Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

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"You're going too far. At least he's helping out." Hai Ling cracked her knuckles and let out a long breath. "To be honest, I've wanted to punch him for a while now. Sorry, Chu Hua, I might have gone a little too far."

"...It's alright." Chu Hua gave a helpless smile.

If it were before, Chu Hua would have exploded long ago if someone had dared to lay a hand on Xiangzi like that, but now, she just smiled helplessly.

"Why are you asking about Chuhua?" Xiangzi rubbed his aching, burning cheek. "Isn't it me who's in pain?"

The force of that punch was ridiculously strong; Xiangzi felt his teeth loosen.

"Really?" Hai Ling tilted her head, looking at her coldly. "Do you know that the person who truly feels sorry for you right now is the one you spend every day with? Have you seen the efforts she's made for you? Or are you just pretending nothing happened, like you're trying to forget about Deng, taking her sacrifices for granted?"

"That's my own business, it's none of your concern!" Xiangzi subconsciously moved back a bit.

"Have you fallen so low as to say such cowardly things?" Hailing frowned. "To be honest, you are not even as good as you were before when you were struggling in the old world. I decided to follow you because I saw that version of you. The current you really disappoints me."

"What did you say?"

“If Del was indeed the one who caused all this, we can understand why you are so angry. After all, she was the one who came up with the idea and carried it out, but…”

Hailing looked down at Xiangzi, her face showing no pity, only indifference.

They already knew the whole story of reincarnation from both Xiangzi and Del.

"The vortex of reincarnation only appeared because you didn't want to end up becoming a witch, right? Whether it was Delete at the very beginning or Del, whom we know now, they all came up with this method to help you, didn't they? Knowing you as I do, you couldn't have started the cycle without knowing what might happen, you must have known what was going to happen before you did it. In the end, the one who plunged the whole world into the vortex of reincarnation is not Delete, but you."

"..." Xiangzi lowered his head in silence, his eyes staring blankly at the floor, and murmured in a voice only he could hear, "How could I not know about something like this?"

She seems to have no reason to get angry anymore; perhaps from the beginning until now, she has only been trampling on everyone's hard work.

“Sorry, I was a bit harsh.” Hailing walked up to Xiangzi. “Actually… I’m tired of my current life too. I can’t forget what happened that day, which is why I was with them.”

"..." Xiangzi's shoulders seemed to be trembling slightly.

"I'm sorry." Hailing squatted down and reached out to help her up. "I just... really want to see the old you. Can you come back, Xiangzi? Let's try one last time."

"I should be the one apologizing." Xiangzi silently wiped the bloodstains from his face, pushed Hailing's hand away, and got up on his own. "But you shouldn't get involved in what happened these past few days."

"With a Warcraft craze like this, it's hard not to get involved, isn't it?" Meow Dream shrugged.

"I'm talking about supercausality... There will be fierce battles surrounding supercausality, and it will be very dangerous. Just make sure you can protect yourselves during the monster horde."

"And what about you? Are you planning to abandon us and get involved all by yourself?"

"...This is none of your business."

This is the third time she has said the same thing today.

Xiangzi shook his head, biting his lip with trembling hands, and whispered something in a voice only he could hear.

She turned around and slowly walked upstairs.

Miao Meng crossed her arms and leaned against the wall, touching her cheek where Xiangzi had slapped her, watching Xiangzi's departing figure.

Just now, Xiangzi's lip movements seemed to be saying...

What are they talking about?

The Tale of Transcendence: Stars and Us: Chapter 766 Idol Training

As they watched Xiangzi leave the basement, the group fell silent once more.

After a long while, Miaomeng walked to Hailing's side and poked Hailing's waist with her elbow.

"I didn't expect you to get angry, Hai Zi," she said with a smile.

"Can you still laugh at a time like this?"

Hailing's voice sounded weak and listless. Although her expression remained as calm as ever, Miaomeng could clearly sense her disappointment.

Actually, everyone present was quite disappointed because Xiangzi was gone—or more accurately, he ran away.

"Well, someone has to keep smiling." Miao Meng shrugged indifferently. "If none of you can do it, then I'll do it."

After saying that, she poked Hailing's waist again.

"What are you doing?" Hailing glanced at her irritably.

“You haven’t answered me yet,” Miaomeng said. “One question at a time, isn’t that how it is?”

“…” Hailing sighed, “Did I go too far?”

"No, it's not excessive at all," Miaomeng said with a smile. "If I don't say something a little too harsh, this guy won't listen, okay?"

"Isn't this going too far?"

"Then let me ask you, were you angry at the time?"

Hailing sighed.

"Yeah, I'm just angry."

"Was it because of Del? Because you were angry that Xiangzi scolded her?" Miaomeng asked with half-closed eyes. "Although Del is indeed very cute now, I don't think you punched Xiangzi because of her."

"??? Yi Qiu Ba Si Qi Si Wu Liu... It's probably because I'm disappointed in myself," Hai Ling said softly. "She's changed so much, completely changed, not like the person I used to know."

What was it about Xiangzi that attracted her when they first met?

Long ago, exhausted from wandering, she longed for a place to call home. Mari Ono's church was her initial idea, but it ended in such a way. She had lost all reason and belief to live, but Xiangzi's promise gave her a reason to keep going.

So, like someone grasping at a straw, she clung tightly to the promise and remained a guest in the team.

As an observer, she watched Xiangzi, with his weak body, rebel against fate.

Perhaps it was that indomitable spirit that made Xiangzi, though weak at the time, possess a strong desire to prove himself to the world. It was that spirit that united them and gave him a true sense of belonging.

