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Just as Bailu Qiansheng couldn't help but frown, she suddenly saw that Duohui's perspective was covered with a layer of disguise. In Duohui's eyes, the blonde girl in front of her was still talking to her politely, but in Bailu Qiansheng's eyes, her childhood expression became distorted and weird little by little. She seemed to be desperately suppressing the urge to turn around, and she curled the corners of her mouth and observed the man behind her with the help of the mirror.

"Qiansheng, I love you the most!"

Just when the man was about to pounce on her excitedly, the young Bai Lu Qiansheng turned around instantly with a terrifying and ferocious smile, scaring him so much that he fell to the ground. She didn't care about his panic expression and nodded slightly with a smile.

"Thank you for liking me so much, and even making a deal with the Puppet Master for this. Since that's the case, from today on, you're a resident of the Puppet Kingdom. Please immerse yourself in the cycle of reincarnation and suffering... After all, even if your wish comes true, it can't change reality; it's just a mirage."

“No, don’t…Ahhhh!”

The man was twisted into a puppet while screaming, falling into a dream. His flesh and blood were crushed by the puppet's proliferating limbs, covering the originally clean and tidy park. However, everyone present turned a blind eye to this. Only the blonde girl laughed tremblingly, playing with the marbles formed by the man's delusion, and looking down at herself who was being tortured in it with crazy eyes.

"It's ridiculous, whether it's this boring guy or this empty world... Don't you think so? My future self."

The next moment, she suddenly turned her head to look at Bai Lu Qiansheng who was in shock, her sickly and twisted face full of sarcastic pity.

"You've actually managed to survive this long without breaking down... Then you must be even more twisted than I am now. How pathetic, Bai Lu Qian Sheng, that your mother wouldn't even allow you to kill yourself. How pitiful, Bai Lu Qian Sheng, to allow yourself to be trapped in this absurd and protracted drama, to immerse yourself in a dream of knowing nothing."

"But dreams do end. You saw me, which means you're about to wake up... I'm really looking forward to your expression then. It's bound to be amazing."

Chapter 227 Eliminating Witnesses

“Who…are you?!”

In fear and shock, Bailu Qiansheng suddenly opened her eyes and subconsciously stepped back. At the same time, Huayuan Duohui covered her head in pain because of the sudden interruption of the spell and almost fell to the ground.

"Qiansheng, what's wrong with you?"

Hiromachi Nanami asked in surprise, while Shirae Chisei's mind was in a state of confusion. She couldn't understand why she had seen that scene in Hanazono Tae's mind. Was that really her childhood? The childhood she remembered was perfectly normal; she wouldn't have had that expression!

"No, something's wrong. Something must be wrong..."

Bailu Qiansheng clenched her teeth and stared at the trembling garden Duohui with extreme vigilance. Even though she looked like the real garden Duohui, she still tightly gripped the pistol at her waist.

She was sure that she had never done that when she was a child, so the clip just now must have been a fake designed by someone.

It seemed like someone was playing a trick on her... That's right! It had to be like that! They must have been using these people, or perhaps they were all fake, actors that even Tsuzuki Shifune couldn't see through... This Hanazono Tae was either an unwitting victim, or one of those people.

Thinking of this, Bai Lu Qiansheng's pupils suddenly contracted. She tried her best to suppress the urge to draw her gun. While speaking tentatively, she tried hard to think of a way to distinguish whether Hua Yuan Duo Hui was real or fake.

"Hanazono-san, I'm sorry for interrupting the spell so suddenly... But I need to ask you first, did you see anything just now?"

"A picture? I... I seem to see Qiansheng from his childhood? But it seems there are two Qiansheng classmates, and the other one looks a bit scary..."

Despite having a headache, Hanazono Tae still tried her best to answer her question. At this time, Yashio Rui couldn't help but frowned when she saw Shirasagi Chisei's obvious alert posture.

"Shiraegi, what did you see? Why did you suddenly react like this? And why do you look so wary of us?"

"Because... I saw an impossible memory in Hanazono's mind. Someone had already woven this false memory and placed it deep in Hanazono's mind, waiting for me to trigger it."

Bai Lu Qiansheng was filled with a chaotic feeling of insecurity, and he gritted his teeth and slowly squeezed out a sound.

