Chapter 208: Forbidden Dungeon Raid- Bloodline Awakening
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"Chaos Scripture- Strongest Thor!"
As he shouts, his spear releases the intense bolt of lightning that got overlapped by the speed force. But, this lightning wasn't normal from beginning it. It was mixed with brute force. But, it wasn't blue brute essence either.
Well, it was blue brute essence but it became something even more powerful than the current blue brute essence. Atharos also sends the ball at Mike while the lightning struck it.
Bang! Crack! Crack! Boom!
Bang! Splash!
The lightning struck it so hard that the ball cracked into pieces and exploded. The entire space around the lightning turned into a complete void for the moment but, the lightning didn't stop. It struck Atharos and pierced his heart.
Just when he thought he could recover, he found he couldn't use the Time Law or his undead body could help. Suddenly, Mike appeared in front of him. He clenched his fist and raised his hand. As he looked at the deep fear in his eyes, Mike shot a punch at his forehead.
Bang! Thud!
Atharos body smashed on the ground, creating dozens of cracks as he fell inside the crack.
Suddenly, a red screen appeared in the entire Divine Fire Continent.
"Mike Tyson has defeated D-Rank Monster Demon King Atharos"
"Raiding Party Strongest Geniuses has completed the Forbidden Dungeon"
"Blessing the Raiding Party Strongest Geniuses with the Great White Dragon Luck"
These three panels appeared in the entire Divine Fire Continent. Different screens appeared in front of Mike and others.
"Congratulation on completing Forbidden Dungeon!"
"Calculating Accumulated EXP"
"Total EXP- 500000 per person"
"EXP has been delivered!"
"Congratulation on reach eighth rank General Realm!"
As the notification rang, his cultivation improved by one rank. But it didn't stop there. It continued improving.
"Congratulation on reach Ninth Rank General Realm!"
"Congratulation on reach Tenth Rank General Realm!"
"Congratulation on reach Eleven Rank General Realm!"
"Congratulation on reach Twelfth Rank General Realm!"
"Congratulation on reach Thirteenth Rank General Realm!"
"Congratulation on reach First Rank Commander Realm!"
Just as he reaches the first rank commander, his realm stopped improving. At the same time, Claire's voice rang on his mind.
"Congratulation on reaching Commander Realm!"
"Bloodline Awakening- Conditions has met!"
"Bloodline Awakening- Initiated"
In an instant, the celestials that were killed by Mike started melting as the intense ray of from Mike on them.
Thud!
Suddenly, Lauren fell on her knees. Seeing this, Jenny looked at her curiously and asked "What happened?"
"Mike...… He is celestial." Lauren cleared her throat with wide eyes.
"You don't mean he is god, right?" Chris also cleared his throat with wide eyes and asked.
"Not a god rather a celestial. He is awakening his bloodline." At this moment, Lauren was shocked to three thousand. Suddenly, an ecstasy appeared on her face as she grabbed Jenny's shoulder and shouted "Mike can recover his left arm. Celestials can even regenerate from the soul alone. That's just an arm. Hahaha! Mike can recover now."
But suddenly, Jenny dropped some cold words on her face "But, don't get your hopes up. His bloodline should've ranked, right? After all, every bloodline has a rank."
"Yes, if he awakens first or second rank bloodline, then he can't restore his arm." As she said, the blood of the celestial rose up to the sky.
In the sky, the immense blood of the celestials formed a ring around Mike as he floated with the white light burst out of him along with darkness. Seeing this, Jenny turned her head at Lauren and asked "Did celestials created Angel Race and Devil Race from their own blood?"
"Yes, otherwise celestials can't create anything. There is a completely different race that is responsible for the creation. It is said that even we humans are created by them. And, the laws that we practice are also created by them."
"Even as a kid, they are given the power to create anything they want."
Hearing that, Jenny nods her head and keenly focuses her eyes on Mike's transformation. At the same time, Mike was completely hidden by the light and darkness. Inside the light and darkness, Mike was constantly changing.
Every wound on his body was healing at a rapid rate except for the arm. It didn't grow. And, the transformation ended after few minutes. The blood ring was completely exhausted as turned solid and fell on the ground.
Thud!
Mike also landed on the ground and the first thing that appeared in front of him was his own status.
