This is not the date I wanted.

The next moment, everything touched by Tohka's sword turned into a straight line.

A building with a portion cut off. The vast land beneath it. The street ahead. And the mountains that stretch as far as the eye can see.

Then the fluctuation of spiritual power passed through the straight line, and everything in it was completely shattered.

It was neither a joke nor a metaphor. Everything touched by the turbulent black spiritual energy was crushed into particles and blown away by the wind.

"Phew...if I really get hit by that, I'm done for."

Meng Yue wiped her sweaty forehead and said with lingering fear.

"Meng Yue!"

Hearing the surprised sound coming from the human-shaped figure in her hand, Meng Yue rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"Really? If the situation got bad, I could just run away. Why on earth did I trust you guys and ask you to save Tohka? What if you lose your own life? This act of courting death... Are you idiots?"

He had clearly told her to protect her life first. Feeling the resentment coming from him, Shidou couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

"Haha...are you okay, Miku?"

Shidou avoided Mengyue's accusing gaze with a guilty conscience and greeted Miku with concern.

"Yeah... I'm fine..."

After responding softly, Meijiu looked at Mengyue with complicated eyes.

"… Let me make it clear first, I haven't come here just to become someone's fan."

“…That’s true…”

Looking at Meijiu's eyes, Mengyue let out a breath slowly and said with an expression of disappointment.

"I'm just here to greet you stupid family members who can't calm down."

...they?

Meijiu noticed Meng Yue's choice of words and her eyes widened in surprise.

"Yuzuru, Yakushi! Caught it!"

"Hey!?"

Perhaps in order to hide the embarrassment in her heart, before Miku could react, Mengyue threw Miku towards Yakushiya and Yui who were hiding in the dark.

"Wow! Mengyue, don't throw it at me all at once! I have been waiting for the best opportunity to come out and save the situation!"

"Dissatisfied. Mengyue stole Xixian's role."

Yakuya and Yui hurried out, gently caught Miku with a breeze, and said to Mengyue with dissatisfaction.

It seems that Miku's voice control has completely lost its effect on them at this time.

"Hmph...are there more trash again?"

Tohka looked up at the new face that appeared in the air, a look of disdain on her face.

"Is this what they call a reversal... Putting aside other things, it looks like they don't recognize us at all."

Meng Yue looked at Tohka and said to herself.

The shiny black armor on the shoulders and waist. And the thin dark curtain that extends out to cover the chest and lower body. It is different from the complete spiritual outfit of the gorgeous princess battle dress seen in the video. If anything, it feels like the negative of a photo.

Looking at Tohka who looked so domineering and thought everything in the world was a bastard, Meng Yue still felt that the original Tohka who had a big appetite but was cute was better.

"Hey! Tohka, are you okay?"

"It's that name again... Damn it... Strange things are starting to happen to my head again... It's so noisy!"

Tohka frowned slightly, covering her aching head with one hand, and pointing the "Sword of the End" in the other hand directly in the direction of Mengyue and Shidao.

"Oh no, Mengyue, get out of the way!"

Shidou said in a panic.

"It's okay. Such a powerful move must have a cooldown period. Besides, I am not completely unprepared..."

A confident smile appeared on Mengyue's face.

"'Ice Puppet'...!"

"Okay, let's get started!"

Then, as a familiar voice sounded, a torrent of cold air suddenly appeared from the sky and rushed down directly over Tohka's head.

"Ku...?"

Tohka twisted her face and opened a wall of spiritual energy around her to neutralize the attack.

Looking closely, I saw Yoshino floating in the air, clinging to the back of a giant rabbit doll.

“Tohka-nee…! What’s going on…!? Please stop…!”

"Ku... Don't underestimate me at this level!"

Tohka roared, and continued to move forward despite Yoshino's cold air.

Mengyue was not surprised by this. Even for Yoshino, it would be difficult to completely suppress Tohka when the restriction was lifted.

——Then let the elves with complete spiritual equipment suppress it!

"'Zaphkiel' (Emperor of Keke) - 'Zayin' (Seven Bullets)."

Without any warning, a ghostly voice sounded quietly from the darkness, and under the cover of night, a pitch-black bullet shot towards Tohka silently and swiftly.

"...!"

However, despite this, Tohka still instinctively sensed the danger and instantly increased her spiritual power output, forcibly pushing away Yoshino's cold air, and using the potential energy of the "Sword of the End" to move her body, avoiding vital points and allowing the bullets to only hit her armor.

However, for the bullet that stops time, once it is hit, no matter where it is, the result will be the same.

Tohka was like a stone statue, motionless, and during this time, from the darkness, with a strange laugh, Tokisaki Kurumi slowly emerged.

"Thanks. I'll just consider it my debt."

Meng Yue said to Kuang San.

"No need. Consider this bullet as an extra gift from me to Mr. Shidao and Ms. Mengyue to thank you for your help." After a light laugh, Kuang San lifted her skirt and saluted Mengyue and Shidao, saying, "Well, the matter is over. I will take my leave now."

Watching Kurumi disappear into the night, Mengyue slowly exhaled and asked Shidao.

"Shidou, do you have a solution?"

"Well, although I can't get enough favorability, Kotori said that the only way now is for me to seal her spiritual power."

So the target is the lips... Thinking back to what happened to her at that time, Meng Yue narrowed her eyes unconsciously.

"Well, Kurumi's bullets have a time limit, so hurry up and attack now, Shidou! Ready——"

“Wait – this posture of yours isn’t… Aaaaaaaaaaah Tohka —————————————————————————————————-!”

