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

"Let's move forward a little."

The next moment, his screen went dark and entered loading mode.

Meanwhile, Emma didn't understand what Yang Wen meant by "forward".

But then she saw something beyond her comprehension.

The birds in the sky began to fly backwards; the scattered sunlight flowed back as rapidly as gold dust sucked away by a vacuum cleaner; the iron gate to the rooftop opened, and Hiro walked down the steps in reverse...

The entire world was thrown back at that moment, plunging into a dizzying, chaotic darkness.

All of this laid bare the truth right in front of Emma:

Someone pulled time back.

A feeling of weightlessness followed, enveloping the entire body.

Emma blinked and stood firmly on the ground.

When she came to her senses, she discovered—

Rewind to the moment in the corridor when Hero and Hannah simultaneously extended their invitations.

'What exactly happened?'

Emma felt as if she were in an ice cave, her whole body covered in cold sweat.

Incomprehensible, indescribable, beyond words...

It seems that all of this was done by "that person".

A novel and chilling idea suddenly popped into Emma's mind:

Is it really the remains that control one's body?

"This save/load loading is really slow."

That person's voice, in a familiar tone, rang in Emma's ears.

Yang Wen looked at the two options that reappeared on the screen:

【Go with Hero (★)】【Go with Hannah (★)】

Without hesitation, he chose option two: go with Hannah.

Emma then looked at Hannah and said expressionlessly,

"Senior, shall we try being partners?"

"...?"

Hannah and Heero were both taken aback, clearly not realizing Emma's reply.

Hiro remained silent. Hannah, however, smiled and offered words of comfort.

"You don't need to worry about me. You should have more important things to do."

--"Oh."

Before Emma could reply, Heero interrupted.

Her thoughtful gaze lingered between Hannah and Emma.

"You've made new friends too. Now I can finally have some peace and quiet."

After saying this, Hero turned and left.

Hannah and Emma were left in silence.

Hannah noticed that Emma was still looking at Heero's back.

Hannah slightly turned her head away, covering her face with her fan, her tone low and somber.

"Um... I don't know what happened, but I'm sorry."

“This isn’t your fault. After all, your situation is more important,” Emma said.

Emma didn't say "because you're about to die" aloud, in order to hide her goodwill towards him.

"...Huh? Thank you?" Hannah was flattered, then retreated to a corner, thinking to herself, "When did I become so close to this junior? Could it be that we knew each other before? Were we actually childhood friends?"

He even secretly squinted to observe Emma's profile.

Yang Wen tapped his index finger on the table at a steady pace.

If this were a regular visual novel, Emma would have entered the [Hannah route] instead of the [Heero route] after this choice.

Hero's plans have to be put on hold.

However, this place offers a level of freedom comparable to games like The Bourgess III or even D&D. Therefore, Yang Wen can use this to his advantage:

"Senior, do you have time to keep me company before I go for the test?"

"...Huh?" Hannah took two steps back, embarrassed. "Could it be...a hotel?"

[Gained 2 units of Pink Filth.]

The high degree of freedom and powerful AI left Yang Wen speechless.

Emma said, "No, it's just that I want you to come with me and Hiro. Of course, don't talk on the way, just act like you don't exist. Just wait for us downstairs on the rooftop for a bit."

Hannah: "Oh, oh..."

Seeing that Hannah, who was unsure of the situation, very understandingly agreed, Yang Wen thought to himself, "Plan works."

Then, control Emma and walk towards Hero together with Hannah.

Yang Wen muttered to himself,

"Next, all we need to do is let Emma get scolded by Hiro again."

Emma: ? ? ?

She was just thinking about the idea of ​​time going backwards when she suddenly heard "that person's" voice.

Then, "he" spoke to Hero.

"Hiro-chan, shall we go to the rooftop and chat?"

Following the original storyline of the "Heero route," they arrived at the stairwell below the rooftop. Yang Wen asked Hannah to wait there while he and Heero went up to the rooftop.

Then I pressed [Fast Forward].

Suddenly, the world's flow accelerated.

Emma found that scenes she had experienced before were flashing rapidly before her eyes.

