Foreigner's Journey

As she spoke, she looked at Tifa.

Seeing that Heather nodded in agreement, Tifa no longer concealed it from Jesse: "[Reading] is a brand-new power system that Alice and I learned from our seniors. It's quite complicated to explain in detail."

Alice went on to say: "In simple terms, it is to use the [Qi] that exists in everyone's body and freely control the switch of the fine pores, so as to achieve the flow and circulation of [Qi] in the body."

"Is it difficult to learn?" Barrett rubbed his head. To be honest, he was a little bit envious of Tifa's unreasonably powerful ability to read.

Tifa nodded: "It's very difficult to learn. It took me three years to prepare for the world with my senior teaching the whole process. It was only a year ago that I successfully opened the fine hole, and it took me half a year to practice the basics of mindfulness. I just recently completed the construction of my mind ability."

"My progress is about the same as Tifa's." In fact, Alice is much faster than Tifa in the cultivation of the ability to read, but Heather deliberately ensures that the progress of the two sides is the same, which gives Alice a kind of "almost the same as Tifa". illusion.

Jesse had a hard time: "Even Tifa and Alice are so hard to learn, how can Claude learn it now that he is in a coma?"

"That's why [forced reading] is needed."

Standing by the campfire, Heather slowly rolled up her sleeves and explained:

"What Tifa and Alice accepted was [Initiative Mindfulness], through long-term practice to adjust the body to the best state, and then accumulate energy to break through the fine holes and acupoints by themselves, so as to achieve the self-flow cycle that controls the mind. This is Although this meditation method takes a long time, it is absolutely safe, and it is the most orthodox practice method of my school."

Jesse heard something was wrong: "Then... what about [forced reading]?"

Heather didn't hide it: "[Forced reading] is actually a crooked way. Although it is a shortcut to the sky in one step, it is very dangerous. Even those talented people have many people who died in this way of reading."

"Dead? Will Claude die?" Barrett hugged his head and shouted: "Wait a minute, aren't we discussing things like study, why did it suddenly involve death?"

"Shut up, Barrett!" Yuffie felt the tension in the scene, and hurriedly told Barrett to shut up.

"Jesse, I can't give you a definite answer as to whether Claude will die after accepting forced meditation."

Heather rolled up her cuffs to her elbows and looked at Jesse, the thoughts in her body began to flow at a constant speed, like a silent river:

"I always respect the personal opinions of my companions. The hospital will ask the family members to sign for confirmation before major operations, but Claude's relatives have already died in the fire in Nibelheim. Now Jesse, you are his closest relatives." It’s up to you to make a decision—do you want Claude to accept forced recitation?”

Jesse didn't answer immediately, but took a few deep breaths, then nodded to Tifa who was looking at him worriedly, indicating that he was fine, and then looked at Heather: "Before making a decision, can I ask a few questions? Question?"

"of course can."

"What preparatory work is required for the forced recitation? Is there any requirement for Claude's physical condition?"

"There is no requirement, as long as he is still alive, he can read. The process is also very simple. I cast a strong enough but not lethal [Mind Qi] on the most important pores in his body to forcibly open the pores in his body. "

"Where is the danger of forced reading? Or, where is the key point that will cause death?"

"Good question. The fine pores in the body of a normal person cannot open and close on their own, but are in a half-open and half-closed state. When most people are forced to open all the fine pores in the body, they will be unable to control the passage of [Qi] And leading to a '****' in the true sense, the end is to be reduced to a miserable corpse. And Claude's danger is still higher than this, because he is still in a coma with his personality smashed. I want to use The [sense of crisis] that pries the fine pores reawakens the Jenova cells in his body and activates Claude's true personality."

Alice was stunned: "That is to say, Claude defeated the Jenova cells and reorganized his personality to restore his sanity, and then he has to face what the teacher called 'the loss of energy'?"

"Yes, obviously the test that Cloud will face is much more difficult than that of Alice and Tifa." Heather nodded.

"........."

After hesitating for a long time, Jesse asked, "I want to know, Heather, which solution did you use to activate [Reading]?"

"Don't compare with me. Although I also used [Forced Reading], I was in good condition and awake at the time."

