Although she was currently at a disadvantage, she was not a fish that could be slaughtered at will. No matter what, she would not stand here and let the other party kill her. She had to pass this message to Gu Quan in the real world. If he came to the dream world without knowing anything, Gu Quan would definitely be in big trouble.

This time I can't hold back like I did before, I have to go all out... Although this is the first time I've been in such an absolutely disadvantageous situation, it doesn't mean I can't beat the opponent. You have to know that you are the one who knows you best.

"That's quite interesting... Do you think you can handle me?"

A being that looked exactly like Doremi and exuded a black aura was looking at the person in front of him with an evil smile. The mocking expression on his face became more intense because of this evil smile, which made Doremi roll his eyes.

I may have a sarcastic face, but it's not as sarcastic as yours... A face like yours makes me want to hit you just by looking at it! Forget about others, right now, I really want to beat you up. If it weren't for my reduced strength...

I never thought that I would be copied by someone... Fighting against myself, this is really...

"This is the first time I hate the power in my body so much..."

Dolemimi shook her head helplessly, and while complaining, she looked at herself in front of her with a vigilant look.

"I finally understand now. I've always found it strange. They've seized my Noble Phantasm, but they haven't used it yet. It seems it's not that they don't want to use it, but that they can't use it, right? The only one who can wield the power of the Dream Ruler is Doremi Suit. Even though they usurped the power of the Dream Ruler, they found it incompetent. That's why they chose to use the Holy Grail to create me, and then use this me to destroy the dream world and the real world... This is really..."

Speaking of this, Doremi couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile. The dream ruler destroying the dream world was really a joke that made people unable to laugh at all... If he was really killed here, it would be embarrassing.

But... I can die on anyone but not on myself... As she thought about it, Doremi's magic power began to surge. The source of her magic power came from Koizumi, so she had plenty of magic power and didn't need to worry about the problem of insufficient magic power. In addition, as Doremi's strength declined, the magic power requirement for her Noble Phantasm was greatly reduced, so she could also fire her Noble Phantasm continuously. But then again, it seemed shameful for people who couldn't fire their Noble Phantasms continuously these days.

"Come on... let's have some fun, but let me remind you, your defeat means the destruction of two worlds, a price you can't afford. But you, who are so gentle, will never let this happen... So - go all out..." Doremi Alter's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and magic power surged wildly.

The magic power in her body also comes from the Holy Grail. The magic power of the Holy Grail is almost endless, so Doremi Alter does not need to worry about the supply of magic power at all.

"Don't waste your time talking... I will never let you do this, absolutely not..."

A look of deep seriousness emerged on Dolami's face, without a trace of joking. The battle in front of him really affected the safety of the dream world that would follow. No matter what, he couldn't lose to himself here.

but--

Suddenly, Doremi Alter seemed to have thought of something, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Doremi with a playful look on his face.

"I remember you seemed to be protecting something. There should be two Servants in that place, so now the Imperial generals have gone there to encircle and suppress them. The leader is Brand, the Hundred-Man Slayer, a subordinate of General Liva, one of the Three Beast Warriors... So I think you have to get rid of me as soon as possible, otherwise, the two Servants you are protecting may not be able to deal with them..."

Doremi Alter's words did not make Doremi panic at all. She had expected this day to come. What's more, Akame and Tatsumi would not be defeated so easily, so she only needed to escape from Doremi Alter.

What he needed to do now was to pass on the message to Gu Quan, otherwise Gu Quan would probably be in trouble in the dream world.

----

While Doremi was being entangled, Akame and Tatsumi naturally encountered danger as well. This time, it was as if the forces of the dream world had launched an all-out attack on their side, and it was so sudden that Akame and Tatsumi were caught off guard. There was nothing they could do, as Doremi hadn't sent them and the others a message this time...

"I didn't expect that the person coming would be my eldest brother..." An expression of disbelief appeared on Tatsumi's face.

Even Chi Tong couldn't help but feel a complex emotion when he saw Brand leading the imperial troops over.

There is no way. Fighting with one's former companions is something that not everyone can endure.

At least Akame and Tatsumi couldn't get used to this kind of thing for a while. When they saw Brand, their expressions were extremely complicated. However, even so, if Brand attacked them, they would still fight back.

Akame and Tatsumi know exactly what they need to do, so they will never give up no matter what.

"Akatō, Big Brother's strength cannot be underestimated. Shouldn't we retreat first?"

Seeing Brand and his troops approaching him and his men, Tatsumi couldn't help but ask Akame.

Whether for personal or public reasons, Tatsumi did not want to fight Brand.

