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

"Aliang wants to meet Taichi in person?" Perhaps because she suppressed the mastermind behind the reincarnation, Takano Sanshi and "Mountain Dog", Furude Rika became much closer to Taichi, and even started to call him by his name.

"Yes." Sonozaki Mion nodded and replied, "The witch said she wanted to talk to the outsider in person, although I don't know what she wants to talk about."

"Outsiders..." Rika Furude nodded in agreement, "Indeed, given the current situation, Taichi-kun, Yukino-san, Akane-san, and Oishi are all outsiders."

"...Speaking of which, Rika-chan should also be considered an outsider, right?" Sonozaki Shion suddenly said, "After all, didn't you come to Hinamizawa in the form of 'reincarnation'?"

"It's different." Furude Rika shook her head and answered, "If we dig deeper into the root of it, it should be considered that this me in Hinamizawa received the memories of my other 'reincarnations'. The Furude Rika in other 'reincarnations' are all dead, and the only thing that can be passed on to other 'Furude Rika' is memory and experience. So, the Furude Rika standing here now is still the Furude Rika you are familiar with, not the Furude Rika from outside."

"That is..."

"If everyone in Hinamizawa is a fake creature that was recreated and instilled with memories of the past years... then I am the same, except that I have been instilled with far more memories than everyone else." Rika Furude replied, "So, don't exclude me, Mipa!"

"Exclusion? What a joke! You are our club's 'raccoon cat' Furutte Rika!" Sonozaki Mion directly put one hand around Furutte Rika, and with the other hand she kept rubbing her head, making her already messy hair look like a bird's nest.

"That's right, Rika-chan!" Hojo Satoko's voice came from behind.

When Rika Furude turned around, she found that Hojo Satoko and Ryuuguu Rena, who lived in the same room with her, as well as Yukinoshita Yukino and Shinjo Akane, had all woken up and were standing not far behind her.

……

"…It's a pity that you still have the energy to stay up late. It's great to be young." Taichi said with emotion while eating the breakfast prepared by the Sonozaki family, looking at the two Sonozaki sisters sitting opposite him.

"I had to stay up late." Sonozaki Mion glared at Taichi and explained, "The scene was really too creepy. I felt like I was there once I closed my eyes."

"We're eating, stop talking about such disgusting things!" Sonozaki Shion glared at the two of them in dissatisfaction.

"Ah, speaking of which, what are you going to do with Takano Sanshi and Kokonoki Tetsuro?" Taiichi looked at Sonozaki Mion and asked.

"Let Rika-chan decide." Sonozaki Mion shrugged and replied, "Although I have heard from Rika-chan that we were badly hurt by her in other reincarnations, in the final analysis, we only heard about it and have no real feelings about it. But Rika-chan is different."

"For Rika-chan, who has the memories of reincarnation, the memories of being persecuted by Takano Sanshi are all things she has experienced personally, so we all unanimously decided to leave the outcome of how to deal with Takano to Rika-chan." Ryuuguu Renaye added.

"Everyone..." Rika Furude looked like she was deeply moved.

"By the way, is it really okay for us to talk about lynching so openly in front of a criminal?" Maehara Keiichi blinked his eyes and glanced at Oishi Kuratomi who was eating and reminded him.

“Ah? Hahaha, don’t look at me.” The Oishi Tibetan who was almost named looked up in surprise, then laughed a few times, “I retired a long time ago. Besides, there is no proper management organization in this broken world. Lynching... is nothing.”

"Besides, if we really want to deal with it, we have to deal with Taiyi first." Oishi Zangren glanced at Taiyi and joked.

Xin Tiao Qian silently shrank her neck.

After breakfast, Taichi came to the main house under the guidance of Sonozaki Mion.

"Grandma, Taichi-kun is here." Sonozaki Mion knelt at the door and spoke inside.

"Please let him in." Sonozaki Ryo's voice still sounded full of energy.

Under the care of Sonozaki Akane, Sonozaki Ryo was sitting on a cushion, and opposite the mother and daughter was a folding chair.

Sonozaki Mion was also stunned by this 'novel' layout.

"What's the matter with this chair?" Sonozaki Mion couldn't help but ask.

"I heard that guests don't like to kneel, so I took the initiative to prepare a chair." Sonozaki Akane glanced at her old mother and explained to her daughter.

You can't say that my mother prepared it in advance.

"Please sit down." Sonozaki Ryo looked at Taichi for a few seconds, his eyes shining with a little more brilliance, and pointed at the folding chair and spoke to Taichi.

Taiyi nodded, then strode over and sat down on the folding chair without any hesitation.

"We have already verified it last night. Other directions to Hinamizawa can only return to Hinamizawa." Sonozaki Ryo looked at Taichi and spoke first, "We invited guests here today in the hope of hearing some...new information from them."

"How can we continue to survive?" Sonozaki Ryo asked in a heavy tone.

That's right, survival.

