The Persona: Hundred-Faced Hassan (Continued)

In short, it was only after she expressed her thoughts that her grandfather's strong support changed her grandmother's attitude.

No one expected that in less than a year, the situation of the Ichizanose family would undergo so many changes.

However, looking at the movie screen in front of her, Chizuru Ichinose stopped worrying about these things.

A Thousand Cranes may not be considered a perfect film that has made it into the history of Japanese cinema, but even now, its name can still be heard among fans of classic films.

Even when she was taking classes at acting school, people would occasionally ask her about her relationship with the female lead in A Thousand Cranes because of her appearance.

Even her grandparents always show a genuine smile when they talk about the movie "A Thousand Cranes".

And perhaps she also hopes that when she is old, she can be like her grandmother, looking at the marks left by her youth in the arms of her beloved.

That's probably why she had the idea of becoming an actress.

As the movie ended, Shadow Chizuru, sitting next to her, gently clapped her hands.

"Your performance was indeed better than those filler shadows, but it was still just like the original. I thought that since you broke free from the illusion so early, you would be able to deliver an even better performance than Grandma did back then."

Shadow Chizuru made her assessment without holding back.

In response to Shadow Chizuru's sarcastic remark, Chizuru Ichinose gently shook her head. "Being able to be like Grandma is already enough to make me content."

"For me, this is exactly what the A Thousand Cranes should look like."

Shadow Chizuru retorted, "So don't you have any ambition at all? As your grandmother's granddaughter, what you should do is surpass your grandmother so that others can respect you."

"Moreover, if you want to go further on the path of acting, it is not enough to just master one role. You should know how shallow your understanding of the other roles is. From the perspective of an actor, it is almost a failure."

Chizuru Ichinose nodded in agreement.

"Even if I were to stand on your stage and play other roles, my performance probably wouldn't be much better than those of 'us' on stage back then."

"However, I still have time to hone my acting skills. In fact, this meeting with you at Impression Space has already benefited me a lot." Chizuru Ichinose looked at the "herself" in front of her and sighed, "I was worried before that I was actually resisting becoming an actress, but I realized that after meeting you."

"It turns out that my inner feeling wasn't resistance to becoming an actor, but rather a worry that I was growing too slowly."

"Are you in such a hurry because you're worried that Grandma's health is deteriorating and she won't live to see the day we succeed?"

This was the first time that Shadow Chizuru had fallen silent after being spoken to by Chizuru Ichinose.

After a long while, Shadow Chizuru stood up. "You can leave now. Even if you finally realize this, my existence will not change."

"Since you are unwilling to relinquish your body, and I am unable to take over your consciousness in the illusion, then there is nothing more to say between us."

Meanwhile, Chizuru Ichinose couldn't help but continue to plead with the Shadow Chizuru to stay.

"Where will you go after you completely break away from me? And since you have such deep feelings for Grandma, why do you want to leave? Can't we continue to live together?"

The face of the Shadow Chizuru instantly transformed back into the skull mask.

Chizuru Ichinose was startled, thinking that the other party was about to attack her.

However, Shadow Chizuru did not make a move, but instead released her aura.

Even though her power comes from a Heroic Spirit whose combat ability is only third-rate, as an Assassin, when she releases her killing intent towards ordinary people, Chizuru Ichinose can still feel the murderous intent emanating from her.

Shadow Chizuru looked at Chizuru Ichinose, her tone still as cold as ever.

"Although I was once a part of you, I have now broken away from your existence, and you yourself have denied my existence. Therefore, everything related to you has been completely severed after your denial."

"Besides, you are too weak. If you can't even withstand this much pressure, I can't possibly entrust this power to you in the face of the changes in the future world."

Chizuru Ichinose understood that although the Shadow Chizuru's words were not clear, she meant that unless she had the strength to defeat the other party in this illusion, the other party would not be willing to return to itself.

She even had a feeling that after this illusion, Shadow Chizuru would probably really go into hiding, and no matter how hard she tried afterward, she probably wouldn't be able to see her again in the illusion.

Therefore, we must stop them before this illusion shatters.

She just looked at herself.

He practiced Ripple Chi Kung for a month, had a half-baked Breathing Swordsmanship, and had only practiced Kusanagi-ryu Ancient Martial Arts for a few days.

