This is not the date I wanted.

However, even so, the last bit of sense of responsibility in his heart forced Shidao to start waving his limbs wildly in the air, using the airflow generated by the fall to slightly change his falling trajectory, approaching Mengyue, holding her tightly in his arms, and using his body as her meat cushion.

This was the only thing he could do at this moment.

hateful……

hateful!

--hateful!!!!

Shidao clenched his teeth tightly, watching everyone approaching death step by step, but he was powerless to do anything, and tears overflowed from his eyes.

At this moment, for the first time, such a strong feeling called regret emerged in Gokawa Shidao's heart.

Originally, he thought that he had grown. Although he was not strong enough to stand on his own, he had enough strength to protect everyone and was able to save the elves from danger.

The reason for the strategy of the elves is that they have the support of Fraxinus, and the angels also have abilities borrowed from everyone, not their own.

However, he still arrogantly mistook these for his own strength, and thus developed unnecessary arrogance.

Obviously, apart from all this, he is just a weak human being without any power.

Just like Meng Yue said, under the threat of DEM, even the spirits around Shidao may not be able to be protected, so how can he save other spirits? ! How can he convince Rokuko? !

Itsuka Shido was wrong!

He was too naive! So naive that he could not see the reality clearly! So naive that he insisted on such unrealistic delusion! So naive that he let everyone accompany him into danger!

(Ah - I know! I was wrong! Very wrong! I am willing to pay the price for my stupidity! It is my own fault if I die here! But -)

Staring at the lonely full moon in the night sky, Shidou pleaded in his heart.

(Tohka, Origami, Yoshino, Kotori——everyone! And Yumezuki are not wrong! So——)

Is there anyone here... It doesn't matter who it is... Save everyone! Save Mengyue!

——Sorry, I'm late.

A sudden voice sounded in my ears.

(who?)

Shidou opened his eyes wide in surprise.

Just as they were about to fall to the ground, a gentle breeze gathered from all directions, turning into an excellent cushion to catch Mengyue and Shidao, and gently placed them on the ground.

The expected severe pain from falling from a high altitude did not come, and with a hint of hesitation, Shidao slowly opened his eyes.　

"Hey... I'm still... alive?"

Looking at Mengyue who was intact in his arms, and then looking at his own body with all limbs intact, Shidao was a little unable to understand the current situation.

"This is...Tohka? Yoshino? Origami? Kotori? Nia? Miku? Yuzuru? Yakuya? Everyone, is everything alright?"

Not only him and Mengyue, but also Tohka and others who had been scattered by the explosion were now lying around him.

"Don't worry, they are not injured. They just fell into a short coma due to the explosion just now. They will wake up soon."

"Very good……"

Hearing this, Shidou couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and turned to look in the direction of the voice.

"Well, thank you very much for saving me..."

Shidou's words got stuck in the middle.

The reason was simple. The person standing in front of him was a high school boy who was about sixteen or seventeen years old. He was wearing the uniform of Laizen High School, where he studied. He was neither tall nor short, with a slightly thin physique, slightly messy blue hair, and a slightly neutral face.

Itsuka Shido knew this person, or rather, he was so familiar with him that he would see him in front of the mirror in his bathroom every morning.

He is himself, Gokawa Shido himself!

"……Who are you?"

Because the shock was too great, Shidou couldn't help but ask this stupid question.

"I?"

Hearing this, "Gokawa Shidou" smiled without saying anything, silently turned his back to Shidou, looked at the army of monsters flying towards him in the distance, took a deep breath, and placed his hands on his waist.

"Super Secret——"

(Eh? Wait—)

"Instant! Flash! Boom! Explode! Explode!"

(Stop it, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!)

Along with a roar of "Gokawa Shidao", a pure white beam of light rose from the store and shot straight to the other end of the sky.

Wherever it passed, thousands of monster armies were covered in white light and turned to ashes.

"I am the same as you. I want to save the elves, I want to protect the elves. With such a belief, I rushed here recklessly. I am a foolish and naive person."

In such a shocking scene, "Gokawa Shido" turned around and revealed a refreshing smile.

"I am you - Gokawa Shidou."

In this regard, Gokawa Shido said.

Completely confused.

—————————————————————————I am the dividing line between waking up from coma——————————

"Well--"

Mengyue opened her eyes and slowly got up from the ground.

"Everyone...are you all right?"

Shaking her head, Meng Yue felt that she was somewhat more conscious. She hurriedly looked around and was relieved to see that everyone was safe.

"Mengyue, are you okay?"

"Mengyue. I hope you wake up."