“I know she has gone through a lot of pain that I can’t even imagine, but…” Hailing blinked, “Seeing her continue to be so downcast, and never having the spirit to get back up again, it’s not wrong to say that she was just having unrealistic expectations and being disappointed, I really couldn’t bear to watch.”

"I really miss the time when we first met."

“Maybe this is the real Xiangzi now,” Miaomeng said. “Her strength and resilience are just her outer shell, used to protect her weak side.”

She put her arm around Hailing's shoulder.

"Don't forget, even when we first met, her goal was simply to prove that she wasn't a witch."

From beginning to end, Xiangzi's motivation was selfish.

This is what the cat dreamed of telling her.

"What's so good about this person?" Miao Meng spread her hands and sighed. "After that day, she became selfish, cowardly, and unreasonable. And I actually put up with her for two years. No matter how bad things were before, no matter how much she lost the lamp and suffered other blows, weren't the people who stayed by her side during those two years human?"

“Yes, what’s so great about her?” Hailing turned her head and looked at Miaomeng’s face.

When talking badly about Xiangzi, Miaomeng's face didn't show any real "dislike." Instead, she smiled and seemed to be saying with righteous indignation that even though Xiangzi was so annoying, she still liked her.

Why did she make that expression?

"Maybe it's because I want to see her get better little by little that I like her so much." Miao Meng turned her head and winked at Hai Ling. "It's like supporting an idol in a growth program, watching her go from stumbling and falling to being able to stand on her own."

“That’s a lame reason.” Hailing patted Miaomeng on the shoulder. “But it’s not entirely wrong.”

She turned to look at the time machine behind her, which was almost completely assembled.

Actually, her own thoughts were pretty much the same; she had high hopes for Xiangzi and hoped that she could cheer up.

"So what are we going to do next?" Hailing poked Miaomeng's waist and lowered her voice, "Are we really going to listen to Del? Even though she looks like a human now, she's still Kyubey at heart."

To be honest, she was just following the crowd and working with Miaomeng and the others. Whether Del was trustworthy or not, and whether the promises she made were feasible, Hailing always left those questions to others.

Since everyone else is doing it, I figured I could just follow along.

"Are you trying to say that we trust it too much?" Meow Dream turned her head to the side.

"almost?"

"Well," Meow Dream shrugged, "I don't care what happens to Del, whether she's lying or for some other reason, I've always..."

She leaned close to Hailing's ear and lowered her voice even further.

"...What we really need is supercausality, don't you understand? Neither Del nor the time machine can function without supercausality."

"Then, what about Xiangzi?"

"Things will work themselves out," Miaomeng said. "She will come back, even if she doesn't want to, she'll definitely find a reason to convince herself."

She winked at Hailing.

Trust my judgment.

Just then, a cell phone rang in the room.

"Muko, is that your phone?" Miaomeng immediately straightened up, switching to her usual stern voice, and pointed at the phone on the coffee table, "Is it... Yanzi's?"

“I still find your way of addressing me hard to accept,” Hailing said.

"Shh." Meow Dream put her index finger to her lips. "Something's probably up."

Mu picked up his phone, dialed the number, and turned on speakerphone.

"Senior Mu, is everyone with you now?"

"Mm," Mu responded.

"You guys need to check the weather forecast right away, a blizzard is coming!"

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Xiangzi left Ruoye's house and walked alone on the cold, deserted street.

Today's temperature has dropped to an extreme level. The winter temperature in the reed marshes usually hovers around zero, but today it has dropped to around -6 degrees Celsius, and it is still trending downwards.

The wind also became very strong.

But at this moment, Xiangzi had no intention of seeking shelter from the wind and snow. On the contrary, walking in such a cold and windy place satisfied her desire to punish herself.

"I'm utterly worthless." Xiangzi stopped and stood in the middle of the sidewalk. "Even they... are no longer willing to support me."

She sighed, slowly squatted down, and hugged her knees.

Xiangzi buried half his face in his scarf, leaving only his eyes showing, and squatted on the street, watching the few vehicles that seemed to be rushing by.

There wasn't a single pedestrian on the entire street except for her.

Everyone received a blizzard warning and stayed home, waiting for the natural disaster to strike, just like two summers ago, before the typhoon was about to make landfall.

"If only nothing had happened," she murmured.

This time, Delete wouldn't suddenly appear beside her to say a few words, and no one else would come over to comfort her, encourage her, or help her get back on her feet and keep going.

It was all her own fault for escaping from there.

Well, there's not much to say, right?

Toot——

Just then, Xiangzi's phone rang. She took it out and saw that it was a call from Kasumi Toyama.

Telephone?

Kasumi-senpai usually sends messages when she needs something, she rarely makes phone calls...

Xiangzi pressed the dial button and held it to his ear.

"Xiao Xiang! Get ready to begin! They've started moving!"

"Get moving, what does 'get moving' mean—"

Whoosh-!

Just then, a streak of silver light flashed across the sky. Only when the light was almost out of sight did Xiangzi hear a tremendous roar.

Boom!

That's... a magical girl?!

The Tale of Transcendence: Stars and Us: Chapter 767 Time Stops

After the fleeting silver light disappeared, Xiangzi heard the powerful sonic boom it created.

It's already moving. ?酒〩0?罒翏齐捌ly迩捌?

So, was that guy who just passed by one of the magical girls lurking in the reed fields? Which faction is she on? Is she human, or an incubator?

The clouds in the sky were very thick, and from this spot, you could clearly see a dark mass of clouds pressing down.