And looking at the current situation, the other side has a lot of people, and this kind of force can really be called a large army. Akame and Tatsumi don't want to waste their strength here to compete with a large army.

What if the other party has reinforcements? You know, this place is very close to the imperial capital, so it is easy to get reinforcements.

"Break out quickly, and try not to engage in direct conflict with Brand... If we get separated, meet at the old place..."

Chapter 202 The Seriously Injured Doremi

夜晚

Koizumi rubbed his temples, sat quietly on the grass, and looked up at the starry sky, his heart unusually calm.

For some reason, Koizumi couldn't sleep today. He felt a deep sense of unease. What could this ominous feeling mean? Could it be Doremi's fault? That was possible. At least until now, he hadn't received any news from Doremi. Could something have really happened?

Koizumi couldn't help but bite his lip, his uneasiness growing stronger and stronger, and a hint of worry flickered in his eyes.

I hope things are not what I think, otherwise the situation may be a little bad...

Suddenly, Koizumi felt a heaviness on his back, which made him startled.

"Who..." Koizumi asked subconsciously, but all he heard was a light laugh.

"Master... I'm sorry... I haven't contacted you... I made you worried... Phew~~~"

Doremi's familiar voice made Koizumi feel a little surprised. However, just by leaning against her, Koizumi could sense the weakness of Doremi's breath. Because it was night, Koizumi, as a [vampire], was more sensitive to the smell of living things. So he could feel the weakness of Doremi's life characteristics at this moment.

"Are you okay? You're very weak now, you need to rest well..."

Koizumi's tone sounded quite anxious. After all, he could sense that Doremi must have been seriously injured. If she didn't get some rest, it would be terrible if her injuries got worse. Although servants were magical bodies, it would be difficult for them to recover quickly if they were seriously injured. What's more, Doremi was in such a state now and her strength was weakened. How could she survive without some rest?

Koizumi genuinely cares about the servants around him, so when he saw Doremi was seriously injured, Koizumi couldn't calm down for a moment... At the same time, he also wanted to know who had hurt Doremi like this.

"I'm fine... I just used up a lot of energy... Honestly, this is the first time I've felt so deeply the terrifying power within me... This has also made me even more certain of one thing: that Noble Phantasm must be sealed away at all costs... But honestly, using this method to determine the power within me is truly heartbreaking..."

Doremi's tone was unusually low, although it was more or less a joke.

Koizumi frowned slightly, feeling a bit confused by Doremi's words. What did she mean by "For the first time, I've felt so deeply the terrifying power within me"?... But Doremi didn't explain, and Koizumi didn't intend to ask. After all, there was no point in asking. Doremi would still tell him when it was time.

"Are you sure? You don't look like you've overexerted yourself..."

Koizumi's face was filled with anxiety, and he tried to let go of Doremi's hand on his shoulder.

But no one knew where Doremi got the strength from, but Koizumi couldn't break free from her hands.

"I said, it's okay, Master, just let me lean on your back... Also, before I explain to you what happened in the dream world, there is something I have been hiding from you... Before you make your own decision, I will tell you about what happened recently in the dream world and why I was injured..." A hint of determination flashed in Doremi's eyes, and she seemed to have made some kind of decision in her heart.

Koizumi nodded silently without saying anything. Since Doremi was so stubborn, Koizumi couldn't use force. By the way, to be frank, Koizumi couldn't deal with the injured Doremi even if he used force.

Besides, Koizumi also wanted to know. Doremi said that she had been hiding something from her, so it would be okay to listen.

"Tell me, there's more..." At the same time, Koizumi turned his body around and faced Doremi, which scared Doremi. But then a look of confusion appeared on her face. What did the Master want to do?

She didn't think much about it. Doremi was still very confident in her Master's character.

After all, she had observed her Master many times in the dream world, and her Master was still very good.

Seeing the condition of Doremi in front of him, Koizumi couldn't help but take a deep breath. Could this injury be said to be okay?

His body was covered in blood, his clothes were also soaked in blood, and his face showed a deep look of fatigue.

He's in this state and he's telling me he's fine. Are you sure he's okay? This is definitely a serious injury...

Koizumi's heart couldn't help but skip a beat, and he was somewhat frightened by Doremi's behavior.

But then I felt a pang of heartache. To be injured like this, he must have gone through a big battle...

But then again, even though Doremi had been weakened, her strength wasn't that much weaker. Who on earth could have injured Doremi so badly? Esdeath? That girl had just been defeated by Reimu, so her injuries didn't need to be taken care of? Koizumi couldn't resolve the mystery.

Forget it, now is not the time to think about these things, let’s help Dolemime heal her wounds first.

