Give children a little self-destruction shock to their worldview.

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Furthermore, there was noticeably one less breathing sound in the room.

She could directly rule out An, who was still snoring softly. Through her own perception of the strange man, Mayumi Haga was certain that the little bear had disappeared right under her nose.

In the bathroom with the door tightly closed, a living person simply vanished into thin air without any warning.

She was slightly surprised, but she also knew what it meant, since she had experienced something similar not long ago.

After drying her hands with a towel, Mayumi Haga frowned and walked over.

Main text: Chapter 222 Three real bows?

The room where Yoko Sugiyama temporarily housed the bear corresponds to the surface world.

Unlike the orderly surface world, the inner world is mostly a chaotic junkyard. Since falling into this world, all she has seen are ruins and abandoned houses with no one around.

It took her quite a bit of effort to connect the two worlds with the mirror and turn the world in the mirror into a passage.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly, and now all that needs to be done is to cut off the passage.

In this way, even if people in the surface world notice something amiss, they won't be able to find it immediately...?!

Yoko Sugiyama had already left the house of the strange man. Turning left after leaving the house, there was a broken corner convex mirror.

At that moment, she caught a glimpse of a chilling light flashing in the mirror out of the corner of her eye.

"?!" Yoko Sugiyama's body reacted before her brain, jerking back to barely dodge the hand holding a hand axe that suddenly emerged from the mirror.

But the man clearly had no intention of letting her go.

With a crisp cracking sound as the mirror shattered, the white-haired, red-eyed guardian girl emerged from the other world. Despite having elf-like long ears, her cold expression and murderous gaze still made Yoko Sugiyama feel that she didn't seem very friendly.

Rather than saying this is the opening scene of a horror movie, it's more accurate to say it's like the opening of a horror movie.

Yoko Sugiyama, who had just intimidated the little bear, didn't expect to receive the same treatment as soon as she stepped out.

...You've come knocking on our door so quickly?

Yoko Sugiyama quickly realized what was happening.

It seems they abducted the bear cub themselves, which is why the guys over there came looking for them so quickly.

Upon closer inspection, it turns out to be the visitor from another world that my older sister adopted.

At this crucial moment, we cannot afford to let clueless outsiders disrupt our plans.

Black mist filled Yoko Sugiyama's eyes again, and magic surged in that instant. She narrowed her eyes and raised her hand, intending to sever the passage to the world in the mirror.

To be honest, the ruthlessness of this move far exceeds the moral bottom line that people in this world should have.

Because Mayumi Haga had not yet completely squeezed out of the passage, only her upper body had entered, while her lower body was still in the other world.

In that case, the only result will be—

— Cut in half!

As Yoko Sugiyama made this decision, a fleeting struggle crossed her eyes. But her body was far more ruthless than her mind; black mist obscured her pupils, and her outstretched fingers abruptly clenched into a fist!

But this moment of hesitation gave Mayumi Haga an opportunity; she grabbed the sides of the convex mirror and pulled her body out.

Even though Yoko Sugiyama cut off the passage at almost the same time, she still managed to avoid being cut in half.

Her right leg was severed below the knee, but she was able to fully recover immediately upon landing, and her mobility was completely unaffected.

The scene was somewhat frightening.

In this world, the damage that Mayumi Haga suffered could not be neutralized by orange juice, so at the moment her right leg was severed, a large amount of scarlet blood gushed out.

The bloodstains weren't very noticeable on the dark Guardian suit, but since Mayumi Haga's right leg didn't regenerate with clothes on, her fair right leg was bare when she stood up again.

The bloodstains on it were quite conspicuous.

Yoko Sugiyama wouldn't stay put and wait for Mayumi Haga to fight her, since it wasn't appropriate for her to waste her magic power here. While cutting off the passage, she almost turned her back and used all her magic power to fly away.

The place where the bear cub was temporarily housed had long been enchanted by her, so even if Terasaki Ayasa came, she wouldn't be able to remove it, let alone Mayumi Haga, an outsider.

