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Amidst the discussions in the live chat, Kita Kirihara had already completed his internal struggle.

She wiped her face, forcing back the tears that were welling up in her eyes. Her eyes were slightly red, but she said firmly, "I am very grateful for your help."

She will temporarily accept the protection of the Silver Court, but she will not remain in hiding forever.

“I want to awaken her,” and “she” naturally refers to Saki Koizumi, “but I can’t do it on my own.”

She had to get to Saki.

Therefore, the power of the Silver Court is indispensable.

The camera shifts to the alleyway.

After a brief skirmish, Homura Akemi moved the injured Nana Oba away, while Saki Koizumi, after a short stay, realized that she still couldn't find Kita Kirihara's whereabouts and turned away in dissatisfaction.

All that remains here are broken walls and ruins, and the remains of the spare body belonging to Chise lying on the ground.

Although the enemy only had time to fire a single arrow, by sheer chance, it pierced through the chest of Chise's spare body, causing the body's functions to cease.

In Aijo Karen's eyes, it was naturally the complete death of Chise.

Because Aijo Karen was leaving with Kita Kirihara, she had no time to attend to matters here, and naturally no one came to collect Chise's body.

According to the original plan, Chise's body should have remained lying there until a few minutes later when nearby patrol officers arrived and discovered the body.

but……

Two hurried footsteps approached this direction before anyone else could hear them.

"Banana? Where are you?" It was Shiori Hachiya's voice.

"Banana must have had something urgent to attend to, she should have left long ago." Sayaka Miki followed behind.

Because she is a sub-character card of Homura Akemi, she actually has a relatively strong ability to act independently.

Miki Sayaka didn't open the Silver Garden's internal communications before going on stage, and is still immersed in the excitement of the stage, so she hasn't received any messages from Kita Kirihara.

Today's performance wasn't very formal; it was really just Shiori Hachiya and Sayaka Miki, a duo, who went on stage and screamed a few lines with a vocal style that could tear their vocal cords apart...

The reason for this arrangement was simply to give the latter, who were not used to being on stage, their first opportunity to try being on stage.

In short, a zombie who doesn't need to worry about his vocal cords, plus a magical girl who can repair her vocal cords with healing magic, means that even if they strain their voices and tear their vocal cords, it won't be a big problem.

The audience got so excited that they almost knocked over the stage stand-in that Nana Ohba had placed there beforehand.

Everything seemed fine.

Except for one thing.

Shiori Hachiya's head-shaking was quite impressive; she swung her head out in front of everyone, only to be swiftly caught back by Sayaka Miki.

They were trying to figure out how to fool the audience, but the audience was very understanding and interpreted this turnaround as a stage art performance that only people with superpowers could do.

After all, superpowered individuals do exist nowadays.

Since he's a superhuman, losing his head and then putting it back on shouldn't be too difficult, right?

After the performance, Shiori Hachiya and Sayaka Miki originally wanted to leave immediately, but since their manager Nana Oba had disappeared, they had to come here to look for her.

Shiori Hachiya was very frustrated: "What am I going to do now? I wanted to take a more traditional idol route, but..."

What if everyone remembers them for turning around and they become some kind of comedic zombie idol group? Wouldn't that be terrible?

Shiori Hachiya felt utterly hopeless. She and Sayaka Miki searched for Nana Ohba's whereabouts, hoping to talk to their manager about what would happen next.

Sayaka Miki still found it quite amusing, her eyebrows dancing with excitement: "I just used the fire extinguisher to cover your view in time, wasn't that a good move? Listen to me, maybe in the future we can combine the characteristics of shaking off your head and me using a fire extinguisher..."

"That's not idol-like at all!!" Shiori Hachiya felt despair just thinking about it.

I have a feeling that after today, Sayaka's understanding of idols has become quite distorted.

"Sayaka, ordinary idols don't use dry ice fire extinguishers on stage, nor do they throw their heads off the stage, okay?" Shiori Hachiya was quite troubled.

Sayaka Miki didn't care at all: "But aren't we just ordinary idols too?"

"It's good that you've finally accepted your idol status... but I still hope we can become a more ordinary, more popular idol group, instead of some weird and wonderful 'Red Barbarian' and 'Fire Extinguisher'."

"Hey? Isn't this combination a pretty good name? Red Barbarian and Fire Extinguisher..."

"I don't want that kind of thing!" Shiori Hachiya cried out in anguish.

There must never be another time that someone throws their head off the stage.

