Starting as a Magical Girl, I Alone Shall Rule for Eternity

Chapter 128: Stepping Once More into the Landed Deity Realm

"I'm sorry, if I hadn't been there at that time, you could have run away by yourself, I'm sorry..."

The girl beside him was sobbing an apology.

Actually, she had said a lot since he woke up.

But Jiang Si hadn't listened to a word of it. He surveyed his surroundings.

He should be in some kind of hospital. He reached out and touched the bedsheet; the texture felt fine, the smell was fine.

The sounds were fine too. A nurse pushed a cart over, the clinking of medicine bottles was incredibly real and clear.

Nothing was wrong.

That was the biggest problem.

When he tried to sit up, Lu Ya beside him immediately pressed him down.

"Don't, don't move recklessly, your injuries aren't healed yet!"She wiped her tears while flusteredly holding him down, yet afraid to use too much force for fear of hurting him. In the end, Jiang Si still managed to sit up.

"What... is the time now?"

The first time he spoke, his voice was hoarse. The dry, painful feeling from his throat felt unbearably real.

His broken right leg still ached faintly. His internal organs felt a tearing, displaced sensation. The pain wasn't intense, but the nauseating discomfort was extremely strong.

Most importantly.

What a trash body. A body so trash that Jiang Si couldn't stand it.

"It's been half a year since you fell unconscious..."

Lying in bed for half a year, no wonder.

Jiang Si immediately tried to stand up. Lu Ya panicked and called for the nurse, "Nurse! He's trying to get up!"

The nurse came over immediately, reached out, and pressed Jiang Si down, trying to push him back into bed.

Jiang Si snorted coldly and immediately tried to push the other person away.

Then he realized his hands could barely muster any strength either.

Forget about his hands, his entire body felt weak and devoid of strength. He was simply pressed back down by the nurse.

"What's with the 'hmph'? A patient trying to act recklessly, think you didn't almost die fast enough?"

The nurse had quite the temper. After grumbling, she pulled out the IV drip from his hand. "I'll go call the doctor to check on you. Don't move around."

Staring somewhat blankly at the ceiling, Jiang Si finally realized.

Here, he was just an ordinary person.

Although he had broken through his limits, unlocked his gene lock, and kicked a small truck to a stop with one foot, as a result, his current body was perhaps even worse off than an ordinary person's.

Muscle swelling, blood vessel blockages—undoubtedly all the price of unlocking the gene lock.

If he had doubts before, now he could basically confirm that he had indeed unlocked the gene lock in the end.

However, modern medicine could never cure the sequelae of the gene lock.

This was a bit troublesome. Starting over from scratch seemed unlikely. It was somewhat different from the first time he lost his power.

Because back then, he reincarnated. He could train again from childhood. But his current circumstances were different.

He didn't even have the chance to start over.

That one kick didn't just cripple his right leg; his entire body had developed problems.

Even if he trained again, it would only make his body deteriorate further.

It wouldn't be strange if he died.

This was the price of unlocking the gene lock. There was absolutely no room for reversal.

And this point was also recognized by the doctor who came to examine him.

"It's truly a miracle. Logically, he should have remained in a vegetative state for the rest of his life."

"Thank you, doctor! Thank you!"

"It's not really thanks to us. It's probably because you stayed by his side every day and woke him up. Things like medical miracles still require sincere devotion."

"It... it wasn't because of me..."

After speaking with Lu Ya, the doctor pressed on Jiang Si's limbs. "Your body... you can't engage in strenuous exercise anymore. You need to be careful. Stay for observation a while longer. If there are no other issues, you can go through the discharge procedures..."

He went on and on with a bunch of precautions. Jiang Si only asked one question, "Can it recover? I need to get stronger. Strenuous exercise is essential."

"I already said no."

After the doctor left, Jiang Si stared at the ceiling, lost in thought for a long time, then glanced back at Lu Ya.

The girl was currently peeling an apple.

Her originally long hair had been cut short. Her face looked thinner than he remembered. A pure white short-sleeved shirt paired with straight-leg jeans. If he remembered correctly, this girl used to love flashy accessories.

