The clash on the street caused a lot of people's attention, probably because the police were not heavy enough today, and it was not until more than 20 minutes later that the patrol arrived.

It's just that because the perpetrator has already fled away, the patrol can only be helpless, just called a few ambulances, and brought back the hot girls lying on the ground, including Ryoko Okuyama, together.

More than half an hour later.

In the street directly opposite the "Suyu Bookstore", at the intersection of a certain corner, a figure gradually walked out of the shadows.

Although he had just escaped, Manami Mizuhara quickly ran back and secretly hid here, paying attention to the movement at the door of the bookstore.

She didn't come out until she was sure the officers were leaving.

"Hoo ......"

Touching her chest in fear, Manami Mizuhara herself was a little incredulous, she could be so bold just now, and just threw the hot girls and Ryoko Okuyama out together.

Not to mention this powerful power, just this intense emotion made her feel incredible.

“…… Is it all because of you? ”

Minami Mizuhara clenched the pendant on her chest, revealing a complicated expression, and was silent.

By now, she had already understood that the pendant that Xi Gu had given her was far from being as ordinary as it seemed, it was a truly mysterious thing with otherworldly effects.

The possibility of transcending reality that she dreamed of was actually pinned on it.

But...... Obviously, as I expected, this kind of thing really happened, why can't I be happy at all?

Shaking his head and throwing those complicated thoughts out of his mind, Manami Mizuhara walked out of the intersection and hurried to the side of the bookstore, and walked around to the back of the Sugo bookstore, a blocked dark alley.

Looking at the two-meter-high wall in front of him, Manami Mizuhara did not hesitate, supported his hands, turned over, and immediately climbed over the wall and came to the back door of the bookstore.

This climb was too easy, which made Manami Mizuhara a little flustered - was it so easy? However, when he thought of the incredible methods used by Mio Ito, who appeared in the abandoned factory, Manami Mizuhara was immediately relieved.

However, she didn't know that the evolutionary blood contained in the "Perception Pendant" was only less than one percent of the potency it would have under normal conditions.

Although under its infiltration, she is now able to take off her glasses, hang Liangzi, and climb over the two-meter-high fence with her hands, but this physical fitness is still within the range of normal people.

Only when she is fully activated by the baptism process of evolutionary blood on the body, and every muscle and every cell makes a leap in the essence of life, can Manami Mizuhara understand what is truly transcendental.

When I came to the back door of the bookstore, it was also locked like the front door. Manami Mizuhara was a little disappointed, but not surprised, she had already guessed that this would be the result.

His head shook from side to side, watching the movements around him, and finally, after making sure that there was no one around, Manami Mizuhara picked up a brick next to him and smashed it on the glass door-

"Whoa—"

A series of crisp sounds made Manami Mizuhara's heart suddenly tighten, but he was relieved when he found that there was still no one next to him.

"Hoo ......"

While sighing, Manami Mizuhara's heart didn't feel a little weird.

"Why...... Originally, as a good girl who studied hard, studied hard, and at most looked up some occult materials on the Internet every day, and studied the supernatural, she has now become a person who can fight, slam the door, and break into the room without hesitation? ”

Sighing sadly, Manami Mizuhara's movements were not slow at all, and he quickly jumped through the glass shards and entered the bookstore.

- It's still familiar furnishings, and familiar bookshelves.

The moment he broke in, Manami Mizuhara had already seen the "Hermes Sage" that he had placed on the side of the bookshelf, as well as one mystery book after another next to it.

However, compared to the state of mind of reading them last night, the current Minami Manami only feels like a world away in his heart.

“……”

Cheeks tense.

Manami Mizuhara walked past the row of bookshelves and came to the counter, as expected—the young man who always had a mysterious smile on his face, as if looking at the distant shore was not here.

In the seats behind the counter, there was only dull air.

This is also something that can be guessed a long time ago, Manami Mizuhara sighed.

Manami Mizuhara glanced to the side - the curtains had been tightly closed, and the store was very dark, but even in this situation, his eyes could still see very clearly. Manami Mizuhara bypassed the long corner of the counter and came to the back, wanting to search the place where Xi Gu usually sits to see if she could find any clues, but the moment she came to the counter, when she saw the paper attached to it, her originally casual eyes immediately widened, and the hairs on the back of her neck immediately stood up-

I saw a few ordinary big characters written on the white paper:

"Go up to the second floor."

“……”

Who wrote this? To whom is this addressed?

Doubts like this have only been answered for a moment in my mind, and there is no need to doubt that this is the message that the store manager left for himself, and he knew that he would come, so he put this blank paper here.

Minami Mizuhara inhaled nervously, stood up from behind the counter, and looked at the stairs next to her.

At the top of the stairs is the second floor of the bookstore, and because of the design of the house, you can't see the structure inside, only the entrance to the second floor is also in darkness.

Without hesitation, Manami Mizuhara walked towards the staircase.

Holding on to the handrail, she climbed the stairs step by step.

The footsteps were heavy, and Manami Mizuhara felt like a marionette in some stage play, all actions were manipulated by the performers, and all choices had been limited by the existence of a supreme will.

Especially now, after a series of twists and turns, the girl has a certain indescribable understanding of such a thing as "fate".

In this way, walking with a heavy belly, step by step, the deeper and deeper darkness enveloped Manami Mizuhara.

The second floor of the bookstore is different from the first floor, the curtains are tightly closed, and not the slightest light filtered in is there, and even with Manami Mizuhara's current eyesight, it is impossible to see things with the help of those glimmers of light that are nowhere to be found with the naked eye.

So, when she completely stood on the floor of the second floor, neither she nor everything around her had been completely plunged into darkness, and there was no light everywhere she could see.