Yingyouyou's figure was so dark and distant.

Under the gaze of the stinging eyes, the figure gradually turned into multiple double images.

As the liquid in the eyes rolled down, the double image became clear and single again.

Ying seemed to put down the knife in her hand again, but the shallow scar on her neck was still eye-catchingly red.

"Avi, don't you want me to leave you?" Ying asked again in a soft voice.

Her voice came with the breeze, bringing with it a strong smell of blood.

"Yes."

Ivy tried hard to ignore the smell of blood, and stared at the man in front of him and the knife in his hand.

"You are an important person to me. You are in every part of my memory. I can't live without you." Ivy propped himself up on the soft grass with his hands and struggled to get up from the ground. "I can't imagine a future without you."

"So..." She stretched out her hand covered in dirt and blood, and tried to get closer to Ying again, "I don't want you to die..."

"But if I wasn't there, Avi wouldn't have to endure such a strong backlash."

"I've been prepared for this! I've even withstood the wear and tear of the world restarting, so what's the backlash from just one person? Don't underestimate me!" Ivy retorted loudly. She saw Ying open her mouth in surprise again, and then she smiled in self-loathing.

"Avi is really amazing, unlike me...it would have been better if Avi hadn't saved me."

Ivy shook her head. “I have never regretted saving you. The first thing I would do when I return to the past is to save you.”

"If I fail to save you, there would be no point in me going back in time."

"Without your future, no matter how hard I try, it's meaningless."

“This world has no meaning to me anymore.”

"Don't let my efforts go to waste... okay? Hotaru."

This seemingly long road has finally come to an end.

Ivy stopped in front of Ying Youyou. She breathed softly, and in the thick smell of blood, she could feel her heart beating violently.

"I'm so happy to hear you say that." Yingyouyou's expression seemed to brighten.

“…Give me the knife.” Ivy carefully stretched out her hand, her voice trembling as she begged, “Okay?”

Ying smiled again: "Okay."

She opened her palm, and the blood-stained knife lay quietly in her hand.

Ivy carefully and slowly reached out her hand and touched the hilt of the knife—

Then, it failed.

The fingers passed through the handle of the knife and the palm, but no trace was left. Only the cold air wrapped around the bloody fingertips.

Ivy resisted the urge to choke and reached out again, trying to hold Yingyouyou's hand.

But she swung in vain again, and her hand passed through Ying Youyou's arm as if it was passing through the empty air in front of her.

“Don’t do this…” Ivy’s hands trembled as she grasped forward helplessly.

Once again, her hands passed through Ying Youyou's body, but she could not catch anything and could not feel anything.

The sharp mind has already noticed the truth, but the sensitive heart is unwilling to accept the cruel fact.

"Don't show up at this time! Disgusting, disgusting...inner demon."

Ivy knelt weakly on the ground and rubbed her red eyes.

The illusion that had appeared before her eyes at some unknown time began to slowly collapse after she uttered the word "inner demon".

Ying was holding the knife, still smiling, but her figure gradually became transparent and finally disappeared.

The air was still filled with a strong smell of blood, but Ivi could no longer ignore it, because the real scene... was already unfolding before his eyes.

The real one, without any illusion... Ying Youyou, has fallen in a pool of blood.

There was a deep knife wound on her neck and the blood was almost drained.

She closed her eyes forever and ever and would never wake up again.

“Flame…” Ivy slowly stretched out his hand, and just as he was about to touch Yingyouyou’s cheek, his fingers trembled and stopped.

She didn't dare touch it, but she had to touch it.

Finally, her fingers touched the cold face. At that moment, the coldness struck her heart, causing her psychological defenses to completely collapse.

"Wake up."

Ivy sniffed Yingyouyou's breath, then bent down and felt her heartbeat.

The stiff and cold body did not move at all, only the smell of blood floated in the air, which took a long time to dissipate.

"Wake up, okay?"

Ivy pushed Yingyouyou's body helplessly.

"I beg you…"

"I, I still have a lot to say, why can't you give me some more time?"

"Are you really dead?"

"Are you really...dead..."

Ivy finally let go of her hand and sat next to Ying Youyou, staring at her blankly.

Kabu's wailing could be heard faintly in his ears, but the sound had actually been going on since the beginning. It was only until all the illusions were broken that it finally reached Ivy's ears.

The inner demon that had not appeared for a long time finally stood in front of her.

"Are you sad?"

The 'other self' admired all this with a cold smile, indifferently.

"Why are you sad? She wasn't one of the friends you wanted to save from the very beginning, right?"

"Among the friends you went back to the past to save, there wasn't anyone named Hotaru Mata, right?"

"You forced her into this, and now that she's out, it doesn't make any difference, does it?"

"Why are you sad? You are so relaxed now."

"The backlash has really been reduced a lot, right?"

"It doesn't hurt that much anymore, right?"

How ironic...

When she realized this, she discovered that the sharp tinnitus had weakened by more than half, her skin was almost no longer oozing blood, and she was so numb that she could no longer feel the severe pain in her body.

The changes in her whole body seemed to say - Ying has done something right again.

"Or……"

Seeing that she was silent, the 'other self' squatted down and looked at her with empty and lifeless eyes, as if questioning her soul.

"Selfish as you are, are you going to lead the world to the third round just for her?"

Ivy finally raised her eyes and looked at her 'other self'.

There were no tears or emotions in her red eyes.

"I will not."

"She alone...is not worth it for me to do this."

Please forgive me, Firefly...

She looked down at the stiff corpse, then looked away and looked at her 'other self' with disgust.

"As you wish."

"You are no longer necessary to exist. Can you please disappear quickly?"

The 'other self' raised the corner of his mouth.

"you're right."

"It's time for me to leave."

She stood up and bowed gracefully.

"May you continue to struggle to the end in this hopeless world."

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