If Hinamizawa and Okomiya Town really only existed in this world, then the survival of tens of thousands of people in the village and town would be a huge problem.

Although there is arable land in Hinamizawa, it is definitely not enough to provide food for tens of thousands of people.

Without external support, business would be completely scrapped and the materials needed for import and export would not be available.

Apart from food, other things that people cannot live without, such as 'water', 'medicine', 'cloth', etc., will also be unavailable.

Even whether there will be any changes in the "air" can only exist in fantasy and speculation.

Not only Sonozaki Mion and Sonozaki Shion did not sleep, but Sonozaki Ryo and Sonozaki Akane, who were worried about their survival, also did not sleep all night.

Can't sleep at all!

The two sisters were frightened by the tragic situation in the secret underground base of Irie Clinic.

Sonozaki Ryo and Sonozaki Akane were shocked by the void and intangible future.

The mother and daughter discussed the problem all night but couldn't come up with any solution.

In the end, I can only accumulate all the problems and discuss them together after meeting Taiyi today.

"I only have one solution." Taiyi stroked his chin and replied, "Please abandon your land and property here, and gather together with only a small amount of survival supplies."

"I can take you away from this land and to... a complete planet."

Chapter 23: Sonozaki Ryo's Courage

It can't be done, it can't be done at all!

Taichi said it simply, but to gather people together and even let them abandon their property and land... the Sonozaki family doesn't have that kind of face.

Even Hinamizawa cannot make unified arrangements, let alone Xinggong Town.

As for the method Taichi mentioned... Sonozaki Ryo tried it a little, but Taichi remained tight-lipped and said that he would never reveal a word unless it was time to leave.

After Taichi left, Sonozaki Akane looked at her mother cautiously.

"Mother, what should we do?"

Sonozaki Ryo's face was quite gloomy at this time.

"Call Kiichiro over." Sonozaki Ryo glanced at his daughter and told her, then glared at Sonozaki Mion who was kneeling opposite him, "And ask Rika-chan to come over as well."

Sonozaki Mion raised her eyebrows slightly and immediately raised her hand to her forehead.

"Yes! Meiyin, I'll do it right away!"

Looking at her daughter running out in a hurry, Sonozaki Akane sighed helplessly.

Why is my daughter always so irritable?

However, Hinamizawa Gosanke...it seems that mother has already made a decision.

Akane Sonozaki helped her mother lie back on the bed, covered her with the quilt, then slowly stood up and left.

Sonozaki Ryo stared blankly at the ceiling for a long time, and a tear flowed from the corner of her eye.

……

"...Even if it was you, Liang, it sounds too outrageous!" After hearing what happened in Hinamizawa in the past few days from Sonozaki Ryo, Koyukiichiro covered his head with a dull look on his face. "First, there was a fully armed force at the Irie Clinic that planned to annihilate all the villagers of Hinamizawa, but they were discovered in advance... The children and outsiders fought back, and then there was only Hinamizawa and Okumiya Town in the whole world... It was like talking in a dream."

"Kiichiro." Sonozaki Ryo called the other person's name softly. When the other person raised his head and met his gaze, his expression suddenly changed and he glared at him ferociously. "If you don't believe me, go and see for yourself! The bodies, the weapons, or even the village! They are all there for you to see for yourself!"

"Ugh——" Koyukiichiro shrank back in fear at the ferocious expression of Sonozaki Ryo.

"Kiichiro, you must unite the villagers of Hinamizawa as much as possible." Furude Rika sat aside and stared at Koyu Kiichiro dimly and said, "If the three families speak together, the younger generation may not be able to say anything, but the older generation will still obey."

"After all, everyone in Hinamizawa has come this way since ancient times."

"Even Rika-chan..." Gong Youkichiro hung his head in frustration, "I understand, but before I join forces with you, I must see with my own eyes what Aliang said!"

"Ugh, wow--!" How persistent he was in his words before, how miserable he looked after seeing the evidence.

Anyway, when Koyukiichiro returned to the main house of the Sonozaki family again, his face was covered with tears and he looked extremely haggard.

"I, I've witnessed it, the evidence... suck—" Kouyou Kiichiro looked at Sonozaki Ryo with dim eyes, "Ah Liang, what should we do... you tell me, and I'll do it."

"Ahem..." Sonozaki Ryo coughed weakly a few times, then looked at Koyukiichiro, "Let your boy go and persuade the younger generation who have more say, and you will be in charge of our generation... ahem... Anyway, before tomorrow morning, give me a list of the people who have been successfully persuaded."

"It's better to escape from this cage sooner rather than later." Sonozaki Ryo glared, "If anyone dares to jump out and interfere with the escape plan at this time, throw him directly into the dungeon! The Sonozaki family will be responsible for handling it!"

Koyukiichiro's body trembled slightly.

The Sonozaki family's reputation was never boasted about, but earned through hard work.

