Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 142 Mission: 08-5 Words speak louder than swords
Inside the planetarium on the tenth floor of Sunshine City in Ikebukuro.

The projector cast a false starry sky onto the pitch-black hall's ceiling, a stark contrast to the blood-red, starless, moonless night outside. At that moment, Sanjiao Chuhua lay quietly there, eyes closed, sound asleep.

The chaotic sound of footsteps broke the tranquility of the place. Chu Hua did not open her eyes, but her voice naturally echoed in the hall: "Please go back."

Nero couldn't help but laugh out loud: How come this guy came up and asked people to go back without saying a word?
"I need to find a way to enter Toyokawa Shoko's dream."

Nero ignored Chuhua's refusal and said in a commanding tone, "This is also for her own good."

"Please go back, I won't help you." Chu Hua repeated.

This "you guys" of course refers to Nero, and Aine and the others who followed behind her.

Miao Meng suggests that while Nana's spirit has completely taken over the world, Xiangzi may not have completely vanished. Chuhua has been protecting Xiangzi's dream and may be hiding there now.

And as long as he could enter Xiangzi's dream, he might have a chance to help her defeat Nana and regain control of her dream...

Maybe.

Chuhua probably thought the chances of success were low. But it was precisely to increase the chances of success that Nero allowed Xiangzi's former friends to join him.

Except for Aine and Ryuna, but it was impossible to leave them there alone.

"Triangle-san."

Hailing volunteered to call out her last name, rather than the code name "Sadness." She said, "This is the only way to help her."

"Ugh……"

A faint sigh echoed through the void. Chu Hua stopped trying to drive them away and instead began to communicate: "Love, Fear, why did you come back?"

Hai Ling had to admit that she had always thought about giving up. But all this only lasted until Li Xi said that to her.

"Are you giving up now?" Li Xi asked her, "Just like you gave up talking to me?"

In Hailing's view, she and Xiangzi were just partners and there was no need for her to take full responsibility. However, in Lixi's eyes, this was another betrayal by Hailing.

Because Hai Ling hadn't tried to save the relationship. Just like when they parted on bad terms—Li Xi left in anger, and Hai Ling hadn't even said a word to try to get him back.

Hai Ling finally understood why her power, her codename, was "fear." She was afraid to try to save someone because she had seen too many things that were irreversible, and she knew that trying to save someone often meant getting hurt even more deeply.

But, if I give up like this, can I really be willing to do so? Will I really never feel that regret again?
"I just want the boss to fulfill her promise~" Miao Meng said with a smile, "She took away my future life - if she disappears, no one can fulfill that promise."

"There's no other reason." Hai Ling replied calmly, "I just don't want to give up this time."

She was still very scared, terribly scared. She knew what she was going to say next would be very hurtful, enough to turn acquaintances into enemies.

But she still had to say - if Chu Hua was stubborn and refused to change his ways. This time, she couldn't make the same mistake again. Even if it hurt her, she had to -

"I can't help you."

As expected, Chu Hua rejected them this time as well: "I can't let you enter her dream."

"Please!" Deng raised his voice, which was rare, and took the initiative to say, "I want to help Xiaoxiang!"

"Even the memories we shared together are gone. How can you help her? Now I have to leave her in peace..."

Hearing Chu Hua's words, Deng clenched his teeth. Hai Ling took a deep breath and slowly spoke, interrupting Chu Hua's voice: "Isn't that right?" Her hands were trembling, but her tone was cold and firm, as if she was really fearless: "Isn't that right, Sanjiao classmate. You just-"

Ah... so scared.

Hai Ling knew that she was hurting others with her superior insight and understanding.

This was the last thing she wanted to do.

But it's something only she can do.

"—You're just enjoying being alone with her, wanting to have her all to yourself, right?"

“What?” “Huh?” “?!”

After these words were spoken, Chu Hua fell silent. Amidst the many voices of surprise, Chu Hua slept beneath the starry sky, silent as a stone.

And silence at this moment is a tacit agreement.

Just as Hailing had judged, Chuhua had an overly emotional attachment to Xiangzi. This might be a reflection of a missing emotion, or perhaps it was influenced by something else... but it didn't matter. The key point was that she enjoyed the dream, where she and Xiangzi were alone, and she didn't want to change it.

Nero frowned slightly. Could this also be the influence of the power of "lust"? Was it one of "Little Ace's" backup plans?

Finally, after a long silence, Chu Hua spoke: "Yes, so what?
"Without me, you can't enter her dream. In this way..."

Hai Ling spoke again, interrupting Chu Hua's slightly sick voice: "This way, she will be completely dead without a burial place."

Language is a weapon. Hai Ling has always known this but has always avoided using it.

At this moment, the invisible sharp blade was unsheathed, and blood was drawn with every cut. And Hai Ling even continued to pursue: "And it was you who did it."

"..."

Chuhua couldn't refute Hailing's words. She knew Xiangzi's situation was dire. But she had already lost him, and that period of her life had been a dark night without light. Now Xiangzi was sleeping beside her, within her reach—how could she not be fascinated by him?
"Hurry up, we don't have much time." Nero urged.

"And she is the same." Hai Ling said.

Chuhua sank into a dream, looking at Toyokawa Shoko who was quiet, silent, but so close to him, and he could not make up his mind.

If he doesn't defeat Nana, Xiangzi will probably always be like this, lost in a chaotic dream and unable to wake up.

But if she really wakes up, she will only get further and further away from him.

Finally, it was Hai Ling who delivered the final blow to Chu Hua, stabbing the invisible blade into her heart.

"Face the reality."

Hai Ling said, "What you long for is never the real her, just like you are staring at the projection above your head, but you imagine that you are looking up at the starry sky."

A cold shock awoke from the depths of Chu Hua's heart. She couldn't help but wonder: How did she know?
What shocked her even more was that Chu Hua suddenly realized that her first reaction was not: How dare she say that?

Only then did she vaguely realize that she actually never knew what she really desired.

(End of this chapter)