after that day, Gu Nan never saw Rex again.

She desperately looked for it, but Rex seemed to disappear without a trace.

She could no longer know what the surprise he was talking about was.

Gu Nan looked at Ji Lang who was frantically hugging the child not far away, then looked at Tang Xiao, and then smiled wryly.

"Tang Xiao, I envy you very much."

"But I can't forget."

In the past ten years, Gu Nan has lived a mediocre life. She put down her paintbrush and worked hard in the workplace to polish away all the edges and corners. She learned to be hypocritical and obedient to others, and gradually became the kind of person she never wanted to be.

But when she dreams back at midnight, she will still think of herself ten years ago, those passionate and loyal teenagers in the ultimate class, and... Rex.

It's not that she hasn't had suitors these years, and it's not that she hasn't tried to accept others.

But she can't do it, she can't forget it.

Even those days are far away like a dream to her.

Leaving Tang Xiao's house, Gu Nan took her luggage to the hotel she had booked in advance, and after getting settled, she took a taxi to prepare for the meeting.

She came back to Taiwan not just to meet Tang Xiao, but because the company sent her to handle the handover work with the Taiwan branch.

If it wasn't for this...she probably wouldn't take the initiative to set foot on this land full of memories in her life.

The driver of the taxi was an old man who talked a lot. He seemed to talk to Gu Nan in order to relieve the boredom of driving.

"Miss, I don't think your accent looks Taiwanese."

"Well... I'm from the Mainland."

"From the mainland... Is this your first time in Taiwan?"

"No." Gu Nan looked at the scenery outside the window whizzing past, with complicated emotions.

"I read here ten years ago."

There was just a traffic light ahead, and the driver stopped.

Gu Nan saw a familiar street.

That's where she first met Rex.

The former Black Cat Hotel.

But now it has completely changed.

"Here...wasn't it a hotel before? Why...?" Gu Nan murmured.

"Ah... What kind of Black Cat Hotel are you talking about?" the driver replied.

"You know?"

"I have been driving a taxi for more than ten years. How could I not know about this place? I heard that the hotel was originally engaged in Taoist business, but because the owner disappeared ten years ago, the hotel was later sought by Taoists, so the rest of the people Just shut the door and run away.”

"....yes?"

Gu Nan said in a daze.

The Black Cat Hotel back then has now turned into a large shopping mall, and the apartment she used to live in has now been converted into a skyscraper.

There is no trace of what they once were.

Only she was still holding on to those past memories and refused to let go.

The green light turns on and the vehicle departs.

Gu Nan watched herself getting further and further away from that street.

-

After Gu Nan handed over all the work materials, three days had passed.

For three days, Gu Nan immersed herself in her work and didn't have any free time, because here, whenever she stopped, her mind would be filled with the memories of the past, which ate into her bones like poison.

But when Gu Nan finished all the work and walked out from the gate of the branch office.

She walked to Guava High School unknowingly.

She stood at the door, full of thoughts, hesitated for a while, then walked in.

The overall layout of Guava High School has not changed much. The library where I studied with Rex and the school road where I walked home hand in hand...but the position of the ultimate class of the year has become a toilet.

Gu Nan recalled the first time she came here, watching Wang Dadong and Wang Arthur standing in front of the door tremblingly and afraid to go in when they were fighting.

That was the first time she stepped into this bizarre world.

"You are....?"

Just as Gu Nan was recalling the past, a voice came from behind her. She looked back and saw several high school students in uniforms.

And.... Campbell Three? ?

Jin Baosan was also very surprised when he saw her, and then flatteringly called out Gu Nan's crush.

Gu Nan didn't want to talk to him.

When Gu Nan turned his head to see the face of the girl in the white skirt who called her, he was taken aback.

The man was taken aback when he saw Gu Nan's face clearly.

"Are you... Nan?"

"Five bears?"

When Gu Nan and Rex were together back then, it was inevitable that they would meet the ultimate class.

At the beginning, she still looked like a coward, but because of Rex's proper maintenance and the kindness of the ultimate class [actually Wang Dadong's persecution], she was able to relax and communicate with everyone in the ultimate class.

And Cai Wuxiong is the person Gu Nan can talk to the most in the ultimate class.

Although Gu Nan had heard the legend that she beat five bears to death with her bare hands, the five bears were really amazing!Can!like!up!

This kind of appearance that is completely comical, coupled with a slightly clumsy walking pace and way of speaking, makes Gu Nan so cute that she can't wait to treat Wu Xiong as her own daughter [wrong]

Although Wu Xiong is a little simple-minded, he can also feel the kindness and tenderness of Gu Nan.

So I am very happy and happy to become friends with Gu Nan.

There was a time when the two were so good that the young master of the Earth Dragon Gang and Rex, the behind-the-scenes owner of the Black Cat Hotel, were both jealous, and they took their wives home.

But later, on the night when Rex and the others disappeared, Five Bears said that they were going to find the heartbroken man, and then... they also disappeared.

At this moment, Gu Nan looked at Wu Xiong, his heart beating wildly with excitement.

There was a guess in her mind that made her uncontrollably ecstatic.

Now that the five bears have appeared...does it mean...Rex may also come back.

But when Wu Xiong brought Gu Nan to a house and took out a wooden box and handed it to her.

Her original ecstatic mood was like being poured head-on by a bucket of water with ice cubes, and it turned into a bone-chilling cold.

"This is... what Rex left behind..."

"...What happened to him?" Gu Nan's voice trembled, and he looked at Wu Xiong in disbelief.

