The fourth blacker said, "I have invincible powers. I am truly the fourth blacker. But I do not like that there are only five blackers, and they are also named Five Blackers of Power. I should be the powerful one. My name should be with power."
The third blacker said, "Nah, who said that to you? It is just to make the title cool when we got entitled like the third blacker, when our actual name is different. That is a little too bad, isn't it?"
Kuou Shen Yin said, "Weeeeeell, I invite you both to my tournament. A tournament of invincible fighters who never die. Will you come in?"
The third blacker smiled and said, "This is my chance to prove I do actually care about my little sister."
The third blacker opened his phone and saw that his little brother had spoiled him multiple times.
His phone was muted.
The third blacker did not remember at all to mute his phone.
He picked one call and said, "Hi."
The little brother said, "We indeed… we are… but you are not coming for four days."
The third blacker narrowed his eyes and looked at Kuou Shen Yin.
Kuou Shen Yin looked at him too.
The third blacker said, "Yeah, yeah, I am right now busy, so I will come back later."
The third blacker cut the call and said, "Why did you mute my phone? Didn't you know it was the worst thing you can ever do?"
He did not reply.
He just stood there.
The third blacker looked around and said, "Now this is my time to come to a tournament. And yes, I am joining your tournament for sure."
Kuou Shen Yin smiled and said, "Just come downstairs. They are all ready at tournament, ready for it. And this time, I have got a goal."
He disappeared.
The third blacker smiled and said, "This time, I will be the one who will win the tournament."
Then the third blacker came down the stairs.
There were already participants fighting together.
Then the announcer said, "Next fight is the third blacker vs Dragon Moon."
That was his nickname, just like the third blacker.
The third blacker is not the original name.
They both have nicknames.
The battle began.
The third blacker stood there, looking around.
Then a powerful kick came towards him.
The third blacker moved instantly and blocked it with his bat and said, "You really are a dirty shawl, aren't you? You don't know who I am?"
Dragon Moon said, "Of course, I don't. I am Dragon Moon and you will also probably not know me. I will not explain that much for my identity because identity revealing means bad to me."
Then Dragon Moon didn't move his fist at all.
The third blacker said, "Such an idiot!"
And swung his bat fast.
Then his bat instantly started moving automatically.
This was all an attack of Dragon Moon.
Dragon Moon kept swinging his hand.
He looked like he was slapping his air multiple times, but in reality he was starting his style.
A big counter came by Dragon Moon.
The third blacker's bat started moving automatically, then it hit the third blacker's face.
The third blacker slid and dropped to the ground, cracking the ground.
The third blacker said, "How did you deflect that attack? Who are you?"
Dragon Moon said, "I am Dragon Moon. You all know, didn't you?"
The third blacker stood up and said, "Of course I have heard this name and heard this multiple times, but I don't care because you are my enemy. A enemy."
Then the third blacker swung his bat, but every time he swung, it was getting touched and almost counted by Dragon Moon, but he was somehow managing to attack Dragon Moon instead.
Dragon Moon looked like he couldn't regenerate, but no one knew the truth.
If he regenerated, that would be bad.
Then Dragon Moon said, "Enough! You have pushed me to the limit. Now I will break that limit and become stronger. Dragon body!"
Then a big explosion happened in that battlefield.
When the smoke cleared, it was Dragon Moon completely transforming into a dragon.
Now he does not have human muscles.
He is a dragon.
He is looking like he has actually become stronger.
Dragon Moon slowly shot a fire beam from his mouth.
It almost hit the third blacker, but the third blacker was about to swing his bat.
Then the fire started moving itself and targeting the third blacker's bat.
Then a counter came.
This was aggressive this time.
He flew.
He almost crashed into people.
Then he rotated himself and came back to the ground.
He said, "You are really strong, and you really pissed me off."
Dragon Moon said, "Pissing you off? I see that. So you are easily pissed off. Dragon strike."
Dragon Moon swung his tail.
Slowly it came towards the third blacker.
