Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

“We all remember now,” Oblivionis said. “The plan worked. Nobody noticed we’d switched the parts, not even ourselves.”

Oblivionis returned to his original self, but he couldn't recapture his former rebellious self.

Playing Xiangzi during this period has changed her a lot.

very many.

"No...this is impossible, how could I possibly be...you..."

On the contrary, Xiangzi's breakdown was written all over his face.

She finally experienced firsthand the "perfection" she had once longed for, and realized what that cruel and decisive version of herself would be like.

"All that constant sarcasm...all that constant dislike...and..."

"The things in the church...were all...done by me?!"

She couldn't accept that her ideal self would be so filthy.

She can't accept it.

"..."

Oblivionis averted his gaze, not daring to look directly at Xiangzi.

Even she couldn't bear to say the word "yes" about that matter.

If it were the old her, she would indeed have done that.

"Is this what you consider 'perfect'? Are you still envious?" Oblivionis said.

"No... I've never been envious... I'm not at all..."

"Impossible... How could the person I longed for be like this... Impossible..."

Xiangzi covered his head, letting out a painful groan from his throat.

This was even more unacceptable to Xiangzi than the idea that she was Nirvana.

"This can't be done—!"

The psychological shock turned into physical pain. His pupils nearly shattered, accompanied by a low groan that seemed to turn into a wail. The veins on his hand gripping the pistol bulged. Xiangzi's head was throbbing so badly it felt like it was about to split open.

Nothing turned out well.

Every choice is the worst choice.

"what......"

what......

God.

What should I do?

Xiangzi whimpered, roared, and retched in low voices.

It was as if he wanted to vomit out his entire existence in this world.

Oblivionis reluctantly raised his head, looking at the ceiling that seemed to have no end, his shoulders slumping down.

If it were the old me, I would probably use sarcasm and ridicule to provoke her now.

But after experiencing so much, Oblivionis could no longer say those words.

When the time comes, everything will come to an end.

By then... I hope...

But, at this time.

Xiangzi's eyes, which were blazing with fury, suddenly caught sight of the gun in his hand, and as if a bucket of water had been poured on a fire, he instantly calmed down.

“I said…Oblivionis.”

The alien roots were growing in her heart, Xiangzi's voice became calm, and she looked in the direction of Oblivionis.

"What would happen if your plan continued?"

"Although it's somewhat different from what I expected, the fact that the five familiars, including myself, are your lifeline remains unchanged. At the moment the five familiars die," Oblivionis said calmly, "we will all die."

"You intend to proceed with the plan?"

"Yes, when the time comes, I will do what I should do."

Oblivionis held the Soul Gem in his hands, his gaze fixed on the murky liquid floating within it.

"This is where we were born, and I want to die here."

"......Ah."

Xiangzi lowered his head and snorted coldly.

"Then... as long as you die before the time runs out, I'll be fine, right?"

boom!

The gunshots were like thunder on a plain.

Oblivionis looked at the real Toyokawa Shoko with trembling eyes.

A bright red bloodstain appeared on the left side of his chest.

"you--!"

"Even if I become you, become a witch, and fight against this world... I will live on."

Xiangzi raised his face, which was completely broken. She was smiling and looking at her with eyes that were not human at all.

"Because of selfishness, cowardice, and weakness..."

"This is me."

The Tale of Nirvana: Maintaining One's True Self: Chapter 143 Eclipse

"Even if I become you, become a witch, and fight against this world... I will live on."

Xiangzi raised his face, which was completely broken, laughing and crying at the same time, extremely distorted.

"Because of selfishness, cowardice, and weakness..."

"This is me."

The barrier changed after Xiangzi came to terms with reality.

The sky has spread its wings.

No, those are not wings spread across the sky.

It was as if the wings wrapped in the cocoon had unfolded, and the huge building had transformed into a butterfly emerging from its cocoon before Yushina's eyes. A pure white humanoid figure spread its wings and flew into the sky.

She looked up at the witch soaring into the sky, her pupils seemingly reflecting a reflection of herself as a child, on the day of the great earthquake, when she hid in her house in Ashihara, and could see the witch's hazy outline even from afar in Hagino...

Witch Night.

Like a bizarre dream, the sky over the reed plain turned blood red, the sun was obscured by dark shadows, and witches of all sizes crawled out of their dens and wreaked havoc in the streets.

