MDV Side Story: Sakura Samsara 01-5

Chapter 1: Sakura Samsara

"Hate!
Revenge..."

Blood, flames, corpses, dilapidated buildings, fallen trees...

In the desolate and tragic night, a pink-haired girl with long fox ears and blood on her body lifted the chin of the white-haired girl in front of her with a long sword.

"Use your hands to push this ugly world to destruction!"

She launched the last devilish temptation to the girl who was sitting on the ground powerlessly.

"No... don't..."

However, even though the white-haired girl was already extremely weak and could only hold her injured shoulder with one hand, unable to stand up, she would rather die than bow to the devil.

Unfortunately, it was useless.

"Haha..."
With a disdainful laugh, the devil-like pink-haired girl raised the long sword in her hand. "This is your inescapable fate. This is your true destination..."

"Wake up! Sakura!"

Finally, no one knows if the sword fell or not, but everything stopped in an instant.

...

"Ahhh!!... Ah? Huh... Huh..."

The next moment, a white-haired little girl suddenly woke up from the small bed that was no longer warm.

"Is it... a nightmare?"

Feeling the sticky and slippery underwear on her skin from sweat, she recalled the horrible and bloody memories in her mind as if she had experienced them herself.

"Hiss~ My body is so cold."
The white-haired girl shuddered.

"Go have a cup of hot drink... Eh?... Eh?!"

"Plop!"

However, the moment she stood on the ground, she felt a strong sense of dizziness and weakness, and her body fell uncontrollably.

She fell into a coma once more.

...

"Auntie! Wake up, are you okay?!"

Soon after, a girl's exclamation broke the silence of the infirmary. It was Kiana, who had come to visit Theresa.

"Keep quiet in the infirmary, Idiot Kiana."

Then she was ridiculed by the gray-haired girl Bronya beside her, who had no emotion but revealed a hint of disgust.

"Although it's wrong for Kiana to make a fuss, I also care about the situation of the school principal. Please explain it quickly, Bronya."


This time it wasn't only Kiana but also Mei, who urged anxiously.

"Yawn~"

Only Lin Ling, still in her pajamas, yawned over there with a nonchalant look.

Yesterday, Fu Hua had gone out on a mission, and no one could take care of her. She finally had a chance to sleep a little longer.

However, she never expected that because of Theresa's matter, she was called out in a hurry earlier than usual, so she was a little unhappy.

As a former Captain, she knew that the ten-thousand-year-old loli, Theresa, was very lucky. She lived safely until the end, even in the post-Honkai period. Later, she became the new Archbishop of Schicksal and one of the richest people in the world. Naturally, there would be no accidents.

"This morning, Dean Theresa was found unconscious on the floor. There has been no sign of her waking up so far. But after Bronya's analysis..." Bronya lifted the hospital gown on the back of the little girl lying on the bed, revealing three red runes in the shape of magatama.

"It is speculated that the reason is the stigmata on her back."

"Stigmata?!"

Finally, the uninterested Lin Ling suddenly became interested.

After hearing Bronya's words and seeing the familiar three-magatama stigmata, she suddenly remembered something important. An item that might reverse the future was right in front of her.

"Yes, stigmata." Seeing that Lin Ling's reaction was a little too excited and surprised, Bronya glanced at her. "I can tell at a glance that you didn’t listen to the class well, like the idiot Kiana. The stigmata is essentially a database that records a lot of genetic information."

"Genes?" Kiana asked, puzzled.

"The stigmata is not just a gene bank. The artificial stigmata of Schicksal will be adjusted according to the host's physical fitness. This phenomenon rarely occurs, but the stigmata on Theresa’s back doesn’t seem to belong to her. Judging from the current situation..."


Bronya took out a transparent tablet with several electrodes attached to Theresa's back.
Then, looking at the strange electrocardiogram-like symbols and a large amount of data, she told Lin Ling and the others the conclusion of her analysis.


"The principal’s consciousness has been swallowed into the stigmata database."

"What!? Consciousness swallowed?!"


After getting along with each other since entering the school, Kiana had long regarded Theresa who cared about her very much as a real relative. When she heard that the other party was in danger, she immediately became nervous. She hugged her head anxiously and said, "Does that mean that auntie will never wake up again?"

Then, she grabbed Bronya's arm. "Amazing Bronya, please save my aunt!?"

"( ᗜ ‸ ᗜ )"

Bronya ignored Kiana and continued to tinker with some strange instruments in this high-tech infirmary.

"Is there any way to wake up the principal?"
Finally, Mei couldn't help asking.
"Bronya, please try your best."

Just then, Bronya finally finished her work. She held up a strange Homu doll hat.

"This infiltration mind-reality connection device can connect the wearer's consciousness with the stigmata on Theresa’s body. It allows you to enter the data space to find out the cause of the abnormal readings. I think this may save the principal."

"I understand." Mei stood up first and said to Bronya seriously, "Please let me try."

"No! Mei! Let me go!"

But the next moment, she was grabbed by the arm by Kiana behind her, shouting that she wanted to go, or that Mei should take her with her!

"No."
Mei naturally didn't want Kiana to take risks.

At the same time, Bronya also helped to stop Kiana. "Idiot Kiana, do you think this is a spring outing? There is only one consciousness connection device, and your character is not stable at all. You are very reckless, so you let Sister Mei..."

"Wait!"

However, just as the three were arguing, Bronya suddenly saw that the dozing Lin Lin in front had disappeared.

Looking back, she saw that Lin Ling had quietly taken the device from her and was holding it above her head, as if she was going to put it on herself.

"Lin Ling! What are you doing? Don't!"

"Sorry, I have to do this when I enter my period!"

Then, in the surprised eyes of the other three, Lin Ling put the funny Homu hat on her head.

"Hmm? Tsk tsk~"
Lin Ling smacked her lips, feeling the weight of the hat on her heart.


"It feels like an ordinary hat, this thing can really make me have my period... huh?!"


But before she could finish her words, she suddenly felt her eyes go dark, and then countless bizarre images flashed in her eyes, and her ears were filled with strange noises.

