Whose personality mask's power comes from the heroic spirit?

"Me? I am an ally of Rika Furute," Taichi replied, "in order to end this endless cycle."

As soon as Taiyi finished speaking, Takano Sanshi on the floor suddenly stopped struggling and glared at Taiyi with a ferocious expression.

"Infinite...reincarnation?" Kyosuke Irie looked at Taichi in confusion.

"You don't understand. Let Rika and the others explain it to you later." Taichi patted Kyosuke Irie's shoulder and replied.

"You won't kill me?" Kyosuke Irie swallowed and looked at Taichi cautiously and asked.

"Although you are not a serious person, the research on the antidote for Hinamizawa syndrome still requires you." Taichi reassured Irie Kyousuke, "So, you can continue to live, and even live a better life."

"It's about Satoko. Don't forget to apologize to her later."

Chapter 16 Whose dream is this?

Kyosuke Irie walked in front with a gun pointed at his back, behind Tetsurō Kokoroki.

Taichi followed behind, carrying Takano Sansi, whose hands and feet were tied by him.

As for the two communicators, they would naturally be left in the deepest room forever.

There are currently only four survivors in the entire base.

The scenes they saw along the way not only frightened Kyosuke Irie so much that his hands were shaking, but even Tetsurou Okonomiyaki was so frightened that he swallowed his saliva.

Such a strong murderous intention!

Only Takano Sansi looked at the scene of corpses strewn all over the ground of the "Mountain Dog" troops without changing his expression.

She still knew what she had done.

Can we expect a person who knows about "infinite reincarnation" to show mercy to the "Mountain Dog" troops?

You are just daydreaming.

The "Mountain Dog" troops around her are too numerous to mention.

Every reincarnation would help her do many cruel things.

They were also the main force behind the Takano III and IV massacres.

Instead, she was curious about why she and Kokoroki Tetsurou were still alive.

After all, the "Mountain Dog" troops are just tools, and the people who command these tools behind the scenes are her and Kokoroki Tetsurou.

Of course, if she could survive, she would naturally prefer to choose this path.

She could laugh and make a fuss while killing people, after all, she was not the one who died, she was the one who did it.

But... let her die?

Takano Sanshi, who had a psychological trauma about death since childhood, was quite resistant to this.

Not to mention those 'memories of reincarnation', she basically never had a good ending.

After all, she was the one who commanded the troops to massacre the village.

Even if something went wrong, the bigwigs in Tokyo could just blame her for everything.

Judging from my memory, the number of times people died at the hands of people sent by "Tokyo" during those reincarnations was at least 90%.

Among the remaining ten percent, a few were sent to mental hospitals and died there, but more of them committed suicide by scratching their lymph glands when no one could help them.

It was because Taiyi blocked her mouth quickly, otherwise she would have really wanted to scream out.

"You can let me do anything! Just let me live!"

If it were before, she might even die for her "goal".

But after unlocking the complete memories of herself in other reincarnations, she knew that her goal had been achieved, but it was meaningless.

In her limited reincarnations, she lived long enough to know things that she did not know when she died early.

All her hard work was overturned after a few years.

Even because she took too much blame, the long-deceased teacher Takano was dragged out and whipped again.

As for why she chose to act according to the original plan in this "reincarnation" even though she knew the consequences... it was because she was not clear about the truth of this "reincarnation" at the time.

No, it should be said that this is not reincarnation at all.

It was just a 'dream' that person created through the obsession and memory of Takano Sanshi and the ability of 'Goshgami-sama'.

The weirdo who claimed to be a shadow mage had already told her the truth about this 'Hinamizawa' beforehand.

But that bastard sealed this 'truth' along with the 'memories of the final battle'.

It was not until the man carrying her appeared that her complete memory was unlocked.

At the same time, she also knew the true identity of this man.

That was a 'monster' that he was absolutely powerless to resist.

But it was too late!

Takano Sanshi hated the shadow mage who sealed his memory.

But she didn't dare to hate the man who was carrying her.

Who made the Shadow Mage act like "I'm mysterious, but easy to talk to" since he appeared in front of her, and even "strengthened" some things for her.

