The comments section all think I'm a really good person.

"Ah Yuan, you just need to be yourself."

In the darkness, Kita Kirihara heard Koizumi Saki's voice close at hand, "If you feel afraid because you've forgotten many things, or if you feel terrified because the world is too unfamiliar, and you shrink back like a hedgehog... then hold my hand tightly."

The curtains were drawn tightly, and the lights outside the window were irrelevant to them. The only thing they could feel now was the other person's breath and body temperature, and the soft voice that made their ears and chests tingle with pleasure.

Kita Kirihara closed his eyes.

Are you scared...?

Are you afraid?

She doesn't understand.

Kita Kirihara could see what everyone was thinking and grasp the darkest side of everyone's heart, but she couldn't see herself.

How can you see through an empty shell?

Do we need to repeatedly emphasize its pristine purity?

Does it emphasize that "Kitagirihara" is just an empty shell?

To emphasize her incompetence and pathetic state?

"...If this is your wish, I will grant it for you, Saki." Kita Kirihara was unaware of her own thoughts; she spoke in an almost inaudible whisper, both to Koizumi Saki and to herself.

“No, that’s not my wish,” Saki Koizumi argued.

Bei Qieyuan was confused.

“This is ‘your’ wish,” Koizumi Saki said. “I can read it. It’s incredibly strong, but I can’t express it directly. I’m bound by confusion and mistakenly believe that I am the emptier person in the world. So I’ve been suppressing it all along… the wish of ‘Kitagirihara’.”

"You crave love, and you also crave the love of others (me). This most basic desire is proof that you are not an empty shell."

PS: Of course, minors cannot go to home plate.

Ahara is the original; there is no other Kita-Kirihara besides this one. (I still don't want to make it too complicated or outrageous, that would be too distorted.)

And I am a warrior of pure love!

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67. Who will be affected by my move?

Hibiki Tachibana didn't sleep well.

It wasn't just because of the blissful, almost saccharine emotional fluctuation coming from Kita Kirihara, but also because of Kobayashi Chiho's suggestion.

To become a hero...

Hibiki Tachibana's first reaction was that it was utterly absurd.

"Huh?" She looked at Kobayashi Chiho with disbelief, her gaze conveying an expression of "Are you out of your mind?" "Why would I want to be a hero... No, rather, you must have lost your mind to ask someone from an opposing force like me to join the Tower of Civilization?"

The response from Tachibana Hibiki was Kobayashi Chiho's calm gaze.

The other party said, "Since I've chosen to join the Silver Court, of course I should think from the Silver Court's perspective."

This statement is made as if she had been an undercover agent for the Silver Garden inside the Tower of Civilization for several years, and was even more concerned about the Silver Garden than Tachibana Hibiki.

"Although you left a photo of yourself at the tower when you took Shiraki away, the help you gave to the Dream Weaver concert last time went viral." Kobayashi Chiho quietly looked at the kind-hearted Tachibana Hibiki in front of her. "So, considering the positive impact you can have, it's not impossible for you to become a hero."

Moreover, Kobayashi Chiho is a Special Class hero after all. As long as she reveals her identity and vouches for Tachibana Hibiki, Tachibana Hibiki's hero license should be approved within a week.

Or you can go directly to Kobayashi Ryo. As the older sister, Kobayashi Ryo rarely refuses Kobayashi Chiho's requests.

The question is whether Hibiki Tachibana herself has such a desire.

Is she willing to use these hands to save others?

Chiho Kobayashi had seen the footage of Hibiki Tachibana defeating the noise; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a golden sledgehammer shattering the gloom. The scene was magnificent and full of a warm sense of power.

But despite this, Tachibana Hibiki is actually a member of the Silver Garden.

Chiho Kobayashi's ability did indeed provide the method that Hibiki Tachibana used to save her; only after she chose the path of becoming a hero would the dawn of a cure for the fusion syndrome appear.

Whether considering the task the other party gave her or her own selfish reasons, she believed that Tachibana Hibiki was well-suited to be someone who could save others.

That's the feeling the other person gave her.

However, Tachibana Hibiki only responded with silence, her expression turning somber.

The girl with soft, fluffy flaxen hair simply dimmed her eyes and remained silent.

The atmosphere froze instantly.

She hesitated for a moment, her gaze drifting behind Kobayashi Chiho, before ultimately choosing to refuse.

"I will not become a hero."

This power can only ever be used to hurt others.

