Shadow Chizuru's Purpose

She is definitely not Hoshino Ai, who is not very bright and would enter the Idol industry at a young age out of curiosity about "love".

The university she is currently attending Nerima University, can be considered a prestigious institution. The fact that she persevered and was able to get into this university despite the numerous changes in her family situation shows that she must be quite intelligent.

Perhaps it's because she overthinks things that she experiences this conflicted feeling.

She obtained the diary more than a month ago, and in that month, she cultivated confidence through the Diary, which led to the Chizuru Ichinose is today.

Otherwise, if Chizuru Ichinose had been in university, she would probably have been even more conflicted about her future development and would have ended up making money and honing her acting skills by renting out girlfriends.

However, if an actor is exposed for having worked as a rented girlfriend before their debut, given the current media environment in the Japanese entertainment industry, it will not be so easy for them to get suitable scripts in the future.

In the original work Chizuru Ichinose seems to be heading towards stage plays. Actors who go in this direction may not become very famous, but it is still a good direction.

Similarly, Miyauchi Hiyage could probably guess Chizuru Ichinose's true inner struggle—there's nothing wrong with her liking acting.

However, she also secretly hopes to fulfill her grandparents' expectations and wishes by becoming a well-known actress. With her talent and potential, although the process may be somewhat tortuous, she should eventually be able to reach that point.

But at the same time, she doesn't want her future life to be disturbed too much; she just wants to live a peaceful life as an actor.

It was this inner turmoil that caused her negative emotions to manifest in this way in her Impression Space.

According to Miyauchi Hiyage's perception, Chizuru Ichinose's shadow is currently located at the deepest part of this Temporary Palace, and should still be watching the situation from afar.

Miyauchi Hiyage continued to explain, "My eyes can see things that ordinary people can't. I can see some of the trajectory of fate in you, but I can't see any of that in these 'Chizuru,' so I think this shouldn't be your real shadow."

"After all, there are many such shadows in space that exist based on cognition, and even if they are removed, it will not affect people in reality."

Chizuru Ichinose was still somewhat unsure about Miyauchi Hiyage's speculation, but she couldn't find a more reasonable explanation at the moment.

She looked at herself performing diligently on stage.

They were discussing so loudly offstage, while those onstage were still continuing their story.

Upon closer inspection, there are indeed some signs of stiffness.

"So how can we see the real shadow, and what should we do about these shadows?"

Miyauchi Hiyage shrugged.

"This scene should still be going on for a while. Let's check on the situation of the people on stage after this scene is over before making any preparations."

Miyauchi Hiyage pointed at the awkwardly performing Chizuru on stage. "Given how they're performing on stage, I think we'll see how it goes after the performance ends."

Of course, if Miyauchi Hiyage wanted to break the deadlock, he could simply use his Unlimited Blade Works to directly confront this Temporary Palace.

This temporary space couldn't withstand his relentless barrage of Unlimited Blade Works attacks.

Let alone using Unlimited Blade Works, even if it were just a simple fantasy collapse, this Temporary Palace probably wouldn't be able to withstand too much firepower.

However, Miyauchi Hiyage is now acting as a mentor, and if she wants these girls to grow up quickly, she can't use such harsh methods.

This time, he only planned to analyze the situation in this world and act as an assistant. At most, he would play with the card magic of the Card Master. He wondered if these girls could solve the incident relatively independently.

Although Miyauchi Hiyage didn't explicitly state his thoughts, Shinomiya Kaguya, seeing that Miyauchi Hiyage n't seem inclined to make a move, roughly understood his intentions.

Although it was a bit of a shame that she might not get to see Miyauchi Hiyage make a move, she focused even more intently on watching the performance on stage.

Sudo Ayami glanced at Miyauchi Hiyage again.

As expected, this man is not as simple as he seems.

The opponent's strength is clearly close to the Special Grade level, so in theory, this Temporary Palace shouldn't be a particularly difficult place for Miyauchi Hiyage.

From this perspective, the other party does indeed share some similarities with that You Know Who.

Furthermore, the detailed understanding of their experiences that Miyauchi Hiyage occasionally displays seems somewhat illogical upon closer examination, even if the other party possesses eyes that can see through fate.

Therefore, it is only natural that Sudo Ayami harbored a deep-seated suspicion about Miyauchi Hiyage's true identity.

However, now doesn't seem like a good time to test the waters. Let's wait until they've dealt with this Temporary Palace first.

