"So, I hope Ryougi Shiki can die, and then after she comes back to life she can have amazing magic," Tia said directly, getting right to the point was always Tia's style.
"What? Really? That simple? Dying and coming back to life is enough?" Ryougi Shiki's father said with surprise.
Tia listened to Ryougi Shiki's father believing so easily, and not thinking death was a scary thing at all, and felt speechless inside.
Even though Tia had expected Ryougi Shiki's father to believe, when she really heard it, she still felt...
Then... Tia watched Ryougi Shiki kill herself.
But soon Tia used her special power to help Ryougi Shiki's body recover, but Ryougi Shiki herself fell into a deep sleep and couldn't wake up at all, just like in the original story.
In the end, I still let Ryougi Shiki "die" in the same way as the original story.
It's just... Tia felt like it was all too rushed. Tia originally thought that because of the machine, Araya Souren and the giant octopus would get involved, and then Araya Souren and the giant octopus would fight, and Ryougi Shiki would be forced to get involved as the center of their fight... After a huge commotion, Ryougi Shiki would die.
But she didn't expect that after going through such a big circle, it would be so simple in the end...
As Ryougi Shiki was forced back into the vegetative state like in the original story, Tia also completely lost track of the giant octopus, but Tia always thought that she could use Araya Souren and Ryougi Shiki to lure the giant octopus out.
"Miss Ryougi Shiki, can she really come back to life?" Mash had big questions about this.
"Dad, this is a special world, Miss Ryougi Shiki might not be able to come back to life for sure. Although I don't know how Miss Ryougi Shiki got the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception in our original world, I'm sure she had a similar experience. I guess you're probably doing it according to that," Gudako had seen more than Mash, so she could guess what Tia wanted to do.
"Yes, she will wake up, for sure," Tia nodded, but then looked at Gudako awkwardly, because Gudako called her Dad again.
"Sigh... I wonder where the giant octopus is. Can this method really attract it? Is it waiting for Miss Ryougi Shiki to really wake up?" Katsushika Hokusai had big questions about whether the giant octopus would come.
That's right, Tia told Katsushika Hokusai about her plan, and Katsushika Hokusai had been waiting for a chance to lure the giant octopus out. You should know that Tia didn't know that the machine didn't belong to the giant octopus at all, but to Araya Souren.
So, the group stayed at Ryougi Shiki's house again, deciding to wait for the giant octopus to "take the bait."
Soon, the next day came.
Kokutou Mikiya and Kokutou Azaka came to Ryougi Shiki's house together, and Asagami Fujino, who was with Kokutou Mikiya, also came along.
"What? Shiki died?" Kokutou Mikiya immediately shouted in shock.
"Yes, but she can come back to life later," Tia reminded him.
"Shiki died... she actually died," Kokutou Mikiya fell into sad feelings.
"Miss Ryougi Shiki died, why are you crying, Kokutou? What's with that expression? I've never seen it before," Asagami Fujino asked Kokutou Mikiya curiously.
"It's nothing..." Kokutou Mikiya quickly changed his mood, and then realized that Tia had said she could come back to life, "Um... how did Shiki die? Why can she come back to life?"
"Ryougi Shiki killed herself, because I told her that after killing herself and waking up later, she could have amazing magic."
"What?" Kokutou Mikiya was shocked by Tia's words, "What's going on?"
"Because she has two personalities, the one who killed herself is one of them, the other one is fine," Tia explained simply.
"She better not wake up," Kokutou Azaka muttered very quietly on the side, "No, no, I shouldn't think like that!"
In reality, because Tia used her special power to treat Ryougi Shiki's body in time, the personality that killed herself didn't really die. This led to one result, which was that both personalities entered the Root Vortex, and the personality that killed herself stayed here to heal.
As for which of the two personalities was the one who killed herself, it didn't matter anymore, because there was no evil in this special world, so no one would become a killer. People's understanding of death wasn't complete. Ryougi Shiki didn't even try to stop her and let Ryougi Ori kill herself, and Ryougi Ori didn't think suicide was a big deal at all.
"Two personalities?" Kokutou Mikiya looked at the empty wall, "I wonder which personality I saw back then. I hope I have a chance to see the other personality in the future."
"You will," Tia said with certainty.
"Where is Shiki now? Can I go see her?" Kokutou Mikiya asked at this time.
"Fuyuki City Hospital," Tia said.
"I plan to go see her. Azaka, Asagami, do you want to come with me?" Kokutou Mikiya asked.
"Of course I'm going!" Kokutou Azaka said as a matter of course.
"Go... see," Asagami Fujino hesitated for a moment and agreed.
"Let's go together," Tia also said.
Tia and the others had already been there last night. Now that a night had passed, it was a good time to go again.
In a private room in Fuyuki City Hospital, Ryougi Shiki was lying here quietly all alone.
But soon the room door opened, and it wasn't a doctor or nurse who came in, nor was it Ryougi Shiki's family. Tia and Kokutou Mikiya hadn't arrived yet either. Instead, a woman slowly approached the hospital bed.
The woman had red hair tied in a ponytail, and wore a white shirt with a business woman style, with an orange coat on the outside. In addition, her earrings, necklace, ring, nail polish, and bag were all orange.
That's right, the person who came was Touko Aozaki.
"The Root, huh? It really is fascinating. No wonder Araya Souren disappeared here for it. If the people from the Clock Tower knew about your existence, they would probably be completely overjoyed," Touko Aozaki said, and then fell into talking to herself, "I accepted someone's request to come here, and the result is that I have to watch over a vegetative patient who is unconscious? That's really boring."
As Touko Aozaki spoke, she looked at Ryougi Shiki on the bed, and then left the room directly, lying on the window and smoking a cigarette.
(End of this chapter)
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