mygo, but Cthulhu

Shiina Maki pursed her lips and was silent for a moment before speaking softly with a complicated tone. The Shoggoth laughed and suddenly came close to her.

"Because I'm bored, little Invisible Son. Can you imagine how long I've lived? I've witnessed the oceans disappear, the continents split, countless plants and animals rise and then quickly become extinct. Apart from those terrifying great beings, there are almost no creatures that can scare me. This is simply too boring for me."

"Since you're such an interesting mutant, I'm certainly willing to help you, so that the drama can be more unpredictable."

After it finished speaking, it took a step back, waved its hands, and turned into a large piece of fine mucus, and drilled out from the gap in the window.

"Goodbye. I look forward to your decision. Please try to make your death as interesting as possible for me. I will applaud you in return."

"..."

Shiina Maki silently looked at the direction she left, then closed her eyes and sighed deeply after a while.

She did not doubt the truth of the Shoggoth Lord's words. After all, there was no need for such a unique being to deceive herself. This meant that the Shiina Maki she had pretended to be for over a decade would soon be destroyed, and Riki would hate her.

...She had been afraid of this ever since she gained emotions. When she finally faced this moment, she felt calmer than she had imagined. Perhaps she had already prepared for it.

Shiina Maki shook her head slightly, and at the same time she heard a series of rapid knocking sounds. She frowned slightly and opened the window, seeing more than a dozen members of the Gluttony Banquet covered in blood in the corridor. The leader saw her as if he had seen a savior, and knelt on the ground praying.

"Ms. Dujuan, the committee raided us and killed everyone else... Please help us get revenge!"

"How do you know my identity?"

"A powerful Shoggoth has informed us, Ms. Dujuan, that your identity will soon be unsafe. It would be best to quickly eliminate this family and move with us to our new base."

The man raised his hand and pointed at the photo of her and Li Xi.

"Shiina Riki also looks like a good sacrifice. Why don't you capture her and we can go together..."

"Tear,"

The man hadn't finished his words when the next second, his head was slapped away by the expressionless Maki, and blood splattered all over the other people, making them stay where they were.

"Are you qualified to negotiate with my sister like this?"

She shook her head slightly, and the others reacted in panic and wanted to kneel down and beg for mercy, but in the blink of an eye they were all cut into pieces by the black fluid that her arm turned into, and the smell of blood immediately filled the corridor.

"What a bunch of scum, and I have to go through the trouble of cleaning it up."

Maki sighed, her arm transforming and swallowing up all the blood and flesh, and the corridor instantly looked brand new.

She closed the window and walked silently to the dining table to reheat the cold food. After waiting for a while, Li Xi, who looked exhausted, finally opened the door. When he saw Zhen Xi, he couldn't help but be stunned.

"Sister... have you been waiting for me? You can eat first."

"Lixi, you haven't come back yet, how can I eat first?"

Maki shook her head, and Riki sighed apologetically.

"I'm sorry, my friend is in a serious situation, so I can't go home early recently. Next time, you can eat first and don't have to wait for me."

"Is that so? Then I hope your friend gets better soon... Let's eat first."

Maki smiled and pulled Riki to sit down. The tired latter only felt hungry at this time. She looked at the table full of her favorite dishes, and her guilt towards her sister became heavier in her heart. She lowered her head and ate in silence.

She thought her sister would ask many questions and was prepared to answer them, but to her surprise, her sister remained silent the entire time and hardly even picked up her chopsticks. The darkness in her eyes was extremely depressing.

"Lixi, I want to apologize to you,"

Just when Li Xi couldn't help but want to ask, her sister's heavy voice suddenly sounded. She couldn't help but startled for a moment, then looked at the pair of dark eyes in confusion after reacting.

"Sister, why are you apologizing?"

"..."

Shiina Maki tried hard to speak, but felt a strong pain. She could already foresee Riki's hatred and anger. If possible, she would rather keep up this lie forever, but this false happiness would soon be exposed... In this case, it would be better to confess sooner rather than later.

"Lixi, I am actually the one who attacked your friend during the ceremony at Meizhu's house. I am the woman wearing the mask. I am not your sister. I am the Invisible Child."

Chapter 118 Farewell

"Sister...what are you talking about?"

Riki was momentarily unable to comprehend her words, and Maki sighed before pulling the Cuckoo Mask from a nearby drawer and showing it to Riki.

"You recognize this mask, right? It's the one I was wearing yesterday."

"..."

Li Xi was stunned. She subconsciously suspected that her sister was joking, but looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar calm face, she suddenly realized that what her sister said was probably true.

After understanding this, Li Xi couldn't help but grit her teeth. There were countless questions in her heart, and after looking up at those eyes, she couldn't help but ask the one she didn't understand the most.

"Why did you do that?"

