mygo, but Cthulhu

After hearing her voice, Bailu Qiansheng widened her eyes and slowly looked up. She stared at Mei Zhulan blankly for a moment, then suddenly laughed miserably with sarcasm, her voice full of despair.

"Are you saying that Feima Li is in pain? Tell me quickly! Where is she now?"

Mi Zhulan grabbed her shoulders eagerly, while Bai Lu Qiansheng just lowered his head with empty eyes and shook his head silently.

"What would it matter if I told you? Even if you rescued her this time, it wouldn't change anything. We can't escape this, and we can only sink deeper and deeper into despair... The so-called paradise of escaping hatred is just a delusion. We simply..."

"Stop talking nonsense! I didn't even do anything to you just because you're the source of the Blood Cross! Tell me where Scarlet Mary is!"

The extremely anxious Mizukuri could no longer tolerate her meaningless and empty words, and broke Qiansheng's nose with a punch. The blonde girl stared at her without resistance, and after a moment, she raised her hand weakly and pointed to the other side, while speaking softly.

"She is being tortured by the Kunyang people in that building... But she does all this for you, you know? The contract she signed prevents her from feeling happy, so she can't continue to be with you, otherwise she will die."

"She's endured so much just to protect you. Saving her now would go against her expectations... She might even find happiness when she completely collapses and embraces you, and die in your arms... Is that what you want?"

"...What I regret most now is that I didn't stop her in time. All power in this ugly world has a price, but even immortality cannot be exchanged for happiness."

After a moment's silence, Mizukami let go of her and whispered a response, gritting her teeth and wiping the tears from her face.

"Life without happiness is meaningless. If our happiness has to be exchanged for her pain, then I will never accept it... Even if she dies in my arms, it only means that her pain can finally end and she can finally rest in peace in death."

"No matter what the outcome, I must go save her... Bai Lu Qiansheng, it's pointless for you to wallow in despair here. Your bandmates are nowhere to be found. Are you going to continue wasting your time here?"

"...I'll go with you."

After a moment of silence, Bai Lu Qiansheng got up from the ground and nodded slightly. She closed her eyes and reconnected her nose, while her voice barely escaped despair.

"You're right. I don't know where Eve is right now. No matter how powerless I am, I must find her first... The chapel is not only a place of torture, but also the control center of the entire city. I can determine her location there."

"You finally cheered up a little, then let's take action now."

Mizukami sighed, turned around eagerly and was about to rush forward, but the next moment Bailu Qiansheng's voice suddenly sounded behind her.

"Mizukane, if it weren't for me, there wouldn't be a bloody cross, and Scarlet Mary wouldn't be tortured like this... Don't you hate me?"

"I hate you, but there's no point in taking revenge on you now. What I care about most is my friends, not revenge."

Mei Zhulan turned around and responded softly, and Bai Lu Qiansheng was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"If everyone had the same idea as you, then there would be no need for Kurata Mashiro and I to carry out the so-called Paradise Plan... Unfortunately, we can't guarantee this. Even if we got everyone's guarantee, we can't gamble with our friends' lives."

"This cruel reality is irreversible. Even if I can protect my friends this time, how can I always ensure their safety..."

She closed her eyes, then sighed deeply and tiredly, lowering her head to Mizukuri.

"I'm sorry. I understand that no matter how desperate I am, it's useless... This city's defense system will block teleportation spells. Let's get there as quickly as possible."

Chapter 327 Disagreement

"Xiangzi? Xiangzi?"

In a trance, Shoko Toyokawa felt a soft and cold palm gently caressing her face, and at the same time she heard Ruomai's voice calling her.

Is this Ruomai's hand? It shouldn't be. After all, she's become an AI now. Even if she were to condense into a digital humanoid, her hand wouldn't feel like this...

The next moment, Toyokawa Shoko suddenly realized something and quickly opened her eyes. She subconsciously wanted to draw out the dagger, but when she saw the familiar girl in front of her, she couldn't help but be stunned.

"Ruomai?"

"I'm sorry to scare you, Xiangzi. I just wanted to use my body."

Ruomai smiled, and Toyokawa Shoko got up from the ground in confusion. She observed the girl in front of her and soon saw several mechanical stitches on her skin. She touched it tentatively and felt only coldness, completely different from normal human body temperature.

