mygo, but Cthulhu

"You are so decisive, Ms. Toyokawa."

Xian Juanxin clapped her hands with a smile, and Xiangzi turned to look at her. She wanted to say something tiredly, but in the end she just nodded and turned to walk towards her friends.

"Ms. Toyokawa, are you not going to deal with the other Toyokawa family members?"

"I'm handing them over to you, Miss Xianjuan. I see you seem to be planning on doing something with them, so it doesn't matter if they're given to you."

Toyokawa Shoko waved without looking back, and Xianjuanxin also curled the corners of her mouth. After she thanked him softly, she turned her gaze to the classmates around her, then smiled and nodded slightly at them.

"Everyone, get started. If the enemy is not completely eliminated, it will become a hidden danger. This is unacceptable to us."

"Yes."

The girls who had never killed anyone couldn't help but hesitate at this moment. Yuya Yujia was the first to nod vigorously. She raised her rifle and aimed it at a man. When he was about to say something in panic, she pulled the trigger and shot him in the neck.

The gunshots splattered blood all over the cross on the wall, and the girls subconsciously raised their guns and pointed them at the remaining people. After a burst of volleys, all the members of the Toyokawa family fell in a pool of blood.

"Cough cough..."

The seriously injured Hiroi Akinari leaned weakly against the wall, coughing up blood while watching the massacre in the church. He knew he should speak up to stop it, but he didn't have much strength left... and he had no interest in saving these people. They were all cultists and were unstable and dangerous factors in themselves.

"The risk factor... I'm actually not much different from the Poetry Ship."

After realizing his thoughts, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. He slowly looked up at the scarlet cross, and thought about how he had pretended to be a priest for so many years even though he had no faith. He couldn't help but shook his head in self-mockery.

"Do you need help, Father?"

Misaki Ozawa noticed his miserable condition and asked softly while handing the bandage to him, and the old man forced a smile.

"Thank you, child, but forget it. I've lived for a long time, and now there's nothing to hope for... If you can ask Miss Genjumaki to provide as much food as possible for Tokyo, I'll die without regrets."

"Don't worry, the Toyokawa family has disappeared. We can get enough food, and no one will starve to death."

"Really? That's great..."

The old man smiled weakly, and at the same time he felt his eyelids getting heavier and heavier. When he was about to close his eyes, he suddenly heard another sound of glass breaking.

He subconsciously opened his eyes, and the flames reflected in his cloudy eyes. The raging flames made the blood look particularly scarlet, and quickly spread to engulf everything.

"boom,"

With a gunshot, Marina and Rinrinko, covered in blood, stumbled and pushed open the door and ran in. They fell heavily to the ground, but still trembling and desperately reached out to the basement of the church.

"CIA, KGB... those agents have discovered us... We must destroy the forbidden books first. They must not fall into their hands!"

Chapter 296 Band Civil War

"Those agents have discovered you? Then just eliminate them."

As Shiina Riki walked over and helped Marina and Rinrinko up, he also raised his hand and pointed outside, locking onto the agents who were approaching cautiously.

"Wait, Lixi,"

But the next second, Li Xi's hand was suddenly held by Toyokawa Shoko. She turned her head in surprise, but met the complicated eyes of the blue-haired girl.

"Wakamai said we can't do anything to those agents...we have to give up on Marina and Ms. Rinrinko."

"...What are you talking about? Xiangzi? Isn't Ruomai dead?"

Li Xi was stunned for a long while before he made an incomprehensible sound, and Toyokawa Shoko silently took out her mobile phone. The number displayed on it was a series of zeros. After a moment, a strange electronic sound came from it.

"Lixi, we meet again. I'm glad you don't seem to be hurt."

"who are you?"

"Yutenji Wakamugi, this is the name I just rediscovered, or rather, the name I newly acquired.

Name."

"Ha? Are you kidding? Yutenji Wakamu died after using that spell to transform into a data storm. You don't think such a ridiculous lie can deceive..."

"My memory is not complete, but from the fragments of information, I still remember all the details of the day I chose to withdraw from Avemujica, and this should only be known to us... This should be able to prove my identity."

The electronic voice responded calmly and softly, and Lixi's brows became more and more furrowed. She looked at Xiangzi with distrust, and the latter pursed his lips and nodded vigorously to express his attitude.

"Lixi, I believe she is Ruomai. She knows about the conversation I had with her that day, and she also has some of Ruomai's memories... Although I don't know what's going on yet, I hope you can believe me. For my sake, just treat her as Ruomai."

"Okay, since Xiangzi has said so... then, can you first tell me why you want to give up on Marina and Rinrinko-san? They have taken care of us so much in the past. Are we just going to watch them die now?"

Li Xi leaned over to bandage the wounds of the two men and asked in a deep voice. The camera on Xiangzi's mobile phone also flashed, as if the person on the other side was thinking about how to answer.