Among the three great families, the Sonozaki family has the most say.

Although the Kimiyoshi family is the village chief's family, it has the lowest reputation in the village among the three major families.

That is to say, the Furute couple died a few years ago, and the heir of Furute Shrine, Furute Rika, was only thirteen years old, otherwise the reputation of the Gongyou family would be even lower.

……

"That's it, the lobbying begins." In the guest room, Furude Rika briefly recounted to everyone the conclusion reached by Sonozaki Ryo and Koyukiichiro.

"Amazing... She's worthy of being the grandmother of Meiyin and Shiyin." Maehara Keiichi curled his lips and sighed, "Now that I think about it, I talked back to that old lady a few days ago, and it was just... my hands and feet were shaking the whole time."

"But is there really a way to escape from this world with only one town and one village?" Sonozaki Shion asked Taichi, the person involved, with some uncertainty.

"Yes." Taiyi nodded and replied, "But the number of people we can rescue cannot be too many."

"Also, in order to allow as many people as possible to take up space, no large objects are allowed. Each person can only carry a bag or one piece of luggage at most." Taiyi added.

"Hey, Taichi-kun, although it's a good idea for you to save everyone here..." Oishi Kōto frowned, "but what about the identity issue?"

"Let's not talk about the people in Xinggong Town for now, but those who were registered in Hinamizawa have all died in the Hinamizawa disaster a long time ago."

"These are hundreds of people who have been dead for years in both the legal and biological sense," Oishi reminded. "Those who have experienced the monster disaster, the Shibuya Incident, and the more recent Phantom Thieves of Hearts incident are extremely sensitive to this kind of thing."

"Wait, wait! What did you just say?" Sonozaki Mion stared at Oishi Kuratō with sparkling eyes, "Monster disaster? Shibuya Incident? The Phantom Thieves of Hearts? What? What is all that?"

"...Is the future, or the real world, so exciting?" Keiichi Maehara, Shion Sonozaki, and Rena Ryuuguu looked at each other.

As people who had lived outside the village before, or had returned from Ibaraki or moved to Tokyo, they could still understand the "monster disaster".

But, isn’t that something from special effects dramas?

"Well... all kinds of bizarre things happened there." Oishi Zangren shrugged helplessly, "That's why I was able to accept reality so quickly."

"Speaking of which, we are not going to discuss these issues now," interrupted Hojo Satoko, "Isn't the main point about our identities?"

Everyone in Hinamizawa turned their eyes to Taichi.

"I didn't say that the habitat prepared for you is in the real world." Taiyi replied with a wink.

Chapter 24: When people get carried away by success, they lose control of their words

"What do you mean it's not the real world?" Sonozaki Mion put her hands on the table and looked at Taichi in astonishment.

"Let me keep this a secret for now. After all, it involves too many things. Unless you decide to give up everything here and follow me away, I don't intend to reveal it." Taiyi shrugged and replied.

"You're targeting me, right?" Oishi Zangren said with a wry smile.

"Well, after all, you have family and friends in the real world." Taiyi nodded and said bluntly, "And my secret is too big to reveal too much to you."

"...Of course, if you decide to bring your family and friends to join me, I would also welcome you." Taiyi added, "After all, even our real world is facing a doomsday crisis."

"Wait, wait a minute! I can't pretend I didn't hear you. What do you mean by facing a doomsday crisis?" Oishi Zangren couldn't laugh anymore.

"You haven't seen special effects dramas, have you?" Taichi looked at Oishi in surprise and asked, "Monsters have already started to appear."

"Uh... because I think it's not necessary to watch it or not." Oishi Zangren scratched his head and replied, "Anyway, if a monster appears in front of me, no matter whether I have seen it or not, I will be in trouble."

"It's not like I can be safe if I encounter a monster just because I've watched those special effects dramas."

"So, the real world over there is now in the period when monsters are active?" Rena Ryuuguu looked at Taichi and Oishi Kuratō and asked.

"Yes, that's right." Taiyi nodded and replied, "That's why I said that the place I take those who decide to leave here is not the real world... oh, to be more precise, the Earth."

"After all, the routine of special effects dramas is that some super difficult monsters always appear in the last few episodes. Maybe Ultraman will have to die."

"Do you have the means to travel to an alien planet?" Oishi Zangren looked at Taiyi in astonishment and asked.

"Well, you could say that." Taiyi nodded and replied, "Some time ago, I was summoned to a different world that was created only a few years ago."

"The people who lived in that other world at that time...those of you who have studied history should be quite familiar with them."

"People from the Three Kingdoms period in China, and people from the Warring States period in Japan."

"The being that created the other world plundered some people from these two eras and brought them to the other world at once, and launched a series of... trials."

"When I went there, the people of two eras had just gone through a trial and then encountered another crisis."

"Didn't you say you wanted to keep it a secret and not reveal it?" Yukinoshita Yukino rolled her eyes at Taichi and reminded him.