Her most powerful possessions are probably the cards with special powers that Miyauchi Hiyage gave her, but since she's currently in an illusion, she probably can't take those cards out.

Facing Shadow Chizuru, who has multiple clones and whose main body's combat power is all above level one, unless she has an immortal body, there is no way she can defeat her, right?

"So, Miyauchi Hiyage Himekage, what should I do now?"

She murmured Miyauchi Hiyage's name. Hadn't the other person said that he could sense her call in the illusion? So how could she stop the departure of Shadow Chizuru at this moment?

"Miyauchi Hiyage?"

Chizuru Ichinose's mutterings were clearly overheard by the Shadow Chizuru.

She frowned as she looked at her true form.

Why would the other person say their name at this time?

Although she always felt a sense of crisis when facing that mysterious man who was completely unfathomable, she knew she shouldn't provoke him.

It could be said that it was precisely because of this fear that she changed her original plan.

Her original plan was to have her original self and the people who entered the palace with her perform on a stage, and then, based on their performance, turn them one by one into her clones.

It was only because of the appearance of the Miyauchi Hiyage that she had to quickly hide herself after gaining power, and could only rely on the shadows of the miscellaneous creatures generated in the palace to attract that guy's attention.

Her biggest worry now is that during the last illusion, she lost control of the palace for a moment.

Even if it was just for a moment, she still felt uneasy because she couldn't find the reason.

"Did Miyauchi Hiyage say something to you?" She stopped and asked Chizuru Ichinose.

Although the creation of illusions does indeed involve seeking out the inner thoughts of others, she cannot directly know the other person's thoughts within the illusion. She can only judge the other person's inner thoughts based on their behavior within the illusion.

Therefore, she had no idea what Miyauchi Hiyage had said to Chizuru Ichinose outside the illusion.

As she spoke, the movie theater in the illusion seemed to change, becoming even more sinister and terrifying.

In the dim light, one by one, people wearing skull masks and of different shapes stood up in the movie theater, seemingly trying to put pressure on Chizuru Ichinose in this way.

But Chizuru Ichinose was clearly not so easily intimidated.

After all, Shadow Chizuru had just said that she couldn't directly seize his consciousness while he was in the illusion.

She looked at the Shadow Chizuru had returned to her, her expression very calm.

"Of course, you reminded me of how to maintain my individuality in the illusion. I think you're the one who can't afford to play this game now."

"Didn't you say before that I couldn't break free from the illusion on my own and that you would wait until I couldn't hold on any longer and leave? But now I've done it, and I can continue to hold on, so you've lost."

Hearing Chizuru Ichinose's words, Shadow Chizuru simply smiled.

"I never said that if you can break free from the illusion, then I have lost; that's just your own opinion."

She paused for a moment, which could also be considered a verbal compliment to Chizuru Ichinose: "Well then, I congratulate you on successfully breaking free from the illusion on your own in the third challenge."

"Then, you should leave with your friends, otherwise it will be too late to escape when this palace collapses."

Just as Shadow Chizuru's words fell, another voice suddenly appeared behind her.

"So how long will it take for this palace to collapse?"

Upon hearing this voice, Chizuru Ichinose immediately showed a look of relief, as if she had been saved.

Because the owner of that voice was none other than Miyauchi Hiyage, who had been outside saying he could find a way to solve everything!

In contrast to Chizuru Ichinose's relaxation, Shadow Chizuru immediately trembled all over.

"This... this is an illusion! How did you get in here?!"

Shadow Chizuru stared incredulously at Miyauchi Hiyage.

Wasn't the other person's spirit so hard it was like a psychopath? Her mirror illusion space shattered before it even touched the other person.

Moreover, she never imagined that another person would appear in one person's illusion.

"It's just some derivative uses of the Destiny Power, no need to worry about it so much."

Miyauchi Hiyage waved his hand and then greeted Chizuru Ichinose.

"You did a good job. Although you've been in the illusion for almost two hours now, thanks to your ability to stall for so long, I finally found the target after running around for ages."

As she said this, Miyauchi Hiyage took out an A Thousand Cranes origami, about the size of a basketball, from behind her back.