"...he is no longer here."

Gu Nan didn't know how he got back to the hotel.

What Wu Xiong cried and said lingered in her mind.

"I only heard people say that on that day ten years ago, they entered an abandoned factory, and then the factory exploded.. No one escaped."

No one escaped.

These words lingered in Gu Nan's mind.

She didn't cry. Rex has been missing for so many years, and Gu Nan has already prepared the worst plan in her heart.

She may never see him again.

Gu Nan looked at the wooden box in his hand, and opened it tremblingly without knowing how much courage he mustered.

She saw the hand of Ares clenched into a fist.

It was the strange claw that Rex had on his hand when he was dueling with Wang Dadong. It was only later that Gu Nan learned that this claw was called the Hand of Ares.

It is Rex's personal weapon.

It was originally given to Ding Xiaoyu, but later Ding Xiaoyu returned it to Rex.

But this clenching pose...

Gu Nan touched Ares' hand, and the paws that were tightly clenched flashed a golden light at this moment, and then let go.

She was startled.

She saw a small box in the palm of the hand of Ares.

Gu Nan vaguely guessed something, picked up the small box and opened it, and there was a diamond ring inside.

At this moment, the words that Rex said ten years ago suddenly appeared in her mind.

"I have a surprise for you when I come back."

Her heart trembled, and she picked up the ring tremblingly.

Seeing the words engraved on the inner ring of the ring, Gu Nan was taken aback for a moment, then laughed louder and louder, but at the same time her tears fell drop by drop like pearls with a broken string.

The words engraved on it are

L&G

Rex and Gu Nan.

This is the surprise he failed to deliver ten years ago.

An engagement ring.

It was what Rex had protected with his last strength.

Gu Nan was lying on the sofa holding the ring tightly like a child, weeping uncontrollably.

—

It was only when Gu Nan saw the space-time back door in front of him that he finally learned the whole story.

Rex was very protective of her at the beginning, so during the year they were together, Gu Nan didn't have much contact with the world of supernatural powers.

However, Gu Nan, who has been in touch with comics, can more or less guess something from the unusual abilities of the group of people in the ultimate class.

But it still shocked her to hear everything from Wu Xiong's mouth.

Ability Walker, Twelve Dimensions and Space, Good and Evil.

These disturbing things were actually undertaken by a group of high school students at the beginning.

No one knows that they saved the world, or that they sacrificed their young lives for the world.

All this was actually because of an old man who wanted to make the supernatural walker disappear, not only killed Rex and the others, but now he was about to destroy the world.

The only thing that can save the current situation now.

It turned out to be the dilapidated door in front of him.

Enter this door... and you will be able to go back ten years.

When Lei Ting, the boss of the ultimate class ten years later, and her friend Zhong Wanjun opened the door and entered.

Gu Nan couldn't stop his trembling hands.

As long as you go in, you will be able to see Rex again.

Even if... it will consume lifespan...

She also wants to see that guy again...

Gu Nan flew up and entered the back door of time and space before the others could stop it.

She walked along that space-time tunnel to the place leading to the light.

Then, she saw the Black Cat Hotel.

The Black Cat Hotel ten years ago.

She stared blankly at the Black Cat Hotel that hadn't changed ten years ago, and then pinched her face to confirm that all this was not a dream.

She rushed into the Black Cat Hotel immediately.

"Where's Rex?" Gu Nan hurried to the front desk and asked.

The lady at the front desk was taken aback when she saw her: "Little proprietress??"

But...compared to that little proprietress, she seems a bit older...

"Tell me where Rex is?!"

"Boss...the boss is at school."

Before the front desk lady finished speaking, Gu Nan turned around and rushed out of the Black Cat Hotel, and got into a taxi.

And when she finally reached the gate of Guava High School, she happened to see Rex.

He stood under the shade of the tree, the curve of his profile was familiar to her.

Gu Nan suddenly wanted to cry.

She steps towards Rex.

step.

two steps.

However, Gu Nan found that his body was gradually losing strength as he walked forward.

Is this what it feels like to lose a lifespan?

At this moment, she used all her strength to call out the name engraved in her mind for ten years.

"Rex!!!"

Seeing Rex looking at her, Gu Nan frowned and walked towards her anxiously.

Her vision became more and more blurred, and her body became weaker and weaker.

The moment before consciousness disappears.

Gu Nan was still thinking about talking to him more.

She still wants to say.

She misses him so much.

Gu Nan misses Rex very much.

—

Gu Nan woke up suddenly from the dream.

She sat up from the bed and touched her cheek, which was full of tears.

"...Rex!!" Gu Nan stumbled down from the bed with bare feet.

"Rex!"

Gu Nan rushed out of the room but ran straight into a warm embrace.

"what happened?"

Hearing the man's gentle tone, she suddenly felt like a lifetime away.

Gu Nan couldn't hold back her tears anymore, she lay in the man's arms and cried like a child.

"I had a nightmare...I dreamed...you died...and then I lived alone for ten years...I..."

"It was just a dream." Rex hugged Gu Nan tightly and kissed her forehead lightly.

"Do you see that I am still here?"

Gu Nan raised her head, looked at the familiar face with tears in her eyes, and then hugged him even tighter.

"Well...you're still here..."

"I won't leave you behind."

Lost timelines have been fixed.

In the future...they will always be together forever.

Never be separated again.

The author has something to say:

I wrote this chapter unexpectedly smoothly

Probably a sadistic and healthier style of painting

Thank you to everyone who has been with them until now

There should be some sweet little clips to follow

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