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Chapter 166 The Unfolding Dream
After finishing Aoi Oro's inspection and confirming that Haihara was not dissatisfied with the dress itself, Kudo planned to leave.

But before leaving, Hui Yuanchu suddenly remembered something: "Wait a minute, help me record a video and bring it to Xiao Ayano."

"--start."

Following Haiyuan's first order, Kudo pressed the start button of the phone's camera mode.

In front of the camera, Hui Yuanchu began to slowly turn around, showing himself in a white dress, and said:
"Hi, Ayano-chan, I received the dress? As you can see, it fits very well and I like it very much."

"So after I put it on, I showed you the first one."

"I will also be the first to invite you to the dance later. You have to wait for me carefully and not let others abduct you first, okay?"

Finally, the beauty in menswear blew a kiss to the camera, and that was the end.

Kudo confirmed that the video was well preserved and breathed a sigh of relief. Then he bowed deeply to Haiyuanchu and said, "Ori-sama, thank you very much."

"Huh? There's nothing you need to thank, right?"

"No, just because of your video, Ijuin-sama's mood should improve, and I will feel much better..." After the massage, Kudo may have really lost his guard, and he couldn't help but tell the truth. Out.

After she finished speaking, she realized what she had said and quickly covered her mouth.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Ori-sama." She apologized in a low voice.

"Don't worry, I didn't hear anything." Hui Yuanchu said magnanimously.

Then, Kudo bowed again to thank him and backed out of the room.

Before closing the door, Oroku Aoi seemed to have remembered something and suddenly asked: "Speaking of which, Kudo, what is today's date?"

It's obviously a simple question.

But for some reason, there was a trace of confusion and hesitation on Kudo's face.

After a moment, her expression regained consciousness, and she replied with some confusion: "It's February 2th. Isn't the graduation dance scheduled at this time every year?"

"Don't worry, it's just that my brain suddenly had a short circuit." Zhe Lukui said with a smile.

Then she suddenly said: "Didn't we make an appointment yesterday to go see chrysanthemums together next week?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Kudo replied quickly.

"In February, the chrysanthemums are not blooming."

Kudo's eyes became blank again.

After a while, she regained her composure, but as if she had forgotten the conversation just now, she bowed naturally and said, "Then I will take my leave, Senior Zhelu."

Zhe Lukui did not ask further questions, nodded to indicate that she understood, and then closed the door.

After the "click" of the door lock closing, Hui Yuanchu immediately turned to Zhe Lukui and asked, "This vision was caused by Yijiyuan, right?"

While waiting for Oro Aoi to massage Kudo's injuries, Haiyuan had already figured it out.

Zhe Lukui is so calm, which at least shows that this phenomenon is known.Combined with some of the information currently known, this conclusion is not difficult to guess.

But now he still wants to confirm with Oroku Kui.

Zhe Lukui did not answer immediately, but slowly walked to the window and looked outside.

Just like what Hui Yuanchu described to her just now, it was completely like an after-school scene outside.

Not only the sky and lights, but also the people.

On the road outside the courtyard, other Holy Knot students were walking by in groups from time to time. The sound of playing and playing approached and then gradually moved away.

Zhe Lukui turned around and said nothing, just looking like she was waiting for him to continue.

So Haiyuan thought for a while and continued: "Kudo just said that Ijuin lost control of his emotions first, then lost his temper and fell asleep again..."

"——So, Ijuin fell asleep. But her dream finally lost its grip and leaked out."

Finally, Hui Yuanchu concluded in his own words.

"That's right." Zhe Lukui finally nodded.

She said leisurely: "Thanks to you, the cage called Ijuin has loosened. The strength of the shackle called 'self-awareness' or 'individual spirit' has weakened. So, the true spirit seized this opportunity and the process of spiritual ascension We have moved forward to a big stage.”

"The world's feedback mechanism then kicks in, and new constraints emerge urgently around it."