Magical power spread out from Koizumi's palm, covering Doremi's entire body... Koizumi learned this technique from Reimu, the most basic healing technique. Reimu was a professionally trained shrine maiden after all, and while she wasn't an expert in healing, she was also knowledgeable. Usually, some flesh wounds could be treated with a bandage, but a condition like this definitely couldn't be cured with an ordinary bandage, so she had to consume some magic power for treatment.

Feeling the pain in her body subside, Doremi's mouth corners slightly raised. This Master is really cute.

But honestly, she was still very grateful to her Master. He was an excellent Master to be able to do this for his Servant...

He threw the information behind his head just to take good care of his Servant. If it were any other Master, upon hearing his Servant say that he had important news to share and kept claiming that he was fine, he would probably have thrown his Servant behind his head...

"I'll treat you first. If you have anything to say, take your time. There's no rush... It's still night time. If I wake Reimu up now, she'll probably give me a good beating... We have the whole night to talk, so there's no rush..."

Koizumi said calmly, his tone thick with concern.

Doremi smiled gently and nodded slightly.

Chapter 203 The Original World Line

"I'm really sorry... Master, I was afraid that telling you this would affect your judgment, so I haven't told you about it... I actually know what that Servant wants to do. To a certain extent, what he wants to do is not wrong, it's just that the way he uses it is wrong... But once Akame and the others know what he wants to do, perhaps even Akame will feel confused..." Doremi couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile.

Because she possesses the Dream Diary, a treasure, Doremi actually knows the past of Akame and Esdeath. As long as she uses the power of the Dream Diary, Doremi can see through all the dreams of the target, whether it is the real name, skills, treasure, or unknown weaknesses, past events, and secrets, she can fully understand them.

Although the effect has been somewhat weakened, Doremi can still get a general idea.

Since Doremi can understand Esdeath and Akame's past, of course she can also understand the past of the mastermind behind the scenes.

Although it seems that some of the masterminds behind the scenes have some mixed elements in their bodies, making it impossible for Doremi to investigate more carefully, this does not mean that Doremi cannot investigate completely... So... Doremi can speculate on the original world line of this world based on the combination of the past of multiple people.

It is precisely because she knows how tragic the original world line is that Doremi can understand what the other party has done, and she also said that if Akame and the others knew about this, they would also be so confused.

Even she, after knowing the truth of all this, felt quite emotional. If the other party had not touched her bottom line, she might have hesitated to take action.

Doremi's bottom line is the safety of the dream world and the real world. The other party actually disregards the balance between the two worlds and intends to completely muddy the boundaries between the two worlds. Doremi cannot forgive such a thing in any way.

Doremi is the guardian of everyone's dreams and the ruler of dreams. She will never allow anyone to invade her territory, let alone destroy the order of the dream world.

Since the other party has messed up the dream world, there is no need to hold back.

"Tell me... I'm also curious... What could have caused even Akame to feel confused?"

Chi Tong's willpower can be said to be very firm, and once Chi Tong makes a decision, no one can pull him back, so Chi Tong can be said to be one of the most reassuring subordinates. With such a subordinate, there is no need to worry about betrayal, and there is no need to worry about the quality of the task. The only thing you need to worry about is your own style.

As long as there is nothing wrong with her behavior, there is no doubt that Akagi will not do such a thing as betrayal casually.

So, Koizumi was really curious about what could have caused Akame to be so confused.

"That's right... Never mind. I'll just use my Noble Phantasm. Thank you very much, Master. I can now use my Noble Phantasm to a minimum. Although it's a bit difficult to use it against armies and cities, I have no problem using the Dream Diary, so don't worry..."

As she said this, a large book with a blue cover and the letter D printed on it suddenly appeared in Doremi's right hand.

"Be liberated here—Dream Diary! Reveal your past here..."

A pink light burst out from the big book, and in the darkness, the light seemed extremely dazzling.

As the light burst, waves of memories flooded into Gu Quan's mind. In an instant, Gu Quan's face turned extremely pale. There was nothing he could do. Such a huge amount of memories poured into his mind all at once. No one could bear it. It felt like his brain was about to explode. It was really unbearable.

But the next moment, Koizumi's face became paler and paler. This time, the pallor was not due to the pain in his brain, but due to the darkness of these memories: Akame's memory, Esdeath's memory, Riva's memory, Daidas' memory, Neo's memory, and... Tatsumi's memory.

In everyone's memories, Koizumi saw many heartbreaking scenes—Cill's death, Seryu's darkening, Brand's death, Lubbock's death, Susanoo's death, Akame and Kurome's love-hate relationship, Main's transformation into a vegetable, Leone's severe injuries after the final battle... Although he didn't see Leone die, Koizumi could guess that recovery from that kind of injury was impossible. Leone was only able to hold on to that level by fusing her consciousness with the dangerous species among the imperial weapons...