The tail was sharp, very sharp.
It was even sharper than a sword.
So it easily sliced the third blacker's legs.
The third blacker fell into the ground and regenerated those legs.
He said, "Stop pissing me off or else…"
Dragon Moon sensed something behind him.
It was the third blacker.
The third blacker was about to swing his bat one more time.
But the dragon somehow managed to dodge that attack.
When that attack came, the whole battlefield shook multiple times.
The battlefield was being like a cannon.
The fans cheered when the battlefield was about to break just because of one attack of the third blacker, not even that strong.
Dragon Moon said, "This is getting over. I have to stop this. Ultimate beam, beam of the Dragon Moon."
The beam shot a white beam, just looking like the moon, when it shot.
At first, nothing happened.
Then the battlefield stopped shaking, because it was burned, it was already destroyed.
The announcer said, "The fight ends, no one wins, a tie."
The third blacker looked at Dragon Moon, and Dragon Moon looked at the third blacker.
Dragon Moon said, "Announcer, a final attack offer. Then after that attack, this battle will completely end, forever."
Dragon Moon shot a beam.
The third blacker managed to dodge it.
He swung so fast and so strong, he destroyed the half body of Dragon Moon.
Dragon Moon regenerated a new body and said, "This battle is over, we will retreat."
The third blacker slowly started walking upstairs, then he stopped.
The announcer said, "The battle isn't over yet for you, the third blacker. Come back. There are more things."
The third blacker declined and said, "I will pass. I need a rest now. Don't forget, I am injured. I need to quickly go to my home and see my little brother. He is probably waiting for me. My grandfather is probably at the hospital. I saw doctors last night when I got in there. It has been one day. Nothing still has happened. So I should go to my brother's house."
He kept walking and walking and walking and walking.
When he finally came to his house, he opened the door and fell into the ground.
The little brother instantly came and said, "Wake up, wake up. That is why I don't want you to go outside. Wake up, wake up, please wake up."
No response happened.
The little brother froze for a second.
Then he hurried closer and checked the third blacker's breathing again.
He was still breathing.
That was enough for the little brother to stop panicking for one breath.
Then he looked at the door, then the floor, then back at the third blacker.
He muttered, "You always come back like this."
The house stayed quiet.
Then the big brother came down the stairs slowly.
He looked at the scene once, then crouched beside the third blacker.
"What happened?"
The little brother looked up immediately.
"He came back from the tournament and then just fell."
The bigger brother checked him.
After a moment, he said, "He is alive."
The little brother's shoulders dropped in relief.
"Then wake him up."
The bigger brother looked at him.
"Not like that."
He gave the third blacker some water.
A little got in.
A cough followed.
Then another.
The third blacker opened his eyes slowly.
He looked at the ceiling first, then the room, then the little brother.
His expression was blank for a moment, then he blinked.
"I came home," he said.
The little brother immediately frowned.
"You came home and died on the floor."
The third blacker looked at him.
"I did not die."
"That is not the point."
The bigger brother stood up quietly and said, "He is exhausted."
The little brother folded his arms.
"That is obvious."
The third blacker pushed himself up a little.
His body hurt.
A lot.
But he was awake now.
He rubbed his forehead and said, "I am fine."
The little brother stared at him.
"You are not fine."
The third blacker looked at him.
"That is still being decided."
The little brother did not like that answer.
He crossed his arms harder.
"Then sit."
The third blacker gave him one look, then sat against the wall.
The little brother watched him like he still did not trust him to stay awake.
The bigger brother stayed near the stairs.
Nobody said anything for a while.
Outside, the town was still loud.
Inside, the house was quieter.
The third blacker eventually asked, "Did grandfather change?"
The little brother's expression shifted.
"No."
The bigger brother answered before the little brother could.
"He is still in the hospital."
The third blacker nodded once.
The little brother looked at him carefully and asked, "Are you going back?"
The third blacker said, "Yes."
The little brother immediately shook his head.
