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

"Mr. Minato?" Jun's first reaction was confusion.

After all, Yukina has always been a pure fighter and has no auxiliary abilities.

But she then remembered how Youxi had performed in that battle before.

Her ability as a demigod is not a simple enhancement of her original ability.

The phantom of the church indeed increased their abilities in all aspects by several times.

That is a demigod-level auxiliary ability!

Nana didn't know about that ability, but after learning about it, she was also somewhat tempted: "If that ability also works on me, then I can definitely give it a try."

"Xingtian can also help you attract His attention." Shizi also made a suggestion, "By the way, it would be better to have a suitable occasion? How about doing it on the stage before?"

“That place can indeed…”

The discussion became heated and the details of the plan were finalized bit by bit.

Kasumi held her head and did not participate in the discussion.

She carefully distinguished the beating of the stars that she heard.

After completing the time retrograde, there was a brief confusion in the Star Pulse that predicted the future. Because of this experience, Kasumi's perception of time became clearer.

She heard that in the near future, there would be some changes in the time of this world.

Is that the "overlap of time" that everyone planned?

But, it doesn’t seem like…

Chapter 74: A Future That Cannot Be Chosen

Kasumi sat on the bed, playing Random Star.

The Random Star from before the re-enactment naturally wouldn't follow her. This one was the one that Kasumi got again after everyone went to the Golden Land again, and the effect is the same as before.

She is not playing any songs now, but is just using the power of Random Star to try to further hear about their future.

At that time, during the final battle.

Everyone's death happened almost instantly.

Kasumi has no ability to fight at all and can only hide beside Yukina.

She almost suffocated as she watched the battlefield gradually turn into what she had dreamed of.

One by one, everyone fell in front of her accurately as predicted. Smiling faces surrounded her and stared at her. She couldn't bear it anymore. Her knees went weak and she fell to the ground, covering her ears and letting out a silent wail.

She had clearly foreseen this day and had made so many efforts to change it, but she could do nothing.

She lay on the beach, in Sha Ling's arms, listening to the sound of the waves that seemed so far away, yet seemed right at her feet.

The agitation of the stars had rarely quieted down, and she was actually somewhat relieved.

For the first time, she was grateful for being slightly away from the stirrings of the stars.

Fortunately, there is still a chance to try again.

That ending, although not changed, is not the end.

So, what will be the ending of this re-performance?

Unlike last time, she was unable to fully understand their ending until she stepped into the space closed off from the outside world again and saw Yukina and Nana getting ready.

The agitation of the stars was in chaos, and only the surging waves of the long river of time could be heard.

Kasumi turned around and saw Shizi passing through the invisible barrier and coming in from outside the ruins: "Xingtian has been activated, let's start."

They are now gathered at the outskirts of the ruins, in a dark fork in the road.

The ruins were of course the ones that Group 99 wanted to explore last time, but the rules were distorted by the giraffe. The giraffe did not appear this time, because there were already three demigods here. If it appeared again, the space would not be able to hold up like last time.

They did not try to explore the ruins. The reward in the ruins was the divinity, which was unique in time and space. Since it had been taken away by Youxina in the future, there would not be an extra one at this time, so there was no point in exploring the ruins.

So, they simply entered the ruins, found a random place, and started their action.

Yukina and Nana looked at each other and nodded.

Everyone else stepped back to avoid being affected.

The shadow of a holy church emerged from the ground. Kasumi could feel that Nana's aura immediately began to surge and increase rapidly. The already incredible power immediately broke through the original limitations!

The following scene was not something Kasumi could see clearly.

She seemed to see something inexplicably shattered, with countless shadows of Nana overlapping. At that moment, the beating of the stars in her ears became extremely noisy, and all kinds of unknowable and unexplainable information poured in. Her brain seemed to be pierced by countless steel needles. She desperately covered her head, wishing she could crush it. Even though Saki and Saaya seemed to be trying their best to help her, it was of little use.

Nana, slashed out with a sword.

The light from reality shone into Kasumi's eyes.

However, before she could rejoice, the light quickly dissipated and no one had time to react.

Nana was also unable to hold on, because the space shattered in an instant and endless darkness pressed down.

Just before she lost consciousness, Kasumi heard the final prophecy of Star Inspiration.

The stage was occupied by three beams of light: white, purple, and yellow.

On the ground were the remains of twenty-nine people.

Shizi looked at the giraffe in front of him with a blank expression: "This time, just let me act it out myself."

"Don't you need us?" Nana asked.

Shizi shook his head: "It is enough to experience the pain of death once. No one needs to experience it a second time."

……

When discussing a course of action.

Kasumi sat at the round table, remaining silent and not joining in the discussion.