Finally, Aoi Oro pointed to the sky and expressed the same final conclusion as Haiyuan Chu in another language: "This is the domain of Ijuin Ayano. Her domain of dominance is finally fully unfolded at this moment.

"This is the reality that was partially overwritten by the dream of evil spirits. It is the autumn morning that was partially overwritten by the early spring morning and night last year. It is the real campus that was partially overwritten by the ruling domain."

“The true form of Ijuin’s ruling domain is to recreate a scene that happened in the past.

"Recreate...prom night last February 2th."

Hui Yuanchu immediately took out his phone again.

Sure enough, just now he only noticed that the time had changed to six o'clock in the evening. Now when he looked at it again, he realized that even the date had changed to February 2th last year.

Putting down the phone, Hui Yuanchu exhaled.

It’s not really about traveling back in time or traveling through the world.

The ruling domain is just an isolated stage.Whether it is the time display or the change of the sky, it is also the false "set" of the stage.

It's just that the dominion domain in front of us is so powerful that it can cover almost all the real reality with its "background".

The "set" included not only the marquee and all the timers within the school, but also - Hui Yuanchu lowered his head to look at the screen of his mobile phone, looking at the dazzling "no signal" prompt on it.

He dialed a number casually, but noise came from the receiver. Finally, when he opened the app again, he only saw the "Network Interrupted" prompt, and no new content could be refreshed.

"Complete isolation, communication interruption?" But after a moment's thought, he denied it and muttered to himself: "...No, 'communication interruption' is also a kind of 'setup'."

"You just need to remember one thing: I said that this domination is an open type, and it is not really isolated from the original world."

"That is to say, actually even at this time, we can still leave here at any time, and others can still enter the Holy Knot?"

"Yes, if we really decide to leave here, we will definitely not encounter any resistance. Maybe we will return to the real night the moment we cross the border. Similarly, if there are outside visitors to the Holy Knot at this time, they will also The moment I stepped inside a certain boundary, I suddenly realized that my surroundings had turned into a dusk scene.”

"It's just that no one happened to be visiting this late at night." Zhe Lukui finally said.Hui Yuan nodded.

This question has been completely answered.

But soon, he fell into another more important confusion.

"But why is it exactly the day of 'Last February 2th', and this... what kind of graduation dance?" Haiyuan asked Orilu Aoi, "For Ijuin, something very important happened on this day. ?"

Zhe Lukui didn't look back.

She continued to look at the sky and sighed deeply.

"The so-called graduation prom is also a tradition of Holy Knot. It is a dance specially prepared for the graduating seniors.

"In this dance, it is customary for the 'sister' who is about to graduate to invite the 'sister' to dance with her.

"The meaning is to remind everyone - for the last time, in order not to leave any regrets, dance one last dance with your beloved one with everyone's blessings.

"Of course, if the younger sisters who have not yet graduated want to dance together to deepen their relationship, of course everyone will smile and give them applause.

“Even later, this dance evolved into an important occasion to formally establish the relationship between sisters.

"Invite a dance to the person you want to be your 'sister'. If she agrees, then after you complete the dance, Ms. Huang Qiangwei will announce her recognition and blessing to you as a couple on the spot."

Hui Yuan initially felt that he had guessed what happened.

But Orukui turned around and continued calmly: "In fact, Yijuin and I have never formally entered into a sister relationship. Originally, she planned to officially gain Huang Qiangwei's approval of our relationship at this dance. Acknowledgment and blessings from all buds.”

Hui Yuan Chu sighed.

Since Orokui seemed willing to talk, he really wanted to ask clearly.

"So, your dance didn't work." He used a declarative sentence to seek confirmation.

But to his surprise, Zhe Lukui hugged her shoulders and said, "No, the dance is over.

"At that time, Zheli had already sent the unmistakable news to Shengjie that the person named Zhe Lukui was a liar who used his identity and had nothing to do with the Zhe family. However, the Rose Hall never announced it to the outside world.

"I guess there were internal differences among the three Roses on how to deal with this unprecedented special case of mine. So before reaching an agreement, they did not take any action and pretended that I was still a bud.

