Once the affection level is maxed out, the rivalry begins!

"Now!"

A thin line of saliva fell to the ground. The phantom thief disgustedly wiped away the remaining glistening liquid from the corner of her mouth, put her mask back on, and suddenly a long sword appeared in her hand.

It was the Silver Star Sword that she had stolen!

But before he could even swing his sword, a sonic boom, accompanied by scorching heat, struck!

"Thief!"

Xia Xingzhi was completely covered in colorless flames, and swooped down like a phoenix rising from the ashes!

In the nick of time, Bai Ze dodged by wrapping his arms around the girl's waist, and with one hand, he swung the golden bow to deflect the ring-shaped burst of flames!

"Give it back to me!"

The power of plague and conquest can even corrupt the invisible and intangible foxfire; thorns climb up the girl's body along the flames, binding her like chains.

But she grabbed the thorn with her bare hands and tore it off, ignoring the blood flowing out.

"A cat that steals fish!"

The spotlight poles were bent and melted by the heat emanating from Xia Xingzhi, and the light fixtures fell onto the stage and shattered.

She casually picked up a broken lamppost and swung it around with great force.

"...I'll use this to cut off your head."

She leaped up and slammed the metal lamppost down like a warhammer, shouting, "I won't give it to anyone else!"

"That's terrifying!"

The phantom thief, Xia Yunli, couldn't help but feel fear.

He glared at the culprit with displeasure, but found that because of the mask, the culprit couldn't sense the meaning of his gaze at all, and instead looked serious.

"I'll hold her off. You find an opportunity to throw the Silver Star Sword."

Although it seemed that his first kiss had just been stolen, he had already realized Xia Yunli's purpose.

Therefore, even if you are not calm, you cannot show it. This is all for the purpose of containing the anomaly!

However, for some reason, this thoughtfulness made Xia Yunli somewhat unhappy.

Although she only sacrificed herself to save her sister, she had no intention of letting the other party take advantage of her.

But this attitude of acting like nothing happened is just too despicable!

boom!

The lamppost, wreathed in flames, crashed to the ground, the collapsed section forming a huge crater beneath which lay a bottomless void.

This completely destroyed the stage equipment generated in the other world, directly blasting out the boundary line between it and reality!

"OK!"

Xia Yunli immediately chickened out.

The sense of crisis, a matter of life and death, made her immediately agree to the proposal.

Bai Ze threw her away forcefully, then faced the girl who had been transformed into Super Xia Xingzhi by jealousy.

The Blade of Judgment transformed into a flowing stream of sword light, blocking her chaotic attacks. Shockwaves intertwined with flames, tearing open jagged ravines.

Xia Yunli rolled to the side like a soldier advancing in a trench, finding an opening to throw the Silver Star Sword!

A meteor-like flash streaked across the stage, about to strike the two entangled figures, when Xia Xingzhi surprisingly chose to abandon her defense and instead unleashed a wisp of foxfire to deflect the longsword!

Clearly, even in her berserk state, both she and the Heart Moon Fox, whose consciousness was merged with hers, knew that Bai Ze wouldn't really kill her; the key was the Silver Star Sword, which could separate the two.

Therefore, they did not hesitate to use their own bodies as human shields.

"I never intended to use that sword myself from the beginning!"

However, Bai Ze revealed a confident smile.

He suddenly transformed the blade of judgment into threads, binding the girl's limbs.

The forgotten Katsura Mai jumped down from the already crumbling beam and reached out to grasp the longsword that gleamed with light.

"The unattainable star, I have already plucked it."

She ran her index finger across the clear, clean spine of the sword in mid-air, gazing at the girl who was temporarily unable to escape.

Like chanting a prayer, like reciting lines—

"I will grant you your freedom!"

The next moment, the sword pierced through Xia Xingzhi's body.

No blood flowed out; only flames, as if encountering hot oil, swept along the longsword, instantly turning it into a blazing torch.

A heart-wrenching scream came from the fire, but Katsura Mai ignored it and drew her Silver Star Sword.

There were no wounds, no blood, only the colorless, flickering flame was drawn out of Xia Xingzhi's body. The detective girl's eyes suddenly dimmed, and she fell forward like a toy doll that had lost its power.

Bai Ze and Xia Yunli caught her at the same time.

The two exchanged a glance, and the phantom thief, still wearing the fox mask, snorted and turned his head away from him.

"Disappear, my malice."

On the other side, Katsura Mai raised the burning Silver Star Sword and swung it gently.

The intense sparks scattered, turning into illusory specks of light as they left the sword, and the mournful fox cry gradually faded away.

The entire underground stage began to collapse, and the appearance of the otherworld was completely changed due to the change of its master.

Bai Ze and the other outsiders only felt that the surrounding environment was blurry, as if covered by a filter. When it became clear again, they had already arrived on the ground.

The surrounding campus was bathed in bright sunlight, but unlike before, the number of people had increased significantly, and the girls passing by cast curious glances at them.

Bai Ze also saw familiar faces; they were the same people who had participated in the rehearsals before.

The student council president, whose appearance had changed drastically, walked over gracefully.

The wooden sword she carried transformed into a silver star sword, a pair of triangular fox ears sprouted from her head, white fur covered her pink inner walls, and nine snow-white tails trailed behind her like a skirt.

When a red fox turns white, it signifies good fortune turning from misfortune into good luck.

"Thank you for your help."

Katsura Mai held the Silver Star Sword horizontally and handed it to him.

"Besides this, I don't seem to have anything else to give in return. Anyway, my evil side has completely disappeared, and the other world belongs entirely to me, so there's no use keeping it. I'll give it to you."

Bai Ze and Xia Yunli supported the unconscious Xia Xingzhi on either side. Xia Yunli's true nature came out, and she stared longingly at the long sword.

Unfortunately, Bai Ze reached out and took it first: "Since you've taken the mask, the sword is mine."

"Huh? I don't want what you want."

She turned her face away reflexively, but after a moment she stared intently at the Silver Star Sword in Bai Ze's hand.

Don't you really want this?

Bai Ze waved it in front of her like a cat toy, and even through the mask, she could see the girl's gaze following the sword's movement.

He doesn't actually need weapons; if someone asks him for them, he'd be happy to give them away.

However, the Blade of Judgment suddenly stirred, and the silvery-white fluid actively enveloped the Silver Star Sword, pulling it entirely into Bai Ze's body like a giant python swallowing its prey.

—What did I just eat?

He was slightly taken aback, then immediately went to ask Katsura Mai.

"How exactly did you end up with the Silver Star Sword?"

She twitched her snow-white fox ears and asked, puzzled, "Didn't you read the script I wrote? It's a treasure that came from afar, possessing the power of separation, used to fight witches."

"It was the gods of the Holy Trinity who placed it in my other world."