"Hahaha, don't worry, I won't lie to you. Even if you curse me madly soon, I can guarantee that I didn't lie to you."

Naya laughed, and the next moment the woman's breath instantly stabilized, her originally weakened heartbeat gradually stabilized, and Mizukuri, who was full of complicated feelings, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Now tell me, how can I cure my mother?"

"It's simple. Her curse was cast by a Shoggoth. You either have to kill it or find an item with enough power, such as the heart of the Tsuzuki Poetry Ship."

Naya explained softly and cheerfully,

"But both the Shoggoth and the Tsuzuki Poetry Ship are far superior to you, so I still recommend that you just study slowly. You have great talent, and you should be able to break the curse in a few decades."

"Decades? By then, my mother will probably be old and dead."

"That's the issue of your human lifespan, which is not part of the deal."

The man turned around and prepared to leave, but Mei Zhulan couldn't help but ask one last question.

"Wait, why was my mother cursed? She's just a mortal. She shouldn't have offended that Shoggoth, right?"

"Who knows, maybe I accidentally spilled ice cream on it when I was little."

The man walked into the shadows, and Mizukami frowned and stared at the direction he disappeared, constantly thinking about Naya's motive for helping her. A moment later, she suddenly heard Moka's panicked voice.

"Get out of the way, Lan!"

"Varied……"

Before Mi Zhulan could react, she felt herself being pushed heavily to the ground. A familiar man with a distorted face grabbed her shoulders tightly, his eyes full of anger and disbelief.

"Mizukari! Do you know what the hell you did?! You actually made a deal with Naya?! Are you crazy or stupid?!"

"who are you?"

Mizukari instinctively asked, and after a moment of hesitation, Himari rushed over and pushed him away, looking at him angrily and incomprehensibly.

"Dad, what are you doing? Lan is my friend!"

"But she actually made a deal with Naya! Feimali, how could you be friends with such an idiot?! She'll get you into trouble!"

Uehara Xiao felt like his brain blood vessels were about to burst. He growled softly with gritted teeth. At this moment, Mizukuri also got up from the ground, sighed, and met his eyes seriously, as if he wanted to eat someone.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Uehara. I understand your anger, but I really had no choice but to agree to the deal... And since He promised not to deceive us, His conditions should be trustworthy. I don't think there's anything to worry about."

"Do you think you're so smart? Since Naya offered such conditions, he must be confident that he can make you fall into despair without lying! You idiot!"

Uehara Akatsuki roared angrily. He continued to reach out to pull Mizukari over, but the next moment he was stopped by the annoyed Himari.

"Dad, that's enough! No matter how bad this decision is, Lan has already made a deal with Naya. You can't change anything even if you get angry at her!"

"Feimary...Alas,"

Looking at his daughter's dissatisfied expression, Uehara Xiao clenched his fists but had to suppress his anger. In the end, he could only sigh heavily with fatigue.

"Forget it, I don't care about her... Come with me, everyone. I know a shortcut to leave Tokyo."

"Wait, I still need to ask Ms. Tsuzuki about the treatment of mother

Dear method..."

"Pan!"

Mi Zhulan opened her mouth subconsciously, but a hysterical roar suddenly interrupted her voice. She turned her head subconsciously, but only saw large patches of crimson light, which almost replaced the golden sunlight.

In the center of the crimson, Tsuzuki Shifune's face was twisted as she roared miserably. Opposite her was a man so beautiful that Mitakeran's breath was stopped. He didn't seem to understand Tsuzuki Shifune's anger. He tilted his head and spoke softly.

"Why are you so angry? Your friend was clearly addicted to that kind of happiness and never stopped missing it. Even when he died, he was still longing for it, wasn't he?"

Chapter 247 Mashiro's Plan

"Hold...my hand,"

Yamabuki Saya struggled to climb the ever-expanding spider web. She held Mana and the others' hands tightly and tried her best to move forward in the direction they were guided.

Spider webs spread throughout the passage, blocking the pollution from the outside. They surged into countless noisy, twisted screams and malice, and Maruyama Aya couldn't help but feel a complex and sad heart watching this scene.

"Qiansheng... has she been enduring this all along?"

"Although I still find it hard to believe this...but this seems to be the reality."

Seta Kaoru looked at all this tiredly, pursed his lips and nodded silently.

"Everything she showed us was carefully prepared...and even if she told us, we wouldn't be able to help her. We would be in pain."

