You Just Said My Name, Didn't You?

Then her encounter with Miyauchi Hiyage clearly followed the path of Kento Nanami, a first-level Sorcerers who had a good relationship with Miyauchi Hiyage. Nanami Kento noticed Miyauchi Hiyage being harassed by Vengeful Spirit while carrying out a mission in Beika Town, and took care of the trouble for her. He also realized Miyauchi Hiyage's talent and established some contact with her because of this.

"As expected, the illusion is too idealistic. Even if reality were to unfold exactly as it does in the illusion, I'm afraid I still wouldn't be able to do what I did in the illusion." Shinomiya Kaguya shook her head.

Given her personality, even if she had noticed Miyauchi Hiyage before, she probably wouldn't have paid much attention to him.

After all, who would have thought that a teenager who started out making online videos would have such amazing talent on the path to becoming a superhuman?

He was a Level 1 Transcendental Being upon awakening, and within half a month he had reached the Special Level. Moreover, his ability was the mysterious and powerful force of fate.

If she could so accurately predict Miyauchi Hiyage's awakening, then the one who awakened the power of destiny shouldn't be Miyauchi Hiyage, but her.

However, this is a common practice for people who grow up in large families.

As one of Japan's top conglomerates, the Shinomiya Conglomerate Shinomiya Family does gamble on future development, but what they prefer to do is directly acquire companies in emerging industries that have clearly demonstrated their potential.

Those individuals or companies that haven't demonstrated potential naturally don't need further attention.

Shinomiya Kaguya pondered her future attitude towards those unknown superhumans, then shifted the topic to their current situation.

"So, are we going to continue challenging these illusions?"

"Although I can feel that my mental strength has indeed improved, experiencing such an illusion is really exhausting. If I keep doing this, the efficiency seems to be quite slow," Shinomiya Kaguya asked Miyauchi Hiyage, wanting to know if the other party had any other methods.

Of course, the more important reason is that if they keep doing this, and they never manage to break free from the illusion on their own, it will cost several Reading Points each time, and she can't afford that expense now.

Moreover, it seems that every time they challenge the illusion, a new wave of people wearing skull masks will spawn in the theater to assassinate them.

However, because of Miyauchi Hiyage's presence, these guys were killed by Miyauchi Hiyage in just two or three strikes as soon as their attack began, without any surprises.

After all, so many things have been projected over the past few days, and all sorts of skills have been instilled into Miyauchi Hiyage's body. Miyauchi Hiyage's swordsmanship has improved considerably compared to half a month ago.

Even if a top-tier fighter were standing in front of him right now, he could still exchange blows with the opponent for several rounds based solely on his physique and swordsmanship.

These lowly soldiers, who weren't even worthy of being called clones of Hassan of the Hundred Personas, were hardly a problem for Miyauchi Hiyage.

Miyauchi Hiyage shrugged at this.

"Either I tear down this Mirror Theater, in which case it will be difficult to get Ms. Ichinose's shadow back, or I do what you're doing now and follow the rules of this theater."

As he said this, his gaze fell on Chizuru Ichinose.

"But if we're talking about a quicker way, then I'm afraid the only option is for Ms. Ichinose to try it."

"This Temporary Palace is closely related to Shadow Chizuru. Most importantly, what Shadow Chizuru wants to do most right now is to 'kill' Ichinose-san. So if Ichinose-san enters the illusion, she will probably be able to access the more core things in these illusions."

"If Ichinose-san can break free from the illusion's shackles, I think even if that Shadow Chizuru wanted to kill Ichinose-san again, she probably wouldn't be able to."

"But if we do that, it will probably put a lot of pressure on Ms. Ichinose's mental health, and no one knows how much authority Shadow Chizuru has in the illusion."

The girls' eyes immediately fell on Chizuru Ichinose.

Chizuru Ichinose, who had been silent until now, hesitated for only a few seconds after hearing Miyauchi Hiyage's words before nodding to indicate that she had no problem.

After all, it was she who initially wanted to find her own shadow.

As a result, this situation has arisen. As the one who paved the way for the girls, she cannot back down at this point.

So she glanced at her Diary.

There are also more than 10 Reading Points inside.

Those girls spent a maximum of 3 Reading Points at a time.

Even if her situation is a bit special, 10 Reading Points should be enough for her to escape the illusion.

With that thought in mind, she made her decision.

"Let me give it a try. After all, that guy has been hiding inside the interface and refuses to come out. He's just using these minions to harass us. If we stay here, we don't know how much time he'll waste."

During the conversation, several more Assassin hidden in the shadows emerged, only to be easily dealt with by Miyauchi Hiyage.

However, before Chizuru Ichinose tried it, Shinomiya Kaguya tried it one more time.

After all, she didn't have much resistance to illusions before, but now that she's experienced it once, even though she forcibly broke free using her Reading Points, she's gained some experience.

She also wanted to test whether all the hallucinations a person experiences are exactly the same.

However, it is quite obvious that no two illusions here are the same.

Last time, she successfully subdued Miyauchi Hiyage's illusion, but this time it was her who had been pampered at home since childhood, and her father had personally raised her since she was a child.