Meanwhile, Chizuru Ichinose couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed after hearing what Miyauchi Hiyage said.

These acting skills she displayed were based on her own acting abilities.

It is precisely because of my own lack in this area that my portrayal of these roles has deviated so much.

If she was truly "taken care of" because of her acting skills, she felt it was also due to her own shortcomings.

Chizuru Ichinose continued to watch the performance on stage, feeling ashamed.

Shinomiya Kaguya even took out her phone and filmed these things, then posted some clips in the Chat Group to share the situation with the girls.

It has to be said that Shinomiya Kaguya might actually have a bit of a photographer's talent.

No wonder she had the idea of becoming a photographer in the original work.

The film itself is an hour and a half long, but the time was compressed and a lot of things were omitted in the stage play. So, after more than an hour, the performance on stage finally came to an end.

Although the story is from half a century ago, this type of tragic love story doesn't fade much with time.

Even though the performances of the Chizuru Ichinose were somewhat unsatisfactory, Chizuru, as the female lead, still did her best to fulfill her mission and character design.

When the story ended, the audience gave a sparse round of applause.

"These Chizuru seem quite nervous too. It looks like the main character is about to appear," Miyauchi Hiyage clapped her hands lightly, reminding the girls.

The girls immediately sat up straight, especially Chizuru Ichinose, who was even more nervous.

Sure enough, after waiting for a few minutes, a harsh reprimand came from the other side of the stage.

"With this level of performance, did you even put your heart into rehearsing? It's outrageous that our guests had to see such a terrible show!"

The voice was still very distinctive, but the tone of voice was much more unfriendly.

Several people looked in the direction of the sound.

Then Chizuru Ichinose stared in astonishment at herself, who looked only 15 or 16 years old.

Although she had basically completed puberty by the time she was fifteen or sixteen, at first glance she doesn't look much different from how she is now.

However, at that time, her family had not yet experienced any changes, and she looked much more naive than she does now, when she has to consider all sorts of things.

Seemingly sensing the gazes of Miyauchi Hiyage and the others, the younger Chizuru Ichinose walked over. Although she was slightly shorter than the original Chizuru Ichinose, she exuded an aura of superiority.

"As audience members and guests of the theater, do you think there's anything about our theater's programs that needs improvement?"

Chapter 310: The Purpose of Shadow Chizuru

Miyauchi Hiyage looked at the suddenly appearing true Shadow Chizuru, the power of Wonder of U also locked onto the target at that moment.

It seems this one is indeed the real deal.

And only such truly existing beings can be Wonder of U.

The NPCs on the stage are consumables that can be replenished instantly after use; Wonder of U power cannot be locked onto those NPCs at all.

Although he had already explored the entire map, there seemed to be many special mirrors that he could pass through in this theater composed of countless mirrors. Perhaps the previous Shadow Chizuru was hiding in a space within one of the mirrors. Therefore, even with the full map open, he could only see this group of NPC Chizuru created based on the Shadow Chizuru's perception in this theater, and could not find any trace of her.

But now that the other party has shown up on their own, it's not a problem to tag them to make tracking easier.

It can be said that as long as he has an idea now, he can make the torrent of calamity work on Shadow Chizuru.

And no matter how far the other party runs, as long as they are still in this world, they cannot escape the pursuit of calamity.

For guests like Tohru from another world, the Calamity Torrent will gradually lose track of them during the tracking process.

Because the two worlds are different yet equal, the Wonder of U represent only the Calamity Power of this world, which is why Tohru says that his mastery of the power of the rules is not comprehensive enough.

If one grasps the true Law of Calamity, then even if one travels to a completely new world, one can rely on the power of one's own rules to mobilize the power within one's body, or even directly rewrite the rules of that world.

But the only flaw of Wonder of U is that they cannot work on forces that do not belong to this world.

This could refer to either the soft and wet transcendence in the story, whose bubbles are based on "lines" that do not exist in this world, or it could be said to be composed of strings in "string theory," so the Wonder of U cannot affect it.

It also refers more broadly to powers from other worlds.

For example, Kasumigaoka Utaha has gained water affinity, Ayase Saki has gained Wand Ayase Saki has gained Shinomiya Kaguya.

Their power comes from their Diary, and it is indeed a special power from outside the world.

