Can someone in MyGo stay in an adventure group forever?

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“I’ll tell you what to do next, and you listen.” Her tone became serious, with a rare air of authority on Toyokawa Shoko. “Don’t worry about anything else, just hold my hand and run forward. Don’t look back.”

Her deep blue hair was ignited by the flames, dancing wildly in the rolling heat, the leaping firelight illuminating her serene profile like a dreamlike painting.

The two stepped onto the road paved with countless corpses.

Beneath her feet lay solid ice and twisted limbs, each step making a creaking sound, as if something was squeezing Toyokawa Shoko's heart.

Flames licked the ice, sizzling and steaming up thick white mist all around.

Toyokawa Shoko bit her lip hard, not daring to cry out, and could only desperately move her heavy legs to keep up with her mother's pace.

Amidst the sea of ​​fire, Toyokawa Mizuho's voice could be heard intermittently.

"Xiangzi, your mother won't be able to watch you grow up..."

"You're a good child...you always have been..."

"I've tried my best to raise you into an upright, kind, self-respecting person who considers others..."

"But I've discovered that the world I've grown up in... isn't suitable for this kind of person..."

Flames had already climbed onto Mizuho Toyokawa's clothes, and half of her body began to burn, but her steps remained firm.

"Don't blame your father... he's just an ordinary person..."

"So stubborn... She's clearly a coward, but she always likes to show off..."

"So, after I'm gone, you have to take good care of him..."

The flames had completely engulfed her, blurring her features beyond recognition.

"Xiangzi..."

"I love you."

The hand that had been tightly clenched finally slipped down, powerless.

Tears welled up in Toyokawa Shoko's eyes, but she continued running forward mechanically, not daring to look back at her again.

However, her legs gradually became heavy.

Breathing became difficult, each breath bringing excruciating, burning pain.

Am I... going to die here?

It depends on whether you want to live or not.

A cold, yet somewhat languid female voice suddenly rang in her mind.

Who is this...?

To be honest, if you weren't Mizuho's child, and if you didn't have some blood in your veins that I found interesting... I wouldn't even bother to look at you.

The voice carried a hint of amusement before quickly changing its tone.

However... at least for now, you've barely passed.

"Then... I'll ask again."

Do you want to live?

...

miss you.

I want to live.

Even at a terrible cost, plunging into an abyss of no return?

...Yes.

【it is good】

The voice seemed to carry a hint of satisfied laughter.

Recite my name, and the contract is immediately established.

Then... how should I address you? My lord?

"...We don't need to mention gods or anything like that, do we?"

God chooses the talented, while the devil chooses the relentless.

【if you can...】

Call me—

【“Demon” Bar】

The girl's body, lying on the ground, was gradually engulfed by the rising flames.

In the end, all that remained was the charred, curled-up skin and the empty shell.

From those charred bones grew the horns and tail of a demon.

In the ruins, life is reborn again and again, only to die once more.

Until the flames went out.

Then someone dug through the collapsed, charred ruins and shouted:

"There's still one breathing!"

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In the pitch-black darkness, a charred corpse lay on the ground.

That was Toyokawa Shoko, who was burned to death.

Then came the second, the third—

Toyokawa Shoko died in an alley, Toyokawa Shoko died on the street, Toyokawa Shoko died of overwork in the hollow, Toyokawa Shoko had her throat slit in her sleep.

Shoko Toyokawa was suffocated, poisoned, had her heart pierced, and had her soul ripped out.

Until it filled the entire field of vision.

That was the deceased Toyokawa Shoko.

That was—a world that only I could see.

Koshimura suddenly awoke from that hellish scene, gasping for breath, his back instantly soaked with cold sweat.

I see...

This is why Toyokawa Shoko was able to escape so many sure-fire assassination attempts...

That's why she survived the void from back then...

Everything has a reasonable explanation.

"Koshimura-kun? Are you alright?" Toyokawa Shoko asked softly, looking worriedly at Koshimura Sawa, whose face had suddenly turned pale.

Koshimura clutched his chest as a line of cold text suddenly appeared in the center of his vision.

[A beacon containing 723 Moon Ripple Umbrella Temples has been detected. Current fusion progress: 99.9%]

Why are there decimals? What flag ⑵叄溜④ jiu]起s]an?4裠么pdd砍一刀...

