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The upper parts of the two buildings collided heavily with each other, and large pieces of steel bars fell down with a loud roar. Qi Shen opened his eyes wide and subconsciously released the barrier with all his strength, but even though most of it was blocked, there was still a sharp broken steel bar that was thrown towards Tsukushi. At this moment, everyone's face showed an expression of despair.

"Tear,"

The next second, the female student gritted her teeth and pushed Tsukushi away, and the steel bar pierced her chest directly. Tsukushi fell down due to the violent shaking. At this moment, her face was splashed with hot blood, and she couldn't help but stare at the girl with her eyes wide open.

When she was about to fall, the student trembled and hurriedly grabbed her hand. Although she was about to die, she somehow squeezed out the last bit of strength and tried her best to hold on to Tsukushi.

"you……"

"Tsukushi-senpai... I'm about to die. Can you answer a question for me?"

Futaba Tsukushi squeezed out a sound subconsciously in a daze, and the student also spoke softly with a trembling voice. Her blood dripped onto Tsukushi's clothes, and the scarlet color made her dizzy.

"question?"

"Did you... kill the chairman?"

"..."

As she squeezed out the sound, the roar that had engulfed everything seemed to be covered by a terrifying silence. Everyone was stunned for a moment. Qi Shen was the first to react and hurriedly tried to use magic to catch Tsukushi, but at this time more debris fell from above, forcing her to strengthen the barrier with all her strength.

"Why...why do you ask that?"

"Answer me, Tsukushi-senpai, please. I have nothing left. I just want to know the answer."

Tsukushi murmured incomprehensibly, and the student sobbed and asked anxiously. She looked at Tsukushi with tears in her eyes. Although death was approaching, she still desperately held Tsukushi's hand, and all this was just for her answer.

"...We were indeed the ones who killed the chairman."

After a moment's silence, Tsukushi spoke softly with complicated tone. She knew lying would be a better choice, but she couldn't do it. She couldn't lie to someone who saved her life.

"So...it's really you..."

After receiving her confirmation, the student couldn't help but tremble, her face twisted with extreme pain and sorrow, but this pain did not come entirely from pain.

“So… you were the ones who killed my friend, too, to silence him, right? Since President Aine couldn’t find out, I secretly investigated the whereabouts of the surviving students… You were the most suspicious… I didn’t expect it to be you…”

Her tears flowed with blood, and Futaba Tsukushi stared at her blankly, not knowing what to say. At this moment, Kurata Mashiro suddenly opened her eyes wide, and after realizing the current situation, she wailed desperately.

"I'm sorry! I killed your friend! Please, don't let Tsukushi go. I'll give you my life as compensation. Don't let her go... Please..."

"Then why did you kill my friend?!"

The student roared in anger and couldn't help coughing up blood. Tsukushi could feel her palms trembling. Her strength was fading along with her life. The only reason she could hold on until now was due to her unwilling obsession.

"Shimei and Mieko, they are my best friends! When I was isolated because of my eccentric personality, they were willing to accept me. When I was in pain, they were willing to accompany me. They are everything that matters to me... But Shimei was killed by you, and Mieko was eaten by those lunatics in front of me... Why did this happen... Answer me, why did you kill the chairman?! She could have protected us!"

She cried and roared, and Kurata Mashiro's pupils trembled. In the severe pain, she didn't know what to do and could only sob and cry.

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry... But Ruwei and the others were trying to protect me. I'm an outlier, but they still killed the chairman to protect me... Your friend accidentally saw it... I really can't do anything. I can't let Ruwei and the others be executed. I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

"..."

The student stared at her in a daze. After a moment, she seemed to understand everything. Her face became more and more distorted and trembled suddenly. She cried and laughed softly at the same time, her voice was extremely desperate.

"So... that's how it is. You had to kill my friend just to protect yours. I understand. I finally know why you did this..."

"No, please! Don't let her go! I'll let you kill me... Don't let her go!"

Mashiro screamed pleadingly, and the student trembled and slowly looked down at the dazed Tsukushi. Her blood was almost drained, and her pale face was filled with sad powerlessness as she gave her a desperate smile.

