I, Den-O, Contract Urban Legend

But why did it appear in the dream?

He walked forward and looked at Kuin with a look of fear on her face, and felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.

Things shouldn't be like this. Even if Kuin has some powerful abilities, no matter how you look at it now, she is just an ordinary girl...

Thinking about it, Inoue Ue clenched his fist unconsciously.

"Sorry, I, I just looked at the cross for a while, and then I had a headache from time to time, and now there is even such a change..."

Headache?

Seeing Kuin's face showing a scared expression, like a child who did something wrong and was about to be scolded, I saw Inoue Ue sighed and replied: "Anyway, stand up first?"

As he said, Inoue Ue reached out to Kuin in front of him, wanting to help her up.

Kuin suddenly showed a horrified expression and shouted loudly: "Jingye, be careful behind you!"

Inoue Ueya had no time to react. At this moment, he felt a hard object hit the back of his head. The strong pain made him fall into a trance. He groaned and fell to the ground.

"Hey, are you okay?" Kuin couldn't help shouting loudly.

"Run away quickly..."

Before losing consciousness, Inoue Ueya vaguely saw Kuin lead away the guy who attacked him from behind, but the other person seemed to be a little similar to one of the people he saw in the execution dream yesterday.

At the same time, Inoue Ueya in the real world showed a painful expression, and the pillow was gradually stained red with blood...

Soon after Kuin led the attacker away, a girl appeared next to the unconscious Inoue Ueya.

If Inoue Ueya was still conscious, he would see a "Kuin" with a severely burned body and golden eyes staring at him with resentful eyes.

She stretched out her hand and seemed to be trying to strangle Inoue Ueya's neck.

When her hands were about to touch Inoue Ueya, a pale blue flame burst out from Inoue Ueya and flew her away.

A flash of surprise flashed in Kuin's eyes. After hesitating for a moment, he finally turned around and left.

...

After a long time, Inoue Ueya opened his eyes. He first looked at his hands, then nodded with satisfaction.

"Well, although I was knocked unconscious, at least I didn't become an elementary school student..."

Fortunately, Inoue Ueya was not knocked out of the dream because of the blow just now. He still had a chance to save Kuin.

He stood up from the grass, "Damn, now is not the time to play with memes. How long have I been unconscious?"

Inoue Ueya knew clearly that he had to act immediately and must not let the same tragedy happen again in front of him.

Although he did wake up, his brain kept sending lingering dizziness and nausea. He was seen staggering in the woods.

Even so, he did not intend to stop.

"We must find Kuin as soon as possible."

Although he had known Kuin for a short time, Inoue Ue had already regarded this girl as a friend. Knowing that she was in danger, how could he sit back and watch?

"At present, I still don't know what happened in the dream, and I don't know why the group of people appeared again, but according to Kuin, it is probably related to her memory..."

Is it because she has to experience the terrible past again in order to restore her memory?

"What a joke..."

Suddenly, Inoue Ue saw a fire in the distance ahead, and vaguely saw several people holding torches and walking towards him step by step, and he couldn't help but frowned.

"Tsk, this situation is really terrible."

The dim environment made Inoue Ueya lost in the woods, and because he was hit on the head just now, he was in an extremely bad state. In his current state, he could hardly even walk, let alone fight. There were hostile guys approaching nearby...

Chapter 100 Until I had to stop

"Huff...Huff..."

Kuin panted and ran desperately in the woods.

The people behind him seemed to prioritize Kuin as a target. When Inoue Ueya was attacked, the other party discovered her existence, and then ignored the fallen Inoue Ueya and rushed towards her suddenly...

Therefore, Kuin thought that as long as she stayed away from Inoue Ueya, he might have a chance to avoid danger, so she ran outside and tried to lead as many people as possible away from him.

"Just hold on for a while, at least let Inoue escape successfully from this world..."

Kuin looked back and saw that there were probably several people chasing her, including the one who attacked Inoue Ueya. They held sticks in their hands, their pupils were dilated to an unusual degree, and their corneas were cloudy, like a dead person. They kept staring at Kuin in front of them, grinning at the same time, revealing an extremely weird smile, and speaking intermittently from time to time.

If Inoue Ueya was there, he would probably remember that the group of people were speaking the incomprehensible language in the previous dream. Although he didn't understand it, Kuin knew clearly what they were saying.

"Catch the witch, let her accept it, and execute her..."

Execution?

Kuin frowned, and felt uneasy for some reason.

"Hmph, you want to catch me like this? You are so naive. Although the woods have become darker, I have been staying here all the time. I am familiar with the environment here better than anyone else. How could I be caught so easily? !”

Although he said so, after running for a while, Ku Yin gradually began to pant and obviously consumed a lot of energy. On the other hand, the person behind him did not change at all. His speed remained unchanged and he still had that weird look on his face. His smile seemed to have endless physical strength.

If this continues, she will be caught soon...

"What a pity, this is also in my calculation!"

Seeing that he was getting closer to the big tree that Inoue Ueya had climbed, Kuyin put on an expression that showed he had a good plan.

"You're stupid, I can climb trees!"

Saying what he learned from Ueya Inoue, Kuyin climbed up the tree with nimble and skillful movements, and then calmly looked at the people under the tree.

The strange crowd stood under the big tree. They did not try to climb the tree to catch Ku Yin, but stared at her in the tree silently with wide eyes, but the strange smiles on their faces did not fade at all.

"Haha, am I completely surrounded now?" Seeing that they did not climb up, Kuyin breathed a sigh of relief.

If you think about it carefully, there really is no safe place in this woods.

——But this is enough.

