Why play in a band if you don't form one for life?

She just kept impersonating those souls in the hope of getting closer.

But that's okay too.

Even if the starlight is borrowed, it can still reach the hearts of others.

Even if it is a borrowed shine, it is her own unique shine!

The hymn of rebirth blew through the camp at night, blowing across the messy sand and the broken barriers.

It also passed by the girl standing in the camp holding two swords.

Chapter 15: The Acting Skills of the Stage Girl

Not long ago, in the pavilion.

Yukina, Maya, and Kuro were contemplating the map of the camp area in front of them.

"First, let's sort out our current combat power." Maya said first, "Nishijo's ability is to make all supernatural things ineffective. My ability is 'God's Container', which can analyze and copy everyone's abilities, including Nishijo's. However, her ability is quite special, and I can only maintain it for a short time. The two of us are the key to breaking the barrier."

"Can you work together to disable the barrier?" Youshina asked.

"No." Maya shook his head, "We can only weaken it. However, based on this, there is hope if we carry out high-intensity attacks on the weak points of the barrier."

Cloe interrupted and said, "Futaba and Kaori's abilities are both about strengthening physical qualities. One focuses on [body], and the other focuses on [reaction]. However, they are useless when attacking the barrier. If they squeeze in, they will hinder the attacks of others."

"Tsuzaki-san's previous ability was similar to Ijichi-san's," Maya continued, "she used sunlight to heal everyone. But after Aishiro-san's 'death', her ability started to go out of control and mutated, and the sunlight became somewhat aggressive. However, it's still not enough compared to someone who specializes in this area."

Crowe inexplicably started arguing, "Juna's ability is to use famous words to transform into arrows with different abilities. And you are already familiar with Karen and Hikari's abilities."

"I've already told you about our capabilities." Youxina nodded to show that he remembered. "So, overall, can we break the barrier in a short period of time?"

Maya pondered for a while and made a detailed calculation: "It's possible. Nishijo-san and I will create a weak point, and then the people who are best at attacking will join forces to attack for at least one minute."

"One minute...can't it be shortened?" Youxina was dissatisfied.

“This is a baseline estimate that we have tried many times,” Kloe emphasized, “and there is a high probability that it will be longer than one minute.”

"Then let's exaggerate. Let's say two minutes." Youxina tapped the table lightly. "Can you buy yourself that much time?"

"If Nana Ohba is in the camp, that's absolutely impossible." Maya shook his head without hesitation, "No matter where she is inside the barrier, it won't take her more than half a minute to reach any corner. After you guys came, she hasn't even used one-tenth of her full strength. If it hadn't happened so suddenly at the ruins, Aishiro-san would never have gotten into trouble."

"Not even one tenth?" Yukina narrowed her eyes. She could see that Nana had always been at ease, but she didn't expect Maya and the others to think so highly of her.

Cloe continued, "We've only seen her really use her full strength once. That was when Hua Lian had just gotten into trouble. There was only a one-way street in the ruins, with various traps and walls preventing us from returning the same way. But at that time, she forcibly destroyed all the traps and took us out of the ruins using the shortest route."

Just by listening, Youxi still couldn't get much sense of reality, but she did know one thing: "That is to say, she must be kept away from the camp, the farther the better."

"Yes, that's the problem." Maya frowned, "She will only stay away from here when she takes the crazy Lu Qi classmate to hunt monsters, but this matter is uncontrollable."

“No, it’s actually controllable.”

This sudden voice sounded. The three of them looked over immediately and saw a figure emerging in the sunlight: it was Tsuzaki Mahiru.

Her long blue hair reached her waist, and she had small braids on her ears like seal ears. Her expression was still as gentle as usual, but now it seemed a little shadowed.

Mahiru smiled at the three of them with a prepared look: "Actually, my illness was cured after Xiaohualian came back. The madness afterwards was just an act."

This news came as a surprise to the three of them.

"...Wait, you said..." Kuro's expression was exactly the same as Youxi's, "Performance?"

"That's right." Mahiru narrowed her eyes and smiled, "After all, this is the only chance to get Banana away from here. I know everyone will definitely use it."

"Is this how a stage girl acts?" Yukina could still remember the look of complete self-loss on Mahiru's face when she went crazy.

Is that acting?

