mygo, but Cthulhu

All the defense devices in the building opened fire at once. There were so many lasers that they even temporarily covered the sky. Ozawa Misaki narrowed her eyes slightly and instantly found a loophole that she could pass through in the slow-moving world. She raised her electromagnetic pistol and fired continuously at the debris under her feet.

The right angle prevented the fragments from collapsing directly, and the powerful kinetic energy caused it to constantly change direction in the air. After a rain of lasers, Ozawa Misaki passed through the hole steadily. She calmly jumped again, picked up the pistol in mid-air, aimed at the building below, and kept pulling the trigger.

Before the energy shield could take shape, the extremely hard bullet hit the core of the launch device heavily, directly interrupting the flow of energy. The huge explosion sounded covering the entire top floor of the building, and most of the defense measures were instantly ineffective.

Misaki Ozawa landed on another piece of debris and continued to jump to the next landing point without waiting for her body to stabilize. When she reached the last fragment, the charred alloy plate carried her straight to the side of the building, and it seemed that she was about to be completely shattered.

"boom,"

Just as the staff in the command room were about to breathe a sigh of relief, Misaki calmly aimed at the debris under her feet and pulled the trigger again. As the metal completely shattered, the reaction force made her fly into the air through the sparks and smoke, and landed steadily on the ruined rooftop.

"Cough cough cough..."

She slowly got up from the ground, took out the knife from her pocket, cut open the skin and flesh, dug out all the small fragments inside the body, and then injected an emergency medical needle to stop the bleeding.

"Don't be afraid. Even if she's alive, she must be seriously injured. Kill her!"

At this moment, the tattered door was suddenly kicked open, and the captain yelled to his soldiers tremblingly, but when he turned his head, he met a pair of cold eyes.

Hey, who is this?

This thought flashed through his mind subconsciously, and then his head was easily chopped off by the thermal cutting knife. In an instant, Ozawa Misaki passed through the corridor full of soldiers, leaving the slow world covered with blood and flesh fragments, and continued to rush down with an expressionless face.

"The enemy has reached the rooftop! The combat troops are rushing over... They've been killed! She's reached the 121st floor, the 84th floor, the 57th floor! Damn it, I can't keep up with her speed!"

The employees let out desperate and shrill screams, and the command room instantly fell into greater chaos. Some people were desperately trying to confirm the facts in disbelief, some were trembling with fear because of the unimaginable horror, and some were crying and shouting with laughter that everyone was dead, and that the person opposite was not a girl at all, but a living god of death.

"..."

Amidst the wailing, Charlotte remained calm. She silently watched the figure that flashed by on the surveillance camera and kept approaching this place, as well as the corpses left on the ground. She couldn't help but sigh slowly with emotion.

"Misaki...you finally came to see me."

"Miss, this place is no longer safe. It will take the enemy at least a minute to get here. We should leave quickly..."

"No, I'm staying here. I'm not running away."

The people around her tried to persuade her eagerly, but Charlotte just shook her head calmly. Before they could say anything else, she suddenly pulled out a pistol and shot the man next to her in the head, causing his dazed body to fall heavily to the ground.

"..."

The command room fell into a dead silence, and Charlotte looked around at them indifferently, then spoke slowly with a sneer.

"Since Xian Juanxin has sent such an enemy, it means she is determined to annex us. Even if we successfully escape from here, if we cannot kill such a terrifying existence, we will definitely lose. Can you bear the consequences of this?"

"Everyone, we have no choice. My father has invested everything of the Sanyuan Group in this city. We have no way out. Either we win, or we escape Tokyo and be torn to pieces by other countries."

"I don't need to remind you how to choose, right?"

"...Damn it! The young lady is right, we can't lose... Send out all the S'anwestin troops! Even if she can crush ordinary soldiers, she can't have such a big advantage against someone with the same cybernetic body!"

"That's not enough! Send out all the suicide drones! As long as the upper floors aren't completely destroyed, no matter how much damage is caused, we must kill her!"

After a moment of dead silence, the command room erupted in a final frenzy because of Charlotte's words. With distorted faces, they desperately gave orders and mobilized all the surrounding troops at all costs. Ozawa Misaki also soon found that the enemy's defense had become difficult.

