After THE ONE chased the two Next for a while, it ran directly towards Shinjuku City on the ground.
Its appearance immediately plunged everyone into panic. THE ONE took the opportunity to absorb this fear and began to grow stronger.
Meanwhile, Fang Xinhan and Maki Shunichi, with Mizuhara Sara, jumped out of the Shinjuku City sewers. Fang Xinhan immediately ran in front of THE ONE, also transforming to 50 meters tall, but his form did not change.
"Hateful light, you can't beat me as you are now." With that, he hurled a fireball at Fang Xinhan.
Fang Xinhan raised his hand to block, attempting to lure THE ONE to a location far from the survivors.
On the other side, Maki Shunichi, upon seeing a mother and daughter about to be crushed by a collapsing building, comprehended Mach Movement and evolved into his Youth form, saving the pair.
Sanoka Ichi, or rather, Dark Zagi, who was watching the live broadcast, was stunned.
Dark Zagi: No? Noah has a brother? Not sure, let me check again.
After saving the mother and daughter, Maki Shunichi immediately came to help Fang Xinhan. Fang Xinhan, seeing the evolved Maki Shunichi, also began to glow and evolve into his Youth form.
The two Next nodded to each other and began their righteous two-on-one battle.
Fang Xinhan was on the left, the other on the right, simultaneously firing light blades to cut. THE ONE didn't know which to block and ended up taking all the hits.
After a series of attacks, the city, unable to withstand the destruction from three giant creatures, already looked somewhat dilapidated.
"Brother Maki, let's go up and lure this guy away." Fang Xinhan communicated with Maki Shunichi telepathically, and then the two Next flew into the sky together.
"I can fly!" Maki Shunichi's speed gradually increased. He moved freely in the air like a carefree bird.
THE ONE below roared at the sight, and nearby crows flew into its body and merged. Then, a pair of huge wings grew from its back—the Ancestral Anomalous Beast THE ONE Beelzebub's second form.
With its massive wings, THE ONE resembled a demon emerging from the Nether. It flew into the sky and engaged in a fierce battle with the two Next. The two Next's mobility was clearly superior to THE ONE's, and they took turns attacking.
Just as Maki Shunichi approached THE ONE, THE ONE suddenly extended its tail, pulled Maki Shunichi over, knocked him unconscious, and then used him as a shield in front of itself.
THE ONE used Maki Shunichi as a human shield while absorbing his energy, leaving Fang Xinhan unable to act. Just then, fighter jets flew in, using their missiles to attack THE ONE as much as possible. Finally, with a reminder from Maki Shunichi's good friend Kurashima, he regained consciousness and broke free from THE ONE's grasp.
Then, the two Next exchanged glances and used Stratos-Edge to cut off the opponent's wings.
Without its wings, THE ONE plummeted towards the ground, and the cores on the chests of the two Next also began to flicker.
Without another word, the two swooped down and finally stood together, facing THE ONE.
Evolution Ray — Torrent x2
Two dazzling rays, like flowing sand, shot out and impacted THE ONE, whose body began to decompose.
Just as THE ONE's body was about to be completely decomposed, a black vortex appeared in the sky, from which several lightning bolts struck, interrupting their rays, and then vanished.
"As expected, you couldn't sit still, Zaki." Fang Xinhan looked at THE ONE's not fully decomposed genetic molecules scattering across the world and couldn't help but sigh, "It still turned out this way."
Dark Zagi, watching the live broadcast, was also covered in fine sweat. He hadn't recovered much power to begin with; he had forcefully intervened just now to spread THE ONE's genetic molecules across the world. Now, the energy he had recovered was mostly depleted again. For the foreseeable future, he would have to be more careful if he wanted to cause trouble.
Inside Maki Shunichi's body, Noah's true consciousness was communicating with Maki Shunichi's consciousness. After his transformation, Maki Shunichi had consumed most of his life force. To allow Maki Shunichi to witness his child grow up, Noah used his remaining power to extend Maki Shunichi's life.
After the great battle, Shinjuku began reconstruction, and Fang Xinhan also had to leave. Fang Xinhan had protected the Matsunaga Yoichiro family before the decisive battle with THE ONE. Because Fang Xinhan was also one of the giants protecting them, Matsunaga Yoichiro's view of the Dunamist seemed to differ from the original story.
Fang Xinhan once again came to Maki Shunichi's home. This time, he brought a bucket of milk.
"Good Tsugumu, drink this bucket of milk, and your illness will be cured."
"Really?" The innocent Maki Tsugumu drank the entire bucket of milk in one go.
The Maki couple's jaws almost dropped at this sight; such a large bucket of milk was finished! They quickly checked Maki Tsugumu to see if he had any problems.
Maki Shunichi, even more anxious, pulled Fang Xinhan aside to question him.
"Don't worry, Tsugumu won't be tormented by this illness anymore. You can take him for a check-up to confirm. Also, I'm leaving."
"Are you really not staying a bit longer?"
"No, I'm not from this world, and it's time for me to go back." Fang Xinhan said, quietly handing the newly made next emblem to Maki Shunichi.
After the battle, Fang Xinhan went to the ruins and met Noah, who was about to fall into a deep sleep. He then transferred the power from his next emblem to Noah, causing him to evolve from Next to Nexus.
"Oh, chosen one of another dimension, why do you do this?"
"I hope that when someone inherits this light in the future, they won't be too burdened."
Then Fang Xinhan took out a note.
"If a Dunamist appears in the future with nowhere to go, the coordinates on the note will provide them with what they need."
Noah acknowledged Fang Xinhan and stamped his next emblem with an 'officially authorized' aura. In the future, after Fang Xinhan evolves his next emblem, he can freely switch back to any form he previously possessed.
"So, if my next emblem evolves to the orange-quality Evolution Truster, I can freely switch from Next to Noah?" An interesting thought suddenly popped into Fang Xinhan's mind. He then shook his head. The path of evolution was too distant; he shouldn't think about it now. He would consider it after returning.
Then, Fang Xinhan returned to his home. Although Fang Xinhan had stayed in the N Project Universe for more than two months, only an instant had passed in his home universe.
"Alright, I'd better review my homework tomorrow. If I don't, I'll forget everything."
(P.S.: The Next visit to the N Project Universe will have to wait for some time.)
