mygo, but Cthulhu

"I have to do this. This is the method that a copy of Kurata-senpai told me. Only by doing this can I possess the power of Seigya and drive out these demons. Fortunately, I managed to catch up, otherwise... I really can't imagine what would have happened."

"So that's how it is, Soyorin, you did this to save me?"

"Of course, you're the guitarist of the band, mygo can't do without you."

Sushi smiled, and her warm expression made Aine feel more guilty. She couldn't help but sigh, and just when she was about to say something, she saw a green shadow appear above Sanan's trembling body, and she quickly climbed up with her eyes wide open.

"Soyorin! The demon in that girl is still there! Do you have a way to exorcise it as well?"

"I... can't. I can't do it right now. After all, I just gained this kind of power, and expelling four demons just now consumed too much energy."

Su Shi subconsciously nodded and raised his hand to Shanan, but after a moment his trembling steps became unstable, and as the green light continued to expand, Su Shi's expression became somewhat painful.

"Oh no! That demon is trying to take advantage of my weakness to reconnect with Seigya's power. If it succeeds, it'll be a disaster. I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on any longer..."

"So, you need us to help you deal with this guy, right?"

Li Xi, who had just bandaged Lenai's wound, raised his gun and pointed it at Sanan when he heard her words. Looking at the painful expression on the young face, she hesitated slightly. But when she was about to make up her mind, Sha Ling with tears on her face suddenly stood in front of her, grabbed her pistol and knelt on the ground trembling.

"No! Please! Don't do this... I know she made a big mistake, but I will pay it back. I will do whatever you want me to do. Please... don't kill her..."

“…Get out of the way!”

After a moment's silence, Riki spoke through gritted teeth, but Saeya was still shaking her head desperately. The pain and pleading on her face made Riki think of her sister... and in a trance, she saw that Su Shi's expression was becoming more and more painful. As the green shadow continued to expand, Arisaki ignored the fact that his back was torn by the twisted Mashiro, and desperately ran towards Sanan to protect her.

"If this continues, Soyorin will become a puppet of Sayigya... Rikki, if you can't do it, let me do it."

The next moment, Li Xi heard Ai Yin whispering in her ear. Before she could react, Ai Yin, who had recovered a little, rushed to Sanan's side, grabbed her neck and lifted her up.

"Feel sorry,"

Aiyin sighed softly, but her grey eyes remained icy cold. She increased her strength without hesitation, and the next moment, everyone heard the distinct sound of a cervical vertebra breaking.

Chapter 180 Pain

"..."

In the dead silence, time seemed to stand still. Aine calmly loosened her grip and let the young corpse fall to the ground. A green shadow quickly drifted out from above. Having lost its host, it quickly dissipated with an unwilling roar, and Su Shi's condition also improved.

"...Sanan,"

Sha Ling opened her eyes blankly, her mind went blank. There was a noisy and terrifying buzzing in her ears, replacing all other sounds. She staggered to Sanan's side and watched her pale face fall to the ground weakly.

"..."

Aiyin pursed her lips but didn't intend to say anything to her. She knew her crime, but if she was given another chance, she would still do it without hesitation because it was all for Su Shi's safety.

When she turned her head, she met the dull eyes of Ichigaya Arisaki. She stared at Saaya who was holding Sana powerlessly, and the scene of Rimi's death flashed before her eyes again, and pain and hatred shattered her consciousness.

...It's like this again. She still can't protect the people she wants to protect. Even though she has learned so much and endured so much, in the end she is still so powerless and so ridiculous!

She... She had clearly promised Sha Ling that she would save her sister, but in the end she could only watch it all... She still couldn't do anything, couldn't protect anything!

"Chihaya Aine!"

The heavy pain that almost tore her chest apart made Arisaki scream. She wailed and raised her hands to cast spells desperately. Her mind shattered due to the excessive extraction of magic power, and her reason and life turned into fuel for hatred.

"Roar!"

Unspeakable madness enveloped Night Demon and Distorted Mashiro with magical light. They didn't care who to attack and rushed towards Aine at the same time. Aine couldn't help but grit her teeth at this moment. She frowned and tried hard to resist Arisaki's desperate attack. The flesh that had just healed was torn once again.

"enough!"

An old, cold voice suddenly rang out, and then a large area of ​​crimson light instantly illuminated the entire space. The Night Demon and Distorted Mashiro were simultaneously repelled. The former's three eyes blinked, and he quickly turned his head and locked onto the old man with an indifferent expression who was slowly approaching.

"It is you,"

It flapped its wings and hovered in mid-air, and then everyone suddenly heard a hoarse and terrifying sound. Tsuzuki Shichuan frowned and stared at it, his voice full of coldness.

"It's me. Since you are the incarnation of that guy, you should know that you can't defeat me with your own strength, right?"

"I guess so, but don't forget that you can't really protect anything in the end. You are the price you pay."

The Night Demon grinned broadly, then quickly flew into the darkness. The trioctahedron fell to the ground. Arisaki, filled with hatred, no longer cared about Tsuzuki Poetry Ship. She continued to increase her magic power angrily, but was firmly suppressed by the crimson light. She could not help but roar through gritted teeth.

