Everyone's Worries / The Three-Person Illusion

"Of course, this is just my guess."

Chapter 312: Each Other's Worries

Hassan of the Hundred Personas is indeed quite skilled at concealment. After all, with an A+ level aura concealment, he can almost be considered completely invisible when he doesn't attack.

Even if Hassan of the Hundred Personas didn't enter the mirror world, the Card Master alone might not be able to find the other party's whereabouts.

After all, Card Master isn't considered a particularly powerful being in the Valoran Continent, and he's not even among the strongest humans.

There are many ways to avoid the detection of card ultimate moves even in the game, and there are also various barriers and defensive measures in this world to block his detection.

Moreover, the Type-Moon universe is based on the concept that mysticism is ineffective against higher levels of mysticism. An A+ level aura concealment is a power close to that of a god, so it's not surprising that it can dodge the Card Master's ultimate move.

However, even if the Card Master's "fate" cannot detect the opponent who has completely hidden himself, it does not mean that Miyauchi Hiyage has no way to capture the opponent's approximate location.

After all, when the opponent appeared, Miyauchi Hiyage had already used the power of Wonder of U to mark the opponent with the Calamity Mark.

The Calamity Torrent is one of the fundamental laws of this world, and it is only because of your Wonder of U that it can be indirectly manipulated by the Miyauchi Hiyage.

To overcome calamity, one must possess a true deity or power from another world; otherwise, no matter how close one gets to a deity, one will still be unable to escape the Law of Calamity.

Therefore, even if the other party is hidden in the Mirror Space, it is still a space derived from the real world and can still be affected by the Calamity Torrent.

Although the Calamity Miyauchi Hiyage cannot directly reveal the exact location of the opponent's hiding place, it is still possible to roughly determine the opponent's hiding place by observing the direction of the Calamity Mark.

After Miyauchi Hiyage gave a general direction, the group of girls made a decision after only a short discussion.

To ensure that Chizuru Ichinose is not affected, the changes in "Shadow Chizuru" must be figured out.

They also have to thoroughly investigate the secrets of this Mirror Theater.

Moreover, Chizuru Ichinose herself had a premonition.

"If I leave like this, perhaps my shadow will not reappear in the Impression Space after this Temporary Palace disappears, but I'm afraid I will never be able to awaken my Persona or Stand again in the future."

She has calmed down a bit now and realized that her denial of her own shadow was essentially a denial of herself.

If she were to leave like this, she might no longer be a complete human being. Even if there were no apparent losses, who knows what impact it might have on her in the future?

For an ordinary person like her, it probably won't have any impact; she can still live her life as before.

However, if placed in the Reverse Side World, the lack of soul and will would likely limit her path in this area.

Chizuru Ichinose began to think.

Perhaps it was because she obtained the Diary and learned the truth about this world from the You Know Who that she realized she was just a "heroine" in a novel or comic, a character created by a higher-level "creator".

She realized that all her preferences, even her ideals, were created under the other person's setting.

This realization made her begin to doubt her own existence, and it was precisely because of this doubt that she began to question her dream of becoming an actress.

Moreover, after witnessing the extraordinary powers that the girls had acquired, Chizuru Ichinose, who had already entered this Reverse Side World, knew that it would be difficult for her to return to her past mindset.

In some ways, she did have some psychological problems, but she hadn't noticed them before.

"So I need to figure out what that 'me' is really thinking, so please help me find her."

Chizuru Ichinose, having expressed her inner turmoil, made a request to several girls.

After hearing Chizuru Ichinose's dilemma, the girls couldn't help but fall silent.

After all, they are all the leading ladies in their respective works.

Sudo Ayami and Chizuru Ichinose are doing relatively well.

After all, they hadn't experienced much pressure from the You Know Who.

Especially Sudo Ayami.

The You Know Who has never seen her work and still knows nothing about his future.

Moreover, given Sudo Ayami's self-destructive nature, she wouldn't care about things like the "future."

She has always been a rather daring person; otherwise, she wouldn't have started thinking about how to use the Death Note on the very first night she got it.

After being "saved" by the You Know Who, she has now become his You Know Who follower and no longer cares about anything else.

Whether she's the female lead or not, it doesn't matter to her at all.

Chizuru Ichinose was mentioned by You Know Who in one or two diary entries about the rental girlfriend plot, which made her realize that she would become a rental girlfriend in the future and fall in love with a college classmate who often rented her out.

Although it was only mentioned once or twice, it made Chizuru Ichinose somewhat doubt herself.

Shinomiya Kaguya and Kasumigaoka Utaha are the type whose boxes were completely opened by the You Know Who.