"This false memory has been in her mind for over a decade. How could they have predicted today's situation so soon? That's impossible. It only means they were certain I would use mental magic on Hanazono Tae... In other words, you and them were most likely colluding to play a trick on me!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Bai Lu Qiansheng could no longer hold back her anger and drew her gun directly at them. Yashio Ruwei, who was already prepared, also raised her pistol almost at the same time as her. Her brows became more and more furrowed and her expression became indifferent.

"Mr. Bai Lu, calm down. No one would think we're plotting something based on such a small sign. Can't you sense our emotions? So why do you still suspect we're deceiving you?"

"Yes, I can sense your emotions... But, since those people are able to weave such false memories, it shows that their control over the mind is completely comparable to that of the Bai Lu family. Maybe my recent chaos is all manipulated by them, even the so-called emotional perception now!"

"Shiraegi, are you sure you're mentally sound? You're using your own logic to explain everything. This conspiracy theory is meaningless. Ms. Tsuzuki isn't far away. If we were really conspiring with others to control your mind, do you think she wouldn't be able to tell?"

"...Ms. Tsuzuki is not good at spiritual matters. Her powerful strength can only ensure that she will not be controlled, but it cannot guarantee that you have no ill intentions towards me."

Bai Lu Qian Sheng hesitated for a moment after hearing her calm analysis, but thinking about how she had been deceived and fooled these days, she still refused to put down the gun.

"Anyway, I can't guarantee that you can be trusted now. I won't help you anymore. Take Huayuan Duohui away from here."

"Wait, Shirasagi-san, our friends are still fighting Chihaya Aine, and we urgently need you to erase that part of Hanazono Tae's memory!"

Hiromachi Nanami took a step closer to her eagerly, and Qiansheng quickly turned the gun around, his face twisted as if ready to pull the trigger at any moment.

"Don't come over here. I told you I won't help you anymore... Now, everyone, get back off and leave here immediately!"

"…She's no longer able to communicate, Nanami, and Ms. Tsuzuki and the others have begun to notice the situation here."

Looking at the stalemate, Ruwei looked at Tsuzuki Shifune who was already approaching quickly from a distance and sighed deeply. Nanami also realized that the situation was irreversible and could not help showing a desperate expression.

They failed, and Chisei is no longer willing to help them. Later, Ms. Tsuzuki will definitely let Shirasagi No Yoshiro check the memory of Hanazono Tae, so that everything they did with Mashiro will be exposed... Morfonica will be punished by the committee.

...If she killed the committee members outright, even if Ms. Tsuzuki tried desperately to help them, she'd probably still be sentenced to death, right? She hadn't anticipated Ruui's actions before, so perhaps that wasn't the case... But was she just going to watch Mashiro and Ruui die?

No, absolutely not. She had already lost her parents, and she had barely managed to suppress the pain. She couldn't lose anyone else... She had to stop this.

Just as this thought flashed through Qi Shen's mind, she felt the blood drop in her pocket suddenly begin to heat up. Her ability was rapidly amplified, turning her eyes into snake pupils, and she could see clearly the pollution on Hanazono Tae and Yamabuki Saya, and the source was Shirasagi Chisei.

Pollution? Wait, there's a crack in Hanazono Tae's soul, and Yamabuki Saya's hallucinations are also amplified by the pollution... I found a solution!

Hiromachi Nanami realized something and opened her eyes wide. She quickly held Duohui's hand, causing the latter, who had just regained consciousness, to look at her in confusion. Before she could speak, Nanami asked hurriedly,

"Hanazono-san, you want to find a way to restore Saaya to normal, right? I have a way now, but it will hurt you... Are you willing to do it?"

"I do, what should I do?!"

Hanazono Tae nodded without hesitation, and Nanami breathed a sigh of relief.

"Relax, don't resist, leave everything to me."

The next moment, Hanazono Tae felt another tearing pain. She felt that the energy of the spell was slowly seeping into her soul. While she was trying to suppress her instinctive resistance, she saw Arisaki and Satomi appear beside Saaya. They were stunned for a moment after meeting her blank gaze, and then realized something and looked at Hiromachi Nanami with panicked expressions.

"Arisaki? Satomi?"