"Lixi, although I can understand why you think this way, we don't need to be overly sentimental. Marina and the others have already attracted the attention of various countries, and we shouldn't be hostile to those countries. Doing so will not benefit our future lives in any way."

"After the demise of the Toyokawa family, you should have planned to leave Japan, right? Even if you possess magical powers, you still need to live in society, and you cannot be sure that you can always avoid the attention of other countries. Therefore, it is wiser to abandon Marina and the others."

"..."

The air suddenly fell silent. Marina raised her head tremblingly. She suppressed the pain and forced a smile at Li Xi, wanting to persuade her to agree to the suggestion and give up on them, but the girl shook her head expressionlessly and turned her gaze to the camera of her mobile phone.

"You are not Yutenji Wakami. Although I don't know her very well, I can be sure that she is not such a cold and rational person. She would not say such a thing."

"You only possess a few of her memories. A fake like you has no right to impersonate her. Get out of here right now."

"Really? Maybe you're right, but Xiangzi is willing to treat me as Ruomai. I'm just complying with her expectations. And I'm also sincerely considering you."

The electronic voice responded calmly, and Li Xi sighed at this time. She turned her disapproving eyes to Xiangzi, but before she could speak, the blue-haired girl spoke anxiously.

"Lixi, she is really Ruomai! I used the power of Yug's descendants to trace her back. She is the highly intelligent AI evolved from Ruomai's remaining data. It is normal for her to become rational after such a big change. Please believe me..."

"Xiangzi, I really want to believe you, but since she's just an AI, then the only relationship between her and the real Ruomai is what you just described. She's not human, she doesn't even have a physical body. She's very different from us."

"But aren't we different from humans? She's just advocating for us to give up Marina and the others. What's the big deal? Didn't we already agree that the most important thing is each other?"

Xiangzi continued to ask anxiously, and Lixi also sighed deeply at this time. She looked down at her predecessors covered in blood, and her expression became indifferent.

"We did agree on that... but I don't recognize her as Yutenji Wakami, so her words mean nothing to me, and I won't agree with her."

She raised her hand and pointed outside, and the next second the sound of flesh tearing reached everyone's ears. Toyokawa Shoko stared at her back in a daze, not knowing what to say for a moment. After a moment, she saw Lixi turn around and reach out to her.

"Xiangzi, give me your cell phone."

"what are you up to?"

Xiangzi asked softly as he handed it over subconsciously, but Lixi did not answer. Instead, she raised her hand and condensed magic power to flow into the phone screen. The knowledge of the ancients in her mind made her understand how to lock the special AI inside, and soon an electronic sound with a hint of surprise rang out.

"I'm completely tied up... Li Xi, what do you want to do?"

"I'll ask you a few questions, and I hope you can answer them truthfully."

Li Xi shook her head at Xiangzi, who looked nervous, to signal her not to get excited, and continued to ask questions calmly. Ai was not afraid of the current situation and answered her softly.

"Excuse me, you guys gave me a peculiar feeling, and my underlying logic is currently unable to add a program to lie to you."

"Do you think you are Ruomai? If not, what do you think you are?"

"I can't be sure for now. This requires further exploration, but Xiangzi needs me to be Ruomai, so I responded to her."

"Just responding to her? Don't you have any sense of belonging to this identity?"

"A sense of belonging... This is a message that I still can't understand. Perhaps I'll understand what it is in the future."

"Heh, you're a total AI, aren't you?"

Li Xi couldn't help but sneer, and the electronic sound remained calm at this time.

"You're right, Lixi. I suspect you might choose to eliminate me next. Before you do that, can I give you one last piece of advice?"

"what?"

"The potential danger posed by Takamatsu Deng is too high, and it's difficult for her to shake off the guilt she carries in her heart. This is very destabilizing for you..."

"shut up."

Seeing Deng's expression become depressed and gloomy with the electronic sound, Li Xi interrupted her directly in annoyance. Then she sighed and looked at Xiangzi as if she had made some decision.

"Xiangzi, after hearing all this, do you still insist that she is Yutenji Wakamaki? The real Wakamaki would never say such a thing. She is just an AI that grew from Wakamaki's corpse. She is not your friend at all. Stop deceiving yourself, okay?"

"But, she said she could be Ruomai..."

"So, would you rather let a fake AI replace her? To desecrate her in such a ridiculous way?"

Li Xi's voice became more and more serious, and Xiangzi couldn't help but tremble at this time. While she was hesitating, Sanjiao Chuhua suddenly stepped forward and blocked her way, meeting Li Xi's questioning gaze without giving in.

"Shiina-san, I think you're going too far. Even if she's become an AI now, since she's willing to become Wakami, why can't we give her a chance? If it weren't for her help, you'd still be imprisoned by magic. Shouldn't you be grateful to her?"

"If she were a real person, or at least a living being with substance, I would be grateful to her, but she's an AI. The logic behind all her actions is purely for exploration. Her help isn't sincere, but the result of cold calculation."