On the rooftop, Hiro seemed to have had a switch flipped, his entire body twitching wildly at a high frequency. That long string of originally cold rebukes now turned into a machine gun barrage at three times the speed, spraying Emma with a torrent of abuse.

Emma felt like her brain had been shaken to its core.

'I've been treated like a punching bag again... Waaah...'

When I came to my senses, I had already "passively" completed a task of being scolded.

Then "that person" repeated the riddle to Hero as originally planned.

After following the plot step by step...

Emma and Hannah walked together on the main road of the campus.

Emma felt a deep sorrow in her heart:

'I got scolded again... Waaah...!'

Yang Wen sighed inwardly, perhaps this was the normal main storyline.

Now, he has not only experienced the original Hero storyline, but also followed Hannah's storyline.

However, I didn't get the Pink Filth after replaying the Hero storyline. It seems the Pink Filth is a one-time event for each storyline.

—"Th-that..."

A slightly hesitant, delicate voice drifted over from beside her.

There was also a pop-up window:

[Gained 2 units of Pink Filth.]

Emma looked over and saw Hannah staring at their intertwined hands with shame.

"I feel the campus is quite safe... I probably don't need to hold hands, right?"

Yang Wen didn't know how to answer.

After he activated the NPC follow feature, Emma took Hannah's hand tightly without a second thought.

If I don't know how to answer, then I won't answer.

Yang Wentang brazenly ignored Hannah's words and continued to hold her hand as if it were perfectly natural.

Suddenly a QTE appeared, and Yang Wen pressed it. Emma held on even tighter.

"Ugh..." Hannah's soft moan, tinged with resentment, sounded especially sweet to Yang Wen.

On the screen, Hannah's tightly clenched little hand looked like a wronged little rice cake. As the QTE was successfully executed, Emma's fingers squeezed even harder into the soft flesh of her palm, and a slight blush could even be seen under her delicate skin.

Yang Wen suddenly felt a little hungry.

[Gained 3 units of Pink Filth.]

While enjoying the delicious food, he didn't forget that he still had a reward to check:

That is the "Silent Withering" scene in Hannah's death CG, and what exactly is the purpose of the pink filth?

Yang Wen clicked on the [Circle Record Book], flipped to the last page, and watched the death CG of the person involved next to Hannah.

The equipment effect of 【Parting Ways】 is the ability to transform into a magical girl.

So what are the effects of the [Silent Wither] equipment?

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[Silent Decay: When equipped, grants the Soulwalker animation module. Gains the following skills: Roll (invincibility frames), Block, Stealth, and Lure. Requires 70 Pink Filth to reach skill level Lv1.]

I see... [Pink Filth] is used to upgrade skills.

He now has 29 units, and the next level requires 70... Yang Wen temporarily put aside the matter of the pink filth.

Upon seeing the Silent Wither skill, he couldn't help but recall his former identity:

He was once a torchbearer, a faded figure, and a chosen one.

Even now, in the visual novel *Magical Girl's Witch Trial*, one still can't escape the allure of magic...

He also checked the progress of the [Heart Gem] accumulating magic power.

[The Heart Gem is restoring its magic. 2 hours remaining.]

Yang Wenxian changed the CG of "Parting Ways" and then installed "Silent Withering".

In an instant, my body felt lighter. At the same time, my brain seemed to have gained many more muscle memories.

After confirming that the Heart Gem was still accumulating magic, he opened the settings and checked the key bindings.

Spacebar roll, Q lock on, right mouse button parry, left mouse button light attack.

Just as Yang Wen was getting excited and planning to do a somersault on the campus avenue in front of everyone...

"Junior, junior!"

Hannah suddenly tugged at Emma's collar.

Yang Wen adjusted the camera angle, making Emma turn her head to look at the direction her senior was pointing.

"Snoring..."

They saw a poodle with bloodshot eyes staring intently at them from the road ahead.

A poodle has appeared!

Looking at the yellow name above the dog's head, symbolizing "neutral," Yang Wen had an idea:

Could it be that in that previous save file, the senior student's death cutscene was triggered by this dog?

Emma then looked at Hannah beside her with a strange and curious gaze.

Hannah complained, "What kind of look is that? It's not a big deal if you're afraid of dogs!"