You were confused at first, but then it made sense. Senku would've never went out of Hyouga's way to be nice! Not to him! So he must've had a plan in mind. He was looking for a way to upgrade Hyouga's weapon so he could do that spinning thing!
"Over there!" you pointed to the right.

As you were giving him directions, you were too focus on running and remembering the way to that one bamboo forest, that you didn't look back to see if Mozu was closing in or not. Spoiler alert: he was.

At some point, you heard a forth person running nearby, you looked up and saw Magma running along a line of mountain rocks.
"Magma!" you called out.
Hyouga turned over and pointed the end of his spear upwards as Magma threw a piece of hollow bamboo, which landed perfectly. Magma let out a big 'YES' before he kept running.
"Now," Hyouga said as he let you go. "stand back and stay still for once."
You figured it was best to listen to him this time. Your legs even took this opportunity to finally give up on you and you fell on your bottom.

"Let me show you Mozu," he said, getting into position. "the spear of science."
'Oh my god he's using our trademark!'
"Passed down and inherited through 500 years of history: the Owari Kan Ryu spear style."
He then proceeded to beat the shit out of Mozu, with Hyouga's technique, he was completely helpless. From where you were, it was spectacular to watch. Mozu's weapon got torn into pieces and he fell on his back.

"Damn it!" he exclaimed and for the first time, you saw a look a desperation on his face. "I can't...I can't lose to this sorcerous weapon!"
"Sorcerous weapon huh?" Hyouga said, looking down at him. "Tell me Mozu, what do you suppose humanity's ultimate weapon is? It's the privilege of being human. A race spanning across generations and accumulating knowledge. Over thousands of years they continue to be refined, straight-forwards, honestly and diligently. We further polish what we inherit, and as we die, we pass it down to the next generation." he paused. "Against that eternal, perpetual diligence, one lone genius cannot possibly hope to win."

Mozu groaned and hit the ground with his fist. You kept looking at Hyouga with slightly widen eyes.
You didn't know in what way yet, but you knew those words could be applied to you as well.

Hyouga then went to sit on top of a nearby rock, the one you were sitting agaisnt, keeping his eyes on Mozu.
"...Now what?" you eventually asked.
"For you, do as you like." he said. "But I must keep him from trying anything."
"Oh."
"...You can go now you know?"
"I...I'm good." you shifting you seating position. "I so tired I can hardly move my legs. I don't even know where the others went."
"I don't mind." Mozu smirked. "If I get to stay with you."
You didn't respond, too tired to tell him to fuck off. You just let out one long sigh. After this, no words were exchanged for a while.

Then, the three of you looked over at the mountain, where a big green beam of light shone and progressively swallowed the whole island. Now it all made sense to you as to why the villagers were being evacuated. They were planning to trap you all on the island!

"It's over," Mozu looked down. "for both of us."
"It would seem so." Hyouga said. "Both side consider us to be too dangerous as cards to play. It's unlikely they revive us again."
"Heh. This is my first loss ever, and right at the bitter end." he looked up at Hyouga. "But if we ever do break free... All those centuries of polishing that you mentioned... I'd like to take a crack at it."
"As you please. As long as you seek to do it well, the gates of the Owari Kan Ryu style will always be open to you."
'Aw, that's nice.' you thought.

"...Mozu." you said as the light progressively came closer.
He looked at you.
"Was I convincing as a priestess?"
"...yeah." he nodded, not really understanding why you'd ask that.
"Haha! Fuck you!" you turned towards Hyouga and pointed at him with a big smile. "I am a good double-agent!"
And, maybe it was because it was so out of the blue, but Hyouga puffed a giggle. And seeing such a thing, that you probably won't see ever again, it just made you smile as the three of you turned into stone.
'GOT 'IM!' you thought triumphantly.



Though you ended this on a light note, now that you were in the darkness again, you began to feel anxious.

'That must've been why Ibara was running away.' you kept thinking over the events, trying to piece them together. 'Shit! I should've gone after him! But wait, then whoever activated the petrification weapon must've also been petrified! It couldn't have been Ibara unless he's really that stupid.'
Hitting a wall there, you instead tried to figure out how Senku was going to get himself out of the stone.
'He has a bottle of revival fluid, that I know. So he just has to pour it on himself WHILE being petrified. And he can't pour it on himself before, it's nitric acid, that shit is highly toxic! Mmm~ maybe he just throws the bottle while being petrified and it drops down on his statue, but nah~ that's way too simple!"

Again, you didn't know how much time have passed, but at least it didn't felt as long this time.

Then, you could feel the top of your head again. Progressively, you were turned back to normal for the third time now. Senku was crouching down in front of you, smiling gently. Seeing him again made all your emotions flow over you.
You both stood up, Senku opened his arms, praising himself for a hug. But you thought 'fuck that'. You wrapped your arms around his neck and kissed him. Through this gestured, you expressed all your worry and relief. Senku, caught off guard at first, closed his eyes and kissed you back. And through this gestured, he unconsciously expressed the same feelings.

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