Heather folded her arms in front of her:

"But I can give you two examples. I have two friends, two children who have just turned 12 years old. It only took a few minutes for both of them to accept [forced reading] to complete the circulation of mind energy. I also I have read to another person, that person is a strong man with extraordinary skills and a physique comparable to an ancient dinosaur, but he turned into a corpse in front of my eyes because he couldn’t control the flow of essence. The aptitude for practicing meditation is difficult It can be discerned with the naked eye, so when I teach Tifa and Alice, I would rather spend years than force them to read, just for stability."

Tifa was a little worried: "Brother, can this really awaken Cloud's sanity?"

"This is the only way. Only in this way can the Jenova cells in Claude generate enough threat and become active again. This will be the best chance for Claude to awaken his personality."

"...I agreed for Claude."

Jesse finally made up his mind: "Please, Heather."

"Jessie, you..." Tifa saw unprecedented determination from her friend's face.

Jessie has made up her mind that if Claude really dies because of the failure of reading, she will not live alone.After defeating Sephiroth and ending everything, she will follow Cloud to the river of life in the center of the planet, never to be separated.

"Very good. Barrett, you can carry Cloud over to this blanket and keep him lying on his back. Yuffie, go get a glass and fill it with clean water. Tifa , Jessie, you two, watch around and don't let anything interfere with the opening ceremony. Alice, come and help me."

Under Heather's command, Claude was soon placed on a blanket not far from the campfire.Heather was half-kneeling beside the blanket, with her right palm hanging over Claude's chest, while Alice clasped her hands in front of her and closed her eyes in a praying position. The flow of life began to flow between her, Heather and Claude. flow around.

Even people like Yuffie and Barrett, who don't understand Nian Qi at all, can feel that at this moment, Heather is at the center constantly exuding extremely strong [Danger].It's just that Heather didn't have any killing intent, otherwise they would feel ten times more oppressive.

Suddenly, Heather's eyes narrowed, and the gathered energy bombarded Claude from the air.

I saw Claude, who was in a coma, startled all over, opened his eyes suddenly and let out an unconscious howl.

Forced to read, start.

### Chapter 107 Memory###

The dots of stream of life turned into fluorescent lights, emerging and surrounding the three of them.

It was the first time for Alice to take the initiative to leverage such a strong flow of life, so she could only maintain a prayerful gesture of clasping her hands and trying her best to communicate with the will of the planet.

It was such a warm voice, as if it was whispering softly in the ear like my own mother.

Alice called out from the bottom of her heart, please listen to our voices and help Claude.

On the other side, Heather also frowned, trying her best to stabilize the output of thought energy so as not to cause damage to Claude's body.The situation this time is different from the previous [Forced Opening], the fine pores in Claude's body are still not fully opened, it seems that the Jenova cells are resisting the invasion of Heather's thoughts?

Claude's unconscious struggle became more and more frenzied, and Barrett and Yuffie tried their best to hold him down so that he would not interfere with Heather's energy output.

But if the stalemate continues like this, I am afraid that Claude's body will be overwhelmed by Heather's thoughts.

At that time, he will either lose his energy and become a corpse like [Red Flag] Drake in the world of One Piece, or his body will be completely destroyed by Heather's thoughts and become a useless person.

Jesse looked here from a distance, his hands turned white with nervousness.

In a trance, Heather felt that she was among the hills under the night sky, bending over and half kneeling in the sea of ​​reeds half a person's height, and the white reeds all over the mountains and plains fluctuated like sea waves under the cool night wind.

It seemed that someone was standing behind her, and Heather knew who it was without turning around, with a smile on the corner of her mouth:

"Help me."

A sweet chuckle like a dream sounded in Heather's ears, a slender white hand stretched out from Heather's side, and gently pressed on the back of Heather's hand.

Heather opened her eyes suddenly, only to see Alice looking around in surprise.The stream of life that was originally surrounded like fireflies dimmed slightly, and then the light suddenly increased at the same time!

Under the night sky, beside the bonfire, bright green beams of light rose into the sky, and the stream of life gathered into a fountain, enveloping everyone in it.

Jesse, who was standing aside, felt dizzy, and the last image that flashed in his mind was the woman with blond hair and waist-length white dress standing behind Heather.

Who is that?