But she quickly calmed down. It was not surprising that Shizi had shown great acting skills in the battle with her in the woods before.

Maya's mouth curled up: "Then, we can take a gamble."

In the evening, except for Shizi, everyone else gathered in the restaurant for dinner. Today, MASKING was the chef, and everyone had a bowl of ramen or fried rice, which was delicious.

The lunch boxes left for Shiko were packed up, and everyone had almost finished eating and left one by one. Still staying at the table were the usual trio of Karen, Hikaru, and Mahiru, Poppin'Party, and LOCK who was clinging to them.

The six people at the back were always together. LOCK couldn't tell whether he spent more time with his teammates or with Popipa. As for the three people in front, Karen and Xiaoguang were responsible for putting soup and rice grains on the table, and Mahiru was responsible for wiping them.

The division of labor is clear and unshakable, which is a beautiful sight on the dinner table.

"It's so delicious..." Hualian is eating ramen and is the happiest at this moment.

Mahiru smiled helplessly: "But don't eat too much, it's high in calories."

"understood……"

"I'll bring the lunch boxes over. When you're done eating, just put your dishes on the sink." MASKING called out and went out with the lunch boxes.

This seems to be a signal.

Karen, Mahiru, and Hikaru looked at each other.

A few minutes later, sounds of fighting were heard in the restaurant.

When Nana arrived at the scene, she found it was a mess: the round table had collapsed, broken ceramic pieces and broken spoons and chopsticks were everywhere, and the floor was full of rice and soup. The floor and walls were full of dents made by the hammer, and the hammer itself was thrown out the door.

Mahiru was pinned to the ground by Hikaru, Karen, Satomi, and Lock, but she still showed signs of trying to break free. She roared like a wild animal, her eyes were red and radiating fierce light, her hands scratched the ground until blood came out, but was quickly healed by the disordered sunlight radiating from her hands.

Kasumi and the others huddled in the corner, their faces showing fear after escaping a disaster: "It started all of a sudden again..."

Seeing Nana coming in, Kasumi knew that there were some things she couldn't say, so she looked at Arisaki and asked, "(Didn't we say we were going to do it tonight? How can we do it now that it's like this?)"

The stage girl only told them about the action tonight, but didn't tell them the details. When asked about Yukina, she just said that it was better not to tell them because of her acting skills, in order to make the plan go smoothly.

“(How should I know!)” Yusaki responded with her eyes, but she gradually connected the dots, “(Could it be…)”

"Are you all okay?" Nana looked at everyone quickly, "Are you injured?"

"It's all right..." Karen looked reluctant, "but I can't hold it back anymore... Mahiru-chan is so strong..."

Nana felt relieved and took over the four people: "Thank you, leave it to me next." She restrained Mahiru with one hand and forcibly took her away.

Mahiru was still struggling when Nana took her away.

The roar gradually faded away.

Kasumi in the corner finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Mahiru-chan..."

Every time she saw Mahiru suddenly go crazy, her heart ached. The only consolation was that from the perspective of Star Inspiration, Mahiru's illness would be cured soon.

The others who didn't know the truth also looked worriedly in the direction they left.

It was Sha Ling who reacted first: "What should we do now? Should we clean up here first?"

"No." Maya came in from outside, followed by MASKING who was still carrying a lunch box and didn't understand why. "This is part of the plan."

"Everyone, get ready, it's time to start."

Chapter 16: Lure the Tiger Away from the Mountain

Nana held the struggling Mahiru in both her hands and came to the nearest barrier. She shook her body, and the katana on her waist flew into the air. She bit the hilt of the katana, slashed it on the barrier, opened a hole, and walked out.

In the shadows in the distance, Junna withdrew her gaze.

“(I’m sorry, Nana.)” She apologized in her heart and drew her bow, “‘Conscience can only speak in the form of silence - Martin Heidegger’.”

An arrow gathered in her hand. She released the bow, and the arrow silently turned into white light and sank into the ground.

Everyone involved in the operation heard Junna's voice in their heads: "The first phase has ended successfully, and the second phase has begun."

Everyone tacitly rushed to the other side of the lake as quickly as possible. This place was far away from the accommodation area, so even if a fight broke out later, it would not affect that side.

Clo and a group of people had been waiting here for a long time.

