Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

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Even though the other person is indeed very good-looking, they can still be really impatient.

What should I do...?

Medine wore a bitter expression, as if waiting for someone to come and help her.

Just at this time.

"Miss Medion? Why aren't you in your room?"

A somewhat familiar voice suddenly appeared beside Medion. She subconsciously looked over and saw a graceful figure in light blue standing silently beside her.

"You are......"

"Have you forgotten?" Xiangzi casually placed her hand on her chest. "My name is Toyokawa Xiangzi, and I'm your study companion."

"We plan to study in the United States, and we're staying at this hotel for now."

The Tale of Reincarnation: The Path of Fall, the Road of No Return: Chapter 624 The Thief Cries "Stop Thief!"

Xiangzi's poised and generous demeanor inexplicably gave Medine a sense of security, and she subconsciously developed a liking for this girl who suddenly appeared and claimed to be her "accompanying student".

Xiangzi pulled out the chair next to Medine and sat down, while giving Hailing a knowing look that said, "You've worked hard."

Hailing took out a business card, placed it on the table, and handed it to Medine.

She spoke in a calm yet ingratiating tone, like a professional insurance salesperson:

"If you've discussed it with your family, you can make this call."

Medion took the business card; it was clean and contained only a six-digit number.

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"There shouldn't be any phone numbers with six digits, right?" Xiangzi said with a smile. "You don't have to worry about anyone bothering you anymore."

She rested her chin on her hand and looked in the direction Hailing had left.

"How interesting, selling insurance and then stealing your passport."

"Passport?!" Medine felt her pockets and found that they were indeed empty, just as Xiangzi had said. "She really stole it?!"

"What should we do?!" The blue eyes looked at Xiangzi with watery eyes.

"I've already sent my bodyguards to chase after them."

Another new voice came from the other side. Medion turned around and found another girl dressed in Lolita fashion, as exquisite as a doll, standing beside him.

"Wakaba Mutsumi," Mutsumi introduced herself softly.

“We’re all together,” Xiangzi said, pointing to the three of them. “I’ll be your companion, and I’ll be in charge of taking care of your daily needs.”

“Ah…” Medine looked like she understood but didn’t quite.

To put it bluntly, she had no idea what was going on. Just then, a dull pain suddenly shot through her chest, and she coughed lightly twice, covering her mouth.

"Cough cough..."

"You're not feeling well, don't get too worked up." Xiangzi looked at her with a faint smile. "Rest here for a bit. You're also curious about why you're here, right?"

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Hailing turned the corner and tossed Medine's passport into Miaomeng's arms.

When Miaomeng opened it, wasn't this still that ID photo with black hair, black eyes, black clothes, and skin as white as a dead person?

"You're just the right amount of greasy; I thought you actually sold insurance," Miao Meng complimented casually. "I didn't expect you to be so talkative."

"I'm quite confident in my acting skills," Hai Ling said casually, taking off her sunglasses. "Okay, what's the next step?"

Miao Meng leaned against the wall, peeking out half her head. She noticed that the diners immediately turned their heads in their direction, their stares sending chills down her spine.

“If you take a slight detour, people around you will start to notice you.” Miao Meng shrank back and rubbed her shoulders. “Also, that green-haired magical girl has become a witch and taken over a part of the dream. Have you noticed anything?”

“No wonder I feel like I have less control over my dreams. I can’t freely modify the terrain in many places.” As Hai Ling spoke, she took off her ill-fitting suit jacket, turned around, opened the fire hydrant, and took out her sword, which she tucked into her waistband.

As soon as she took off her coat, removed her sunglasses, and hung up her sword, Hai Ling's demeanor immediately became sharp and assertive.

She tossed her coat to Miaomeng and turned to walk towards the elevator.

"Let's go, Meowmeeko, didn't we say we were going to stall for time?"

"Then don't throw the clothes at me." Miaomeng followed after him, carrying the clothes. "Also, you have to call Miaomeng 'kiss'."

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"What do you mean... want to know where this place is?" Medine blinked her big blue eyes. "This isn't a hotel near the airport, isn't this where we're stopping for a rest?"

Xiangzi didn't actually say the words "near the airport," but Medine's subconscious automatically filled in the blanks.

This is a good thing, it shows that she trusts me a lot, to the point that she believes almost everything I say.

However, the cough just now indicates that Medine's injuries are worsening and have already affected her physical condition in this second layer of the dream.

Time is still running out; we don't know when she might die.

If Medine is dead, all their efforts will have been in vain.

"You believe everything I say?" Xiangzi handed her a glass of water, smiling as he said, "You're too naive."

"But you..."

"Shh." Xiangzi put his index finger to his lips. "Don't rush. Let me reintroduce myself. Actually, I'm your bodyguard."

"A bodyguard...? Why would I have a bodyguard?" Medine's eyes grew increasingly confused. "And your age..."

Why do you look about the same as me?

“None of us look as small as we do,” Mu said.

“Actually, both we and you are adults now.” Xiangzi continued, following Mu’s words, and gave Mu a “well done” look of approval. “There are other reasons why we have become like this now.”

"What do you mean? What are you talking about?"

"Simply put, you are an important customer of our company, and I am responsible for protecting your safety." Xiangzi spoke more and more smoothly, she never thought that she could lie so smoothly. "It's not just about physical personal safety, but also subconscious safety."

