Don't be afraid, I've truly come to bring you happiness.

On the spiritual ladder, two illusory figures shoved and tore at each other.

In the chaos, Mortis's emotions completely erupted.

She pushed with all her might.

Xiao Mu stumbled back several steps, crashed through the railing, and fell into the endless dark abyss below the stairway of consciousness.

At the same time, countless fragmented alternate personalities, suppressed deeper within, let out faint cries.

Eh?

Xiao Mu...

Dead?

In reality, Mortis stood frozen in place, his pupils dilated.

She picked up her phone, but without even dialing, she simply held the receiver to her ear and shouted in a trembling voice into the void.

"Muxi Muxi?"

no respond.

"...Muxi Muxi?"

It remained a suffocating, deathly silence.

No one responded.

How to do?

What should I do?

Xiao Mu, I killed her with my own hands?

Do not!

wrong!

how could this be!

I am the alternate personality. If the main personality dies, I will also become an irrational madman!

She must have just... just fallen asleep!

Yes, that must be the case!

As long as I wake her up, as long as...

Do you know what a strangler vine is?

The man's voice, like the whisper of a demon, rang in my mind without warning.

"It was originally just a by-product of the banyan tree and looked harmless."

"But as it grows, it climbs up the trunk and wraps its vines around the tree, tightening them."

"Ultimately, it completely kills the host, steals all its sunlight and nutrients, and takes its place."

In an instant, the illusion of the menacing strangler vine overlapped with the figure of Xiao Mu falling into the abyss.

The guilt of “killing” Wakaba Mutsu.

The guilt of avoiding the performance.

Fear, hesitation, regret...

At this moment, all weak emotions were completely covered and swallowed up by the "gospel" planted by that man.

"yes……"

"I am the strangler vine."

Mortis slowly, very slowly, raised his head, his empty eyes gradually being filled with a new, dark will.

She finally understood everything completely.

"If my sole purpose from the very beginning was to take everything from Wakaba Mutsuki."

"Then what...is there any need to wake her up?"

"Dr. Lin, you're right."

Whether it's the primary personality or the secondary personality, all of them combined...

They're all not as good as me alone.

To mask her fear of killing her master, she chose the most extreme form of self-hypnosis.

Just like a serial killer who, after committing his first unintentional crime, can only keep telling himself—I was born this way—in order to get rid of the guilt.

This is the beginning of his descent into darkness.

Without Lin Yuanshan's influence, perhaps Ye Mu's main personality would only have been dormant for a while before waking up.

The argument just now was nothing more than a minor conflict between personalities.

However, Mortis now only wants to seal away his main personality forever.

Liberated from the fragile cage of "morality," what surges into my heart is an unprecedented sense of ease and freedom.

"Click."

The door to the lounge was pushed open from the outside.

It is Lin Yuanshan.

"Tonight's performance has been postponed. If you don't want to go, you can pin all the blame on me."

He took a breath and continued:

"Just say I kidnapped you, it's that simple."

Upon hearing this, Mortis couldn't help but smile.

She raised her eyes, looking at Lin Yuanshan with her dark, golden pupils, and said:

"Mortis is tired, she's resting."

Her voice became steady and gentle, even carrying a touch of Xiao Mu's unique, doll-like ethereal quality.

She picked up the guitar beside her.

"Now, standing here is Xiao Mu."

"So, don't worry."

"The performance is no problem, Lin-san."

She didn't want him to know that she had "sealed" her primary personality.

She didn't want him to see her as a "murderer".

Moreover, as a strangling vine, what she wants to take away is everything from Wakaba Mutsu.

AveMujica will still exist.

But from now on, she will exist in the way she wants.

"Wakaba Mutsumi" has gone far away, for reasons unknown.

Lin Yuanshan suddenly felt a chill.

Emulator Log

Under your influence, Mortis has become completely corrupted.

She returned to the performance venue.

Although the performance was delayed, it was still excellent.

She disguised herself as Wakaba Muku, infiltrated Ave Mjica, and successfully took his place.

Mortis successfully boosted the popularity of the idol group Another by leveraging his resources on Mujica.

Just when everything was going well, Ruoye Mu's main personality showed signs of revival.

Mortis then took action.

[Through Miku Miku's investigation, she uncovered Miku Miku's background and exposed the scandal to the media controlled by the Shinomiya family, the arch-rivals of the Toyokawa family.]

Toyokawa Sadaharu is facing a crisis of legitimacy regarding his power, which also leads to questions about Shoko's background.

AveMjica has thus been caught in a public relations crisis.

[Mortis took the opportunity to join forces with Teacher Da Miao (Yutenji Ruomai) to put pressure on Xiangzi, forcing Xiangzi and Misaka Hatsuka to leave.]

[Toyokawa Sadaharu has lost power in the family feud. To prevent Aine's happiness level from dropping, you temporarily protect Toyokawa Shoko and Mikami Hatsuka.]

Mortis is resentful of your protection. In her plan, Xiangzi and Chuhua should be controlled by her to blackmail Ruoye Mutsu's main personality.

But your existence puts Mortis in a dilemma.

Therefore, at this moment, you are Mortis's greatest enemy.

Rooftop.

The wind howled.

Lin Yuanshan pushed open the rusty iron gate, where Mortis had been waiting for a long time.

She sat on the railing at the edge of the rooftop, her black dress and stockings swaying slightly in the night breeze, her legs dangling high above the ground.

"Hey, long time no see, Mortis."

He initially just wanted to see the personalities pulling each other's hair, but he never expected them to actually use knives!

Undoubtedly, things have escalated to this point; a girl band anime has turned into a palace intrigue anime.

The simulation has already been sent.

He came here simply to put an end to things.

Before restarting, he needs to figure out why he failed.

Mortis didn't turn around; his voice was somewhat scattered by the wind.

"I'll give you twenty million. Leave Xiangzi."

Lin Yuanshan ignored him.

"It's not about money."

Mortis nodded slightly, as if he had expected his answer.

Money can't solve the problem.

Then let's use violence.

She turned and got off the ground, dragging a wriggling sack out of the shadow of the water tank.

The rope was untied, revealing the tightly bound triangular Hatsune Miku.

"Waaaaah! Dr. Lin! Help me!"

Hatsune cried out for help desperately, her tears and snot mingling together.

"Hand Xiangzi over to me."

Mortis's voice turned cold.

"Otherwise, I'll throw her off here."

Lin Yuanshan smiled.

"Stop pretending. You wouldn't even lay a hand on me, let alone Hatsune Miku. Another must hold a lot of importance in your eyes, right?"

Mortis nodded again.

She knew that this man understood her better than she understood herself.

Sure enough, it still doesn't work.

That leaves only the final step.

She took a deep breath.