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At this moment, she naturally wouldn't be like before, seeing only herself and no one else. Now, she could only see these few people who were important to her, listening to their voices and feeling their thoughts.

However, there's nothing to brag about or be proud of in such a change.

“Very good.” Nanami Natsuki squeezed Xiaoxiang’s hand with satisfaction. “Then it’s decided. We won’t show our faces; we’ll debut online directly. As for the name… we’ll talk about it later. Now, let me check your ‘chemistry’.”

[System notification: "Wakaba Mutsumi" has reached the peak of her "self-sacrifice" emotion. Emotion points +2000]

[System notification: A significant fluctuation in "morbid resonance" emotion was detected in "Toyokawa Shoko," emotion points +1800]

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The office's lounge.

The air was filled with a completely different scent—the scent of "fear".

Yutenji Wakana sat in the corner, her hands gripping the hem of her skirt tightly, her knuckles white from the force. For the past few days, she had been living in a state of immense fear.

That acting "talent" that seemed to have taken root in her body, that source of her easy fame, not only failed to bring her a sense of security, but was like a time bomb that could explode at any moment.

There's no such thing as a free lunch. She understood this better than anyone.

"This can't go on..." Ruomai bit her nails, her anxiety almost overflowing. "We'll be eaten... Chuhua will definitely eat us up, leaving not even bones behind!"

Rather than waiting to die, it's better to take a gamble.

"Click".

The door to the lounge was pushed open, and Miku Miku Miku walked in with her signature perfect smile.

"Oh dear, Meow Dream? Why do you look so pale? Are you feeling unwell?" Hatsune's voice was so gentle it was flawless, but to Ruomai now, it sounded like the whisper of a devil.

Ruomai suddenly stood up, took a deep breath, and rushed to Hatsune Miku as if she had used up all her courage.

"I don't want it anymore!" Ruomai's voice trembled. "That 'talent'... that thing you gave me! I don't want it anymore! I don't want to be famous anymore, and I don't want to be a top internet celebrity anymore! Please take it away! I refuse your manipulation!"

The air seemed to freeze for a moment.

As Ruomai shouted these words with her eyes closed, her heart pounded, awaiting the arrival of judgment.

However, the expected anger or threat did not materialize.

"Ha ha……"

A soft laugh broke the silence.

Ruomai opened her eyes shakily and found Hatsune looking at her with a playful, even slightly pitying, gaze. That gaze was like that of someone looking at a hamster trying to break out of its cage.

"Nyanmeng-chan, you seem to have misunderstood something."

Hatsune gracefully walked up to Ruomai, reached out and tidied her messy bangs. "Giving you talent was not my decision; similarly, if you want to return it... I can't make that decision either."

"W-What do you mean?" Ruomai's face turned deathly pale instantly. "You're not..."

"I was just a messenger, or... one of the earlier 'recipients'?" Hatsune tilted her head, her smile growing brighter, yet sending a chill down one's spine. "Why don't you guess who the person who gave you the acting skills is?"

She leaned close to Ruomai's ear and whispered:

"However, your courage is commendable. Since you want to refuse to my face... then come with me tonight."

"Where...where are you going?" Ruomai subconsciously took a half step back.

"Of course, it's to see the person you want to see."

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P.S.: This book will be finished in the next few days. The main reason is that the author can't think of any interesting plots anymore. If I continue writing, there's nothing left to write. If I finish it, I'll have to wrap up the plots that I didn't finish earlier.

Chapter 149 The Final Chapter: The Beginning and the End of Everything (7000 words)

As night fell, Tokyo's neon lights stained the sky a murky purple.

The taxi came to a stop in front of the luxury apartment building, and Yutenji Wakana felt as if her legs were filled with lead. She looked up at the building, which looked incredibly luxurious even in the night, and her throat tightened.

"Let's go, Meow Dream."

The Misaki Miku beside her was smiling brightly, a smile that was flawless, yet it sent a chill down Ruomai's spine.

Hatsune affectionately took her arm, the force of which left no room for refusal, like a jailer escorting a prisoner to the execution ground.

The elevator numbers jumped one by one, finally stopping at the 10th floor.

When the heavy security door was pushed open, Ruomai did not see the eerie and terrifying altar she had imagined, nor did she see any horrible instruments of torture.

What comes into view is the warm yellow light, and... two figures, one big and one small, playing games on the living room carpet.

"Ah! I'm dead! Lixi, you're so stupid! I even asked you to heal me!"

"Shut up. If you had charged that far ahead, even a god couldn't have saved you."

"I don't care! It's your fault! You have to make it up to me!"

"...Okay, okay, I'll peel an orange for you after I finish this, alright?"

Nanami Natsuki, dressed in loose loungewear, sprawled on the carpet without any regard for her image, her two fair legs swinging back and forth in the air. Shiina Tatsuki sat cross-legged beside her, looking impatient, but her eyes revealed a helpless yet doting affection.

On a sofa not far away, Metis, dressed in a maid's outfit, was holding a plate of cut fruit, waiting with elegant but stiff movements.

