mygo, but Cthulhu

"Listen carefully. The reason I'm willing to talk to you right now is entirely because of your last name. If it weren't for the Toyokawa family not giving up on you, I wouldn't be wasting my time explaining to you, a childish young lady who doesn't care about the family's interests at all."

"Really? Since you're concerned about this, shouldn't you let me have a few words with you?"

Xiangzi also raised his voice without showing any weakness.

"I'm telling you, if you don't cooperate, I'll come to your door. You could lock me out, but that would only lead to criticism, right?"

"What a boring threat. Since you insist so much, then whatever."

Ruoye Liangping snorted coldly, and after a moment, Mu's surprised voice finally sounded.

"Xiang, do you have anything important to say?"

"I have something I want to ask you, Mu... Can you answer me truthfully?"

"...Xiang, do you want to ask why your mother committed suicide?"

Her body did not respond immediately, which made Toyokawa Xiangzi's heart sink. Then Wakaba Mu's hesitant voice made her realize something, and she couldn't help but grit her teeth.

"Mu, you knew this a long time ago?"

"..."

Ruoye Mu lowered his head and stared at the ground silently, not knowing what to say.

Why did Xiang know? Should she say she didn't know? But she didn't want to lie to Xiang. This dreadful moment had finally arrived, but she wasn't ready to face it yet...

At the same time, Xiangzi had already understood the answer from her silence. She closed her eyes, and what she felt first rather than anger was sadness and pain, the absurdity and disbelief that Lian Mu would hide this from her.

"Mu, why is this happening? You know how much I've cared about this, and you know I've never forgotten that day... Why didn't you tell me? Why are you like those people?!"

"..."

She couldn't help but raise her voice to question, but all she got was silence. After a moment, she heard Mu's painful voice.

"I'm sorry, Xiang."

"Is it just an apology? Why don't you explain to me? Why did you hide it? Why don't you tell me the truth?"

"The truth...will hurt Xiang, so I can't tell it."

The angry questioning from her half body made Ruoye Mu feel as if she was drowned in pain. Her vision blurred for a moment, but she still had to force herself to stay conscious and try to answer.

You must apologize, you must... confess to Xiang.

"Xiang, this is all my fault. After these two days, you can do whatever you want to me... I will apologize, no matter how, no matter what it takes."

"I don't need any more apologies! I need you to tell me the truth, Mu. I know you want to protect me, but you can't make decisions for me!"

Toyokawa Shoko gritted her teeth and answered,

"Besides, what exactly are you planning to do these past two days? You don't even have time to come out and meet me? Are you planning to do something dangerous? Answer me, Mu."

“…I’m sorry, Xiangzi, I still can’t tell you.”

"...Still can't tell?"

Toyokawa Shoko clenched her fists tightly. Anger and confusion quickly took over her mind, causing her body to tremble.

If it was anyone else, even Deng, she would not be so angry, but the one who has been hiding things from her is Mu, the one who doesn't tell her anything is Ruoye Mu, her friend since childhood, her other half!

"Mu...you promised me that we would be lovers who could talk about anything, right? Why don't you tell me anything now? Were you just lying to me back then?"

“No, Xiangzi…”

"Then tell me! Stop hiding it. Speaking of which, how did you know those mercenaries were coming last time? Are you in cahoots with them?!"

"..."

Wakaba Mu knew clearly that those mercenaries were actually hired carefully by her father through the underworld, and she was able to know it in advance because of the news from the Toyokawa family... Now she understands that the Toyokawa family actually deliberately wanted her to issue a warning to make Xiangzi realize her concealment.

But... should she really confess this? Shoko had finally managed to break up the conflict with the Toyokawas, but now she was going to cause a conflict with her family again? What if the Toyokawas started to think Shoko was too difficult to control and took other measures?

Ruo Yemu was thinking desperately, but in the end she didn't know what to do. At this time, she could only adopt the method she was most accustomed to: silence.

"...It seems you still don't want to say it,"

Then, she heard Xiangzi's cold voice,

"Mu, I don't know what you're thinking, but I don't need you to think about me without my permission, and I don't think you're helping me."

"I'll give you some time to think about it, but if you still have this attitude, I don't think I can continue to trust you."

"Xiang... don't you need me anymore?"

Wakaba Mutsu opened his eyes slightly and asked in a trembling voice, while Toyokawa Shoko also sighed.

"It's all your choice, Mu. Don't make me have to abandon you, okay?"

Chapter 93 The Reason to Live

Shoko Toyokawa hung up the phone and put it down. Incomprehensible anger was still burning in her heart, but at the same time, she regretted what she had just said and wondered if she had said too much.

In the midst of her distress and exhaustion, she couldn't help but sigh, and when she opened her eyes, she saw Ruomai approaching her.

And the thoughtful face,

"Xiangzi, you look really terrible."

"There's something going on with Mu, so I'm feeling bad."

Xiangzi sighed, and after a while, she looked up and wanted to say something, but then her cell phone rang again. She looked over and saw that it was Hailing.

"Hailing, what's wrong?"

"Xiangzi, I need to ask you something now... Before you left your customer service job, did you curse a man to death?"

Hailing spoke softly, her tone was serious enough to confuse Xiangzi. She frowned, then nodded after remembering the unpleasant incident.

"Yeah, because he said something I couldn't tolerate, and I was already in a bad mood at the time, so I cursed him... Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"Because your curse has come true,"

"What do you mean?"

"literal consciousness,"

Hailing looked at the flesh and blood that had begun to rot in the room and shook her head slightly.

"You cursed him about four days ago, right? According to the information provided by his neighbors, he hasn't left the house for four days. Today is the day he pays his rent. The landlord knocked on the door but got no response. After opening the door with his key, he found him scattered all over the room."

