I'll kill you after I finish this game!

Founded around the same time as the city of Suwahara, it is undoubtedly the oldest school on this street.

However, it only lasted about 60 years at most, with a 3-year school system and approximately 600 students. Being a key high school, its deviation rate was relatively high.

However, because the football, basketball, and kendo clubs achieve good results nationwide, the members of those clubs are often considered to be quite slow-witted; in short, they are students with special athletic talents.

Fujii Ren's best friend, Kasumi, is a typical example.

She herself is a socially awkward loner, and since Skadi appeared in her school life, her world has been gradually crumbling and detaching her from ordinary reality.

This is something she hates, something she absolutely detests.

Skadi showed no hostility towards her, but Fujii Ren could sense that the other party was urging her to do something and was strongly demanding that she become her disciple.

It's easy to see, in a simple and easy way, that the other party possesses extraordinary, even supernatural, power.

High school students yearn for such power, right? But Fujii Ren, who cherishes the moment after washing away the dust of tranquility, does not crave such a change.

"Even if you want to become an apprentice, how can someone be so rude? She clearly looks prettier than the senior student."

After school at dusk, Fujii Ren walked home along the main road, touching the bruises that had long since disappeared, while waves of phantom pain still lingered in his body.

Looking up towards the bridge in Suwahara City, I was blinded by the glaring sunlight as the evening sun was directly over the other side of the bridge. I had to squint and turn my head away.

Avoiding the twilight sunlight, Fujii Ren sighed softly as he looked ahead, his eyes glared at the blinding light.

It was dusk, a time she neither disliked nor liked.

Every day is about to end, and time slips away uncontrollably in an instant. Although I know I can't stop the passage of time, I still feel a sense of regret.

The beautiful twilight sunlight streamed down from the sky, illuminating the entire bridge and the water below, making the flowing sea sparkle and appear exceptionally dazzling.

This alone shows that Suwahara City's reputation for its unique landscape is well-deserved.

but......

"The city feels different..."

Having a deep appreciation for the unchanging moments, Fujii Ren is very sensitive to changes in her surroundings. With this feeling of doubt, the girl lifted her feet and slowly walked towards her home.

Even at dusk in Suwahara City, there are still many people heading home from get off work.

Some people were carrying bamboo baskets and bags; they were young women returning home from grocery shopping.

Some people are dressed in suits, carrying bags, white-collar workers who are tired after a long day and are ready to go home.

Some students, dressed in similar uniforms to Lian, carried schoolbags and were either going out to play or returning home after school.

People of all kinds were coming and going in the surrounding houses, creating a bustling scene.

But as he walked home, Fujii Ren's gaze gradually changed to one of fear. His incredulous eyes were fixed on the people around him, as if he had seen something unbelievable.

Rubbing his eyes to make sure he wasn't hallucinating, Fujii Ren opened them again, and for a fleeting moment, a staff of snakes entwined together appeared.

In his line of sight, some people had dull and stiff eyes. Fujii Ren looked as if he had seen a ghost, seeing that most of them had clusters of burning flames on their chests.

It was a flame that seemed to carry no heat, displaying a pale blue hue.

Some flames were very strong, while others were extremely weak, like different candles being lit, burning slowly in a flower-like shape.

Simple flames wouldn't frighten Fujii Ren, but the way these flames existed was too terrifying.

They were all located inside people's bodies, and were observed by Fujii Ren in the chest area.

Not everyone has it.

However, people with these signs of fire have very direct outward appearances, such as being tired, listless, and walking on the road like a machine with lifeless eyes.

The individual with a very strong flame looks like a normal person, but the flame inside the body is extremely weak, like a rusty robot, looking like it will break down at any moment.

[Vehicle Killer]: What's going on? What's with the flames on these people's chests?!

[Dumb Goose]: These people seem like machines, and the intensity of the flames symbolizes their active movements.

[World Destroyer]: Interesting. This world is revealing some very interesting secrets to us. I'm so curious. Luckily, I can capture these moments with videos and photos.

【Magical Girl Teriri】: It seems only this girl named Fujii Ren can see it; everyone else is completely oblivious to this strange sight.

【The Bard of Mondstadt】: The beginning of the story is full of inexplicable mystery. It seems that the words of the silver-haired girl earlier were not unfounded.

[Retired elderly man]: Generally speaking, I think this scene is definitely not a good thing. These people with flames on their chests feel more eerie to me than corpses.

[Head of the Hall of Rebirth]: To be precise, they should be called walking corpses. There are so many of them, what's going on?

"W-What?! This isn't a hallucination!?"

Fujii Ren watched as the strange and eerie crowd brushed past her. Their mechanical demeanor and lifeless eyes sent chills down her spine.

The unknown nature of the situation, which no one else could perceive but she could see, instilled in her an unspeakable fear.

This is neither the fleeting moment she wanted, nor the everyday life she desired!