What... what kind of family drama is this?

Ruomai was stunned, even forgetting her fear.

Wait... something feels off. It's just... a feeling I can't quite put my finger on.

"Hello, I am Lin Guzi, nice to meet you."

"Huh?" Yutenji Wakana was a little confused. She subconsciously thought that this was just a prank that Hatsuka played on her.

After all, the atmosphere here is clearly very nice, isn't it?

Although I was a little surprised that Lixi was living with Xiaoyue, and even had a maid to serve them... Damn, I'm a little envious.

However, she quickly lost her envious mood, because Metis, who was standing in front of her, suddenly raised his hands and placed them on either side of her head.

Then... it's about twisting your neck, wait... twisting your neck?

Yutenji Wakame looked at the "Lin Guzi" in front of her and wondered why he had turned his head with his hand. Just as he was about to stop him, he found that the other person had already turned 180 degrees!

No…wait, it’s 360 degrees! 720…1080…

"I'm sorry." Metis removed his "head" and held it in his hands, bowing slightly to the girl in front of him. "I thought that according to etiquette, I should give you a 'hat-removing' salute."

"Take it off... ooh~"

With a thud, Yutenji Wakana's vision went black, and she fainted from fright.

"Oh dear, we have a guest~" Hearing the noise, Nanami Natsuki tossed her phone aside. "Huh? Where is she?"

“…It’s on the ground.” Miku Miku rubbed her forehead with one hand, unsure of what to say.

Nanami Natsuki quickly realized what was going on, because with just a slight shift of her gaze, she could see a decapitated girl who was very unhappy about being mistaken for a two-headed dragon and was now plotting something against her.

"Metis! What are you doing?!"

"Waaah... Sister Xiaoyue, didn't you say that when Teacher Da Miao arrives, you'll give her a little scare first?"

"You call this small?!" Nanami Natsuki jumped up and delivered a flying kick, sending Metis flying as she lost her balance and fell freely in mid-air.

However, Hatsune Miku still managed to catch her despite her petite frame, much to the annoyance of Riki, who was too far away.

"I still have to handle this..."

But you know what? After Metis's provocation, she actually received a huge amount of fear points. Now she's only 10,000 points away from completely escaping the risk of death.

With just a tiny bit of emotional points, Nanami Natsuki easily erased part of the terrifying memory that Ootengu had just experienced.

It's definitely better not to leave all of this stuff behind; just leave a little bit so the other person thinks they're hallucinating.

Not long after, Yutenji Wakana woke up on the sofa.

She spotted the cute girl standing right in front of her at a glance.

"Wow!"

"Welcome to my humble abode, Sister Meow Dream."

“Xiaoyue…” Hatsune let go of Ruomai’s hand, walked quickly to Natsuki’s side, squatted down very naturally, and helped Natsuki straighten her disheveled collar, her eyes full of flattery and infatuation, “I brought her. She said… she wants to return her.”

"return the goods?"

Natsuki raised an eyebrow, her gaze passing over Hatsune and landing on the trembling figure in front of her.

"Wait!"

"Ok?"

"Chu Hua...you wouldn't mean...that the person behind it all is Xiao Yue, would you?"

"Is that what you call her, Yue?" Hatsune smacked Da Miao Teacher on the head. "Call her Yue-nee!"

"...Sister Yue?"

"Ahem, Sister Meow Dream, are you not satisfied with the gift I gave you?"

Nanami Natsuki didn't give Yutenji Wakana a chance to react. She raised her white-stockinged little foot and stomped on the belly of the terrified Meow Meow.

"Waaah... Xiaoyue, no... this is fake, right? You're not..."

"Ugh, how boring. Why can't you give me a more exciting reaction? It's always the same routine: first you don't believe me, then you get scared, and finally you become obsessed with me and can't live without me. With my great charm... can't you skip the earlier steps and go straight to the final obsession stage?"

"...Huh?"

"Alright, alright, since you still don't understand the situation, I'll just tell you directly. I am the master of Riki, Chuka, and a bunch of beautiful girls... cough cough, I am their lover."

"Sister Xiaoyue, that's not fair! I was right there, why didn't you call my name!" Metis said from the side, dissatisfied.

"You're not human."

"..."

"Wait, you're making me a little dizzy..." Yutenji Wakana glanced at Metis, who was speaking next to her, but she felt that the other person looked a little creepy.

However, she didn't seem to understand the situation, because the moment her gaze drifted away, the little girl in front of her, Nanami Natsuki, used her hand to turn her head back.

"No, no..." Ruomai took a deep breath, forcing herself to look directly into the little devil's eyes, "I'm just an ordinary person who wants to be famous, I can't afford to play your games! Please... let me go!"

"Waaah... I was wrong, I'll never form a band again, please don't kill me..."

Ruomai's voice trembled, but it was unusually resolute. She had had enough of this life of constant anxiety, enough of being manipulated by Chu Hua... no, now it should be said that it was Nanami Natsuki, anyway, she had had enough of all this, enough of constantly torn between conscience and desire.