"And according to the surrounding video footage, no one else entered or left his room during those four days, and there was no possible murderer."

"...So, you want to say that I killed him?"

Xiangzi asked softly after a silence, and Hailing shrugged.

"Perhaps that's the case. After all, we now know that what's in your belly isn't just an ordinary embryo, but the offspring of Yog-Sothoth. It's possible that you subconsciously mobilized your power when you were emotionally agitated."

"Is that so? But to be honest, I don't feel much right now."

Toyokawa Shoko shook her head.

Even though Hailing said that, she didn't have any real feeling of killing anyone, perhaps because she didn't see the scene at all, or perhaps because she had gradually become accustomed to it all.

But then she suddenly realized something and opened her eyes wide.

Wait, she was also incredibly emotional when she questioned her father, and that's when he said something that made her misunderstand... Could he have been influenced by this power? Then, who did he think she was?

Toyokawa Shoko glanced at the photo of her mother next to her and pursed her lips in thought.

"That should be the case. Father mistook me for his mother at the time, so when he said he shouldn't have children, he was referring to me. But... what does this mean? Shouldn't I have been born?"

Toyokawa Shoko was a little confused, but soon Hailing's voice brought her back to consciousness.

"By the way, I need to tell you, Xiangzi. Ms. Marina and the others have already found out that the person who attacked us is a member of a gang. But the problem is, that organization was completely destroyed by someone with terrifying combat power last night. There is not a single survivor."

"It seems this is to silence the witness."

Xiangzi made a judgment, and Hailing nodded slightly, then her voice became serious.

"I guess so... But I discovered something very important. Remember what I told you before, the reason why I joined the committee? Now I finally found the clue to the murderer."

"What clues are there specifically?"

"It's the broken pieces of flesh from the gangsters. The marks of torture left on them are exactly the same as those on my father's body."

Hachiman Kairei answered softly while looking at the photo of her father's horrific death with an expressionless face.

"I've been tracking it down for all these years, and I can guarantee that I'm not mistaken. The man who attacked the gang is the murderer of my parents."

"In that case, we will definitely help you with all our strength...but something suddenly happened over there."

Xiangzi subconsciously promised in a deep voice, but when he thought of Mu, he couldn't help but sigh and explained softly,

After she finished speaking, Hailing pondered for a moment, then spoke seriously,

"In that case, we need to take the initiative to find her. If the Ye family won't let us in, then we should find out what she is going to do and then have a good talk with her."

"I'm afraid that's all we can do,"

Xiangzi shook her head silently. She looked down at the newly formed group with the mygo members and suddenly remembered something and asked,

"By the way, Hailing, we'll probably have plenty of opportunities to communicate with Mygo in the future. When are you going to confess to them that you're a hunter?"

"…Sorry, I'm not ready yet."

Hailing was silent for a moment, and her answer surprised Xiangzi.

"Why? Do you have any concerns?"

"It doesn't matter to others, but I really don't want Lixi to know what I have done."

Hailing smiled bitterly.

"You know, Xiangzi, I have killed many people in order to survive. My life is bought at the cost of others' deaths. I am an executioner."

"I've never been able to confess this to Lixi. I'm afraid she'll hate me, and then I won't be able to hold on any longer... Can you understand me, Xiangzi?"

"Probably, but hiding it all the time is obviously not a long-term solution."

Xiangzi sighed softly.

"Why don't you tell me first, Hailing, why on earth did you survive? Although survival is of course everyone's instinct, I find that you don't seem to value your life that much. What has kept you going until now?"

"...It's a happy birthday from Li Xi."

"what?"

"At the beginning, I did want to commit suicide. At that time, I didn't feel too scared because I didn't see any hope. I felt that being completely alone in the world was more terrifying than death."

Hailing closed her eyes.

"Just when I was about to blow my head off, I found out that Lixi had sent me this congratulatory message. I had mentioned it to everyone I knew before, but she was the only one who actually congratulated me on that day."

"When I realized that there were still people in the world who remembered my birthday, I suddenly started to fear death again... I didn't want to die like this, because I wasn't completely alone, and Lixi still cared about me."

"Now I understand why you care about her so much,"

At this moment, Xiangzi couldn't help but think of the cold-faced but warm-hearted black-haired girl, and sighed softly.

"When you were most desperate, she was the one who helped you. Even though she herself didn't realize it, it doesn't change the fact that she saved you."

"It's really hard for you to make up your mind to confess. I understand your hesitation. Just wait a little longer."

Chapter 94 Marina's Persuasion

"Don't be sad, Kasumi. This isn't your fault, so don't blame yourself anymore, okay?"

Yamabuki Saya tried her best to comfort her, and Kasumi nodded silently. However, the smile was no longer on her usually cheerful face, which made Saya sigh.

What was going on? Why was my life, so fulfilling, suddenly shattered? Why did this happen?

She thought of the bloody photos at the scene, and her vision became blurred for a moment. She wiped her tears and found that she could not control them.

"Sa Ling..."

Kasumi saw her

Sad Expression opened his eyes wide, and after realizing that she was also sad, she hugged her seriously and gently, forcing a smile.

"I'm sorry, I was too caught up in my own feelings. Xia Xi and the others are your former teammates, Sa-ling. You should be the saddest person right now, right? I'm sorry."

"No, Kasumi you don't have to apologize,"

Sha Ling sighed and patted the shoulder of Da Hu Li Shi, who was still sobbing softly. When she was about to say something, a familiar voice suddenly sounded.

"Ah, everyone from Popipa, you're all here after all."