"Really."
Raiden Mei was the fastest to catch Lin Ling, who had fallen down after wearing the consciousness connection cap. "How can you be more willful than Kiana."

"Damn it!" Kiana raised her mouth. "Just now, this girl has been yawning here. I thought she didn't care about her at all, so I didn’t pay much attention to her, but she got there first."

“Well...”
Bronya looked expressionlessly at the white-haired girl, who looked a little funny with the Homu cap.


“This idiot rushed in before I finished explaining the precautions... It seems that she may cause more trouble than Kiana in the future... However, since the situation has developed to this point, we can’t just stand outside and watch. We have to provide some help to Lin Ling as much as possible.”

...

"Oh, is this the data space of the stigmata? It's really... tragic."

After an unknown amount of time, when Lin Ling came back to her senses from the trance caused by the burning pain, she found that there were ancient wooden houses from the Far Eastern island country all around, but they were all burning. The burning sensation Lin Ling felt came from them.

At this time, she was already in a sea of fire.

In the center of the fire, there was a rectangular platform that looked like an altar.

What was even more bizarre was that there were very fresh bloodstains on it that had not yet dried, and there were a large number of horrible corpses around...

“Sure enough, I came to Yae Village in Yae Sakura’s memory, right?”


The 'familiar' scene in front of her pieced together an answer in Lin Ling’s mind.

Here, in a sense, it might be regarded as the origin of all the grievances and hatreds in the Hobkai world—

The story of Kallen and Yae Sakura happened here.

“What is this...?”

Suddenly, Lin Ling saw a somewhat conspicuous person lying on the ground.

It was a girl with a Western face, wearing a nun’s uniform that was incompatible with the Far Eastern style.

Moreover, she had long white hair that was no different from Kiana’s, and even her face was very similar to Kiana’s and Theresa’s.

Needless to say, this must be Kallen.

Lin Ling quickly stepped forward to support her. “Hey, are you okay?”

“Miss... I don’t know you...”

The weak Kallen did not answer Lin Ling’s question. She just dragged her injured body, trembling, and forcibly raised her hand, handing Lin Ling a golden cross pendant.

“If, if you meet a shrine maiden with long cherry-colored hair nearby, please... give this to her...”

After saying that, Kallen closed her eyes again.

“Hey! Hang on! I’ll heal you now!”

Seeing this, Lin Ling quickly used the power of the Herrscher of Death and the Herrscher of Reason to heal her.

But unfortunately, Kallen’s body was already seriously injured all over, and it seems that Lin Ling’s power alone could not reverse it.

But Kallen smiled instead.

“Unknown lady, I didn’t expect you to have this power. Maybe, this time, she can be saved...”
But before Kallen finished speaking, her body, along with everything around her, dissipated like stars...

“Alas...”


Lin Ling sighed. She knew that she couldn’t save this Kallen anyway because this was not the real Kallen. It was just an illusion created by this Stigmata space based on Kallen in Sakura’s memory.

It was an existence similar to “antibodies” created by her subconscious to fight against the Herrscher of the previous era.

Gradually, not only Kallen, but even Lin Ling herself fell into a coma again in the world that decomposed and dissipated...

...

“Hmmm? This is...?”

When Lin Ling woke up again, she had come to a sunny forest with birds singing, flowers blooming, and a beautiful environment.


Everything was too beautiful, and the contrast with the hellish scene just now was so great, it seemed as though everything she had just experienced was a dream.


If Lin Ling hadn’t been holding the small golden cross that Kallen had given her...

“Is this the world composed of another memory fragment of Sakura? Then the next thing should be... um...”

Lin Ling rubbed her confused head. Although she was a transmigrator, she didn’t have hypermnesia like Fu Hua. She could only remember the plots she had seen roughly and couldn’t recall them completely.

What’s more, neither manga nor games would show Sakura’s life in detail.

So looking at the familiar and unfamiliar scene in front of her, she was confused for a while.

“Well... Let’s sort out my thoughts first.”

The white-haired girl simply sat on the ground, picked up a branch, and casually wrote and drew on the ground, while carefully sorting out all the relevant memories she could recall.

Dr. Mei, the top scientist of human civilization in the previous era, sealed the twelfth Herrscher, the "Herrscher of Corruption." She also wanted to make her into the Divine Key. All the work was ready, but the resistance of the Herrscher in the box was too strong, and he could not continue. She didn’t succeed until the previous civilization was destroyed.

This lasted for 50,000 years...

The black box that sealed and eroded the Herrscher fell into the hands of Schicksal.

But some ambitious people in Schicksal tried to use the powerful power of this black box to make the powerful weapons they wanted.

Unfortunately, all the experiments failed without exception. The test subjects who obtained the power of the black box became monsters like Honkai beasts who only knew how to destroy.

Later, this cruel experiment by Schicksal was discovered by Kallen. She was full of justice and furious, so she forcibly took the black box and sentenced Schicksal.

At the same time, due to Kallen’s pure heart, the will in the box failed to control her.

Finally, she fled all the way to the Far Eastern Yae Village and met the local priestess, Yae Sakura.

However, Yae Sakura, who was deeply traumatized, accidentally touched the black box, and her hatred for the villagers was immediately used by the Honkai consciousness, making Yae Sakura a pseudo-Herscher. At the same time, the consciousness of the Herrscher of Corruption occupied Sakura’s body.

Finally, the Herrscher of Corruption was resealed when Yae Sakura was defeated by Kallen.

But even so, the Herrscher still did not give up the temptation to Yae Sakura and continued to create terrifying illusions in the hope of corrupting Yae Sakura in an infinite cycle...

“Then, I remember that because of a pseudo-Herscher incident, it became Theresa’s stigmata? In other words, if I want to obtain Jizo Mitama, I have to take down that big sister... Hmm? What’s that sound?”

“Rustle...”

Just as Lin Ling was concentrating on recalling the relevant memories, a fragmented sound came from the bushes beside her.

