Chapter 370: The Despairing Future!
Tsukikage looked at the scene before him.
He recalled what Edelweiss had just said, as well as that happy smile on her face, and after hesitating again and again, he ultimately did not dare say anything.
The smile that had originally filled Edelweiss's face gradually disappeared as well.
Fortunately, Kiriko did not do anything too outrageous.
If she had acted like Sara earlier, Edelweiss probably could not guarantee that she would continue sitting here and talking with Tsukikage-sensei.
After quietly observing for a while and discovering that the two were indeed only having a normal conversation, Edelweiss took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.
She turned her head somewhat stiffly.
After pausing for several seconds, she finally spoke and asked Tsukikage,
"N-Now that I think about it, Tsukikage-sensei, do you not intend to explain things to Takizawa?"
"I saw it when I came over just now. It seems she misunderstood you."
Hearing this extremely forced change of topic, Tsukikage inwardly sighed at youth, then decided to follow Edelweiss's intention.
He had no intention of kicking her while she was down.
Besides, Kurono's misunderstanding did make him somewhat sad.
"What should be said, and what can be said, I have basically already told her. This matter is not something a mere teacher like her is qualified to interfere in."
"Back then, she chose to withdraw on her own. And now, with a family and a child, she should be even less involved in this incident."
"Since becoming a teacher and living an ordinary person's happy life was Takizawa's own choice, then as her teacher, I naturally should not destroy that."
At this point, Tsukikage still could not help sighing.
"I must make a change. We absolutely cannot advance in the direction of that 'future.'"
"In the end, the League is nothing more than a group of the weak. When true destruction descends, they will not be able to provide us with any help at all."
"We must make a change. Otherwise, the 'despairing future' I glimpsed will become unavoidable."
"The burden of this matter is too heavy. So heavy that it would instantly crush Takizawa's peaceful daily life. If she joins in, she will once again face the choice of whether to push open the door."
"For Takizawa, who is already married and has a child, that choice would probably be even more difficult than last time."
"When the time is right, I will naturally tell her. But it cannot be now."
The content of this topic was far heavier than before.
As Tsukikage spoke, Edelweiss gradually calmed down as well.
This time, she had indeed come to Tsukikage because of Luke, but not about romance.
In truth, if possible, Edelweiss had intended to wait a while longer before revealing her relationship to Tsukikage.
The reason she had come to find Tsukikage was actually because of this "despairing future."
Although Japan's future had nothing to do with Edelweiss, in the end, it was still her teacher's homeland.
To some extent, she still cared about it.
As an internationally wanted criminal, in the face of this kind of large-scale conflict between nations, or even possibly between the League and the Union, it was not very convenient for the current Edelweiss to act.
Because of her past record, she would be guarded against by the entire world.
It would be impossible for her to interfere in a war as easily as she had fifteen years ago.
More importantly, if she truly intervened to help Japan, that would be the same as placing Japan in opposition to the entire world.
The consequences would very likely be even more serious than that "despairing future."
However…
"Regarding this matter, I found another possible solution."
"That is also why I came to find you this time."
Edelweiss's words made Tsukikage's entire body pause.
He knew Edelweiss would not exaggerate.
Once she opened her mouth, it basically meant she had more than an eighty-percent certainty.
Excited emotions echoed in his heart.
Tsukikage tightly gripped his trembling hands and asked seriously,
"Edel, this possibility you speak of… what is it?"
Looking at Tsukikage's involuntarily excited appearance, Edelweiss sighed in her heart.
Then she shifted her gaze back to Luke on the other side of the window.
Only after confirming that he and that green-haired girl were communicating normally did she speak.
"What I mean is my lover, Luke Ashburn."
The unexpected name made Tsukikage's breathing stop for an instant.
But immediately after, he questioned her.
"A student, a boy—does he have the power to overturn a fixed future?"
"Even if he possesses talent you recognize, it should be impossible for him to shake, much less change, a world-class event, right?"
It was not that Tsukikage did not trust Edelweiss.
Rather, he had to be cautious.
Moreover, this truly sounded somewhat unbelievable.
Edelweiss had already expected Tsukikage's reaction.
She did not mind his doubt.
Instead, she calmly threw out two words.
"Desperado."
"?!"
Tsukikage immediately understood what Edelweiss meant.
He turned his head toward Luke on the other side of the window in shock, and asked in disbelief,
"He has already touched the threshold?!"
"That's right. I confirmed it. During the previous attack on Hagun, he saw 'it' once."
Edelweiss looked at Luke, and a smile appeared on her face again.
This time, that smile also contained a trace of pride.
"And a few days ago, when I used the power of a Desperado to test him, he saw the door for a second time. Although both times were only for an instant, there is no doubt that pushing open the door and stepping inside is only a matter of time."
After hearing Edelweiss's confirmation, Tsukikage could not help revealing a faint, joyful smile.
"No wonder… I should have thought of it. If he couldn't compare to you, how could he possibly have won your favor?"
"However…"
After his joy, Tsukikage quickly calmed down again.
Because he discovered an extremely fatal problem.
"Even if he will definitely enter the Desperado realm, there is still no guarantee when that will happen."
"Although it is only one step, there have been people who needed five or even ten years to take that step… I'm afraid I can't wait that long."
"If you want me to abandon all my follow-up plans because of this, I'm sorry, Edel. I can't take that risk."
Looking at the firmness in Tsukikage's eyes, Edelweiss understood what he meant.
She first nodded, indicating that she understood his meaning.
Only then did Edelweiss explain her true judgment.
"Tsukikage-sensei, although you are not a combat-type Blazer, you should have enough understanding of Desperados."
"Once one decides to push open the door and step inside, it means breaking the restraints of fate."
"This cannot actually be considered an entirely good thing. Living within fate and being imprisoned by fate also means being protected by fate and receiving the corresponding happiness."
"If one wants to live peacefully as an ordinary person, then one absolutely must not step into that realm. One absolutely must not betray the world's warning, nor betray God's advice."
"Takizawa… World Clock chose to turn back at that time."
What Edelweiss spoke of was absolute classified information.
It was the truth outside society, something that would not be easily revealed to anyone.
But to Tsukikage, who stood in a high position and had more than one student who had touched the Desperado realm, this information was not particularly special.
However, Edelweiss's next words refreshed his understanding of Desperados.
"Luke is completely different from all known Desperados."
"The feeling he gives me is not like someone who betrayed the world, nor someone who cast aside God's advice."
"The instant aura that leaked out when he saw the door made me feel… as though the world was adapting to him, and God was tolerating him."
"…I cannot describe it in more detail, but there is one thing I can be certain of."
"Luke becoming a Desperado will absolutely not be slow. It may even be… far faster than any of us can imagine!"
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