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Yoko Sugiyama actually planned to do what she was doing now: seal those two insignificant guys inside [Power], and then use [Power], which was skilled in physical attacks and agile combat, for her own use.

However, with both power and rationality present, it's not up to me to take the lead.

The dividing line works randomly; it doesn't categorize everyone into good and evil, and more complex situations exist. Therefore, hastily sewing it in could lead to uncontrollable consequences.

That's why, after Yoko Sugiyama's "reason" fled with "desire," she didn't chase after them, but instead chose to stabilize the remaining one first.

But she still couldn't understand how the [Rationality], without magic, could leave with the cumbersome infant form while its combat power was negative.

Main text: Chapter 226 Zombie True Bow Beast?

How can the rational bow lead the desire bow away?

That's because she's smart and has a backpack full of props.

[Power] took away the ability to self-destruct and regenerate at high speed, as well as other blessings, so [Rationality] got the items in the backpack, the World Flame, and more special items.

The moment they were separated, Mayumi Haga had already decided on the most advantageous way to distribute the items.

All the power one possesses is automatically allocated to [Power], so external objects that serve as aids can no longer be possessed by [Power].

Otherwise, how can we fight?

Mayumi Haga was quite self-aware.

Therefore, the rational Mayumi carries the Labyrinth Core, which can open a passage to the Otherworld.

It was with the help of this thing that she was able to bring herself and the Desire Bow back to the present world.

Staying in a place like the Otherworld will definitely expose you to the effects of the [power], so it's better to escape to a safe place.

I can't let myself be killed.

She has no self-healing ability and cannot be resurrected; the core of her guardianship is essentially contained within [Power]. Once she suffers a fatal wound, the True Bow of Reason will completely vanish.

In other words, even if Mayumi Haga, who has lost her rationality, were to be pieced together again, she would still be nothing more than a monster with fluctuating emotions.

That won't do.

Therefore, the rational Mayumi immediately chose to escape and sought help from the people of the surface world.

With Mayumi around, there's no need to worry about social interactions. Those people will automatically fall for Mayumi's cuteness and approachability.

She analyzed it this way.

She inherited Mayumi Haga's frail physique from before she became a Guardian, and she also has a serious heart problem that she cannot heal herself, so her combat power is practically negative.

She is indeed incapable of fighting in this state.

The only option is to provide the plan and let other people with the drive to implement it.

While everyone was eating, Mayumi rationally considered her next plan.

Simply waiting for the "power" to subdue the phantom thief is not enough. More importantly, it's about how to clean up the mess afterward.

After the dividing needle was used, the rational Mayumi noticed something amiss about the enemy.

Perhaps because they are both separate personality traits, the rational Mayumi can sense that her enemy is very similar to herself.

They must be individuals who were also separated in a muddled way.

Since it was separated from the original body, there must be other individuals existing within it. If it were destroyed carelessly, the original body would suffer unpredictable consequences.

Humans are complex beings, and the loss of any part of them can lead to drastic changes.

Therefore, we must find a way to save Miss Phantom Thief's life, and then try to get some information out of her.

At the very least, you could experiment on the other person to see how to stitch the separated personalities back together; that would be much safer than experimenting on yourself.

As he pondered this, suddenly, a shadow fell upon the rational Mayumi.

She caught a faint fragrance, and instinctively looked up to see Mrs. Sugiyama's gentle smile.

She said expressionlessly, "Hello."

“I’ve been wanting to ask this since earlier, you and Mayumi look exactly alike,” Kyoko Sugiyama said.

The rational Mayumi calmly replied, "Because I am also Mayumi Haga."

Kyoko Sugiyama was taken aback.

"They turned me into this by those strange guys who use magic," Mayumi explained frankly, telling the truth but deliberately obscuring some details. "May I ask what's wrong?"

That's too cold.

Rational Mayumi always speaks in a flat tone, her expression never changes, and her gaze towards others is cold and devoid of warmth, as if she were just a machine.

In fact, such an attitude is somewhat hurtful, as it creates too much distance, whether the person is familiar with the person or a stranger.

However, Kyoko Sugiyama was someone who didn't care about such things at all. After receiving Mayumi's rational answer, she clapped her hands and laughed, "I see!"

This world is rife with strange creatures, and she's long been used to seeing people suffer after being attacked by them.

Sugiyama Rikka: "..."

Mom, what do you finally understand...?

Sugiyama Rika stood to the side, and seeing that her mother had accepted the situation so quickly, she breathed a sigh of relief, even though she didn't quite understand her mother's thought process.

But what Sugiyama Kyoko said next almost made her choke again.

“You seem to be the clever Mayumi, your brain must be very sharp.” Sugiyama Kyoko gestured the shape of her glasses in front of her eyes with great interest. “That’s great, could you also separate a smart one from my silly daughter and send her to work at the family company…”

Sugiyama Rikka, who was drinking soup, choked and coughed violently: "Cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough—!"

"Excuse my bluntness, Madam." Rational Mayumi pushed up her glasses, "Only a fully developed personality can be divided as completely as I am. If it is a personality that is not dominant to begin with, it will appear in a juvenile form."

In other words, if it were Sugiyama Rika, her intelligence would probably only be that of a three-year-old child.

Employing child labor is illegal, but magical girls are an exception.

Kyoko Sugiyama said with considerable regret, "I see..."

"Mom!" Sugiyama Rika felt her face getting hot. She quickly finished her meal, wiped her mouth hastily, and grabbed Sugiyama Kyoko. "Come with me for a second, I have something to ask you..."

I originally planned to eat slowly and ask her later, but if we kept talking like this, my mother would probably spill all her embarrassing secrets.

Let's get down to business first.