Lin Ling turned her head curiously—

The next moment, a huge python, as thick as her body, suddenly jumped out!

“Go away, snake~”

Of course, with Lin Ling’s current strength, a mere python couldn’t hurt...

“Oops! My strength?”

But just as Lin Ling was about to solve it quickly, she suddenly found that all her strength had disappeared.

She turned into an ordinary weak girl and was instantly entangled by the giant python’s body like an iron chain.

“Oops... Consciousness is dissipating, so...”

Although Lin Ling knew that this was a space composed of consciousness, memory, and data, she wasn’t sure what would happen after she died.

According to a movie she saw in her previous life, there are some related powers. If the brain or “consciousness” judges that she is dead, then maybe the body is just a walking corpse.

“Whoosh!”

But just as Lin Ling was thinking about it in her dying moments, a beautiful and heroic pink-haired girl holding a sword suddenly appeared. She cut the huge python wrapped around Lin Ling into two pieces with one swing...

Then, the pink-haired girl came to Lin Ling and hugged her in a princess carry...

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Chapter 2: Please, Use me as you like

"Ah~... Uh, ugh!"

In a daze, Lin Ling woke up from the conflict between the soft and comfortable touch between her lips and teeth and the strong bitterness.

She opened her eyes.

What came into view was the face of a pink-haired girl, particularly delicate and exquisite, but also strikingly close.

No, not particularly large.

It was too close—practically zero distance!

"Huh?! Wow!"

After a brief moment of unconsciousness, Lin Ling quickly pushed away the pink-haired girl in the Miko costume in front of her.

"What are you doing!?"

Lin Ling covered her mouth in surprise.

Although the other party was perfect in both appearance and figure, it was precisely because of this that it was too stimulating for the innocent Lin Ling.

The pink-haired girl in the miko costume gently wiped off the black residual liquid from the corner of her mouth.

That should be the source of the bitter taste Lin Ling had just experienced—an ancient herbal soup similar to Chinese medicine.

"Are you finally awake?"


The Miko smiled and explained gently, "Don't worry, when you were unconscious, you couldn't even drink the medicine, so I had to feed it to you with my mouth."

"Ah this..."

I didn’t expect that this common routine from old Hong Kong movies would happen to me?


By the way, is this my first kiss? Emmm, it shouldn't be; this is just a virtual consciousness data space. It should, probably, maybe... right?

This made Lin Ling think a lot for a while.

However, although she knew everything was fake, the touch felt 100% real.

She looked at the other person's cherry lips, and her fingers unconsciously touched her lips lightly, as if comparing with the memory just now.

Then, visible steam seemed to emerge from the top of her head.

"Okay, then, next." Sakura took out another wooden basin with white mist and placed it in front of Lin Ling, then soaked a white towel. "Miss, please let me wipe your body for you."

"Wait a minute! I can do this kind of thing by myself!" Lin Ling hurriedly refused.

Looking at the panicked and shy look of the girl in front of her, as well as her long snow-white hair, the Miko seemed to see another figure vaguely and couldn’t help but say the name in a daze—

"Kallen..."

At the same time, she unconsciously reached out and touched Lin Ling's face...

"Huh? Huh?! What are you going to do to me?"

"Miko-san..."

No on knows whether it was lucky or unfortunate, but just as the Miko was a little distracted, a female voice came from behind the door of this Japanese-style house.

"It's time for the meeting," the woman who suddenly appeared spoke.

Her voice brought the Miko back to her senses. Her eyes dimmed, and then she put down her hand that had been touching Lin Ling’s face.

Kallen has already... There is no hope in this world...

"I'm sorry, I have to leave. Please wipe your body yourself."
Yae Sakura bowed slightly to Lin Ling. "After you're done, please feel free to rest in the shrine. There is food prepared for you on the table."

After that, she stood up and prepared to leave.

"By the way..."
After just turning around, she turned her head again. "My name is Yae Sakura, what about you?"

"Lin Ling..."

"Well, Miss Lin Ling, right... Then please have a good rest here."

Yae Sakura nodded slightly, then followed the maid to leave and went to the council hall in the group.

...

"Emmmm"

After the Miko left, Lin Ling gradually reacted.

Being saved by Yae Sakura and fed medicine—I remember this is what Theresa went through? How did it all become me, and since I'm here, where is Theresa? ...Oh, I remember, she seemed to have turned into a cat after failing the first round?

"Meow, meow~"

So, Lin Ling immediately imitated a cat’s meow, trying to call Theresa.

Unfortunately, her white-haired meowing, except for making her look silly and cute, didn’t accomplish anything.

"Emmm, is it because the history of my arrival has been altered? In fact, I was discovered by Higokumaru before Theresa and then locked in the stigmata space for reincarnation? Forget it, if I remember correctly, this former civilization's Corruption Herrscher is actually very easy to conquer. In the Manga, Auntie's warm hug can influence her. There shouldn’t be a need to panic, ahaha~"

Thinking of this, Lin Ling wasn't as worried and picked up a rice ball from the table and ate it.

Although, in this environment of scarce supplies, the rice ball was made from the simplest ingredients and tasted quite ordinary, when she thought about it being made by Sakura, it couldn't help but feel delicious.

"Please... please free my sister from the curse of memory... this is something that only those who do not belong to this world can do..."

At this moment, Lin Ling vaguely heard the voice of a young girl...

...

"Before that little girl appeared, there had never been a monster in this world!"

"She must have brought disaster! She must be driven away immediately!"

"My, my husband was killed by a monster, and that white-haired witch must pay for it."

On the other side, in the village meeting room, a group of prestigious people from the village clans were gathering together to discuss the recent monster attacks in the village. Although it was called a discussion, in their eyes, once suspicion was raised, the crime was already established.

"At present, there is no evidence to prove that the girl is related to the monster that appeared recently."


Yae Sakura bowed seriously, as if begging everyone. She didn't want the girl who reminded her of Kallen to be hurt. "Please give me some time, I will investigate everything clearly."

"What else needs to be investigated?!"