"Yin-Yang Harmony System- Level 1
Cultivation- Commander Realm- First Rank (Third Evolution)
User- Mike Tyson
Innate Ability- Blue Brute Essence +1000 STR, +400 AGI (SSS-Rank)
Physique- Chaos Overlord Body (Rank-1)
Bloodline- Celestial Bloodline (Rank-1)
STR: 19000
AGI: 17000
INT: 15000
STM: 19000
DEF: 19000 (Additional DEF- Copper Skin)
Chaos Body- Super Strength (+10000 STR), Super Speed (+10000 AGI), Super Endurance (+10000 DEF)
Skills- Desolate Berserk Scripture, Lightning King Scripture, Energy Manipulation Scripture, Devouring Blood Scripture, Space God Scripture, and Chaos Scripture
Pioneer Skill- Anti-Mind Control Spell
Special Ability- Gravity Domain, Lightning Domain, Blood Domain, Chaos Domain, and Berserk Domain
Divine Abilities- Sex Aura, God Slaughtering Overlord Fist Essence (2-Layer), Golden Buddha Kong Body (3-Layer), Pleasure Hands, Unlimited Sex Stamina,
Will and Spirit- Slaughter Will, Slaughter Spirit, Fighting Will, Fighting Spirit, Spear Will, Spear Spirit, Blood Will, Blood Spirit, Chaos Will, and Chaos Spirit
God of Sex Versions: Zombie Mode 1.0, Godspeed Mode 2.0
Yin-Yang Partners- Jenny Flora, Lauren Green (Heavenly Maiden-Hold), Scarlet Stagroar (Supreme Fairy-Hold), Olive Xavier (Heavenly Maiden-Hold), Alena Babbage (Supreme Fairy)
Yin-Yang Slave- Sunny Sen, Liora Miller Tori Pratt, Alice, Ava Eliot, and 13 others
Stat Points: 0
System Points: 500142
Inventory- Howling Tiger Spear, Whirlwind Boots, Guild Creation/Joining Token, Evolution Stone*5, Golden Slime, Black Dragon Saber, and Wind Sword.
System Level Up Condition- Heavenly Maiden*1"
'Hmm! So, this is my stat huh! Wait, what is going on?' As he said that, Mike slowly closes his eyes and falls to the ground before even he could analyze anything.
"Mike, what happened?" Suddenly, Jenny and Lauren moved forward to hold him. But, Mike had already fallen unconscious.
....
After two days,
Lauren, Jenny, Olive, Elizabeth, Alena, Ava, and others were standing near Mike who was still sleeping on the bed. Even after two days of rest, he hadn't shown any sign to wake up.
"Mom, what is going on? Why is he suffering from immense fever?" Jenny turned her head at Elizabeth and asked with a teary expression. She didn't understand why Mike was suffering from fever in the first place. After all, he shouldn't have something known as fever especially as a cultivator.
"Can you take everyone else to the room? I want to check his condition." Elizabeth sighed and asked while turning her head at Jenny.
At first, Jenny wanted to ask the reason but she quickly understood that Elizabeth doesn't want to talk about it. She quickly signaled everyone else and left the upper floor.
Inside the room, Elizabeth walked near the bed and held his right hand. When she touched it, it was burning hot, not just a hundred but nearly five hundred degrees Celsius. If it wasn't for the fact that the mattress was heatproof, it would have been burnt.
She closed her eyes and slowly passes silent energy into his body. But just as she used her power, her face distorted with pain. An intense pain struck her brain as she tried to hold the pain and keep on sending him energy.
After two minutes, her entry body began to sweat a lot while she puts his hand back. She turned her head at his left side and sighed as she saw the missing arm.
'Mike, it seems I was wrong. I shouldn't have doubted you. Now I believe you can surpass your father.' Although she felt sorry for his arm, she wasn't depressed. She knew as long as Mike improves his cultivation to King Realm, his Celestial Bloodline will rank up.
And, then he can easily restore his arm. But, anxiety covered her face once again as she looked at him and thought 'It seems that thing hasn't told him about the creation that he can create. Just in a single day, he lost over nine hundred and ninety-nine years of lifespan.'
'That bitch, whoever was she, it was because of her, Mike lost his lifespan. If she hadn't tried to take over Jenny's body, Anti Mind Control Spell wouldn't have consumed his lifespan to eradicate her. I need to reveal our relationship quickly so that I can teach him more.'
