Sakura Emma, ​​I'm going to control you fiercely!

"Did you create this wreckage?!" Hiro demanded.

Emma: '...'

Yang Wen: "Am I the embodiment of all evil in this world?"

I, Yang Wen, crashed into the Twin Towers; I, Yang Wen, assassinated Archduke Ferdinand; I, Yang Wen, led Dorgon into the Central Plains; I, Yang Wen, instigated the An Lushan Rebellion; I, Yang Wen, sold a loaf of bread for 50 marks…

Boom—

At this moment, the wreckage broke through Hero's attack barrier and advanced all the way in.

It played "Moonlight Sonata," with hundreds and thousands of notes shimmering around the wreckage, firing at Hiro like a machine gun!

Emma was not the main target of the wreckage's attack; she easily dodged it with a few sidesteps and a shield.

However, Hero, who faced the attack head-on, was not so lucky.

She accelerated her own time, moved between the notes, and dodged the close-range stabs from the wreckage.

Emma leaned lazily against the wall.

Should I go out and request reinforcements?

"Gu..."

Hiro understood that this was Emma's revenge for what had just happened.

"……Need not!"

“Oh…” Emma deliberately drew out the word, “Then assign me a task.”

"Do you think this is some kind of RPG?!"

Hiro reprimanded him in a deep voice, pulled out the painting, and transformed it into several tanks, temporarily blocking the surging onslaught of wreckage.

rumble……

The entire area trembled amidst the roar of tanks and the tearing of steel, but Emma remained unharmed.

Seeing that Emma had given the hint to attack the wreckage but then stopped, Hiro became increasingly anxious.

She probably guessed it.

Since Emma was able to identify the wreckage's weakness, there must be a solution.

But move! Move already!

Do I have to beg you to move?

Hiro himself didn't realize that just two minutes ago he wanted Emma to leave, but now he was extremely eager to help her.

“…Fine! I’ll assign you a mission!” Hiro’s face flushed slightly, but he still chose to swallow his pride.

Emma still did not take any action.

She smiled slyly.

"Please? I can be your support character."

"You—!" Hiro immediately turned around and glared at her, but had to regain his composure amidst the ensuing attacks.

"I'm begging you, I'm begging you, okay?! I, Nikaido Hiro, am begging Emma Sakuraba for help! Is that alright?!"

Emma thought to herself: I must say... no wonder he is a god.

A veteran, he manipulated the popular magical girl Cinnabar and the arrogant Hiro with ease.

Emma still intends to learn the speaking skills of the gods and absorb them through observation.

[Total Pink Filth Obtained: 20]

Yang Wen felt only joy.

At the same time, a pop-up window appeared:

[Accepted Hiro Nikaido's request: to decipher the immortality of the wreckage.]

[Reward: If you collect pink filth from Nikaido Hiro within 5 minutes after the battle, you will receive a 1.5x limited-time bonus!]

Upon seeing the pop-up window, Emma smiled at Heero again.

"As for the reward... after the mission is over, you'll get to spend 5 minutes 'friendly time' with Emma."

"...Huh? Get along amicably? Whatever." Hiro didn't think much of it.

To get along with Emma, ​​all you have to do is buy her a cup of milk tea.

According to Hiro's memory, Emma would be overjoyed if he shook hands with her, considering it an unexpected bonus.

Of course, Hiro would definitely give her some material reward to make up for the lack of gratitude expressed by "getting along well".

Emma felt a momentary pause, then her face flushed slightly.

The gods' friendly interactions are not just a simple matter of "friendly interactions"!

She could only feel sorry for Hero:

'You're doomed, Hiro-chan…'

Seeing that Hiro had accepted the reward offer, Yang Wen manipulated Emma to stand up from the wall, and she enthusiastically patted her clean dress.

"Hmph!" Seeing that Emma was about to take action, Heero snorted unhappily.

But I felt visibly relieved.