"Isn't it the duty of the miko to protect the village?! Are you hooking up with the Miko? You are bewitched!"

Unfortunately, no one listened to the words of the "Miko." When the crowd grew excited, a stone came from nowhere and hit Sakura’s head hard, causing her to bleed profusely.

But even so, Yae Sakura remained unmoved, insisted on her own beliefs, and was unwilling to harm Lin Ling.

Until... a middle-aged man sitting in the main seat spoke.

"Miko. Even if the little girl has nothing to do with the monster, don't forget that the day of sacrifice is coming soon."

The man spoke coldly, and his words seemed to carry hidden meanings.

"Father... Lord, do you want to use her as a sacrifice?" Yae Sakura raised her bleeding head anxiously.

The middle-aged man did not answer directly but looked up, as if he could see the sky without a trace of moisture through the ceiling.


"It has not rained in the village for almost three months. We must quickly perform the sacrifice. She who happened to appear at this time must be a blessing to us."

"..."

Yae Sakura clenched her teeth and couldn't speak for a while.

However, Lin Ling, who was eavesdropping behind the door and window, knew that these people were just illusions created by the Herrscher of Corruption—that is, Hellmaru or Rin.


She just wanted to repeat Yae Sakura’s most painful memory again and again, hoping to completely destroy her will and make her completely submit to herself.

"Clatter!"

While everyone was arguing, the sliding door suddenly opened.

The girl at the center of the argument appeared at the door.

"Don’t worry about it, Sakura."
Lin Ling spoke to the anxious and tangled Yae Sakura.

"Please, use me as you like."

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Chapter 3: Turned into a Fox Girl?

Under the bloody moon, on the seemingly sacred altar, a girl tightly bound by ropes was kneeling on it.

A cruel living sacrifice was about to begin.

"Finally... As long as this sacrifice is completed, Yae Sakura body and soul will belong to me completely!"

During the preparation stage of the sacrifice, a villager wearing a fox mask walked up to the sacrifice proudly and spoke to her.

However, his words were immediately refuted by the white-haired little girl. "Bah! Your wish will not come true!"

This girl is Theresa, who arrived at this Stigmata space before Lin Ling. After coming to this place inexplicably, she gradually realized that she was not dreaming but had entered a dangerous world.

The person with the fox mask in front of her is not an ordinary villager. Their true identity is the Herrscher of Corruption, intending to seize everything from Yae Sakura.

She wanted to make the girl named Yae Sakura completely degenerate through bloody and painful reincarnations, in order to take everything from her.

But Yae Sakura will was unexpectedly strong. Even after reincarnating for five hundred years and killing her sister with her own hands, she still did not completely succumb.

However, the situation was different this time, because today's sacrifice was not an illusion created by the Herrscher of Corruption, but a real life, the living consciousness of a "little girl" from the outside world.

If Yae Sakura could take the initiative to kill an innocent life again, her spirit would definitely be completely degenerate, right?

...

"Hehe..."


Thinking of this, the Herrscher of Corruption, disguised as a fox-masked man, pinched Theresa's face and said disdainfully, "In this memory space, you are just an ordinary little girl. What can you do?"

Theresa's response was to open her mouth and bite the other person's palm fiercely!

However, although blood was spilled, the masked man did not care. In just the blink of an eye, the wound on his hand had healed.

Because this is her world.

"The real murderer~"
After easily healing the wound, the Herrscher of Corruption continued proudly, "Let me tell you something good. If your spirit dies in this space, your real body will also die at the same time~ At that point, your body will also be mine!"

"Damn..."

Theresa gritted her teeth when she saw this...

"Da Da Da..."

At this moment, accompanied by light and heavy footsteps, a pink-haired girl in a Miko costume slowly walked toward the altar, holding a cold and shining spirit knife in her hand.

There was no emotion on her face, as if she had become an emotionless puppet.

When Sakura reached the altar...

"Okay, Sakura." Beside her, someone whispered, "Use the spirit knife in your hand to sacrifice her soul to the gods!"

When Sakura heard the words of her 'father,' she immediately raised the long knife in her hand high.

The once pure silver blade, under the moonlight, emitted a strange blood-red light...

"..."

Theresa didn't say anything. She knelt on the ground and looked into the eyes that seemed to have turned into an emotionless killing machine, with absolute trust...

"Rin!?"

Suddenly, under Theresa's gaze, Yae Sakura appeared to see her sister.

"No!"

She threw the knife in her hand away.

"I can't do it! I can't do it!..."

She held her head with both hands and shook it painfully...

"Tsk, it's useless. It seems that I still have to help you."

The Herrscher of Corruption was a little dissatisfied upon seeing this. She came behind Theresa and hugged her, while her image transformed into the appearance of Sakura's Rin, unnoticed.

"Sister..."

"Rin!?" Hearing the familiar voice, Yae Sakura opened her eyes again, staring blankly at her sister who had appeared here for some reason, despite being dead.

"Look, this little girl—her tendons in her hands and feet have been cut off, just like mine. Even if she continues to live in this world, she will only suffer endless pain. Let her be free like me... Do you remember the last wish I made for you?"

'Rin' said to Sakura,

"Sister, you must become an excellent shrine maiden! Work for God, sacrifice for God, this is the duty of a shrine maiden..."

"..."

Yae Sakura eyes lost all their luster again, and even the last traces of pain seemed to vanish.

She bent down and picked up the long blade on the ground...

"Wake up! Sakura! Don't listen to her nonsense. Your sister's wish is definitely not like this!"

Theresa shouted urgently, hoping to wake Sakura up.

However, under the interference of the Herrscher of Corruption, Sakura could no longer hear her voice...

Stab!

The long blade pierced Theresa's abdomen...

"Sakura, don't lose to that... evil guy..."

But even so, Theresa still gently stroked the face of the person who had pierced her body,

"Don't lose to yourself..."

But in the end, the girl still fell to the ground, her body gradually growing weak... cold...

"Theresa!?"

At this moment, Sakura's reason returned late, and she realized that she had done something extremely evil and horrible. She sat powerlessly in a pool of blood, hugging herself helplessly...

