Are you, as meal replacement users, ready for the consequences?

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Fragmented memories pierced Ningzi's mind, making her feel a throbbing, uncomfortable sensation in her head.

When did this memory even start...? Why can't I remember anything...? It's so... painful... Why is it so dark...? I can't see anything...

This memory is incomplete; Ningzi can sense that it is merely the beginning of a series of long-forgotten events.

What happens next? I don't know... and I'm not really interested... it can't be anything good... I'd better just forget about it all...

Ningzi tremblingly grasped Gao Songdeng's hand, and Gao Songdeng carefully brushed the strands of hair stuck to her cheek with his fingers.

The little lamp's hand is so warm; the darkness just now was so cold.

The little lamp has to help me with all the work of heating up my soul.

"Tomorin".

"I am here, I have always been here."

Takamatsu didn't dare to touch Toyokawa Ningko carelessly, and she didn't even bother to pick up the stone that quietly slipped out of her pocket.

"It hurts...it hurts so much."

The lamp's thigh is very soft yet very elastic; if it were cut off and made into a pillow, it would definitely be a bestseller.

Ningzi weakly used her arms to roll over, her face down, resting her head on the lamp's legs.

breathe--

breathe--

It smells so good! The little lamp smells hot and spicy. It must be so hot to eat! The little lamp is so cute…

So the green-haired girl I just hallucinated—no, the one I just remembered—musume Wakaba must have been.

It's her, the green-haired, golden-eyed girl.

It must be her.

Why is it like this...?

"Ugh...uh..."

Head drooping, lamp covering eyes and mouth, afraid to utter a sound.

She could feel the warm, moist breath coming from her thighs and lower abdomen with exceptional clarity.

Each time Ningzi inhaled or exhaled, the Takasō lamp vibrated once.

"Xiao Ning, why are you not saying anything again?"

It was already Gao Songdeng's limit to stammer out a few simple words. If the lighting conditions in the venue hadn't been so poor, she wouldn't have believed that Ningzi would have seen such a disheveled little red face when she looked up.

However, Ningzi couldn't lift her head either, as she was lying face down and unwilling to move.

Ningzi wanted to turn back. Although the lamp smelled nice, it was too dark, which made Ningzi's somewhat calm soul begin to become transparent again.

But her stiff limbs prevented Ningzi from turning over again.

Ningzi was trapped in a cage called "Takamatsu Akari's Gentle Paradise," and gradually even her breathing rate began to decrease.

In the complete darkness, Toyokawa Neko couldn't breathe.

The slightest movement felt like an unnamed fire burning through the tens of thousands of blood vessels and nerves throughout my body.

It seems Ningzi is about to completely lose her connection in the darkness.

The lamp's hand was released.

"Xiao Ning? Xiao Ning!"

Deng quickly helped Toyokawa Ningko back to her senses. Although the indoor lighting wasn't very bright, it was enough to calm Ningko down.

"Xiao Ning, don't scare me, Xiao Ning..."

Gently lifting Ningzi's head, Takamatsu Akari slowly placed it on the floor and tried to press on the chest of the weak-breathing Toyokawa Ningzi.

But she was too weak and dared not exert any force.

"lamp…"

Ningzi strained to control her tongue and called out Gao Songdeng's name with difficulty.

"I'm here!"

As Deng hesitated whether to immediately perform CPR on Ningzi or apologize first, Ningzi's voice disrupted her thoughts.

"I feel terrible..."

"Yes! Has your old illness relapsed?! I'll take you to the infirmary first!"

Takamatsu tried to carry Toyokawa Ningko on his back, but Ningko's limbs were stiff and difficult to move.

Just carrying Toyokawa Ningko on his back had already exhausted Takamatsu Akari.

pat-

The sound of items falling attracted Takamatsu Akari's attention. Akari originally intended to take Ningzi to receive treatment first and then come back to the scene to clean up the things after she finished her work.

But she still instinctively looked down at the ground.

The medicine bottle on the ground was the one she had picked up that day.

"Eh?"

Deng remembered that Ningzi used this to treat her cold.

