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The red light surging in Saki Koizumi's eyes froze for a moment.

"What if that voice doesn't tell you to go save them?" Nura Rikuo grinned. "Hey, Kamiya, you heard that last time, right? We're in charge of Kita-Kirihara. Guess who's not even in the queue?"

“…Shut up.” Koizumi Saki murmured, her sore spot touched.

"You know yourself that it's best to follow the world's lead... even if it means losing more. Last time it was friends of many years, before that it was normal life, but what is it this time?"

Before Nura Rikuo could continue, Koizumi Saki said again with a cold face, "Shut up."

Rikuo Nura could feel his voice and the air in his lungs being taken away, his vocal cords being squeezed and almost bursting into a mass of rotten flesh, his neck emitting a sound of unbearable strain.

But the half-demon didn't care; his figure quickly turned into an impenetrable black mist before Koizumi Saki's eyes.

The character card is being retrieved. Once he returns to the Silver Garden, Rikuo Nura will be a lively and complete character card again.

The young yokai general chuckled and broke free from Koizumi Saki's grasp in a half-recovery state.

His figure gradually faded away.

Saki Koizumi's eyes turned crimson, and her expression became so gloomy that it carried a hint of ferocity.

"Hey, I'm asking you one last question."

The sound came from afar.

"Would you kill someone for Kita Kirihara, Kamiya?"

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"Would you kill for justice, Dream Weaver?"

Nana Ohba asked this question.

Sayaka Miki used a fairly physical method to confuse the enemy and subdue the enemy who was disguised as Hibiki Satsuki.

At her feet lay a dry ice fire extinguisher that had been turned on.

The entryway was filled with white smoke from dry ice, and no one could be seen clearly in the hallway.

Sayaka Miki did not kill anyone; the other party was just a human... perhaps not in the traditional sense of humanity, but still a living being, so she didn't do much harm.

However, the next question was too embarrassing to talk about, and Sayaka Miki especially hated this kind of request, so she didn't even want to mention it.

She couldn't bring herself to make such a rude request to a pure hero she was meeting for the first time; even mentioning the current situation would feel like coercion to Shiori Hachiya.

Sayaka Miki couldn't do it; she couldn't get the answer out of him.

But Nana Ohba can.

Seemingly having already dealt with many of the advance team's stage girls along the way, she nonchalantly appeared from the dry ice smoke while wearing her blood-stained uniform, just as Miki Sayaka was struggling to utter her request.

Then, Shiori Hachiya heard her friend's straightforward question:

"Would you kill for justice, Dream Weaver?"

The tone was icy cold, yet carried an almost imperceptible tremor.

169. Answer to God’s Name

"Would you kill someone for Kita Kirihara, Kamiya?"

"Would you kill for justice, Dream Weaver?"

Seemingly identical inquiries, even with the same goal, can carry entirely different meanings depending on the object of the inquiry.

In the past records of heroic deeds, the god has never killed anyone for personal gain.

In other words, there have been lives lost in the hands of God's name.

Yes, Saki Koizumi was not a saint who completely adhered to the principle of not killing. In the past seven years, the number of criminals who died at her hands was very small, but it was not nonexistent.

That is what the Voice of the World judges to be an existence that will greatly hinder the survival of humanity.

Furthermore, the situation is critical, and allowing it to persist will only cause greater losses.

So Saki Koizumi made her move.

To be honest, she felt an extraordinary sense of guilt.

Although she could easily erase a life from a distance, without even seeing the color of blood, she would still feel nauseous and vomit, and would even be awakened in the middle of the night to rush to the bathroom to vomit.

She was not qualified to judge others, but she held onto that power and diligently maintained the balance of the scales.

Saki Koizumi was never the judge, but she was the executor of punishment.

She stands at a height where high hopes are placed upon her; on the throne of this order, any decision she makes will be shrouded in a veneer of legitimacy.

Even if the criminal is killed, everyone will just think it was inevitable.

After all, in a real battle, everything changes in an instant, and countless unexpected events can occur. No one can predict what will happen next.

But only Saki Koizumi herself knew the truth.

The name of God will not fail.

She knew how much force to use to render her opponent helpless, and she could also use her abilities to discern the maximum force her opponent could withstand. She was very skilled at this.

This means that none of her rare and unusual kills were actually accidental.