"...until I can create a channel connecting here and reality." Nana had just finished speaking her thoughts.

"It does sound feasible," said Saya.

"No," Shizi suddenly stood up, "I just came back from the future, this method failed."

During the following commotion, Kasumi remained silent with her head in her hands.

Just as Shizi stood up and said, "I just came back from the future," she heard something clearly.

She understood something in an instant.

They will succeed.

And it’s a perfect ending.

But, to achieve that outcome... No, that kind of sacrifice is too much...

Little Shizi, you actually want to...

"Kasumi, what's wrong?"

Sa Ling noticed the abnormality in her expression and asked worriedly.

Kasumi bit her lip and shook her head stiffly: "It's okay."

You must never say it out loud.

Although, as long as that method is mentioned, Xiao Shizi will definitely do it without any hesitation.

And they will definitely return to reality.

If only I had to sacrifice myself...

But this method does not require any sacrifice on your part. The only one who needs to be sacrificed is Xiao Shizi.

Perhaps, they can be saved without this prophecy?

Standing on the edge of the plateau, Kasumi held on to her final expectations.

Yukina and Nana are trying to break a dimension of space and destroy the world.

They were operating in one corner of the continent, while everyone else was hiding in another corner of the continent. It was unknown whether such a distance would allow them to react in time, but it was already the limit of what they could do.

Yukina and Nana naturally have ways to protect themselves. This is the promise of Shiko and Giraffe.

The next moment, Kasumi saw herself standing alone on the stage covered with orange light, facing the giraffe.

Everyone else is not here.

"A new round of encores has begun."

Before Kasumi could react, the giraffe said.

"The impact range of the dimensional fall was too large, and you were wiped out before you could react." The giraffe said calmly, "What a pity."

"Ah..." Kasumi couldn't say anything.

"Toyama Kasumi, you already know the final solution." The giraffe said, "Why don't you tell me?"

Kasumi felt her mouth dry. "Could it be that you already knew about this? What should we do..."

"No." To her surprise, the giraffe retorted, "I don't know either. Your Star Beat was originally a blessing I gave you when you were a child, but because of the disturbance she caused in the world, it brought about changes that I didn't expect. In short, your perspective is even higher than mine."

"So, this is the future that only you can see." The giraffe said, and then stopped talking and looked at Kasumi quietly.

Kasumi looked at her palms: "So, it's my responsibility... to tell her?"

"That's right." The giraffe replied with satisfaction, "But I can roughly guess what the method is, because I just confirmed that... it is feasible."

"Then the choice is yours, Toyama Kasumi."

Following the giraffe's last words, Kasumi's vision instantly went dark.

Opening her eyes, she saw Shizi standing up from the round table: "No, that method won't work. I just came back from the future."

Chapter 75: A glimmer of hope

Kasumi watched again and again.

Every time I performed it again, I failed.

Then next time, Shizi will come up with different suggestions and continue to try.

It was as if her hopes were endless.

Kasumi still waited.

The more Shizi shined, the less she dared to tell him her methods.

"This is already... I can't even count how many times I've performed this." On the stage covered in orange light, the giraffe looked down at Kasumi, "Toyama Kasumi, do you still stick to your idea?"

"I... am hesitant." Kasumi lowered her head. "If I tell you, I will have to sacrifice Shiko. If I don't tell you, no one will be saved. I don't want to lose anyone..."

The giraffe was silent for a long time.

"Is that so?" It said softly, "Then do you know what year it is in reality now?"

"Eh?" Kasumi didn't know why it asked this and her heart ached.

In the desert, in the camp, in Nana's room.

Nana once again cut a hole in the air, and a letter fell onto the table.

Compared with previous letters, the language in this letter is much more mature.

She read the letter in silence.

"Miss Kaito: Misaki left last week. Kanon left too, Ikumi left too, and Kaoru left too."

"Hello happy, I'm the only one left. I've recently had a feeling that my days may be numbered. No matter how powerful the technology of the Genmaki family is, I can't live forever. Is your encore still going on? I don't know when it will last, but I have given the task of supporting you to my daughter - she is the child of Misaki and me, and the technology of the Genmaki family can at least break through this point. My daughter, I believe she will support you like I do. Maybe she will write the next letter."

"Every once in a while, you will perform again and forget the letter I sent you before. This letter is the same. The next time you perform again, you will forget it and receive my obituary from my daughter. Don't be sad, my friends, I have lived a magical life with your company. Even if you can't come to say goodbye to me, at least we have met. That's enough."

"Goodbye, Miss Phantom Thief."

"Goodbye, Nana."

A few tears fell on the trembling letter paper in my hands, blurring the words.

Nana put down the letter, covered her eyes, and tried hard not to let tears fall.