"Tear,"

She gathered her strength and swung the blade fiercely once more, finally tearing the body of the soldier in front of her. His head, filled with resentment, flew out and smashed into the wall, and as the flesh and blood fell to the ground, she couldn't help but break free from the Swanwestan state, staggered and held onto the railing, painfully covering her wound that was about to collapse, and gasped weakly.

... Although she successfully landed on the rooftop and even fought all the way to now, she did not pay no price. The wound was almost cracking to the limit due to the continuous acceleration. If it were not for her secondary heart constantly supporting her, she might have collapsed long ago.

"No... I have to keep persevering. I can't give up..."

Misaki Ozawa trembled and clenched her teeth. The artificial spine also emitted excessive heat through her clothes, drying her blood and emitting a foul smell. Misaki Ozawa endured the pain and forced the activation of Sianwestin. The next moment, she saw a soldier with a full body of prosthetics appear in front of her.

"clang,"

She instinctively raised her blade and used force to block the opponent's weapon. At the same time, more soldiers from behind rushed over at a speed that ordinary people could not see. They surrounded her tightly, making it seem that she had no way to escape at this moment.

Hi, Charlotte.

At this moment, Ozawa Misaki suddenly heard her own voice in her ears. She opened her eyes slightly and her vision suddenly flickered, and the moment when she first met Charlotte appeared.

...Yes, at that time, everything was simple and beautiful. Even Charlotte's so-called conspiracy now seems so soft and harmless... Why did she become like this and take the initiative to start this war that killed countless people?

She didn't understand...but she knew that she had to stop Charlotte. She could never give in to all this...absolutely not.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

As a mad roar came from her throat, all the memories of Charlotte flashed before Misaki Ozawa's eyes. Her speed increased again under the overload of the prosthesis, making all the soldiers feel their eyes blurred for only a moment, and then their bodies turned into flesh and blood.

Charlotte, I actually envy you because you have seen the side of Xin that I have never seen... I even feel a little sad because you are Xin's childhood friend, and I seem to be just her bandmate.

A swarm of suicide drones flew up from below, but Ozawa Misaki simply gave up on continuing up the stairs and jumped over the railing without hesitation. Her vision kept flickering and changing, and amidst familiar scenes and sounds, she used the railings and walls to turn back and forth, almost falling to the ground and rushing down at an extremely fast speed.

"boom!"

The drones quickly rushed forward, but when Misaki passed by them in an instant, they finally exploded. Flames in the sky chased Misaki, but they could not reach that terrifying speed and were left far behind in the blink of an eye.

"How can this be……"

A soldier's eyes widened, and the next moment his body was grabbed by Misaki. She threw him down, stepped on his body to cushion the landing from the last section of railing, and then crushed his head to end his suffering.

"Now, I give you ten seconds to get out of here immediately."

She looked around at the clerical staff around her, gasping for air and squeezing out little by little. The next second, everyone was running out in terror. Ozawa Misaki walked slowly against the crowd, but there was a vacuum zone within ten meters around her. The people around her would rather fight for space with their colleagues than get close to her who was covered in blood.

A moment later, Ozawa Misaki pulled the door open with force. Everyone in the command room raised their guns, but their faces were extremely pale. After a long while, one of them managed to squeeze out a weak voice.

"Will you accept surrender?"

"I'm sorry, but your continued existence is detrimental to the end of the war."

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone except Charlotte had turned into corpses. Ozawa Misaki slowly exhaled, but at this moment she felt dizzy and almost fell to the ground.

Hold on a little longer, Ozawa Misaki, just hold on a little longer...

She trembled and repeated it desperately in her heart. Seeing a pack of cigarettes on the table, she reluctantly picked it up, took out a cigarette and lit it. After being choked by the strong smell of smoke, she finally felt a little more conscious.

"You didn't smoke before, Misaki."

Charlotte didn't move at all the time, just staring at her quietly with a complicated expression. After seeing her coughing, Charlotte spoke softly with emotion, and the girl also panted and tried to squeeze out the sound.

"Yeah, but I need something to keep me awake right now... I can't just kill you, Charlotte. I have to ask you, why is this happening? I need an answer from you."

"You mean the reason for the war? I thought I told you that."