At least he attracted a lot of people here, so Inoue Ueya's survival rate would be greatly improved, right?

Ku Yin has always been curious about who she was, why they called her a "witch", why they wanted to arrest her and execute her, and why when she found the cross, Inoue Ue suddenly showed a strange expression. expression……

"They must have something to do with my past identity..." Looking at the crowd standing under the big tree with torches in their hands, Ku Yin probably guessed what was going on.

"Although I don't know what happened in the past, I am no longer the same person!"

Hearing this, the crowd under the big tree laughed uncontrollably. The laughter seemed to be mocking Ku Yin's naive idea, which was particularly harsh.

Immediately, they picked up the torch and stretched it towards the big tree. For some reason, the big tree was immediately ignited. The fire expanded at an incredible speed and gradually spread towards her location.

"Really, it's in vain that I was looking forward to visiting Jingye's world one day. It seems that I have no chance now."

Ku Yin showed a helpless smile. She did not struggle at all, but leaned against the tree trunk and closed her eyes.

Perhaps, this is the fate of the "witch"?

"Hey, are you going to give up now? It's not the time to despair yet!"

A familiar voice passed into Ku Yin's ears, causing her to open her eyes again. What came into view was Ueya Inoue. Different from when they parted, now besides his head injury, the movement of his left hand seemed a little bit... His face was unnatural, with several bruises on it, and his face looked extremely pale. He was holding a blood-stained wooden stick in his right hand as he staggered out of the nearby grass.

Seeing the appearance of Inoue Ueya, Ku Yin looked particularly excited, "Inoue, are you an idiot? Since everyone is fine, why do you still come here?"

"Huh? What are you talking about? Isn't it normal to help someone when you see your friend in danger?" Inoue Ueya also raised his head and narrowed his eyes at Ku Yin.

It seems that due to the gradual deterioration of his injuries and the forced fighting just now, Inoue Ueya's vision gradually became blurred, and even Ku Yin who was staying in the tree could not see clearly.

"Besides, the extent of your injuries, Iya—"

"The injury doesn't matter, I will fight until the last moment, and I will continue until I fall..."

Inoue Ueya held the wooden stick in his hand tightly and walked towards the crowd under the big tree step by step with heavy steps.

Although his vision is getting blurry and he can no longer see clearly how many people are in front of him, he can still barely judge the opponent's existence based on the blurry outline he sees, so he can continue to fight...

"Stop! If you continue like this, you will die!" Ku Yin shouted.

"It's so noisy! If you want to talk to Mr. Inoue, then live well and come to me in person! I won't allow you to sacrifice your life so easily!"

Even if I don’t have a belt or have any power, I still want to save the girl in front of me!

"It's up to me to stop them, even if it means risking my life..."

Suddenly, Inoue Ueya felt a sharp pain in his head.

"Ugh!"

[Even if you know there is hell ahead, do you still want to keep going? 】

With a muffled groan, Inoue Ueya heard a voice coming from his mind.

"Isn't this a matter of course? Who would back down like that!"

[Even if there is a possibility of death, don’t you care? 】

"Ha, who is not afraid of death? But if you sit back and ignore it, Mr. Inoue will regret it for the rest of his life, so I will have to keep moving forward until I have to stop..."

Speaking of which, is there a voice that suddenly appears in your head?

"If I guess correctly, you should be my persona, right? Come and make a contract with me. I need the power to save Ku Yin!"

Chapter 101 I am you

Time goes back to earlier, the conversation between future Megumi Kato and Ueya Inoue.

"Ueya-kun, have you ever heard of Personas?"

"Persona?"

Inoue Ueya seemed to have remembered something and showed a surprised expression.

"Personality is a special ability that embodies another self in the heart to fight. Simply put, you can also understand it as an ability similar to a substitute or summoning a familiar..."

Halfway through, Kato Megumi hesitated for a moment, "In short, I can't tell you too many details, but Ueya-kun does have the possibility of awakening, and the dream you mentioned is probably a suitable one for you. A place of awakening.”

I saw Ue Inoue also deep in thought.

The "Personal Mask" of the Goddess series, I really didn't expect that this kind of ability still exists in this world.

When he intervened in the Tenjin incident and traveled to the past, the clown leader suit he wore was just a copy of the suit he asked Miss Sadako to imitate. In fact, that series of games does not exist in this world at all.

Since Megumi Kato can express this concept and express that he has the possibility of awakening...

——So, it is very likely that I will have this power in the future?

"Having combat ability is indeed a good thing, but it can't prevent the opponent from disappearing, right?" Inoue Ueya asked doubtfully.

"Really, even though I can't protect myself, now is the time to worry about other girls!"

Kato Kei puffed up her cheeks and seemed a little dissatisfied with him.

"I'm not sure whether the witch can be rescued, but assuming that the dreamer really went berserk, the ability to use the persona should also be able to free her, right?"

Inoue Ueya was silent for a while, took a deep breath, and finally nodded helplessly and responded: "I understand."

In front of him, Inoue Ueya's expression became depressed. Kato Megumi sighed, and then said in a serious tone: "Listen! Don't let yourself leave any regrets! Say what you want to say and do what you want to do." "Follow your heart" is the best way to awaken your persona! "

"I understand the truth, but why do you make it sound like Mr. Inoue is about to die?"

"Well, when the time comes, you will naturally understand."

"ha?"

…

"Conclude a contract?"

At this time, Inoue Ueya finally came to his senses and felt that his face seemed to be covered by something.

[Come on, take off your mask, call my name, and then resist the oncoming fate...]

A strange voice sounded from his head, a voice that sounded slightly feminine.