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The crisp sound of water droplets sounded intermittently, Jessie's eyelids trembled, and he slowly opened his eyes.

She found herself sitting on the road of a mountain path, the sky was obscured by heavy clouds and looked drowsy, and a peaceful village and town built by the mountains was faintly visible at the end of the road in the distance behind her.

This is where?

Jesse scratched at the rocks on the ground, but couldn't touch anything, as if in a dream.

By the way, how did you get here?

Before Jesse could think about it, he suddenly noticed a few people walking from the other end of the road.She quickly got up and hid aside, when she saw the leader of the team, her big beautiful eyes widened.

Sephiroth!

It was different from Jesse's impression. Although Sephiroth was still tall and handsome now, there was no joke or sarcasm on his face, but complete indifference.

Sephiroth was followed by three people.One is wearing a 1st warrior uniform, with hedgehog-like black hair pulled back, a handsome face with a sunny smile and conspicuous scars; one is wearing a blue helmet unique to Shinra soldiers, and is well-proportioned and holds a gun; finally One is the face that Jesse is very familiar with, Claude.

At this time, Claude's face was still a little immature, wearing the blue uniform of a low-level Shinra soldier, with a blue helmet tucked under his armpit, talking to the black-haired special soldier.

Is that the 1st fighter that Heather said he made friends with Cloud, Zacks Phil?

Several people got closer and closer, and Jesse also heard their conversation.

The familiar sword of destruction was on Zack's back at this time, and the black-haired 1st soldier smiled heartlessly: "Is it okay, Claude, this is your hometown of Nibelheim, right? Do you want to give it to me?" Why don't you take a vacation or something, go home and take a look?"

Claude shook his head, his tone hesitant: "Forget it, it's not too late to go home when you have free time..."

"I can give you a vacation."

Sephiroth, who was walking in the front, suddenly turned back and said, although his face was still so cold, but his tone was very gentle:

"It's rare to go back to your hometown, let's go back and have a look. So, what does it feel like to go back to your hometown?"

"Huh?" Claude and Zack looked at Sephiroth suspiciously.

"I don't have a hometown, so I can't experience this feeling."

Sephiroth smiled: "Feel the feeling of returning home, and tell me after the mission is over?"

Whoa!Jesse covered her mouth, is Sephiroth such a gentle and warm man?What happened to Sephiroth, who he saw later with a face full of hatred?

On the other side, Claude was about to say something when he heard what Sephiroth said, but suddenly his face froze, and then hurriedly put the helmet on his head to cover his face.

Everyone and Jesse looked to the other side of the road, only to see Tifa trotting over in a cowboy hat and cowgirl costume, and beckoning: "Hello, everyone, I am Tifa Lockhart, and I will replace my father as everyone. guide..."

The following words seemed to be muted, and Jesse couldn't hear the next conversation between Tifa and Sephiroth and others.

Just when she was about to take a few steps forward to hear more clearly, Heather's voice came from behind:

"Don't go any further, Claude doesn't want you to hear."

"Oh!?" Jesse was taken aback, and when he turned around, he found Heather standing behind him with his hands in his pockets: "Hey Heather! When did you get behind me!?"

"Just when you were crazy about Claude." Heather said impatiently: "It seems that only the two of us have joined, and the others have separated?"

Jesse quickly waved his hand: "Wait a minute, you said you got separated... Where is this place?"

"Where else can it be, it is naturally Claude's inner world."

Heather looked at the idiot's expression:

"I used Nian Qi to force the Jenova cells in Claude's body to activate and activate Claude's brain nerves, and then the power of the flow of life connected our thinking with Claude, it seems [she] The method given is for us to help sort out Claude's personality."

"Her?" Jessie narrowed his eyes suspiciously, wouldn't Heather have a woman outside behind Tifa's back?

Heather looked around: "In short, here are the fragments of Claude's memory, and it is also the most authentic memory. See, he didn't return to his hometown after becoming famous as the 1st fighter as he said, but he didn't dare to show up to reunite with his old friends The low-level soldiers of Shinra. Those experiences he called are all Zacks Phil's past."

"Claude... adores this Zack?"

"Obviously so. Claude even regards himself as the proof and coordinates of Zack's existence. As for what happened here, let's look back."