I became a heart-stealing thief in Azure Files

That must have been so enjoyable...

The lossless live broadcast felt like lying directly in Sensei's arms, with Sensei whispering in both of his ears...

After a jolt, the girls all sprawled comfortably on the beanbag chairs of different colors.

Qing hugged the pillow, slightly lost in thought;

Maki Kasumi blushed, her knees together, and she covered her face with her hands.

As for Xiaoyu... she directly revealed her drunken state, showing that "no matter how many times she hears it, her enthusiasm will not diminish."

"The song I'm going to sing today is from outside Kiwatos. Its name is quite unique... it's called '831 143'."

"Gentlemen... can anyone guess the 'true meaning' of this array?"

The girls of Beritas, who were trembling slightly from the 'electrocution-like sensation', had recovered somewhat.

With a slight blush, Qingwei thought for a moment before speaking first: "If it were just a simple six-digit number, the difficulty of cracking this array would be a bit higher. But since it's two arrays, the difficulty will be much lower."

"If we try to understand it broken down... '8 letters, 3 words, expressing 1 meaning,' like this?"

Holding the hem of her summer dress, Maki followed Haru's hypothesis and made further conjectures: "If '831' means this... then the subsequent '143' should be the number of each word..."

“Use words from 1, 4, and 3 to express a meaning…”

At this point, Maki couldn't help but think of her experiences during the day.

"No, no way..."

She kept swallowing, unsure whether to feel ashamed or happy.

Seeing that Maki seemed to have guessed something, Haru and Tama both looked at her.

"Judging from Maki's expression, she must have guessed something..."

"What exactly is it...?"

Maki's gaze darted left and right as she was stared at by two pairs of eyes.

If it weren't for today's experience... she really wouldn't have made this connection.

But since I've already said it, not saying everything now would only arouse suspicion...

In a panic, Maki forced herself to remain calm, coughed lightly with her fist to her lips, and then, her eyes darting around, 'guessed' as she said, "It only uses eight letters to form three words that express one meaning, and it even has to be in the 1-4-3 configuration..."

"I guess this code is trying to express..."

"I Love You?"

Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, and after a few seconds, she belatedly lowered her head and pushed up her glasses, her expression becoming somewhat dazed again.

'I've been maintaining a stable relationship with Sensei, and every week I receive a special audio recording from her that she makes time for me...'

'Could it be that Sensei sang this song to himself...?'

Maki, who voiced her guess, let out a long sigh, patted her chest with lingering fear, and dared not look at her two companions.

'I just confirmed my "special relationship" with Sensei today, and she's going to sing this kind of song tonight...'

'Sensei, this must be a song you're singing to yourself, right?'

As for Haru, she thought of Maki going to take a bath and Tama searching for musical instruments, and her own experience.

With her bangs to herself, Qing lowered her head, lost in thought.

'The promise I made with Sensei about "making coffee" and "quitting caffeine"...'

Is Sensei implying something by singing this song...?

Is it sung to myself?

Because they were all preoccupied with their own ulterior motives, Maki, Tama, and Haru, who were in the same room, were all immersed in their own worlds and failed to notice the abnormality between each other at first.

……

As the guitar intro began, Miyako heard a soft sound of someone adjusting their voice.

The 'eavesdropping device' of the Millennium Beritas was extraordinary, recording even the slightest details with exquisite clarity.

(...The lyrics are in the author's notes...)

Apart from the patter of rain, the Rabbit team's location was unusually quiet.

Listening to the sounds coming from Moe's computer, the girls of the Rabbit team couldn't help but have different thoughts.

Miyako: 'Sensei specifically mentioned before the performance... "all the audience members present," could it be...?'

Moe: 'Tsk tsk... It doesn't even need any editing; just extract and publish it, and it's high-quality audio...'

Miyu: 'Sensei's song...'

Saki: 'It really sounds amazing...'

Saki: 'But in the surveillance footage, why do they all look like they have something on their minds?'

Saki was somewhat puzzled, but didn't notice anything amiss—

If we're talking about 'each with their own agenda,' the situation is probably a bit more serious for the Rabbit team.

……

After the song ended, Amamiya put down his guitar.

I felt the deep affection coming from Xiaoyu...

[COOP Improvement!]

【Tama Otoze (Magician) ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆】

[★3 Bond Skill "Voice of Emotion" is now unlocked!]

All that preparation was worth it...

After the song ended, Amamiya smiled dismissively at Maki, who excitedly shouted "Encore" after realizing what had happened, and at Haru and Tama, whose eyes shone brightly with obvious anticipation, though they didn't say anything.

"It's late, and rainy days aren't suitable for staying up late."

"Everyone, let's go to sleep now."

'Tomorrow when we wake up... it'll be an operation targeting Valkyrie and Hanaya Shiranui...'

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(Supplement) Chapter Seventy-Eight: Prophetic Dreams and Omens of Destruction

After the rain comes sunshine, and day and night cycle—these are unshakable fundamental principles of the world.

Beneath the crimson sky, a "tower" composed of broken, grotesque, and twisted objects spirals upward from the ground.

The variation of "The Poetry of the Whole Soul" gradually became impassioned and inspiring.

However, no one really stopped to listen to this variation.