"Just because you can't accept Xin's current state? Just because of this?"

Although she had heard her say it once, Ozawa Misaki couldn't help but feel a sense of disbelief when she heard it again. She couldn't understand her subconscious questioning, and Charlotte looked at her for a moment, then smiled gently.

"Yes, that's why, Misaki. You should still remember why I helped Kokoro kill my father, right? It was because I could see hope in her... But now I realize that her appearance was just a disguise. She has been deceiving me the whole time."

"What makes me despair isn't the fact that she deceived me, but her irreversible change... This world has become so cruel that even the heart that always keeps smiling can't bear it. She was forced to become the one in power, a tyrant... I still want to see the familiar her again, but I know that this is no longer possible."

Charlotte sighed tiredly, then looked up at the battlefield displayed on the screen, the smile on her face not changing at all.

"So, I hate this world, I hate

I am powerless, and I hate everyone who has made Xin like this... This is why I started the war, because I want revenge on this world that tortures Xin. If I can win, Xin will have to accept her defeat, and she won't have to endure so much anymore and can rest well.

Charlotte finished explaining softly, and as she turned her head, her neck was instantly strangled. As she suffocated, she met Misaki's furious eyes filled with tears and pain.

"Is this your reason?! You killed so many innocent people, did they ever feel hurt?! You let so many people die just because you wanted revenge on the world?!"

"Well... I know, Misaki, you won't accept this, but we have both changed, and I am the most hopelessly corrupt."

Charlotte managed to speak weakly, tears streaming down her face as she tried to keep smiling. She nodded slightly to Ozawa Misaki.

"Kill me, I don't want to live in this world anymore. It's a good thing for me to have you end my suffering... But, remember to use my phone to check the messages Amoris sent when she was still alive. She specifically told me to let you know."

"...I will. So, goodbye, Charlotte."

Ozawa Misaki clenched her teeth and spoke slowly and painfully, and the blonde girl smiled at her gratefully, her voice extremely soft.

"Thank you, Misaki."

"Click,"

Charlotte's neck was broken directly, and her smile froze on her face in an instant. Ozawa Misaki numbly let go of her hand, and her body fell heavily to the ground, with those familiar frozen eyes still staring at her.

"..."

Misaki Ozawa stood there powerlessly, letting grief and despair gradually consume her. She sat down exhaustedly, covering her head. In her blurred vision, her tears mixed with blood dripped onto her clothes.

After panting for a while, Misaki tremblingly took out another cigarette, lit it and inhaled the smoke directly into her lungs. She couldn't help coughing again, and finally couldn't bear the pain anymore. She sobbed and knelt beside Charlotte, holding her already cold palm and apologized desperately.

"I'm sorry, Charlotte. I don't want to do this. I really don't want to do this... But I have no choice. You've killed so many people. How can I convince myself? I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

She broke down and cried, venting the pressure and guilt she had been under. When her tears finally dried up, she weakly lit another cigarette and took a long puff before she finally felt a little better.

...Before, she didn't understand why some people liked to smoke. Now she understands that there is nothing good about cigarettes, but it is precisely because they stink that using them to torture oneself can temporarily relieve oneself from pain.

Thinking of this, Ozawa Misaki couldn't help but smile bitterly. She slowly exhaled a puff of smoke, silently took out her cell phone from Charlotte's pocket, found the message and clicked it, but she couldn't help but stand there in a daze.

"Ms. Ozawa Misaki, I'm sorry to have to use this method, but I'm worried that my plan won't succeed so easily. Considering the possibility of me dying immediately or not being able to tell you the truth in time, I need to send the information to Miss Charlotte first."

I want to let you know that Genjumaki Kokoro preserved Kitazawa Ikumi's body in order to create a replica. She requested my assistance, but I didn't want a new individual to be treated like this... Therefore, I modified the results so that the chip would only have the ability to create the corresponding illusion.

[However, although there have been many conflicts between you, she is still your friend after all, and I think you may not want to see her get involved...so I want you to make the decision.]

If you want her to satisfy her own desires, you don't have to tell her the truth, but if you feel she needs to know the truth, then you can tell her. The choice is up to you.

