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Saori Tsuruyu: "Captain, you have too many questions for my notebook to answer..."

Before Saori Tsuruyu could finish her words, crooked blood-red handwriting began to appear in the notebook.

[My name is Shi Yu Qi Luo. When you see this sentence, I am already dead. I am already dead. I may still be alive.]

The notebook repeated Shigure Kirara's death twice, and also narrated the fact that she might be alive with doubt.

"This is……?"

Shigure Kirara looked at Saori Tsuruyu and asked curiously.

She doesn't know much about strange things, and Saori Tsuruyu knows much more about this notebook than she does.

"It's nothing. This is its usual style. The first sentence is very likely to be a bluff. Just wait and see what comes next." Saori Tsuruyu comforted.

The notebook doesn't lie, and this has been confirmed by Saori Tsuruyu, at least for now.

But the contradictory first sentence left her confused.

How can a person who is confirmed dead be in a state of "possibly alive"?

Is it related to the brother's retracing of their time? There is no evidence, so I am not sure. I can only put it aside for now.

My name is Shigure Qiluo, and I plan to go to the lake mentioned by the storyteller to find out the truth about the strange origins of this world.

At 8:20 pm, I arrived at my destination. It was a dead lake, deserted. There was only the biting cold wind, and my reflection in the lake was strange. "She" stared at me. She was clearly a mirror image, but she seemed to have her own independent thoughts. Perhaps... I should stay away from the lake.

At 8:30 p.m., I sped around the lake, circling it completely and finding nothing. No one, no ghosts, it seemed I was the only one here.

At 8:40 pm, I circled the lake again, but still found nothing. Was I going to return empty-handed?

At 8:50 p.m., I remembered what the storyteller had said: he only found the book with the relevant story after the hour of Xu. There were less than ten minutes left. After the hour of Xu, all the dormant ghosts in this town would awaken, but this period would also expose the town's hidden secrets. I decided to stay here for ten minutes.

At 8:59 PM, I pulled out my strange pistol and kept a vigilant eye on my surroundings. The Flesh Ghosts were awakening based on the dead in the town. The lake was quite far from the residential area, so I wouldn't be attacked by the Flesh Ghosts for a while.

At nine o'clock in the evening, I felt very cold, especially when I approached the lake.

There was still no sign of the flesh-and-blood ghosts around, but there was no unexpected surprise as the storyteller had mentioned.

At 9:01 PM, the lake began to churn, like boiling water. I squatted down and reached out to touch the water; it was still ice-cold.

At 9:02 PM, I jumped into the lake and found a diary from a previous civilization.

[At 9:03 PM, I finished reading the diary. I have to tell him what's in it!]

At 9:04 PM, I tried to swim back to shore, but something grabbed my arm. I immediately pulled out the strange pistol and fired. I was saved, but I still had three days to go before death. After three days, "she" would come looking for me. It didn't matter. I told Saori Tsuruyu about my experience and the contents of the diary, and asked her to help pass it on. Once she knew the contents of the diary, she could eliminate the source of the strangeness, and the world would return to normal, untainted by the strangeness.

My name is Shigure Kirara. Three days later, at 9:04 PM, “she” found me.

Three days later, at 9:05 PM, I died.

Shigure Kirara: “…”

Saori Tsuruyu: "..."

After reading the description in the notebook, both of them fell into deep silence.

But silence will not solve the problem.

The first to speak was Shigure Kirara. She looked at Saori Tsuruyu seriously and asked, "Xiaoyu, are the predictions in the notebook absolute?"

Saori Tsuruyu was slightly taken aback, then reluctantly said, "If you still don't change after knowing the future, then the prophecy will be absolute."

"Captain, the notebook says it very clearly. If you go, you will definitely die in three days. There must be a ghost in the lake."

"You didn't do anything out of the ordinary in the prophecy, so it's very likely that the prerequisite for learning the truth is to trigger the murderous pattern of the ghost hiding in the lake."

