Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

Whoosh-!

As soon as he finished speaking, the last fuse in the white room went out.

"(Only one left!)" Xiaoyuan rushed towards the switch with her operator buff, "(Hama!)"

But just then, thick black smoke gathered between Xiaoyuan and the switch. This time, the wolf-like half-body had learned its lesson; since it couldn't stop Xiaoyuan from finding a firing path, it would stop her from transferring the buff to the other side.

As long as there is one fuse remaining, Deep Stone Lullaby will not die.

At this point, only twenty seconds remained until the final countdown.

"(Madoka! Kill it!)" Homura's voice came from the next room, "(Together!)"

At this moment, in the black room, the white sheep-shaped half-body was ready to charge.

With a click, Flame ejected the spent cartridge from the magazine, reloaded with new bullets, and began to stride toward the sheep-shaped half-body, gradually increasing its speed.

Fifteen seconds.

Xiaoyuan also took a step forward and rushed towards the wolf-shaped half-body, while Yan and the sheep-shaped half-body had already closed a considerable distance.

ten seconds.

Just before being hit, Flame stepped on a combination of landmines and iron plates that she had laid in advance. The landmines detonated, propelling her into the air.

at the same time.

The wolf-shaped half-body pounced on Xiaoyuan, who drew her bow, and five pink arrows materialized.

The sheep and the flame are about to pass each other, and the flame, which is in mid-air, aims the barrel of the gun loaded with slugs at the sheep's head.

Just as the wolf and the circle were about to collide, the little circle suddenly lowered its center of gravity, allowing itself to slide directly under the wolf's half-body.

boom--!

Whoosh-!

The sheep's head was blasted apart by bullets.

The wolf's body was pierced by five arrows.

The two bodies of the soul were killed simultaneously, resulting in their complete demise.

Yuan got up and slammed the operator Buff onto the control panel.

"(Homa!)"

"(I received it!)"

Flame activated the operator's buff, swung the shotgun with one hand, and aimed it at the last lone fuse.

boom----!

The countdown stopped with four seconds remaining.

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The Tale of Reincarnation: The Shore of Oblivion: Chapter 467 The Passage to the Other Shore

zizi——

The last fuse was blown off by the bullet, sparking as it went dark.

Damn——

As if the main switch had been pulled, the barrier of Deep Stone Lullaby suddenly went dark.

"It's done." Xiangzi finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the phone shut down on the basement level.

She walked toward the last witch who was firmly bound by Mu, and a scarlet spear reappeared in her hand, which she thrust into the brainstem of the blooming witch from behind.

The witch, who had never stopped struggling, finally fell silent and turned into seeds of lamentation that fell to the ground.

The barrier was breached, and the surrounding environment gradually faded, eventually returning to reality. The three seeds of lamentation stood on the ground like roly-poly toys, with their tips touching the ground.

The sounds of battle could be faintly heard outside the monitoring room. Xiangzi picked up the Seeds of Sorrow and threw all three seeds to Yan.

Xiangzi glanced at the time; less than four minutes had passed since the chaos began.

They had already cracked the security system at top speed, and even if the Ode to Praise faction reacted and provided support, it would still take some time before they arrived.

but......

Xiangzi glanced at the increasingly fierce battle in the hall.

"Does everyone still have the strength?" Xiangzi asked.

“We’re fine… Ouch…” Yan touched the side of her armpit that had been hit, and just touching it sent a sharp pain through her ribs.

That hit was quite hard. I managed to get through it with adrenaline for the first two minutes, but now that the adrenaline has subsided, the pain is surging up again. Even with the Soul Gem helping me adjust my pain perception, it's still hard to accept.

"Where's Xiaoyuan?" Xiangzi knew at a glance that Yan was putting on a brave face, so he turned around and asked.

"I'm not hurt," Xiaoyuan shook her head.

“Okay then.” Xiangzi nodded. “Xiaoyuan, go and support Sayaka and the others. Yan, you stay in the monitoring room to keep watch and prevent anyone else from coming in. Mutsu and I will go into the art storage room.”

"I can still fight! This injury will heal quickly, it won't affect anything!" Yan endured the pain throbbing on her right side, grabbed Xiangzi's sleeve, and said through gritted teeth, "Let me join too."

The pain contorted her expression, but her eyes remained clear.

"Xiao Yan..." Xiao Yuan supported Yan and whispered her dissuasion.

"..."

Xiangzi lowered his eyes.

Looking at Yan always feels like looking in a mirror.

“We are just business partners. You don’t have to obey my orders; you can take them as advice,” Xiangzi said. “I don’t recommend that you try to be strong when you’re injured.”

"Thank you," Yan said softly.

Although Xiangzi said he was unwilling, he actually gave Yan the final choice. In fact, that was enough.

"You're welcome, see you later."

Xiangzi nodded, and led Mu out of the monitoring room, running towards the nearest security door.

As Yan watched their retreating figures, she took out replacement bullets and grenades from her small round shield and hung them on her waist.

