Chapter 421 - 420: Farewell

Chapter 421: Chapter 420: Farewell

With Stelle’s help, Blade quickly cleared out the Voidrangers that had boarded the spaceship. He carried his broken sword and frowned at his dirty clothes: "Sigh, what a pain······ I just changed into these clothes. I finally managed to snatch an hour of washing machine time from Kafka, and now it’s all gone to waste in just a little while."

Blade distastefully patted the stains on his clothes and looked at Stelle, asking: "Are you okay? You didn’t get hurt, right? Are you mentally fine? Any dizziness or discomfort?"

"No." Stelle shook her head. She felt a small wave of warmth in her heart: Sigh. As expected, among the Stellaron Hunters, only Uncle Blade is still somewhat normal.

As for the others······

"Three of a kind!" Silver Wolf casually played two cards.

Kafka immediately followed: "Pair of twos! Hahaha! This young lady only has one card left!"

The corner of Silver Wolf’s lips curled up as she threw out two cards in return: "Jokers!"

Kafka: "Eh eh eh? Damn it, you actually collected both jokers? You, watch me use my ultimate move! Nullify your jokers!"

Boothill directly took the "Nullify" card. "Ace! Now entering the judgment phase. Do you choose truth or dare?"

Black Cat: "Meow! (Kafka, use dare to refresh my deck. I’m about to get three stars!)"

"······"

While Blade was working hard to clean up the Voidrangers on the spaceship, these three people were probably too bored. They had pulled a black cat to sit together and play cards. Perhaps because Stelle’s experience was too limited, she didn’t even understand what these three plus one cat were playing.

"Seriously, the Stellaron Hunters feel more and more hopeless. Should I really consider finding a new place to work? The Xianzhou is definitely out of the question. The company is still hunting me. Dan Feng is on the Astral Express. Should I go to Penacony? The Annihilation Gang looks pretty good too······"

Blade’s expression was full of pain. He muttered to himself and had even started planning to job-hop. "I’m so stupid, really. I only knew that Dan Feng and Jingliu weren’t human, but I didn’t expect that the Stellaron Hunters themselves don’t have many normal people either. Now it seems like I’ve escaped the past, but in reality, I’ve only entered a future without a future. Damn it. Why? Why do I have to keep living in such pain?"

"Elio’s blessing... what a vicious curse······"

Blade muttered to himself, completely ignoring Stelle, and began cleaning the spaceship alone.

"Mem, mem······ mem! (Um, even though I don’t know this person, he really looks like he’s in a lot of pain······ Partner, next time we see him, let’s help him, okay?)"

Mem’s two small paws rested on Stelle’s shoulders as she spoke softly.

Stelle’s mouth twitched. "O-okay."

The next time they met would probably be in the next map.

Mem: "Mem, mem! (Ah, partner, it seems your memories can’t be explored any further from here. We’re about to leave this place!)"

"Mem? (Since they’re companions from the past, don’t you want to say goodbye to them while you still can?)"

Stelle scratched her head: "Goodbye? There’s no need, right? Actually, I can still see these people in reality······"

This wasn’t a lie. Probably thanks to Silver Wolf’s technology, Stelle discovered that her phone had somehow gained all the Stellaron Hunters as friends without her consent. Kafka and Silver Wolf were always asking her to play games······ Speaking of which, Silver Wolf hadn’t played games with her in a long time. What was she doing?

Blade was the same as always. Although they didn’t have many common topics, he would always send her long messages talking to himself, mostly complaining that his teammates weren’t human. He didn’t care whether Stelle replied or not — he just kept sending messages.

Boothill was the one among these four who talked to Stelle the least. Every message he sent was the standard three-part template: Are you there? Have you eaten? What did you eat?

Compared to the above four, Firefly acted like she wanted to live inside Stelle’s phone. She sent video call requests every day. But for some reason, every time Stelle answered a video call, she always felt a strange sense of stimulation······ Peh! But it definitely wasn’t that kind of feeling. It was purely because she was afraid March 7th would find out and force her into duo queue.

So, all things considered, did she really need to say goodbye to these "companions" she saw every day?

Mem flew in front of Stelle, put her paws on her hips, and said seriously: "Mem, mem! (Of course it’s necessary! Partner, don’t you know? From the perspective of [Memory], yesterday’s self and today’s self are completely different people.)"

"Mem, mem! (Your past self and present self are two completely different individuals. By the same logic, the ones you’re about to say goodbye to right now are the ’companions from yesterday’ that you will never see again!)"

Mem gestured animatedly with her paws: "Mem, mem! (Let me give you an example, hmm······ Just like that very pained uncle from earlier. He’s in a lot of pain right now, that’s true. But if he gets saved by someone in the future, won’t he turn into a sunny and cheerful uncle?)"

"Mem, mem~ (A pained uncle and a sunny uncle are obviously different, okay~)"

Stelle scratched her head: "I understand what you mean. Alright then······ So who do you think I should say goodbye to?"

What Mem said did make sense. But the problem was······ Even if another hundred years passed, would this group of people really change at all?

Oh, except for Blade. Blade would probably become even more miserable by then.

Mem tilted her head and carefully scanned the five Stellaron Hunters with her big eyes. Then she pointed a paw at Firefly: "Emmm······ We don’t have much time, so let’s go with her, okay?"

"Mem, mem~ (I can feel it. This girl really cares about you, hehe~ Don’t let a cute girl’s sincere feelings go to waste, partner.)"

"Alright."

Since she had chosen her target, Stelle didn’t hesitate any longer. She walked up to Firefly in two steps and said: "Firefly, even though I know we’ll have many chances to meet in the future, I have to leave now."

"Actually, there are some things I’ve wanted to say to you for a long time, but I never had the courage. But thinking that you’re only a part of my memories right now, I feel like I should say it."

Firefly looked a bit confused: "Stellie, what’s wrong with you? Suddenly being so serious······ Wait, you... you’re not about to say that kind of thing to me, are you?!"

Stelle: ?

She had actually only planned to say something simple and straightforward to Firefly, like "Don’t miss me too much when I’m not around. You should also live for yourself."

But Firefly, did you misunderstand something again?

Firefly instantly put on an "I understand" expression. She straightened her clothes and adjusted her breathing. "S- Stellie, actually, I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time. Come on, I’m ready!"