"Finally! Finally, I waited for this moment!"

Looking at the painful Sakura, the Herrscher of Corruption raised her hands triumphantly,

"When there's a crack in your heart, that's when we are truly united as one!"

The Herrscher of Corruption squatted down, hugged the helpless girl, and murmured in her ear: "I love you~ Sakura, next you will do something in my body that will never wake up..."

"No! Don't!"

But Sakura rejected her again!

Although there was a crack, her will was not completely broken.

"Hmm... It seems that it's still not enough?"

The Herrscher of Corruption was a little surprised that the other party was still resisting.

At the same time, a golden light streaked across the sky, adding a different color to the entire false world.

"Oh? Someone broke in again? But you came just in time. This time, I thought of a more fun game~"

No on knows what she was thinking, but the Herrscher of Corruption raised an evil smile...

The next moment, time reset again, and everything returned to the starting point.

A new cycle began...

"As long as this sacrifice is completed, Yae Sakura body and soul will belong to me completely!"

During the preparation time for the altar arrangement and the sacrifice ceremony, the Herrscher of Corruption once again transformed into a villager wearing a fox mask, came to the new sacrifice, and said to her the same words he had said to Theresa.

"Oh, congratulations."

What surprised the Herrscher of Corruption was that this older white-haired girl was neither afraid nor angry, and even congratulated herself.

"Oh? Compared to that noisy little girl, you're quite sensible, aren't you? I wanted to cut off your hands and feet to prevent you from escaping, but it seems there's no need to bother. Or are you planning some conspiracy? It's useless! None of you can save her. The last one who wanted to stop me has been killed by me, and you're the next one!"

"Guhehe, hehe..."

However, Lin Ling, who was presumed dead, laughed suddenly, her laughter strange—as if something good was about to happen.

"Hey? What's wrong with you? Are you mentally ill?"

It had taken five hundred years for the second outsider to arrive. If she went crazy before the game started, it would be too boring.

So the Herrscher of Corruption stretched out her hand to lift Lin Ling's chin, wanting to inspect her more closely...

"Wife!"

But at this moment!

Lin Ling, who was supposed to be an ordinary little girl, suddenly broke free from the ropes that bound her, then flew to hug the mysterious masked man in front of her tightly!

Although the Herrscher of Corruption was thrown to the ground by her without paying attention, she reacted the next moment, turned over, and pressed Lin Ling under her, angrily pinching her neck. "Are you crazy? What are you doing?"

"Ahem!"
Lin Ling coughed twice due to the pressure on her throat, but even so, she still looked at her opponent with a sincere and loving expression. "I like you!"

"Huh!?"

The Herrscher of Corruption was furious and increased the pressure on her grip, annoyed that Lin Ling was teasing her despite not wanting to be with her!

"You idiot, die!"

Isn't this right?!

This surprised Lin Ling. In the Manga, she had been moved by a hug, so why didn't this work?

Slowly, due to the lack of oxygen, Lin Ling lost consciousness...

But she didn't die. The Herrscher of Corruption didn't do anything cruel.

Instead, she let go of her hand with great disdain, then stood up and looked down at this strange girl.

"Do you like me?... Humph! I don't need it! I don't need to be liked by cunning and despicable humans!"

...

"I found the location of the Dean and Lin Ling."

In reality, in the ward, Bronya's cold voice carried a hint of joy.

Anxious about her aunt and Lin Ling, Kiana immediately came over. "Where are they? Where are they? Why can't I see them?"

"They are... Forget it, the location coordinates of the stigmata data space are too complicated for you, Kiana."


Bronya was about to explain, but seeing that Kiana couldn't even understand the most basic information on the screen, she was too lazy to explain.

"Damn it, you actually underestimated me!"
Kiana was so angry that she pretended to want to fight with Bronya.

"Kiana, stop it." Fortunately, Mei immediately held back the irritable girl and asked Bronya, "So what should we do now?"

"Since it is a virtual data space, it is essentially a world made of 0s and 1s. Although I don't have full control and can't change the world at will like a sandbox game, I can still make slight modifications."

Bronya explained.

"Like a computer hacker?"

"Well..." Bronya nodded. "I found that the school principal seemed to be seriously injured, but fortunately, she's not an ordinary person. Both her physical and mental strength are far beyond normal, so she won't die easily. I've healed her injuries and unlocked her restricted power, but to avoid her being discovered, I temporarily disguised her as a cat... As for Lin Ling, her current state seems a bit strange, and I don't know what's going on. It seems that she's tightly entangled with another data..."

...

Back in the stigmata space. "Kill her! Kill her!"

Behind Yae Sakura were ignorant people who believed that sacrificing this innocent girl would move the gods.

"Hurry up, Sakura, the safety of the whole village is in your hands."

Beside her was the god who orchestrated everything, along with her father, impatiently urging her.

"Sakura, I am willing to die for you~"

In front of her was a girl who was willing to sacrifice herself for her.

Everything felt like the reappearance of Sakura's nightmare from the past.

"Miss Lin Ling... I..." She opened her red lips but didn't know what to say.

In the end, she could only grit her teeth helplessly, raised the trembling spirit knife in her hand with guilt, and then...

She raised her hand and cut the rope that bound Lin Ling with one swift motion!

"Yakura! What are you doing? If you let the sacrifice run away, the gods will be angry!"

The 'father' was immediately furious and scolded his daughter for being ignorant. As he spoke, he grabbed Sakura's hand and tried to strike the white-haired girl on the altar with a knife.

"Meow!!"

But at that moment, a white kitten suddenly jumped out, glowing and growing in the air.


Finally, it transformed into a white-haired little girl and kicked the 'father' in the face, sending him flying!

"It's really dangerous. In this dream, not only was my power taken away, but I was even turned into a kitten. However, Sakura, I haven’t given up easily. Your inner hope has helped me regain my strength! Now," Theresa stood in front of Sakura and Lin Ling and said, "It's my turn to get you out of this dream!"


