mygo, but Cthulhu

Aya shrugged and patted her shoulder helplessly.

"What happened? You looked so lost... If I hadn't been there just now, you would have gone straight to the hospital."

"...I'm a monster anyway, so it doesn't matter whether I go to a hospital or a cemetery."

After a moment of silence, Aine smiled bitterly and shook her head. Aya also understood why she was in such a bad state and sighed silently.

"So that's why... Aine, I know it's hard for you to accept, but we can't change our background. We can only try our best to fight."

"After it was confirmed that I had the blood of a monster, I was also depressed for a while, but I eventually cheered up because I realized that I could still take revenge on the culprit."

"revenge?"

"Yes, if there were no fishmen in this world, we would just be normal humans and wouldn't have to endure all this."

Aya nodded calmly, and at the same time brushed Aine's hair in a soothing manner.

"Perhaps we wouldn't exist, but that would still be much better than the current situation. Since our blood is inherently tainted, all we have to do is seek revenge desperately, don't you agree?"

"Yeah...you're right, Aya."

Aiyin was stunned for a moment and nodded subconsciously. Her originally desperate spirit was slightly relieved by the clear goal.

recover,

"But we still know very little about those monsters. We don't even know where they are. How can we take revenge?"

"Don't worry about that. Those monsters can never stay quiet. Sooner or later they will cause trouble, and then we will be able to find them."

Aya smiled comfortingly, then took Aine's hand and walked to the other side.

"You look really unreliable right now. Come with me first. I've already rented a house. It will be more convenient for us to exchange information there."

Aiyin was brought to a temporary room by her, and after she ate the sandwich made by Aya, her tense nerves finally relaxed a little and she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Thank you so much, Aya."

"No need to thank me, we are in the same boat."

Aya shook her head slightly, and then her expression became serious.

"Then let me ask you, Aine, was it because you saw the Necronomicon that you left the University in such a hurry?"

"How did you know?"

"After you returned, I went to the library to check. The surveillance footage showed that you had obtained the banned book... You were unlucky enough. That book wasn't something that anyone could find, and yet you happened to find it."

"Yeah, I'm unlucky enough too."

Aine sighed, then realized what Aya meant.

"So you want to ask me if I've seen those murloc monsters in the Necronomicon? I seem to have some impression of them... but the madness at the time was so severe that I didn't remember much useful information."

"Well, this isn't unexpected. Let me share what I know."

Aya shrugged and began to speak softly.

"First, those murloc monsters seem to have an official name: The Deep Ones. They worship an Old One sealed beneath the deep sea and have been working hard to break the seal."

"Just as the rumor goes, they have no reproductive isolation from humans. Those who carry their filthy bloodline—that is, us—are normal during their growth period. However, as they approach adulthood, they gradually begin to transform into Deep Ones, eventually losing their personality and becoming complete monsters."

"My grandfather disappeared shortly after my father was born, and my father committed suicide when he was almost an adult. Now it seems that he did this because he didn't want to become a monster."

"So… we're running out of time, huh?"

Hearing this horrifying conclusion, Aine couldn't help but tremble, while Aya just nodded silently.

"That's right. In one or two years at most, we will completely become Deep Divers. During this process, we will need to persevere and endure this torture."

"Once we become Deep Ones, our human minds will completely disappear. We will swim into the sea and join the monsters, giving birth to disgusting offspring with the cultists who cooperate with them, and repeat our despair."

"...But, my father is still human even now."

Aiyin was silent for a long time. Just when she was about to despair, she suddenly remembered her last hope and looked at Aya.

"That means your dad is a lucky man,"

Aya sighed.

"Not all those with Deep One bloodlines will transform. About one in ten will remain human until death... but they will still pass on their bloodline without realizing it."

"I hope you'll be as lucky, but first I need to confirm, Aine, have you ever had a dream about slowly falling into the ocean?"

"...I just had this dream today,"

"This is the symbol of the beginning of transformation,"

Hearing her answer, Aya couldn't help but smile bitterly and clenched her fists tightly.

