Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

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They also knew that Oblivionis intended to end it all.

Mu once said that even if she had to kill Xiangzi, she would do it as long as it was Xiangzi's own request.

So, precisely at the moment the countdown reached zero, she strangled Mortis with a silk thread.

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At the moment the countdown ended, without a last-minute rescue or any other unexpected events, Chu Hua precisely delivered the one-handed sword into Dolores's heart.

At the same time, a sudden wave of immense emptiness washed over her, as if she had just committed the most serious mistake of her life.

Did we fail?

She clearly did as Xiangzi said, and the plan should have gone smoothly... Could it be that the others failed?

No... that's not right...

If that's the case, what does it feel like to be betrayed?

unless......

"—!"

Chu Hua never doubted Xiangzi's words.

But did Xiangzi tell her the truth?

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Inside the white humanoid brain floating in the sky, a bright red tinge appeared in the white hall.

The long knife pierced through their abdomens, severing their spines. Oblivionis, who had lost sensation in his lower body, leaned against Xiangzi's chest and collapsed limply to the ground with her.

Blood flowed from their shared wound like a waterfall, turning the lower bodies of Oblivionis and Xiangzi into a thick, wet crimson.

A heart-wrenching roar came from Xiangzi's throat, and blood vessels like tree branches crawled towards his pupils, his eye sockets almost bursting open.

"what----!"

Oblivionis fared no better; she severed her own spine with her own hands, essentially cutting herself in half at the waist. She gritted her teeth and remained silent, but the pain tormented her so much that she bit her gums until they bled, and her fingernails scratched five long, bloody marks into the ground.

"Are you crazy...?" Xiangzi said, trembling.

“I… won.” Oblivionis’s voice trembled noticeably.

"Even like this, you won't die, so why do you say you won!"

"I already had the upper hand because you didn't kill me before that."

"But now you can't do anything!"

Xiangzi hugged Oblivionis tightly around the waist and roared in Oblivionis's ear with a voice contorted in pain.

"I don't admit it! What's wrong with wanting to live!"

“It’s not wrong for you to want to live, no one in this world is wrong,” Oblivionis said softly. “But your desires can sometimes destroy the desires of other people.”

“For your wish to live, do you know how many people will die… cough cough…” Oblivionis glanced at her, coughing up thick, dark red blood. “A church? Or an entire city?”

"Why bring up that church again! They all deserved it! You know I'm thinking using your logic!"

"I know I know......"

Oblivionis weakly took out the Soul Gem and placed it in front of him, in a place that Xiangzi could not reach.

"Whether they deserve it or how many people there are, it's just a number... But what if someone you care about is among those numbers... Takamatsu Akari, Wakaba Mutsumi, Misumi Hatsuka, Yutenji Wakanagi, Hachiman Kairin... What if those names appeared on that list?"

Oblivionis gently grasped Xiangzi's hand, which was wrapped around his waist.

"Are you willing to sacrifice everything just to be 'alive'?"

"It wasn't me who formed bonds with them, it was you."

"No, I am you, this is us together."

"But....."

"There are no 'buts,' we've been of one mind from the very beginning."

"I......"

The wound is so painful that it's gone numb.

Two bloody tear tracks streamed down Xiangzi's face, which was contorted with pain.

She choked up, unable to speak.

"I......"

She clung tightly to Oblivionis's waist, like a drowning person trying to grasp at straws on the shore.

"I can't care about anything else anymore..."

"Anything is fine, I don't want to die here..."

I don't want to die...

"Please..."

Xiangzi held Oblivionis tightly in his arms over the wound that was almost severed at the waist. Oblivionis vomited a large pool of blood mixed with her internal organs, but there was no pain on her face. From an angle that Xiangzi could not see, Oblivionis listened quietly.

The corruption of the Soul Gem is rising at a visible rate.

But Oblivionis is already a familiar, and no one knows what will happen once the Soul Gem overflows.

Her wish has not yet been fulfilled.

As long as the wish can still be fulfilled, then...

"Please, Oblivionis..."

"Enough, it's so noisy..."

Oblivionis silenced Xiangzi with his actions.

"--Well!"

Xiangzi's lips were blocked by Oblivionis's mouth.

Oblivionis turned her head to the side, roughly grabbed Xiangzi's face, and stuffed her mouth into Xiangzi's mouth. Blood poured into Oblivionis's mouth, silencing her self-destructive roars, flowing into her throat, and then into her trachea.

