Collapse Iron: I just transmigrated! You want me to save the Black Tower?!

[Danheng: ...What about Nanook? What would He think?]

Pam's ears drooped.

[Pam: Pam thinks Nanook probably wouldn't find this funny...]

[March 7th: Nonsense! Who would be happy to be portrayed as a love-struck fool? That's a god of destruction!]

Jiang Jiu closed his eyes, as if he were making a difficult decision.

"Aha."

"Hmm~"

"Do you really want to read this book?"

"Of course! Aha really wants to see!" The eyes on the mask curved into crescents. "Aha promises not to tell Nanuk~"

"...Is your guarantee even worthwhile?"

“Of course it’s useless!” Aha said matter-of-factly. “But Aha wants to see!”

[Black Swan: ...Is this really a Star God? It looks more like a child begging for candy.]

[Dahlia: Black Swan, you're wrong about that. Ah-ha is much more difficult than a child. If you don't give a child candy, he'll just cry. If you don't give Ah-ha some fun, he'll find it himself.]

[Black Swan: ...Fine, game over.]

"No... Pleasure Star God, what I'm saying is, if you really like this kind of story, you should go find a novelist or fiction historian... As long as you ask, they'll definitely write whatever you want to see, right?"

The mask of the Star God of Joy shook.

"Jiang Jiu~~~ Aha is only interested in what you have. If you give it to me, Aha might reluctantly give you a position as a messenger~~~"

"...Thanks for the invitation, but I'm not interested."

[Hanabi: Oh... that's a sad answer.]

[Himeko: Ordinary people might never even catch a glimpse of the Star God in their entire lives, but he...]

[Silver Wolf: You're kidding me! The Star God doesn't need to ask for the person's consent to grant the position of Commander! Aha, are you kidding Jiang Jiu?!]

[Silver Wolf: At this moment, if Jiang Jiu had just said "yes," Aha would have turned around and left!]

"Aha, you're so embarrassing. Aha wants to invite you to play a game."

What game?

Aha's mask conjured a large question mark in mid-air: "Don't you know Aha's Two-Phase Paradise?"

[Star: Where is that?]

[March 7th: I don't know, I only saw Jiang Jiu's book fly out.]

[March 7th: Jiang Jiu's book has been sold!]

[March 7th: It was kicked ten meters away! It disappeared!]

[March 7th: Aha got a book!!!]

【star:?】

Himeko: ...Two-Phase Paradise?

In conclusion, to sum up.

Jiang Jiu still couldn't save this somewhat delightful book.

He looked at the mask that Aha had abandoned in his hands, a mask he couldn't get rid of, and sighed helplessly.

"How about I become the Masked Fool another day... What kind of nonsense is this?"

He thought for a moment and suddenly remembered that the members of the Masked Fool seemed to know about the existence outside the "screen".

So... is there someone watching outside his screen now?

He looked around, then suddenly turned to look at "you".

"Is it good? My story."

【...】

Everyone: ? ? ? ? ?

What does it mean for an image to not only come alive but also greet us?

March 7th: !!!

[March 7th: Oh my god! Oh my god! My camera!!! Where's the camera!!!]

[Star: I think he was looking at me.]

[March 7th: Was he looking at you? Why was he looking at you? Is there something on your face?]

[Xing: He might want to adopt me as his goddaughter.]

March 7th: ?

[Star: You don't understand, this is the call of destiny.]

[March 7th: Stop going crazy, okay?!]

[Dan Heng: ...So, what exactly is he looking at? Did he really see it? Or was he just testing the waters?]

Himeko: Perhaps, it's everyone.

[Walter: Was he asking someone "outside the screen"? How did he know someone was watching?]

[Pam: Pam is so scared! Jiang Jiu's eyes are terrifying! It's like he's going to pierce through the sky and drag Pam out!]

[Danheng: Pam, he won't arrest you. You're not called Black Tower.]

[Pam: Pam... Pam is called Pam!]

[Danheng: I know.]

[March 7th: Danheng, shut up! Don't tell lame jokes at a time like this!]

[Star: I think it's pretty funny.]

[March 7th: I didn't ask for your opinion!!!]

[Fireworks: Oh my god, help! Is our savior greeting us? So polite! He even asked, "Is it pretty?" What a sweet little darling!]

[Silver Wolf: You call this a greeting?]

[Hanabi: Yes.]

[Hanabi: Hello hello—I'm Hanabi, a masked fool. Nice to meet you~]

[Feixiao: Is he really the messenger...? How could the messenger know that someone would be watching him from the future just by looking at an image?]

[Jingyuan: Try to think more positively.]

[Jing Yuan: What if it's Star God's alternate account?]

[Feixiao: ......]

Thank you, but it makes me even more depressed.

[Jade: In terms of existence, there may never be any difference between on and off screen, between images and reality.]

Opal: Does that mean we're in this story too?

Cang Gang: No.

[Cang Gang: Perhaps, from the very first moment the film began, we had already silently become a part of this story.]

Because of this movie viewing.

From beginning to end, it was all about forced viewing.

The image went dark for a brief moment.

As the sky brightened, the scene presented was both familiar and unfamiliar.

—Memories of Time.

After Jiang Jiu stepped into the Memory Garden, he skillfully sealed off the few exits available to the memory thieves.

The Lonely Star Sword flew in a circle in the air and obediently returned to Jiang Jiu's hand.

He wielded the power of the Void Destiny, clearing the path and the map at the same time, while also trying to find a lucky guest to help him.

"I...we have no grudge against each other...who exactly are you! Do you even know...?"

"The Ashes of the Great Lord of Annihilation".

Jiang Jiu casually gave his name.

Seeing how the other party completely disregarded and casually strangled their own compatriots.

The memory thief was dumbfounded.

"What...what heinous thing have we done? We may enjoy collecting memories, but it's not that morally reprehensible...please..."

"Let us go..."

Jiang Jiu originally wanted to say something to let them die knowing why, but then he thought about it and realized that Onpharos seemed to be alive.

"Hmm... just consider this as me simply venting my anger."

"I simply can't stand you guys."

【Memory Thief No. 1: Danger!!!】

[Memory Thief No. 2: I refuse to accept this!!!]

[Memory Thief #2: Why is it that everyone else gets at least some negotiation or a chance, but we're treated like dirt?!]

[Fireworks: If you ask about this route again, kill me too~]

[Star: Kill him, kill him!]

[Black Swan: What a bunch of "colleagues" who can't see the situation... Are they afraid they'll forget to deal with you now that you're still around...?]

[Black Swan: By the way... is it too late for me to quit Flowing Memory Court now? Waiting online, it's urgent.]

[Dahlia: It's too late, he's already inside~ Guess if our beautiful top saleswoman, the Black Swan, is in the Flowing Light Memory Courtyard right now?]