Li Xi looked at her expressionlessly and responded coldly.

"Her essence is a bunch of chaotic data affected by magic. She can help us today in response to Xiangzi, and betray us tomorrow for some other reason. I don't believe her. I am also sure that Xiangzi is doing this because he doesn't want to admit the reality.

Self-deception."

"At least that's what Xiang wants, then I'll stand by her side."

Ruoye Mu also spoke softly at this time. She turned her head and nodded slightly to Xiangzi who was biting his lips. Hailing couldn't help but pursed her lips after looking at them and asked Lixi tentatively.

"Lixi, can't we put this issue aside for now? Why don't we discuss it later..."

"I think it's better to deal with any possible danger as soon as possible, and regarding this AI issue, I agree with Rikki's opinion."

Aine interrupted her calmly, and after a moment of hesitation, Su Shi also nodded, indicating that she agreed with her and Riki.

"Wildcat, what do you think?"

Shiina Riki turned his gaze to Kaname Rana who was holding a guitar on the other side. She also blinked, thought for a moment, and then found the music of avemujica on her mobile phone and tapped it to play.

The familiar and seemingly ancient melody made the four people from Mujica stunned for a moment, and then Le Nai also trotted to the front of Xiangzi's mobile phone and stared at the camera seriously.

"Woman on the phone, what do you think?"

"...a melody. I can't find any other way to describe it."

After a moment's silence, an electronic sound slowly rang out, and Le Nai shook her head slightly, too lazy to even say she was bored and turned to leave. She glanced at Mujica and Mygo who had split into two sides and confronted each other, and stood beside Li Xi without hesitation, grabbing her arm and shaking it.

"That woman doesn't care about her music. I think she's fake...rikki, matcha parfait."

"Okay, I'll do it for you later. Now just bear with me."

Hearing her answer, Lixi's brows relaxed a little. She touched Lenai's head, then looked seriously at the only gray-haired girl who was still standing in the middle with her head lowered.

"Deng, do you think this AI is Ruomai?"

"I……"

Hearing her question, Gao Songdeng couldn't help but tremble. She looked up at Li Xi hesitantly, and the latter couldn't help but sigh after seeing her expression, slowing down his voice and trying his best to comfort her.

"Don't worry, Deng, just tell us what you think. We won't blame you. We just need your opinion."

"..."

Her comfort had no effect. Gao Songdeng felt so nervous that she was about to suffocate. She clenched the corner of her clothes tightly and turned to look at Xiangzi on the other side. The familiar girl in her sight just lowered her head, looking fragile, like a poor doll who was about to lose the last glimmer of hope.

...How should she answer? What should she do?

If possible, Gao Songdeng just wanted to escape from all this. She didn't want to go against Li Xi and the others. She was afraid of such a scene, but Xiangzi looked almost broken, and she was also afraid of her tears.

"I... I think Ruomai is right. I am the unstable and dangerous factor. If it weren't for me, Xiangzi could have saved more than a million people..."

In the chaos of her mind, Gao Songdeng muttered to herself in a trance. She didn't know what she said. She only knew that when she raised her head, she saw that Li Xi's expression had become increasingly indifferent. Her anger was completely directed at this AI, and in the coldness was an unsuppressible rage.

"Deng, don't say that. You didn't do anything wrong... Xiangzi, if you insist that this thing is Ruomai, then how do you respond to what she just said?"

Li Xi looked at Toyokawa Shoko expressionlessly, and the latter's pupils shrank instantly. She trembled, her steps unsteady and she almost fell. After she came to her senses, she shook her head desperately at Li Xi.

"Lixi, Ruomai didn't mean to say that, please forgive her..."

"You're truly hopelessly lost in fantasy. You still believe this thing is Yutenji Wakami... Never mind. I'll just destroy it. You'll hate me then, but you'll also wake up."

Li Xi sighed in annoyance, then gripped her phone with determination. She controlled the spell to start tearing the AI ​​in the cracks of the network, and the electronic sound suddenly became intermittent.

"Lixi...are you going to kill me?"

"That's right, you're not Ruomai at all. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have wasted so much time. I should have done this a long time ago."

Shiina Riki responded calmly, and Toyokawa Shoko also widened her eyes at this time. She subconsciously wanted to rush forward, but Riki flashed to the other side as expected and shook her head at her.

"Xiangzi, calm down, she is not..."

"Save me, Xiangzi."

At this moment, the electronic sound suddenly changed into Ruomai's voice, and after Toyokawa Shoko was stunned for a moment, the scene of that day flashed before her eyes. Her face twisted, and the uncontrollable rage and pain tore her sanity apart, causing her to raise her hand and summon a huge silver light to cover Lixi.

"Give Ruomai back to me!"

"boom!"

Caught off guard, Li Xi's arm was torn apart. She looked at Xiangzi in disbelief, but was blown away by the oncoming surging energy and hit the wall hard. Xiangzi's mobile phone also fell to the ground and the screen shattered.