"Kiki, those girls aren't Herrschers from our world, are they?"
Miku Izayoi noticed that the Honkai energy emanating from Angelia and the others was completely different from the Herrschers of her own world, and she couldn't help asking in confusion.
"They're from a parallel world. The nature of their Honkai energy is naturally different from ours," Kiki explained calmly.
"So it's a parallel universe from Raiden Mei's world!"
"But this Raiden Mei feels a little different from the one I know."
Miku Izayoi said thoughtfully.
She wasn't surprised by Kiki's explanation.
After all, she could recognize Kiana, Raiden Mei, and Bronya at a glance.
Her own world already had the concept of parallel universes. There had even been anomalies like Beast Tohka before.
"Sister Kiki, did you come to our world just to do something like this?" Eden couldn't help asking curiously.
"Is there a problem with that?" Kiki tilted her head and asked in return.
"No." Eden shook her head, though her feelings were somewhat complicated.
In her eyes, Kiki was the mother of her classmate Elysia, and a powerful Herrscher.
It was just that Kiki's reputation was... subtle.
Eden had originally thought Kiki came to this world because of Elysia. She had even once assumed Kiki might have come for her.
However, the facts proved she had simply been overthinking.
At the thought of this, Elysia's figure surfaced in Eden's mind.
Her impression of Elysia was actually quite good.
Although Elysia's intentions were obvious, among Herrschers, a girl with such intentions was perfectly normal.
Even Miku Izayoi at her side was that kind of girl.
After all, they were a race where every girl was "like that."
"Um... Sister Angelia, did she go home?" Chihaya Anon couldn't help asking, her heart filled with disappointment.
Wuuuu, my Sister Angelia, how could you just leave like that?
Who's going to keep me now?! Chihaya Anon wailed inwardly.
Although the money Angelia had left her was enough to let her live comfortably for the rest of her life, she still felt an overwhelming sense of emptiness.
"What, do you want to leave with her?" Kiki read Chihaya Anon's thoughts and found them rather amusing.
"Eh? Is that possible? But Sister Angelia's home isn't in this world, right? If I go over there, can I still come back?" Chihaya Anon asked hesitantly.
By now, she understood that Kiki, Angelia, and Xinghuo Liuyin were not ordinary humans.
"You really only think about yourself," Kiki said with a smile.
Chihaya Anon laughed awkwardly, unsure of what to say.
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At the side, Togawa Sakiko covered her mouth in surprise when she heard Kiki's words.
Why does that sound so familiar?
Wait!
Wasn't that what I said to Soyo before I was reborn?
How does she know that?
Damn it, what is wrong with this world?!
Where did you people who ruined the worldview of the girl band world come from?!
Togawa Sakiko was filled with frustration.
Not only had she failed to win the competition, she couldn't even obtain the system reward. Worse still, Ave Mujica's trump card, Angelia, had also left. She felt like she had suffered a massive loss.
Kiki looked at Togawa Sakiko and Chihaya Anon and asked with a smile, "Sakiko, Anon, do you want to come home with me?"
"Sister Kiki, if you have something to settle, come at me. Please let these cute girls go," Miku Izayoi said righteously.
She's such a good person! Chihaya Anon was deeply moved.
"Home? To do what?" Togawa Sakiko asked in confusion.
"Miku, stop messing around," Eden said helplessly.
If she didn't know Miku Izayoi's personality, she might have thought she was genuinely trying to be a good person.
Kiki really is just like the rumors say, Eden thought to herself. But isn't this a bit too indiscriminate? Two ordinary humans!
Eden had been a Herrscher since childhood and had seen many exceptionally beautiful humans. Yet as a Herrscher, she had no particular interest in ordinary human bodies.
"Thank you for the offer, but I already have a home," Togawa Sakiko rejected Kiki's invitation without hesitation.
"What about you?" Kiki looked at Chihaya Anon.
"Can I really go to your home?" Through careful observation and a woman's intuition, Chihaya Anon judged that this was not something she could refuse.
"Of course. There are lots of fun and beautiful things in my home," Kiki said with a smile.
Then she looked at Togawa Sakiko again, a faint trace of threat in her tone. "Sakiko, as the young lady of the Toyokawa Group, don't you understand the consequences of rejecting someone stronger than you?"
"What do you mean by that?" A sense of foreboding rose in Togawa Sakiko's heart.
"From this moment on, your Toyokawa Group is bankrupt," Kiki announced with a smile. "From now on, if your ventures fail, you won't be able to go home and inherit the family business either."
"Wh—" Togawa Sakiko's pupils shrank as she abruptly raised her head, staring at Kiki in disbelief.
Before Togawa Sakiko could say anything more, Kiki ended the competition. All the contestants and audience members returned to the real world.
A few days later, the Toyokawa Group officially declared bankruptcy. Togawa Sakiko went from being a fake fallen heiress who could return home to inherit the family fortune at any time, to a truly homeless fallen heiress.
It wasn't just the Toyokawa Group that collapsed. Even her band was affected.
No sponsors were willing to fund them, and Wakaba Mutsumi's parents forced their daughter to withdraw from the band.
Everything she had painstakingly built seemed to crumble in an instant.
Inside her rented apartment, Togawa Sakiko sat on the floor, her hands trembling as she gripped her phone. On the screen was the news announcing the Toyokawa Group's bankruptcy.
"Why did this happen..." Togawa Sakiko muttered, her eyes reddening, her voice trembling with the hint of tears.
She had never imagined the consequences of rejecting Kiki would be this severe. At this point, the only thing she had left was the system she had obtained after being reborn.