Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

Mio seemed to see the shock in Xiangzi's eyes and said.

"It's ugly too, isn't it?"

she says.

"This is me, the sea witch - Ji, the truest form of the flower witch."

"You knew about the existence of flowers?"

“Of course, while incubators like to withhold some important information, they will still answer all your questions when you ask.” Mio curled the corners of her mouth. “I like that about them; I can use it.”

"Used?" Xiangzi sensed something was off about Mio's words and tilted his head. "What did you do with Kyubey?"

Soon, she regretted asking the question.

“Do you know that Aunt Lin used to be a magical girl, and a very difficult one at that?” Mio said slowly, word by word. “It took me a lot of time and a lot of advice from Kyubey to finally deal with her.”

As soon as Mio mentioned Hatsuka's mother, Shoko could already sense Hatsuka's restless soul. She quickly hugged Hatsuka's neck tightly, trying to control her before she exploded.

However, Chu Hua seemed surprisingly stable.

"Don't worry, Xiao Xiang."

His fist clenched tightly, sharp beast claws piercing his palm. Bsk stirred within the nearly shattered soul gem, and Chu Hua was already teetering on the edge of losing control.

But it still didn't get out of control.

She took a deep breath, exhaled it with trembling hands, and pulled her helmet back to reveal a pair of eyes filled with anger and sorrow, gazing upwards at the boulder.

"I...I'm mentally prepared."

"Are you mentally prepared?" Mio smiled sarcastically. "That's even better. I was worried you were too fragile to handle it."

"Enough!" Xiangzi snapped. "Just say what you want to say. Is it fun to torture people like this?"

"what?"

Mio was stunned for a moment by her question, then burst into laughter.

"Hahahaha—what a stupid question!"

She covered her mouth, laughing so hard she was shaking uncontrollably.

"Interesting, of course it's interesting, it's incredibly interesting!"

"When you were alone with me, you clearly said you didn't hate Chu Hua, so why are you saying that now—"

"You believed me when I said I was just an ordinary person?! You actually believed me when I said I didn't hate you?!" Mio, like a mental patient who hadn't taken her medication, suddenly went from smiling to hysterical, yelling at Xiangzi at the top of her lungs, "I'm a witch! A witch born from despair, filled with hatred for everything in this world! Don't you understand?!"

Then, she seemed to remember something funny.

“Yeah, witch…” Mio looked at Shoko with a puzzled and sarcastic expression. “You’re a witch too, you should know me, so why are you pretending not to know?”

"Haven't you ever thought about what I'm doing right now, or done anything wrong?"

"...Tsk."

Xiangzi clicked his tongue.

It's impossible for her not to have thought about destroying the world. When she found out that she was the one who carried out the church massacre, she was on the verge of vomiting, but she also couldn't forget the exhilaration she felt when she fired bullet after bullet and chopped down with the fire axe.

Even now, I can't forget it.

"Oh~"

Mio stared at Shoko's face, observing her expression, and a knowing look appeared on her face.

"It seems we're not so different, but... why have you become so fragile and vulnerable?"

In Mio's eyes, Shoko was indeed a witch with flowers, just like herself. The difference was that Shoko's power was too weak, so weak that it was almost imperceptible, as if she were imprisoned by something.

“I’m not like you,” Xiangzi said. “I will not succumb to the witch’s instincts.”

"You're making things difficult for yourself."

"So what if I'm going against myself?" Xiangzi raised an eyebrow, looked at Mio with disdain, and answered without hesitation, "What can you accomplish if you can't even overcome your own desires?"

Nirvana is to Xiangzi what Bsk is to Chuhua; the destructive impulse stemming from Nirvana is constantly influencing Xiangzi.

However, she is doing well now, with trustworthy friends and family to rely on, which allows her to suppress those little thoughts about Nirvana.

And...Oblivionis and the lamp, Xiangzi believed they were still watching him from the deepest part of his heart.

She won't let them down.

"..." Mio's face darkened instantly.

Finally, I managed to get back at her, even if it was just winning the argument, it was still a victory.

boom--

The trembling of her heartbeat seemed to tell of the witch's displeasure.

A shockwave, significantly stronger than before, swept over Xiangzi, its force almost blasting her away, making it nearly impossible for her to hold onto Chuhua's shoulders.

Xiangzi tightened his grip around Chuhua, trying to stabilize his spirit.

"Uh..." Xiangzi gasped for breath, large beads of sweat dripping from his forehead.

So even spirits sweat! She had never noticed before.

"Xiao Xiang... are you alright?" This time it was Chu Hua's turn to ask about Xiangzi.

"...It's alright, even if something were to happen, it couldn't happen." Xiangzi cleared his throat. "You can't live without me now."

She was telling the truth. If they left Chuhua now, Chuhua would almost immediately become Bsk.

Chu Hua didn't say anything, but simply grasped Xiangzi's translucent hand based on her intuition.

Some things don't need to be said; they can understand them.

Xiangzi felt a warmth in his heart.

"You guys... sigh, never mind."

Mio watched the two of them whispering sweet nothings and suddenly lost interest.