While Wonder of U can still bring calamity upon them, if they use methods from outside the world to avoid it, the calamity may be unable to handle these incomprehensible changes, potentially causing system crashes and requiring you to repeatedly inflict the calamity upon them.

It's like going from automatically applying DoT skills to requiring manual operation.

But Impression Space is a different story.

After all, the Impression Space originates from the Sea of Souls of Sea of Souls in turn comes from the collective unconscious of humanity. If we include the Type-Moon faction, it might also have some connection to the Alaya faction.

Perhaps for this reason, the Persona summoned today are all in the form of the Heroic Spirits from the Throne of Heroes.

But no matter what, this is a small world derived from the power that this world originally possesses. So even if Wonder of U power is restricted in the Impression Space, as long as you can lock onto the target, you can keep automatically tracking it.

After marking the area, Miyauchi Hiyage didn't do anything else, leaving the scene to the other girls.

The girls also noticed the difference between this Shadow Chizuru and the other shadows.

After all, this Chizuru looks much younger than the current Chizuru, and you can tell the problem at a glance.

"So you are my shadow, the negative emotions and desires within me?"

Chizuru Ichinose looked at her former self and asked her a question.

"Now that you know this, what do you want to do?" Shadow Chizuru gently tossed her long hair.

Chizuru Ichinose, seeing the other person's indifference, then expressed her thoughts. "I don't want to do anything to you, because you are simply another side of me, essentially the desires within myself that I don't want to expose to others."

"I just wanted to know how my negative emotions would manifest in this world, but I never expected it to end like this."

Chizuru Ichinose spoke, she looked at her three-year-younger self and felt as if she had lived through another world.

"So now you see, this is what I am now," Shadow Chizuru said, her tone still not very friendly. "Then you should go back now."

Upon hearing this, Chizuru Ichinose quickly told herself the information she had received on her mobile app.

"Wait, I just received a message that this is just a Temporary Palace, and danger could arise at any time. In fact, if I leave here now, this space might collapse. So you have to leave this place with me."

She tried to persuade the Shadow Chizuru in front of her to leave with her. Although she didn't know why the shadowy figure had become the owner of this theater, or where this theater came from, she had to get the shadowy figure out of there.

Otherwise, when this world begins to collapse, no one knows whether the Shadow Chizuru left behind will encounter any accidents.

But all she received was a denial from Shadow Chizuru.

"If you want me to leave here, then I have no choice but to refuse."

"Perhaps for you, this palace will disappear once you leave this place, but for me, this is the most suitable place for me."

"Moreover, I think our goals for future development are quite aligned, and perhaps you can help me in some ways."

"After all, we're all striving to become famous actors, aren't we?"

Hearing this, Chizuru Ichinose was somewhat moved.

She was initially worried that her traumatized self might say something cruel like "I don't like acting at all," which would provoke her.

But now that she knows the other person has the same idea, she can't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Shadow Chizuru paused for a moment, then looked at the NPC Chizuru on the stage who had been trembling ever since she appeared, and asked Chizuru Ichinose below the stage, "So what do you think of our performance on stage just now?"

"Don't worry about my opinion, just say what you really think. I know how their performance was."

Chizuru Ichinose was momentarily stunned by the sudden change of topic, but she quickly responded.

"To be honest, it was pretty bad. The acting was far inferior to that of the actors in the original movie."

"But this is my current acting skill level. I really don't have much experience right now, and I can't play that many roles well at all. So what methods do you want to use to improve their acting skills?"

Chizuru Ichinose looked at herself in front of her with a slight sense of unease.

The other person not only looked exactly the same as her back then in terms of height and appearance, but was even wearing the same school uniform she wore in her third year of junior high school.

Standing in front of her like this, she herself began to doubt whether she was really meeting her younger self from junior high school.

At that time, although her parents had divorced, she still had the company of her grandparents, which helped her to cheer up again.

If she were given a choice, she would truly wish she could return to that carefree summer, so that she could prevent the car accident that led to her grandfather's death.

Perhaps that's why her inner shadow manifested in this form.

Upon hearing the question from Chizuru Ichinose, the real Chizuru, the Shadow Chizuru casually clapped her hands.

"I don't have that much time to let these guys slowly hone their acting skills. I can only say that if these guys aren't good enough, then I'll just bring in another batch of guys."

She looked at the NPCs on the stage and let out a disdainful snort.

"You all heard that, didn't you? My true form has already given its evaluation of you. You guys all failed miserably in your performance just now!"