"I had this dream a few months ago. Those monsters came to me on that day. These past few days, I can clearly feel that I am changing little by little, and the human part of me is slowly disappearing."

"Perhaps I will soon become a monster... But even so, I must kill as many Deep Ones as possible before I completely transform. I want them to feel my pain."

She slammed the table hard, then turned to look at Aine seriously.

"Aine, do you want to join me? I hope you can, but I certainly won't force you. We both have very little time left now, and if you want to cherish the days you have left, I completely understand."

"...I don't know, Aya. I still can't believe this."

Aine was silent and shook her head weakly.

"Give me a little more time, I'll think it over."

"Okay, then I'll take you home first. Contact me when you've made up your mind."

Aya nodded, stood up and sent her back home. Aiyin walked upstairs in a daze, and only after closing the door did she no longer able to support her body and knelt on the ground.

She trembled and cried, feeling the intense pain bursting from inside out, and slowly collapsed to the ground.

After all, she couldn't continue walking with her friends. After all, she was just a monster who mistakenly thought she was a human being. She had no way of keeping her lifelong promise to the band.

...It's ridiculous that I'm a fake who thinks I could be Chihaya Aine.

Chapter 68 Conversation

"How is Chuhua doing recently?"

The man in the white mask spoke softly, while Junda Mana shook her head calmly.

"She didn't tell me about that. In her eyes, I'm just an ordinary idol... By the way, you hit her a little too hard. There are still bruises on her stomach."

"I just wanted her to give up, but unfortunately she was so determined."

The man sighed and took off the mask, revealing a face that had clearly experienced many ups and downs and was somewhat similar to Chu Hua.

"Is she still obsessed with the child from the Toyokawa family?"

"Yes, even though she didn't say it, she knew that she was so determined just for Toyokawa Shoko."

Mana sighed in a complicated manner, then looked up at him expressionlessly.

"You should tell me the reason now, right? Why does Chuhua care so much about Toyokawa Shoko? Even to such a weird degree, I don't think it's just because Chuhua played with her once in childhood."

"Why did you choose to ask me?"

"Intuition. Not long after Hatsuka came to Tokyo to start her idol career, you also came here and took the initiative to join the committee and become a hunter."

Junda Mana stared at him,

"That means you've been paying attention to her, right? If that's the case, I think you probably know the reason for her current state. Tell me, I need to know this."

"...Then why are you so obsessed with Hatsuka, Junda Mana?"

After a moment of silence, Sanjiao Zhouci took out a cigarette from the cigarette box, lit it, took a puff, exhaled the smoke, and asked in a deep voice,

"You and Chuhua are just colleagues, right? But you entered this world only because of her. Why is that? Do you like her?"

"I usually don't explain the reasons, but since you are Chuhua's father, it doesn't matter if I tell you."

Hearing this question, Juntian Mana smiled, then raised her hands to her chest, and her expression changed.

Be extremely solemn,

"Because I want to be eaten by Chuhua."

"…Is this a hint of something like that?"

"No, it's not that complicated. I mean it literally."

Junda Mana smiled, and then suddenly asked a new question,

"Before that, I want to ask, Mr. Sankaku, how much do you know about the Shirasagi family? I know that you eloped with Chuhua's mother, Shirasagi Rika, but do you know more about the Shirasagi family?"

"...Rika never wanted to talk about the Shirasagi family, so I didn't ask much. I just knew they were very powerful, and even though I was the leader of the Triangle Team at the time, I couldn't compete with them."

Sankaku Shuji was silent for a moment before shaking his head, and Mana nodded slightly to indicate that she understood.

"Then let me explain. The Shirasagi family is also a member of the committee. They were originally a group of people who came to Japan from Britain during the Meiji Restoration. Later, they integrated into Japan and became the Shirasagi family."

"They have a unique habit, or perhaps a dependency: eating humans. Therefore, they carved cells beneath their clans and threw a group of people into them for captivity. Generation after generation of these prisoners have been inbred, causing severe physical and mental deformations and degeneration. This is what we call human sacrifice."