"Even my brother wouldn't dare trigger this kind of fatal law so easily. You..."

Shigure Kirara interrupted, "But we have indeed found a solution, haven't we? A solution that can truly solve the problem once and for all."

“It’s one thing not to be able to do something, and it’s another thing not to do something when you have the ability to do it.”

"Xiaoyou, you also said that the notebook's predictions are absolute. So, as long as I jump into the lake after the hour of the dog, find the diary from the previous civilization, and tell you what's inside, and you tell him after the gloomy man wakes up, he will be able to completely resolve the source of the strangeness of this world and return the world to its normal trajectory."

"This future is also absolute."

Saori Tsuruyu: "But..."

Shigure Kirara: "This is my first lesson for you, and it may be my last."

"Life can be measured by value, but the direction of life is determined only by each individual's destiny and responsibility."

"For a bright and glorious tomorrow to come, it is only possible because someone is willing to die for it."

"During my time as a Valkyrie, I have always heard the story of Kallen, the Saint of Destiny, five hundred years ago."

"At that time, I thought she was so foolish. She was so powerful, so strong, why would she willingly die for a bunch of ignorant people? She knew clearly that her death would still not awaken the dull people, nor would it make the ugly world beautiful. Her death was meaningless."

"But gradually, after surviving life-threatening missions time and time again, I began to understand Saint Kallen's approach."

“To die is to make our will known, and to keep our most beautiful moment at the moment of death.”

"Our lives do not entirely belong to ourselves. When fate pushes us to the point of death, we have a choice, but we have no other options."

“Follow your heart and have no regrets.”

Shigure Qiluo stood up and pushed open the door of the inn, with a strange pistol on her waist.

Saori Tsuruyu wanted to say something to keep her, but the words rolled out of her throat and she took them back.

This is what a Valkyrie is like, no matter which world she is in. A true Valkyrie will not evade her responsibilities because of fear of death.

This was decided from the moment we embarked on this path.

"Oh!"

The door of the inn was closed, Shigure Kirara left the Yuanyue Inn, and Saori Tsuruyou sat alone on a chair, watching the closed door fall into a long silent silence.

All Saori Tsuruyu could do was guard the inn and not let anyone or any ghost enter.

"I hope my decision to compromise was the right one."

"No, now is not the time to give up thinking."

Saori Tsuruyu picked up the notebook again and thought about the hidden meaning of every word and every sentence on it word by word.

"The reflection in the lake seems to have an independent mind. Perhaps it is the ghost that killed the captain three days later."

"It's just that the activity time is after the hour of the dog, so they only looked at the captain and didn't attack directly."

"Of course, the more likely reason is that the captain just arrived at the lake and hasn't had time to trigger the rules yet."

"After the hour of Xu, anything hidden in the town will be exposed. However, the ghost bride and the sedan chair carrying team appeared in broad daylight, so they don't count as hidden things."

"The captain jumped into the lake after the hour of Xu and found a diary from a previous civilization. This means the hidden items are likely belonging to someone from that previous civilization, and there's more than one."

"And most importantly, the captain was grabbed by the arm while swimming back to shore. He was only able to survive thanks to the strange pistol."

"But three days later, the ghost came back. The time was exactly the same as when he grabbed the captain's arm - 9:04 p.m."

"The Captain and I must be hiding in the Yuanyue Inn at this time, and my brother hasn't woken up yet. The Yuanyue Inn can hide the presence of living people, which is useless against that ghost. Therefore, the killing pattern triggered by the Captain is absolute. Once triggered, death is certain..."

"Tsk! I can't figure it out. If the captain was able to escape with the strange pistol the first time, why did he die at the hands of that ghost three days later? Was the strange pistol ineffective? Or... was the ghost's method of killing the captain based on a conceptual killing method that cannot be interfered with by external forces?"

Saori Tsuruyu covered her head with both hands and tried her best to analyze the contents on the first page of the notebook.