'I can't rely on that thing. Well, even if I had held him, he wouldn't have changed his decision, would he?'
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"Chaos Scripture- Strongest Thor!"
As he shouts, his spear releases the intense bolt of lightning that got overlapped by the speed force. But, this lightning wasn't normal from beginning it. It was mixed with brute force. But, it wasn't blue brute essence either.
Well, it was blue brute essence but it became something even more powerful than the current blue brute essence. Atharos also sends the ball at Mike while the lightning struck it.
Bang! Crack! Crack! Boom!
Bang! Splash!
The lightning struck it so hard that the ball cracked into pieces and exploded. The entire space around the lightning turned into a complete void for the moment but, the lightning didn't stop. It struck Atharos and pierced his heart.
Just when he thought he could recover, he found he couldn't use the Time Law or his undead body could help. Suddenly, Mike appeared in front of him. He clenched his fist and raised his hand. As he looked at the deep fear in his eyes, Mike shot a punch at his forehead.
Bang! Thud!
Atharos body smashed on the ground, creating dozens of cracks as he fell inside the crack.
Suddenly, a red screen appeared in the entire Divine Fire Continent.
"Mike Tyson has defeated D-Rank Monster Demon King Atharos"
"Raiding Party Strongest Geniuses has completed the Forbidden Dungeon"
"Blessing the Raiding Party Strongest Geniuses with the Great White Dragon Luck"
These three panels appeared in the entire Divine Fire Continent. Different screens appeared in front of Mike and others.
"Congratulation on completing Forbidden Dungeon!"
"Calculating Accumulated EXP"
"Total EXP- 500000 per person"
"EXP has been delivered!"
"Congratulation on reach eighth rank General Realm!"
As the notification rang, his cultivation improved by one rank. But it didn't stop there. It continued improving.
"Congratulation on reach Ninth Rank General Realm!"
"Congratulation on reach Tenth Rank General Realm!"
"Congratulation on reach Eleven Rank General Realm!"
"Congratulation on reach Twelfth Rank General Realm!"
"Congratulation on reach Thirteenth Rank General Realm!"
"Congratulation on reach First Rank Commander Realm!"
Just as he reaches the first rank commander, his realm stopped improving. At the same time, Claire's voice rang on his mind.
"Congratulation on reaching Commander Realm!"
"Bloodline Awakening- Conditions has met!"
"Bloodline Awakening- Initiated"
In an instant, the celestials that were killed by Mike started melting as the intense ray of from Mike on them.
Thud!
Suddenly, Lauren fell on her knees. Seeing this, Jenny looked at her curiously and asked "What happened?"
"Mike...… He is celestial." Lauren cleared her throat with wide eyes.
"You don't mean he is god, right?" Chris also cleared his throat with wide eyes and asked.
"Not a god rather a celestial. He is awakening his bloodline." At this moment, Lauren was shocked to three thousand. Suddenly, an ecstasy appeared on her face as she grabbed Jenny's shoulder and shouted "Mike can recover his left arm. Celestials can even regenerate from the soul alone. That's just an arm. Hahaha! Mike can recover now."
But suddenly, Jenny dropped some cold words on her face "But, don't get your hopes up. His bloodline should've ranked, right? After all, every bloodline has a rank."
"Yes, if he awakens first or second rank bloodline, then he can't restore his arm." As she said, the blood of the celestial rose up to the sky.
In the sky, the immense blood of the celestials formed a ring around Mike as he floated with the white light burst out of him along with darkness. Seeing this, Jenny turned her head at Lauren and asked "Did celestials created Angel Race and Devil Race from their own blood?"
"Yes, otherwise celestials can't create anything. There is a completely different race that is responsible for the creation. It is said that even we humans are created by them. And, the laws that we practice are also created by them."
"Even as a kid, they are given the power to create anything they want."
Hearing that, Jenny nods her head and keenly focuses her eyes on Mike's transformation. At the same time, Mike was completely hidden by the light and darkness. Inside the light and darkness, Mike was constantly changing.
Every wound on his body was healing at a rapid rate except for the arm. It didn't grow. And, the transformation ended after few minutes. The blood ring was completely exhausted as turned solid and fell on the ground.
Thud!
Mike also landed on the ground and the first thing that appeared in front of him was his own status.