Since the condition for the wreckage to survive is that "Hannah Tono's piano music" stops, Emma's top priority should be to find Hannah.

Hannah had already disappeared by the time the "concert" started.

Hiro kept glancing at Emma, ​​wondering what she was planning to do.

Hero unleashed a variety of attack echoes to defend against the wreckage while simultaneously ensuring Emma's safety as she searched for Hannah.

Instead of searching, Emma walked straight in a certain direction.

That was the most inconspicuous corner of the guild hall. Now, due to a series of attacks, the rubble had piled up to the size of a car.

What is she planning to do?

Emma stood before the pile of rubble, reached for her rose bow, and took out a gun-shaped arrow with the property of "hardness".

She lightly touched the rubble with the arrow—literally, lightly.

Then, the arrow burst forth with a noticeable shockwave, shattering the entire pile of rubble.

When Hiro saw what lay beneath the rubble, his breath caught in his throat.

"What……?"

Even the attacks at hand were a beat too slow, almost allowing the wreckage to break through the attack's defenses.

Fortunately, the offensive was stabilized.

Hiro looked towards Emma again.

In the rubble in front of Emma, ​​there was a grand piano...

And Hannah Tono, sitting in front of the grand piano, playing continuously.

Hero asked, puzzled,

"How exactly...did she find out?"

Hiro's voice came into Yang Wen's earphones.

He just found it funny.

These days, AI gets so caught up in the game that it doesn't even know that players have something called a "minimap".

He glanced at the mini-map in the upper left corner of the screen.

On the map, there is a blue dot: that is Emma herself.

There is a red dot: that's the wreckage.

There are two more green dots.

One green dot is Hero. And the identity of the other green dot is obvious.

Yang Wen looked at Hannah's status bar:

Sleepwalking: 100%

He manipulated Emma and called her name:

"Hannah Tono".

"Waaah..."

Hannah's dazed eyes lit up slightly at the call.

After that sound, Hannah's status bar on Yang Wenping changed:

Sleepwalking: 100% → 65%

Hannah can exit the playing state after just two more calls.

Fortunately, no mind control magic was used.

Emma noticed this and breathed a sigh of relief.

Having found Hannah, the remains shouldn't be much of a threat to the magical girl Cinnabar.

But Yang Wen felt it wasn't enough.

He wanted to take this opportunity to get some pink filth from Hannah as a reward for the violin wreckage incident.

So, Yang Wen suppressed a smile and, in a serious tone, convinced himself:

"It seems that it won't be so easy for Hannah to wake up."

Emma heard the voice of the deity in her ear: 'Huh?'

is that so?

But isn't Hannah about to wake up?

Or is this just a facade?

Emma's mood immediately turned serious.

She watched as "herself" poked its head out at Hannah, its mouth close to Hannah's ear.

Then she felt the magic in her body being activated:

Switch to Compassionate State

Yang Wen had a fairly high level of affection for Hannah, so instead of directly using the Mercy Mode magic droplet, he diluted and vaporized the droplet to collect the pink filth in the safest way possible.

Then, he whispered in Hannah's ear, using the softest and most sweet tone:

"Hannah..."

"Um……"

[Gained 4 units of Pink Filth]

Hannah also let out a sweet, dreamy murmur.

Emma blushed deeply at the ambiguous tone in which she spoke to her senior. She forcibly shifted her attention to the explosions and shattering sounds coming from the intense battle on Heero's side.

'Let's finish this quickly...'

This was all to save Hannah—

Emma convinced herself of this.

But to Yang Wen's surprise:

After that sound, Hannah's eyes regained their sparkle.

Sleepwalking: 65% → 5%

The awakening process progressed far beyond Yang Wen's expectations, and Hannah's piano playing stopped there.

The wreckage seemed to have noticed this as well, and their attacks and defenses became more restrained.

Hiro sighed inwardly, "It actually succeeded..."