However, Takamatsu Akari never saw Toyokawa Ningko show even the slightest sign of a cold; she didn't sneeze, and her voice was completely nasal.

Moreover... if it really were cold medicine, Takamatsu, with his extensive knowledge of home remedies, would surely remember it.

Furthermore, this drug appears to be designed to treat a specific disease.

So there is only one answer!

"Xiao Ning? Is this medicine the one you're using to treat your illness? Is it the illness related to your memory loss?"

Why did you lie to me... Wait! I understand!

Takamatsu put Toyokawa Ningko down from her back and poured out the pills from the medicine bottle.

"Xiao Ning mentioned that she had been hospitalized before, which is why she has always been unwilling to reveal that she and Xiangzi were actually playing the role of the keyboardist in the band."

Because, well, Toyokawa Ningko was afraid that everyone would worry!

Perhaps Ningzi was always thinking about what would happen if one day she passed away due to illness…

Xiangzi will also be there to replace Ningzi as the keyboardist of Crychic, keeping everyone company.

So now instead of telling me what this medicine is for, she's chosen to lie... Is it because Ningzi doesn't want me to worry about her?

It makes sense now, everything makes sense now!

So, it turns out that Xiao Ning carried the burden of everything alone from beginning to end...

“Xiao Ning…”

Deng lifted Ningzi's head. Overwhelmed with emotion and sadness, Gao Songdeng spoke haltingly and even somewhat incoherently.

"Woo..."

Ningzi felt a little better, but only slightly.

She tried to minimize the number of times she closed her eyes so as not to fall into brief darkness.

"Is this medicine for treating you?"

"..."

Even though she was feeling terrible, Ningzi still managed to hear Gao Songdeng's question clearly.

This... can indeed cure my mental illness.

Ningzi moved her head up and down very slightly.

"Then, did I give Xiaoning her medicine?"

Ningzi had lost the strength to move, and now all she could see was a dazzling, multicolored green.

Amidst that green expanse, there are touches of gold that are impossible to ignore…

It's harmony... This is harmony!

It's Mutsu watching me... It's Mutsu moving away from me... It's Mutsu wanting to abandon me—

"Ugh?!"

The lamp placed the pill into Ningzi's mouth and then pulled out Ningzi's tongue to help her swallow it.

Salty.

The lamp's fingers.

Ch102. I'm going to skin you and eat you raw.

Gollum—

Although it was a bit difficult, Toyokawa Ningko swallowed it all.

The pills taste good, but they're definitely not palatable. You could call them a lifesaver, but... whatever makes you happy, they can easily change me anyway.

When the dead body, separated for several days, re-entered Ningzi's mouth, it slid down her esophagus from her throat.

As time passed, Ningzi felt a surge of energy.

Wow.

Who said this medicine is poisonous? What a quack!

As her limbs began to warm up, Ningzi believed she had the strength to leap up directly.

"I think this medicine should be taken like this, and we should take as much as possible."

Just one piece.

It freed me from the fear of darkness.

Then, I'll have another one.

If I eat another piece, you stinky bastards will be so shocked you'll die.

One more slice wouldn't be enough.

whee.

I want to eat until I go into shock.

Ningzi struggled to sit up from the ground. To be honest, lying on the cold gymnasium floor was an extremely uncomfortable experience.

The morgue, this place is simply...

The whole world is a morgue specifically for storing my remains!

"Do you feel better?"

Ningzi could see the joy of the lamp.

"That's great, that's really great!"

It took only about ten minutes from taking the medicine to reviving.

I'm so good I feel like dying.

Not eating for a few days made me so depressed that I was overwhelmed by my innate fear.

The weak and helpless Toyokawa Ningko is dead.

The one you chose, the Wakaba Mutsuki of my memory… and you, Nagasaki Motoyo, I feel you are also the culprit who killed me, I hate you now…

Who else...who else is the murderer who killed me?

"rather?"

Takamatsu Akari's untimely voice interrupted Toyokawa Ningko's thoughts.

When Ningzi is complaining about the world, what she hates most is someone intruding into her mind.

Especially you... Takamatsu Teng.

Looking at the gray-haired girl, Ningzi took the medicine bottle back.