"Don't stop me! Do you know what she did?! She killed Sanan! I'm going to kill her!"

"If you keep going like this you'll either become a lunatic or drain yourself dry, calm down."

Shifune sighed and raised her hand to forcibly block her spell. Arisaki, who suddenly lost all her strength, could not help but fall to the ground, but her tearful and hateful eyes were still fixed on Aine, unwilling to look away for a moment.

"Hahahaha!"

The twisted Mashiro didn't understand what was happening, nor did they care. Countless limbs rushed towards Tsuzuki Poetry Ship frantically, but were shattered by the crimson light a moment later. The huge force forced their huge bodies back, making their screams and shrill laughter even more shrill.

"I don't understand what happened, but judging by the appearance of this monster, Kurata Mashiro probably cannot be saved."

Tsuzuki Shifune sighed, but when she raised her hand to destroy the distorted Mashiro in one fell swoop, a figure suddenly stood in front of the monster, and the crimson light shattered her defensive spell and pierced her chest.

"Poetry Ship...don't do that,"

Kurata Yuuko didn't care about the fatal wound on his chest.

He squeezed out a trembling voice, and Shichuan couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, his expression became a little complicated.

"Jie Yu... I thought you didn't care about your daughter. Why would you protect her with your life?"

"Haha... protecting her? I'm protecting our band, I'm protecting Saori and the others!"

Hearing her words, Kurata Yu was stunned for a moment and then laughed miserably. Blood flowed from her mouth, and she tried her best to support her body, fighting against the pain and weakness.

"Shichuan, listen to me. Although my plan went wrong, it's still possible to find Saori and the others. This experiment is still necessary... Don't kill her. She's my last hope. I've been preparing for this plan all along, and I can't bear to see another failure."

"Shichuan, please, Miracle Crimson was so beautiful back then. The five of us were all immersed in music. That time was so precious... I have always worked hard for all of us. I have always tried to defeat that despised death. If you are willing to help me this time, we will definitely be able to return to the way things were before!"

Kurata Yui prayed desperately with hope, even though her lungs were torn apart, she still tried her best to squeeze out the sound. She stared at Tsuzuki Shisen expectantly, but the latter could only feel sad and exhausted.

"Jie Yu, Miracle Crimson has disappeared. We can never go back. Death cannot be reversed. You must admit this."

"It hasn't disappeared! Miracle Crimson...it's clearly always been there!"

Kurata Yu couldn't help but raise his voice, and at the same time, he knelt on the ground powerlessly due to the loss of blood. But even so, he still looked up at Shichuan, his face twisted in pain and full of tears.

"Shichuan, I know you've been sad about Yuxu, but...but she only failed once. That doesn't mean death is irreversible. There must be a perfect solution...Look, so many children are suffering because of this. Don't you want them to return to their normal lives?"

"...In any case, this is not a reason for you to sacrifice others."

After a moment of silence, Tsuzuki Shifune sighed and spoke slowly, while Kurata Yuuki also smiled bitterly.

"I understand that you've never been able to forgive me... but at least let me be willful one last time. I must try to bring this experimental subject back to consciousness!"

She suddenly raised her hand to summon a portal, and at the same time, before Tsuzuki Shifune could react, she used all her strength to break the crimson light that bound the distorted Mashiro, causing the latter to rush towards her madly.

"Depression!"

Tsuzuki Shifune opened his eyes wide and instinctively called out, but in the end he only saw her tired smile.

"Shichuan, I still hope to ask you one last thing. Do your best to protect this experimental subject. She represents the hope of bringing Saori and the others back. I am already covered in sin, but you can still be the miracle crimson."

"But if you still won't do that in the end... then try not to grieve over our past. You've been suffering for too long over everything we've been through."

"boom!"

Countless limbs fell heavily, and Kurata Yuuki was crushed into a pulp in front of Tsuzuki Shifune. The latter stood there in a daze, and the scenes of her youth flashed before her eyes again, making her aging heart tremble with pain again.

The next moment, the rest of Morfonica's group fell out of the portal one after another. They were at a loss as to how to stand up subconsciously, but when they looked up, they saw a monster made up of countless familiar friends.

"…Mashiro?"

Chapter 181 Awakening

Just sleep peacefully, don’t think about anything, just escape.

Mashiro sank into chaos, and she fell asleep silently with this thought in her mind. She didn't care what happened to her, nor did she care about what was happening outside.

She felt her body floating, intoxicated by the soothing peace... escape always made her feel at ease, and although she knew it was not right, she could never overcome it on her own.

...Because she didn't have everything she once thought she had, she was just a copy, and she could only choose to give up in tears.

...But for some reason, she seemed to sense something familiar, some familiar faces, some familiar voices. Although they were blurry through the thick curtains, they still made her feel restless.

“…What is this?”

