I, Den-O, Contract Urban Legend

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Inoue Ueya was confused.

Although he knew that he seemed to be awakening now, what was the name of his personality mask?

When he was distracted just now, he seemed to hear something vaguely, but he didn't hear it clearly...

Looking at the crowd in front of him gradually approaching him, he realized that he was in an awkward situation.

"Well, what's your name?"

[Huh? Didn't I say it? You didn't get distracted just now, did you? ]

"Sorry, can you say it again?"

In fact, it's not just a matter of distraction. Inoue Ueya has persisted for so long, and finally he was affected by the injury, and his consciousness gradually faded.

[Be careful in front! ]

Swoosh——

I saw a wooden stick swinging, and Inoue Ueya barely avoided the attack, looking at the crowd in front of him vigilantly.

[In short, put the name aside for the time being. You can probably guess after seeing my appearance, take off the mask first! 】

"Well, I understand..."

Inoue Ueya swallowed his saliva, grabbed the mask on his face with his right hand, and tried to take it off.

"Hiss, it hurts, it hurts--"

The mask was like a part of Inoue Ueya's body, firmly attached to his face. When he wanted to take off the mask, he felt an unspeakable pain, which made his movements slow down unconsciously...

[Hurry up! Don't dawdle, don't you want to save that girl? 】

--Yes, Kuin is still waiting for me...

Inoue Ueya made up his mind and tore the personality mask off his face in one breath. As the mask fell off, the wound caused by the tearing bleeds and completely covers his face, and his eyes glow with golden light.

He looked down at the personality mask in his hand carefully. This mask is exactly the same as the one that Inoue Ueya asked Miss Sadako to imitate. It is a half-face mask in the shape of a white bird, and the eyes have a black frame.

"Hmm, is this the captain's mask..."

Inoue Ueya raised his head and looked at the crowd in front of him silently. He saw blue flames coming out of his body, gradually covering his entire body, and the blood on his face disappeared instantly as if evaporated by the flames.

The flames covering Inoue Ueya broke away and formed a tall figure behind him.

[I am you, you are me, if you want to resist the fate in front of you, then let me help you! 】

Inoue Ueya turned his head and looked, his pupils shrank.

What came into view was a demon wearing a red evening dress, with black horns and wings. There was no doubt that this was the personality mask "Yasen".

What? It turned out to be the material for synthesis teaching?

"Then I'll leave the battle to you..."

Yasen nodded, then rushed forward and started fighting with the crowd.

Since it is a personality mask, it should be suitable for Yasen to deal with the people who appeared out of thin air in the dream, right?

There is no doubt that the crowd in front of him is definitely not real human beings, and this is a special dream. They are probably some kind of projection in Kuin's subconscious?

"Their nature is a bit similar to the personality mask, but it should be closer to the concept of "shadow"? "

The blue flame flickered in the crowd, and all the people knocked down by Yasen turned into ashes and dissipated with the wind.

"Shadow" is another concept in the Goddess series. In simple terms, it is the part of the heart that is most unwilling to accept and admit, similar to the existence of the inner demon. Since he can awaken the personality mask here, the shadow may also be possible...

But Kuin has lost her memory. According to common sense, she should not be able to produce such a shadow, unless she is resisting the recovery of her memory. If so, I am afraid that I will have to deal with more than just the weird crowd in front of me. Kuin's real "shadow" is likely to exist somewhere in this dream.

"Well, I think I think too much..."

Inoue Ueya came back to his senses and saw that Yasen had knocked down all the people in front of him, but the forest was still dark and did not return to its original sunny state.

Chapter 102: Face the Past

Watching Yasen rescue Kuin from the tree, Inoue Ueya finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"So handsome, is this strange creature with wings summoned by Inoue?" Kuin was looking up and down at Yasen in front of him, his eyes shining.

"Hey, I am a strange creature?" Yasen pointed at himself a little puzzled.

"Kuin, don't worry about that kind of thing for now, aren't you injured?" Inoue Ueya said worriedly.

Looking carefully at Inoue Ueya in front of him, Kuin found that he was pale, his left hand was hanging down, and his movements were a little unnatural, as if he had a fracture.

"No, no, no, Inoue, you are the one who needs to be worried, right?"

Inoue Ueya smiled slightly, shook his head, and replied: "Don't worry, my injury is not a problem, I hope you are okay."

If he was injured, then he could return to reality for treatment, but Kuin could not escape from the dream, if she was injured, it would be a bit troublesome.

Moreover, if the dream problem is not solved one day, Kuin may be attacked again at any time...

Inoue Ueya still couldn't calm down when looking at the dark night sky. He didn't know how long he could stay in this dream. He had to find the reason for the dream change as soon as possible.

"The problem now is still the dream change. Kuin, do you have any clues?"

"I..."

Ku Yin was hesitant to speak, with a hesitant expression on his face.

Inoue Ueya sighed, then walked forward, raised his right hand and pinched her cheek hard.

"Ah, it hurts!"

Ku Yin exclaimed, reaching out to cover the pinched cheek, with a hint of confusion in his eyes.

"If something happens, just say it. We are friends, right?"

"Well, if I do something that violates our agreement, will you be angry, Iye?" Ku Yin asked in a tentative tone.

It is estimated that Ku Yin is probably talking about her secretly running to touch the cross.

"Idiot, of course Mr. Inoue will be angry! At least tell me about your discomfort, and I can think of a way to solve the problem just by staying here!"

Inoue Ueya shook his head, then reached out and tapped Ku Yin's head gently.