"Subconscious security? In my dreams?" Medine's eyes suddenly lit up. She seemed to have heard something similar before. "You mean someone is stealing my dreams?"

Xiangzi gasped deeply.

Before she could even explain in detail, the other person had already brought up the concept of dream theft... She really had received relevant training.

But how is this possible?

How did Medine know all this?

Moreover, when she uttered the word "Dream Stealing," all the diners around them looked up at them.

Although it was only for a moment, it was enough for Xiangzi to know that they were indeed being watched.

Tsk, never mind all that, since we've already started fooling people, let's just keep fooling them.

"It seems you still remember some of it." Xiangzi crossed his arms, lowered his head slightly, and buried his eyes in the shadows. "Then I'll get straight to the point."

"The reason I'm here is because someone wants to enter your brain and steal important information from it..."

And that person was me.

Xiangzi would never say that.

“...I’m here to protect you, Miss Median Hermes.”

The Tale of Reincarnation: The Path of Fall, the Road of No Return: Chapter 625 Deceiving with All His Might

The iron-rimmed wheels rolled swiftly across the bluish-gray flagstones. The two horses pulling the cart overturned the wet haystacks in front of them, and the crisp sound of their iron hooves hitting the flagstones was drowned out by the water that was almost ankle-deep.

More and more werewolves were chasing after the carriage.

Chu Hua gripped the reins tightly, steer the carriage forward through the narrow alley.

Behind her, she could hear the sounds of metal clanging and flesh exploding from time to time. Without even looking, she knew that it was Rebecca punching the werewolf who had caught up with her into a bloody pulp.

At first, such noises could only be heard once every now and then, but now they are heard constantly.

Chu Hua's pupils had transformed into the shape most suitable for seeing things in the torrential rain and mist, but even so, everything in front of her was still mostly a blurry mess.

On the contrary, these pursuers, who seemed to appear out of nowhere, were completely unaffected by the heavy rain and always managed to catch up with the carriage.

Chu Hua gripped the reins tightly, staring at the road ahead.

Suddenly, the surroundings opened up, and they rushed out of the alley and onto a wider road.

This was a wide road formed by the convergence of several alleys, and at the same time, a werewolf appeared beside them, running at high speed on all fours.

It seemed to have been following in the alley next door from the very beginning, and appeared beside the carriage the instant it rushed out of the alley.

"Ouch——!"

The werewolf leaped high into the air and jumped towards Chu Hua.

The thumping sounds behind them continued unabated, clearly indicating that Rebecca was unable to return to the front to protect Chu Hua.

"Tsk!"

Chu Hua clicked his tongue, released one hand holding the reins, and aimed at the werewolf that had flown into the air.

Om-!

From inside the sleeve of Chu Hua's raincoat, a wing emerged—a wing made of metal.

Metallic feathers detached from the wings, flew out of the sleeves, cut off the raindrops in their path, and then plunged fiercely into the eye sockets of the werewolf that pounced on him.

The werewolf let out a mournful howl in mid-air and collapsed in the passenger seat. The stench of pus, blood, and rotting flesh was so strong that even rain could not wash it away immediately.

Chu Hua, suppressing her nausea, pushed the corpse off the carriage.

"No, this won't do! It's too spacious here! You need to find another way!"

Rebecca's voice came from behind Chu Hua.

The number of subconscious guardians is endless; you feel surrounded by them in open spaces, and only by taking back paths can you contain them.

Chu Hua understood, of course.

She yanked hard on one of the reins, turning the horse pulling the carriage to her left. A short distance ahead on the left, there was a small path leading into the alley; she could take that route.

The carriage did not slow down at all; rainwater was kicked up by the iron-rimmed wheels and splashed onto the windows along the street.

In the first layer of the dream, the moment a drop of water splashes and the carriage veers off course for one second is equivalent to twenty seconds in the next layer of the dream.

All the movements were transformed into slow motion.

The water splashed in the air and became distinct droplets. As Chu Hua made a sharp turn, the carriage swayed noticeably to the side, and the sleeping people inside were squeezed onto the same side due to inertia.

"Can you feel it, Miss Hermes?"

Xiangzi said.

"This world is strange, isn't it? A very similar tremor just happened."

She watched as the water in the cup tilted noticeably, and at the same time, she felt her bottom becoming unsteady.

The gravity of the entire world is tilting in one direction.

It's probably a car race in the next level of the dream.

Xiangzi thought.

"Just call me Medine."

“Medion, what you’re feeling right now is not quite the same.” Xiangzi, holding a water glass, sat down next to Medion. “None of this is real; you’re dreaming right now.”

The moment the words fell.

The entire restaurant fell silent. Everyone—bartenders, chefs, waiters, and diners—turned their heads toward Medien.

In reality, these projections of Medine's consciousness were looking at Xiangzi, but Medine didn't know that. She thought they were all looking at her. Countless stares from all directions made Medine feel a chilling coldness spreading from the soles of her feet upwards, eventually converging at the top of her head.

"How...can you prove...this is a dream...?" She swallowed hard, asking, "Prove...this is a dream..."

"Do you remember how you got to this hotel?" Xiangzi asked a very simple question.

Normally, it's impossible for someone not to be able to answer that question.

But Medine opened her mouth for a long time without uttering a single word.