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"What? What secret does Rihanna want to tell Mommy?" Responding to Rihanna's eagerness, Kyoko Sugiyama found her daughter's expression unusual and quite amusing, and calmly joked.

Sugiyama Rika led her mother to the second-floor corridor, a little away from the others. She took a deep breath and asked bluntly, "Mom, did you only have me as your child?"

“That’s how I remember it.” Kyoko Sugiyama paused slightly, then replied with a smile, “I remember you’ve always been an only child.”

This answer was exactly what Sugiyama Rika expected.

After all, the other world erases all memories related to it, and even an ordinary mother is not immune to this.

This is a real problem. How can we deal with the enemy if we don't even know their name...?

It's not that you need to know the other person's real name to fight, but if Sugiyama Rika wants to pull the other person out of the inner world, she must confirm the other person's identity.

If even their identity cannot be confirmed, no matter how many times you defeat them, they will always escape back to the underworld to recuperate.

Moreover, the outcome of a battle alone cannot shake the opponent's spirit.

Sugiyama Rika wanted to know what the other person was thinking, why the other person had chosen this path, and wanted to bring the other person back to her side, hoping to change her mind.

She didn't know why, but she instinctively felt she had to do it.

After all, she was the other party's blood relative...

But now even the name can't be found.

Sugiyama Rika persisted, "Mom, do I really not have a younger sister or anything?"

Kyoko Sugiyama said shyly, "It would be very difficult for Mommy to have a little sister at my age."

"That's not what we were talking about!" Sugiyama Rika always felt like she was being played like a child in front of her mother. She took two deep breaths to calm herself down and continued to ask, "Didn't you ever think about giving me a little sister?"

“Of course we thought about it. Your father and I even prepared names, but then…” Kyoko Sugiyama thought hard for a while, then said with distress, “What happened? We couldn’t realize this plan.”

This is it!

Sugiyama Rika found a breakthrough in the erased memories and asked hopefully, "Mom, do you still remember what your names were?"

This time, her mother did not hesitate and almost subconsciously blurted out the name that had been suppressed deep in her mind for many years: "Yangzi".

She was a little stunned herself, and murmured, "Your father and I have discussed it and decided that your sister will be named 'Yoko' when she is born, Yoko Sugiyama."

really weird.

Why do I feel that Yoko was meant to be in this world, and that she should have had a daughter?

Why does this name come out of my mouth unconsciously, as naturally as if I've called it thousands of times?

My heart feels a little heavy.

In that moment of stunned silence, Kyoko Sugiyama's eyes inexplicably reddened. Her nose stung, and she sensed something was wrong: "Strange..."

The moment Sugiyama Rika heard the name, she realized it was the enemy's name—no, the name of her missing sister.

There was absolutely no mistake; that was her intuition as a family member.

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"Achoo!" Yoko Sugiyama sneezed again.

With that second sneeze, all her confusion vanished.

No one could possibly be thinking about her, which means she just had a cold!

Thank goodness, it's just a cold.

She didn't tell anyone her name, so that the dormant, sentimental personality within her wouldn't be awakened by someone calling her name.

She had already put the dividing needle away again and was firmly suppressing that guy. As long as there were no mistakes, failure was impossible.

What's more, she now has a secret weapon.

Yoko Sugiyama sat cross-legged on the sofa, gazing through the floor-to-ceiling window at the eerie sky outside.

Beneath her feet, the lifeless city lay silently asleep. The once vibrant world was now utterly gray.

Around this building, six pillars interwoven with dazzling rays of light have already soared into the clouds. Once the time is right, they will be able to connect with the world above and fulfill her wish to merge with the world.

We still need a suitable time.

That day is not far off.

Behind her, a huge ice crystal emanated a chilling aura.

Through the thick layer of ice, one can see the white-haired, dragon-horned guardian sleeping within.

However, upon closer inspection, one will find that water droplets are gathering at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye at the bottom of the magical ice crystals that should not be melting.

Yoko Sugiyama knew that her magic couldn't restrain this mindless beast, and she never thought she could control it.

After all, the power of magic has been greatly weakened in this world, so it is already quite difficult to temporarily hinder the opponent's activities.

Based on the combat power he displayed earlier, even three of him wouldn't be enough to defeat the opponent.

Similarly, one's enemies should also be unable to cope when they first enter this special space.

Seeing that the time is almost up, it's time to unleash the weapons and reinforce mind control.

Yoko Sugiyama had a good plan. Although her mind control magic wasn't perfect, she could certainly control it temporarily. She would then use her original magic, the "Contract Magic," to bind it and completely tame it into her vicious hound.

This guy has no magic power, so his resistance to magic probably isn't very good either.

Thinking this, Yoko Sugiyama enthusiastically rolled up her sleeves and pressed her palm against the surface of the ice crystals.

Her palm covered the core of the seal, applying magic to make contact with it.

As the magic was injected, the once indestructible ice crystals began to crack and shatter.

The cracks spread from Yoko Sugiyama's hand and gradually climbed up to the entire body of the ice crystal.

Yoko Sugiyama narrowed her eyes and increased the amount of magic she poured into the weapon, wanting to retrieve it as quickly as possible.

Just then, as if sensing the change in the outside world, the white-haired dragon-horned guardian, who had been sleeping with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his bright golden eyes in front of Yoko Sugiyama!

Before Sugiyama Yoko could even feel happy, a blood-red hue rapidly spread through her bright golden eyes, almost instantly covering the whites of her eyes and the area around them, creeping out from the corners of her eyes.

Seemingly unable to bear the internal pain, the Guardian's eyes bled dark red blood, her veins bulged under her skin, and her body erupted with intense heat!