"Tsukushi-senpai...when you chose to save me twice, I was truly incredulous. I had always thought you were all heinous murderers, and I couldn't understand why you would save me...so, I subconsciously saved you, too."

"But now I understand... You are indeed the murderer, but there is no difference between me and you. You committed the crime to protect your friends. If I were in your position, I would probably make the same choice as you."

"Sorry……"

Tsukushi didn't know what to say anymore, and could only apologize feebly in the end, while the student calmly shook his head.

"No, there's no need to apologize... because I already understand you. I'm the same as you... I don't hate you anymore."

Hearing this, Mashiro couldn't help but reveal an expression of surprise, but Nanami had a strong foreboding premonition. She desperately tried to support the terrifying weight above her, trembling as she tried to condense magic to catch Tsukushi, but the student's weak voice rang out first.

"But I can't forgive you. They were everything to me, and yet you killed them... I can't forgive this no matter what."

"If I were in your position, I would make the same choice as you. So, if you were in my position, you would definitely do the same as me... We are all selfish and only want to protect those around us.

People who are like this only want revenge on those who took their friends away."

"Tsukushi-senpai, I'm sorry, and thank you."

She used up her last bit of strength to utter a word, but at this moment she finally gave up and let the darkness swallow her consciousness, and just like that, she let go of her hand.

Hiromachi Nanami opened her eyes wide, coughed up blood, and desperately condensed a spell, but Tsukushi's body brushed past her energy. At this moment, the girl couldn't help but turn her head to look at Mashiro. Her lips trembled as she wanted to speak, but before that she had already fallen straight down.

"Tsukushi!"

Zhenbai wailed hysterically. She tore off a part of her soul and burned it violently in exchange for a momentary burst of magic power. Compound eyes and butterfly wings quickly grew from her body. At this time, she could no longer maintain the huge energy output, and the two high-rise buildings collided heavily.

"boom!"

The roar sounded again, Hiromachi Nanami lost consciousness due to overdrawn magic, Ruwei and Toru also fell down, and Kurata Mashiro flapped his wings desperately, diving down desperately in the collapse of the high-rise building, desperately trying to speed up.

Magical power permeated her body, and her flesh and bones quickly dissolved, but Kurata Mashiro didn't care about it at all. She caught up with Nanami and hugged her body tightly, burning everything that could be burned to teleport her to a safe area outside the high wall. The severe pain came like a tide, and she endured it desperately and continued to catch up with Ruwei and Toruko, and teleported them out in the same way.

Finally, Tsukushi was the only one in her eyes. Mashiro continued to burn her soul with all her might, increasing her speed and diving down recklessly. She knocked away the falling debris that blocked her way and desperately accelerated to rush towards her friend.

She was getting closer, she was getting closer! She would definitely make it in time, she would definitely make it in time!

Mashiro roared in her heart, quickly closing the distance and soon coming to be above Tsukushi. She desperately stretched out her hand to Tsukushi, and the latter looked at her tiredly, his voice full of weakness.

"Mashiro...at my current speed, even if you catch me, my spine will break."

"It's okay. I'll cast a spell to neutralize the impact in an instant. No matter what happens, I won't let you die!"

Mashiro gritted his teeth and roared in response, while Tsukushi also showed a complicated expression.

"This level of self-oppression... you'll burn every last bit of your soul to keep me alive."

"It's okay, because this will save you."

The ground was getting closer and closer, but Mashiro was almost able to catch Tsukushi. She eagerly opened her arms to hug Tsukushi, but the next moment, she saw Tsukushi gently shook his head at her, his expression soft and regretful.

"Mashiro... I'm sorry, but the person we hurt was right. We are all selfish, and I am selfish too. I don't want you to die saving me."

"You're actually very beautiful like this. Don't hate yourself. Fly, Mashiro. You are our butterfly."

The next moment, Futaba Tsukushi pushed Mashiro's body away before she could react. Mashiro opened her eyes wide and reached out desperately, but her hand only had time to touch Tsukushi's clothes.

"boom!"