"Not today."
The third blacker looked at him.
The little brother spoke faster.
"You just came home. You came back hurt. You should not keep running out again."
The third blacker stayed quiet.
The little brother lowered his voice a little.
"Wait one night."
The third blacker looked at him, then at the bigger brother, then back at the room.
After a short silence, he said, "Fine."
The little brother blinked.
"Really?"
The third blacker nodded.
"I need sleep anyway."
The little brother looked relieved and annoyed at the same time.
Then he said, "Good. Because you are impossible."
The third blacker leaned back and closed his eyes for a second.
The little brother sat near him, still watching.
The bigger brother turned away and started preparing food.
The night went on.
And after the tournament, after the fall, and after coming home half-broken, the third blacker finally stayed still for a little whileMeanwhile, Gu Yanshu was walking.
Still, the town was loud.
Everything was going normally.
Nothing was too bad, nothing was too wrong.
Bao Yuan just stood there.
No one spoke for a while.
No one said anything.
But when they did not say anything, the town continued to say something.
No one stopped it.
It was normal now.
Very normal.
If anyone stopped their communication, that would be the error.
This was normal for them now.
Then finally Bao Yuan said, "Can anyone say something? I am getting bored just walking and walking and walking. And where are we going?"
Gu Yanshu answered, "Forward."
Bao Yuan stayed quiet again.
No one answered his question.
No one did anything.
Again, they stood quiet.
Walking and walking, they saw several trains in the sky.
Somehow it looked like it was coming from the ground, but it was not at all.
Bao Yuan said, "What is that? Why is it so wonderful? Why is it looking so good?"
The dragon said, "It is called the flower train. People think they are flying while sitting on the train. The train is expensive. It is an underground train going up into the sky. So, yes, that is it."
Bao Yuan said, "I want to go on this too. How much money does it usually require?"
The dragon answered, "Three billion money to just enter the train station. It takes 100 hours to travel into one country, and that 100 hours is not a normal thing. Going from country to country in 100 hours is not what an airplane can do. But yes, if you want to travel to another country, it will take you 365 billion money. It is truly expensive."
Bao Yuan stood there.
Nothing happened for a while.
Then the train instantly disappeared after it was fully loaded.
Bao Yuan said, "I still want to watch that."
Now when it was about to charge, it got—
He stopped for a moment and looked again at the sky.
"I am just wondering how beautiful that train is in the sky. Like it has purple flowers all around it and millions of windows and tires around it. It is truly wonderful, isn't it?"
The dragon said, "Indeed, it is wonderful, but it is expensive."
Bao Yuan said, "Yes, that is already looking very expensive. But I never thought it would be that much."
Gu Yanshu kept walking.
He had seen the train too.
He did not stop for it.
He did not slow down.
He only looked at it once, then kept moving.
Bao Yuan followed beside him, still watching the place where the flower train had disappeared.
For a while, the town stayed loud behind them.
The roads ahead stayed open.
And the sky looked more alive than the street below it.
Bao Yuan said quietly, "That thing really does look like a flower."
The dragon answered, "That is why they call it that."
Bao Yuan nodded.
"It is still unfairly expensive."
Qu Yaoyang said, "Most useful things are."
Bao Yuan looked at him.
"You say that about everything."
Qu Yaoyang replied, "Because it is usually true."
Bao Yuan looked up at the sky again.
"So rich people really just ride around in the sky like that?"
The dragon said, "Yes."
Bao Yuan frowned.
"That sounds like showing off."
The dragon answered, "It is."
Bao Yuan looked offended.
"Then why is nobody annoyed?"
Qu Yaoyang said, "Because they cannot afford to be."
Bao Yuan looked at him.
"That is depressing."
Gu Yanshu said, "It is also reality."
Bao Yuan stayed quiet for a few seconds after that.
Then he said, "I think I dislike rich trains."
The dragon replied, "You dislike expensive things in general."
Bao Yuan immediately said, "That is not true. I like food."
