After the hard fought battle, Ren also passed out,the girls rushed both boys to the family hospital.
"They just had to make these fight interesting."
"Yes, fainting after they fought like these was their last."
"I was surprised that Ren was these good."
"I know, my brother is just too powerful."
"Wow,now you are the one bragging."
Billy was healing fast because of the system, but Ren was taking quite a while.
Lilly walked close to Billy.
"I always thought you were happy with fighting me, but seeing you laugh during your fight, and even when your bones, your body and your spirit were breaking you didn't stop, you kept on pushing, i am sorry."
Billy although unconscious raised his hand patting her head.
Lilly looked up in shock.
"Billy, even while unconscious you still care for me, thank you."
Lora,Tanya,Mio,Ellen,Sylvia and Elsia were still beside Ren.
"Guess these is why Ren never wants to get into full out fight."
"Yes my brother, although strong has never been interested in showing off."
"Yes big brother always wants to sleep, and avoids doing anything stressful."
"Yes i have always seen Ren as a goofy person, he never takes anything or anyone serious, he always smile or jokes with people, but during these fight, he fought like he never seen before, and his strength is still unrivaled by no one."
"I guess he is still the strongest."
A nurse entered.
"Sorry but you all need to stay outside, the patient needs peace and silence."
"Okay."
They all chorused while leaving the ward.
Elsia removes her invisibility.
"Is these okay master?"
The unconscious Ren instantly opens his eyes while he sits up, while Elsia cancelled her clone of the nurse.
"But why did you pretend to also pass out?"
"I want them to believe, that was my best for now."
"You had the power to end the fight instantly, but you decided to play with him."
"Yes, i have always wanted to understand the concept of rivalry, i have seen and heard people call themselves rivals, but i have never had the luck to do such."
"I can slightly understand how you feel, but i think i will also like to see you working with someone."
"But still that boy billy."
"Yes, what about him?"
"His potential is outstanding, i can feel his power growth rising fast, his growth rate is similar to your growth, and again with that type of growth rate he will be one of the most important heroes these world will have."
"Master, when you told me telepathically that you need your peace, why didn't you do something about it yourself?"
Ren flicks her head.
"What unconscious person will do that?"
"But you were not."
"Listen Elsia, i use you for my own games, and from now on, any unnecessary battle against me, will be left to you, handle it."
"As you wish master."
"Now then, you can heal billy."
"As you wish."
Elsia vanished, Ren fell back to the bed.
I guess i will enjoy what fate has brought to me,now then what do i do with our fast approaching guest, with these much force, even if i remove the limiter i placed on Elsia,Ellen and Mio, their stamina will be one of their red light, these enemy has an incredible force of over ten million, but these is just a fraction of the full army approaching our galaxy, my guess is they plan on taking one or two people from each planets in our galaxy as their trophy, while they wipe out the remaining planet, Ellen and Elsia can't tap into that overwhelming power they had during their summoning task, though they really went into an higher dimension, they can't keep on existing there, i need the whole squad to have their summons ready, i will need to buy them some time, well i will do what i can do from here,but for now.
Ren's eyes begins to glow red, he stretched out his hand, he was ale to create a visual representation of the entire galaxy.
"Now so these is our galaxy, the nearest galaxy is pretty far from us but with their current speed they would cross several galaxies in about three weeks, even with them stopping at every planet to conquer them that speed is still to fast, i guess i will have to step in and use a little force."
Ren smiled as he observes where the incoming force are, and with just a glare he smiled.
"I just messed with their sense of direction and distance with these, i bought the squad enough time for them to train, i better plan how to work my way out of these hospital so as to train them all, with their current power, they will be barely able to take down hundred of these force, and they have to take care of about ten million, i will remove the limiter i placed on all of them except Lora, her power is too strong for her, she will pop the planet like a bubble just by existing inside one."
He rolls on his bed,before closing his eyes.
After two days the boys were discharged.
"Good to see you all."
"Yes welcome back Billy."
"How do you feel now?"
"Much better, but damn Ren still won, with all my strength i guess i still have to work more."
"Yes, you can try more, but Ren won't stop training either, because of you he is even more bubbly than before."
"Yes Billy, thank you."
"I haven't done anything, he really is a worthy rival, now i can't let him leave me again, and the next time i will be the one standing above him."
"I will like to see you try."
Ren said from behind them, supported by Lora and Elsia.
"Ren!"
"You are up?"
"How do you feel?"
"Much better, thanks to you all."
"I heard you had multiple broken bones, i am sorry." Billy said apologetically.
"What are you talking about, those broken bones are a proof, a proof of your strength, Billy you are strong, if i won, then it was by luck."
Elsia coughed, they all looked at her.
"Sorry."
"Ren, how do you see me?"
"A friend,a brother, you are my rival, with just one fight i acknowledge your strength.
Billy was stunned, he looked at Ren with a confused face, a drop of tear fell from his face before he quickly cleaned his face, he created a tiny bubble of water he used it to clean his face.
"Why are you crying?"
"No it's nothing, i guess i was right."
"What?"
"Ren i am just happy."
"Is that so, then i am all good."
The driver appeared.
"Let's go!"
"Where are we going?"
"The beach, we haven't been to one ever since Lora's fifth year birthday, we all went together with dad and mum, but now we can go ourselves."
"Yes, and we have friends that can also come."
