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At the moment when Shen Ye stood with the sword in hand, a cold female voice chanted softly in the space of time node:
Light clouds emerge in the moonlit night, and the cold shadows of blooming flowers are reflected in the stunning beauty!
As the woman's singing continued, flower buds that had not yet opened appeared around Shen Ye.
Those flower buds contain infinite vitality, and they are extremely beautiful even if they are not open.
However, in Cloud's eyes, those flower buds contained infinite murderous intent.
Cloud's face became solemn. He stopped, slowly raised his sword, and said the first words since entering this space.
"Omnislash!"
Then, the sword in his hand instantly split into five swords that scattered around Shen Ye.
This was his special skill, and in the future, he used this move to kill Sephiroth. However, in the timeline of this world, Cloud did not learn it.
But now it is fate that controls Cloud, so Cloud will also use this trick.
Facing this move, Shen Ye's expression did not change at all. He still looked at Cloud coldly, waiting for his attack and waiting for the flower buds to bloom.
Finally, Claude couldn't hold back any longer. The next second, he rushed towards Shen Ye, ready to knock Shen Ye away with the sword in his hand.
But when he was halfway there, the flower buds around Shen Ye began to bloom.
The opening of those flower buds was so beautiful that even Cloud stopped and seemed to appreciate them carefully.
It was during this moment of distraction that Shen Ye moved. He turned into a stream of light and appeared in front of Cloud, performing an extremely gorgeous sword technique towards him.
"It's so beautiful!" Not far behind, Aerith looked at Shen Ye, not knowing whether she was admiring the flowers or Shen Ye's actions.
However, this extremely beautiful sword technique does have devastating power. When Shen Ye stopped, Cloud slowly closed his eyes.
"Destiny shouldn't change." His tone was calm, but full of resentment.
Afterwards, countless Whispers broke out of his body and ran around at this point in time.
As the protagonist of this world, he failed, and fate could no longer favor him.
When all the Whispers left his body, his lifeless eyes returned to normal. He turned his head to look at Aerith and said his last words in this world: "I hope you are happy, Aerith."
As the words fell, countless cracks appeared in the space of the time node, and finally collapsed.
And he turned into dots of green light and completely disappeared from this world.
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The time node is a strange place. No matter what happens there or how long it has passed, in the real world, it is only a moment.
So, when the time node collapsed and Shen Ye and the other two reappeared on the Shinra rooftop, the memories of Tifa, Scarlet and others were still in the vortex that shocked the sky.
"Shen!" The first one to react was Tifa. She was closest to Shen Ye. When Shen Ye's figure reappeared in her sight, she rushed over and hugged Shen Ye, who was staggering and about to fall.
"Where is Sephiroth?" After hugging Shen Ye, Tifa looked towards the place where Cloud had originally stood, but at this time Cloud had completely disappeared from this world, so in her memory there was only Sephiroth, not Claude.
"He... returned to the Great Void." Aerith glanced at the rooftop. As an important part of her destiny, she did not forget Cloud, but she did not see Sephiroth either.
After the time node collapsed, the seriously injured Sephiroth could no longer maintain his clone. After everyone returned to reality, he also returned to the void.
"So we defeated Sephiroth? We won?" Tifa looked at her man and asked in surprise.
Shen Ye nodded with difficulty. When everything was over, the aftereffects of the Flow of Life showed up in his body. He was in so much pain.
"Let me rest for a while." Shen Ye looked at the girl who was holding her, raised his head and kissed her red lips, then closed his eyes.
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When he woke up again, Shen Ye found himself lying in a room in Stargazer Heights. The familiar furniture around him and Tifa lying beside him clearly proved that the bed he was sleeping on was Tifa's bed.
Tifa was not asleep. She lay on her side on the bed, supporting her chin with her elbow, staring at Shen Ye without blinking.
"You're awake!" Seeing Shen Ye open his eyes, Tifa's beautiful eyes were full of surprise.
"Yeah! Where are Aerith and the others?" Shen Ye nodded. His body still felt a little painful. He struggled to get up, but found that he had no strength at all.
"Hmph! I stayed with you all night, and the moment you opened your eyes, you were thinking about them." Tifa's beautiful eyes widened, and she suddenly felt aggrieved.
But even though she felt wronged, Tifa still said, "They went to clean up the mess. Scarlet is reorganizing Shinra's forces. Jessie went with Barret and the others to comfort the poor. Yuffie is also with them."
"What about Aerith?" Shen Ye reached out and held Tifa in his arms, continuing to ask.
"I sent Ms. Elmyra to the fifth block, but before leaving, she said she wanted to go and remember an old friend... Shen, do you know that old friend?" Tifa asked in a low voice, lying quietly in Shen Ye's arms.
"I don't know." Shen Ye shook her head, but in fact she knew who the deceased Aerith was remembering.
Cloud.
However, because Shen Ye killed Cloud at the time node, he has completely disappeared in the timeline of this world, so even if they mentioned the name Cloud, Tifa and the others would not remember who he was.
"oh!"
Hearing Shen Ye say that he didn't know, Tifa didn't ask any more questions. Now, she only had Shen Ye in her eyes. Some of the regrets and embarrassments from the past also disappeared after Cloud's death.
After lying quietly for a while, Tifa suddenly said, "Shen, there are only two of us now."
"So?" Shen Ye put his arms around Tifa and started to get naughty, gently stroking Tifa's exposed skin.
"So... Shen, let's do some exercise before getting up." Tifa said with a blushing face.
"That's good. Early morning exercise is good for physical and mental health!" Although he still felt some pain in his body, it was just the sequelae of being washed by the flow of life and did not affect his ability to do some strenuous exercise.
Feeling the big hand on her body gradually moving down, Tifa held his hand down and said in Shen Ye's confusion: "I'll go lock the door."
