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"Oh, actually I had some things to do at school today, sorry! Sayaka."

Kaname Madoka clasped her hands together and sincerely apologized to her.

"I'll let it go this time, but please remember to let me know next time."

Sayaka Miki generously forgave her, after all, she was just very worried about her friend.

Meanwhile, Li Xiao had just sat down in her seat when she noticed the bento box on the table.

Looking at the little note with cute drawings on the bento box, Li Xiao shook her head and chuckled.

That noon, Madoka and her two friends didn't come over, and Li Xiao ate the bento that Madoka had brought by herself.

To be honest, the bento box tastes pretty good; at least Li Xiao likes it.

After lunch, Li Xiao spent another leisurely afternoon.

After school, Sayaka Miki and Hitomi Shizuki went to the counseling room together.

Main Text: Chapter 148 Beauty is Only for the Strong

"Teacher, when do we leave?"

"You guys go ahead, I need to make some preparations. Don't worry, I'll find your location."

Since they needed their help, Hitomi and Sayaka naturally had no objections and nodded in agreement.

After they left, Li Xiao didn't make a move, but just looked out the window and casually said:

"Chubi, let's move in once they're in place."

"Don't worry, I've already made arrangements."

Cupid emerged from the shadows, jumped onto his desk, and wagged his tail as he answered.

"That's good."

Li Xiao didn't look back at it, but just stared out the window, waiting silently.

Hitomi and Sayaka arrived in silence at the hospital room where Kyosuke Kamijou was.

Since Renmei's revelation yesterday, the atmosphere between the two has become a bit strange.

"Kyosuke, we've come to see you."

Sitting on the hospital bed, seemingly lost in thought, Kyosuke Kamijou turned around and was somewhat surprised to see the two people who had come together.

"Hitomi, Sayaka? What happened to you...?"

This was the first time he had seen the two of them come to visit him together.

"Kyosuke, we've found a doctor for you who can heal your injuries."

Sayaka and Hitomi didn't explain why they were together; they just got down to business.

"It's no use, I know my own situation."

Kyosuke Kamijou had no hope. In the days since his injury, his family had brought in the best doctors in the world, but none of them could do anything about it. He had given up.

"Kyosuke, please believe us, okay? Teacher Li Xiao will definitely cure you!"

"I told you it's none of your business! Are you pitying me?!"

Upon hearing Sayaka's words, Kyosuke Kamijou slammed his fist on the edge of the bed and roared angrily.

He was always like this; every time Sayaka came to care for him, he felt that Sayaka was pitying him.

He didn't feel this way when he met Hitomi, but he could never control his emotions when he was with Sayaka.

Hitomi looked at Kamijou Kyosuke in disbelief.

Why is Kyosuke so polite to Sayaka when he's with her? Aren't they childhood friends?

"Kyosuke, this time it's for real, please believe me!"

Sayaka was already used to Kyosuke Kamijou's attitude and didn't care.

She believed that everything would be alright once Kyosuke Kamijou's injuries healed.

"Fine, you guys can leave. I want to be alone for a while."

Perhaps out of consideration for Hitomi's presence, Kamijou Kyosuke did not lose his temper again, but instead asked them to leave first.

Sayaka and Hitomi exchanged a glance, left the ward, and sat down together on a chair in the hospital corridor.

"Kyosuke...has he always been like this towards you?"

Renmei suddenly spoke up, breaking the silence between the two.

"...He's been like this ever since he injured his hand."

Sayaka looked at the hospital ceiling, and her mind drifted back to Kyosuke Kamijou, the violin prodigy of the past.

He was so full of vigor back then, and as his childhood sweetheart, I naturally admired him for being so outstanding.

But ever since that car accident, Kyosuke Kamijou has changed, becoming irritable and easily angered.

Sayaka knew it was because his hand was injured and he could no longer play the violin.

So she endured it all as much as possible, hoping he could get out of the shadow as soon as possible.

"But... I still feel a little sad."

Sayaka suddenly sighed.

Renmei stood to the side, but didn't know what to say.

She was a little confused. Why was it that even though Sayaka and Kyosuke Kamijou were clearly closer than she was, Kyosuke Kamijou's attitude towards Sayaka was worse?

The atmosphere between the two fell silent again, and neither of them spoke, each lost in their own thoughts.

Then, a scream suddenly came from inside the ward.

"Kyousuke!"

Sayaka quickly opened the ward door and rushed in, followed by Hitomi.

"What about people?"

They were astonished to find that Kyosuke Kamijou, who had been in the ward, was nowhere to be seen.

"What's this......"

Sayaka noticed a black piece of paper on the hospital bed and gently touched it.

Then, the world in Sayaka and Hitomi's eyes suddenly changed.

The surrounding environment began to distort, and a dark fairy tale-style castle rose from the ground.

All sorts of toys appeared around, they grew human faces and limbs, and moved around as if they were alive.

This eerie scene, so similar to yesterday's, made Sayaka and Hitomi instantly realize something.

"Witch..."

Sayaka's face turned a little ugly. She didn't expect that she and Hitomi would be so unlucky. They encountered the witch yesterday, and now they encountered her again today.

"What do we do now?"

Renmei was a little uneasy, after all, they really didn't have the power to face the witch.

"Let's find Kyosuke first. We need to be careful and avoid these toy figures."

I don't know if these toy figures have bad eyesight, but they all seemed not to have noticed the two of them.

So Sayaka, holding Hitomi's hand, carefully avoided the toy figures wandering around and successfully entered the most conspicuous castle.

A giant rabbit doll sat in the center of the castle, surrounded by toys, and hanging from the ceiling above its head was a person—Kyousuke Kamijou, whom they were looking for.

"Are you here to become my toys too?"

The rabbit doll spotted them and gave them a frightening smile.

"Let Kyousuke go!"

Upon realizing that she and her companion had been discovered, Sayaka mustered her courage and shouted out loud.

"Kyosuke? Are you talking about this toy?"

"Sayaka, Hitomi, save me!"

When Kyosuke Kamijou saw them, he also cried out for help in a very emotional manner.

"I don't like toys that are so noisy."

A whip appeared in the rabbit doll's hand, and it casually lashed out at Kyosuke Kamijou.

Kamijou Kyosuke cried out in pain, and then dared not say anything more.

"How can you let go of Kyosuke?"

Seeing that the rabbit doll seemed to be able to communicate, Sayaka tentatively spoke up.

"Shall we play a game?"

The doll rabbit revealed a bloodthirsty smile.

"Only one of you three can live, but you can choose for yourselves, how about it?"

? !

The three of them widened their eyes simultaneously.

"Impossible! I won't agree!"

Sayaka righteously refused such a thing.

Kyosuke Kamijou and Hitomi are people she cares about, and she doesn't want to lose them, nor does she want to die.

"Then I'll have no choice but to kill this toy first, and then kill you all!"

"I promise! I promise!"