Some were quite relaxed, while others were out of breath. Yusaki was one of them: "Without saying anything, they suddenly told us that our chance had come and we had to break the barrier within two minutes - at least give us some time to react!"

"It may sound unpleasant, but you didn't hide your acting skills from a stage girl when you fully understood the plan," Maya said beside her, "so it's better to keep the plan secret until the last minute. This is what Minato-san suggested."

"Okay..." Yusaki wiped the sweat off her face and reluctantly accepted it. She took out the card she got in the Golden Country and touched it on the ground. A vine grew out of the spot, with a yellow, fluorescent fruit on it. "When does it start? Now?"

"Wait for the signal." Maya looked towards the sky in the distance.

"Signal?" Yusaki didn't understand, but she suddenly thought, "Wait, you guys are not going to let Lu Qi stop her alone, right?"

"Of course not," Chloe replied, "Look around you. Is anyone missing?"

Arisaki turned around suddenly and found that Satomi and LOCK had disappeared at some point.

"...Yuuki-san...also..." Rinko was a little surprised, "...was still there during dinner..."

"Where's Hinata?" Saya looked everywhere for her but couldn't find her.

Kasumi looked around and found that except for Mahiru and Hina, everyone who was good at close combat was not here.

Nana took Mahiru and slowly sneaked towards the area where the monsters gathered.

As soon as she sees a monster, Mahiru's attention will be immediately attracted. Nana will let her go when she is close enough and let her kill at will, while she will just hold the two swords and watch.

Her face was expressionless. Only the starlight could reflect a ray of sympathy from her pupils.

With the swing of the hammer and the burning light, an area was quickly cleared. Mahiru looked a little better, so Nana flew forward again, caught her before she could escape, and took her to the next area.

This has always been done.

However, today Mahiru seemed to be even crazier than before, so Nana had to take her to a farther place.

Before I knew it, the campsite was no longer in sight.

Nana held Mahiru in her arms and climbed over a sand dune. The next gathering place was right in front of them.

However, Mahiru in his arms suddenly disappeared.

My hands are empty.

Nana reacted instantly, sighed, drew the two swords at her waist, and turned around without even looking at the monsters in front of her.

Mahiru held the leaf hammer, and there was no madness on his face, only calmness.

Her right eye is light green.

On the sand dunes, several figures gradually appeared: Yukina, LOCK, LAYER, Satomi, Nijika, Ichiri, Futaba, Kaori, Xiaoguang, and Karen.

And then there’s Hina who appears at the end, wearing a magical girl costume.

"It's my first time," Hinata said without any sign of nervousness, "but it shouldn't be hard to create a few temporary bodies."

Nana's blade flashed coldly under the starry sky.

"Are you guys ready?" she asked. There was no sign of relief or anger on her face.

The light green light in Mahiru's eyes disappeared: "Everything is ready."

The gathered monsters were controlled by Hina and gathered together.

Nana raised her sword in front of her:

"The rich fruits of the stage,"

"But we are too tender,"

“Someone has to guard it.”

"Nana Ohba, the 99th student."

"I will cut the rails leading to hell with my own hands."

Inside the camp, next to the barrier.

"Their bodies are now controlled by virtual personalities, and they are hiding in their rooms to rest." PAREO stated, "Their souls are hiding in Mahiru-san's body along with Hina-chan. When we get to the destination, Hina-chan will create some temporary bodies, and they will buy us some time."

"…It sounds cool but I don't understand anything…" Ako was already dizzy.

"Anyway... just wait..." Rinko also gave up explaining to her.

In the distant sky, a firework suddenly exploded!

"Begin!" Maya ordered immediately. She and Clo attacked together and pressed on the barrier!

The barrier immediately began to tremble, as if it was about to break, but it still held on firmly.

Kita, Ako, CHU?, MASKING, Arisaki, and Junna each ate their cookies and bread.

The holy light shone on Kita's sword of paradise. The light of the fluorescent fruit on the plant that Arisaki had just grown gathered and converged. Ako's palm opened a bloody eye. CHU? raised the holy spear, and his iron armor seemed to be bathed in glory. The dragon and tiger energy rose from MASKING. Jun's bow, his mouth quickly recited famous sayings, and the condensed arrows became larger and larger, emitting a compelling breath. The bass and organ sounded, raising the momentum of the crowd.

Without any orders, all attacks rushed towards the weak point at the same time.