Just like a ball thrown by a baseball pitcher, Shidou was thrown hard by Mengyue, and with a whimper, he fell towards Tohka's head with great momentum.

And then, it was all over.

Mengyue slowly landed on the ground and looked at Tohka, who had returned to her original appearance after being kissed by Shidou in the air, with a look of relief on her face.

Ah... I feel dizzy... I feel sleepy...

"Speaking of my compatriots, what happened? My memory after the award ceremony at Tiangong Square is a little... Wow! Mengyue, why did you fall down?"

"Panic. Wake up quickly, Mengyue!"

"Eh? Honey, don't die! Darling, come quickly! Honey, Honey she——!"

——Who is going to die? Also, what the hell is Honey?

After this thought flashed through her mind, Meng Yue could not resist the overwhelming fatigue and fell into a deep sleep.

As the night ends, a new day begins with the light of dawn.

PS: I updated the character card with the reversal information of Tohka and Yumezuki. However, Yumezuki's is just a hypothesis and may not appear.

15 I am tired... Don't complain, experience it with your heart

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"here it is?"

Meng Yue looked around and found that she was neither in the DEM headquarters nor in the airship of Kotori, which belonged to Ratatoskr. Instead, she was in a gray and chaotic space where she couldn't tell east from west and south from north.

Could it be that something went wrong with me and I returned to the "critical point"... No, this feels very consistent with my impression of a place that I really don't want to come to again... That can't be the case.

The feeling of uneasiness in my heart kept rising, but I couldn't feel my facial muscles cooperating with me to make the corresponding expression.

"Haha, how is that possible? I must have accidentally overdrawn too much spiritual energy, and ended up with facial paralysis, right?! Yes, that must be the case, it's so reasonable! I must have accidentally fallen asleep and reached the critical point. Hahahaha..."

Meng Yue kept comforting herself, but she couldn't control the strong sense of disharmony in her heart. She slowly lowered her head and looked at her body - a ball of mochi.

"No——————————————————!"

"Really? I'm not some flood beast. There's no need to make such a terrified cry!"

Then, Meng Yue saw a calico cat in front of her that existed for unknown reasons. It spoke human words in a voice that she absolutely did not want to hear in her life.

Isn't this the voice of that bastard god who sent me to the dating world!?

"Hey, it's our second time meeting. How are you doing?"

The calico cat licked its paw very leisurely, and then reached out to Mengyue in a very humane way to say hello. Although there are many things worth complaining about in many senses, please forgive Mengyue for being too sad to complain now.

"Oh my god... Did I hit a sharp piece of rubble on the back of my head the moment I fainted? Or did you use your great move (without shield) to give me a cool reason for death by 'strangling me with space turbulence'?"

(Forehead……)

The calico cat showed an embarrassed expression on his face

"And the object of reincarnation this time is actually a cat. It was troublesome enough to turn into a woman, and this time it's not even a human! How can I live like this!" Although she has no body, Meng Yue still feels sad and tears flow out uncontrollably, "It's not easy to settle down...Is it easy for me?"

(…Hey, hey! Although your acting is top-notch, this tone of voice doesn’t fit your personality setting. Can you please stop?) The calico cat used its paws to support its head with a headache, and then sighed helplessly, (Besides, I’m not some elementary school student who’s a god of death. Don’t act like you think you’re dead when you see me, okay? Don’t you have any other guesses?)

"You were bored and suddenly remembered something you did, so you came to check on my living conditions out of 30% responsibility and 70% curiosity? Are you planning to let me go after you're done?"

(Yes, yes! Don’t you know it very well?)

"Which one of the former and the latter is more in line with the first impression that the current situation gives to most people? Can you pick up your moral integrity and answer it?"

(Oh, by the way, this is the image of the protagonist in my new brain hole. Although I have no plans to open a pit for many reasons, I still made a biological model for the time being. It’s not bad!)

"I don't understand what you're saying, but I feel disrespectful to this cat in many ways."

(Don’t underestimate this cat. According to the setting, it has lived for more than 30 years in its previous life and can use magic.)

"Hearing what you said, I just want to shed a few sad tears for this cat... Damn, you almost changed the subject, asshole!"

(……cut!)

You smacked your lips just now, didn’t you? You absolutely smacked your lips!

(Well, actually your guess is correct. I do want to talk to you.)

"I'm sorry you're a good person."

(Fuck, is this how you play? I’ve already used this pinching technique when I was 16 beeps.)

The calico cat has a very strange pale expression on its face. If you take a picture of it and upload it to the Internet, it will definitely get a lot of hits.

However, Meng Yue was slightly relieved at this time.

Although I still feel the cultural difference with his complaints, at least I am sure that I am not dead again.

Because it is different from the previous life, in that world, there are people that he cares about.

"So, since you came to see me, I believe you have some understanding of my recent situation. Is the case...over?"

(Well... although it can't be considered the end in the true sense, congratulations, you have successfully survived the first important plot.)

……

(Hey, don’t be so depressed. It’s rare that you’ve made it through such a bad situation. Why don’t you smile?)

"How can I be happy? Shidou was almost killed by Alan, and Tohka was also in a state of reversal due to the huge stimulation. The same goes for Miku's strategy. Basically, everything is done on the edge of a dangerous peak. If we are not careful, everyone will be doomed."

(But it worked, didn’t it? Why is it that you sound so depressed, like a loser?)

There was a slightly puzzled expression on the calico cat's face.