The next second, Tsukushi fell heavily to the ground in front of her eyes, and all her compound eyes were twisted due to extreme pain, but they could only slow down the scene of Tsukushi's death countless times, allowing Mashiro to see little by little the horrific scene of her flesh and bones being broken, and her smile being torn apart by the impact. It all seemed like a long slow slicing, and Mashiro was completely swallowed up by despair that seemed to have no end.

Tsukushi, why...

"Mashiro, do you often see that special butterfly?"

A familiar voice rang in her ears, and Mashiro couldn't help but open her eyes. She turned her head to meet Tsukushi's curious gaze, and couldn't help but think hesitantly for a moment.

"Well, how should I put it? It's probably just a very beautiful, dreamy feeling."

"Really? Are they all flying freely then?"

"That's right. At least they make me feel free... I want to be like them, but I'm afraid I can't."

"Really? I think you've already done it, Mashiro."

Tsukushi looked at her seriously.

"You can see things that we can't see, and you can even sing about them. This is amazing to me... Mashiro, you're like a butterfly in my eyes. Even though you sometimes lack the courage, you still try hard to fly. I envy you so much."

"Mashiro, even if we're not by your side sometimes, you have to keep going, just like the butterflies you see flying with all your might. We all have high hopes for you."

“This is still too difficult for me…”

...Yes, fly, Kurata Mashiro, fly, this is the only thing you can do, fly with all your might as Tsukushi wishes.

"Tsukushi...I'm sorry..."

As the high-rise building collapsed, Kurata Mashiro, with her body badly broken, knelt powerlessly on the ground. She whimpered and gasped in pain, trembling as she tried to gather Tsukushi's broken body as much as possible. At the same time, her flesh and blood began to distort and twist, and her butterfly wings suddenly expanded to form a huge and gorgeous light curtain.

"I couldn't save you...but...I will try my best to fly. I won't let you down."

Kurata Mashiro hugged the broken body of Tsukushi that she had stitched up with great difficulty. As she spoke in a low voice, her body twisted and mutated into a horrible appearance in an instant. Insect limbs and grotesque things continued to grow, and countless Mashiro heads formed her new body, turning her into a huge "butterfly" curled up on the ground.

Then, the butterfly spread its wings, and amidst countless twisted smiles of Mashiro, it began to fly into the sky. Countless scales and powders slid down its body. They landed on the buildings and easily melted the steel and concrete. All ordinary people who were touched by the powder were directly turned into a pool of blood.

The despair on the ground grew larger and larger, but the butterflies in the sky were completely unaware of it. In the center of it, Kurata Mashiro held Tsukushi tightly in her arms. She gazed at the boundless sky with a smile, raised her hand to stroke Tsukushi's broken head, and whispered to her with satisfaction and happiness, her eyes full of intoxication.

"Tsukushi... do you see? We are flying. I will continue to be free as you said... and I will always hold you in my arms."

"Let's just forget everything. Now, we only have each other."

Chapter 269 Naya, you lied to me!

"Cough cough..."

A painful cough entered Mizukani's mind, and she subconsciously opened her eyes. A strong sense of dizziness and pain enveloped her mind, and it took her a while to barely see the situation in front of her.

Under the light of the spell, Ichinose Shinahiko's body had been pierced and crushed by layers of steel bars and bricks. Flesh tentacles extended from his body, continuously spreading to support the huge ruins, allowing her and Mocha to survive... but no one's parents could be seen around.

"Miss Lan, you're awake. That's great! If you had continued to be unconscious, I wouldn't know what to do."

Seeing that she finally woke up, Zhenyan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. After relaxing, he couldn't help coughing up blood, and his face looked extremely pale in the dim light.

"Mr. Ichinose... were you the one who protected us when I lost consciousness?"

"After all, this is what Mr. Meizhu told me last time. He helped me a lot, so I have to repay him... but...

What a pity, I thought I could see my daughter one last time."

Zhenyan smiled bitterly, then raised his hand to gesture towards the passage on the other side.

"Miss Lan, I'm beyond help. Please take your friends away first. Because of the chaos earlier, I wasn't able to bring your parents here, but they should be in this underground space as well. You should be able to find them."

