Effect: The Next Generation [✔️]

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6 Months Later

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Half a year had passed, and Ethora was still without its number one hero.

Many days and nights passed where the three kids were without their loving father. Xinya and Nitro missed Renjun a lot, but Xinrei missed him most of a all. As time continued to pass, both of their conditions only seemed to worsen.

Xinrei used to go out on missions with his siblings and other teammates, but he eventually stopped and refused to leave the underground lab at all. He still hadn't said a single word to anyone, but often wrote letters for Renjun for him to read once he would wake up. But eventually, he stopped taking care of himself all together, and the only thing he would want to do was watch over Renjun and write his letters. He managed to lose a lot of weight, and eventually stopped doing the things he loved. Everyone in Force 127 took over taking care of him, making sure he'd eat, bathe, sleep, and helped with everything he needed to do and take to stay healthy. The Paramounts would keep him company as well, but they left him alone whenever they realized he didn't want to be bothered.

As for Renjun, to keep him healthy in his coma, they supplied nutrients to him intravenously while he was still in his cryostasis capsule. His vitals only deteriorated more overtime, and his body only continued to decompose. But they would find ways to work around it, especially with the help of Luoyang. Using her power of Purification, she was able to keep her son's body from completely decomposing and keep his body from dying out before he would have the chance to wake up. All of the immediate members of Renjun's family came to check up on him and his kids from time to time, especially Suko since Taeyong helped to safely escort her to and from their home. Even Yoonho and Zuho showed up, despite their conditions deteriorating as well, because of Renjun's current status. But despite everything, Renjun seemed to hold on when times were rough, which gave everyone a great deal of hope.

All of the friends and allies that Renjun made in the past visited the group, with Niha and Fasa being two of the few that visited them the most. This gave all of the kids the chance to meet everyone that Renjun was able to help or save in his past adventures. Xinrei would secretly take notes of all of the people he met, insuring that he would be able to call on them if he needed any type of help. All of the students and staff at Redwood Academy also came to visit, as well as fans, and NCT and their other allies on Earth and other planets and universes. Zachary even showed up and apologized to Xinrei and his family, also bringing gifts and showing up often to show his support and respect.

This went on for a while, until something finally happened that involved Tristin.

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Reports had flooded in about another copy of Renjun wrecking havoc on Ethora. By now, everyone already knew that it was neither the real Renjun or Robin, and that it was most likely a version of Renjun from another world or dimension in some way shape or form. The copy had powers closely identical to Tristin, and it was just too bizarre to just be a coincidence. They all knew that his target was Renjun when it got even closer to Haeju City. But in the midst of their sudden stress, another made a return. For the first time in six months, they once again felt the power of their dear teammate, Nakamoto Yuta.

When he suddenly appeared though a warp gate in the main room of the lab, everyone immediately noticed how much longer his black hair had gotten. They also noticed how his power felt stronger than before, and he already had Whitesnake at his side with Renjun's disks in hand. The Stand Disk had an almost transparent image of Gold Experience's side profile, while the Memory Disk had an almost transparent image of Renjun's side profile.

After quickly reuniting with their beloved teammate, they led Yuta to where Xinrei was in the infirmary room, where he was seated on one of the beds. After laying eyes on Yuta, some of the life and shimmer in Xinrei's eyes seemed to return, because he knew that the time had come to save Renjun. He carefully got up and approached Yuta, but instead of trying to hurt him like the older once thought he would, Xinrei hugged him with the little strength he had. But once he hugged him, Yuta realized the terrible condition that Xinrei was in.