Whether Shiyu Qiluo can survive depends on whether she can find the flaw and the law of delayed death. She must do something in these three days and cannot watch Shiyu Qiluo die in front of her.

Not only Li Mo couldn't accept it, but Saori Tsuruyu herself couldn't accept it either.

Think...think...think...

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At the same time, as the notebook said, at 9:02 in the evening, Shigure Kirara jumped into the lake and found a very special box at the bottom of the water. It was obviously at the bottom of the water, but it was covered with numerous gorgeous flowers, blooming miraculously, as if it was not affected by the lake water at all.

When opened, a diary from a previous civilization was found inside.

The handwriting on the diary is very neat, like a girl's handwriting.

"I had a dream last night. I dreamt that during the day, when Mo, I, and dozens of other team members went to recapture the Australian mining area, we encountered the Emperor-level Honkai Beast Ganesa."

"It killed a lot of people and then ate most of me."

"I'm dying, but my body isn't cold at all. Instead, I can't see anything and my neck is sore... Is all I have left is a head? No wonder I don't feel cold."

"I heard Mo crying. He was crying like a child who had suffered a great deal of injustice. When did he appear?"

"I don't know. I only heard these two sentences—"

"Hua, it's okay, I'm with you, I'm with you..."

"Don't die, I won't let you die..."

"My father is dead, Captain Himiko is dead, and I killed everyone close to me in the 5th team. Now, I've killed a new teammate. The next one might be..."

"I'm the one who deserves to die, so why is Mo so nice to me? He always stays by my side? He argues with my detractors and protects me during missions..."

"..."

"No...that's not right. He shouldn't be so nice to me. He shouldn't cry for me. He shouldn't be by my side!"

"He should have ostracized me and distanced himself from me like everyone else."

"He should be with the most dazzling and beautiful Alicia, not following the unfortunate witch..."

"He should have said to me in the most sarcastic tone—"

“Why don’t you run?”

"Do you really want to die?"

"Hua, I'm very disappointed in you!"

Chapter 45 Illusions and the Forgotten Truth

The person who wrote this diary must be mentally disturbed.

Shigure Qiluo glanced at it, her gaze fixed on the last entry in the diary—

"Though the phoenix tree stands tall, its heart is already empty, waiting to blossom in spring, its fruit buried in winter."

After reading the entire diary page at the lake, Shigure Kirara came to this conclusion.

The author of the diary is suspected to have severe schizophrenia and paranoia.

The preface does not match the postscript.

only……

What are those strange names and descriptions?

Shigure Kirara knows very little about the contents recorded above, and it is estimated that Saori Tsuruyu is as unaware as she is. Only when the gloomy man wakes up can she know the truth hidden in the diary pages.

People in modern civilization don’t know much about the deeds of previous civilizations.

Shigure Kirara put the diary page in her arms and swam quickly towards the shore, her legs swinging constantly.

While swimming back to the shore, Shigure Kirara remembered the prediction in the notebook that "she" would grab her arm.

If I had put my arms away would I have avoided the attack?

As soon as this thought came to her mind, Shigure Qiluo placed her hands tightly against her chest and did not use them to paddle in the lake water.

The bright moon in the sky became clearer and clearer, and was about to emerge from the water.

In an instant, a hand suddenly grabbed Shi Yu Qiluo's calf and pulled her to the bottom of the lake with great force.

She still thought too simply.

"Well……!"

Shigure Qiluo choked on the water, quickly came to her senses, and stomped hard on the ghost that was pulling her calf from behind with her other foot.

Even if you put your arms away, the ghost in the lake will drag you to other places. The premise of finding the diary will definitely trigger the law of death in the lake.

But she couldn't die here yet, she had to pass the information back...

Shi Yu Qiluo subconsciously wanted to look back to see what the ghost in the lake was. Li Mo's previous reminder instantly woke her up, and Shi Yu Qiluo did not look back.

Can't look at each other.

Especially, you should not look ghosts in the eye after 9 o'clock in the evening.

"Um..."