Therefore, she was not worried that Mayumi Haga would rescue the bear, which was essentially already locked in her safe.

The one who needs to worry now is herself.

She's been confronted by an angry owner; she should be prioritizing her personal safety.

In this world, the power of magic is weakened to some extent. Therefore, the exaggerated rules of the surface world, where magical shields counter all physical attacks or where victory is determined purely by magical abilities, no longer exist.

The other party wielded such a terrifying weapon, and remained unmoved even after losing a leg... Would I be turned into a human stick?

Yoko Sugiyama felt a chill run down her spine.

Fortunately, Mayumi Haga didn't have a convenient flying skill like hers, so she couldn't catch up with her immediately, otherwise Yoko Sugiyama really wouldn't know...

"Huh?"

Yoko Sugiyama's heart pounded wildly. Sensing unease, she immediately adjusted her flight angle, and a hand axe whistled past her neck.

Even with a magical shield, the neck felt icy cold from where the sharp axe grazed it.

How could this be? That's impossible, isn't it? At this height?

She instinctively turned around and saw that as Mayumi Haga raised her hand, countless throwing weapons of all shapes and sizes appeared around her.

The other party didn't even draw his bow; he just hurled all sorts of weapons at her with brute force.

Whether it's speed, power, or most importantly, accuracy... they're all terrifying.

If it were someone else, it would be like a child throwing stones, which would seem childish and incompetently furious.

But Mayumi Haga's movements were extremely fast. She first threw her hand axe to stop Yoko Sugiyama's escape, and then twisted her waist to throw her throwing knife with force.

For her, such throwing skills were just the most basic, but in the short span of a breath, she had already thrown more than a dozen weapons that were not in use in her backpack.

Yoko Sugiyama's escape routes were completely blocked, leaving her with no choice but to grit her teeth and persevere.

Watch as I use my magic shield to withstand all these weapons!

Of course, she thought this way because she had plenty of confidence.

Although the magic shield has been weakened considerably in this world, it's not something that can be broken by simply throwing something at it.

At most, depending on the strength of the other person's grip, she might experience a slight impact and feel a little pain, but that's nothing serious.

However, she overlooked Mayumi Haga's self-destruct ability.

When Yoko Sugiyama saw the strange, dark glass bottle fly in front of her and begin to emit a faint glow from inside, she sensed something was wrong.

Wait, wait, this is...

"boom!!!!"

The powerful shockwave from the explosion struck her like a heavy hammer, causing her mind to go blank for a moment.

Buzz.

Because of the magical shield, Yoko Sugiyama was not blown to pieces in mid-air.

But she was clearly in a daze, and only when Mayumi Haga grabbed her by the collar and pulled her up from the ground did she realize that she had fallen to the ground and been captured.

"You... um?!" Just as Mayumi Haga was about to press for an answer, she felt a chill in her palm.

A thin, transparent needle pierced her palm.

Yoko Sugiyama smiled.

The needle emerged from her chest and pierced directly through Mayumi Haga's hand.

The punctured wound did not bleed, and Mayumi Haga did not feel any pain.

Ulzana's core has not remained on her body since it was awakened, and therefore it has not been triggered at this moment.

No, even if that core were still there, Urzana's Guardian ability wouldn't be triggered.

Because, strictly speaking, this needle is not a weapon.

It cannot even be considered a real substance, and therefore cannot be countered by a blessing that only maxes out physical defense.

So, this is...

The needle extended in Mayumi Haga's line of sight, piercing straight into her chest.

Ignoring her armor, skin, muscles, and bones, it probed into her body.

Then, seven-colored light shone forth.

Cracks spread from where the needle touched her body, and she felt an overwhelming dizziness, as if her soul was being torn apart.

“This is the instrument the gods used to separate the world,” she heard Yoko Sugiyama say. “Let me see what you are made of.”

