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Chapter 21 - Chapter 2 Whispers of the Seven Stars: The Purification Trial of the Rift Dragon Balls

Stars do not speak,

but they can sing.

——KamI Countdown: 7 → 6 DaysDesert dawn, dark-gold sky.

Seven "rift Dragon Balls" hover, surface "♾️" symbols pulsing,

like heartbeats, like countdown.System HUD: 「Dragon-class rift gate open countdown: 6d 23h 59m」

「Purification progress: 0% Function: cross-universe teleport Side: rift contamination deepening」Kam raises hand, wandering gate unfolds,

tries to "devour" the balls —

repelled by A+ rebound, coverage +2%.Jack (reflection) whispers:

"Purify, not devour.

Make them 'wish' again,

not 'gate-ify'."II Purification Theory: Let the Balls "Wish" AgainAmare proposes "reverse-contamination" theory:Rift energy = gate-isationDragon Ball energy = wishPurify = "wish" overlays "gate-isation"Steps: ① Let balls "hear" original-world wishes ② Use "song" as carrier (rift lullaby) ③ When wish intensity > gate intensity, ♾️ → ★ ④ Purification complete, gate closableIII Wish Collection: Three People's "Stars"They need "pure wishes" —

no killing, no greed,

only "going home".Kam's wish:

"I want to take every serial number home."Amare's wish:

"I want lightning to be Mother's lullaby, not a weapon."Kakarot's wish:

"I want to go home, but — I also want to come back."IV Song Carrier: Complete Rift LullabyAmare teaches full lullaby

(melody = whispers + heartbeat + rain):"Tick-tick-tick ♪

Stars are speaking ♪

Gate is not the end ♪

It's the way home ♪

Tick-tick tick-tick ♪

Mother's heartbeat ♪

Take me home ♪

And bring me back ♪"V First Purification: Song vs SymbolThree hands linked, circle, seven balls in centre, sing together.Song spreads, dark-gold ground shows "★" symbols, overlaying "♾️", like two gears meshing.System: 「Purification: 15% Symbol conflict: ★ vs ♾️ 

Side: song resonance, coverage +1%」VI Symbol Conflict: ★ vs ♾️As song rises, ★ expands, ♾️ begins cracking, like glass shattered by stars.But cracking causes rift backlash, forming "Rift Storm" —

dark-gold tornado冲向三人!Kam opens wandering gate: "Gate am I, I am gate —

Conduct wind!"

Tornado forced into mirror, becomes harmless spark rain.VII Breakthrough: 45%Storm passes, ★ covers >50%, seven balls surfaces, ♾️ fades, original "★" stars reappear, softly twinkling.System: 「Purification: 45% storm quelled 

Reward: ①DP 100 ② lullaby proficiency +50%」VIII Rift Backlash: Dragon-Class WhisperAt 50%, ground splits huge "rift mouth", A+ whisper materialises —

"Dragon-Class Whisper · Song-Eater"Shape: dark-gold dragon, throat of rift gears, Function: devour song, block purification Side: coverage +5% if devouredAmare grits: "Let it hear! Louder lullaby!"IX Final Chorus: Resonance of Three HeartsAll three raise hands, inject "wishes" into song:Kam: direction homeAmare: mother's lullabyKakarot: home, and returnSong becomes solid "light-thunder sonic wave", like giant heart, beating above desert — "thump-tick-thump-tick"Song-Eater dragon pierced by sonic, throat gears shatter, turns to dark-gold feathers, drifts across desert.X Purification Complete: Stars ReturnSeven balls ascend together, ♾️ completely shatters, back to original "★" stars, twinkling gently.System: 「Purification complete! Rift contamination: 0% 

Dragon-class gate: closable 

Reward: ①DP 200 ② Dragon Ball Purification Art (B-rank) 

Side: coverage +3% (return resonance)」XI Close the Gate: Kakarot's HomecomingKakarot raises hand, seven pure Dragon Balls align, he whispers wish: "Send me home, but leave a door to return."Balls glow, Dragon-class rift gate shrinks, becomes a "dark-gold ring", hovering above desert, like a never-closing window.System: 「Wish granted! Cross-universe gate: permanent open·one-way (return possible) 

Kakarot: can return original world 

Side: gate indestructible, coverage +5%」XII Epilogue: Stars & Gate PromiseDesert night sky, seven stars form "♾️" shape, but no longer "gate", instead "promise": —go home, and come back.Kakarot turns, extends hand to Kam: "7 days ago you said take me home, now I take you — to my world to see."Kam takes his hand, wandering gate overlaps dark-gold ring, like two gears finally meshing, last sound: "tick-tack——"[Chapter 2 End]

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