In the original story, Kaguya Shinomiya inexplicably became obsessed with love and even wanted to give up inheriting the Shinomiya Kaguya Shinomiya Family's fortune, only wanting to be a photographer.

There's also Kasumigaoka Utaha, who is similarly obsessed with love, unable to extricate herself from a two-dimensional otaku and repeatedly crossing her bottom line to pursue him, only to end up as a loser in the end.

After learning that their original future was actually like this, both Shinomiya Kaguya and Kasumigaoka Utaha repeatedly stated in the group chat that it wasn't their opinion.

Shinomiya Kaguya couldn't understand why she had become such a love-struck fool, and Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't understand why so many girls would fall for a guy who was an otaku.

It was only because of the existence of the You Know Who, and the subsequent events concerning the Reverse Side World that stimulated their minds, that they overlooked these matters.

But if we really look at it, their inner thoughts must have been exposed by the appearance of the Diary.

Now that the Chizuru Ichinose's heart has already caused such a commotion, how will their shadows change?

If I encounter my own shadow in the Impression Space in the future, will it cause an even bigger commotion than today?

It was Miyauchi Hiyage who noticed the inner turmoil of the two girls and took the initiative to speak up, interrupting their thoughts.

"Although I can sense that you were discussing something very important just now, and just like Mashiro and your mysterious group chat, it seems that when certain things are mentioned, it can trigger rule-level power to rewrite other people's perceptions, but if you are worried that your inner desires will also run rampant, I don't think you have anything to worry about."

While maintaining the persona of things that "Miyauchi Hiyage" shouldn't know and that he himself is completely unaware of, he also uses the genius persona he has created for himself to attract the attention of Shinomiya Kaguya and Kasumigaoka Utaha.

"If you hadn't realized this, you might still be influenced by the other person when you encounter your own shadows in the future. But now that you've already recognized this, can't you change your perception?"

Miyauchi Hiyage's reminder made Kasumigaoka Utaha suddenly understand.

Indeed, as Miyauchi Hiyage said, her fate was rewritten the moment she obtained the Diary.

Perhaps she would have followed the path in the novel, but now when she sees Aki Tomoya, she doesn't feel any romantic impulse at all. Instead, she only wants to bring Eriri Spencer Sawamura, who has an even more serious romantic mindset, back to her senses.

Of course, if Eriri Spencer Sawamura can't be changed, then she can only let her continue down the path of being a loser.

Anyway, she definitely won't get involved in those messy things anymore.

She has so many things she wants to write about right now, she doesn't have that much time to work for someone else making visual novels for free.

The same principle applies to the flaws in her inner self.

Before she realizes it, her inner anxieties and negative emotions may still have an impact on her.

But now that she's realized it, even if she encounters her own shadow later, that shadow can no longer use those places to break her defenses.

From this perspective, Chizuru Ichinose did indeed scout out a path for them in advance, so that if they encountered a similar situation again, things wouldn't turn out the way they are now.

Shinomiya Kaguya, however, seemed somewhat worried.

After all, her situation is different from Kasumigaoka Utaha's.

She herself knows that her true nature is actually quite fragile, otherwise a personality like Little Kaguya's would have emerged.

To be honest, she seems to have more of a multiple personality disorder than Chizuru Ichinose.

If she were to encounter her own shadow within the Impression Space, stimulating her very essence, she herself didn't know if she could withstand it.

However, Shinomiya Kaguya quickly adjusted her state, and at least on the surface, the other girls could not tell that there was anything wrong with her.

After all, the focus right now is still on the shadow of Chizuru Ichinose's rampage.

"So what should we do now? Go straight to where Shadow Chizuru is hiding and then fight her?"

Shinomiya Kaguya looked at Miyauchi Hiyage again, asking for his thoughts.

"This can be considered a method. Whether it's using force or the verbal skills that protagonists in shonen manga often use, I think as long as we can make that shadow bow down and admit defeat, all of this should be over."

He looked at Chizuru Ichinose: "However, the other party is your hidden true nature, so it should be left to you to decide what to do."

"Although the other party probably harbors extremely high murderous intent towards you right now, if you can't even understand and convince yourself, then even if we outsiders use violent means to forcibly subdue the other party, we probably won't be able to completely solve the problem."

"Of course, with us here, it would be difficult for her to do anything to you even if she wanted to, which is your biggest advantage."

Miyauchi Hiyage then turned around and asked Chizuru Ichinose for her own thoughts.

After hesitating for a moment, Chizuru Ichinose looked at the empty stage in front of her, and then gritted her teeth.