Chizuru Ichinose hasn't figured out if this is a prop from the movie, since there's never been such a large A Thousand Cranes crane in the movie.

However, when Shadow Chizuru saw this thing, her face clearly showed panic.

"How did you find it? Give it back to me!"

Almost instantly, all of Hassan's clones in the entire movie theater rushed towards Miyauchi Hiyage's position.

But just as they began their operation, all sorts of unexpected events occurred.

Some people tripped over trash from who-knows-where, while others twisted their ankles and broke their legs during a sprint.

Even a few guys who were closer to Miyauchi Hiyage were about to reach him when suddenly the ceiling of Miyauchi Hiyage movie theater collapsed.

The area of the collapse was precisely within the range of Hassan's clones that wanted to attack, leaving no space untouched.

After this sudden commotion, the only people left standing on the scene were Miyauchi Hiyage, Chizuru Ichinose, and the real form of Shadow Chizuru.

Seeing that her clones had completely lost their fighting ability due to various accidents without even touching Miyauchi Hiyage, Shadow Chizuru finally realized that the person who had taken away her control of the palace for a moment before was probably Miyauchi Hiyage in front of her!

And what the opponent used was probably the Destiny Power that they had mentioned before.

Although Chizuru Ichinose already knew about Miyauchi Hiyage's abilities through the Chat Group, only the You Know Who had ever experienced this move. Moreover, according to the analysis of Shinomiya Kaguya and the others, although this move seemed to have messed with the You Know Who, it did not seem to have caused any substantial damage to You Know Who.

The other party only wandered around outside for a few days before returning to Tokyo.

But the power that Miyauchi Hiyage is showing now seems somewhat dreamlike.

From the moment those guys started attacking Miyauchi Hiyage Himekage until now, less than half a minute has passed, and Miyauchi Hiyage has been standing still, watching those enemies.

Then one by one they were attacked by a mysterious curse, and immediately lost their fighting ability.

One guy even tripped over some trash under his seat and is now clutching his leg, struggling as if he'd broken it from the fall.

Is this the power of misfortune?

Is this the power of a top-tier superhuman?

Upon witnessing this scene, Chizuru Ichinose began to ponder just how powerful that You Know Who man was to be able to escape such a level of misfortune by simply wandering around for a few days.

After doing all this, Miyauchi Hiyage stepped over the ruins and gravel, holding the A Thousand Cranes in her hand, and walked up to the Shadow Chizuru.

"Speaking of which, I just heard you say that you were unwilling to entrust your power to Ichinose-san because she was too weak."

"And then he said that even I couldn't protect everyone in the face of future changes, so what about now?"

As Miyauchi Hiyage spoke, Shadow Chizuru's forehead began to sweat.

Her power comes from Hassan of the Hundred Personas, but even if the real Hassan of the Hundred Personas were here, he would probably be no match for Miyauchi Hiyage.

Was his previous display of wielding Nichirin Blades to kill those weaklings in the theater not actually his true power?

If the other party had displayed such incredible power back then, she probably wouldn't have chosen to appear in front of them at all.

Miyauchi Hiyage continued to look at the Shadow Chizuru, holding the A Thousand Cranes in her hand, and made a gesture as if to return it to the Shadow Chizuru.

"So, if I offer this as an exchange, are you now willing to return your power to Ichinose-san?"

However, looking at Miyauchi Hiyage's peaceful demeanor, Shadow Chizuru could only feel immense pressure behind the other's calmness.

The A Thousand Cranes, the secret treasure that symbolized his true self, now seemed to have become a hot potato.

If she dares to reach out and take it back, she'll probably be swallowed up by misfortune just like her clones.

Shadow Chizuru gave Miyauchi Hiyage a deep look.

For a fleeting moment, she thought of Hassan, the source of her power.

In their memories, their Assassin Order seemed to act according to divine will.

So, is the destiny of this era on the man before her?

She turned her head to look at Chizuru Ichinose eyes held a hint of expectation.

Finally, she shook her head.

"This is a treasure of the original body, so you should give it to her for safekeeping."

As she said this, she turned to Chizuru Ichinose and spoke.

"This is the most precious thing in your heart. I hope you will always remember your original aspirations."

"If you betray your original intention in the future, I will come back again to take away your will, I swear in the name of Hassan."