But now, aside from a simple necklace, she had even removed her earrings.

Noticing Jiang Si looking at her ear, Lu Ya immediately touched it. "Wh-what's wrong?"

"Are you a Magical Girl?"

"Huh?" Lu Ya looked at him somewhat dazedly. "M-magical Girl? I... I haven't watched that in a long time..."

Then she added softly, "Shouldn't it be web novels?"

Of course, it was because he heard the word 'miracle.'

So Jiang Si guessed she might be a Magical Girl, but he was clearly overthinking it.

"Although I can't do magic, I... I've also started training, trying to be like you. Look."

Saying this, she rolled up her sleeve, showing off her fair arm.

It was still just as delicate, but now faint traces of muscle could be seen.

For a little girl with no foundation, reaching this level was indeed pretty good.

"This world doesn't have Magical Girls?"

"There's no such thing. There's not even cultivation, how could there be Magical Girls..."

Saying this, Lu Ya, realizing something, lowered her head, looking upset.

"I'm sorry, it's all because of me. You got so badly injured because of me, and I even ruined your chance to... to keep getting stronger in the future..."

"It has nothing to do with you. Stop being so presumptuous."

Lu Ya's apple-peeling slowed a bit, but she still said:

"No matter what, I'll stay with you. No matter what happens in the future, I'll stay with you, accompany you in pursuing your dreams! This time... it's my turn to protect you..."

Just as she was carefully choosing her words, she looked up and found Jiang Si had already stood up.

Barefoot, he stepped on the ground, tentatively standing up.

"You... don't move recklessly..."

Lu Ya hurriedly threw down the apple, flusteredly trying to support Jiang Si who wanted to stand, but was pushed away.

For a moment, the girl was at a loss.

"It's fine. It's just a broken leg," Jiang Si said calmly. "I can walk."

As he walked towards the door, he stumbled.

When Lu Ya tried to help, she was pushed away again.

After Jiang Si fell to the ground, he gasped for breath for a while.

The fruit and items on the table fell all over the floor. He subconsciously grabbed a pair of scissors.

"Jiang Si..."

Lu Ya stood beside him, crying and at a loss. Just as she was about to call the nurse, she heard Jiang Si say:

"I want to go out for a walk. Don't call anyone."

The girl, who had been crying, immediately swallowed her tears.

Jiang Si's tone brooked no argument. If she contradicted him, Lu Ya knew better than anyone that they probably wouldn't even remain friends.

Although afraid something might happen, since Jiang Si said so, she could only nod, squat down to support him, and pull him up.

Sniffling, Lu Ya cautiously glanced down the hospital corridor, confirmed nothing was amiss, then supported Jiang Si as they walked out of the hospital's main entrance.

"Did my parents come?"

"Your... your dad came once. Your mom came many times. She was very worried about you..."

"Oh."

Jiang Si didn't have too many thoughts about that.

Even these details were flawless.

His father and he walked different paths. The struggle for the Great Dao had always been harsh. Their differing philosophies naturally led to a poor relationship.

Although his mother was extremely disappointed in him because he stubbornly sought the Dao and couldn't understand it, she wouldn't be completely indifferent.

A truly flawless illusion.

Is this the power of a Full Bloom Magical Girl?

Even the faint scent of books from Lu Ya, the smell of shampoo in her hair... almost no flaws could be found.

Terrifying.

As they walked out of the quiet hospital, a gentle breeze brushed their faces, carrying the aroma of noodles from a nearby restaurant.

On the familiar road, vehicles shuttled back and forth. Honking, exhaust fumes, the roar of engines—everything was present.

"Are you hungry? Should I take you to eat? There's a noodle shop nearby, with your favorite oil-splashed noodles..." Lu Ya, supporting him, kept trying to make conversation.

"I'm not hungry."

"Oh..."

"I want to go to the place where the crash happened."

Lu Ya was stunned. "Go... go there? What for?"

"To confirm the results."

"Huh?"

"I just want to see what traces were left." Jiang Si tried to push Lu Ya away and stand by himself.

Just a broken leg. With willpower, he could overcome it.

It's just that this body was pathetically weak.

He hadn't experienced such a weak body in a long time.