"Ah... you saved us... Anyway, thank you very much, Shi... eh?"

Seeing that Gokawa Shido had been split into two persons in front of her, Meng Yue was stunned and rubbed her eyes with her hands.

"Oh, that's what happened."

Then, Meng Yue seemed to understand something, and an expression of sudden enlightenment appeared on her face.

"You are the original Shidou."

As she said this, Meng Yue pointed at Shidou, who was kneeling next to her and looked like a loser.

"You are the 'Shidou' of this world."

Then, Mengyue pointed his finger at another "Shidao".

"Absolutely right, you are truly worthy of being Meng Yue."

Shidou nodded in affirmation.

Shidao himself was already very confused at this time. Although he didn't understand the specific reason, he vaguely felt that he was being maliciously slandered.

"Mengyue, what's going on? Please explain it to me."

"Is he the 'one' I mentioned, the key person who can help us escape from this world?"

Seeing Shidao's puzzled expression, Meng Yue sighed and reminded him,

"Shidou, do you remember that we once drew a comic book with you as the protagonist?"

"Yeah...I remember."

Shidou nodded, then seemed to understand something and looked at the "Gokawa Shidou" in front of him in surprise.

"You mean? Is he me in that comic book?"

“It’s a little different, but that’s generally the case.”

Meng Yue shrugged and continued to explain,

"This is a virtual space where stories can be turned into reality, although most of them are fairy tales. But there are also special cases like Erya, where comic stories are realized by relying on the 'connection' between the author and the work. Although the stories we draw are not that well-known, they have already met the latter condition."

"That's it..."

Accepting Mengyue's explanation for the time being, Shidou scratched his hair in trouble and asked.

"Then why didn't he - this world's 'me' show up until now?"

"That's probably because certain conditions must be met for 'Shidao' to appear."

"condition?"

"Save the elves in danger."

At this time, "Gokawa Shidao" suddenly interrupted the conversation between the two and answered affirmatively.

"I rushed here as fast as I could after I sensed the elves were in danger."

Uh——Hearing this, the corners of Shidou's mouth twitched slightly.

"Mengyue, this couldn't have been expected from the beginning, right?"

"How is that possible? If it were, we would have left by now."

As she said that, Meng Yue looked at "Shidao" and rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"Really? Why are all these places exactly the same, where we always have to catch up at the last minute?"

"Haha...sorry Mengyue."

In response to Mengyue's complaint, "Gokawa Shidao" could only respond with a wry smile.

"Um...where is this?"

At this moment, Tohka and the others also woke up. Seeing Gokawa Shido split into two, they all exclaimed in surprise.

"Fufufu——Shidou has become two people."

"What's going on? My belongings? Could it be that you are - split apart?"

"Feelings. A bit like the way Yui and Yakuya exist?"

"Darling! Darling has become two people!"

"Hmph - that's good, isn't it? Even if Shidou is clumsy, he'll be more useful after becoming two."

Unlike Shidou who still feels a little awkward, after listening to Mengyue's explanation, Tohka and others quickly accepted the appearance of "Gokawa Shidou".

"Meng Yue, this summoned Shidao..."

Just then, Erya walked to Mengyue and asked in a low voice.

"Yeah, remember my name."

Mengyue nodded slightly.

"Oh? That's great."

Hearing this, Erya's eyes lit up with anticipation.

"Everyone, although I am glad that you are so kind to me, I am sorry, but please allow me to answer your questions later."

After saying that, "Gokawa Shidao" raised his head and looked at the sky with a serious expression.

"Kuku——You were able to wipe out my subordinates with one strike. You are truly an amazing human being."

"Fatima, our old enemy. I was wondering when you became such a worthless weakling, but you have found many powerful backers."

At this moment, accompanied by a burst of arrogant laughter, two strangely dressed foreign men landed in front of Shidao and others.

"Wan Bell, Bigudido..."

Erya looked at the two of them with a complicated expression, even though they were villains, she more or less treated the characters she had spent so much effort to conceive as her own children.

However, in their eyes, the timid Fatima was obviously no longer a threat to them, and the two of them were observing "Gokawa Shido" with great interest.

"Throat, I never thought that a mere human could have such a powerful power. How about becoming my subordinate and serving me?"

Amid everyone's surprised gazes, the vampire king Amber extended an olive branch to "Shidao".

"I see. This is indeed an interesting proposal. In order to get rid of the gods who are in the way and let the demons unify the world, there is no such thing as too many outstanding talents."

The Undead King Bigeye Dido nodded in agreement and extended his hand towards "Gokawa Shidou".