The current generation of the Shinomiya Family is completely different from the tense relationship they have now; they can be described as having a harmonious and respectful relationship as brothers.

Although this time it didn't involve the Reverse Side World, in a way, it could be considered a more perfect world.

In the illusion, she almost completely maintained the form of Little Kaguya, but fortunately, she had become Little Kaguya more than once herself, so she had a certain premonition about this state.

Therefore, she could feel a strong sense of unease throughout this illusion. It could be said that the fabricated story in the illusion had only just begun when she realized that there was something wrong with this kind of life, and she successfully recovered from the illusion.

Unfortunately, although he successfully broke through the illusion, he did not awaken his Persona as a result.

"However, my mental strength is still increasing. As long as I can realize the problem with the illusion, breaking through it won't be too difficult."

Shinomiya Kaguya seemed to have gained a lot of experience. In the subsequent attempts, even when she encountered completely different illusions each time, she was able to wake up within five minutes without consuming any more Reading Points.

If she's allowed to keep scrolling like this, she'll probably be here forever, experiencing every single illusion in the entire theater.

This action even made Kasumigaoka Utaha a little tempted, so she went over and tried it again.

However, her efficiency was indeed not as high as Shinomiya Kaguya's. Shinomiya Kaguya could finish in four or five minutes, while she would struggle in the illusion for seven or eight minutes almost every time, and in the end, she could not guarantee that she would be able to break out of the illusion.

It can be said that if she does not see Miyauchi Hiyage in the illusion, she has a greater than 70% chance of breaking free from the illusion. However, if Miyauchi Hiyage appears in the illusion, the difficulty for her to break free will increase exponentially.

Even Kasumigaoka Utaha herself didn't expect that Miyauchi Hiyage would have such a place in her heart.

Chapter 315: You just mentioned my name, right?

After gradually becoming familiar with the mechanics of the illusions, Shinomiya Kaguya was able to deal with them with ease.

To her regret, however, these illusions that directly questioned her inner self, even after she broke free of them on her own, did not awaken her Persona.

Perhaps this is because she did not face these illusions with her true self, but rather used her relatively strong mental power to forcibly capture the anomalies in the illusions and thus break free from them, without investing too much emotion in these illusions.

Kasumigaoka Utaha challenges the illusions in this way. Each time, she faces the illusion with her true self and truly immerses herself in the illusion. Therefore, no one can compare to her in terms of the time it takes to break free from the illusion or the chance of breaking free.

Kasumigaoka Utaha herself couldn't possibly reveal that her inner conflict had somehow become Miyauchi Hiyage, so she could only helplessly admit that her mental strength wasn't strong enough to escape successfully every time.

After consuming more than ten Reading Points, Kasumigaoka Utaha noticed that the frequency of Miyauchi Hiyage's appearances in the illusion was increasing, and the storyline in the illusion was becoming more and more strange. When the normal plot of a love triangle and a loser was about to turn into the style of those literary and sadomasochistic novels, she decisively chose to stop trying to continue.

She could only explain that as a creator, she had seen too many messy works for inspiration, which affected her mind, and that's why the content of these fantasy worlds became increasingly unbearable.

If she continues to try, she might really be unable to speak to Miyauchi Hiyage at school anymore.

Shinomiya Kaguya, on the other hand, tried several more times before finally stopping with a frown.

"It doesn't seem to be working," she shook her head.

"Previously, each time I broke free from the illusion, my mental strength would improve slightly, but it seems that since the tenth time, my mental strength has not improved at all, and the content in the illusion has started to become perfunctory."

"It seems that the limit for this illusion is probably only ten times per person." Shinomiya Kaguya said with some regret.

Although each illusion might only bring a few percent boost, it happened every five or six minutes. After an hour, her overall mental strength had increased by nearly 20 to 30 percent compared to before.

This is much more efficient than her meditating at home.

Because Fubuki's own aptitude is limited to this level, even after meditating for a month, she might not be able to improve her mental strength by even half a percent.

If she can maintain this upward trend, the hundreds of mirrors in the Mirror Theater that create illusions will probably allow her mental strength to reach a level close to the Special Grade.

Unfortunately, this quantity limit dashed her hopes.

After trying again and confirming that her mental strength had not changed, Shinomiya Kaguya Kasumigaoka Utaha looked regretfully at the people around her and asked Kasumigaoka Utaha.

"You only have ten chances in total. I remember you've already tried six or seven times, right? Aren't you going to use up the rest?"

In response, Kasumigaoka Utaha awkwardly waved her hand. "I don't have your unwavering will. The difficulty of the illusion keeps increasing. I had a chance to see through the illusion a few times before, but it gets harder and harder later on. Besides, mental strength isn't that important to me."

The water affinity she gained also came with a faint trace of divinity. Although this faint divinity seemed meaningless and couldn't even play a role in the illusion, it gave her the ability to steadily increase her mental strength even without cultivation or meditation.

Even if she didn't take this shortcut, she would only be slowing down her progress by a month.