"No, Iiya, your reaction is completely different from the unfolding of the story. Shouldn't you forgive me at this time?" Ku Yin looked stunned.

"Isn't this a natural thing? In short, tell me everything you have encountered so far in detail!"

As a result, Ku Yin told Inoue Ueya everything about the cross he had secretly touched out of curiosity, the headache symptoms that appeared from time to time, and the scattered memories that emerged in his mind.

"Well, apart from the headache, there shouldn't be any changes in your body, right?"

Although Ueya Inoue claimed that he was very angry, the eyes he looked at Ku Yin were not angry at all, but full of worry.

"No, don't worry about it!"

"That's good……"

As he spoke, Inoue Ueya fell into deep thought.

Now that Ku Yin's memory is recovering, it's probably not strange that things from the past appear in this dream, right?

but--

When Ku Yin completely regains her memory, will she still be the same person she is now?

Thinking of this, Inoue Ueya couldn't help but become silent.

"Anyway, let's walk around first, maybe we can find something..."

Yasen, who was standing aside without speaking, suddenly shook his head and pointed to the place directly in front of him, "No need to bother, the key person has already appeared in front of you."

Hearing this, the two of them subconsciously looked in the direction Yasen pointed.

What came into view was another Kuyin, but the "Kuyin" in front of her was completely different from the one Inoue Ueya remembered.

Her eyes were full of resentment, and she had many severe burn marks on her body. Even her lips and eyelids were missing. She looked exactly like a character from a horror game...

Well, since Ku Yin's origin is related to Corpse Party, this style of painting should be considered normal...probably.

But these are not the important points. Inoue Ueya also saw the golden light shining in "Ku Yin"'s eyes. For some reason, his intuition told him that this did not seem to be a normal phenomenon.

[Don’t be careless. Although I haven’t actually seen the real thing, the existence in front of me can be regarded as a "shadow". I have such a feeling. 】

"I understand, then prepare to fight..."

Immediately, Inoue Ueya tensed up again, holding the wooden stick in his hand and staring at the shadow Ku Yin in front of him.

Shadow Kuyin stared at Kuyin next to Inoue Ueya, a flash of anger flashed in his eyes, "Why do you resist recalling the memories of the past? That resentment... your hatred for human beings, how can you just forget it!"

"Ku Yin" faced his own body with an angry expression.

"Eh?" Ku Yin's eyes widened slightly. When she saw the girl in front of her who looked similar to her but was covered in bruises, she froze on the spot, not knowing how she should react.

Inoue Ueya wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, his throat seemed to be choked by something. After hesitating for a moment, he still couldn't say anything.

After all, the "shadow" in front of her is also a part of Ku Yin's heart. Inoue Ueya believes that she cannot answer her question on Ku Yin's behalf. It should be faced by Ku Yin herself.

Moreover, if the shadow is directly eliminated, Ku Yin's own consciousness may also be affected...

At this point, the best way is to let Ku Yin face her. Whether it is to solve the changes in the dream or to free Ku Yin, she still needs to face her past in person.

So Inoue Ueya explained to Ku Yin beside him: "The existence in front of you is probably similar to the dark side of your heart from the past. It is up to you to decide how to face her."

"I……"

Ku Yin was still a little confused.

Because of the strange change in the dream, Ku Yin probably guessed what she had experienced in the past. However, for this reason, she gradually became a little resistant to recovering her memory. She preferred to recall the terrible memories of the past. You can continue to stay with Inoue Ueya and just be a girl who has lost her memory.

but……

Since you can't escape it, just face it head on!

So Ku Yin nodded, stepped towards his shadow, and responded: "Understood, I will accept the memory of the past, but I will overcome the past and return to Jingya again!"

The "shadow" was seen with a sneer on its face, disdainful of what its own body said.

"You have such a strong tone, you actually want to eliminate my existence? Then just try it, maybe you will be the one who is swallowed up!"

Chapter 103 Arsen?

A white light flashed, and Kuin merged with the "shadow", and memories gradually emerged from Kuin's mind.

Because of her identity as a "witch", she was captured and nailed to the cross, and was let down until she was dying, and finally died at the stake...

Kuin closed her eyes and frowned.

"Am I, have I died a long time ago?"

After a moment of silence, she sighed. She no longer had the hatred for the people who killed her.

——It doesn't matter anymore.

"Although I want to stay with Jingye, even for a while, it's just..."

As if noticing her change, cracks began to appear in the sky and the ground in the dream, and the surrounding things began to dissipate, including Kuin herself.

She turned her head to look at Inoue Ueya, and Kuin showed a reluctant expression on her face. Recalling the past ten days, a trace of reluctance flashed in her eyes, because she knew clearly that she probably had no chance to return to the ordinary days with him.

Inoue Ueya narrowed his eyes and put on a puzzled expression. Because of his serious overdrawn body, his vision was blurred and his hearing became deaf due to severe tinnitus. Especially after summoning the personality mask, it was a bit difficult for him to continue standing there.

"Hey, are you okay? Did you successfully recover your memory?"

Yasen, who was standing next to him, witnessed everything in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and finally did not explain the current situation to Inoue Ueya.

Kuin forced a smile, and saw her walk to the confused Inoue Ueya, then showed a bright smile, opened her arms and hugged him tightly.

"If possible, I really want to see the world you said, but it should be impossible now..."

"Hey, Kuin, are you really okay?" Inoue Ueya frowned, vaguely seeing the light flashing on Kuin's body, and his heart couldn't help but panic.

"Goodbye, Inoue."

Suddenly, Inoue Ueya's eyes went black and he lost consciousness.

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