The dragon answered, "Food is expensive too."
Bao Yuan opened his mouth, then closed it.
Then he said, "I dislike expensive things that are not food."
That made the dragon chuckle.
Gu Yanshu kept moving.
The street grew a little wider.
A few people were gathered near the side, talking about the flower train while looking upward.
Bao Yuan stared at them for a second.
Then he asked, "Do they always run on time?"
The dragon replied, "Mostly."
Bao Yuan frowned.
"Mostly?"
The dragon said, "It is a train. It likes schedules."
Bao Yuan looked up.
"I still want to try once."
Qu Yaoyang glanced at him.
"You just heard the price."
Bao Yuan said, "I know. That is why I said once."
The dragon said, "Once is still too expensive."
Bao Yuan sighed.
"Everything good is expensive here."
Gu Yanshu answered, "Not everything."
Bao Yuan looked at him.
"What is not expensive?"
Gu Yanshu said, "Walking."
Bao Yuan stared for a second.
Then he gave up.
"That answer again."
The dragon smiled.
"It works."
They kept walking.
The noise of Tumasi Nia Jin moved around them in layers.
Some people were still loud.
Some were already quieter now that the evening had settled in.
The flower train had disappeared from the sky, leaving only the memory of its bright windows and purple flowers.
Bao Yuan looked ahead and asked, "Do we ever take something like that?"
Gu Yanshu answered, "No."
Bao Yuan looked surprised.
"Why not?"
Gu Yanshu said, "We do not need to."
Bao Yuan looked at him for a moment.
Then he said, "That sounds like a rich person answer."
Qu Yaoyang said, "It is a practical answer."
Bao Yuan muttered, "That is what rich people call it."
The dragon said, "No. Rich people call it convenience."
Bao Yuan nodded slowly.
"That is even worse."
They continued forward.
The town was still alive, still loud, still moving.
But the sky above it now held only the fading shape of the flower train's path.
Bao Yuan watched the sky for one more moment and then looked back to the road.
"Still, it was pretty."
The dragon answered, "Yes."
Bao Yuan smiled a little.
"Okay. I admit it."
Gu Yanshu walked on without changing pace.
The others followed.
And the town kept going around them, loud and ordinary, while the memory of the flower train slowly sank behind the rest of the noise.Then after that, everyone stayed quiet again.
Everything went quiet.
Nothing became wrong.
Nothing became bad.
There was a limit, a limit, and there must be a limit.
Bao Yuan said, "The dragon said, limit about what?"
Bao Yuan said, "Well, limit is a limit, that's it. Everyone does have a limit. No one does not."
The dragon said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever you say, I guess."
Then everything went quiet again.
Meanwhile, the third blacker did not move.
Then he said, "Bigger brother, what are you preparing?"
The bigger brother answered, "Miyagu and rice and, if it is needed, some eggs."
The third blacker tried to laugh, but his stomach hurt.
The third blacker said, "That must be rare. And because you don't prepare that food almost at all, what is special today?"
The bigger brother answered, "Nothing special, you are just knocked out. So that is why today I prepared this. At least remember this, fully eat it. Your health is also looking bad."
The third blacker answered, "Do you care about me?"
The middle brother said, "Of course I do, and will do."
The third blacker said, "So at least don't sacrifice yourself for protecting me, like mother and father and uncle and aunt."
The bigger brother said, "Don't you worry. I will do what is in my mind."
The third blacker waited.
Miyagu food and everything was prepared.
The little brother took the first bite.
Then he started dancing, singing, "Excellent, excellent, wonderful, wonderful."
When the third blacker took a sip, his eyes became shocked.
He moved and stared at the bigger brother.
The bigger brother said, "It is almost looking like you are panicking, don't here."
The third blacker said, "No, not at all. I'm just staring at you because you made a wonderful food. This was one of my biggest dreams all along."
The third blacker opened his phone once again.
Then he saw, January 7.
Today was his birthday.
It is January 7.
It is his birthday.