"Because your pink-haired friend isn't human, and you know that, don't you? She's a half-blood Deep One, and the fact that she's so powerful even in her early awakening means she's dangerous."

"But she doesn't even know you! And didn't you just say you were some invisible child?!"

"Yeah, I'm a monster too,"

Maki smiled wearily.

"I know you can't possibly believe me... I'm also aware of my ugliness and ridiculousness, but no matter what, at least I can be sure that I will never hurt you. But what about that half-blooded Deep One? Will she still remember you as her friend when her bloodline fully awakens? She'll most likely kill you, and I can't tolerate that possibility."

"Are you going to kill Aine just because of this?! She's my friend! She's the guitarist in our band! She's also someone important to me!"

Li Xi gritted his teeth and stood up suddenly, staring angrily into Maki's eyes.

"Sister, what are you thinking?! Even if Aine might turn into a monster in the future, that's in the future. Why do you want to kill her now? And Tomo lost control because of you, and Ushigome-senpai died because of your actions!"

"I'm sorry, Lixi."

Maki's reaction was much calmer than Riki had expected. She shook her head, and her voice was filled with the apology of having completely given up on something.

"I was so scared that something would happen to you. I've always wanted to protect you. When I found out you knew about this, I immediately wanted to eliminate all danger around you... I'm not making excuses, but I just want you to be safe."

"You hope I'm safe? You've done something like this, and you still tell me you hope I'm safe?!"

Li Xi couldn't help but roar. She grabbed Maki's collar and forcibly lifted her up. She felt intense pain in her anger, and her voice was choked.

"Sister, why did you suddenly do this? The you I know is not like this. Do you think I will be safe if Aine dies? I will only feel pain. Knowing that the murderer is you, I will feel even more pain."

"And you said you were the Invisible Son. What does that mean? Aren't you human too? Do you also carry some kind of bloodline?"

"...No, I've been a monster from the beginning."

After a moment of silence, Maki slowly shook her head. She finally made up her mind and looked straight into Lixi's purple eyes, enduring the pain.

眸，

"Ritsuki, do you remember the conversation we had when we were little? I once told you that I liked Dujuan, right? That was because I was just a beast at that time. I ate the real Shiina Maki when she was still a baby, and no one noticed my disguise."

"I was disgusted by your annoyance at the time. I even arranged for those guys who kidnapped us. I was planning to let them kill you, but I suddenly changed my mind at the last moment."

"Now you understand, Lixi, I am not your sister. I am just an ugly monster. I am the murderer who killed your sister. I am an abomination who has been deceiving you for more than ten years."

"Sister...what are you talking about?"

Li Xi couldn't understand her words at all. She opened her eyes wide in confusion and stared at Shiina Maki.

"Aren't you my sister? When I was kidnapped, you took my place in the torture, didn't you? If it weren't for you, I would have died long ago... Why are you cursing at yourself like this?"

"That was all fake, all lies. I once wanted to kill you, and this sin will never be forgotten."

"Even so... Sister, you still love me now, don't you?! You've always cared about me, you've always cared about me, I know all that! But it's me who inexplicably feels inferior to you and selfishly starts to distance myself from you. It's obviously more of my fault!"

Li Xi held her hand and shouted eagerly, while Zhen Xi lowered her head silently, her heart full of bitterness.

"Yes, Riki, I love you... However, this doesn't change the fact that I'm a monster. I know you'll accept Chihaya and Takamatsu, but unlike them, I did eat your real sister."

"No, sister..."

"I'm telling you this now because Tsuzuki Shifune is about to find me, and I don't want you to take risks because of me. Come, call her now and tell her. She'll come and kill me soon... and then you won't have to face this monster of mine anymore."

Maki spoke softly and sincerely, then handed the phone over, and Riki's eyes widened at her words, his face full of incomprehensible pain.

"Wait, sis...what are you talking about? How could I possibly do this? How could I possibly let you die?!"

"Don't treat me as your sister anymore, Li Xi, you have to remember, I'm not Shiina Maki, I'm..."

"You are my sister!"

Li Xi interrupted her with a roar, making Maki stunned. After reacting, she spoke softly and complicatedly.

"Lixi..."

"Even if you ate her, you've been by my side for the past ten years, haven't you? Even if you once wanted to kill me, wasn't it you who chose to save me in the end?! You love me and care about me, don't you?!"

Li Xi hugged her tightly, sobbing in pain and pleading, and his tears wet Maki's chest.

"Please, sister, stop saying that. I can't kill you. I can't do that... I'm really angry about your behavior, but you're still my sister. You're my family."

"Lixi...I'm sorry."

After hesitating for a long time, Shiina Maki closed her eyes and sighed deeply.

Since Li Xi can't do it, she must leave here. Tsuzuki Shifen will discover her identity sooner or later. She can't stay with Li Xi anymore. She is now the source of danger.