And Taiyi...he rushed straight from the door to the deepest part with the attitude of a killing god.

After returning to the clinic on the ground from the underground base, Kyosuke Irie immediately found something to tie up Tetsuro Kokoroki tightly.

Then he found disinfectant to treat himself.

Taiyi looked at Xiaojimitsurang for a few seconds, then found a piece of sackcloth and stuffed it directly into Xiaojimitsurang's mouth.

"I still have to deal with those people outside. You stay here and watch over the two of them." Taiyi looked at Irie Kyosuke and said, "By the way, use your clinic's phone to send a message to the Sonozaki family and tell them about the situation here."

"By the way, don't bring out what they said." Before leaving, Taichi looked at Irie Kyosuke who was about to get up to make a phone call and reminded him, "Because they may use some language skills to fool you again."

"Hmmmm!" Seeing that Taiyi was about to leave, Takano Sanshi suddenly twisted his body a few times and made noises to try to attract Taiyi's attention.

But Taiyi just glanced at her and left the clinic without hesitation.

"Don't try to trick me into untying you or taking out the gag!" Kyosuke Irie glared at Takano Sanshi and Okonoki Tetsuro fearfully, then trotted off to make a phone call.

Kokoroki Tetsuro rolled his eyes and leaned against the wall to resist the pain in his arms.

Takano Sanshi could only look at the room where no one was except himself and Okonomi Tetsurou, feeling helpless and furious.

……

"In this way, all the members of the two teams responsible for coming back for support and blocking the road were wiped out." Looking at the last member of the "Mountain Dog" unit lying at his feet, Taiyi moved his wrist and sighed.

"The team that invaded the Sonozaki family was also completely wiped out. Only the team that was led back to the Sonozaki family by Miss Rika and the others was trapped and captured alive." Aix reminded.

"However, Ms. Shion is currently interrogating the surviving members of the Mountain Dogs."

"She and Ms. Satoko are both looking for someone named 'Hojo Satoshi'."

"Oh, it's Satoko's brother." Taichi patted his head, then turned and walked into the clinic. "If I remember correctly, in the most perfect ending, Hojo Satoshi survived, but was imprisoned in a secret underground base."

"Go ask Kyosuke Irie about the whereabouts of that guy."

Taichi plans to find Hojo Satoshi and rescue him.

"...Huh? Hojo Satoshi?" Irie Kyosuke was stunned for a moment when asked about this name, and then a hesitant expression appeared on his face. "Although in my memory, Hojo Satoshi did get sick a year ago and was sent to the clinic for research and treatment...but since two weeks ago, I haven't seen the child again. It seems that he was secretly taken away by the "Yamaguchi" people without telling me."

Taiyi was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Takano Sansi.

"You reacted when I mentioned 'Infinite Reincarnation' before. I know you also have memories of other reincarnations, so don't lie to me." Taichi put his hand on the cloth next to Takano Sanshi's mouth and warned, "Tell me, where did you transport Hojo Satoshi?"

Chapter 17 Where is the firm will?

"Hojo, Hojo Satoshi?" He finally managed to relax his jaw, but Takano Sanshi was obviously stunned by the sudden question.

As if recalling something, his eyeballs moved slightly upwards.

"Oh, it's Satoko's brother... He's not here." Takano Sanshi tried his best to show that he was cooperating.

"No Hojo Satoshi?" Taichi raised his eyebrows.

"First of all, you got the premise wrong." Takano Sanshi suppressed his voice as softly as possible, "Here, this Hinamizawa, is not in 'reincarnation'."

"This Hinamizawa is just a dream, a dream that originated from me... and Lord Goshagami." Takano Sanshi's eyes flickered a few times, and then he continued, "He's called Shadow Master, the weirdo who hides his whole body under the robe."

"I don't know what method he used, but he did absorb the Lord of the Shrine, and stuffed all my memories of my tragic death in other reincarnations into my head." Takano Sanshi's mouth twitched slightly, "Yes, just like the person trapped in the infinite reincarnation, I also have memories of other reincarnations."