"Yin-Yang Harmony System- Level 1
Cultivation- Commander Realm- First Rank (Third Evolution)
User- Mike Tyson
Innate Ability- Blue Brute Essence +1000 STR, +400 AGI (SSS-Rank)
Physique- Chaos Overlord Body (Rank-1)
Bloodline- Celestial Bloodline (Rank-1)
STR: 19000
AGI: 17000
INT: 15000
STM: 19000
DEF: 19000 (Additional DEF- Copper Skin)
Chaos Body- Super Strength (+10000 STR), Super Speed (+10000 AGI), Super Endurance (+10000 DEF)
Skills- Desolate Berserk Scripture, Lightning King Scripture, Energy Manipulation Scripture, Devouring Blood Scripture, Space God Scripture, and Chaos Scripture
Pioneer Skill- Anti-Mind Control Spell
Special Ability- Gravity Domain, Lightning Domain, Blood Domain, Chaos Domain, and Berserk Domain
Divine Abilities- Sex Aura, God Slaughtering Overlord Fist Essence (2-Layer), Golden Buddha Kong Body (3-Layer), Pleasure Hands, Unlimited Sex Stamina,
Will and Spirit- Slaughter Will, Slaughter Spirit, Fighting Will, Fighting Spirit, Spear Will, Spear Spirit, Blood Will, Blood Spirit, Chaos Will, and Chaos Spirit
God of Sex Versions: Zombie Mode 1.0, Godspeed Mode 2.0
Yin-Yang Partners- Jenny Flora, Lauren Green (Heavenly Maiden-Hold), Scarlet Stagroar (Supreme Fairy-Hold), Olive Xavier (Heavenly Maiden-Hold), Alena Babbage (Supreme Fairy)
Yin-Yang Slave- Sunny Sen, Liora Miller Tori Pratt, Alice, Ava Eliot, and 13 others
Stat Points: 0
System Points: 500142
Inventory- Howling Tiger Spear, Whirlwind Boots, Guild Creation/Joining Token, Evolution Stone*5, Golden Slime, Black Dragon Saber, and Wind Sword.
System Level Up Condition- Heavenly Maiden*1"
'Hmm! So, this is my stat huh! Wait, what is going on?' As he said that, Mike slowly closes his eyes and falls to the ground before even he could analyze anything.
"Mike, what happened?" Suddenly, Jenny and Lauren moved forward to hold him. But, Mike had already fallen unconscious.
....
After two days,
Lauren, Jenny, Olive, Elizabeth, Alena, Ava, and others were standing near Mike who was still sleeping on the bed. Even after two days of rest, he hadn't shown any sign to wake up.
"Mom, what is going on? Why is he suffering from immense fever?" Jenny turned her head at Elizabeth and asked with a teary expression. She didn't understand why Mike was suffering from fever in the first place. After all, he shouldn't have something known as fever especially as a cultivator.
"Can you take everyone else to the room? I want to check his condition." Elizabeth sighed and asked while turning her head at Jenny.
At first, Jenny wanted to ask the reason but she quickly understood that Elizabeth doesn't want to talk about it. She quickly signaled everyone else and left the upper floor.
Inside the room, Elizabeth walked near the bed and held his right hand. When she touched it, it was burning hot, not just a hundred but nearly five hundred degrees Celsius. If it wasn't for the fact that the mattress was heatproof, it would have been burnt.
She closed her eyes and slowly passes silent energy into his body. But just as she used her power, her face distorted with pain. An intense pain struck her brain as she tried to hold the pain and keep on sending him energy.
After two minutes, her entry body began to sweat a lot while she puts his hand back. She turned her head at his left side and sighed as she saw the missing arm.
'Mike, it seems I was wrong. I shouldn't have doubted you. Now I believe you can surpass your father.' Although she felt sorry for his arm, she wasn't depressed. She knew as long as Mike improves his cultivation to King Realm, his Celestial Bloodline will rank up.
And, then he can easily restore his arm. But, anxiety covered her face once again as she looked at him and thought 'It seems that thing hasn't told him about the creation that he can create. Just in a single day, he lost over nine hundred and ninety-nine years of lifespan.'