Saaya was stunned when she saw their expressions. While asking the question subconsciously, she also felt severe pain like Duohui. She couldn't help but cover her head. She suddenly remembered everything so far. She opened her eyes wide in disbelief and stared at Arisaki and Satomi whose bodies quickly became unreal.

"Wait, Arisaki, Satomi, you...are already dead?"

"Saiya! Stop Hiromachi Nanami! We are just illusions amplified by Shirasagi Chisei's pollution. Hiromachi Nanami wants us to enter Tae's soul. Tae will be in trouble..."

Even though it was just an illusion, Arisaki and Satomi still anxiously reminded Saaya, but halfway through their words, they turned into smoke in front of Saaya and quickly entered the body of Hanazono Tae. Yamabuki Saaya instinctively stretched out her hand, but could only let the mist pass through her fingers.

The next moment, Hanazono Tae's body suddenly stiffened, and she lost consciousness and fell backwards. Tsuzuki Shifune quickly caught her with magic, and at the same time, Hiromachi Nanami also breathed a sigh of relief. She tried hard to suppress the guilt in her heart, turned her eyes away from Yamabuki Saya's expression, and secretly took out her mobile phone to send a message to Mashiro.

"There are no more witnesses."

Chapter 228: Xianjuan Group’s Plan

In the pitch darkness, Hikawa Sayo leaned quietly on the energy barrier. She could feel a familiar breath behind her. Since waking up, her perception of Hina had reached an unimaginable level. She could know Hina's location even without looking back... She knew that Hina felt the same way about her.

"Sister, you must be bored trapped here, right?"

Hina suddenly spoke softly, and

Sayo also sighed.

"Of course it's going to be boring being locked up here with no guitar practice or music. You asked me that ten minutes ago, didn't you?"

"In that case, sister, please eat me. The old woman said it very clearly. We can only leave when we devour each other until only one person is left. So, sister, please eat me."

Hikawa Hina raised her hand and knocked on the energy barrier, looking expectantly at her sister who was sitting on the other side of the barrier, while Hikawa Sayo's voice suddenly turned cold.

"Don't say that to me. If you say that to me again, I'll get angry."

"But, sister, you should be able to feel it, right? That extremely unstable power in our bodies."

Hinata sighed helplessly.

"It's very dangerous. It even extinguished the sun a little earlier. If we don't have the barrier to protect us, it will quickly get out of control again. By then, I'm afraid it will be difficult to maintain self-awareness."

"But if you eat me, you will have a stronger and more stable power. In that case, you won't be killed by anything else, and I can rest assured."

"I told you not to say that again, don't you understand?"

Hikawa Sayo raised her voice irritably. Under normal circumstances, her tone would have been enough to make Hinata apologize and back off... But after a moment of silence, Hinata spoke softly again, full of helplessness.

"Sister, I know you don't want to do this... But there's no better way now. We can't stay here forever, right?"

"...There will definitely be a turning point. This disgusting method can't be the only solution. We can always wait for a turning point."

After a moment of silence, Hikawa Sayo tiredly squeezed out a voice, and this time Hina finally stopped talking. Silence enveloped the place again, and in the darkness Sayo felt a clear fear growing rapidly in her heart.

...In such a space, time inevitably seems to be very long. She has always avoided thinking about this aspect, but Hinai's words still forced her to face this problem...If they really only have this pathetic solution, what should they do?

Of course she couldn't do something like eating Ricai. If she really had no choice, she would rather be eaten by Ricai... But Ricai had the same idea as her, and both wanted to be swallowed by the other.

...Hiroyu Saye could only wait quietly. She hoped that there would be a turn for the better, that there would be light in the darkness, and that the world would be less cruel.

"Boom,"

Finally, her long wait was answered. After an unknown amount of time, the door opened again. Hikawa Sayo hurriedly got up from the ground. Seeing the depressed Yukina who followed Tsuzuki Shifune in, she felt relieved but also puzzled.

"Youkina, you're finally here. You haven't been here for so long, I thought something happened to you... But what happened? Why do you look so miserable?"

"Saya... My mother died in a car accident caused by Black Sun, and my father also passed away today when the mental hospital collapsed."

Yukina looked at her and squeezed out a voice with some difficulty, while Sayo was stunned for a moment and didn't know what to say for a moment. After a while, she could only sigh.

