Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

There is nothing here.

Chu Hua swallowed hard and met Yu Xi Na's gaze with difficulty.

"I'm here... to see Toyokawa..."

"Who are you looking for?" Kasumi, standing next to Yukina, blinked. "Toyokawa what? Who? Do we have anyone here with that name?"

"Toyokawa..."

Chu Hua frowned, realizing she couldn't remember the name.

How can it be......

How could I possibly... such an important name...

Chu Hua turned her neck toward her companions behind her, making a creaking noise like rusty gears.

Chu Hua saw herself in their eyes.

A confused version of myself.

Whether it's Miaomeng, Hailing, or Mu, they are all just like Chuhua.

Why did we come here?

Nobody remembers.

The clouds beneath the monkey's feet, which had climbed to heaven, suddenly disappeared.

It fell to hell, and it fell to earth.

Chu Hua's world suddenly fell into a vast void.

The floor beneath my feet seemed to vanish in an instant, the surrounding scenery was rapidly collapsing and disintegrating, and the empty space in my brain seemed to collapse into a black hole, swallowing everything.

Just when Chu Hua was about to collapse.

Her cell phone rang.

The vanished ground turned back into wooden flooring. When Chu Hua took out her phone, she found her palms were covered in sweat.

The message was sent out in a group chat.

So, not only Chu Hua, but the other three also took out their phones.

The name of the person in question was prominently displayed on the phone screen.

[Xiangzi]: Hurry up, Yukina and Kasumi are about to remember.

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The hands of time moved forward a few minutes.

Before me was a pure white hall.

Xiangzi stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, which was several meters high, his shadow stretched long by the setting sun outside.

Its golden eyes gazed out the window at the scenery, tinged with the colors of the setting sun.

At this moment, in this place, everything Xiangzi saw through this window was exactly the same as the sketch she had drawn while daydreaming in class.

Faint music echoed in the empty space.

Her memories were gradually returning, and she slowly recalled everything she had forgotten.

Following the direction from which the music was coming, I looked over and saw a barely discernible shadow at the edge of my vision.

Xiangzi walked toward the protruding shadow.

It's that dressing mirror; I've seen it many times in my dreams.

She squinted.

The source of the sound was on the table next to the dressing mirror.

She took a step towards the dressing mirror, her little leather shoes making a crisp sound as they touched the ground.

Da da da.

The music became clearer and clearer, and she was able to hear what the song was about.

We stand on either side of the stairway to heaven, reflecting on our lives, discussing the past years and events...

The cassette player I saw in my dream was struggling to spin, emitting a sound with a noticeable background noise.

Xiangzi walked to the mirror and faced the reflection of Toyokawa Xiangzi waving at her.

"Hey, long time no see," said Toyokawa Shoko.

"..." Xiangzi had no intention of greeting her. "When did you find out, or did you know from the beginning?"

“You haven’t seen me for a few days, but I’ve known how long it’s been.”

Toyokawa Shoko tilted her head slightly, put her hands behind her back, and gently curved her eyes downward, as if she felt gratified and happy for the person outside the mirror.

"What, you remembered everything? Well then, congratulations, congratulations, congratulations!"

Xiangzi lowered his eyes, a faint light flickering within them.

We are face to face, and opposite you is the one who deceived the world.

"I......"

She raised her hand, lifted it up, and covered the mirror.

On the other side of the mirror, Toyokawa Shoko also raised her hand, overlapping it with her palm.

Xiangzi looked at her, at his own hands, at the mirror, and spoke slowly in a hoarse, low voice that didn't sound like her.

"I am not a witch, nor a human, and certainly not Toyokawa Shoko."

"I am merely a part of her, her familiar..."

"Oblivionis."

The Tale of Nirvana: Keeping to Your True Self: Chapter 124 The World is a Deception, and so am I.

Xiangzi looked in the mirror, and at another version of himself in the mirror.

"If I am a familiar, then what are you?" Xiangzi asked.

“I’ve never changed. I’ve always been a part of you.” Toyokawa Shoko lowered her hand from Shoko’s, their fingers intertwined, and gave a self-deprecating smile. “What difference does it make to me whether you’re ‘a part of Toyokawa Shoko’ or ‘a part of Oblivionis’?”