"Yeah!" Shen Ye let her go.
Tifa got up to lock the doors and windows, but when she came back, she was naked...
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After a long time, Tifa fell into a deep sleep. Shen Ye hugged Tifa's smooth body and began to watch the system's prompts from last night.
In fact, after staying in this world for more than a month, Shen Ye almost forgot that he had this system. If the system had not suddenly dinged in his ears last night after he killed Coaud, who was controlled by the fate of this world, he would definitely not have remembered it.
When I opened the system interface, a lot of information popped up.
Shen Ye simply glanced through the information and then asked in his mind.
"System, how many days can I stay in this world?"
[The host can return at any time, but considering that the host still has to deal with the aftermath in this world, the host's time has been extended by one month.] The system's voice was the same as before, still emotionless, but it also made Shen Ye feel a little emotional.
What a great system! It doesn't assign tasks randomly, but also considerately leaves enough time for him to deal with the aftermath. It's really great!
After nodding with satisfaction, Shen Ye continued to ask: "How many people should we take with us this time when we return?"
He still remembered that when the plots of Resident Evil and Black Lagoon ended, he could only take away the characters who had no subsequent plots, such as Robert, Fabiola, and Manuela. People like Ada and Jill, as well as Revy and Balalaika, could not be brought back because the subsequent plots had not yet ended.
In this world, he has replaced Cloud as the protagonist. Although Sephiroth has returned to the Great Void and said that he will no longer come to destroy the world at will, the story of Midgar is only the beginning of Final Fantasy 7. There is still a long story to go. He wants to know how many people he can bring back this time.
"The host can bring the following characters back to reality this time." Just after Shen Ye asked that question, the system displayed several avatars in his mind.
[Aerith, Tifa, Jessie, Scarlet, Yuffie.]
No more, no less, just the five female characters with whom he has a close relationship.
"Can Aerith be taken away too?" Shen Ye was stunned for a moment. Although he was very surprised, he was also a little unexpected, because as the only ancient species in this world, if he lost her, there would be no one on this planet who could communicate with the will of the planet and control the flow of life.
[Aerith is not the only ancient species in this world now.]As if seeing Shen Ye's confusion, the system explained.
"Ah?" Shen Ye was stunned again. "No way, isn't her mother dead? How could there be another ancient species? And I haven't touched her yet, and she's not pregnant, so how could there be a second ancient species?"
[She is now in Hojo's laboratory.] The system continued to explain: [Because of Aerith's special nature, in order to make it easier for the host to bring people out without affecting the future of this planet, this system specially controlled Hojo to use the cells of Ifalna and Jenova to create an experimental subject. However, this experimental subject currently has no thoughts, but after the host takes Aerith away, she will be given thoughts and will continue to protect this world.]
"In other words, system, you can directly interfere with the plot of this world?" Shen Ye grasped the key point.
[This is an exception, so this system will take action.] The system's voice seemed to be asking for credit: [While benefiting the host, making minor changes to the plot world is allowed by the rules. Moreover, this system exists to serve the host.]
"System, you are so nice." Shen Ye could never guess why the system chose him, but at this moment he said it sincerely.
[Thank you for the compliment, host.] The system's voice was neither sad nor happy.
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After finishing the conversation with the system, Shen Ye sorted out his thoughts again.
Then he also figured out why the system allowed him to take away all the characters related to the plot.
Now, the two presidents of Shinra were killed on the same day, and Turks and the Public Security Department were also crippled. In the entire Shinra, the strongest one is Scarlet, who has a large number of special forces, and Scarlet listens to him completely. At that time, he can let Scarlet issue an order to reduce the amount of Mako reactors mined around the world and use other energy sources instead. In this way, the life flow of the planet will not be used in large quantities as before.
After escaping his own fate, Sephiroth also promised him that he would not launch a world-destroying plan, so the planet's death crisis ended.
In this way, Aerith no longer has to continue to shoulder the mission of protecting the planet.
Moreover, the system has prepared a new ancient species for this world to replace Aerith. Even if something happens in the future, there will be no need to trouble Aerith.
Once the problems of Shinra and the planet's future are solved, Aerith and the others will be completely liberated, so the system says that they can all be taken away.
After realizing this, Shen Ye felt very happy, and all the worries in his heart disappeared.
After lowering his head to kiss Tifa, Shen Ye closed his eyes again and fell asleep.
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When Shen Ye and Tifa got up again, it was almost noon.
The two took a shower together, had a simple meal, and then left the room and prepared to go to the bar.
When they were going downstairs, they met the landlord of Stargazer Heights, Grandma Marle.
Looking at the two people hugging each other and walking down the stairs, Grandma Marle warmly invited them to have lunch together.
However, before they got up, Aerith called and said that she and Jessie were already waiting at the bar. She also said something like, "They weren't up at this time yet, and wondered if Tifa was cheating again." Shen Ye felt very guilty for a while. If he delayed any longer, Aerith would probably be even more dissatisfied, so he directly rejected Grandma Marle's kindness.
After saying goodbye to Grandma Marle, the two continued walking towards the bar.
At this time, Shinra's broadcasts could be heard everywhere on the streets, and the broadcasts were playing the inaugural speeches of Shinra's new president Scarlet and new vice president Reeve, and new policies were also announced.
Perhaps because of the new policy, many people returned to the Seventh Block, which had been almost deserted. The street became visibly lively, and many people gathered in front of the radio or TV, listening and discussing the impact of the new policy.
"In the future, Midgar will become a truly prosperous city." After hearing some of the contents of the new policy, Shen Ye knew that it must have been created by Reeve, the former Minister of Urban Affairs of Shinra. As the only good man in Shinra, he is much better than the former President of Shinra.
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