The Protagonists, who originally planned to go to the corresponding location to investigate, changed their course of action due to the strange changes in the sky and immediately turned back to clear out the witches that appeared in their surrounding area.

The entire city erupted in chaos, and the scarlet sky looked like the end of the world.

When Hailing arrived at the top floor of the skyscraper, where the castle tower is located, the surrounding style suddenly changed from a simple business style to an antique Japanese style.

However, against the backdrop of the red sky, the castle tower seemed to place the backdrop of a hero fighting a dragon in Japan's Demon King's castle, filled with an ominous sense of oppression.

Hai Ling looked up at the white figure floating in the sky and gently pursed her lips.

There are ten minutes left.

Timoris is at the top of the castle tower; she still has eight floors to climb.

The enemies surged forth like a raging tide from every corner of the ancient building. Hailing's feet were already piled high with the corpses of all sorts of familiars, and she was surrounded by layers upon layers of familiars.

With so many enemies, only ten minutes remain.

She took a deep breath and exhaled the stale air. Then, with her left hand, she drew the wakizashi from her waist, gripped the katana tightly with her right hand, her forearm veins bulging, and raised the two swords, one long and one short, above her head, assuming a fighting stance.

"Ten minutes is enough."

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Boom——!

A deafening roar echoed across the battlefield as the white dragon was trampled under the chimera's feet. The humanoid upper body detached from the chimera's massive body and landed on the dragon's head.

Chu Hua drew his one-handed sword, sliced ​​open the dragon's forehead, dragged Doloris out, and quickly chopped off its limbs.

The two enormous creatures finally stopped moving, and the familiars around them began to surge forward.

Chu Hua picked up Dolores, who had become a human stick, and glanced at her watch.

"Ten minutes left..."

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The sounds of blood and flesh splattering rang out continuously, mixed with inhuman roars and delicate gasps.

"Ah~ Keep going~ Don't stop, is that all you've got!"

In order to reduce the consumption of magic power, Meow Dream has been trying to adapt to pain, gradually letting go of the feeling of pain until she is completely liberated.

Pain, numbness, excitement, dopamine release, tearing the other apart, being torn apart by the other, then regenerating, and starting a new cycle.

The Seed of Sorrow was rapidly depleting. The iron fan and whip that served as her weapons were thrown to the ground. Fragments of clothes, weapons, and flesh were scattered everywhere. Meow Dream was stained red all over. She was too lazy to spend the energy to regenerate clothes. She was almost naked and fought Amoris with only her fingernails and teeth.

A thin layer of blood had accumulated on the floor, evenly covering the entire vault floor.

The primal and wild fighting even carried a certain instinct rooted in their DNA.

Miao Meng felt like she had awakened some rather strange fetish.

Ah ~

She had never felt so carefree before, as if nothing else mattered and nothing needed to be cared about.

There's no need to care about success, no need to care about the future, and no need to care about the red tape in the eyes of outsiders.

It seemed that by bathing in his own and Amoris's blood, he could abandon everything...

wrong.

Is there something else I need to do...?

Miao Meng released her hand from the wound and plunged it into Amoris's abdomen. While she was slightly stunned, Amoris bit her throat and pulled her away.

With a click of the cork being pulled out, blood sprayed into the sky like a fountain.

Amoris wobbled and pulled a little distance away from Meowmon.

Her regenerative ability has begun to weaken, and her size has been shrinking. She has shrunk from three meters to the same size as Miaomeng, and looks exactly like Miaomeng covered in blood.

"what......"

Miao Meng clutched her bleeding throat, feeling the intense pain stimulating her brain.

"Oh, right, Xiangzi had another request."

Her muttering to herself, bubbling with blood, brought her to a slightly more sober state.

She checked the remaining Seeds of Lamentation and the level of corruption in her Soul Gem.

The magic required to block out pain is not much, but it's not little either. After conserving that amount, she had a lot of leeway, but if she didn't keep to a certain limit, she would become a witch.

However, it's soon.

Miao Meng looked up at the clock hanging on the wall of the vault; it was less than ten minutes away from the agreed time.

When the time comes, the phone with the set reminder will ring.

Meow Dream tilted her head, looked at Amoris who already looked timid, and licked her scarlet lips.

"Then let's play a little longer!"

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Mu followed the spiderweb-like threads and walked through the void.