Editing Mushi Uta:Volume 7 Chapter 5 (section)

== 5.02 The Others ==
A shadow fell from the top of the radio tower.

They were a boy and a girl huddled together.

Before falling, there was a flowerbed overflowing with white particles.

The pair fell onto the flowerbed as if absorbed in it. The moment before they crashed into the ground, the golden-colored mayfly safely served its purpose as their cushion.

The mayfly's cry of pain reverberated through the radio tower.

Almost at the same time, the surrounding became dark.

The setting sun fell.

The white particles left an afterimage behind and vanished.

The boy and girl didn't move at all. A stain of blood spread on the grassy ground.

"…"

The flowerbed completely lost its white glow, and there was silence for a few seconds.

The mayfly spurting bodily fluids moved slowly. It moved its bent legs, sluggishly advancing toward the flowerbed.

Yet finally losing its power, perhaps, its head fell to the ground.

Again silence.

It happened just before the light of life disappeared from the radio tower swallowed by the curtain of the night.

The radio tower was filled with a golden glow.

The mayfly's split tail shot a laser toward the setting sun.

Hundreds, thousands—as if shining for the last time in life, it shot beams of light in succession.

Picking up that radiance was the largest rusty antenna.

Swallowing the golden light, it shot it at the flowerbed where the boy and girl were collapsed.

It became filled with white particles.

The shining curtain covered the flowerbed like an angel from heaven.

The unmoving boy and girl and the wounded mayfly were swallowed by the pure white space.

"…You didn't run away from your fight, right Ako?"

The boy's mumble echoed. With blood flowing from his head, he looked at the girl he covered with his arms.

The blood flowing out of her petite body stopped.

Although still emotionless, the warmth of life returned to the girl's cheeks.

The distant, miserable figure of the orchid mantis was vanishing into thin air.

When Genius vanished, the Mushi released from its coffin appeared.

Using its wings to fly, the Mushi illuminated the pair with lights coming from the fronts of its legs.

"There's this Mushitsuki called Fuyuhotaru. She had become a Fallen, but was the one and only Mushitsuki to retrieve her previous feelings."

The wounds of the boy and girl enveloped in the warm light were slowly being healed.

"Getting through this battle, I think I'll definitely find out why. —Yup, I'll find out a way to get you back to normal, and then welcome you back."

The girl said nothing. She simply looked up the boy with doll-like eyes.

The light vanished.

Exhausting itself, the Mushi melted like mist.

"I won't run away anymore. I'll battle to the end and return alive. …So please wait for me, Ako."

Next to the smiling boy, the golden mayfly raised its head.

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