That is why the little brother called him multiple times today.
The third blacker stared at the phone for a moment longer.
Then he slowly looked back at the table.
The little brother was still smiling while eating.
The bigger brother was still sitting there, calm as ever.
The food was warm.
The room was quiet.
For once, nothing was rushing him.
Nothing was dragging him away.
The third blacker blinked once.
Then he looked at the date again.
January 7.
His birthday.
That meant the calls.
That meant the annoyance.
That meant the little brother had been trying to get him home for a reason, even if he had complained the whole time.
The third blacker let out a small breath.
"So that was it."
The little brother looked up from his food.
"What was it?"
The third blacker held up the phone slightly.
"My birthday."
The little brother stopped chewing for a second.
Then he pointed at him.
"Yes. That is why I called you. Multiple times."
The third blacker looked at him.
"You could have just said that."
The little brother frowned.
"I did say it. You did not come fast enough."
The third blacker turned his head slightly.
"That is not how birthdays work."
The little brother stared back.
"For you, maybe."
The bigger brother gave a very small exhale, almost like amusement.
The third blacker looked at him.
"You knew?"
The bigger brother answered, "Yes."
The third blacker paused.
Then he said, "You all planned this?"
The little brother immediately raised his hands.
"It was not some huge thing. We just wanted you home."
The third blacker went quiet after that.
He looked at the food again.
Miyagu.
Rice.
Eggs.
Simple.
Nothing fancy.
But the smell was good.
The taste was good too.
The third blacker lowered his eyes a little.
Then he said, "I thought it was just because I came back late."
The little brother shook his head.
"No. It was because it was your birthday too."
The third blacker looked at him for a while.
Then he ate again.
Slowly.
The room stayed quiet.
Not awkward.
Just still.
The little brother kept watching him like he expected some huge reaction, but the third blacker did not give one.
He only kept eating.
That was his way.
But the silence around the table had changed.
It was lighter now.
Even the bigger brother seemed a little softer in the face than before.
The third blacker took another bite, then another.
At last he said, "This food is good."
The little brother immediately smiled wider.
"Of course it is good."
The bigger brother said, "Eat more."
The third blacker nodded once.
He ate more.
Then, after a moment, he asked, "Did you really wait all day for me to come back?"
The little brother said, "Yes."
The third blacker looked at him.
"And you were mad because I took too long?"
"Yes."
The third blacker gave the smallest hint of a smile.
"That is fair."
The little brother looked proud.
The bigger brother stayed quiet, but he was watching too.
The third blacker leaned back a little after another bite.
His body still hurt from earlier.
His stomach still felt damaged.
But the food made it easier.
Warmer.
Better.
He glanced at his phone again.
January 7.
Birthday.
That was still strange to see.
He had almost forgotten it himself.
The little brother noticed that look and said, "Do not act like you forgot your own birthday."
The third blacker looked at him.
"I did not forget."
The little brother squinted.
"That sounded fake."
The third blacker did not answer.
Which was enough of an answer.
The bigger brother finally spoke.
"You should rest after eating."
The third blacker looked up.
"I know."
The bigger brother nodded.
"Good."
The little brother pointed at him.
"And no leaving after one minute."
The third blacker gave him a look.
"I was not planning to leave in one minute."
The little brother immediately replied, "That is what you always say."
The third blacker stayed silent.
That was also a kind of answer.
The room went quiet again for a while.
Only the sound of eating remained.
The third blacker looked at the table, then at his brothers, then at the phone.
A birthday.
He had fought a tournament.
Fell at the door.
Came home.
And now this.
The third blacker leaned back in his seat and said, "This is strange."
The little brother looked at him.
"What is?"
The third blacker answered, "This kind of normal."
The bigger brother said, "You are allowed to have it."
The third blacker looked at him.
For a moment, he did not say anything.
Then he nodded once.
Outside, the town was still loud.
Inside, the house stayed warm.
And for the first time that day, the third blacker really stayed still.