Perfectly Balanced [SHORT HIATUS]

Chapter Sixty Eight: Little Mistake

68. Little Mistake

10-12-2024

A/N: I was originally planning to post this chapter a month ago but life had gotten hectic and was punching me in the guts.

But I'm so so so happy to see that this fic has over 130k reads, and that's insane. Thank you guys for the support!

Q: Anything new that happened to you?

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-Senku's P.O.V-

"Well done working that out. Say, which one of you is the victor that belongs to this cutie here?"

Yuzuriha and Amaryllis had their mouths covered with their hands, and Taiju looked as though he would explode. Chrome, Haru, and Suika were looking in disbelief. Gen and Ryusui were in a state of shock but had kept their composure. As for Senku, he had a nervous smile on his face to hide his concern.

"Why do you ask?" Senku questioned him with pinched brows. He glanced at his partner in the man's arms, studying her body and how he could treat her. By the looks of it, she was still breathing, which was a good sign.

"Because I want to know what kind of man won her heart. Certainly, they're no better than I am," said Moz with a smirk, then lifted the girl's head to his face. With a mischievous grin, he taunted as his eyes focused on the scientist, "But, I wouldn't be surprised if all of you loved her. She's quite the beauty, isn't she? Especially when she was fighting for her life."

"How dare you! Let her go!" Taiju cried out as he took a step forward, his fists ready to take on whatever he could. Haru was close to pulling their sword out from its sheath, but Ukyo placed his hand over the handle in a haste.

The man could only let out a dry chuckle. "Heh, careful now. You wouldn't want this pretty bird to lose its wings, right?"

Taiju could only stop, as he didn't want his friend to get hurt more than she already was. She was practically his human shield. Meanwhile, Haru could only clench their teeth together in anger as their brows furrowed.

Underneath his breath, Chrome asked the science team, "Moz realized that Amaryllis, (Y/N), and the rest were spies, didn't he?"

"That's a great deduction, Sherlock! Ya' got any more shit to pull out of your ass?" Haru commented in a hushed tone.

The boy firmly retorted, "Shut up, Haru! Think about it!"

"When Kohaku-chan revealed herself, Moz naturally realized that her friends were--" Gen stopped mid-sentence, and everybody realized what was happening.

Moz knew that everyone was an invader, but he kept to himself all the same. That meant that the spearman himself didn't care if Ibara died, giving the group a picture of the state of affairs in the petrification kingdom. This also meant that he had probably kept (Y/N) alive for the sake of taking the old man down, or to continue fooling him. But right now, she's only being used as a human shield.

Everyone looked over to Gen to do his job. With a sigh, he put on a confident expression to battle with his tongue and wits. "Hey now, Moz-chan, there's no need to rush, because I've got an offer you're gonna wanna hear~"

Suddenly, the mentalist used his magic to bring out a flurry of flower petals, which seemed to keep Moz in awe. Senku brought out the unstable drone, which only scattered the petals into a beautiful array of swirls. 

"How about you there join together with our Kingdom of Sci--Sorcery? Isn't that exhilarating? With one fell swoop, we could snag Kirisame-chan's petrification weapon from the air~!" Moz could only watch the drone as he listened. With a sly smile, Gen asked as he snuck over to the warrior's side, "How about it? I mean, you're so amazingly strong...you even beat our strongest soldier here with no problem, our dear (Y/N)-chan..."