"Xiaoyuan, we..."

Flame turned to look at Madoka, but out of the corner of her eye she caught something that didn't seem right.

"Eh?!"

She turned around abruptly and looked in the direction Xiangzi had left, just in time to see him open the safety door and walk into the art museum.

"What's wrong, Xiaoyan?" Xiaoyuan asked worriedly.

"It's nothing..." Yan rubbed her eyes. "I was just seeing things."

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The Deep Stone Lullaby had just been breached by them, and all the surveillance and security equipment in the entire art museum had become ineffective. This time, Xiangzi wouldn't need to unlock anything to enter the art museum.

However, she also disliked the violent and unladylike behavior of kicking the door down directly, so she controlled herself and used the "master key" to shoot a hole in the lock.

Mu took out two puppets, had them hold the weapons that Xiangzi had recreated, and protected the two of them in the middle before entering the pitch-black interior of the art museum.

In fact, after the security system was breached, the entire art museum was without power. The exterior lights were not turned on during the day due to the lighting design, but the interior became much darker without lighting. Although there were light wells, they still greatly obstructed the view.

Especially when combined with the already poor visibility of the circular structure, Xiangzi always had a strange feeling after entering.

She swallowed hard and gripped the gun firmly.

“Xiang, look down,” Mu said.

Xiangzi lowered his head in response, immediately realizing where his uneasy feeling came from.

Someone has been here.

Xiangzi frowned.

But by then they had reached the two doors side by side, and Xiangzi still chose to focus his attention on something more important.

Without the barrier of Deep Stone Lullaby, these are just two ordinary doors that can be opened easily.

Xiangzi walked to the door on the left, aimed the "master key" at the lock, pulled the trigger, and with a "bang," a hole appeared in the door panel.

On the other side, Mu simply unlocked the lock with a silk thread.

The two stood at the door, glanced at each other, and then pushed the door open and went inside.

The two doors lead to interconnected rooms, separated by transparent glass. Xiangzi can see Mu in the right room from the left room.

As his gaze continued forward, Xiangzi's pupils suddenly shrank to their smallest size.

What kind of thing is hidden behind the door that makes the Ode to Praise so much about this storage room?

Xiangzi's initial thought was that this place contained important items related to "the witch of this shore". However, she did not expect that what was hidden here was the witch of this shore, or rather, her familiar.

【Witch's Name: Homulilly (忘却の此方)】

The nature of this is immorality, betrayal of time, blaming time, and judging time.

Placed here is its familiar, "The Passage to the Other Shore," which is what appears before Xiangzi and Mutsuki as an object that looks like two old-fashioned record players put together.

There is a record player in each of the two rooms on the left and right. The records on the record players are pieced together to form the shape of the Arabic numeral "8". Continuing upwards from the records, a movable wall is erected to cover them, making the two record players look like a revolving door.

However, what made Xiangzi's pupils shrink suddenly was not the appearance of the familiar of the Witch of the Other Shore in front of him.

Rather, it was because the room she was in was filled with signs of a battle.

Scorched black, ravines, holes, cracks.

It's as if a major battle took place in this room.

But......

Xiangzi swallowed hard and looked up at the passage on the other side.

Did it really "happen"?

The Tale of Reincarnation: The Forgotten Shore: Chapter 468 The Other Shore

Xiangzi entered the room on the left, and Mu entered the room on the right. The two rooms were separated by a glass wall that allowed them to see the other side. Originally, it should have been a glass wall, but now it was a pile of broken glass pieces on the ground, with only the wire mesh between the glass panes hanging halfway up.

The strangest thing was that there was a streak of blood on the ground, and the eyes were fixed on the end of the room.

The two walked slowly forward, Mu's feet making a crisp sound as she stepped on the shards of glass.

"It's best not to step on it," Xiangzi reminded him upon hearing the voice.

"What's wrong with these panes of glass?" Mu moved her feet away. "What... happened here?"

Rather than explaining what happened...

Xiangzi's eyes drifted to the cracks and ravines on the wall, the lingering smoke, and the pile of unidentifiable pieces on the ground.

The smoke drifted in a strange way; it didn't disperse naturally, but instead gathered towards the ravine.

Xiangzi swallowed hard.

"...Something must be about to happen."

The reverse smoke, the traces left before it even arrived, suggests that this battle is not one that has already taken place, but one that is about to begin.

Xiangzi stared at the revolving door shaped like a record player.

sizzle-

As if in response to her words, the record player suddenly emitted a buzzing sound without anyone touching it. Then, the two records, one on the left and one on the right, began to rotate clockwise and counterclockwise respectively, producing sound.

Trun the light on~

【~no thgil eht nurT】

On Mu's end, it was barely possible to make out that it was a song, but on his end... Xiangzi couldn't make out the content of the sound at all.

At the same time, the revolving doors closed inwards along with the direction the record was spinning, and the two revolving doors joined together, pausing for about half a second.