Even though she was constantly pushed away, Lu Ya still stubbornly held onto his arm, unwilling to let go. "I'll call a taxi for you. Don't run off."

Looking back at Jiang Si with every step, Lu Ya hailed a taxi by the roadside, then quickly jogged back, helping Jiang Si into the car.

"Driver, we're going to Experimental Second High School..."

"Alright." The driver smiled and stepped on the gas. "Your boyfriend's body isn't healed yet, right? Why bring him out running around? Is it okay?"

Lu Ya's face flushed. She pursed her lips but didn't refute it. "He... he wanted to get some fresh air."

"True, staying in the hospital all the time isn't good for recovery either. When I got into a car accident before, I recuperated in the hospital for over two months, and my leg still didn't heal properly. Went out hopping around for two days, hey, got better right away."

"That's probably because you were almost healed after over two months..."

"Hahaha, that's true too."

"And driver, please watch the road carefully, don't get into another accident..."

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'm way more scared of dying than you are."

Lu Ya glanced back. Jiang Si was silently looking out the window.

The car drove all the way to near Experimental Second High School, even specifically stopping at the alley they had walked through back then.

After getting out of the car, Lu Ya had just finished paying when she realized Jiang Si was gone. She was startled.

Looking around, she found he had already entered the alleyway, moving at a frighteningly fast speed.

She immediately chased after him. "Wait, Jiang Si wait for me! Your leg... is your leg okay now?"

Jiang Si leaned against the wall, looking at the messy, still-unrepaired wall, and instead smiled.

This startled Lu Ya too. "Wh-what's wrong?"

"Nothing." Jiang Si found a rock to sit on. "Go buy some water."

"Huh?"

"I want Pepsi. Don't buy Coke."

"You didn't like drinking soda before?"

"I want to drink with you now. Is that not allowed?"

Lu Ya then showed a smile, somewhat naive and cute. "Of course it's allowed! Wait here for me! You must wait for me, don't run off!"

"Mm."

"I'll be right back!"

Saying this, she turned and skipped towards the store.

Jiang Si touched the marks.

The marks left on the wall after the truck crashed in were clearly visible.

Even the dried bloodstains were almost identical to his memory.

That was the problem.

How could they be identical to his memory?

He walked further into the alley, even seeing the remnants of the truck's headlight.

Picking it up to examine, the texture was almost indistinguishable from the real thing.

He closed his eyes, listening quietly.

The rustling sound of the wind gradually turned into footsteps. The roars of vehicles slowly overlapped with the low growls of Disaster Beasts.

He should be trapped in a siege by Disaster Beasts, right?

"Well, well, if it isn't our great web novel protagonist, the Celestial Being Jiang Si."

A clear, mocking voice rang out.

It should be some kind of illusory auditory hallucination from a Disaster Beast. Then he was pushed. Jiang Si, who was still sensing his surroundings, was pushed and fell to the ground.

Opening his eyes, he saw three thugs, all smoking cigarettes, looking at him with smirks.

"Bro, we got beaten up pretty badly by you back then. Weren't you so cocky? All that 'the strong remain strong,' 'ants aren't worth my full power'... spouting cool lines one after another. Why are you lying on the ground not moving now? Weren't you so cocky? Why aren't you awesome anymore?"

Another thug said, "I heard he got hit by a car trying to save that girl Lu Ya. Heh, otherwise we really wouldn't have a chance for revenge."

"Oh, playing the hero saving the beauty? You really read too many web novels, haha."

The three of them burst into laughter.

"Weren't you looking down on us before? What about now? Jiang Si, who's the ant now? Who's the strong one?"

The leader, a guy wearing sunglasses, kicked Jiang Si once, then took the cigarette butt from his mouth, about to press it onto Jiang Si's face.

Suddenly, his wrist was grabbed and yanked violently!

The sunglasses-wearing leader's body tilted. Before he could react, a pair of scissors suddenly stabbed into his neck and was pulled out.

The movement was swift as lightning, clean and efficient.

The remaining two thugs didn't even see what happened clearly. They just saw the sunglasses guy clutching his neck, making "gurgling" sounds. A large amount of blood quickly blocked his windpipe. As he reached out, trying desperately to grab Jiang Si...