"Ruomai...your body is made of machinery? How did you do that?"

"I previously reached a deal with Sato Masuki and the others, and obtained the Zhute Zhiyou technology. By analyzing it, my computing power has been improved, and thus I have the ability to analyze this city."

Ruomai responded softly, turning to look at the strange city not far away.

"I soon discovered that although the technology of the Kunyang people is incredibly advanced, they are essentially a backward race. They have long since stopped making any scientific progress. A few decades ago, some people still respected knowledge, but now no one in Kunyang cares about that anymore."

"They've even begun to misuse this city, only caring about its most superficial functions. Furthermore, they've already killed the city's original artificial intelligence for their own convenience. I encountered almost no resistance when I hacked into it... This city is ours now, Xiangzi."

"Really? Ruomai, you are amazing."

Hearing this, Xiangzi couldn't help but admire it sincerely, and the girl just slowly revealed an unskilled smile.

"Thank you for the compliment... So, Xiangzi, what are you going to do now?"

"First, confirm the location of all the Mygo people. There are only five of us here. I need to make sure they are safe. After we meet up with them, Ruomai, you will kill all the Kunyang people and then let the city self-destruct. We will then return to Tokyo together."

Xiangzi responded softly and seriously, and Ruomai's expression suddenly went blank. She seemed to be looking for an appropriate expression to express her emotions, and then frowned slightly.

"Xiangzi, I think this is a bit of a waste... Why should we destroy this city? It's very useful to us, isn't it?"

"You mean, we should use this place as our base?"

"Yes, there is an extremely advanced defense system here. If I hadn't happened to gain control, we would have been in for a tough fight... With such powerful weapons in our hands, why would we return to Tokyo? We can completely

I can continue to live here.”

Ruomai nodded slightly, and Xiangzi couldn't help but fall into thought at this time. Seeing her hesitant expression, Ruomai continued to persuade her seriously.

"Furthermore, if we master this weapon, then the other girls in the band will no longer be able to pose a threat to us. Shirasagi Chisei and Kurata Mashiro are currently in the city. For safety reasons, I suggest that we kill them now. This will completely eliminate the unstable factor."

"But, they only became our enemies to avoid hatred before. Now that the coordinates of this city have been completely exposed, is it really necessary for us to kill them?"

Hearing her words, Toyokawa Shoko was stunned for a moment and quickly looked up at her, while Ruomai's serious expression did not change at all.

"No matter what, they are a dangerous factor to us. By killing them here, we can avoid possible threats... Even if it may be a bit cruel, isn't this for all of us? Other people's lives have nothing to do with us. Isn't this something we have already determined?"

"...It's one thing to be selfish and not help others, but to kill others just to eliminate a possible threat... Honestly, I can't do that."

After a moment's silence, Toyokawa Shoko pursed her lips and answered softly. Ruomai was also stunned at this time. She seemed to have never expected Toyokawa Shoko to answer like this. Her expression was a little confused for a moment, and after a while it slowly settled into doubt.

"Xiangzi... I can't understand why you say that. It was purely because of our good luck that the monster destroyed itself. It was blinded by the illusion of emotion and fell into chaos... But such luck won't always be with us."

"As you said, the coordinates of this city have been completely exposed, so we need to kill all the band girls who are able to reach this city. Not only in this city, but all the girls and their families in Tokyo need to be wiped out. Only in this way can we have complete safety and we won't lose anyone again... Although Takamatsu Deng's death was her own choice, tragedies like hers shouldn't happen again. You and I should have the same idea, right?"

"No... everything that happened just now wasn't luck. It was because she still possessed some part of the lamp, even if it was fake. She didn't die because of an illusion. She sang like that because she wanted to become human... Ruomai, didn't you feel all this?"

Shoko Toyokawa frowned in disapproval, and at the same time, she held Ruomai's hand and asked anxiously. She stared into those eyes expectantly, but all she saw in them was incomprehensible confusion, and her hands were still cold.

"Xiangzi, I don't think this is the point of our discussion, and I don't quite understand what you mean... Wasn't that monster's song at the end just a meaningless example? It and Takamatsu Touma are two different beings. If that's the case, then its so-called emotions are of course just self-righteous confusion."

"You said that the girl's singing was meaningless?"