“We are all part of the real Shoko Toyokawa, manic, insecure, proud, conflicted, naive... these things.”

“I know, there’s no need to explain.”

Xiangzi's light, airy voice seemed as if it would dissipate with a gust of wind.

And just like before, things have taken the worst possible turn.

She had actually guessed it long ago, but she just didn't want to admit it.

Until just now...

She chose to burn herself out of the choice between merely surviving and burning brightly.

But he found that he had survived once again.

every time.

Every single time.

She made a tremendous decision, abandoning everything in her choices, but she never achieved the desired result even once.

The M1911 parts on the table seemed to mock her for all the futile efforts she had made.

They are part of "Nirvana," which is also part of the former magical girl "Toyokawa Shoko."

As long as the barrier exists, and as long as the five familiars do not die simultaneously, the barrier will reset, and she will not die and will be able to live.

Xiangzi's long-cherished wish has come true.

She wanted to live, just to survive, and never have to worry about dying unexpectedly again.

"But why this way...?"

Xiangzi gritted his teeth, clenched his fist, and slammed it on the dressing table.

Bang-!

The miscellaneous items on the dressing table trembled.

Xiangzi's hand ached from the impact.

It's impossible for her to kill Nirvana and still survive herself. The promises she made to Miaomeng, Hailing, Hemu, and Chuhua are simply impossible to keep.

Xiangzi himself is the biggest scam.

On the other side of the mirror, Toyokawa Shoko tapped it with her knuckles.

"By the way, let me remind you."

The mirror made a clanging sound, and Xiangzi raised his eyes, which were almost splitting open, and glared at Fengchuan Xiangzi.

"What is it now?"

“Take a moment to put your self-pity aside,” Toyokawa Shoko said. “When I was performing the head-blowing scene, I triggered my own protective mechanism, which erased the memories of the witnesses around me.”

"...What?!" Xiangzi opened his mouth in disbelief.

“The protection mechanism, you remember it all, don’t you?” Toyokawa Shoko bent down, resting her elbows on the table. “Just like when you erased Kyubey’s records and your own memories, it belongs to Oblivionis—and is also a unique magic of Nirvana.”

"However, your power outside the barrier will be much weaker. The stronger a person's magic, the harder it is for this passively triggered protection mechanism to erase their memories. Kasumi Toyama and Yuuki Minato will remember soon, and then..."

"Okay, okay." Xiangzi looked disgusted and impatiently took out his phone.

She didn't know if Mu had come looking for her in the end, but if he did, and they ran into Yuki head-on, that would be terrible.

We need to inform them.

[Xiangzi]: Hurry up, Yukina and Kasumi are about to remember.

After sending the message, she simply tossed her phone onto the table, braced her hands on the edge of the dressing table, and stared intently at her reflection in the mirror with her pale, lifeless golden eyes.

The music on the Walkman was still playing.

The person facing you is someone who betrayed the world.

"Do you still have the thought of killing Nirvana?" Toyokawa Shoko asked.

"I don't know," Xiangzi said, looking away.

“But whether you want to kill Nirvana or not, someone will come to kill you soon.” Toyokawa Shoko’s eyes narrowed like crescent moons. “When Yuki remembers what just happened, what do you think she will do?”

"...Gather your forces and tear open an entrance."

"The barrier is about to break; she can definitely do it."

"Ah."

"The barrier has shattered, which means that the real 'Toyokawa Shoko' is about to awaken."

"Ah."

"So what do you plan to do?"

"do not know."

Xiangzi turned around, his back to Fengchuan Xiangzi, and plopped down on the table, leaning against the mirror. He raised one leg and rested it on the edge of the table, while the other leg dangled in the air.

"Whatever happens, I guess I don't care anymore."

Whether it's a witch or Toyokawa Shoko, Shoko felt that her heart was dead, and she didn't care what happened next.

Perhaps Yukina can find a way to kill all five familiars at once and end all of this.

Perhaps Nirvana will successfully resurrect, becoming a great witch comparable to Witch Night, turning Reed Plains and even the whole world into chaos.

But what about that?

Did she not try?

What are the results of our efforts?

Even if she stays here and doesn't move, Nirvana will eventually revive her. Will she still have her own consciousness then?