Several extremely rapid stabs followed. The blood on the scissors grew thicker. The sunglasses guy slid softly to the ground.

"You motherf—!"

The young man with a scar on his face hadn't fully processed what happened before he angrily shouted and charged forward, holding a steel pipe, swinging it down at Jiang Si's head.

Jiang Si tilted his head and reached out with his left hand to grab it. As a result, two of his fingers were directly smashed broken. Yet Jiang Si didn't even look, using his remaining fingers to grab the steel pipe, with the broken fingers dangling from it.

The scissors stabbed straight into the wrist.

The young man screamed in pain, instinctively letting go of the steel pipe.

But having been in fights before, he knew if he backed down here, it was over. The young man gritted his teeth, pulled a small knife from his pocket, and stabbed towards Jiang Si's face!

However, Jiang Si simply twisted the scissors embedded in the wrist violently, rotating them.

Using the scissors, he literally pried the wrist open a gap!

This time, the scar-faced young man finally cried out in overwhelming pain, tears and snot flowing. He couldn't hold the knife anymore, just kneeling on the ground, wailing and begging for mercy.

Jiang Si took a deep breath, dragging the scissors. The scar-faced young man, crying, was pulled forward a couple of steps.

"It's not because you're weak that you're ants."

He turned his head to look at the last youth, probably a high school student, who had already wet his pants, legs trembling, not even daring to run.

"It's because you're ants that you're weak." Jiang Si asked softly, "Don't you think so?"

The high school student nodded like a chicken pecking rice. "J-Jiang bro, spare me..."

"Jiang Si!"

Before Jiang Si could answer, Lu Ya, holding cola, ran over from outside the alley.

Sitting in the car, Lu Ya beside him was desperately trying to stay calm, holding his hand.

"It's okay, it's okay, they attacked you first... it was just self-defense, we have witnesses..."

Jiang Si just quietly looked at his own reflection in the rearview mirror.

Who am I? Where am I? What should I do?

It must be said, the power of a Full Bloom Magical Girl somewhat exceeded Jiang Si's expectations.

He couldn't help but start considering things he had never thought about before.

Although panicked, Lu Ya still took him back to the hospital, constantly making phone calls to her family.

Killing two people was, after all, a big deal in the real world. Lu Ya kept emphasizing that Jiang Si acted in self-defense.

Although Lu Ya's family had some connections, it seemed things wouldn't go smoothly.

No matter what, the police would probably come to arrest him tomorrow.

If this were the real world, that's how it would be.

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault, it's all my fault for taking you there. You shouldn't have left the hospital in the first place. I'm sorry, it's all my fault for coming back so late... I just, I just wanted to buy more good drinks for you. I'm really sorry, if it weren't for me..."

"What does it have to do with you? Can you stop being so presumptuous?"

To Lu Ya, who seemed on the verge of crying at any moment, Jiang Si just impatiently told her to be quiet.

The clinking sound of medicine bottles as a nurse pushed a cart past. Outside, someone was cursing angrily. The sound of weeping lingered around.

Sharp, noisy police sirens blared outside.

The girl's tears kept flowing onto her hands. Her breathing grew rapid. Everything in her vision was chaotic and disorganized, filled with unbearable strangeness and confusion.

Cold things pressed in from all sides, suppressing his broken, ordinary body.

He pushed away the clingy Lu Ya. When she tried to follow, he snapped:

"I'm going to the toilet. Don't follow me."

Opening the toilet door and closing it behind him, the chaotic noise was instantly cut off.

A cold, quiet atmosphere.

He looked at himself in the mirror.

Weak, filthy, and that never-fading anxiety and anger.

It was as if he had returned to the time when he couldn't find supernatural power, couldn't find the Great Dao—that unbearable, restless anxiety.

He pulled the corner of his mouth, revealing a smile.

"I am Jiang Si."

The person in the mirror said.

"I am Shion."

He said again.

"I am Simo Tu."

He and the person in the mirror laughed together.

He took out the scissors and washed the bloodstains under the faucet.