This was an unspeakable and immense wound in Shiori Hachiya's idol career, a huge shadow looming over her heart, one that was difficult to overcome.

She absolutely needs to have a serious talk with Banana about the upcoming route...

...Huh?

Shiori Hachiya smelled a familiar scent, but with an ominous undertone.

She frowned slightly. There were no streetlights or cameras in the depths of the alley; it was dark and gaping, like a gaping maw ready to devour its prey.

A nauseating and dangerous odor permeated the air; that sweet, fishy smell left a deep impression on a former hero.

That is……

Shiori Hachiya realized something, and her expression turned serious.

When Nana Oba left, she was probably heading in this direction, which is why Shiori Hachiya followed her.

Why does it smell of blood?

Shiori Hachiya subconsciously entered the alley.

The next second, she saw the white-haired girl's corpse, lying in a pool of blood.

Her pupils contracted sharply: "...Qian Shi?"

"...Thousands of generations?"

Qian Shi vaguely heard a very familiar voice calling her.

In the dimly lit basement, she sat on the bed, looking up blankly, and murmured, "...Why does it sound so much like Hachiya's voice?"

For Chise, Shiori Hachiya's voice is etched in her memory, unforgettable.

When she first became an Enforcer, Shiori Hachiya, a strange woman who called herself a wanderer in the Dream Street, kept appearing in her dreams.

According to Shiori Hachiya, because of her ability, she can freely travel through dreams.

Since the time and space of dreams are disordered and chaotic compared to the real world, she can theoretically stay on any timeline.

The only problem is that she can't meet her past self from that timeline, so sometimes Shiori Hachiya will deliberately avoid "herself".

In her many reincarnations, Shiori Hachitani would enthusiastically find herself in her dreams.

The task of reincarnation is heavy, and the psychological pressure is considerable. The secret of reincarnation cannot be told to others, and there are many things that must be kept hidden in one's heart.

However, confiding in Shiori Hachiya in a dream will not have any effect.

After Shiori Hachiya completely became the master of dreams, she could no longer directly influence reality.

No matter how much Chise reveals her secrets to the other party, the other party will not tell anyone.

Even if you tell people about it, they will never remember it.

According to Shiori Hachiya herself, only those with exceptionally strong mental power or a unique core structure of their mind can remember her.

After all, there is too thick a barrier between the dream world and the real world, and those memories and words cannot be brought out at all.

Shiori Hachiya often meets many friends, but none of them remember her.

They could only repeat the process of meeting in dreams, getting to know each other, and then forgetting each other again and again.

This is the helplessness of the immortals in the dream world, and also the pain of Shiori Hachitani.

However, Chiyo is different. As the executor of reincarnation, she is able to remember Shiori Hachiya's existence.

She also has a similar problem to Shiori Hachiya: with each reincarnation, she is inevitably forgotten by her friends from that life.

And so, with different but very similar feelings of loneliness, their relationship gradually improved.

However, it was Chise who wore out first.

Over the centuries, her mind has been polluted by reality and tainted by cruelty. She gradually forgot her original aspirations and became ruthless in order to survive.

Despite still standing on the side of order, they ultimately lost sight of their true selves.

until……

She was tricked by the person in charge when she was communicating with number 109.

Among the contingency plans for a thousand lifetimes, the option of rewinding one's memories to six hundred years ago is not included.

This will disrupt your plans and slow down their implementation.

She only used her clone puppet to meet the prisoners of the floating prison before Shiori Hachiya crushed her heart core and transferred her body.

The power that the other party had been clinging to her, along with the return of the fragmented spirit on the puppet, began to affect Qian Shi's main body.

Furthermore, this, combined with Shiori Hachiya's act of crushing the core of Chise's heart, produced a good effect.

Realizing that she seemed to have also been affected by the [Flip] ability, Chise's mood plummeted.

...When exactly...?

No.

To be precise, it's unclear exactly what trait this effect is acting on...

Chishi felt very heavy-hearted. She had just opened the plan and memo that "she" had made and quickly reviewed them.

Whether it was the renovation plan for the Rose House or the sordid deeds of the executioners, it was all something he had single-handedly promoted.

No matter how you look at it, I've degenerated into a ruthless person who'll stop at nothing.

This is the situation that Qian Shi least wanted to see.

She knew that her soul would be severely worn down in this long cycle of reincarnation, and she was also afraid that she would become a different person. That's why she asked Shiori Hachiya in her dream to kill her before she completely fell into depravity.

……Wait a moment.

She realized that when she first awoke, her core had been shattered and was being repaired.