She held her forehead and crossed her legs.

"Since you can't stop me anyway, you might as well just watch from this VIP seat."

"Why are you so sure we can't stop you?" Xiangzi looked up at her. "You said this stone in front of you is your heart, right?"

"Then all we need to do is shatter your heart, and no matter what kind of witch you are, you'll die." Chu Hua continued Xiangzi's words, "Your guardian knight is already dead, and no one can stop you now—"

"Oh? So that's what you think?"

Snapped.

Mio raised her hand and snapped her fingers.

The scattered armor pieces gradually came together, forming a guardian knight once again.

"I can have as many of these as I want. If you want to order more, go ahead, I have no objection."

She shook her head, waved her hand, and the guardian knight turned into a wisp of black mist and flew back into the boulder.

"However, familiars are meaningless to me after I reach my complete form."

She looked down at Xiangzi with a detached expression.

“I’ve said before that I won’t be as stupid as the traditional villains in anime, knowing full well that you have the ability to fight back and still telling you everything.”

Mio stood up from the boulder, took a step forward, and fell to the ground under gravity.

"Xiangzi, as a witch who possesses flowers, you know we were attracted to each other before, right?" Mio revealed a chilling smile. "Did you think I lured you here for your flowers, or for something else?"

Before Xiangzi could answer, she continued talking to herself.

"Your only purpose was to allow Chu Hua to stand here smoothly. After that, you were no longer of any use."

She walked to a distance of about five meters in front of Chu Hua and stopped.

Then, he raised his hand and made a finger-snap gesture.

"Goodbye, heroine who fell from the sky, it's time for childhood sweethearts."

Xiangzi's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Wait, what are you doing?!"

Boom——

Mio flicked her finger.

boom----!

The boulder behind them erupted with unprecedented energy, and the shockwave spread irresistibly outward from the boulder as its center.

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Tick ​​tock…

Tick ​​tock…

Something dripped onto my face; it was wet and had a fishy smell.

Xiangzi frowned, feeling a wave of dizziness wash over him.

What just happened?

She remembered that Mio seemed to have snapped her fingers, and then her heart emitted the strongest shockwave that Shoko had ever seen before, and then... she lost consciousness.

Wait, "not conscious" means...!

"Chuhua!"

Xiangzi suddenly opened his eyes.

—"Welcome back to reality..."

A hoarse, weak voice came from nearby.

Xiangzi finally realized that what he was smelling was the stench of blood that filled the air.

Miao Meng's face was less than 20 centimeters away from Xiangzi's. Half a tree branch pierced into the back of Miao Meng's head and came out through her left eye socket. Fresh blood kept flowing out of the hole pierced by the tree branch and dripped onto Xiangzi's face.

Trees, soil, stones, and rubble pressed down on Miaomeng.

There were countless wounds like these; it was as if she had been pierced by a mountain of knives. She used her own body to create a space for Xiangzi.

"Hey, Xiangzi, I used to hear stories about people who survived having half their heads smashed, and I thought it was all nonsense." Miaomeng smirked and snorted, "I didn't expect it to be true."

A Lost Tale: A Young Man's Spirit: Chapter 254 I Want It All

"Hey, Xiangzi, I've heard stories before about people who survived having half their heads smashed, and I thought it was nonsense, but it turns out it's true."

Miao Meng twitched the corner of her mouth, and blood mixed with saliva flowed from her mouth, dripping onto Xiangzi's face.

The heavy breathing, thick with the smell of blood, hit Xiangzi's face and forcefully entered his nostrils.

Xiangzi felt nauseous instinctively.

However, the way Miao Meng looked made her completely forget her own physiological reactions; she looked so miserable.

The branch protruding from the left eye socket hindered brain regeneration. The surrounding granulation tissue had already grown together with the branch. As Miaomeng's jaw opened and closed, the growing flesh was torn apart, and blood flowed out from the gaps, only to be blocked by the rapidly regenerating granulation tissue.

The situation was similar elsewhere. Small fragments of branches and tiles were embedded in Miaomeng's body, tearing open new wounds with every movement she made. Larger fragments also hindered regeneration, causing the regrowth of limbs to become deformed. It could be said that, in Xiangzi's eyes, there was very little left of Miaomeng that still resembled a human.

"What happened..." Xiangzi said, trembling. "How could it have turned out like this..."

"It's nothing serious, the floor just collapsed and we fell down." Miao Meng squinted her right eye and said in an ambiguous tone, "Don't worry, don't worry, our Sleeping Beauty is not hurt."

"But how long have you been like this?"

"I don't know, I was just counting 1000-7 to kill time, I didn't keep track of the seconds." Miao Meng curled up the corners of her mouth, "Oh, how many was I counting to? Ouch—my head hurts a little, I can't remember."

"You didn't block out pain?!"

"Of course, blocking pain also consumes magic power. What if I can't hold out until you come back?" Miao Meng said calmly.

Her tone was so calm that it was as if she had completely blocked out the pain.

In other words, she completely let go of 100% of her pain perception to block out these pebbles and trees?

Xiangzi's heart skipped a beat.