Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

"whispering sound."

Toyokawa Shoko then shot another homeless man who was singing along.

boom!boom!

Two more corpses lay on the ground, their heads smashed open.

"Like birds soaring in the sky, living freely."

Toyokawa Shoko pulled out the empty magazine, lifted the skirt she had cut open, and pulled out a new magazine.

“I’ve let go of all the people who still have the ability to think. Do you think there’s any hope for the rest?” Toyokawa Shoko said calmly as she changed her ammunition, raising her eyes to look at Shoko. “Didn’t you come up with this idea yourself? I just helped you put it into practice.”

"Just because I've thought about it doesn't mean I'll do it! Isn't it normal for human beings to have some extreme thoughts from time to time?"

Xiangzi's hair was a mess, and his almost shattered pupils stared intently at Fengchuan Xiangzi. His light body floated on the ground without even leaving a shadow.

"Thinking 'This world is so rotten, let's just destroy it' doesn't mean I actually want the world to be destroyed!"

"Destroy this world." Toyokawa Shoko tilted her head, looked into Shoko's eyes, and raised her hand.

boom!

The bullet pierced Xiangzi's forehead and then penetrated the brain of the woman behind her.

"If I have the chance, I will help you achieve it."

"Stop it!!" Xiangzi roared helplessly at Fengchuan Xiangzi, "I already told you, I didn't really want to do this!"

"But that is indeed your true thought, isn't it?"

Toyokawa Shoko kept looking into Shoko's eyes, raised the gun, turned the muzzle to her side, and pulled the trigger without even looking.

boom!

Gunpowder powder filled the air as the bullet spun out of the muzzle and flew toward a child who was singing.

"Today is the day of parting~ Until the day we meet again~ Cherish the joy of mutual trust~"

The bullet enters the body through the temple, rotates inside the cranial cavity, and the resulting cavity effect forces the eyeball out of the eye socket. The bullet, whose trajectory was deflected by the obstruction, does not exit through the temple on the other end, but instead slides along the inner wall of the skull to the top of the head, pulverizing the brain tissue.

Xiangzi knelt on the ground in a daze, his lips moving as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't utter a single complete syllable.

This shouldn't be happening, this shouldn't be happening, this shouldn't be happening.

She struggled to her feet and lunged at Toyokawa Shoko once more.

boom!

The bullet veered off course and grazed the cheek of the singing child.

Toyokawa Shoko glanced at her slightly trembling right hand, gave a helpless snort, and waved the gun barrel, signaling the lucky guy to leave.

Xiangzi sat in a duck-like position in the pool of blood, wearing a white dress that was not stained with any blood, like a lotus flower emerging from the mud unsullied.

"I've saved one." A look of relief appeared in Xiangzi's eyes.

“No, you don’t.” Toyokawa Shoko’s tone was tinged with helplessness. “I told you they were beyond saving.”

The boy, about thirteen or fourteen years old, who was saved by Xiangzi, swayed from side to side with his back to Xiangzi, as if he wasn't the one who had just been almost killed.

Xiangzi's pupils dilated.

"—At this moment today, we bid each other farewell until the day we meet again."

Shoko Toyokawa gave a sarcastic smile, raised her hand again, and pulled the trigger at the back of the boy's head.

boom!

The bullet, which entered from behind the boy's head, bounced around inside his skull before finally following its original trajectory, exiting through the bridge of his nose. The boy fell to the ground, half of his face becoming a blurry, bloody hole. His remaining lips were slightly parted, revealing his slightly protruding, endearing front teeth, as if telling others that he was continuing to sing even in his dying moments.

boom! boom! boom!

Shoko Toyokawa pulled the trigger again and again, and each time a singing child fell down.

The chorus's voices grew increasingly thin.

"Enough! Enough! Stop killing!"

Xiangzi got up again, trying to stop Toyokawa Xiangzi's frenzied slaughter.

She could do it, after all, it was still her own body, but for some reason, what she could do became very limited. It seemed that Toyokawa Shoko had completely taken control and could do whatever she wanted.

"I told you, you can't keep hiding from me forever."

Toyokawa Shoko seemed to know what Shoko was thinking, and while reloading, she said:

“We are one person. You have been hiding from me by taking medication, and eventually you will develop a tolerance. After you stop taking the medication, I will be able to do more things to this body. Eventually, I will become the primary personality, and you will be the secondary personality.”

Toyokawa Shoko tilted her head slightly.

"do you understand?"

Click.

After reloading, Toyokawa Shoko casually switched the M1911 to his left hand and pulled the trigger at the boy on his left who was about the same age as him.

boom! Snapped!

Gunshots and slaps rang out simultaneously.

Toyokawa Shoko slapped herself hard across the right cheek, and at the same time, the bullet missed its mark because of the slap.