"Damn! You can just dream in my body forever... Why! Why do you keep resisting me! Well! Since you want to die so much, I will fulfill your wish and burn you to ashes!"


The 'father,' kicked away by Theresa, slowly climbed up from the ground.


Then, in his unwilling and angry voice, he transformed into a giant fox with a shimenaga around his waist, a rootless tail behind him, and three red magatama on his forehead!

"Is this your true form? You vixen! Do you finally dare to show yourself?"

As a Valkyrie who had refused the S-level title many times, though the giant fox demon in front of her was as terrifying as a legendary dinosaur, Theresa was not afraid. Instead, she wore an excited expression.

"In other words, if I want to end this, I just need to beat you, right?"

Then she turned her gaze to Lin Ling. "Lin Ling, Sakura, just hide behind me."

"Yeah." Lin Ling nodded obediently.

Sakura sat on the ground, her head in her arms. Because the Herrscher of Corruption intended to use all her strength to kill them, the painful memories of the reincarnation she'd suppressed for five hundred years began to resurface, leaving her in a daze.

"Hmph! Just you? Roar!!"

At this moment, seeing that the tiny human dared to stop him, the giant fox was filled with disdain, then roared, sending a powerful sound wave attack.

Here, without Valkyrie Battlesuit, weapons, or the Divine Key JudH, her strength was greatly reduced. Theresa was unstable for a moment and could only cover her ears to block the sound.

The Herrscher of Corruption did not give Theresa a chance to breathe. He flew forward again and tried to kill Theresa with one grab.

"Clang!"

But just as his claws were about to pierce Theresa, a blade blocked the attack.

It was Yae Sakura, who had regained all her memories, blocking the fatal blow with the spirit knife in her hand. She turned her head slightly and said to Theresa, "I'm sorry, Miss Theresa, for dragging you into this dangerous place. I will do my best to rescue you!"

"Well." Theresa and Sakura exchanged glances. "Let's fight side by side!"

With Sakura, who was quite powerful, joining the battle, the two gradually gained the upper hand.

Finally, Theresa used her strange power to grab the giant fox's tail and temporarily control it.

"Sakura! Now!"

Sakura seized the opportunity and stabbed the giant fox’s abdomen with the spirit blade in her hand...

"Ah!!!!"

The giant fox howled in pain!

The giant fox fell into a pool of blood, then her body shrank rapidly...


Finally, she turned into a white-haired girl? It was Lin Ling.

"What's going on? Two little Lin Lings?!"
Theresa was surprised, and at the same time, a bad premonition suddenly arose.

"Hahaha, hahahaha!"

Suddenly, the Lin Ling protected by Theresa and Sakura laughed strangely.

Theresa and Sakura quickly turned around.

Lin Ling's hair was gradually turning pink, and a pair of fox ears grew on her head. "Do you really think I'm so weak? That I'd be killed by two weak humans like you? How does it feel to kill the one you want to protect with your own hands?"



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Chapter 4: Nun Costume 00

"Hmph! How dare a mere human tease me?"

Time rewinds to shortly after Lin Ling's hug attempt failed.

The Herrscher of Corruption strangled Lin Ling’s throat until her eyes turned white and she lost consciousness...

"Do you think I will believe your lies?"

She sat on top of Lin Ling, looking down at the unconscious, slick, white-haired girl. Then, she pinched her chin and said disdainfully,

"What do you mean, 'you like me'? You must be just like those two white-haired women, trying to trick me into rescuing Yae Sakura, right? Hmph! If you weren't still useful, I’d eat you right now!"

But in the end, the Herrscher of Corruption finally let go.

Because, compared to killing this human directly, she had other more interesting ways to play...

For example, directing a play—

The body of the Herrscher of Corruption gradually twisted and finally split into two. One half became a black shadow, merging with the unconscious Lin Ling, transforming into a huge fox monster.

The remaining form, which now resembled Lin Ling, sat weakly on the altar, shackled, with a faint evil smile at the corner of her mouth and eyes full of strange expectations.

"If Yae Sakura chooses to obey my will and kill 'you' as a sacrifice to 'God,' it means she has completely fallen. But if she resists, only to find that the so-called evil god who dies under her sword is the innocent girl she wants to protect... Heh, that might be more interesting."

...

Now, back to the present.

"Damn it! No wonder I always thought Lin Ling was a little too obedient and well-behaved. Is it fake? You’re so evil!"

The scene in front of her, coupled with the words of the Herrscher of Corruption, made Theresa realize what had happened immediately. She quickly picked Lin Ling up from the ground and checked her injuries.

Although the long blade had pierced her abdomen, as long as it wasn’t removed, the bleeding was minimal, and she wouldn’t die for the time being...

"Lin Ling, hold on!" Theresa comforted anxiously. "This is a fake dream world. As long as you defeat this fox demon in time and return to reality, you’ll be fine!"

With that, she rushed forward to avenge Lin Ling!

"Huh? Just you?"

Unfortunately, the Herrscher of Corruption casually waved her hand, and Theresa was knocked away again.

"Damn it!"

"I… I once again..."
Yae Sakura stared at her bloody hands in a daze.


Once again, she had killed an innocent girl, just like when she sacrificed her sister. This time, she had even taken the initiative to hurt the other party.

"How does it feel?" The fox girl Lin Ling, the Herrscher of Corruption, smiled proudly. "How does it feel? Your self-righteous hypocrisy has killed another innocent life. You thought you were resisting fate, but in the end, fate played a joke on you. Isn’t it ridiculous?"

The Herrscher of Corruption looked at Lin Ling, who was bleeding profusely. She, too, had been an innocent girl in the past. She had been killed by a group of self-righteous people who thought that would save the world. Instead, it led to an even greater tragedy.

"Ah..mm...Sakura, don’t give up. Kallen is always watching you."

At that moment, Lin Ling pulled a golden cross from her arms. It was a token given to her by 'Kallen,' someone she met when she first entered the stigmata space. Due to various events, she hadn’t had a chance to reveal it until now.