"But it is obvious that the little fellow named Hojo Satoshi has no status in the heart of the Lord of the Shrine, so much so that in the 'dream', Hojo Satoshi does not exist."

"And I... I'm sorry, I have no interest in Hojo Satoshi, who has lost his research value." Takano Sanshi shook his head helplessly and sighed, "So, in this dream, there is no such person as Hojo Satoshi."

"The Hojo Satoshi in Chief Irie's memory was just a forced setting. In fact, neither he nor the others in Hinamizawa have ever really seen Hojo Satoshi."

"After all, this dream only lasted about two weeks."

"That's the answer you can get if you think about it carefully." Takano Sanshi's mouth curled up slightly, "Because, no matter how you recall a person who doesn't exist, it won't feel real."

"It's just that those who cherish Hojo Satoshi will deliberately avoid this fact and escape from reality."

"…It was actually a dream?" Taiyi looked at Takano Sansi in astonishment, then couldn't help scratching the back of his head, "What do you think of what she said?"

Taiyi sent a communication request to Aix.

"I'll verify it right away!" Aix replied, and then used all his computing power.

Connecting satellites...satellite exploration cannot.

Expanding beyond Hinamizawa... Xinggong Town, confirmed to exist, and further away... cannot be broken through!

"In this world, only Hinamizawa and Okomiya Town exist!" Aix concluded, "But it is definitely not something as illusory as a 'dream'. I can guarantee that the people and things that currently exist in this world are real entities!"

"Hehe, after all, it is the dream of Lord Goshgami, how can it be compared with the dreams of ordinary mortals?" Although it was not known where the voice came from in Taichi, because Shadow Master had greeted him in advance, Takano Sanshi did not look around like Irie Kyosuke and Okonoki Tetsuro.

"Goddess, Haneri... has he been absorbed by the Shadow Master?" Taichi ignored Takano Sanshi's explanation and sat back on the hospital bed with a frown.

"Hey, sir?" Takano Sanshi smiled a little flatteringly, "Can you please let me live? As long as you are willing to spare my life, I am willing to do anything."

Taichi ignored Takano Sanshi.

Although this woman is very likely connected to the "witch's sight", those witches always like to just watch, and very few of them personally come out to save the chess pieces.

And the only ones who will suffer are Umineko, while the chances of Higurashi being in trouble are almost zero.

Moreover, it can be seen from the fact that Yu Ru was absorbed by the Shadow Mage that the Awuawuawu monster here is not deeply connected with the legendary drama-watching witch in the narrative layer. At the very least, she can sit back and watch at the narrative layer.

Seeing that Taichi ignored him, Takano Sanshi became a little anxious.

But she knew that she was just a fish at the mercy of others, and the only thing she could do was to compromise.

Therefore, before Taiyi showed his disgust at her chattering, she would never allow herself to miss any opportunity.

As Tetsuro Kojiro watched the clown show in front of him, the corners of his mouth curled up.

It's really rare to see the princess being so humble.

Kyosuke Irie was speechless, and then had an expression of 'How could this person do such a thing?'

As for disdain… he felt that if he were in a hostile position with this young man, his performance might not be better than that of Takano Sansi.

After all, in the current situation where the enemy and friend positions were unclear, he wanted to kowtow to the young man when he saw him.

"I will leave your fate to Rika Furude to decide." Taichi glanced at Takano Sanshi and replied.

The only thing that Takano Sanshi can boast of is that he is the "chief of the Imperial University's parasite department."

But does Taichi need her as the chief of the parasite department?

Obviously not that important!

After all, ever since she graduated, she has been involved in matters targeting Hinamizawa, and she has long since returned her professional knowledge to her teacher.

The antidote for Hinamizawa Syndrome and other things were basically handled by Kyosuke Irie.

She is a 'vase leader'.

At the same time, he is also a pawn in Tokyo's struggle for power.

So, Taichi didn't mind handing her over to Rika Furude for disposal.

As for learning more information about this world from Takano Sanshi... Taiyi doesn't think that Shadow Mage can reveal much to her.