A villainous girl created by paranoia

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Soon, Hua Gong came to me. She seemed to be holding something in her hand, but she also seemed not to be holding anything. In the dim light, I seemed to see the object itself. It should be a mask, a pure white mask without any patterns.

And Hua Gong put that mask on my face.

"You put on a mask, and your vision is plunged into darkness?"

Whose voice is that? Hanamiya's? Or Yoko's? Or maybe Mom and Dad's? Or maybe Takagami's? Or perhaps... the voices of those I killed.

Just as the voice said, my vision was plunged into darkness.

"The world turned white, nothing existed except you, everything was white."

My world changed with that sound; everything except me disappeared, and all around me was a blinding white.

A table has appeared in front of you.

A stone table suddenly appeared in front of me.

"There's a dagger on the table, or perhaps a mask as well."

A dagger did indeed appear on the table, but in the blink of an eye, it seemed to transform into a mask.

"Choose. Do you want to die as Elena, or live as Tsubaki?"

I picked up the dagger, pointed the sharp blade at my neck, and tried to stab... but I failed.

Because I am afraid of dying, I do not want to die yet, and the image of Yoko's death is still vivid in my mind.

Death is too cold; I'll get frostbite.

I'm afraid of pain, I'm timid, and I don't want to die.

Moreover, I am cursed, cursed by Inukai Tsubaki, cursed by Elena.

A curse called 'survive' has always been with me.

The dagger in my hand transformed into a pure white mask, which I smoothly put on my face without any decorations or patterns.

"You've lost everything..."

Several people appeared before me: my father, my mother, Gao Gui, Ye Zi, and Chun, but in the end, they all turned into a pool of blood.

It was too glaring, far too glaring. That patch of blood red in the pure white space was simply too glaring.

"If you don't value anyone, what's the point of your life?"

I didn't know how to reply, so I just stood there dumbfounded.

Who is this person?

A familiar figure appeared before me; it was none other than Hanamichi Karen, who was smiling at me.

"She is Hua Gong Ke Lian, she is the most important person to you, she is the person you like the most, she is the person you will always be with."

Should I veto it? After all, Hanamiya Karen killed her father, mother, Yoko, and Takagami; she should be guilty of heinous crimes.

But... I only have Hanamichi left... Besides Hanamichi... there's no one else I care about.

So... Hua Gong is the most important person to me, the person I like the most, and the person I will always be with.

Yes, that must be it. I'm willing to do anything for the Flower Palace except die.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but smile happily, and then I instinctively hugged Hua Gong.

"Hanamiya-kun..."

Because I was sitting on the ground, I could only hug Hanako's lower abdomen, but even so I was very satisfied. I rubbed my face against Hanako's abdomen.

Hanamichi patted my head as usual. Hanamichi's touch was very comfortable, so I closed my eyes in comfort.

"Hanamiya-kun, I like you the most."

"Okay, Tsubaki, I understand. But my real name isn't Hanamichi Karen."

I released Hua Gong with a puzzled look in my eyes. Looking at Hua Gong's familiar face, I felt a strange sensation.

And I don't know when, I left that pure white space and returned to that alley.

"Strange, isn't Hanamiya-san just Hanamiya-san?"

Hanamichi made a clearly helpless expression, then gave me a faint smile and said.

"Tsubaki, let me tell you something. Actually, Hanamiya Karen isn't my real name. I only tell my real name to my closest people."

Upon hearing this, I anxiously asked Hua Gong.

"Why didn't Hanamiya tell me? Isn't Tsubaki your closest person, Hanamiya?"

"Then... will Tsubaki betray me?"

"I'll do anything for you except let you die."

Hanamiya seemed pleased with my immediate answer, so she readily told me her real name.

“I don’t have a surname. My name is Shuna, Shunagate, the same name as the god of sin, but Tsubaki can just call me Shuna.”

I nodded and happily responded to Shu Nai's words.

"Yes! Shuna is Shuna! She's Tsubaki's favorite Shuna!"

Shuna seemed very happy, and Shuna's happiness made me happy too, so I gave Shuna a bright smile.

"Alright, Tsubaki, let's go home."

As he spoke, Shu Nai pulled me up from the ground and started walking towards home.

only...

I couldn't help but turn around, and behind me was a pure white space. In that pure white space, an ugly soul was bound by countless chains. She probably would never be able to leave that place in her lifetime.

That person is so stupid.

In my heart, I couldn't help but think this.

--split line--

Damn, I have no idea how I even wrote this chapter.

When Shuna killed Yoko, I was trembling all over. Seriously, I felt inexplicably cold during that scene.

And the last paragraph, the one about Chun, my mind was completely blank, and my hand didn't listen to me, so I wrote this paragraph on my own.

Interlude Diary

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I don't know who will open this diary. If you don't know Inukai Tsubaki, I suggest you don't open this diary and burn it.

If you are an acquaintance of Inukai Tsubaki, please return the diary to her, but please do not look through it.

If you were Elena, please do not open this diary.

Elena, please, this is my request, could you please not open this diary?

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Whoever you are, I don't know your name, and I don't know what your purpose was in opening this diary. You didn't heed my advice and opened my diary without permission.

Okay, it's alright. This diary contains my secrets. I hope that you, who read it, will not tell anyone. After you've satisfied your curiosity, please destroy this diary.