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❀(⸝⸝•__________❁❁❁__________•⸝⸝)❀
The wind in the Celestial Realm was unusually still.
Nezha stood at the edge of the training courtyard, unmoving as the Lotus Bloom gently swayed behind him. The air carried the scent of divine incense, but it did nothing to calm the unease thrumming in his chest.
"Prince Nezha." A lower-ranked deity ran to him, breathless. "A disturbance has been reported... something ancient is stirring near Megapolis. The energy is... tainted."
Nezha didn't move.
"Is it... the Lady Bone Demon?" he asked, voice hoarse.
The deity hesitated, then nodded. "It's not confirmed, but—"
He didn't need confirmation.
Nezha's jaw clenched, his nails digging into his palms. If it is her... if she's returned...
His thoughts spun toward Y/N. His beloved master. His fallen goddess. His reason.
Was she safe? Was she caught in this chaos? Or—had she fallen further?
The jade skies seemed to twist above him as his knees buckled ever so slightly.
He caught himself.
He always did.
But the cracks were growing. He hadn't slept in days. He hadn't truly smiled in centuries. Since her. Nezha closed his eyes, muttering softly, "Please... don't be near it."
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Far from the Celestial Realm...
ACHOO!
"Bless you!" MK called out mid-somersault.
Y/N sniffled, perched lazily on a boulder as the sun scorched the desert outside Megapolis. "Someone's probably thinking about me," she muttered sarcastically.
Pigsy was prepping lunch in his mobile kitchen cart. Mei and Sandy were sparring. MK was flailing in the air with a bo staff.
Y/N should've felt at ease—but the sky felt too quiet.
The air too... tense.
Her fingers curled into the dust. "Something's coming," she whispered.
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Elsewhere...
Within the black-blooded heart of the Lady Bone Demon's lair, the Mayor bowed deeply. "The ingredients are ready, my Lady."
The remains of her victims—magical artifacts, dark technology, and most disturbingly, the Spider Queen—were thrown into the Trigram Furnace.
Lady Bone Demon raised her hand, skeletal fingers glowing as she began the final incantation.
