Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

The singing grew clearer and clearer. Xiangzi kept switching between his spirit and body, gradually pinpointing the direction from which the singing was coming.

They weren't clustered around anything, but rather, like beacon fires, they stretched out in clusters, little by little, into the distance. Perhaps they really were beacon fires, guiding themselves toward their end.

Xiangzi crawled back into the intrusion sheath and, guided by the souls, swam towards deeper waters.

Crackle, crackle, crackle.

The strength of the penetrating sheath increased in a short time to the point where it could withstand pressure of two thousand meters. If the scientists who developed it saw this, they would probably be astonished. But Xiangzi was still taking it to deeper waters.

My headache seems to have disappeared.

Xiangzi even began to lose her sense of self, as if she had become one with the intrusion sheath, swimming little by little along the seabed beacon fire towards the "end" she was seeking.

—"Follow my footsteps..."

—"The purpose of seeking me..."

"Your destiny has been found..."

The intrusion sheath finally stopped in front of a blurry "mountain".

Xiangzi emerged from his sword sheath and looked at the two giant beasts entangled together before him.

They were dead, utterly dead, beyond any doubt. The beast-like behemoth plunged its claws into the chest of the serpentine behemoth, maintaining an embracing posture, before sinking to the seabed and drifting here with the ocean currents.

Hopeless.

The scene before him seemed to be telling Xiangzi this.

"Chuhua..."

Xiangzi bit his lip, holding back his tears.

"I've come to take you home."

Even so, she was determined to bring back the Seed of Sorrow from Chuhua.

Xiangzi manipulated the intrusion sheath, slowly drifting towards the beast-shaped corpse.

--"roar!"

Just then, a deafening roar echoed across the seabed.

Ji, whose chest had been pierced by sharp claws, suddenly opened his eyes.

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P.S.: There will be another update later. We'll win the revival match tonight.

The Lost Tale: A Young Man's Spirit: Chapter 265 The Road Home (4k6)

The water calamus, which should have died, actually raised its head and let out a long howl towards the sea.

The roar was extremely mournful, as if it were crying.

"Not quite dead yet?!"

A storm raged in Xiangzi's heart.

As expected of the Flower Witch, she's alive even with her heart pierced; her vitality is incredibly tenacious. But as admirable as she is, what will she use to fight against the cascading waters at an unknown depth in the ocean?

The fact that the intrusion sheath can dive to this depth is already quite remarkable. With the current arsenal, even if we could reproduce a lot of weapons, how many of them could withstand such high water pressure?

The answer is no.

not even one.

Unless Xiangzi voluntarily leaves the intrusion sheath and confronts Ji head-on with melee weapons.

That's even more impossible. Xiangzi believed that as long as she dared to step out of the intrusion sheath, the surrounding water pressure would instantly crush her into a bloody, mangled mess.

Did I die or not at that time?

Xiangzi dared not risk his life.

But what if she doesn't take the risk? Does she have any other options?

Xiangzi swallowed hard, staring at the monster in front of him.

Ji twisted its slender neck, opened its four eyes, and looked at the intrusion sheath floating in the water.

Only now did Xiangzi truly feel the oppressive power of Ji, a flower witch of the same kind as Nirvana. As a sea witch, her home ground is actually the deep sea. If Ji were intact here, probably no one would dare to confront her.

Even though the woman in front of him was a dying witch who seemed to be having a final burst of energy, Xiangzi still felt mental pressure no less than that of water pressure.

Ji opened his mouth towards Xiangzi.

broken!

Xiangzi sensed something was wrong and immediately manipulated the intrusion sheath to turn around, trying to twist open the front of Ji.

boo.

A tiny bubble emerged from Ji's mouth and slowly floated toward Xiangzi.

High-pressure water bubble?!

That thing can track you; the intrusion sheath is too slow in the deep sea, there's no way it can escape.

Just as Xiangzi had predicted, the bubbles sped up faster and faster, chasing after the tail that had invaded the sheath and crashing into it.

Bang!

A loud cracking sound rang out.

Xiangzi's senses vanished instantly, and the world plunged into darkness.

"That's enough, I don't have time to joke with you."

The deep voice traveled through the bubbles and into Xiangzi's ears.

Xiangzi twitched his ears.

"Eh?"

She was soaking wet, warm, and sticky, but... she wasn't dead.

what happened?

Xiangzi opened his eyes.

She found herself standing on the seabed, her body covered in wet chunks of flesh and blood—not her own, but blood that had seeped into her scabbard.

The fact that I was able to stand on the seabed without being crushed by the water pressure means that the surrounding pressure was at a normal level.

Conversely, the intrusion sheath exploded due to a sudden loss of pressure. The explosion caused by the loss of pressure was enough to kill an ordinary person, but Xiangzi is a magical girl, so there was no problem for her.

She just looked disheveled.

Did the fish blow a hollow bubble into itself? What was it trying to do?

Xiangzi looked at it in confusion.

Ji was also looking at her.

"You're still suppressing your instincts, how ridiculous." Ji let out a disdainful laugh. "My flower is going to end up in your hands."

"What...does that mean?" Xiangzi didn't understand.

"Chu Hua crushed my heart, even if I steal your flowers, I won't survive." Ji sighed, his huge head bobbing in the seawater, blowing a few bubbles. "You got off easy."

It then spat out a tiny speck of light from its mouth, which floated toward Xiangzi.

"Take the flowers, take Chu Hua with you, and then get out of here."

Ji lowered his head, broke free from the embrace of another giant beast, and floated in the sea with a hideous wound on his chest.

"Don't bother me anymore."

"Where are you going?" Xiangzi asked.

"Go home," Ji replied.

It swayed its long body, wobbled as it swam upwards, and gradually disappeared from Xiangzi's sight.

The point of light passed through the bubble beside Xiangzi and fell to the ground with a plop. Xiangzi walked over and picked up the glowing point of light.

It was a flower that was slightly different from his own soul gem. It was also shaped like an unopened bud, and its entire body was a deep blue color. It looked like one of those nameless flowers on the island that glowed at night.

"..."

Xiangzi carefully took out his Soul Gem.

What to do next? It seems like no one has told her.

She swallowed hard, deciding to follow the first thought that popped into her head. Since it was the first thought that came to mind, it must be instinct.

Instinct will tell her what to do.

Xiangzi gently tapped the two gems together.

Om-!

Consciousness instantly plunged into darkness.

......

......

......

Vague memories.

The room was turned upside down.

Two dead bodies lying beside him.

.......

Gray sky.

The faint sound of police sirens.

There was a patch of weeds in front of me.

Very hungry.

......

How long has it been?

Will someone come to save me?

Am I going to die like this?

......

"Thank goodness, Mio, you're alright!"

An embrace...so warm.

"Mother......"

"You little rascal, you're really a worry."

My shoulders are wet, Mom... did you cry?

"Get out of here!"

"oops!"

Boom!

it hurts!

"Honey, stop!"

"How dare you run away from home! Do you know the enormity of the trouble you've caused?!"

"I......"

"What? You want to talk back?"

Boom!

"Do you know how hard I've worked to raise you all?! I risked being beheaded by those foreigners to save you! Are you mocking me? You filthy thing! Just like your mother! Are you mocking someone who has no blood relation to you?! I've had enough, I've had enough, I've had enough!!!!"