The boy was the oldest among the singing children. He already possessed some independent thinking ability and showed a terrified expression when faced with death.

Xiangzi stood before him, panting heavily.

She saved a guy who could still be saved.

Toyokawa Shoko snorted and brandished his gun.

"Lucky devil, I'm letting you go." After two slaps, Toyokawa Shoko's voice became a little hoarse.

The boy scrambled out of the church.

"Stop, please, please." Xiangzi stood in front of Fengchuan Xiangzi, looking utterly dejected.

She knew it was no use; the bullet would go right through her body.

But at least we can hope that Toyokawa Shoko's shot went astray.

"At this moment, we bid each other farewell."

Shoko Toyokawa and the few remaining people sang "Farewell Today" together. She stepped forward and pulled the trigger three times in a row, facing the three children on her left.

boom! boom! boom!

Next is the right side.

boom! boom! boom!

Six people collapsed, and the chorus turned into a solo.

Only Xiao Hui was left singing.

Shoko Toyokawa stood in front of her, her finger on the trigger gradually tightening.

Xiangzi stood between them, but it was no use at all.

Click.

The pistol was out of ammunition. Toyokawa Shoko counted the number of shots she had fired with disappointment. Exactly twenty shots, no more, no less. All the bullets were gone, leaving only one person.

"Until the day we meet again, let's always believe in each other."

Xiao Hui looked into her eyes, and her thin singing voice, amidst the pool of blood on the ground, was like a blooming flower.

Toyokawa Shoko turned and walked towards a corner of the church.

"...What else do you want to do?!"

Xiangzi watched in horror as he walked towards the place shrouded in darkness.

She didn't believe that Toyokawa Shoko would let go of Xiaohui, who was the lead singer.

"Nothing done."

With a hoarse voice, Toyokawa Shoko turned the gun around, used the handle to knock open the glass of the fire-fighting equipment, and took out a fire axe from inside.

She turned around, dragging the fire axe, and slowly walked towards Xiaohui.

squeak-

The fire axe made a sharp, piercing sound as it scraped against the ground.

"No...no no no no, stop!"

Xiangzi rushed forward, trying to snatch the fire axe from Fengchuan Xiangzi's hand.

"Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!"

But no matter what, it was destined to be in vain.

Toyokawa Shoko's feet were covered in blood in the pool of blood, leaving a long trail of bloody footprints on the ground, as well as a drag mark made by a fire axe.

Today is the day of parting~ Until the day we meet again~

"Stop! Please! Don't go on like this!" Xiangzi knelt down pleadingly, grabbing Fengchuan Xiangzi's hand, "I—"

"Are you going to say you'll do anything again?" Toyokawa Shoko turned to look at her, just like that day in the pine forest. "You really haven't changed at all during this time."

Her calm and understated tone seemed to pierce through Xiangzi's heart, exposing everything she was thinking to the world.

Toyokawa Shoko ignored her and shakily raised the fire axe, which was a bit heavy for her, just like when Xiaohui had raised the knife to her earlier.

Xiao Hui raised her head, her lifeless eyes staring at the axe hanging above her, a faint smile appearing on her lips.

A chilling smile.

"Until the day we meet again~"

The song falls.

Blood splattered everywhere.

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P.S.: No publication tomorrow! Then there will be double updates until the end of May Day. I'm having some writer's block, so I need to adjust my mindset. Okay?

The Tale of Nirvana: Keeping Your True Self: Chapter 101 The Inner Animals

When Hailing returned to the church, she saw Xiangzi, covered in blood, standing in front of the pulpit.

The pristine white dress had almost completely turned red, clinging wetly to Xiangzi's skin and outlining her curvaceous figure.

Apart from Xiangzi, there wasn't a single living person left in the church.

The bodies were spread out on the ground, pools of blood merging together, staining the marble floor red.

The majority of those lying on the ground, no longer breathing, were familiar faces to Hailing.

She often helped out at the church, so she knew all the children.

At first, she sought out Xiangzi to protect the people she knew and the people in this small church, and she was willing to sacrifice herself to catch the witch hiding behind the scenes.

But how did it end up like this?

What did she protect?

Hai Ling clenched her fists, her murderous intent towards Xiangzi gathering above her head. Her face was as black as a rain-soaked cloud. The moment she took a step forward, she transformed, her wooden clogs treading on the blood, and she walked menacingly toward Xiangzi.

"What did you do...?"

She couldn't bear to look at the people lying on the ground.

"I......"

Xiangzi's wandering gaze finally returned a little after hearing Hailing's voice; his scattered pupils refocused, and his attention fell on Hailing.

Her face was still burning with pain; she had hit herself.

"I'm sorry... Hailing."

brush--

Hailing drew her katana from her waist and held it to Xiangzi's neck, her green eyes filled with a murderous aura that seemed capable of swallowing Xiangzi whole.