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...Huh?

The senior didn't make a mess of the house?

“…Senior?” Standing in the entryway, she saw a black-haired head nestled in a blanket on the living room sofa, motionless.

She approached cautiously and called out to the other person.

Saki Koizumi wasn't asleep; she looked up at Ryo Kobayashi.

She looked no different from usual, still with an expressionless and indifferent face.

However, although everything seemed fine at first glance, everyone had noticed the unusual behavior that had been going on during this period.

"I brought tiramisu." Kobayashi Ryo placed the tiramisu on the coffee table and said with concern, "Please rest well at home during this time, senpai. Shirataka-senpai at the National Academy has already taken over..."

She carefully reported the progress of her work to Saki Koizumi, telling her that she could now relax and take a vacation at home.

Saki Koizumi slumped listlessly on the sofa, showing no interest in eating.

Videotapes were scattered on the coffee table. They were those recorded by Kita Kirihara seven years ago.

She has watched it many times over the past few days.

While searching for A-Yuan, she also sincerely wishes that A-Yuan would fall directly into her bedroom one night, just like before.

However, whether in dreams or reality, A-Yuan never came.

Everyone around her told her that it was just a hallucination caused by overwork.

But only she knew that during those days when she reunited with Kita Kirihara, those touches and kisses were not fake.

How could she confuse A-Yuan with hallucinations?

Even if Kita Kirihara, as remembered by everyone, has been erased from the world's consciousness, Koizumi Saki could never forget it.

Just like when she brought Kita Kirihara back, Koizumi Saki could make Kita Kirihara appear or disappear out of thin air with just a blink of an eye.

All of this... is an arrangement of the world's consciousness.

Because the character A-Yuan would affect the plot, he was simply removed from the story...

Saki Koizumi suppressed the emotions rising within her.

She felt a deep sadness.

If everything about me is just an arrangement of the world's consciousness, and there is no place for A-Yuan in this arrangement, then what should I do?

She tried to contact the Voice of the World, but after throwing A-Yuan out, they remained silent.

No matter how she questioned him, she received no answer.

Going crazy.

Saki Koizumi's mental state was nearing a critical point; any further pressure would lead to unpredictable changes.

But the world consciousness also restrained her; whenever she was about to lose her mind, her emotions would be cleared away by some inexplicable force.

Her anger was suppressed to the extreme, but her sadness grew day by day.

No matter what... she had to find A-Yuan.

They would give up everything to find traces of her, A Yuan.

[......]

The Voice of the World is playing dead again.

He remained silent, saying and doing nothing except to stop Saki Koizumi's extreme emotions and rash actions.

It's like locking up God's name in a mental hospital ward that's all padded to prevent suicide.

He waited.

As time passed, Koizumi Saki's emotions gradually subsided, and she forgot the impact of Kita Kirihara.

Then, use something else to slightly stimulate the other person and divert their attention.

In that case, Saki Koizumi would once again be the most usable leading lady.

He couldn't bear to part with the name of God.

As long as the name of God exists, Kita Kirihara will find a way to continuously earn fuel and will not abandon this world.

As long as the name of God, this "hostage," remains in His hands.

Koizumi Saki looked listless. She ate the tiramisu that Kobayashi Ryo brought without much enthusiasm, and listened to Kobayashi Ryo's report in a half-hearted manner.

"Ah, and about the Silver Garden that you asked me to keep an eye on a while ago... Senior?"

Kobayashi Ryo was startled by Koizumi Saki's sudden gaze, and she stammered, "W-what's wrong?"

"What did you just say?" Koizumi Saki asked anxiously, as if she had grasped at a straw. "The Silver Garden? You mentioned the Silver Garden, right?"

“Yes, it’s that high-profile organization that suddenly appeared…” Kobayashi Ryo stammered, “Didn’t you tell me to keep an eye on them and see what they’re up to? I only know about Oba Nana’s activities lately.”

"She seems to be inviting people to watch her performance in Starlight."

