Chapter 965: Dream

The night was already deep; Shizuki Hitomi sat before the window, gazing at the moon in the sky, not knowing what she was thinking.

Today, in her conversation with Sayaka, she had summoned all her courage. After all, one was her good friend, and the other was the person she admired, and these two happened to be childhood sweethearts; inserting herself into this now always gave her a strange feeling. However, she did not want to deceive her own heart; Kamijou Kyousuke was, after all, the person she admired.

She knew that Sayaka also liked Kamijou Kyousuke, but love was something that sometimes defied reason. She had given Sayaka enough time to see her own heart clearly; if the two of them were to be together, she would also decisively withdraw and silently bless them.

"Tsk tsk, so this is the little girl?" In the shadows behind Shizuki Hitomi, the figure of Tokisaki Kurumi quietly emerged.

Looking at Shizuki Hitomi, who was watching the moon, a smile appeared on Tokisaki Kurumi's face. In her investigations, Shizuki Hitomi was actually a good child; at least she was able to openly express her desire to pursue Kamijou Kyousuke in front of Sayaka, rather than confessing to Kamijou Kyousuke in secret—that was something many others could not compare to. After all, she also did not know that for the sake of Kamijou Kyousuke, Sayaka had used her own soul to make a deal with a certain creature named Kyubey, a 【expletive】 who would grope girls at the drop of a hat!

"Such a good child, it feels a pity for her to be with someone like Kamijou Kyousuke!" Tokisaki Kurumi chuckled, then raised the Flintlock in her hand and fired a shot at the back of Shizuki Hitomi's head.

Struck by the bullet, Shizuki Hitomi suddenly felt the world before her begin to sway, and her body fell backward powerlessly.

Tokisaki Kurumi instantly appeared behind Shizuki Hitomi, caught her body, and then placed her onto the bed.

"I wish you a good dream, little girl. Hmm, although I don't think it will be a good dream..." Tokisaki Kurumi chuckled, then quietly vanished into the shadows.

In Lingyun's room, Lingyun, lying on the bed, suddenly felt his quilt bulge up abruptly. He lifted the quilt to reveal a small gap, and a head suddenly poked out from under the covers.

"Lingyun, my business is already done! That guy named Kamijou Kyousuke, it is almost impossible for him to want to hold Shizuki Hitomi and become a winner in life this time!" Tokisaki Kurumi said to Lingyun with a grin.

Feeling the warmth radiating from the delicate body pressed against his own, a helpless smile appeared on Lingyun's face: "Kurumi, the skill of crawling into bed—Saeko and Kurome must have learned that from you!"

"Hee hee, after all, everyone has those thoughts, but they have always been held back by a girl's reserve and haven't made a move. If we don't express it, wouldn't it be too much of a pity? Besides, I told you before, after I return from my original world, I will give you a special gift!" Tokisaki Kurumi giggled, then reached out and hugged Lingyun's body.

A certain abnormal atmosphere seemed to be spreading in the room.

Meanwhile, Shizuki Hitomi was trapped in a strange dream.

"This place, what place is this? It should be a hospital!" Looking at the slightly familiar scenery around her, a trace of doubt flashed in Shizuki Hitomi's eyes. "How did I get to this place?"

"Eh, isn't that Sayaka?" Just as Shizuki Hitomi was feeling puzzled, a figure appeared before her. "What is Sayaka doing at the hospital at this time?"

"Sayaka—" Shizuki Hitomi ran toward Sayaka, only to find that Sayaka had not heard her at all.

Shizuki Hitomi reached out to pat Sayaka on the shoulder, but her hand passed straight through Sayaka's body. This scene caused Shizuki Hitomi's body to stiffen abruptly, and fine, dense cold sweat broke out on her forehead.

"This, what exactly is this situation? Could it be, is this a dream?" Shizuki Hitomi stared at her hand in horror.

Thinking of this, Shizuki Hitomi subconsciously followed Sayaka forward; after all, in this bizarre world, only a familiar person like Sayaka could give her a little bit of a sense of security.

After following Sayaka into the hospital, Shizuki Hitomi witnessed a scene she had never seen before. Kamijou Kyousuke, who was throwing a tantrum at Sayaka over his hand, and Sayaka, who was earnestly comforting Kamijou Kyousuke.

"Miracles and Magic, both exist!" Listening to Sayaka's words, Shizuki Hitomi felt that this sentence hid information she did not know.

At this moment, she finally recalled some discordant points. Previously, the doctor had said that with current technology, it was impossible to cure Kamijou Kyousuke's hand, and even the doctor had told him to give up, but now Kamijou Kyousuke's hand had clearly recovered—could it be that there really existed some miracle and Magic in this?

Shizuki Hitomi vaguely felt that she seemed to have missed something very important, and the secrets hidden behind these things were beyond her imagination. Moreover, the current Kamijou Kyousuke seemed to have shed a layer of magnificent outer garment in front of her.

She only now realized that Kamijou Kyousuke was not always that graceful, and his behavior of throwing a tantrum at Sayaka also caused her rating of Kamijou Kyousuke in her heart to drop quite a bit. After all, Sayaka had been encouraging him the whole time, yet he treated Sayaka with such a tantrum; this was not the conduct a gentleman should have.

Afterward, Shizuki Hitomi saw Sayaka make a wish in front of a strange white creature, becoming a Magical Girl. And the wish Sayaka made was, shockingly, for Kamijou Kyousuke's hand to recover its health.

Seeing this scene, Shizuki Hitomi could not help but be stunned. If she had not known about this, she might still have had the thought of competing with Sayaka. But after knowing that Sayaka had paid such a price for Kamijou Kyousuke's hand, this thought in her heart was extinguished quite a bit.

But the dream did not stop there; the scenery before her changed again. This time, she saw herself, and her state was very strange, and she had even almost led Kaname Madoka onto the path of suicide.

"This, what is this?"

Shizuki Hitomi suddenly recalled the situation she had encountered before; at first, she thought it was a large-scale group hallucination, but she never expected it to be real. In this world, such dangerous existences were actually hidden. Immediately following that was Sayaka's dashing appearance, and after experiencing a battle, she eliminated the culprit who had caused all of this.

Subsequently, as the scenery changed, she appeared in a world of darkness. In this world of darkness, countless shadows rushed madly toward Sayaka. Sayaka defeated the shadows' attacks time and time again; every clash seemed extremely dangerous to Shizuki Hitomi, and a moment of carelessness would result in being torn apart by the shadows. After experiencing a difficult battle, Sayaka finally defeated this dangerous existence.

Seeing this, Shizuki Hitomi's legs went weak, and she sat directly on the ground. Only now did she know what a great price Sayaka had paid for Kamijou Kyousuke. It had only been a few days since Kamijou Kyousuke's hand got better, and she had already experienced two extremely dangerous battles, and this situation might continue indefinitely.

After all, over these years, the number of people who had died mysteriously in Mitakihara was not small. At first, she thought these were accidents. Now it seemed that it must be the strange things Sayaka fought that were acting in the shadows. Thinking that Sayaka actually had to engage in life-and-death battles with such dangerous existences for the sake of a wish, Shizuki Hitomi felt a shiver in her heart.

In this situation, what did she have to compete with Sayaka, or rather, what qualifications did she have to compete with Sayaka?