A supporting character in a romance anime? I became a god using a rat talisman.

"No need to trouble yourself, I'll just take the things and leave."

Kazama Chiba was about to refuse.

"No! This is part of the contract!" Rikka struck that chuunibyou pose again. "Besides... if you don't go, you won't be able to break the seal on that codex!"

Actually, she couldn't reach it because it was on top of the cabinet.

Kazama Chiba sighed; it seemed she couldn't avoid this meal.

The three turned and left.

Night fell. The streetlights cast long shadows of them.

……

at the same time.

The rooftop of another office building a few hundred meters away from Misaki Mori Tower.

The night wind howled.

A figure dressed in an ornate robe that seemed out of place in the modern city stood on the edge of the rooftop, looking down at the farce that had just ended.

Behind Aokiji, six snow-white wings unfurled in the night sky.

"Oh dear, oh dear."

"Only three days and you've already acquired four cards: [Wind], [Shadow], [Mirror], and [Illusion]?"

"It seems that the previous assessment was too conservative. That child is even more talented than I thought."

Kaguya turned around, the hem of her robe fluttering in the wind, and raised her right hand.

"Now that the main characters are in place and the stage is set, some continuity errors should be fixed in order to make the performance run more smoothly."

A pure white card was held between her fingertips. The card had no design on it, just a blank space.

【The Erase】

"Erase."

She parted her lips slightly, her face glowing like a star in the night sky.

The gray card transformed into an invisible wave that instantly spread throughout the entire Shenshui City.

"To take everything in this world... all the concepts, memories, merchandise, and related traces related to Cardcaptor Sakura..."

"Erase everything."

hum-

An invisible ripple spread from her center to the entire city of Shenshui, and even the whole world.

In that convenience store, the owner stopped restocking. He looked at the slip of paper that read "Book of Seals Purchase Order" and suddenly felt something was strange.

"What is this? When did I ever order this kind of anime merchandise that I've never even heard of?"

He shook his head, crumpled the sheet into a ball, and threw it into the trash can.

In the rooms of countless otaku.

The comic books, figurines, and posters on the bookshelves began to subtly change. The girls in pink dresses transformed into other characters, or simply became blank spaces.

Memories of that story are like words written on the beach, gradually smoothed out by the rising tide.

It's like a giant eraser.

Wipe away those traces that shouldn't exist in this everyday world.

"All right."

Kaguya withdrew her hand, and the wings behind her slowly folded and disappeared, transforming her back into the beautiful, ordinary teacher.

"The stage is set up, Chiyu-kun."

"See you tomorrow."

Chapter 26 The Code Has Disappeared

Coincidentally, the apartment building where Takanashi lived was on the next street from the apartment building where Chiba rented.

The two places are only a ten-minute walk apart, separated only by a 24-hour Lawson convenience store and a few old ginkgo trees.

Kazama Chiba stood in front of the detached house with the Takanashi sign hanging on the door, her expression showing a hint of surprise.

No wonder I ran into her at the convenience store near my house last night.

"We've arrived! This is the temporary outpost on the invisible boundary line!"

As Rikka Takanashi pushed open the gate, the confidence of returning to her own territory instantly revitalized her. Her ahoge (cowlick) swayed merrily under the streetlight.

"Alright, stop standing there like an idiot."

Takanashi Toka bypassed her sister, took out the key, and opened the door.

"Kazama-kun, please come in. You don't need to change your shoes; we don't have that many men's slippers at home."

Kazama Chiba entered the living room.

It wasn't the kind of gloomy decor you'd imagine, with walls covered in magic circles or skulls hanging everywhere.

On the contrary, it looks surprisingly normal here.

A beige sofa, a light wood coffee table, and several thriving green plants on the TV cabinet.

If I had to point out anything out of place, it would probably be the pile of weapons in the corner that looked like they were made of cardboard and tin foil, and the several exaggerated gothic dresses hanging on the coat rack.

"Please sit down for a while."

Shihua hung up her coat, rolled up her shirt sleeves, revealing a section of her fair forearm.

"I'll go to the kitchen and see what we can eat. It'll probably be simple, don't mind."

After saying that, she turned and went into the kitchen. Soon, the sounds of the refrigerator door being opened and plastic bags being rummaged through came from inside.

"Um, um! Ally, wait a minute!"

Rikka rushed toward the door with a sign that read "No Trespassing (except for the chosen ones)" without even changing her shoes.

"I'll go get that artifact! It's in my secret treasure vault!"

"Ah."

Kazama Chiba responded but did not follow.

Although the other person is a chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) with no sense of gender, he is not so perverted as to visit a high school girl's bedroom.

Especially in places like this, which are full of cringeworthy, juvenile delinquent history.

He stood at the junction of the entryway and the living room, looking around with some boredom.

My gaze swept around and finally landed on the shoe cabinet next to me.

There was a picture frame there.

In this well-organized home, the placement of this picture frame seems somewhat out of place.

It wasn't facing the door directly, but leaning against the wall at an angle, as if someone had just casually placed it there.

That's a family photo.

The photo shows a man and a woman holding two little girls. The background is a field of bright sunflowers.

The man smiled kindly, and the woman smiled gently. One of the two little girls looked very composed, while the other was making a face at the camera.

Those were Rokka and Touka, and their parents.

Even through this thin layer of glass, you can feel the overflowing sense of happiness.

"They seem to be a very ordinary family."

Kazama Chiba made a mental assessment.

For him, an orphan from two lifetimes, this heartwarming scene was like watching others eat a steaming hot pot through a shop window. Although he wasn't hungry, he always felt a sense of emptiness.

"Hmm? That's strange..."

Shihua's slightly embarrassed voice came from the kitchen.

She walked out empty-handed, her face showing a rare hint of embarrassment.

"Sorry. I forgot... we don't seem to have any ingredients at home."

She was so worried about her sister that she completely forgot she hadn't been to the supermarket for several days.

Apart from a few bottles of expired milk and half a cabbage, the refrigerator was so clean it could starve a mouse.

"It's okay, I'm not hungry."

Kazama Chiba withdrew her gaze and replied politely.

Shihua breathed a sigh of relief. She looked up and saw Qianyu standing next to the shoe cabinet. Following his gaze, she saw the photo frame.

How did the photo end up here?

In her memory, this family photo was her most precious possession. It had always been placed on her bedside table in her bedroom, and she would look at it every night before going to sleep. She had never taken it out.

Why did it end up on the shoe cabinet in the entryway?

Could I have misremembered? Or did that bizarre dream just now really mess with my mind?

She walked over, somewhat agitated, and picked up the photo frame.

"It must have been that idiot Rikka who messed around."

She gave herself an explanation, although she herself didn't quite believe it.

Although Rikka is usually crazy, she is always more careful than anyone else when it comes to her parents' belongings.

She nodded to Qianyu, turned the photo frame upside down in her hand, and casually opened a drawer in the living room TV cabinet to put it inside.

Just then.

"How could...how could it be gone?!"

A heart-wrenching wail came from the bedroom.