'That bitch, whoever was she, it was because of her, Mike lost his lifespan. If she hadn't tried to take over Jenny's body, Anti Mind Control Spell wouldn't have consumed his lifespan to eradicate her. I need to reveal our relationship quickly so that I can teach him more.'
'I can't rely on that thing. Well, even if I had held him, he wouldn't have changed his decision, would he?'
"Chaos Scripture- Strongest Thor!"As he shouts, his spear releases the intense bolt of lightning that got overlapped by the speed force. But, this lightning wasn't normal from beginning it. It was mixed with brute force. But, it wasn't blue brute essence either.Well, it was blue brute essence but it became something even more powerful than the current blue brute essence. Atharos also sends the ball at Mike while the lightning struck it.Bang! Crack! Crack! Boom!Bang! Splash!The lightning struck it so hard that the ball cracked into pieces and exploded. The entire space around the lightning turned into a complete void for the moment but, the lightning didn't stop. It struck Atharos and pierced his heart.Just when he thought he could recover, he found he couldn't use the Time Law or his undead body could help. Suddenly, Mike appeared in front of him. He clenched his fist and raised his hand. As he looked at the deep fear in his eyes, Mike shot a punch at his forehead.Bang! Thud!Atharos body smashed on the ground, creating dozens of cracks as he fell inside the crack.Suddenly, a red screen appeared in the entire Divine Fire Continent."Mike Tyson has defeated D-Rank Monster Demon King Atharos""Raiding Party Strongest Geniuses has completed the Forbidden Dungeon""Blessing the Raiding Party Strongest Geniuses with the Great White Dragon Luck"These three panels appeared in the entire Divine Fire Continent. Different screens appeared in front of Mike and others."Congratulation on completing Forbidden Dungeon!""Calculating Accumulated EXP""Total EXP- 500000 per person""EXP has been delivered!""Congratulation on reach eighth rank General Realm!"As the notification rang, his cultivation improved by one rank. But it didn't stop there. It continued improving."Congratulation on reach Ninth Rank General Realm!""Congratulation on reach Tenth Rank General Realm!""Congratulation on reach Eleven Rank General Realm!""Congratulation on reach Twelfth Rank General Realm!""Congratulation on reach Thirteenth Rank General Realm!""Congratulation on reach First Rank Commander Realm!"Just as he reaches the first rank commander, his realm stopped improving. At the same time, Claire's voice rang on his mind."Congratulation on reaching Commander Realm!""Bloodline Awakening- Conditions has met!""Bloodline Awakening- Initiated"In an instant, the celestials that were killed by Mike started melting as the intense ray of from Mike on them.Thud!Suddenly, Lauren fell on her knees. Seeing this, Jenny looked at her curiously and asked "What happened?""Mike... He is celestial." Lauren cleared her throat with wide eyes."You don't mean he is god, right?" Chris also cleared his throat with wide eyes and asked."Not a god rather a celestial. He is awakening his bloodline." At this moment, Lauren was shocked to three thousand. Suddenly, an ecstasy appeared on her face as she grabbed Jenny's shoulder and shouted "Mike can recover his left arm. Celestials can even regenerate from the soul alone. That's just an arm. Hahaha! Mike can recover now."But suddenly, Jenny dropped some cold words on her face "But, don't get your hopes up. His bloodline should've ranked, right? After all, every bloodline has a rank.""Yes, if he awakens first or second rank bloodline, then he can't restore his arm." As she said, the blood of the celestial rose up to the sky.In the sky, the immense blood of the celestials formed a ring around Mike as he floated with the white light burst out of him along with darkness. Seeing this, Jenny turned her head at Lauren and asked "Did celestials created Angel Race and Devil Race from their own blood?""Yes, otherwise celestials can't create anything. There is a completely different race that is responsible for the creation. It is said that even we humans are created by them. And, the laws that we practice are also created by them.""Even as a kid, they are given the power to create anything they want."Hearing that, Jenny nods her head and keenly focuses her eyes on Mike's transformation. At the same time, Mike was completely hidden by the light and darkness. Inside the light and darkness, Mike was