I Can See Health Bars in Real Life-Chapter 428 - 42: Back to Square One? (Part 2)

The witch finally looked in his direction, as if reacting, falling silent for a moment. She lowered her eyelids slightly, gently nodded, her tone calm as usual: "Then let's go now and resolve this matter quickly..."

Quietly gazing at the witch in front of him, Gu Mo was visibly torn.

"What's the matter? Is there a problem?" Kikyo looked away and asked lightly.

Gu Mo opened his mouth first, appearing slightly hesitant and uncertain, he pondered while speaking slowly: "Kikyo, how about this..."

The witch's long eyelashes trembled slightly, sighing silently in her heart. Even though he had just started, she basically knew what he wanted to say, only... she was still considering her words, preparing to firmly refuse.

Yet—

The air suddenly became quiet at this moment.

Because Gu Mo stopped after just starting, as if he was seriously pondering something, finally just shook his head with a smile, seeming a bit embarrassed, "Never mind, pretend I didn't say anything, don't take it to heart..."

Kikyo looked up at him in astonishment.

"..."

"..."

At this moment, the forest became even quieter, as if even the night wind had completely stopped.

"...Then let's set off." After a long while, the witch finally moved her gaze away from him, nodded slowly, then lowered her eyelids, her tone without any fluctuation.

Her heart was somewhat chaotic...

The hands she hid in her sleeves unconsciously gripped the fabric slightly, not knowing why she currently felt such complicated emotions. She had clearly made up her mind, but when this moment finally came, her heart still felt somewhat empty.

In the other's calm pupils was a smile.

That feeling was very regretful but also carried a sense of relief.

......

...

Death Soul Worms flew under the night sky, crossing mountains.

Two shadows were cast on the earth, not overlapping.

In the blowing night wind, Gu Mo looked ahead. The silhouette of the ocean in the night appeared in the distance. Even from afar, he could hear the sound of the waves crashing against the shore... a perfect combination of spirit and perception, Heart Eye greatly enhanced his basic perception abilities.

His spiritual will was so strong that even if not actively spreading out, passive spiritual perception covered a large range.

Within this range, Heart Eye combined with his basic perception abilities allowed his spirit to receive external information as if it was sensed by visual, auditory, and other sensory perceptions, thereby further expanding the range and precision of his perception.

Glancing to the side, Gu Mo pointed ahead and softly said: "Penglai Island is over there, I previously made it appear as close to the sea as possible..."

The witch nodded gently without speaking.

There seemed to be an awkward silence between the two, something that had been present since just now.

Gu Mo withdrew his gaze and exhaled softly. He could already sharply sense the emotional changes of others, so he stopped abruptly earlier because he already knew the result before he even finished speaking, and could only regrettably terminate it...

Although it hadn't even started, both sides actually already knew what was happening.

So the atmosphere being a bit odd now was not surprising.

It was indeed too hasty; what could be done in this short time? Gu Mo stared calmly ahead, not surprised by the result because it was originally in his expectations... As for feelings like loss, they were natural, since after all, he was human.

If there really were no private desires, no personal thoughts, no intention to gain something, he wouldn't have acted in the first place.

Human nature is not an excuse to justify oneself, but an objective fact, which is that human nature is such, with no lack of private greed... In the end, the starting point was no different from Naraku's, neither absolutely superior nor inferior, just that when Naraku couldn't obtain something, he wanted to destroy it, turning into an absolutely twisted evil music spirit.

Gu Mo contemplated seriously, trying not to let emotions affect himself.

Humans cannot have no private desires, but the ability to suppress wrong thoughts and know what is right is what qualifies as a "person"... If something cannot be forced, then there is no need to insist. Although the outcome wasn't perfect, this journey remains a beautiful memory.

It's like the obsession of youth, a magnificent yet slightly regretful companionship.

He really made some changes...

And that is already enough...

Just that he couldn't solve the most troublesome Naraku, but it couldn't be helped, they couldn't even touch him. Given his sly style, they probably couldn't find him at all... so the final boss is left for the main group to deal with.

He couldn't help but glance at the witch beside him, pondering how to give Kikyo a heads-up before he left, although logically speaking, this time Naraku probably couldn't develop, and wouldn't turn into an undefeatable super boss as in the original fate—

Although this monster is a conglomeration of thousands of demons, able to reorganize its body over and over again on the monthly day of weakness, discarding the weak parts, retaining the strong ones, continuously optimizing itself to become more powerful...