"The purpose of this trip...is simply to enable Qiansheng to control the pollution. We still don't have any way to help her."

"..."

Matsubara Kanon spoke softly in a somewhat depressed tone, and they didn't know what to say for a moment. Because Saaya's carrying capacity was limited, she could only bring the three of them who were most familiar with Qiansheng and Mana who led the way. But at this moment they all had to face a fact... They were actually powerless to help Qiansheng's pain.

"It's almost here,"

At this moment, Junda Mana suddenly spoke, pulling their consciousness back from the sadness and powerlessness. Maruyama Aya quickly looked up and what caught her eyes was a large number of broken corpses of puppets. They were still squirming and trying desperately to escape from the scene behind them, but they were still tightly bound to the entrance, with despair written on their stiff faces.

"So, what we should do now is just go in?"

Seta Kaoru spoke thoughtfully, then tentatively reached out towards the entrance, but just as she was about to get close, the puppets began to roar wildly, trembling and waving their limbs desperately at her, wailing and screaming continuously.

"Save us! Save us! Please, free us!"

"...No, we can't get in with these things here."

Yamabuki Saya frowned and raised her hand to cast a spell, but the next moment her hand was grasped tightly by another white hand that suddenly stretched out.

"Don't do that. The space here is far more unstable than you think. The spell will only destroy the passage and bury you here."

"...Mashiro Kurata,"

After seeing her face, Saaya could not help but clench her teeth. Behind her, Hiromachi Nanami pursed her lips and wanted to say something apologetically, but Mashiro calmly spoke first.

"I apologize to you on her behalf, Yamabuki Saya. She did that to protect us, and I'm also aware of Hanazono Tae's current situation. You took on such a dangerous mission just to save her, right?"

"So what?"

"Well, I need to remind you that this entrance only leads to the ruins of the Puppet Kingdom. Although it was once a dreamland, it has now been torn apart and is gradually falling into reality... Even if you enter, you will not be able to heal your friend, and you will be bound by that place and unable to escape."

Kurata Mashiro explained softly, while Yamabuki Saya frowned and used the spider web to detect it. After confirming that what she said was true, she couldn't help but sigh.

"That's true...why are you reminding me?"

"Because I want to make a deal with you,"

Kurata Mashiro paused for a moment, then her voice became much more serious.

"I'll help them tear open a new entrance, and as they enter, the ruins will shift. You can use this opportunity to bypass it and reach the true Dreamland... I need you to lend me some of your spider web and help me absorb the pollution here."

"Absorbing pollution? Using what? You should know how dangerous they are, right?"

"Don't worry about that. We are capable of collecting these things."

The next moment, a trapezoidal octahedron suddenly flew out from the void. Under its light, Miyashiro Orie slowly walked out and responded with a smile, while Sa Ling also frowned and stared at them for a while, and nodded silently after a long silence.

"...I don't think I have any other choice but to do as you say. But can I ask your purpose?"

"Sorry about this ****,"

Kurata Mashiro shook her head, and Saaya could only sigh.

"Well... I hope your actions won't affect me."

She raised her hand and handed a part of the spider web to Mashiro, who nodded slightly, turned around, and used Migo's knowledge to lock the weak point in the space, walked forward and guided the magic power to make a crack in it.

"Okay, you can go in."

She shrugged at Maruyama Aya and the others, and they thanked her and hurried in. However, Saaya was surprised to see that Junda Mana was still there. She neither followed the three in nor went back along the spider web. She just stood there silently.

"Mana, don't you plan to follow the spider web you came from back to reality?"

"I... I no longer have anything to desire in reality. I have a dream that I can't give up, but it has been proven impossible to achieve."

Mana smiled bitterly, hesitated for a moment, then looked up at her.

"Sha Ling, since Qian Sheng can create a puppet kingdom, if I go to the Dream Realm, can I also see everything I dream of?"

"Maybe that's the case. I don't really know much about the Dreamland, so I can't guarantee that... Do you want to go to the Dreamland with me?"

Saaya asked thoughtfully, and Mana stared in the direction she came from for a moment, then nodded slightly after a moment of silence.

"If you are willing to take me with you, after all, I have never been needed in reality. I am not my father's real daughter, and Chuhua doesn't care about me... I want to go to the Dreamland to realize my wish, even if it is just an illusion."

"Then come with me, I will take you there."