"sorry."

"No, don't blame yourself. This isn't your fault. I'm the one who can't be forgiven the most because of my stupidity... Lisa lost both her hands... and they can't even be repaired because of the contamination of the residual sound..."

Yukina responded in a low voice, and her voice choked up when she mentioned Lisa. Saya was also stunned by this sudden news.

"Lisa lost both her hands? Yukina, what's going on?"

Minato Yukina lowered her head and explained everything that had happened recently in a tired and weak voice. After listening, Sayo leaned against the barrier silently, her mind a little confused.

"I didn't expect so much to happen. I understand why you didn't have time to come find us... Is Lisa okay?"

"It's terrible. Although her life is not in danger, her hands were worn away by Zangone. Even Ms. Tsuzuki can't remove them quickly... This is all my fault."

Yukina squeezed out a trembling voice, her tone full of self-loathing, and Sayo sighed deeply and could only try to comfort her.

"Don't say that, Yukina. You were just trying to fulfill your father's last wish. Anyone in your position would make mistakes."

"Thank you, Sayo, but I'm also aware of my own guilt... Seeing that you're okay now, I can rest assured. Don't worry, we will do our best to find a solution to your sister's problem outside."

"Well, please."

Saya nodded, even though she knew there was little hope. After talking for a few more words, she watched Yukina leave, and Hina sighed silently at this time.

"It sounds like Qiansheng and the others aren't doing very well either. Although they're not as miserable as Popipa, I'm afraid Paspalae won't be able to continue operating."

"Indeed, but you must remember not to say this in front of Popipa members."

Saya was already used to her careless cruel words, so she gently warned him, and Tsuzuki Shifune sighed and spoke slowly.

"You've heard it too. The situation outside is becoming increasingly chaotic... Although I understand it's difficult for you to make a decision, I still hope you can quickly choose the one who survives. Perhaps there are other ways for the two of you to coexist... But in that case, the risk of losing control still exists. Devouring each other is the most stable solution."

"Ms. Tsuzuki, I know that the Black Sun incident resulted in the deaths of many people, even Yukina's mother... but don't you think it's a bit cruel to say that this is the best solution?"

Hikawa Sayo pursed her lips and stared at her with a complicated expression, while Tsuzuki Shifune was silent for a moment and then just sighed.

"I'm sorry, but I just don't want to see more people die... I know you care about each other and you don't want to devour each other, but your natures are such that you're attracted to each other... I don't want to see you fail after trying so hard. You shouldn't have to endure that kind of despair."

"But we won't be satisfied unless we work hard, Ms. Tsuzuki."

Sayo sighed.

"If we find a way to temporarily stabilize the situation, will you let us out?"

"Yes, as long as that method doesn't bring any additional risks... But until then, you'll have to endure the boredom here. I'm sorry, but light and other stimulations can easily arouse your power. Please hold on a little longer."

"We will. Or rather, we don't have a choice, do we?"

Hikawa Sayo sighed, and Tsuzuki Shifune nodded and left the room. Silence lasted for a while, and then Hina spoke to her cautiously,

"Sister, you also heard what that old lady said, otherwise you should just eat me now..."

"Either you eat me or you shut up."

"..."

Hinata stopped talking, but Sayo could still clearly feel her breath, and even could feel that she still hadn't given up... She was really ready to be eaten by Sayo at any time.

After realizing this, Sayo couldn't help but sigh in annoyance. She sat down as far away from Hinata as possible, ignoring her.

I let go of the feeling of grievance and closed my eyes to take a rest.

"Hello, Glacier Twins."

But the next moment, she suddenly heard an unfamiliar voice. She opened her eyes in surprise and saw a black-haired girl appeared in the room. She was smiling and waving her hand to greet them.

"First, let me introduce myself. I'm Aya Marsh... It seems like you're in great need of help right now. Do you need any help from me in stabilizing your power?"

"Of course we need it... But since you sneaked in this way, it means you have some ulterior motive. This method shouldn't be free, right?"

"Well, you're right. After all, it will cost you a lot to temporarily coexist... But as long as you are willing to help the Xianjuan Group do a few things, then it is not impossible for you to truly change your current predicament."

Aya narrated softly, and Sayo's expression became a little surprised, but she still shook her head.