Xiangzi choked on the blood, but his mouth was gagged, so he couldn't make a sound.

Oxygen is decreasing, and the blood carrying the internal organs flows backward from the throat to the trachea and into the lungs, causing the blood to flow out of the body like a waterfall.

My body is getting colder and colder, and more and more numb.

She was about to suffocate from Oblivionis.

A noticeable black border appeared in the field of vision. Then, the black border became more and more severe, and the visible image became smaller and smaller until it was almost completely invisible.

In her last remaining sliver of vision, she saw Oblivionis's free hand pick up the Soul Gem and crush it to pieces right before her eyes.

The Soul Gem shattered, and the barrier hasn't reset yet, which means... did the others also complete their tasks?

So it really was a failure?

Am I going to die?

The sound of crashing waves seemed to echo in his ears as they lapped against Xiangzi's numb toes.

Real...death...

What on earth did I do...

Wave after wave crashed down from her toes all the way up her skirt, covering her entire body.

The waves carried Xiangzi to the deep sea, and she watched as the surface of the water receded further and further away from her, her consciousness sinking deeper and deeper.

It sinks deeper and deeper.

I couldn't feel anything, it was as if my body didn't exist, I just kept sinking...

Always......

It sank.

Is this what death is?

so cold.

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P.S.: I'm so sorry! I made a very serious mistake yesterday, the kind of mistake that no one would believe if I told them.

Here's what happened: When I posted this chapter yesterday, it was 2,000 words long and there were no problems at all. Before going to bed, I planned to correct some typos, so I opened Hedgehog Cat and intended to use Ctrl+F to search for the typo and nearby words. But I don't know if I had a brain fart or what, I forgot where the F key was, or rather, I forgot what I wanted to do. I very smoothly pressed Ctrl+A+C+V, which is the shortcut for selecting all, copying, and pasting. This is the key I usually use when I finish writing in a document and post it to Hedgehog Cat. I simply copied the entire article, posted it, and went to sleep.

I've rewritten this chapter, so there's no repetition this time. You can read it with confidence; it won't waste your cat coins!

I'm so sorry, I'm so incredibly sorry!

The Tale of Nirvana: Keeping to Your True Self: Chapter 147 Let Me Die

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Xiangzi vaguely felt the ground shaking.

It wasn't very intense, but rather a rhythmic, subtle swaying and vibration, just like... sitting on a train.

I'm not... already dead...

Xiangzi slowly opened his eyes.

The rumbling train passed under the bridge below, and the vibrations that Xiangzi felt were caused by the train.

A petal drifted down from in front of Xiangzi's eyes.

The scattered focus is concentrated on the falling petals.

here it is......

Xiangzi stretched out her hand, and the falling petals drifted into her palm. She looked up at the trees above her that were covered in blossoms.

A strong gust of wind blew by, and the petals scattered like snowflakes, obscuring the world before Xiangzi's eyes.

When the flowers faded, Xiangzi's lips began to tremble uncontrollably.

Because standing in front of her was someone she had always wanted to see.

"......lamp?"

The lamp stood on the bridge where they first met, amidst a shower of spring blossoms, and smiled gently at Xiangzi.

"Xiao Xiang."

That gentle smile, like light shining through layers of clouds, illuminated Xiangzi.

This is not the lamp that sang "Spring Shadow" on stage, but... the lamp that accompanied Xiangzi for half a year and appeared by her side when she was most vulnerable... a lamp that she imagined herself.

"Why would you..." Xiangzi looked at her in disbelief, "You should have already..."

It's gone.

Deng smiled and shook his head, then raised his hand and made a heart shape with his fingers over his chest.

【I am Xiaoxiang's heart-shaped box.】

"I've always been by your side," the lamp whispered, "in the deepest part of your heart."

"Deepest within my heart?" Xiangzi looked around at the familiar yet unfamiliar surroundings. "Where am I? Wasn't I already...?"

"Shhh."

A soft index finger touched Xiangzi's lips.

"Don't ask yet, you're already very tired, take a rest for a while."

But time has already passed...

“It’s alright.” She took Xiangzi’s hand and walked forward. “It’s alright here.”

The rumble of the train rose again, and another train passed under the bridge, causing the ground to tremble slightly. Petals continued to fall like snowflakes, and Xiangzi gazed at the departing figure ahead, his thoughts gradually dissipating.

When she came to her senses, she found herself sitting at her own piano.