Shouldn't the next step be to invite people to draw shards and exchange them for crystals?

"I'm fine..." Yuecun Ze breathed a sigh of relief, let go of her hand, and looked at the deep pit in the ground.

Compared to the original pit, it was noticeably larger, revealing the white bones that were pressed under the corpse.

"Um...can you lend a hand?" Toyokawa Shoko walked to the pit and asked.

Koshimura nodded, watching as she took "herself's" corpse out of her dimensional bag and carefully laid it flat on the ground.

He reached out and grasped the corpse's cold ankle, and together with Toyokawa Shoko, carefully lowered the body into the pit.

Then, shovel by shovel, they filled the excavated soil back in.

Speaking of which, burying one's own corpse alongside the person who did it... feels strangely odd.

Toyokawa Shoko put down the shovel, raised her hand to wipe the fine beads of sweat from her forehead, and breathed slightly.

Although her eyes were still a little red and there were still tear stains at the corners of her eyes, her emotions seemed to have calmed down a lot.

After tamping the last shovelful of soil firmly, the two sat down side by side on the lush grass, leaning against the wall.

A gentle breeze swept through the ruins, carrying the scent of earth and dispelling the lingering odor.

"Did you always do this before?" Koshimura Sawa asked, looking at the silent girl beside him.

“Yes.” Toyokawa Shoko’s voice still had a slight nasal tone. “At first, I felt a little nauseous and a little scared... but I got used to it quickly.”

...

A long silence followed, broken only by the rustling of the wind through the weeds.

“Koshimura Sawa,” Toyokawa Shoko suddenly spoke.

"Hmm?" Koshimura Sawa turned his head.

"Do you like me?" The girl turned her head, her golden eyes looking straight at him.

"Huh?" Koshimura Sawa was taken aback.

"What was that reaction?" Toyokawa Shoko frowned slightly.

"No...it just feels a bit too sudden."

"Suddenly? Wasn't it sudden when you said you liked me before?"

Oh no, how could I have forgotten about that?

Seeing his hesitant expression, Toyokawa Shoko pouted in dissatisfaction.

"What? I gave you my first kiss, are you trying to renege on it?"

As she spoke, she reached out and grasped the mud-covered shovel beside her.

"Wait, wait, wait, wait—" Yuecunze hurriedly waved his hand, looked into her eyes, and cleared his throat.

"I like you, Xiangzi."

"Okay." The coldness on the girl's face instantly melted away, like the first snow melting in spring, revealing a bright smile.

Sunlight streamed through her temples, casting a golden halo over her fine, wispy hair.

The girl suddenly reached out and carefully touched the back of Koshimura's hand.

Seeing that he didn't react, she roughly separated his fingers and forced her own fingers inside, interlocking them.

“Let’s run away, Ze,” she whispered.

"...?" Koshimura Sawa was somewhat at a loss.

“We’ve all been targeted by them, you and me too.” Toyokawa Shoko gripped his hand tightly, like a drowning person grabbing onto a piece of driftwood.

So, run away, run far away.

“As long as I give up my identity as a member of the Toyokawa family and stop using my abilities, to them... I will just be an insignificant vessel.”

Toyokawa Shoko released his hand, looked up at the sky, and stretched out her slender fingers, counting them one by one.

"Let's find a place where nobody knows us... preferably in the countryside by the coast."

"You can get a huge bowl of ramen for 500 yen, and a detached house with a yard can be bought for just over 200 million yen..."

"There is no rush hour like in Tokyo, the night market is lively, and the lights are very bright."

“Xiangzi,” Yuecunze suddenly said.

"Although... we can't get married right now..." A faint blush rose on the girl's cheeks, and her voice gradually lowered, "But... we can go to the government office first, get our marriage registration certificate back, and fill it out..."

"Ze, you can work while studying, right? After all, you're so smart, you should be able to learn everything quickly. I don't need to go to school anymore. I can find a job... um, how about customer service?"

Her tone suddenly became lighter.

"After get off work, I'll wait for you to come home in our little home."

"We can go to the night market together... buy takoyaki... watch the fireworks..."

"Or, just having me by your side would be nice..."

"Even though it's only two years... having a child shouldn't be a problem, right? If it's a boy, we'll name him Yuuma, and if it's a girl, we'll name her..."