Superman of Pickles XIII - Farewell Rose

The Super Pickled Vegetable Thirteen: Goodbye Rose

Pickled vegetables have already become a superman, able to fly in the sky, dive into the deep sea, leap over walls, see at night, and speak many foreign languages. He can understand the language of all animals.

After gaining the ability to fly and swim, the pickled vegetable confidently prepared to go and see the rose. Before going, in order to get rid of his suspiciously soy-sauce colored skin, he soaked himself in vinegar for a whole night, making his skin whiter. Then he sprinkled perfume on himself, wore a cloak made from white clouds, and flew towards the nursery like a great swordsman. At that moment, no one could tell that he was once that dark and round-headed pickled vegetable.

Because of nursing his wings, the pickled vegetable hadn't been to the nursery for a long time. He didn't know how the rose was doing now. While flying, the pickled vegetable excitedly thought: What will be her reaction when she sees me?

Finally, he arrived at the nursery but couldn't find the rose after turning left and right. Helplessly, he went to find the foxtail grass. The foxtail grass then took him to find the butterfly. However, the butterfly told him not to bother going because the rose had already married. Upon hearing this, the pickled vegetable almost fainted. He managed to pull himself together and asked who the rose had married. According to "The Super Pickled Vegetable Nine - Pickled Vegetable and Dog", the butterfly said it was the wind. After hearing this, the foxtail grass commented that the wind was so flirtatious and unworthy for the rose to marry. But the butterfly countered by saying that the wind was graceful and romantic, sharing a similar character with the rose. They were of the same type, so why wouldn't it be good? The butterfly refused to take the pickled vegetable to see the rose, but the pickled vegetable firmly said he wanted to see her. To move the butterfly, he told her about his years of struggle and how he became a superman for the rose. Touched by his story, the butterfly decided to take the pickled vegetable to see the rose.

By the time they got there, the rose was already living in a greenhouse. Although the conditions were good, the rose was no longer the rose in the wind from years ago. Her velvet-like petals had turned yellow, and the reserved shyness of her half-bloomed state had become the vulgar look of an ordinary woman. Most noticeably, her waistline had swollen, as she was now carrying new life inside her. She had passed her youth and was moving towards maturity.

Seeing her like this, the pickled vegetable couldn't believe that this was the rose from years ago. When he confirmed it was indeed her through her unchanged leaves and reserved nodding posture, he looked up to the sky and sighed: "Time! Heaven! Why are you so cruel and merciless? Why does maturity come with aging and ugliness? In your world, youth turns into withered flowers in the blink of an eye, and beauty instantly becomes vulgar. You're more terrifying than any witchcraft!" Time is very fair. It lets all lives (including animals and plants) go through growth, youth, maturity, and aging, regardless of nobility or poverty, without favoritism. He's the fairest one, not just letting us foxtail grasses turn yellow and die in winter," the foxtail grass said beside them.

Seeing the rose in such a state, the pickled vegetable lost interest in talking to her. Years of hope had become an illusion, and days of effort had lost their meaning. He suddenly felt very meaningless and got up to return home.

He originally thought that the rose would thus be dead in his heart, and he would never think of her again. But when he returned home, he realized he still missed the rose, thinking of her half-blooming posture and her reserved nodding. The rose was still alive in his heart, which made him confused. He didn't know what exactly he was missing and who he truly desired.

On a day when the longing for the rose tormented him endlessly, he jumped up and pointed to the sky, shouting: "Damn it, if I, the pickled vegetable, can become a superman and completely change myself, I don't believe I can't become a super celestial being and make time reverse, restoring the rose."

From then on, the pickled vegetable began to strive and progress towards becoming a super celestial being.