"Well then let's go get our swimsuit."
"Wait, Ren and i will be heading to a different store." Billy suggested.
"What?, Ren will be the one to pick my swimsuit."
"Yes me too."
"Me too."
Billy looked at Ren.
"Ren say something."
"Uhmmm, sis i don't think it's right for me to be the one to pick your swimsuits."
Ellen, Elsia and Sylvia nods along.
"Yes Mio, he his your brother, not your boyfriend."
"Yes, but he is my boyfriend..." Elsia grabbed Ellen's head.
"Master belongs to only me, i am the only one worthy enough to show him my swimsuit first."
Lora walks towards all the girls and bowed in front of them, and almost instantly she one tapped their foreheads as they passed out.
"Lilly, please help me carry them into the car."
"Sure."
"You two can go and get your swimsuits ready, we will be taking care of the girls,we will be going now."
Lora and Lilly entered the car, they drove off.
Billy and Ren watched everything with just blank expression.
"That was scary."
"Yes, remind me not to ever be in Lora's bad side."
"Same to you brother."
"She knocked out her elders, with just a touch."
"I guess her ability to shut peoples mind is still as strong as i remember."
"Has she been able to do things like that?"
"Yes, she always do it to her sisters if they keep disturbing me."
"Wow your family is something else."
"Yes i know."
"But you being the only boy must be rough, how does it feel to be pampered by these much and powerful girls."
"It's not as easy as you think."
"Tell me, i just have one sister, i want to know what i am missing."
"Well, you have the constant bickering, then their tiny obsession towards me, and their little intentional accident."
"Wow, must be lucky."
"Don't worry you will understand it better, when you stay close."
"Can't wait."
"Same here."
The boys waled away looking for the nearest store to get their swimsuit.
In the car, the girls finally woke up.
"Ohh!"
"Look who finally decided to wake up?"
"You guys slept half-way through the journey."
"Why can't i remember anything?"
"Same here."
"It felt like my brain was switched off by a powerful force."
"Lora!, did you do anything to us."
"Little me, how can i tackle my elder sisters."
"Lilly did anything funny happened?"
Lilly was holding back her smile.
"No i didn't notice anything, you only said we should go get ready we are going to the beach, so you said we should go and buy swimsuit, and the boys also left to get their swimsuit ready."
"Is that so?"
"I wish Ren followed..."
Lora instantly knocked Mio out again, Lilly couldn't hold back her laughter,as she begins laughing.
"So that's how you handle them?"
"Yes, they love big brother Ren too much."
"And you don't?"
"No i love big brother Ren, but it always looks like he does not want too much."
"Yes too much of everything is bad."
"So i am the one who maintains the balance between all of us."
"Must be though on you being the youngest."
"Not really, dad, mum and big brother Ren took their time in training me, i was told to be the string that pulls everyone together,the string that holds everyone together, and that is what i am doing."
"Wow, you must be pretty hardworking?"
"Not at all."
'Ehh!, even with all these, you still don't believe you are hard working?"
"I am the mixture of both hard working and gifted, do you know why big brother has all these lady around him?"
"No,why?"
"Because of his determination, he was a born genius, he was born with extra ordinary abilities, in the world of the normal, he was considered a threat, and even when the world gained power, he was still considered a threat, he trains every day just to match the power up the system gives to every host and with that he his even considered an anomaly to even special host like me and my sisters, he is considered a wall we must surpass, a power we must attain, and he his doing all these with just his own power, unlike us he is not using a borrowed power, the power you see, belongs to him."
"I see, i always thought he was a trust fund kid,but now i see he is even more of a monster than Billy."
"Monster!, no he his more like the sky, the higher we climb to his level, the more we realize that he is still holding back."
"Wait a moment, i just thought of something."
"What is that?"
"Can i see the X-ray scan, the one we received from the nurse?"
"Sure."
Lilly opened Mio's bag, but it was not there.
"I am sure, big sister Mio kept it in her bag."
"I see."
Something isn't right, i can't just help but feel dumb, what if Ren has been playing everyone all along, what if his bone wasn't damaged, what if he wasn't fighting Billy with his full strength, what if the whole nurse handing the document to us was an illusion he created, what if he isn't real, what if these reality and everything existing now is an illusion, there are a lot of what ifs.
[Lilly flashed back to Ren's fight with billy.]
"These is really interesting, since when have i been been fighting nothing."
"Since the start, you stared too much at me, that you didn't realize you were under an illusion, you were not fighting me, you only thought you were fighting me."
"But it did affect the ladies."
"My illusion will work on anyone that thinks about me during the time i use it,and it controls all senses and even external force won't be able to break loose."
"I killed the illusion i was fighting."
"Yes, because that's how i want you to feel."
"You are a cocky one, aren't you?"
"Thanks you are not the first person to tell me."
"I wonder these next attack of mine will it be able to shatter every illusion you have created?"
"The fact you know you are under my illusion, makes the illusion more complex, you do not know if i am really here, or i am in my room controlling the whole fight from there."
"You are here, that much i can say, but you are not really around me, no wait you can control how and what i feel."
[End of flash back]
Lilly begins to laugh.
If it's true that he has these type of ability, and everything else has been an illusion, then that will mean i am under another complex illusion, but nothing has changed, and he his not here meaning just handing the document over to us was the illusion.
"How interesting." Lilly smiled