"So, at that time, even I didn't know that I had been labeled as a 'fake' by Zheli. Ijuin also followed the original plan and submitted the list to Huang Qiangwei in advance and invited me at the venue.

"Then after the song, at the moment when Huang Qiangwei was about to announce that I and Ijuin were sisters as if nothing had happened——"

Oroku Aoi hugged her shoulders and leaned against the window sill, seemingly moving to find a comfortable position, and finally said expressionlessly: "Ijuin took the initiative to expose this matter under everyone's gaze."

Hui Yuanchu didn't know what to say.

After a moment of silence, Zhe Lukui snorted coldly to someone, left the window sill, walked towards the bedroom, and said at the same time: "Wait for me to change clothes."

"Ah? What are you doing changing clothes?"

"Go to the dance." She said matter-of-factly, "Didn't you just agree to invite Ijuin?"

"Ah... it's okay if you don't go, right?" Hui Yuan initially felt a little embarrassed.

Only now did he realize that the invitation he made to Ijuin without much thought actually coincided with the "tradition" of the graduation prom that Aoi Oroku said...

Zhe Lukui stopped and looked at him puzzledly: "Of course I want to go."

Then she stared at Hui Yuanchu for a while, then suddenly realized, showing a helpless expression: "Okay, Xiao Hui... I forgot that you are an idiot.

"Then, let me explain the current situation to you now...

"Ijuin's ruling domain has expanded, and the stage called 'Graduation Prom' has been completely set up. But at the same time, according to Miyafuji, Ijuin's human body still exists, and the evil spirit body has not appeared.

“So, by simply comparing the current situation with past experience, you can also know which stage she has reached.

"Do you still have an impression? You and I, that shared experience."

After being reminded by Zhe Lukui, Hui Yuanchu finally understood: "! Endless Tower!"

"Yes, by analogy, this is the stage when you climbed the tower with Tamaki Yumiko." Orirou Aoi stretched out two fingers, "Ijuin Ayano is still two stages away from completely turning into an evil spirit. The evil spirit body appears. , and the complete ascension of the true spirit.

"And you haven't forgotten our goal, right?
“After the evil spirit appears, and before the true spirit completely ascends, the subtle moment between the two stages is our opportunity to seize the true spirit.

"So just like we helped Yumiko Tamaki, we now want to 'help' Ayano Ijuin into the next stage.

“So, of course we’re going to the ‘prom,’ which is the centerpiece of this dominion.

"In short - if you want to describe it in one sentence, we are already standing at the door of the final stage, right?"

As Orukui said, she reached for the remote control and turned on the TV in the living room.

What is being played on the screen at this time is a live broadcast of the "Graduation Prom" that will be held tonight, organized and organized by the Holy Knot's "News Agency".

The camera lens was sweeping across the entire banquet hall, and finally stopped at the most conspicuous table, closest to the dance floor, and naturally the highest-status table according to unwritten rules.Hui Yuanchu's eyes instantly froze.

There were three figures sitting at the table.

Huang Qiangwei, Sato Yoshiko.

Red Rose, Fujihira Chihiro.

as well as……

Smiling and chatting with the other two people, Bai Qiangwei Qianye met, as if she had never fallen.

Oriuru Aoi's eyes also stayed on Asano Eimi, and finally turned back to Haihara Chu and said: "Besides, do you know the significance of Kudo's visit just now?"

Haiyuan was silent for a moment, staring at Asano Eimi on the TV, and got a definite answer: "What Kudo brought was not only an invitation from Ijuin... but also from the craftsmen."

Zhe Lukui chuckled and said: "...Yes, that's it. The other answer also invites us there."

As if responding to Ori Aoi's words, Asano Eimi on the TV seemed to have noticed the camera and looked back.

——The camera zoomed in instantly, and Asano Eimi, who occupied the entire screen, smiled brightly and brightly at the camera, waving his hands vigorously.

(End of this chapter)