"I still think that 'me' was wrong. Using that method might make me a famous actor quickly, but can using that method to achieve my dream really be considered as personally fulfilling my dream?"

If her grandfather knew about this, he would probably be disappointed in her.

"The other party is currently hiding in this general location, probably inside one of the mirrors. However, I don't know what will happen if we enter these mirror worlds, so you'd better be careful."

Although the area within the Miyauchi Hiyage points, there are still hundreds or even thousands of mirrors in this area.

Even if Miyauchi Hiyage could still use his divination skills to make selections, it would probably take many attempts.

"Let me go in and check the situation first. Even if I'm wrong, I'll at least know what's hidden in those mirrors," Miyauchi Hiyage said, taking out his own Wild Card, adding some effects to it, and then distributing it to a few girls as amulets.

The strongest person on the scene is Miyauchi Hiyage, and the remaining girls together can at least withstand Hassan of the Hundred Personas's attack. In addition, with Wonder of U as a backup plan, there shouldn't be any problems in the short term.

As Miyauchi Hiyage came into contact with the mirror that elicited the strongest reaction from him, he felt as if his consciousness was being pulled away by something.

But this feeling wasn't strong for him, or rather, it completely subsided the moment it arose.

Miyauchi Hiyage immediately thought of his frighteningly high level of mental defense, which he had somehow acquired.

Let alone such methods, even Dragonslaying Holy Sword forged by the main god would become his plaything and submit to him once it entered his mind.

Tohru had used illusion-like techniques in his sparring with him, but they never had any effect on him.

In the Impression Space, which is where the collective consciousness of humanity is stored, one can find many special-grade shadows. Even Satoru Gojo's shadow can be found in the Impression Space, but his own shadow cannot be found at all.

To the point that even Miyauchi Hiyage himself doesn't know the upper limit of his mental defenses.

Then, the next moment, Miyauchi Hiyage felt a sound of a mirror shattering. When he opened his eyes, the huge mirror in front of him, along with dozens of smaller mirrors around it, shattered all at once.

"It seems my strength is a bit too much for these mirrors. I can't enter them directly," Miyauchi Hiyage scratched his hair, then carefully felt the sensation of his will being invaded.

"However, it seems to be just some illusion technique, and there shouldn't be much danger, so would you like to give it a try?"

Chapter 313: The Illusion of Three

Miyauchi Hiyage briefly mentioned the possible illusions that might exist in the mirror, and then added a few more sentences.

"Although my physique is quite special, these mental attacks and illusions have basically no effect on me. I don't know what was originally inside, but there shouldn't be any danger inside. It feels more like a special test to me. If you are confident in your willpower, you can come and give it a try."

"If we want to communicate with the Shadow Chizuru without resorting to violence, I think this is the necessary way."

Furthermore, Miyauchi Hiyage knew that these girls' Diary had the function of dispelling illusions, so there was even less to worry about.

After hearing Miyauchi Hiyage's explanation, the girls exchanged glances; they naturally knew the function of the Diary.

If they really get lost in the illusion, the Diary will definitely help them.

However, the Reading Points consumed is probably not a small number.

They are not yet wealthy enough to squander their Reading Points at will.

Then it was Sudo Ayami was the first to step forward.

"I'll give it a try. After all, I'm the only one here who has awakened Persona."

If it's just a test of willpower, she feels she shouldn't have any problems now that she's awakened her Persona.

Moreover, she did have quite a few Reading Points left. She had completed a lot of commissions in the Impression Space in the past week, and she had saved them up without using them.

Moreover, manipulating Tomoe Gozen to fight those shadows in the Impression Space every night has significantly improved her mental strength and willpower.

In terms of sheer mental strength, even Shinomiya Kaguya has acquired telekinesis, might not be able to surpass her.

In the real world outside, unable to utilize her Persona, she relied on this surge in mental power to successfully master many of the common spells that Shinomiya Kaguya and the others had shared in the group chat. If her strength were to be assessed now, she should be able to barely qualify as a level three Sorcerers.

Moreover, she still carries the Black Rope gloves that the You Know Who gave her, but she hasn't taken them out to use.

The Black Rope can interfere with spells, and theoretically it should also be effective against illusions.

After speaking with several girls, Sudo Ayami, under the instruction of Miyauchi Hiyage, reached her hand into a huge mirror in front of her.

The next moment, her figure seemed to be swallowed up by the mirror and disappeared without a trace.

Miyauchi Hiyage carefully sensed it and concluded that Sudo Ayami had successfully entered the Mirror Space, but he didn't know what she had experienced inside.