"If you can't do it, then I'll go find Tsuzuki Shifune. After I die, if you believe your teammates are trustworthy, then continue to stay with them. They do have the potential to harm you, but they also do possess considerable power."

"Goodbye. I appreciate your gift, but it doesn't have to perish with me."

She gently placed the small ring in Lixi's hand. Before the latter could react, she turned into a dark fluid and left her arms, passing through the crack in the door and quickly rushed towards the terrifying breath she sensed.

"No! Sister!"

Lixi screamed and subconsciously tried to hold on, but her fingertips just passed through the fluid in vain. Maki disappeared from her sight in an instant. Lixi rushed forward desperately to open the door, but could not find any trace of Maki.

"Sister, don't leave me, don't abandon me..."

Lixi fell to her knees in tears, holding the small ring tightly in her hand. The force was so strong that her skin began to hurt, but this pain was nothing compared to the pain she was feeling at the moment.

She deeply regretted her ridiculous sense of inferiority, and she deeply hated herself for not wanting to face her sister for this reason in the past. At this moment, she only felt indescribable sadness, and she just wanted her sister to come back.

But until her tears dried up, she still didn't see her sister.

Chapter 119 Revenge

"I have often heard that it is not men who diligently seek knowledge, but those who know who diligently seek others. However, I know this is absurd. Those who know do not seek others, but actually seek others out of themselves. They are so cruel and ruthless, like hawks and dogs chasing rabbits."

Even at Ushigome Satomi's funeral, Arisaki's mind was still filled with the contents of the "Xuanjun Seven Chapters Secret Scripture". She closed her eyes silently, exhausted and sad, and suddenly came to a conclusion in her mind:

It is not the pursuit of knowledge, but knowledge that seeks people. However, the "seeking" of knowledge is far more than just seeking, but hunting, they hunt humans.

...Just as once they knew about this, the strangeness would hunt them. Even if Rimi did nothing, she still died and was eaten by that thing.

Yusaki took a deep breath, gritted her teeth and slowly opened her eyes. She walked forward silently and placed the flowers in front of the tombstone. Rimi's smiling face was on the cold stone, which made her heart ache again.

After discovering that the "Xuanjun Seven Chapters Secret Scripture" actually contained a resurrection technique, she was extremely ecstatic at first, but she soon discovered that the resurrection technique also required a corpse... and Rimi was completely devoured into ashes, and there was no way to resurrect her.

The gap between hope and despair makes Yousaki more and more painful. Coupled with the strange knowledge in the ancient books, she feels her mind is in chaos. The warm and precious scenes in the past often appear in front of her, constantly reminding her that it is impossible for Popipa to return to the past.

"...Rimi, don't worry, I will definitely help you get revenge."

She stared at Rimi on the tombstone and spoke slowly in a cold voice. At this time, Saaya put her hand on her shoulder while crying silently. Although she was also in great pain, she still tried to comfort her.

"Arisaki, are you okay? Do you need some rest? You look more tired than the rest of us..."

"I'm fine, Saaya. You're the one who needs rest more."

Arisaki sighed and glanced at the tombstone of Saaya's parents not far away. He knew in his heart that Saaya was almost at her limit.

"You probably couldn't sleep last night, did you? Go get some sleep. Your body won't be able to take it if you keep going like this."

"I... I can't do it. Whenever I close my eyes, the images of my parents and Satomi dying appear... I just can't fall asleep."

Sha Ling shook her head with tears in her voice. Although her eyes were red and swollen from tears, the pain still made her unable to stop crying.

"Arisaki... I'm so scared. I'm scared that something might happen to you too. I'm scared that you might get into an accident too... Arisaki, if you go for revenge, something might happen to you too. Do you really want to go?"

"Well, that Takamatsu Deng killed Satomi because

Nagasaki Suyo disrupted the ceremony, and that's why your parents died. Mygo has a blood feud with us, and I can't just sit there and do nothing. I'll make Dujuan, who messed everything up, pay the price."

Arisaki sighed, her voice filled with a resolute coldness, and Saaya knew there was no way to persuade her, so she could only nod silently.

"Then you must pay attention to your own safety first, Yusaki, we really can't lose anyone else..."

"I know, you should take a rest first."

Arisaki nodded silently, then waved her hand gently in front of Saaya's eyes. The spell made Saaya close her eyes and lose consciousness. Kasumi hurriedly caught her worriedly, and Arisaki explained softly.

"Don't worry, I'm just giving her a break... Kasumi, I have some strength now. Believe me, sooner or later I will make the MyGo band feel the same pain as we did."

"Arisaki, I hate to ask this, but... do you really have to do this?"

Kasumi lowered her head and spoke softly after a moment of silence, while Arisaki frowned.