"What is this? Impossible!! Why do you still have her power?"
 The Herrscher of Corruption was shocked when she saw this. She could feel the cross bore the scent of the person who had sealed her.

"It’s you... Kallen..."


Yae Sakura carefully picked up the golden cross Lin Ling had given her. She could feel Kallen’s presence on it, and her eyes slowly filled with tears. "Five hundred years... So, you’ve always been by my side, always protecting me... never leaving..."

Then, as Sakura’s tears fell onto the cross, the golden light intensified, eventually transforming into a sacred power that began to shine on Theresa.


No, it was supposed to shine on Theresa, but someone intercepted it mid-way...

A white-haired girl, taller and more mature than Theresa, suddenly appeared in front of her and took the power for Theresa.

It was Lin Ling.

Instantly, the sacred light healed all her injuries. Not only that, but Lin Ling’s clothes transformed into light and began to dissipate.

"Huh?!"

Fortunately, while the original power dissipated, she was granted a powerful battlesuit — the Song of Divine Grace!

"Lin Ling... you...?" Theresa looked at Lin Ling, now clad in nun-like armor, surprised. "What are you doing?"

"This should be the power left by Miss Kallen. She has always worried about Miss Yae Sakura. But let’s not talk about this now."

After a brief explanation, Lin Ling clenched her fists. She could feel an overwhelming surge of power now.

The boost from this battlesuit exceeded her expectations.




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Part 5: Brother-in-law Won't Hurt You

"I found Lin Ling!"

Time rewinds to a few seconds ago.

In the real world, at the Academy.

As the emotionless, mechanical voice of a girl sounded, the extremely worried faces of the other two girls, one in purple and one in white, finally showed some improvement.

Kiana hurriedly said to Bronya, who was operating the consciousness connection device, "Great! Get that idiot out! Let me save my aunt!"

"No, I can't do it," Bronya shook her head coldly. "Her consciousness are restricted by something, and she can't return naturally. And... look."

Bronya turned her eyes to Lin Ling on the bed.

"Uh...ah..."

Although there were no external injuries, the white-haired girl kept shaking on the bed and groaning in pain.

At the same time, the electrocardiogram and other equipment connected to her showed life-threatening signals.

"This reaction! Is she in danger in the stigmata data space!?" Mei understood immediately and asked anxiously, "Bronya, do you have a way to save her?"

"I don't know, but I will try my best."

Bronya nodded solemnly to Mei, then used her powerful hacking ability to try to crack the deep restrictions on Lin Ling in the stigmata data space.

Although the name of the stigmata space sounds a bit magical, it is ultimately just a data space. And anything composed of data is ultimately a series of 0s and 1s.

And as long as it is data, there will inevitably be loopholes. With the right method, you can exploit them.

Therefore, with Bronya's operation, Lin Ling's body gradually calmed down and finally returned to normal, at least temporarily.

Seeing color returning to Lin Ling's face, Mei breathed a sigh of relief. "Great! Lin Ling's body is getting better. Phew, I'm glad to have you, Bronya."

"No, I just lifted some of the restrictions on her. I can't directly treat her mentally. But, is it as I expected?"


Bronya put her hand on Lin Ling's heart, feeling Lin Ling's gradually recovering mind. Using the chip in her brain, she analyzed her physical condition.


Combining some strange details from the recent anti-entropy invasion incident, Bronya understood something. "This girl has special recovery abilities. She can heal herself. And it seems she also used her healing ability to save me from serious injuries during the last anti-entropy invasion."

Kiana also reached out and checked Lin Ling's heartbeat with Bronya. "So, is Lin Ling okay?"

"It's a pity," Bronya shook her head again. "That's all we can do. Next, it depends on her. I observed that there is a very strong hostile consciousness in this stigmata space. Lin Ling and the school principal are fighting against it..."


...

Inside the Stigmata Space:

When Ying's long sword pierced her body, Lin Ling, who had been transformed into a giant fox by the Herrscher of Corruption, could only let out a fox's cry that couldn't be understood.

At this moment, even she almost thought she was about to say goodbye to this beautiful world full of beautiful girls...

But at this moment!

Pop!

It seemed as though a membrane broke, and her sealed power returned with it.

Then, Lin Ling quickly made a decision, activating the powers of the Herrscher of Reason and the Herrscher of Death at the same time. She healed herself before she completely lost consciousness...

Finally, she was temporarily out of danger.

She looked up at the dark night sky and softly whispered, "Thank you, Bronya."

But Lin Ling also knew that it was impossible to defeat this 50,000-year-old "old fox demon" with just these few powers.

Besides defeating it, she had a more important task to complete.

So, she focused on the cross that was emitting strong golden light and power.

Then...

She flashed and instantly blocked Theresa!

In the surprised eyes of everyone, she took away the power Kallen had left for her lover.

Although Lin Ling knew from her previous life's memories that even if she didn't act herself, Theresa could defeat the Herrscher of Corruption after obtaining this power, her goal wasn't just to defeat the enemy. The power of the Herrscher of Corruption would be of great use in the future.

At that moment, after the small golden cross granted Lin Ling a set of powerful armor resembling a nun's outfit, the cross itself continued to grow, eventually transforming into something that Theresa recognized immediately.

"Is this... Oath of Judah?!"


As the current user of Judas, Theresa naturally recognized the cross at once.

Even bumping into...

"Oh, do you want me to use the cross?" Lin Ling scratched her head, looking at the huge cross and feeling a little helpless. She turned to Theresa, "How do I use this thing? I don’t know how to use it."

"So stupid! You just need to... do this... and then that... to open Judah's chain, spear..."

"Ah, this..."

Although Theresa is the principal, she usually doesn't teach directly. Combined with the urgency of the situation, Lin Ling was a little confused for a moment.

After realizing that the white-haired girl, who had inherited Kallen's powers, didn't seem to know how to use the weapon, she took the chance to quickly show Lin Ling how to use it.

"Kallen... Kallen Kaslana!! Why! Why, after five hundred years, do you still want to block me? Why haven't you disappeared yet?!"