Blood rain fell from the sky as a girl in a dark-colored evening gown walked through the rain with an umbrella, looking up at the twisted tower that stretched across the heavens and earth, and... a starlight lingering above the tower.

That's the only light in this world that's still considered "normal."

That light shone on this world for a long time... but now it has gradually dimmed.

The chanting turned into a battle song, and the gray-haired girl reached out her hand from under the umbrella, trying to touch the red rain curtain outside.

The voice of "全ての人の戦い" suddenly died down, and the whole world under the girl's ears suddenly became stagnant.

Raindrops falling on your hands make a hissing sound like scalding hot water hitting a red-hot iron plate, and then evaporate into wisps of black smoke in a very short time.

This result was not surprising at all.

The girl silently withdrew her hand, and the marks on her arm from the raindrops instantly healed.

She flicked her wrist, wiping away the raindrops that had turned clear and bright under the rain curtain. Suddenly, a cluster of dark blue flames roared up on the girl's cheek, and then the flames transformed into a black jackal mask.

'How long can the seal formed by releasing one's inner "universe" be maintained...?'

Having wandered this world for so long... will I still be unable to find the opportunity to push open the door of "judgment"?

The light of pursuit is gradually fading away, slipping through our fingers like sand that cannot be grasped.

The world, which should have ended long ago, was peaceful, and everyone lived under a scarlet, dark sky without realizing it.

The girl with the dark, broken halo stood in the ruins and picked up a flower with normal "color" from the rubble.

'Perhaps, until his memory fades, this place will remain...'

The murmuring stopped abruptly, and she stood up abruptly, looking over from a distance.

'Sensei...'

'Are you watching me...?'

She reached out, trying to grab something, but the next moment, the scene before her eyes was shattered like a broken mirror.

"..."

Opening her eyes from her dream, Amamiya felt the soft breathing of the sleeping girls on either side of her, as well as the warmth and fragrance emanating from their soft bodies. She breathed a sigh of relief.

She wanted to raise her hand to pinch her brow, but suddenly realized that her hands were being held by Tama and Maki, and her thighs were being held by Haru, so she couldn't move at all.

In order not to disturb the hacker girls, who already had irregular schedules and were light sleepers, Amamiya did nothing. Instead, she looked up at the dim ceiling and began to think, recalling the dream she had just had.

The "Predicted Future" (Saint-Ya's Bond) was actively triggered, and she even foresaw a bizarre, somewhat 'fragmented' dream.

The premonitions provided by the "Wheel of Fortune" shouldn't be taken as mere nightmares...

Let's find some time to tell Saintia in advance...

Additionally, if possible, it is also necessary to speak with Kuzunoha, the "Great Guardian of the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons" and another mysterious "Precognizer," beforehand.

If they can 'foresee' this situation, they must have noticed something amiss on their end, right?

Suppressing his chaotic thoughts for the time being, Amamiya was no longer sleepy and silently waited for dawn to arrive in the darkness.

It wasn't until late at night, after confirming that Haru, Tama, and Maki were all in a deep sleep, that Amamiya breathed a sigh of relief, broke free from their 'embrace,' and quietly left the room.

Aside from the slight disappointment of not experiencing the mature softness of a young girl, the rest of the experience was almost perfect.

However, this kind of experience... cannot be enjoyed every day until the 'incident' is over.

Taking a break now and then is fine... but if it's like this every day, then you'll be completely unprepared before 'disaster' strikes, and you might end up repeating the same mistakes.

After leaving the bedroom, Amamiya prepared a hot breakfast for the girls of Beritas beforehand, and then waited for the rain to stop.

—As expected, the rain outside the window continued until the sky began to lighten.

Amamiya didn't stop for a moment. Almost stepping out of the newly stopped rain and smelling the fresh, misty air after the rain, she rushed to the engineering department.

Yesterday, under Yuriko's leadership, Arios's team completed the crucial "site reconnaissance" task ahead of schedule. Now, all that's needed is to confirm their detailed procedures from yesterday and wait for their official operation today.

Furthermore... after obtaining the otherworldly weaponry and the "Persona," Hanaya's desires seem to have grown at an accelerated pace, far exceeding what is expected.

Just to be on the safe side, while Arios's team is on their mission today, let's also check the construction speed of the Hall of Flower.

Furthermore, it's time for Kirino's "persona" to awaken...

"Thinking about it this way, there's a real sense of tension that 'many things are imminent'."

Upon arriving at the entrance of the engineering department, Amamiya noticed that the members of Arius's team had also gathered there early in the morning.

Just like yesterday, today they still wore the same 'eye-covering bangs' and 'thick round-framed glasses' that would make them feel somewhat uncomfortable, along with the same outfit of a thousand-year-old long robe resembling a school uniform.

Yuriko was also there, of course. She was using the intuition and insight enhanced by the "Pope" to mark several important targets that Arius's team needed to check on the map.

Before the "High Priestess" tarot card had burned out, Amamiya didn't disturb Yuriko but instead greeted Saori and her group first.

"How did yesterday's 'reconnaissance work' go?"

As the team leader, Saori immediately straightened her back and gave a brief report.

"The infiltration route has been determined in advance, and emergency response training has been conducted for various unexpected situations."