P.S.: The Day of Divine Wrath has officially begun...

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Chapter Ninety-Three: Yasuri Shichimi, Himuro Reia

Just as Fujii Ren was stunned and frightened, a sudden change occurred.

"Whoosh—!!"

Before Fujii Ren's eyes, a crimson red object, resembling a magic circle, suddenly appeared out of thin air.

Then it quickly unfolded and spread in all directions, but the people walking around seemed completely unaware of this and continued to move forward on their own.

But then, in the very next moment, the world before Fujii Ren's eyes suddenly changed.

The sky turned a dark red, the sunlight had disappeared, and everything was a crimson red.

Wherever the red color covered, everyone stopped moving. They just stood there, frozen in place, as if they had turned into stone statues.

Even their bodies themselves looked as if they were covered in a layer of dust, no longer so vivid.

"...What's this?"

Faced with this sudden change, Fujii Ren felt a sense of familiarity with the frozen scene before him, but also a chilling fear.

"boom!!"

Just as Fujii Ren was confused about what was going on, a row of vehicles suddenly exploded not far in front of her, scattering debris everywhere. Then, Fujii Ren saw pedestrians caught in the blast wave suddenly burst into flames.

There were no screams or wails; people's eyes remained blank and still as the rhythmic bluish-white flames on their bodies instantly engulfed them all.

But that wasn't the end of it; even more shocking things happened to Fujii Ren.

People are like firewood, becoming part of the flame and being drawn in one direction.

"Bang! Bang!"

Two loud earthquake sounds came from the other side of the street. Looking in the direction of the sound, a huge white monster walked over from the other side of the street and stood not far in front of Fujii Ren.

It looks like a giant toy baby with a rather ugly face.

The other side had a disgustingly large mouth open, devouring the bluish-white flames that were formed from humans.

Everyone around her except for Fujii Ren was engulfed as dancing flames.

“W-What the hell is going on!?”

Fujii Ren watched in horror as everyone around him turned into flames and was devoured by the monster. Had he really stumbled into some kind of tokusatsu drama set?!

"Ah?"

Hearing the sounds of other people in the silent predator-prey scene, the giant baby monster looked around, then showed a confused expression before finally locking onto the panicked Fujii Ren.

"Why are you able to move around inside the sealed-off area?"

Does "sealed off" refer to a sudden change in the surrounding environment?

Before Fujii Ren could continue thinking, a spherical object that looked like a fusion of countless mannequin models suddenly appeared not far behind the giant baby. It turned its eyes and stared intently at Fujii Ren.

"This is not our world after all. The New World doesn't have Mystice and the Fire Mist. He looks like an ordinary person."

"Hey?"

Hearing the spherical object speak, the giant baby looked even more curiously at Fujii Ren, who was sweating profusely. Then, as if it had discovered something surprising, it said with a happy and silly expression:

"Hmm, she seems like a noble person."

It's impossible that I can't sense any power of existence from this human being. Every living thing has some power of existence, even ants and pebbles.

As if it had guessed something from Fujii Ren, the giant baby felt that the other party was not without the power of existence, but rather that the power of existence was so great that it could not be detected by them.

A person's existence is based on their influence on the world and their future, but Fujii Ren shows no sign of such power.

There is only one possibility: the other party is a sublime being who transcends time and space, whose power of existence may be unimaginably great.

"We've really struck gold! Let's give her to the master; he'll be very happy."

"Hahaha, don't run away, I'll catch you."

Upon hearing this command, the giant baby in front of them seemed to have an IQ as low as its appearance. It reached out its large hand to grab Fujii Ren, but after hearing their ill-intentioned conversation, Fujii Ren immediately took off running.

The giant baby, with heavy, earthquake-like steps, chased after Fujii Ren, laughing loudly.

"Damn it, why is something like this appearing in front of me?!"

Fujii Ren ran for her life. The sound of the earthquake chasing after the giant monster made her heart race. It would be a lie to say she wasn't afraid. Although she didn't understand why they wanted to capture her, she definitely didn't want to have anything to do with them. The only thing she could do was run away.

At this moment, Fujii Ren suddenly remembered Skadi. He had asked her before if she would like to become her apprentice. Could it be that Skadi, like this monster, saw something in her that he himself did not know?

None of that mattered anymore. The feeling of powerlessness made Fujii Ren somewhat regret not learning from Skadi.

"You can't escape!"

Just as Fujii Ren was using his familiarity with the terrain to make his escape, the spherical monster, which looked like a fusion of countless human models, let out a mocking sound and charged towards him like a cannonball.

When Fujii Ren saw this scene, she was able to process it consciously, but her body, being that of a female high school student, was unable to do so.

I was suddenly thrown into the air, expecting to crash hard into the ground or a wall, but instead I was enveloped by a feeling of restraint.

"caught you."