Although Tatsumi successfully returned to Mine in the end, and Mine also recovered, but...

That kind of ending is not a perfect ending in any way... It's really depressing.

If the mastermind behind the scenes had used the Holy Grail to replace reality with the world in the dream... no one would have to die, even Akame's former friends would still be alive and well, and Hei Tong would not have been in a love-hate relationship with her sister.

...Koizumi now understood what Doremi said, but even he began to feel confused.

He really wanted to defeat them. If he used the Holy Grail, wouldn't he be able to maintain this world? Honestly, if Koizumi knew that Ciel and the others were going to die and yet remained indifferent... Koizumi really couldn't do it!

Doremi silently looked at Koizumi in front of her, and Koizumi also silently looked at Doremi in front of her.

The two of them just looked at each other in silence, as if they were communicating with their eyes.

After a long while, Koizumi finally gave a wry smile. What kind of unrealistic thoughts were he thinking about? No matter how unwilling he was, he couldn't change the ending. The fixed world line was like this. If he insisted on changing it, it would be a destruction to this world. Zi also told him that if the singularity was left alone, it would eventually lead to its destruction. Although it was not a big deal for the entire plane, all the people here would be destroyed.

Koizumi didn't want to see the destruction of this world. At least death wouldn't be the end, but once it was destroyed, it would truly be the end... No matter what, he couldn't do such an irresponsible thing.

Thinking this, Koizumi couldn't help but sigh slightly, and under Doremi's worried gaze, he slowly spoke.

"Don't worry about me. I won't waver. What I need to do won't change at all... So... continue talking about the so-called important things you want to tell me... and who exactly was the person who hurt you?"

Chapter 204 Time is running out

"I see...it's another you...a you created with the power of the Holy Grail..."

Koizumi's brow furrowed slightly. This would explain why the other party hadn't used Doremi's Noble Phantasm until now. Only Doremi could use this Noble Phantasm. So even though the other party had usurped the power and authority of the Ruler of Dreams, they still couldn't use it. So they could only use the Holy Grail to create a second Doremi Suit.

But as Doremi said, it is really ironic that the ruler of dreams actually destroys dreams.

"Are Akame and Tatsumi okay?" Although they wouldn't be in any trouble given their strength, considering the powerful strength possessed by Esdeath and Bud, they would still be very powerful even if they were not in the imperial capital.

Koizumi did not underestimate Akame and Tatsumi. After all, Akame killed Esdeath before her death, and Tatsumi also stopped the Supreme Imperial Weapon at the cost of transforming into a dragon. The strength of these two people should not be underestimated.

After learning about the past of Akame and the others, Koizumi gained a deeper understanding of their strengths.

Now Koizumi finally understood why Tatsumi was a Lancer. He had a sword slung over his back, yet he was still a Lancer. He hadn't expected Brand to recognize him as a talented general...

By the way, have all the people in [NIGHT RAID] gone astray? They are all assassins, but apart from Akame who has a dual class of Saber and Assassin, only Chelsea is more suitable for the Assassin class.

"Don't worry. Before coming to find Master, I had already met up with Akame and Tatsumi. Now, all you need to do is march directly into the Imperial Capital. No matter what, if the enemy needs to use that Noble Phantasm, the first place that will be affected will definitely be the Imperial Capital of the real world. So, what you need to do now is to enter the Imperial Capital of the real world and defeat the enemy. I will be responsible for bringing Akame and Tatsumi to meet you, Master. That fake me will definitely appear after you enter the Imperial Capital, and then I will be the one to deal with her..."

Having said that, Doremi showed a helpless expression.

In fact, the fake self could be left to Reimu and the others to deal with, but Doremi knew that the enemy was too strong. Without Yakumo Yukari's help, Koizumi could only barely deal with the current enemy. If he added a fake self to the mix, he might be a little overwhelmed. What's more, this time it was his own disqualification as the dream ruler, so no matter what, he had to solve his own problem by himself. This was also Doremi's principle. Since he had a problem, he had to solve it by himself.

An expression of surprise suddenly appeared on Koizumi's face, followed by a burst of anxiety.

If Doremi were to fight her other self in her current state, wouldn't that be courting death? Doremi had lost more power than she currently possessed, so how could she possibly defeat her other self?

"Doraimi, I really don't mean to underestimate you. Are you really okay in your current state? If not, you can ask Reimu and the others for help. Although Reimu is a little shameless, her strength is still very reliable. At least it should be no problem for her to help you deal with the other you. That way, you can regain your own power as quickly as possible."

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