Mashiro subconsciously opened her eyes, and in front of her was the grassy field where she often played as a child. Not far away was a gorgeous butterfly, flying quietly. Mashiro instinctively took a step forward but couldn't help but sigh in self-mockery, stopped and shook her head.

Why did she still want to track the butterfly after all this? Everything was fake. Her emotions, her beliefs, her friends, were all just fabricated information, stolen from the original.

She never had these, and she shouldn't have any more extravagant hopes. She should wake up.

"..."

However, even though she was thinking this, Mashiro unexpectedly discovered that the butterfly was actually slowly flying towards her. It circled around her, and the cry that followed seemed to be increasingly familiar, causing a pain in her head.

…Is anyone calling her? But who would care about her? She's clearly just a replica.

Mashiro lowered her eyes, and then the butterfly landed on her hand. The moment it touched her, Mashiro felt the heavy curtain that wrapped herself was instantly torn apart, and the familiar anxious cry quickly flooded into her mind.

"Mashiro! Mashiro! Can you hear me?"

"I'm Tsukushi, Tohru and the others are here too... We don't believe you'll be devoured like this. If you can hear us, respond quickly! Mashiro!"

...It's them,

Mashiro gradually realizes the current situation. She begins to understand what happened after she chose to escape. The other selves took this opportunity to vent their pain. After they killed their mother, Tsukushi and the others also came here.

"Even if our true appearance is so ugly, are you still willing to call me?"

Mashiro looked at Tsukushi and the others who were trembling but still refused to give up shouting. Her tired heart was gradually swallowed by complex emotions. She wanted to respond to them, but when she thought of her own identity, she felt more and more painful... She had no right to do so because she was not their Mashiro.

After a moment's silence, Mashiro turned to look at the huge butterfly chrysalis. She could feel that the real body was inside. As long as she could free it, she could continue her daily life as a morfonica with Tsukushi and the others, right?

"Woo..."

While thinking this, Mashiro felt a heart-wrenching pain. Her vision was blurred by tears, but she could no longer continue to escape... That would hurt Tsukushi and the others, and now only she could awaken her true form.

After closing her eyes and sighing deeply, Mashiro controlled the other sisters to turn around and walk on the chrysalis. Tsuzuki Shifune, who was about to continue the attack, was stunned when she saw her actions. She hesitantly stopped the spell, and Tsukushi and the others subconsciously followed.

They saw countless Mashiro walk to the side of the butterfly chrysalis, and then their bodies slowly melted, wrapping the butterfly chrysalis to form a huge piece of flesh. They looked at the scene in front of them in confusion, and Toyokawa Shoko also walked forward thoughtfully, observed for a moment, and then spoke softly,

"Although it's not very clear...but they seem to be gathering themselves again. After a while, your

Mashiro should be able to come back soon."

"Really? She'll be okay?"

"She should be fine, but we can't rule out the worst possibility. She might never wake up again... But no matter what, all we can do now is wait. Interfering rashly will only make the situation worse."

"All right……"

Hearing her say this, Tsukushi could only nod silently. She and the others looked at the huge piece of meat with concern. Inside it, Mashiro was walking in a membrane channel that looked like the inside of an insect-like creature, slowly approaching the body that they perceived.

All of this seemed like a dream, but Mashiro knew that what she had to do this time was to completely end everything for herself... After her true body woke up, she would no longer be able to desire all that she coveted, and by then, she would probably only have death as her choice.

"..."

Mashiro couldn't help but smile bitterly when she thought of this, but the next moment she unexpectedly saw another herself waiting in front of her, with a familiar "1" on her forehead.

"Number 1...are you not fully absorbed?"

"Yes, there is still a little residue. Although it will disappear soon, it is enough for me to do the best thing."

Number 1 nodded and smiled slightly. She walked forward and stared at Mashiro, with a look in her eyes that she couldn't understand.

"Zero, are you really going to do this? You should know that once your original body wakes up, the meaning of your existence will disappear, right?"

"……Ok, I know."

"Even so, do you still want to do this? You are no different from her. If that's the case, why don't you take her place?"

Number 1 looked at Mashiro seriously, and she saw Mashiro's pupils suddenly shrink as she wished.

"What do you mean?"

"Zero, we all exist because we are unique. There are no two people in the world who are exactly the same, but you and the original are an exception. You have all of her memories, and you are exactly like her. So you don't have to sacrifice yourself."

"Kill her, Zero. I don't want to see you die. You've helped us so much, and I want to see you find your happiness."

"...All that happiness does not belong to me. I am just a copy."

After a moment of silence, Mashiro spoke slowly, and No. 1 smiled helplessly. Her body flickered, indicating that this part of the residue would also disappear.

"Zero...don't say that. Do you remember the butterfly you once caught? You asked your mother if you could keep it, but she said no. Even so, you still didn't give up, didn't you?"

"Think back to how you felt when you kept it imprisoned in the bottle... Once you remember, you'll know what to do."

As soon as she finished speaking, No. 1 had already shattered and merged into Mashiro's body. She frowned in confusion and tried to recall, but found that her childhood memories were already vague.

"Forget it, this has nothing to do with me anymore."