At this moment, Hailing's serious voice suddenly sounded. Xiangzi subconsciously turned his head and saw that she had woken up. The black-haired girl walked to Ruomai seriously, frowned slightly and stared at her.

"Ruomai, didn't you feel anything just now? Although it was just a monster at the beginning, it must have become a human at the moment of its death... Didn't you feel any emotional fluctuations?"

"Emotional fluctuations? I don't understand what you're talking about, Haizi. It's really foolish to have emotional fluctuations in the face of the enemy. All I cared about at the time was the possibility of our survival."

Ruomai shook her head slightly, and after looking at her for a moment, Hailing couldn't help but grit her teeth, her brows furrowed even more.

"So, what about your proposal? Are we going to kill so many people just for our own safety? Many of them have done nothing to us, and we're going to kill them just for that? In that case, what are we? Depraved beasts?"

"Isn't complete safety a sufficient reason? As far as I know, Haizi, didn't you kill many people for survival before? My proposal is essentially the same as what you did back then. Why are you so resistant?"

Ruomai sighed, his tone expressing his typical confusion.

"For safety, we should do whatever it takes. If this is depravity, then we should persist. Everything must give way to survival."

"Yutenji Wakamugi, have you forgotten the promise the five of us made back then? We will indeed abandon unnecessary compassion, but we will not degenerate to the point of having no bottom line... And now you're saying that as long as we can survive, it doesn't matter how low we fall?"

Hailing stared at her angrily, and Ruomai also frowned. She hesitated for a moment, but finally sighed and answered softly.

"I stick to my opinion. If you have emotional barriers to this, I suggest you find a room to rest for a few days. Don't worry about the safety issues. I will take care of it..."

"Stop talking to yourself!"

Hailing interrupted her with a suddenly raised voice, her face slightly distorted with incomprehensible anger, and she grabbed her collar and roared.

"If you insist that because the girl just now wasn't Takamatsu Touma, all her emotions are meaningless, then who are you? Are you the real Yutenji Wakami? You're just an AI hatched from her corpse, so do you have the right to look down on her?"

"Listen carefully. The Yutenji Wakamugi I know is a girl who perseveres for her family. She has made mistakes just like me, but she is not a bad person at heart. She would not actively kill innocent people for reasons like this!"

"I told you before, I will try to accept your love, but only if you know what love is! You know I had to kill so many people, and you still want me to allow you to repeat this behavior?! Do you call this love? The real Yutenji Wakamu would never do this!"

"...Then, what should I do to be the true Yutenji Wakami?"

After a moment's silence, the purple-haired girl spoke softly and weakly. She had completely given up on carefully controlling her expression, and instead the most genuine bitterness and unwillingness appeared on her simulated face.

"Hailing, you said that the girl just now had emotions, right? Then why is she not the real Takamatsu Deng? Is it just because she denied it, and I responded to your expectations?"

"I've said it before. I don't know if I'm Yutenji Wakami, but if you're willing, I want to be her... But now it seems I can't do that at all. I still can't understand why you're angry. All I can feel is the chaos of the data and the chaotic collapse of the analysis results."

"Hailing, am I only Yutenji Wakami if I completely meet your and everyone else's expectations? Please tell me, if I only do this, will I be your friend?"

"..."

She asked in a sincere and trembling voice, her eyes full of sincere and complex desire, and when Hailing met her eyes, her anger disappeared for the most part. She silently turned her eyes away, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"Stop arguing! Hailing, Ruomai is of course the real Ruomai. No matter how angry you are, you can't say such things!"

At this time, Chu Hua and Mu also woke up. The blonde girl rushed over and separated them when she saw this scene. She turned around and spoke to Hai Ling seriously. The latter also pursed her lips.

He sighed and lowered his head.

"Okay, Ruomai, don't be angry with Hailing. She's just being unreasonable because she can't accept this plan. She doesn't mean any harm... You certainly don't need to give in to us. Friends should be honest with each other, not just compromise. Unequal relationships won't last long."

Seeing that Hailing said nothing more, Chuhua quickly turned around and whispered comforting words to Ruomai. The purple-haired girl was silent for a while, then asked tentatively.

"So, you are unwilling to accept my proposal?"

"Um, this..."

Chuhua hesitated and turned his gaze to Xiangzi, who sighed and shook his head vigorously.