Mayumi Haga tried to struggle, but her mind felt like it was boiling; everything before her eyes began to blur and separate—

—When three distinct perspectives appeared before her eyes, her consciousness was plunged into darkness.

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A chill ran down my spine.

In front of the broken bathroom mirror in my own home, there was a pool of orange unidentified liquid, a boot, and a piece of fabric that looked like a trouser leg... What's going on?

The Angry Monster didn't quite understand what was happening in front of him.

But then, something even more perplexing happened to her.

Two people flew out of the bathroom mirror?

After seeing the faces of the two people, one big and one small, the angry monster's expression changed drastically!

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"Mayumi! I'm here!" Having been informed that Mayumi Haga was in trouble and needed to be there immediately, Hitomi Tono practically burst through the Sugiyama family's door. "What happened?!"

She looked flustered, her eyes were slightly red, and she looked like she was about to cry from worry.

I just had a telepathic conversation with Sugiyama Rika, and she stammered and even gasped.

What on earth happened?!

But when she opened the door, the rather short Tono Hitomi could only see everyone gathered together with complicated expressions, and she didn't see Mayumi Haga... Wait, isn't that Mayumi?

She spotted the white-haired Mayumi Haga immediately. She was wearing glasses and standing at the edge of the crowd with her arms crossed. When she noticed Hitomi Tono, she turned her gaze over.

But it's a bit strange.

When Mayumi Haga was in the form of an ordinary seventeen or eighteen-year-old, her hair was black, but the Mayumi in front of me was snow-white. Moreover, her complexion didn't look good; she looked frail and seemed about to collapse.

Moreover, when Tohno Hitomi looked over, all she could sense was the other person's calmness.

...Huh? What happened? Did Mayumi lose her memory?

However, the person opposite her, "Haga Mayumi," immediately saw through her thoughts. She pushed up her glasses and, instead of explaining to Tono Hitomi, continued, "The different facets of a person pierced by that needle will be separated into different individuals."

The crowd didn't seem to listen.

Urzana had started rambling incomprehensible gibberish, while Sugiyama Rika looked like she might faint at any moment. Next to her, Mograne was being held down tightly by Terasaki Ayasa, and Takajo Yuri, seemingly calm, had actually already secretly taken out her phone and started taking pictures.

Only Hitomi Tono, still not fully understanding the situation, approached in confusion, wanting to see what everyone was watching. She casually spoke to "Mayumi Haga": "What needle? You're acting a bit strange, Mayumi... Oh my god."

Before she could finish speaking, she showed the same stunned and silly expression as everyone around her, and at the same time, she gasped.

"I was pierced, and thus split into three individuals." The white-haired Mayumi Haga sighed and rubbed her forehead. "They are Reason, Power, and Desire."

"Because [desire] is severely underdeveloped for the body, therefore..."

Tono Hitomi's gaze fell on the young Haga Mayumi, who was being carefully picked up by Ulzana.

This Mayumi Haga looks to be only three or four years old. Although her demeanor already shows the charm she will have later in life, she is obviously cute and silly because of her childish face and young body.

Mayumi Haga is naturally beautiful, but her expressionless face creates a sense of distance.

But once shrunk to the size of a child, it becomes doubly adorable.

Moreover, the emotions she usually hides beneath her calm and rational exterior, once revealed, can deliver a much more devastating blow to the depths of her heart.

For example, right now, she's hugging Urzana's leg, her eyes sparkling.

Even after Ulzana shrunk her body as much as possible after materializing, she was still two meters tall. The current young Mayumi is probably only as tall as her calves, like a little bean.

Although he didn't explicitly say he liked or depended on her, everything was understood without being said.

Sugiyama Rika was practically drooling with envy, half-squatting and pleading with young Mayumi: "Mayumi, let me hug you."

Yuyu glanced at Ulzana and, seeing the gentle expression on her favorite senior's face, felt relieved. She turned her head, intending to cling to Sugiyama Rika, whom she also liked, but suddenly spotted Tono Hitomi.