Compared to the mental torment she experienced in those illusions, she felt she shouldn't push her limits anymore.

Neither of them dared to challenge the illusion anymore, so their gaze returned to Chizuru Ichinose.

Judging from the content of the illusion, they probably have no way of finding Shadow Chizuru's whereabouts through the illusion.

It seems the only way to resolve this Mirror Theater is to have Chizuru Ichinose take charge herself.

However, they still had some concerns.

After all, Chizuru Ichinose is currently just an ordinary girl with little fighting ability.

Ripple Breathing, Breathing Swordsmanship, and Kusanagi Style martial arts only give her the ability to fight back against ordinary people, making her at most a level 4 superhuman.

As the only ordinary person in the Impression Space, she has almost no chance of succeeding in challenging the illusion.

Moreover, Chizuru Ichinose herself said so.

She only has 12 Reading Points left, which is enough to rescue her from the illusion three or four times at most. If she runs out of Reading Points and still can't escape the mirror illusion, then they will have no choice but to let Miyauchi Hiyage completely destroy the Mirror Theater.

Although Chizuru Ichinose can take turns staying in the Impression Space with others to preserve this Temporary Palace, it's impossible to let Chizuru Ichinose spend several months in the Impression Space with this theater, right?

Moreover, things are different now. Before, English Qianhe hadn't revealed her true colors, and the Mirror Theater hadn't shown any danger. Back then, they could stay here and take turns.

Now, enemies wearing skull masks are spawning and attacking them every now and then in the Mirror Theater.

These enemies are all at level two strength, although they are not considered too strong for Miyauchi Hiyage and the girl who already possesses extraordinary abilities.

However, Miyauchi Hiyage couldn't stay here forever. The other girls couldn't deal with those shadows as easily as Miyauchi Hiyage. If something unexpected happened in the long run, they themselves would probably be in danger.

Chizuru Ichinose herself was aware of this.

Therefore, she directly stated that if she was still unable to break free from the illusion after exhausting her Reading Points, then she would have no choice but to let Miyauchi Hiyage destroy the palace.

With this thought in mind, Chizuru Ichinose nervously reached out and touched a mirror.

As ripples spread across the mirror's surface, she herself was drawn into the Mirror Space, beginning her illusion.

In the first illusion, she returned to her junior high school days.

She accidentally found a film called "A Thousand Cranes" that her grandmother had acted in when she was young.

Watching her grandmother, who looked very much like her when she was young, exude youthful energy in a movie on TV, she developed the idea of becoming an actress and shared it with her grandparents.

This time, she still received support from her grandparents.

In this illusion, her grandfather did not suffer a car accident, and her grandmother did not grieve excessively because of her grandfather's death, which ultimately led to her developing a chronic illness and requiring long-term hospitalization.

Naturally, she wouldn't need to face the economic crisis in reality within the fantasy world.

All she had to do was practice her acting skills step by step under her grandmother's guidance, and then use the connections she still had with some agencies to recommend her for auditions.

With considerable acting talent, she successfully debuted in high school and became a sought-after actress in college.

Although his grandfather eventually succumbed to the passage of time and passed away, in the dream he watched with satisfaction as his granddaughter continued his wife's career and went even further, leaving with a smile on her face.

It can be said that during this illusion, Chizuru Ichinose was completely unaware that she was in an illusion until her grandfather passed away in the illusion and she heard the message that five Reading Points had been forcibly deducted. Only then did she realize that she was in an illusion.

She wiped away the tears from her eyes and finally understood why Shinomiya Kaguya and Kasumigaoka Utaha had such heavy expressions when they left the illusion the first time they entered it.

After all, although everything in the illusion omits many processes and jumps directly to the result, because it is like a dream and shows her true inner thoughts, her brain subconsciously completes those processes, making it impossible for people to realize that these are all false illusions.

For Chizuru Ichinose, this life in the illusion was the most perfect life she could imagine. Even after being forcibly awakened from the illusion, she still felt a certain attachment to this environment and was unwilling to wake up.

However, unlike Shinomiya Kaguya and the others who broke free from the illusion and immediately left, her illusion was not yet over.

She remained lucid within this illusion, observing the unfolding events from the sidelines.

Her lucidity did not seem to affect her within the illusion.

After losing her grandfather again, she experienced a period of grief in the illusion, but quickly composed herself and embarked on her journey once more.

Her life is filled with all sorts of work, and the honors these works bring her have earned her countless awards.

Similarly, through these observations, she also clearly saw the various chaotic phenomena and unspoken rules of the entertainment industry.

Even with her talent, she had to rack her brains and become shrewd in order to barely maintain her independence in the cutthroat entertainment industry.

Even so, after winning the Best Actress award in the illusion, she still faced a huge backlash.

All sorts of unfounded and fabricated rumors fell on her, making it impossible for her to move forward in the entertainment industry.

During this process, many people hinted to her that as long as she lowered her head, they could help her solve these problems.

Seeing those usually glamorous and glamorous big shots in such an ugly state, Chizuru Ichinose, as an onlooker, showed no change in expression.