"I'm sorry, Ruomai, I appreciate your consideration for us, but as Hailing said, I really don't want all of us to fall into that state... Keeping this city as a base will only arouse Xian Juanxin's vigilance. We'd better destroy it directly."

"I understand. Although I can't understand it, since you have already made the decision, I won't say anything more."

Ruomai sighed softly, then looked up at them with a complicated and serious expression, and spoke slowly in a firm tone.

"However, I hope you can accept my next proposal. Compared to the previous one, it is more based on long-term considerations. This issue is directly related to the safety of us and mygo. We must make the right decision."

"Have you discovered any danger, Ruomai?"

"Well, I've confirmed through the scanning system that Chihaya Aine has been contaminated by the flesh and blood of that monster. The remaining virus in her body has reacted specifically with this contamination, turning her conceptually into a twisted being that feeds on humans in the broad sense."

Yutenji Wakami spoke calmly and softly, and at the same time she saw that the expressions of Toyokawa Shoko and the others suddenly froze.

"Every time she eats, she experiences an extremely intense pleasure, and this feeling will further intensify her cannibalistic desires, driving her even closer to madness... Unlike Hatsuko's situation, her consciousness is now completely dominated by the pollution, and nothing can save her. Once the pollution is eliminated, her consciousness will completely disappear."

"In order to ensure that we will not be eaten by her, we must kill her first."

Chapter 328 Departure

"Confirming the coordinates... No problem, we can teleport in now. Toyokawa Shoko has completely messed up this space, revealing a safe path through it."

The trapezoidal octahedron floated beside Genmaki Shin, and she closed her eyes and tried her best to perceive this ominous light. After a moment, she turned her head and spoke softly to Ozawa Misaki beside her, and the latter nodded vigorously.

"Then please teleport us in. As soon as we rescue those imprisoned people, I will contact you as soon as possible."

"I believe you can do it...but if possible, Misaki, could you help me find the city's data center?"

The blonde girl stared at the spatial vortex in front of her for a moment, then spoke slowly in an inexplicable tone, and Misaki couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"Data hub?"

"The core of the Kunyang people's city management appears to be a cube, stored in a building they call a chapel... Once we get this, it will be difficult for them to make good use of this technology, and we won't have to worry about their retaliation."

"I will try my best……"

"Wait! Senior Xianjuan! Can you please take me with you?!"

At this moment, an unexpected urgent voice suddenly sounded. Xianjuanxin raised her eyebrows and turned her head. Seeing Yuzawa Tsugumi who wanted to rush over with an anxious look on her face but was stopped by the girl from Hanasakigawa who raised her gun, she couldn't help but ask softly with interest.

"Are you Tsugumi Hazawa from Aftergrow? You, Moka Aoba, and Tomoe Udagawa don't have much fighting power. Mizukuri should have left you somewhere safe, right? Why did you come out alone and ask me like this?"

"I... I ran away without telling Moka and Tomoe. I know that Ran's arrangement makes sense. But I really don't want to wait for her to come back in this agony anymore... I also want to help her and Himari. At the very least, I have to do something..."

Hearing her words, Tsugumi Yuzawa couldn't help but show pain on her face. She trembled, lowered her head and responded with difficulty. At this time, Misaki Ozawa couldn't help but frowned and was about to persuade her to go back.

"Haze-san, I understand how you feel, but even if you go there, there's nothing you can do. You should hurry back to your friends..."

"No, I think you can take her, Misaki."

The next moment, Genmaki Shin suddenly interrupted her with a soft voice. Misaki was stunned for a moment and turned to look at her unexpectedly. Before she was about to ask the reason, the blonde girl calmly explained softly.

"Although the teleportation path is available, I'm not sure exactly where you'll land. Plus, you're not familiar with the Kunyang city, so you'll need someone to guide you."

"Although this Yuze-san hasn't been there either, Uehara Himari is currently at the heart of the chapel. Her pain and madness are being amplified exponentially. According to mystical logic, those who are closest to her are more likely to feel this influence and thus find their way... All I need to do is place a spell mark on her."

"But this will also involve her... I'm afraid Meizhulan won't want to see us do this."

Misaki pursed her lips and responded softly, and before Genmaki Shin could speak, Tsugumi Hanezawa also reacted and shook her head eagerly.