Because I am protected by others, I want to protect others.

Saki Koizumi initially fulfilled this heroic duty because of this simple idea.

But she realized that "protection" was not a completely harmless word.

The relationships between people in this world are complex and intertwined, with vested interests intertwined. Sometimes she has to face considerable difficulties.

It's like the trolley problem: to save the majority, you have to sacrifice the minority.

However, Saki Koizumi also knew that she was not an omniscient and omnipotent perfect superman and could not protect everyone.

Therefore, she could only try her best to maintain the precarious order without going against her conscience.

However, the inquiries she received from unfamiliar members of the Silver Court disrupted the balance of this situation.

Did Saki Koizumi possess the resolve to kill another person simply for Kita Kirihara's sake?

No longer deceiving myself with excuses like order, I will follow my heart and kill the culprit who caused all this, simply out of personal feelings and for my lover.

Of course, the name of a god is not acceptable.

Anger surged within her, and the hatred and rage almost consumed her reason. She could not deny that the moment she realized that Nura Rikuo had taken Kita Kirihara away, she had the thought of killing him.

But in that instant, she realized she couldn't do that yet.

Saki Koizumi, restraining herself, realized the constraints that the identity of "divine name" placed on her.

In a sense, the name of God is merely a tool of the world and can do nothing.

Finally, Saki Koizumi realized this.

but……

She couldn't help but think.

Putting aside her identity as a deity, what could Saki Koizumi possibly achieve?

Just thinking about it makes my thinking stagnate.

..

Meanwhile, Shiori Hachiya also realized the true significance of Nana Oba's question.

She has never killed anyone. This is due to her abilities, and also because she adheres to the principle of not killing, fearing that one day she might go down a path of no return.

Moreover... a hero like the Dream Weaver would be completely corrupted if tainted with blood.

A dream weaver, who can freely traverse the defenseless realm of dreams, becomes a nightmare in people's eyes once their hands are stained with lives.

It's like Santa Claus becoming a murderer... He'd only be seen as a dangerous trespasser, and who would let someone with a criminal record get close to their child?

But this is a problem we'll have to face sooner or later.

Shiori Hachiya has the ability to enter anyone's dream, and she can easily reach Chise, who is protected by many layers of security. Crushing the already fragile core of her heart is as simple as crushing soft tofu.

If she can destroy Chise's mental core, his abilities will automatically dissipate, thus saving Kita Kirihara's life.

Without Chise's command, the association would fall apart again, which is actually the best thing for the current situation.

Out of consideration for protecting Kita Kirihara's identity, Ooba Nana did not reveal Kita Kirihara's name.

It simply points out that Chise, whom Shiori Hachiya has come into contact with, is not as innocent as she seems, and is hurting others... and that if she continues like this, even more people will be hurt.

Then, those emerald green eyes gazed silently at Shiori Hachiya, awaiting the dream weaver's answer.

Miki Sayaka's face was gloomy, and she was extremely disgusted by this coercive scene. She just scoffed and left uncomfortably.

Shiori Hachiya and Nana Oba looked at each other, their eyes filled with complex emotions.

Then, taking a breath to hide her nervousness, she turned her head away, avoiding eye contact with Nana Oba: "Banana, you look really good in that outfit... haha..."

She tried to change the subject, but it was abrupt and unsuccessful, and her voice gradually lowered.

Under Nana Ohba's calm gaze, Shiori Hachiya finally managed to squeeze out those words from her throat.

“…I can’t do that,” the Dream Weaver replied. “The Dream Weaver is a hero who doesn’t kill. She only protects everyone’s dreams so that everyone can sleep well.”

Even if a thousand lifetimes are an unpardonable demon, even if that person's sins are indelible, the Dream Weaver will not resort to private punishment in the dream.

Upon hearing this, Nana Oba remained silent for a moment, showing no sign of reproach: "I understand."

Having received the expected answer, she did not blame Shiori Hachiya.

Her gaze fell on Shiori Hachiya's chest, where, as the Dream Weaver answered, a T-shaped crimson mark was appearing.

...But Miss Hachiya will soon cease to be a hero.

Nana Oba opened her mouth, but still couldn't say what was on her mind.

170. Let me see.

Nana Oba's gaze was filled with surprise, which also made Shiori Hachiya, who hadn't really noticed the problem with her, lower her head.

is blood.