196. I see her shadow in countless people.

It was a mistake.

Beiqie was annoyed by his own impatience.

The world consciousness was so displeased with her actions that it erased her existence directly in front of Koizumi Saki.

Just like bloopers, actors' mistakes, etc., they are erased through post-production editing and special effects.

Kita Kirihara's explicit confession to Koizumi Saki was such a huge, unacceptable mistake.

As the price for attempting to disrupt the world's consciousness script, Kita Kirihara's existence was rejected by this world.

She could no longer appear beside Saki Koizumi as "Kitagirihara".

The hardware is damaged.

The hardware is damaged.

The hardware is damaged.

The hardware is damaged.

No matter how many times Kita Kirihara tried to retrieve his body from the system's space and place it in the outside world, he could only receive such a cold, mechanical response.

The character Kita Kirihara, who belongs to Saki Koizumi, has been completely rejected by the world.

It cannot exist, neither in the Silver Garden nor in the outside world.

Therefore, Kita Kirihara is unable to use his original body.

She took out the character card number 19275 that she had made before, and finally it had a physical form.

The live streaming privileges are still in Kita Kirihara's hands.

This access does not entirely belong to the Voice of the World, and since it had already been completely transferred to Kita Kirihara previously, it cannot be taken away from her.

Kita Kirihara is now unable to see Koizumi Saki, nor can he influence her through his own efforts.

Her temporary body was hidden inside the Silver Garden, but her character card could still move around in the outside world, and the previous arrangements had not been completely erased.

In conclusion, there is still some hope.

The problem now is that the live stream hasn't been turned on since the broadcasting accident.

The director, caught off guard by being erased from the world line, has been constantly dealing with all sorts of things during this period of being unable to contact the outside world.

Her workload was already enormous, and now the world consciousness has given her a terrible broadcasting accident, which she can no longer just laugh off.

Kita Kirihara... If she weren't incorporeal, she would have thought she was going to die suddenly.

There was no way to replenish Saki's energy, and the original plan was disrupted. The script, which was thought to be completed quickly, had to be replaced at the last minute due to the producer's request...

This is comparable to a movie that's almost finished filming, only needing some final editing and post-production to be submitted for review and broadcast... but then the main character gets into jail for committing a crime, leading to the terrifying situation where everything has to be cut.

It's impossible to resolve this kind of situation by relying solely on post-production methods.

Then there's only one option...

Kita Kirihara felt frustrated. She held her forehead, her fingers running through her messy hair, and hung her head wearily and helplessly, uttering a voice that sounded almost frantic: "This is absolutely terrible—"

...We'll have to reshoot.

Abandoning the original timeline, preserving the previous stories as "side stories" or similar, and starting a second timeline during the live stream.

……and many more.

That's not necessary.

Let's just keep streaming like this.

Viewers will notice the changes in the world and the disappearance of Kita Kirihara.

Then, he felt "just as expected" about Koizumi Saki's journey to find Kita Kirihara.

It's not that the world line was cut in half; the timeline even continues in sequence.

The only difference is the disappearance of [Northern Cut Plain].

Therefore, there is only one reason.

In the final shot of the last live stream, Kita Kirihara said something to Koizumi Saki that caused a major upheaval in the global broadcast, so her existence was directly erased by an even greater force.

The audience will surely notice this, and then—

— This has generated dissatisfaction, with some even threatening to quit the game.

In the history of creative works, there have been instances where the death of a popular character in a storyline led to pressure from the audience to bring the character back to life.

There have even been cases where the originally chosen female lead was replaced by a more popular supporting female character due to the author's manipulation of the plot.

Kita Kirihara had always been very attentive to stock market manipulation, and he had also noticed the power of the audience.

The power of the audience was a turning point for her.

If handled well, Kita Kirihara could even use the audience's dissatisfaction to engage in further negotiations with the world consciousness.

World Consciousness is not a good creator; at least, it has absolutely no adherence to art and storytelling.