The giant fox transformed by the Herrscher of Corruption quickly ran toward the three of them, raising her claws high in an angry roar. She wanted to destroy everyone present.

"Bang!"

But just as she approached, Lin Ling suddenly raised the huge golden cross, hitting it back as if it were a baseball.

"Boom..."

The fox was sent flying, crashing and destroying several houses.

"Aunt," Lin Ling, holding Judas, spoke to Theresa, "Do you know how many uses Jusah has?"

Before Theresa could reply, the giant fox had stood up again from the ruins. As the Herrscher of Corruption of the previous era and the master of this Stigmata Space, how could she fall so easily from Lin Ling's casual attack?

"Damn it! Damn it!! I will never be sealed by you again!"

Then, with strong reluctance and hatred, she opened her terrifying bloody mouth again. The thick, visible Honkai energy quickly condensed in her mouth, forming an energy bomb that emitted terrifying energy.

Lin Ling raised Judas, preparing for this attack in a baseball stance.

"Lin Ling, Judah is not used like this! If you just swing it as a stick, you can't unleash its true power! And it seems that her attack will explode, so your swinging will only hurt you more!"

Fortunately, wiith her rich experience in fighting Honkai beasts, Theresa quickly noticed the situation and persuaded Lin Ling, who was about to make a mistake.

"Ah? What should I do?" Lin Ling asked.

Although Theresa knew that the Judah appearing in this stigmata data space could not be the real one, it was clearly a backup left by the saint five hundred years ago to deal with this fox demon. It must contain greater power, so she advised Lin Ling, "Don't use your brute force. Feel it with your heart!"

"Don't use brute force..."

Hearing this, Lin Ling inserted the giant cross into the ground, gently stroked it, and slowly closed her eyes...

Sure enough, she felt a spiritual connection between herself and the weapon.

In a trance, she vaguely saw a white-haired girl floating in front of her, gently stroking her cheek.

It was the white-haired girl who resembled a mature version of Theresa, the saint from five hundred years ago—Kallen Kaslana.

"Miss Lin Ling, please accept my power..."

Then, she felt as though new information had suddenly entered her mind, and she instantly understood how to use Judas.

The next moment, she opened her eyes!

"I understand."

This time, she waved her hand, and the two sides of the giant cross suddenly opened like a peacock, revealing rows of golden spears.

"Die!"


At the same time, the Herrscher of Corruption's attack had also been condensed.

A powerful energy attack, like the 'Tailed Beast Ball,' gushed out of her mouth!

Lin Ling immediately controlled Judas to launch all the spears...

"Boom!"

The energy ball released by the Herrscher of Corruption collided violently with the spears thrown by Lin Ling in mid-air, erupting in a powerful explosion and shockwave, completely destroying the already dilapidated Yae Village.


"Aunt, Miss Yae Sakura, are you okay?"

After the flames and the aftermath of the explosion faded, Lin Ling turned around and asked the two girls who were holding onto each other.

Fortunately, Lin Ling had been shielding Yae Sakura and Theresa, ensuring that the two girls who had lost their power were not seriously injured.

"I'm fine..." Theresa held her chest. Although Lin Ling had blocked most of the impact, the explosion had still been somewhat strenuous and uncomfortable for her, given that she had lost her powers.

However, she was more worried about Lin Ling’s condition than her own safety, and quickly asked, "Lin Ling, are you okay?"

"No problem at all!"

Lin Ling turned around and gave Theresa a thumbs-up. With the blessing of Kallen's remaining power, she didn’t even have a single scratch on her body.

"Okay, Aunt, leave the rest to me."

Then, Lin Ling picked up a spear pulled from Judah and charged toward the fox-like creature.

"Damn it!"

The Herrscher of Corruption was in much worse condition. She had been sealed for 50,000 years, plus an additional 500, and during that time, her body and mind had gradually become distorted. Her strength was now much weaker than before.

Moreover, after transforming into a giant fox, her large size made her even more vulnerable. The explosion from earlier had inflicted even more damage, leaving her body unsteady and shaking.

However, despite her weakened state, when Lin Ling charged at her, the Herrscher roared in boundless hatred, swinging her claws and fangs in an attempt to fight.

I vow to eat this white-haired girl alive, the one who destroyed my freedom!

"I won't fail like this!"

It’s a pity...

Ideas and determination are not enough. In this world, strength is what truly matters.

Soon, she found herself at a disadvantage against Lin Ling’s attacks. Finally, after being trapped by Lin Ling’s chains released by Judah, she became the target of a one-sided beating and seemed to have lost all ability to resist.

Lin Ling approached the Honkaid fox demon and gently stroked her cheek.

"Forgive me, Rin... It's time to end this."

"No...!"

But just as Lin Ling’s hand touched the soft, delicate fur of the fox, the giant fox suddenly transformed into a black-and-red substance, like flame and fluid. It quickly broke free from the chains and coiled around Lin Ling like a worm on a tarsal bone, rapidly consuming her whole...

As she was about to be completely devoured, a smile curled at the corner of Lin Ling's mouth.

"Hmph~ Has it finally come to this? The next step is the real show..."

...

Just like the scene in the comics, Lin Ling, now swallowed by the darkness, saw countless fragmented images flash by...

"Hi~ Class Monitor, my dear wife..."

"Chongchong, I declare you~"

"Mei, please make miso soup for me every day."

...

Those were her memories.

This was the Herrscher of Corruption’s true power: an ability that erodes everything...


But what a pity...

"Damn it! What terrible luck! How come your mind is full of these kinds of garbage!"

The voice of the Herrscher of Corruption came from the void. After searching Lin Ling’s mind, all she found were scenes of this scumbag flirting with girls left and right.

"I refuse to believe there is no hatred in your heart! No darkness!"

Yet, unwilling to give up, she began to dig deeper.

"Stop it, Rin."


But at that moment, Lin Ling raised her head and spoke to the Rin hidden in this dark void. "Brother-in-law will not hurt you. If your sister knew that you had become like this, I don’t know how heartbroken she would be..."