[I can't sing anymore... I'm really scared of the future, of singing while using these hands to hurt others.]

In my nightmare, the weak voice I once heard resurfaced.

That was Tachibana Hibiki's own voice.

She had no recollection of ever saying such things, nor did she know when she had such a conversation with her best friend, Kohinata Mirai.

[I know that a loud song is not a song that hurts others, and outstretched hands are not hands that hurt others.]

However, that distant yet unforgettable voice, which almost brought tears to my eyes, was merely a way of comforting myself.

And then... what happened next?

Why are the hands I used to hold the future now empty?

Why is it that all that remains in my memory is a sea of ​​blood and endless pain?

Ultimately, Hibiki Tachibana believes she is not suited to be a hero who saves others.

"...I will only shatter any beauty I encounter."

She murmured.

Between his fingers, it seemed as if blood stained with sin was flowing.

No, that's not right.

What I should have done.

What is it about myself...?

Her body was also showing signs of unusual heat, and the fluctuations in her emotions seemed to be loosening the lost memory, causing Tachibana Hibiki's condition to become unstable.

However, the moment Tachibana Hibiki's character card started to become disordered, the safety measures Kita Kirihara had set up for her were activated.

Almost like a forced reboot, Tachibana Hibiki's consciousness was pushed offline, and her eyes went blank for a moment.

In Kobayashi Chiho's view, after Tachibana Hibiki rejected her, she seemed to remember something and spaced out for a moment.

"Tachibana?" she asked, puzzled, waving her hand in front of "Tachibana Hibiki" a couple of times. "What are you thinking about?"

Hibiki Tachibana just frowned, seemingly unwilling to say anything, and in a very bad mood.

She took a couple of deep breaths to quickly adjust her state and said, "...It's nothing, I'll go back and rest now."

"What happened just now..."

“I refuse.” Hibiki Tachibana refused decisively once again, and said with dissatisfaction, “I have absolutely no interest in heroes or anything like that. By the way, remember to wash the dishes… I’m not responsible for washing the dishes if you get up in the middle of the night to heat up a midnight snack.”

Chiho Kobayashi muttered, "What?... I went to great lengths to observe for you."

However, she does have some emotional intelligence.

Realizing that her words had stirred up unpleasant memories for Hibiki Tachibana, Chiho Kobayashi quickly shut her mouth.

Seeing that Tachibana Hibiki immediately went back to her own room to rest, Kobayashi Chiho and Furuhashi Jun, who was squatting beside her watching expectantly, exchanged a glance.

The two looked at each other in bewilderment.

Chiho Kobayashi sighed and grumbled to her partner, "Why is Tachibana so resistant? Anyone who knows my abilities wouldn't refuse my suggestions."

Chiho Kobayashi gained her abilities during the Void Flood.

At that time, she did not know what the flashing observations in front of her were, nor did she know how to escape from this endless tide of disaster.

Her abilities aren't the kind that can directly save many people; to be honest, there aren't any flashy special effects, and she's quite inconspicuous.

However, during that disaster, Chiho Kobayashi tried using her abilities for the first time to provide guidance to others.

She looked at the big head in front of her, stretched out her hands, and the latter obediently and blankly leaned in, which she then hugged.

"Senior God once told me: Don't be stingy with your advice."

She pressed her slightly flushed cheek against her partner's face.

"Whom will my move affect?"

Each and every time, with such hope, and with the utmost goodwill, we guide others toward a brighter future.

It only flaps its wings slightly, and then it stirs up a tornado powerful enough to alter the terrain.

Will the seed planted in Tachibana Hibiki's heart save others, or Tachibana Hibiki herself... or both?

If she could achieve such a prospect, she would naturally keep moving forward.

The current Furuhashi Jun couldn't understand her words, he just made low snoring sounds and rubbed his cheek slightly.

Chiho Kobayashi asked in surprise, "...Where did you learn that? Why do you sound so dog-like?"

68. Videotape from Kita Kirihara

After waking up early in the morning, the viewers in the live stream were quite surprised to find:

The live stream was supposed to start at 10 o'clock, and the camera was usually positioned directly facing Kita Kirihara's live stream. At this time, the only thing that could be captured was Kita Kirihara and Koizumi Saki burying their heads in the blankets.

[Ah Yuan woke up really late today, what's going on?]

[Weren't these two on a date when the live stream ended yesterday? Could it be...?]