"Mr. Ichinose, thank you. Without you, we wouldn't be able to hold on until now."

Mizukuri nodded earnestly to him, then turned around and hurriedly woke up the others. When they all regained consciousness, Ichinose Mayuko's breath became increasingly weak, but he still endured the pain and tried his best to look up at her.

"Ms. Lan... I know that if you're in danger, you'll prioritize protecting your teammates, but if possible, could you please help me take care of my daughter? I've caused her friends pain, and I feel sorry for her, but I still hope she can continue to live..."

"I promise you, I will do my best to protect her, Mr. Ichinose."

Ran nodded vigorously without hesitation, and after receiving her assurance, Ichinose Shinohiko couldn't help but smile. He opened his mouth to say something, but the next moment he closed his eyes weakly, and his head drooped down without a sound.

"...Let's go. He died for us. We can't let his sacrifice go to waste."

Mi Zhulan took a deep breath and tried hard to suppress her sadness. She sighed and spoke softly, pulling the others and walking quickly towards the passage.

The terrain here is very complicated. The exhausted Mizukuri can't even cast a lighting spell at this time. She can only move forward carefully with a flashlight. She tried to call out to her mother and other people's parents, but got no response.

"Where are they..."

Mi Zhulan frowned and tried to find the direction, and the next moment, her flashlight suddenly illuminated a distorted face covered in blood. She was stunned for a moment and then walked forward quickly. After seeing the bloody cross on the face, her expression became extremely ugly.

"Damn it, these lunatics again? They're even under the ruins?"

"This body looks a bit strange. He doesn't look like he was crushed to death. His hands are bloody and mangled. It looks like he desperately dug through the rubble until he died of exhaustion... Wait, was there a second landslide there?"

After experiencing so much, Ueda Gawabone was no longer afraid of this kind of scene. She carefully observed the corpse, thought about it, and whispered her judgment, and then she discovered the buried flesh and blood tentacles on the other side.

"Judging from these traces, it was relatively close to the ground before the second landslide... Could it be that a group of Blood Crosses forcibly dug a passage, and after some of them escaped, the entrance collapsed directly?"

Mi Zhulan subconsciously expressed her guess, and the air suddenly became silent. Everyone looked at each other, their expressions all heavy and worried.

Mizukuri is now unable to cast any spells, and even has very few bullets left. In such a narrow space, it is really difficult for them to defeat a group of Blood Crosses without any risk, not to mention that their parents have not been found yet.

"...Don't worry, everyone. I believe we can get through this."

After a moment of silence, Feimali tried to gather her spirits and smiled at them comfortingly.

"Don't forget, I have enough power now. I can definitely... Hey, why can't I summon sand like my father?"

As she spoke, she tried to condense the spell, but after trying it, she unexpectedly found that it was unsuccessful, and Mizukuri couldn't help but sigh at this time.

"It always takes time to adapt to new powers. It's normal for you, Himari, to be unfamiliar with this power, having just signed the contract... We may not encounter those lunatics, so we should quickly find our parents and leave through the exit that Mr. Ichinose left for us."

Mizukami spoke softly, trying to dispel the oppressive atmosphere, and the others could only nod their heads in hope. They searched everywhere, eliminating one dead end after another, and finally saw sporadic flickering lights at the end of a road.

"Is that a sign...from our parents?"

Tsugumi Yuzawa couldn't help but speak out at this time, but no one could give her a definite answer. Mizukuri also carefully turned off the flashlight to avoid being exposed. They all held each other's hands and groped their way forward carefully in the dark.

After a period of agonizing time, they saw the flickering lights gradually become clearer, and they also heard a lot of noisy cheers, the madness of which was so obvious that it completely shattered the hope in their hearts.

"This kind of voice... can't be mistaken, it must be those lunatics..."

Mi Zhulan gritted her teeth. She wanted to rush forward, but her exhausted body kept reminding her that impulsiveness would not end well. She could only desperately tell herself to stay calm, trying not to make any sound while walking forward with the others.