REVIEWS AND POWERSTONES PLSSS!!!!!Chapter 113: Understanding One's Own Heart
Tears swirled in Naruko's eyes, but she stubbornly refused to let them fall.
She looked at Sasuko's resolute expression, then suddenly took a deep breath.
"You're right... my chances are slim."
Her voice trembled slightly, yet carried unusual clarity.
"But Sasuko, have you considered what happens if Yu only ever sees you as his sister?"
That sentence made Sasuko's pupils constrict sharply.
Naruko raised her hand to wipe the corner of her eye, continuing: "You say you've harbored feelings for years, worked hard for years. But if those feelings could truly be fulfilled as you wish, you'd already be together, wouldn't you?"
She stepped forward. Though her eyes were ringed with red, her gaze grew increasingly firm:
"I won't give up. Unless Yu personally tells me he chooses you, I'll continue fighting for him in my own way."
"You—" Sasuko was about to speak when Naruko interrupted.
"As for being friends..." Naruko showed a smile tinged with tears. "If one of us is destined to get hurt, then let's compete fairly. I don't want to lose you as a friend, but I'm even less willing to betray my own heart."
Finishing these words, Naruko gripped the bills tightly and turned toward the courtyard gate.
As she pushed open the door, she said softly:
"I'm sorry, Sasuko. I don't want to give up without even trying. Even if I'll most likely fail in the end..."
Only Sasuko remained standing alone in the courtyard.
She gazed in the direction Naruko had departed. Her Mangekyo Sharingan unconsciously surfaced, then slowly receded, returning to deep black.
Sasuko sighed softly.
Naruko was also a stubborn fool...
Deep within a remote mountain cave, Yu was quietly sensing the changes brought by Earth's environment.
Unlike the vacuum of space, the magnetic field here acted like invisible shackles, clearly suppressing his power release.
He slowly raised his hand, energy ripples visible around his fingertips—four hundred thousand horsepower of magnetic field power could still be mobilized. Though more laborious than in space, the advancement pathway that had once been completely blocked was finally open.
After confirming his condition, Yu began repairing the accumulated hidden injuries from all these years.
In his early years, to rapidly increase his strength without understanding how to properly cultivate magnetic field power, he'd adopted many extreme training methods. Unfortunately, the effects were mediocre, and they'd left imperceptible damage within his body.
Now, under the precise control of four hundred thousand horsepower of magnetic field power, he began comprehensive optimization of his body.
Energy seeped into every cell like a gentle stream. Yu closed his eyes in concentration, using internal vision to carefully examine his body's condition.
He first repaired muscle fibers damaged from excessive training, restoring them to optimal structural alignment.
Then he nourished bones that had borne heavy loads for years, mending microscopic fractures only detectable under magnification.
As the repairs deepened, fine blood droplets gradually seeped from his skin—this was his body expelling accumulated stagnant blood and dead cells.
Simultaneously, steaming heat rose from around him, manifestation of metabolism accelerated to the extreme.
After completing basic repairs, Yu began even deeper optimization.
He guided energy to travel within cells, strengthening mitochondrial function, repairing damaged structures, even readjusting some insufficiently efficient physiological processes.
Every aging or abnormal cell was precisely located, either restored to new condition or decomposed and expelled.
The entire process lasted a long time.
When Yu reopened his eyes, he felt unprecedented lightness and coordination. This wasn't merely thorough repair—it was comprehensive upgrade.
Though his power level remained unchanged, the strength he could now exert had reached an even higher level thanks to this perfected body.
When Yu emerged from the cave, night had completely shrouded heaven and earth.
The bright moon hung high, sparse stars scattered above, cold radiance spilling across endless mountain ranges.
His form rose lightly, suspended in midair.
Night wind stirred his ink-black hair. Beneath his feet lay ten thousand miles of sleeping landscape.
Dense forests showed dark green outlines under moonlight, distant mountains like dark jade, rivers like silk ribbons.
After the thorough tempering and repair just completed, he felt transparent throughout his body, as if he'd shed all invisible shackles.
Overlooking this vast land in this moment, unprecedented understanding suddenly arose in his heart:
The true essence of power lay not in conquest or destruction, but in comprehension and control.
Just as he'd meticulously repaired every hidden injury within himself, truly powerful strength meant perceiving the laws governing all things and existing in harmony with them.
Heaven and earth had their rhythms, stars their trajectories. Even the seemingly silent forest below followed life's principles in endless cycles.
And he was gradually transcending the constraints of these laws, yet understanding even more profoundly the meaning of their existence.
Night wind swept past his robes, carrying the fresh scent of distant mountain vegetation.
In this moment, he felt both merged with this heaven and earth, yet transcendent beyond it.
Simultaneously, he clearly sensed the magnetic field horsepower within his body beginning to climb steadily with his mental transformation—four hundred ten thousand, four hundred twenty thousand...
Yu finally understood why his previous torturous cultivation had yielded such slow progress.
Magnetic Field Rotation was the power of the soul. He'd been suppressing his inner heart all along, deeply confining those genuine emotions—love, hate, joy, sorrow.
Until his adoptive parents' departure, that uncontrollable emotional flood had finally burst through power's shackles, allowing him to break through to three hundred thousand horsepower in one stroke.
He'd always worried about gains and losses, concerned himself with too much, yet never truly faced his own heart.
Now, when he learned to coexist with this understanding, power instead grew naturally like water flowing to lower ground.
As his mental state continuously expanded, unprecedented power surged naturally from within Yu's body.
Just then, beneath the skin of his forehead, several extremely fine ink-colored lines quietly emerged.
These lines seemed to possess life, slowly extending and interweaving along mysterious trajectories, gradually outlining a profound pattern.
This was the battle pattern unique to Yu.
In his previous life, only those who truly understood their own hearts and achieved unity with their power could awaken battle patterns unique to themselves.
Yu strolled through the high sky, each step crossing a thousand meters of mountains and rivers.
Night wind brushed his face, opening chapters of his memory.
His previous life solitary and alone, ultimately mysteriously perishing in the aftermath of a battle between powerhouses. This life, he'd experienced familial warmth and devoted everything to his adoptive family. Now, he'd placed Sasuko's safety and future as highest priority.
Deep in Yu's heart burned an intense desire to be loved, yet he struggled to openly accept others drawing close.
He was such a contradictory person. But once someone truly entered his heart, he could unhesitatingly give everything for them.
So, regarding Sasuko—what exactly were his feelings?
Yu recalled their previous intimate contact, ripples stirring in his heart.
He took comfort in Sasuko's dependence, yet subconsciously maintained that boundary.
Those transgressive actions stemmed from impulse, but reason had ultimately made him stop.
In his heart, Sasuko had always been the sister who needed his protection.
From her toddling first steps to her current radiant beauty, he'd witnessed every stage of growth.
Long years had already solidified this perception, making him unconsciously fear change.
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