constantly changing.Every wound on his body was healing at a rapid rate except for the arm. It didn't grow. And, the transformation ended after few minutes. The blood ring was completely exhausted as turned solid and fell on the ground.Thud!Mike also landed on the ground and the first thing that appeared in front of him was his own status."Yin-Yang Harmony System- Level 1Cultivation- Commander Realm- First Rank Third EvolutionUser- Mike TysonInnate Ability- Blue Brute Essence +1000 STR, +400 AGI SSS-RankPhysique- Chaos Overlord Body Rank-1Bloodline- Celestial Bloodline Rank-1STR: 19000AGI: 17000 INT: 15000STM: 19000DEF: 19000 Additional DEF- Copper SkinChaos Body- Super Strength +10000 STR, Super Speed +10000 AGI, Super Endurance +10000 DEFSkills- Desolate Berserk Scripture, Lightning King Scripture, Energy Manipulation Scripture, Devouring Blood Scripture, Space God Scripture, and Chaos ScripturePioneer Skill- Anti-Mind Control SpellSpecial Ability- Gravity Domain, Lightning Domain, Blood Domain, Chaos Domain, and Berserk DomainDivine Abilities- Sex Aura, God Slaughtering Overlord Fist Essence 2-Layer, Golden Buddha Kong Body 3-Layer, Pleasure Hands, Unlimited Sex Stamina,Will and Spirit- Slaughter Will, Slaughter Spirit, Fighting Will, Fighting Spirit, Spear Will, Spear Spirit, Blood Will, Blood Spirit, Chaos Will, and Chaos SpiritGod of Sex Versions: Zombie Mode 1.0, Godspeed Mode 2.0Yin-Yang Partners- Jenny Flora, Lauren Green Heavenly Maiden-Hold, Scarlet Stagroar Supreme Fairy-Hold, Olive Xavier Heavenly Maiden-Hold, Alena Babbage Supreme FairyYin-Yang Slave- Sunny Sen, Liora Miller Tori Pratt, Alice, Ava Eliot, and 13 othersStat Points: 0System Points: 500142Inventory- Howling Tiger Spear, Whirlwind Boots, Guild Creation/Joining Token, Evolution Stone*5, Golden Slime, Black Dragon Saber, and Wind Sword.System Level Up Condition- Heavenly Maiden*1"'Hmm! So, this is my stat huh! Wait, what is going on?' As he said that, Mike slowly closes his eyes and falls to the ground before even he could analyze anything."Mike, what happened?" Suddenly, Jenny and Lauren moved forward to hold him. But, Mike had already fallen unconscious.....After two days,Lauren, Jenny, Olive, Elizabeth, Alena, Ava, and others were standing near Mike who was still sleeping on the bed. Even after two days of rest, he hadn't shown any sign to wake up."Mom, what is going on? Why is he suffering from immense fever?" Jenny turned her head at Elizabeth and asked with a teary expression. She didn't understand why Mike was suffering from fever in the first place. After all, he shouldn't have something known as fever especially as a cultivator."Can you take everyone else to the room? I want to check his condition." Elizabeth sighed and asked while turning her head at Jenny.At first, Jenny wanted to ask the reason but she quickly understood that Elizabeth doesn't want to talk about it. She quickly signaled everyone else and left the upper floor.Inside the room, Elizabeth walked near the bed and held his right hand. When she touched it, it was burning hot, not just a hundred but nearly five hundred degrees Celsius. If it wasn't for the fact that the mattress was heatproof, it would have been burnt.She closed her eyes and slowly passes silent energy into his body. But just as she used her power, her face distorted with pain. An intense pain struck her brain as she tried to hold the pain and keep on sending him energy.After two minutes, her entry body began to sweat a lot while she puts his hand back. She turned her head at his left side and sighed as she saw the missing arm.'Mike, it seems I was wrong. I shouldn't have doubted you. Now I believe you can surpass your father.' Although she felt sorry for his arm, she wasn't depressed. She knew as long as Mike improves his cultivation to King Realm, his Celestial Bloodline will rank up.And, then he can easily restore his arm. But, anxiety covered her face once again as she looked at him and thought 'It seems that thing hasn't told him about the creation that he can create. Just in a single day, he lost over nine hundred and ninety-nine years of lifespan.''That bitch, whoever was she, it was because of her, Mike lost his lifespan. If she hadn't tried to take over Jenny's body, Anti Mind Control Spell wouldn't have consumed his lifespan to eradicate her. I need to reveal our relationship quickly so that I can teach him more.''I can't rely on that thing. Well, even if I had held him, he wouldn't have changed his decision, would he?'