Looking at her depressed expression, Yamabuki Saya couldn't help but nodded with some pity. Mana was stunned for a moment and quickly thanked her gratefully, while Kurata Mashiro also quietly watched them leave.

After their figures disappeared, Miyashiro Orie turned to look at her with a happy expression and a tone of interest.

"Now that it has come to this, you should at least tell me what your plan is, right?"

"It's simple. You use the trapezoidal octahedron to collect the pollution, and then I'll use this part of the spider web to open a passage directly to Toyokawa Shoko."

Kurata Mashiro calmly explained softly,

"She and her friends are all chasing after Shiina Riki. When the time is right, I will use the pollution to attack her and activate the

After that, it all depends on whether I can control it."

"That sounds very risky,"

"There's nothing we can do. Although Ms. Tsuzuki has temporarily gone mad because of the God Pan who appeared out of nowhere, she will eventually regain her sanity. This is the only way to hastily plan."

Mashiro sighed, and Nanami was stunned for a moment, confused and asked her,

"Mashiro...why are we suddenly targeting Toyokawa Shoko? Mujica and Mygo are closely connected. Their combined strength is beyond our ability to defeat. What if they retaliate?"

"...I'm sorry, Qi Shen, but I have to do this. I can't tell you why. I can only say that I have reasons why I have to do this."

After a moment of silence, Mashiro turned her head away, not daring to look at Qi Shen. She pursed her lips and spoke in a low voice. She was instinctively afraid of the other party's questions, but a moment later she only felt a warm embrace.

"It's okay, no need to apologize, Mashiro... Since you said so, then of course I will help you. You could have told us earlier. Ruwei and the others should also know about this."

"I'm sorry, I just don't want you to be affected by my affairs..."

Mashiro responded with a complicated heart, and at the same time she felt the familiar heavy sense of guilt. In the pain, she couldn't help but become more determined.

...She must turn herself into a real person. After suffering for so long, she can no longer tolerate her own hypocrisy and lies. She must, must repay her friends' feelings.

Chapter 248 Horrible Illusion

When Maruyama Aya and the other two walked into the entrance, a strange light instantly engulfed them. When they came to their senses, they found themselves in a tunnel separated by transparent material. They could see each other but could not hear each other's voices.

After trying many ways, they were unable to ruin it all. In the end, they could only say goodbye to each other with gestures and continue walking forward. Soon, Maruyama Aya saw a familiar figure from behind. After a moment of hesitation, she rushed over eagerly.

"Qiansheng, are you okay..."

However, just as she touched Qiansheng's body, the surrounding scene suddenly changed. When Maruyama Aya came to her senses, she was shocked to find herself on the stage, surrounded by Paspale's companions, and Qiansheng was smiling and nodding to the audience.

"Thank you very much for supporting Paspale. Even though all kinds of things have happened, we have come this far together. This is inseparable from your support."

"Qiansheng, what... is going on?"

Maruyama Cai spoke blankly, unable to understand, and Shiraegi Chisei turned around and looked at her in surprise, as if he didn't understand what she was saying.

"What's going on? Xiao Cai, we're about to perform, so cheer up."

"Yes, really?"

Maruyama Aya blinked in confusion. She remembered that she shouldn't be here just now. She was just... where?

Her memory became increasingly blurred, and Qiansheng gently patted her shoulder to bring her back to her senses. As the music sounded, Maruyama Aya subconsciously began to sing, temporarily putting aside the doubts in her heart that had no source of truth.

Forget it, the performance is the most important thing right now, let’s focus on this first.

"Qiansheng...were we just building sandcastles?"

Looking at his own young body, Seta Kaoru asked unconsciously, and the equally young Shiraegi Chisei nodded slightly in confusion.

"Yeah, Xiaoxun, you just said you wanted to build an awesome sand castle. Why are you suddenly asking this?"

"No, it's nothing. Maybe I'm just a little tired. I seem to remember that I wanted to save you... but everything is obviously normal."

Seta Kaoru shook her head in a trance, picked up the small shovel and continued to reach towards the sand castle. Shiraishi Chisei also watched all this quietly with a smile.

"Huayin, Huayin..."

Matsubara Kanon suddenly heard a familiar voice in her distress and opened her eyes subconsciously. She was surprised to see Qiansheng standing helplessly beside her bed.

"Class is about to start, Kanon. If you sleep any longer, you'll be late."

"Eh? Qiansheng? Why are we here... No, this is the dormitory, we should really be here... I think I had a weird dream."

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