[Ms. Ozer, finally, I sincerely hope you won't have to endure too much pain... You're a kind person, but I don't want you to be too hard on yourself... Even though this city is so terrifying, I still want to wish you happiness in the end.]

Chapter 378 Unwilling to Give Up

After seeing that message, Ozawa Misaki was no longer able to perceive the situation outside. She numbly sutured her wounds, silently watching herself being urgently carried into the ambulance by the employees of the Genmaki Group, and then slowly opened her eyes on the hospital bed.

Her family and classmates were all very worried about her, and when they saw her wake up, they were all filled with joy... At the same time, they praised her great achievements over and over again, looking at her with admiring and eager eyes, as if she were a hero.

...But the truth is not like that. She is just an executioner, a dangerous person who is extremely good at killing people... She killed her friend. Even if the reason was that Charlotte had committed an intolerable crime, it cannot change the fact that she killed Charlotte.

Whenever Ozawa Misaki wanted to forget this, her classmates would smile and mention over and over again what incredible achievements she had made, how she turned the headquarters building of the Mizono Group into a steel tomb covered in blood and flesh, and how she changed the situation of the war with her own strength.

...Even though Ozawa Misaki knew they had no ill intentions, she still couldn't feel happy. After all, all her achievements meant the tragic death of others. Even if she had to do so, she didn't think it was anything to boast about.

But, since when, no one cared about this anymore, her classmates, her friends, even her family...

"Sister, are you okay?"

Rine's worried voice pulled Ozawa Misaki out of her deep thoughts. After being stunned for a moment, she quickly smiled and shook her head at her sister.

"Don't worry, Rinne. I'm just a little tired. I'm fine."

"Sister, you must still be thinking about the action a few days ago, right? If possible, I really hope that you will not take such risks again in the future. I don't want anything to happen to you."

Rin looked at her seriously, and Ozawa Misaki smiled helplessly and raised her hand to touch Rin's head.

"I'm sorry, Rine, but I'm taking risks like this for the betterment of the world. As you know, our situation has become increasingly difficult... I always need to do something."

"But even if it wasn't you, surely someone else would have taken the risk? I really don't understand why you would be so reckless and foolish."

At this time, Ozawa Hideoki slammed the fruit basket on the table with dissatisfaction, and said something to Misaki in a bad mood. She didn't care about his tone. After realizing his true feelings, she blinked in surprise.

"Xiuxing, are you concerned about me?"

"So what? I admit that I had some conflicts with you before, but you are still my sister after all, aren't you?"

The boy sighed and gave her an annoyed look, his voice becoming serious.

"It's normal that I don't want anything to happen to you, right? So, sister, why on earth did you take such a risk? You should know that Lady Genjumaki cares most about you, Sister Xun, and Sister Kanon, right? She doesn't agree with you doing this at all, but you still insist... Why?"

“…I told you, I want to make this world a better place.”

"Are you still holding on to that childish dream?"

The boy interrupted her coldly, and Ozawa Misaki was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but frown. She thought of everything she had paid to persevere until now, and her voice couldn't help but become a little tough.

"Xiuxing, you are still too young. You don't understand what is right. Xian Juanxin's rule is not something worth believing in. I don't expect you to be able to do anything, but at least you should have the right ideas..."

"All I know is that right is defined by others, sister, and your actions so far have been challenging what is right now."

Seeing that she was still so persistent, the boy gritted his teeth, sneered, and then raised his voice in annoyance.

"Even if we don't discuss what's wrong with the company's dominant order, it's not wrong for us to care about you, right? It's not wrong for us to not want you to take risks, right? I just hope you can carry out your mission normally, instead of committing suicide by parachuting into the enemy headquarters without a parachute. Is that also right?"

"But what about you? What have you been doing all this time? Even though Rin and I both know we should abandon our old ways of thinking, you still cling to your stubborn ways, even taking such a huge risk... What on earth do you want?"

"I just have to do something, Xiuxing, you can't understand..."

"Yes, I can't understand it. To be honest, I've already given up trying."

The boy interrupted her softly, then took a deep breath and spoke slowly with a cold expression, but his words made Ozawa Misaki's pupils shrink instantly.

"Liyin and I have already killed people. You keep talking about how important life is, but in reality, it's nothing. Even a bullet can easily take it away."

"……What did you say?"