Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 157 Mission: 10-4 True Name and True Body
As expected, Nero was sent flying by an invisible force, and the phantom sword array shattered into pieces as it struck the air. As Nana struggled to suppress the other consciousness within her and resurfaced, everything was sliding towards an irreversible abyss.

The blood moon faded, and the east grew pale. Anyone could see that the dream world had begun to change hands.

And little Ace, who became the lord of dreams, finally showed his original appearance.

The pair of rabbit ears on its head gradually moved backward, draping behind it like hair. The horns that represented its demonic identity gradually emerged, and its cat-like features began to take on a more human-like appearance.

Its body color gradually changes from pink to lavender, its upper body resembles that of a human female, while its lower body is composed of bird claws and a snake tail. It also has an extra head protruding from its abdomen, which looks like a goat's head or a dragon's head.

Nero rolled on the ground after being knocked back by the aura. As soon as he got up, he fired another string of phantom swords at the demon. But it was still in vain.

"Haha~"

The demon let out a bewitching laugh and appeared in front of Nero in the blink of an eye. It reached out and pushed Nero, who was half-kneeling on the ground, to the ground, and its slender fingers with sharp nails reached straight for Nero's chest.

"You are so beautiful."

The demon said this, and placed his other hand on Nero's neck, pressing his index finger against her lips. He sighed with a look of nostalgia, "As expected of a descendant of Sparta."

The finger moved teasingly on Nero's lips, stopping her from struggling to turn her head away. The demon's hand, which was reaching for Nero's chest, actually sank into her body and grabbed "something".

Nero suddenly understood. Even when he was breaking up with Shuangshi, Little Ace hadn't forgotten to use Shuangshi to trick Nero: he had no intention of giving up on the Yama Blade! His words to Shuangshi were just to dispel Nero's vigilance!
"Woo!"

With a muffled groan from Nero, the Yama Blade, along with Nero's body outside the dream, was brought into this dream by the demon before him. Nero instantly returned to his body, opened his eyes in shock, and immediately saw the gleaming long sword being pulled out of his body by the demon.

A feeling of emptiness and weakness surged from Nero's heart. Seeing the demon rising from his body, holding the stolen Yama Blade in his hand, Nero immediately activated the power of "pride" and wanted to retake the weapon.

However, the demon used its claw-like feet to step on Nero, pinning her firmly to the ground. Because Nero herself was being suppressed by the demon, the power of "arrogance" was unable to suppress the enemy in return, and quickly lost its effect.

"Good boy, you have to be a good boy," Little Ace said with a smile. "Don't worry—after I get Nanna's power, I will come and 'love' you well."

The voice was so contagious that Nero was distracted and actually had the idea that "this doesn't seem to be a bad idea."

She bit her tongue hard, using the pain to wake herself up, and then realized that she had been tricked.

"your name……"

Nero looked at the demon and asked with some difficulty, "Your real name is, 'Asmodeus'?"

Asmodeus didn't answer, but Nero was certain that this answer was the truth. The demon, armed with the Yama Blade, flashed before the young woman battling Nanna for dominance. Smiling, he lifted a strand of her hair and touched her face.

"Let me help you," it said.

Then, the blade sank into the girl's chest.

The red light in "Toyokawa Shoko's" eyes suddenly grew brighter, and the shadow of Nana's true body in the form of a skeleton flashed behind her, and then turned into a ball of pure power, forming a transparent fruit like a heart.

In Asmodeus's arms, the girl's body collapsed, sliding down the blade and falling to the ground. Asmodeus stretched out his hand, and the fruit slowly floated to his palm along the connection with the dream world.

Looking at the girl collapsed on the ground and the fruits of victory falling into his hands, Asmodeus laughed.

"Thank you for your hard work, Toyokawa Shoko."

The demon said, about to grab the flying fruit and stuff it into his mouth. "You're welcome."

Asmodeus froze as a voice came from behind him.

Because at the moment this voice sounded, the fruit and Asmodeus flew past it, flew behind it, and flew towards the owner of the voice.

Asmodeus knew who the owner of the voice was, which made it even more unbelievable.

"Toyokawa...Shoko?!"

That's right, another "Toyokawa Shoko" appeared in the dream. She appeared at the entrance of the dream, caught the flying fruit, saluted gracefully, and took a bite.

Then, she wiped the corner of her mouth elegantly with a handkerchief, looked at Asmodeus mockingly, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, too, 'Little Ace'."

As she spoke, both the control of the dream world and Nanna's power slipped away from Asmodeus.

Nero slowly got up from the ground, realizing that the opportunity was not to be missed, and immediately rushed towards Asmodeus at lightning speed.

She kicked the Yama Blade away from the demon's hand, then flipped in mid-air to catch it, landed lightly on the ground, and pointed the blade at the demon.

There is also the "Toyokawa Shoko" whose origin is unknown.

Asmodeus looked back at the original "Toyokawa Shoko" in shock and anger, and was shocked to find that the girl who had crawled up from the ground with her hands covering her heart was now wearing another mask.

It is not a half-face mask representing "annihilation", but a mask that almost covers the entire face and belongs to "death".

That's not Toyokawa Shoko at all.

The red light dwelling deep within her pupils flickered, then slowly died out. Having lost all her power, Nanna vanished completely at that moment—until she resurrected in her dreams again.

"Wakaba Mu...when?!"

Asmodeus asked through gritted teeth.

Nero also instantly understood the origin of Shoko Toyokawa who had arrived at this moment.

Since the Shoko in Toyokawa Shoko's dream is Wakaba Mutsu, then the Wakaba Mutsu in Wakaba Mutsu's dream is——

——The "doll" controlled by silk threads that Nero saw in Wakaba Mu's dream before was the real Toyokawa Shoko.

No wonder the prototype of the stage in that dream was Xiangzi’s family manor.

No wonder the puppet on the stage never called itself "Wakaba Mutsu" from beginning to end.

No wonder, that "Wakaba Mu" never gave a direct answer to the question "how to go to Xiangzi's dream".

No wonder the guards in this dream are a group of "puppets".

Unknowingly, the two exchanged identities in the dream and completed a perfect escape right under Xiao Ace's nose.

(End of this chapter)