"Mr. Sankaku, has Shirasagi Rika ever mentioned this? Does she have that cannibalistic addiction that's unique to the Shirasagi family?"

"...Rika told me a little bit that the reason she met me at that time was because she found it difficult to accept this kind of thing."

Zhou Ci nodded with a complicated expression after a moment of silence, then realized something and looked up at Mana.

"This information shouldn't be known to ordinary people, right? You're just an idol, how come you know so much about the Bai Lu family?"

"Because I was once a human sacrifice of the Bailu family,"

Junda Mana spoke softly, causing Zhou Ci to open his eyes wide.

"What did you say?"

"Are you surprised? My current appearance is indeed flawless, but this is all thanks to Mr. Meizhu's help. Without his magic to reshape my flesh, bones, and even my brain, I would be nothing but a beast without any intelligence."

Junda Mana spread her hands and spoke softly without any expression.

"Even my current identity and name were constructed by the Bai Lu family using magic. They found a childless police officer and manipulated his memories, making him mistakenly believe that I was his daughter."

"Honestly, I really don't see it at all... Wait, if there's a spell that can modify memory, then why does the committee insist on silencing innocent people?"

"Because this type of spell is very rare, no one except the Shiraha family can master it, and they certainly don't care about the lives of the lower class. Even if the president cares, she doesn't know that the Shiraha family has this ability."

Mana shrugged and smiled calmly.

"Now you know that I spent the first half of my life as a wild beast. Before I left there, I was naked and deformed, fighting for food with others of my kind. Back then, I thought the dark cell was my entire world; that was all I knew."

"If nothing unexpected had happened, I would have lived in this muddled state until I was served on the table. But when Ms. Bai Lu came here, a photo of Chu Hua fell outside my cell."

"How can I describe that feeling to you, Mr. Triangle? To me, it was just a useless piece of paper, but the person on it made me realize for the first time that this world has such dazzling beauty and normality."

"She was clearly superior to me, more desirable than us degenerate, inferior creatures. For the first time, I felt a desire beyond food. Even though someone was offering food, I reached out to the photo without hesitation. I wanted to touch this beauty."

At this point, Junda Mana's expression became genuinely happy.

"Ms. Bai Lu noticed my abnormality and gave me a normal body and mind. However, I still cannot forget Chu Hua at that moment, because it was she who allowed me to discover a corner of the real world."

"I want to hug her, and I want to establish a closer relationship with her, but I also know that savagery and inferiority are still lurking in my bones. They are well disguised, but they have never disappeared... I am still a despicable beast, but I have learned to stand and speak. As such, I am not worthy of Chuhua's true embrace."

"So, I want to be eaten by her, so that even someone as disgusting as me can become one with her. If I can satisfy her even a little bit, then I will be ecstatic."

She finished her horrifying fantasy with a smile, and Sanjiao Zhouci was stunned for a moment. He pursed his lips and took a puff of cigarette silently.

"...Although I don't understand your thoughts at all, I roughly know what you mean. In short, you will always be on Chuhua's side, right?"

"Of course, do I even need to ask?"

"Okay, then let me tell you about Xia Jiu Island."

Zhou Ci threw the cigarette butt to the ground and exhaled the last puff of smoke.

"During the time that Rika and I lived there, the Deep Ones had been infiltrating the island. By the time Chuhua and I left, it was almost becoming their lair."

"After occupying that place, they may make other moves next. You must remember to be careful."

"Really? Then why didn't you report it to the committee before? The president could easily wipe out those deep divers."

"Because reporting it directly would implicate Chu Hua, who also came from that island. At that time, the Bai Lu family hadn't decided whether to protect her, so I could only tell the Bai Lu family the news first."

Sankaku Shuji sighed, and Mana nodded in realization.

"I understand... Well, goodbye for now. I'm going to take two of my kind for experiments. Ghost urgently needs Mr. Mizuki to treat her brother."

She turned and left, but the next moment she heard a voice behind her.

"Mana, has Chuhua mentioned her mother at all this year?"