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

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Ningzi set a small goal in her mind and planned to write it down in her notebook after returning to the classroom so as not to forget it.

"Let's go, Little Lamp! Let's go enjoy the air conditioning!"

Holding Dengdeng's little hand, Ningzi didn't care how much dust was on it.

“Ne…”

Takamatsu never resisted.

She jogged along with Toyokawa Ningko, even though she didn't want to run right now, she would do whatever Ningko wanted to do.

If one day Ningzi asked me to take the blame or something, I might not hesitate to go to jail in her place... Ah, what nonsense! That's so unrealistic, Takamatsu! Ningzi would never commit a crime, nor would she do that to me!

The girl put aside her usual daydreams; all she wanted now was to be quietly held in this hand.

Although I've said it many times already.

But Takamatsu Akari really wants to hold hands with Toyokawa Neko for the rest of her life!

She was truly certain.

The current Toyokawa Ningko is the "Toyokawa Shoko" she remembers. The more she looks at Ningko and interacts with her, the more certain she becomes of this.

You say I'm deceiving myself? Fine, then I'm deceiving myself... Anyway, right now only Ningzi is willing to play with me...

“Xiao Ning…”

"I'm here."

Ningzi, who was running, turned her head and winked at the light.

So cute... Suki...

Takamatsu thought to herself.

Ch100. Why did Ningzi mention Xiaomu?

"Huh? Is this really a stadium?"

Is this for real? I really don't want to go in.

Ningzi looked uncertainly at Takamatsu behind her, only to see that the other person also had a somewhat uncertain expression.

Okay, okay, no… this silly penguin led us the wrong way!

"This is indeed a stadium... but we entered through the back entrance, so our current location should be..."

The lamp cautiously pointed to the sign hanging to the side.

"Equipment room?"

"correct."

"The equipment room...it's so cold here. Haneoka is really rich...that's nice."

It's just a bit too dark.

The further Ningzi went, the more palpitations and unease she felt.

She searched for the light switch along the seemingly endless wall, nearly bumping into a piano along the way, the keys making a series of noises.

His gaze flicked behind him.

Xiao Deng was still holding her hand.

The light coming from the iron gate behind them was the only source of light in the room. Ningzi kicked a gymnastics mat; the hard sponge felt like a burlap sack wrapped around Shiina Riki.

"Little Lamp, how much longer until we leave this... storage room..."

Toyokawa Ningko was unaware of the tremor in her voice, and small beads of sweat began to appear on her forehead. She was sweating even in such a cool place...

It wasn't because I was scared by the dark...

"Almost there, Xiao Ning, do you see a blue area ahead?"

Ningzi squinted, trying her best to see the blue that Gao Songdeng was talking about.

"what is that?"

"It's glass. Once we get there, we can find the exit to enter the stadium."

"what…"

Why is it still so far? I'm going to the gym to take my supplements, I'm going to enjoy the air conditioning while taking my supplements, I'm going to find something fun to do while taking my supplements...

"Let's go, Little Lamp, I suddenly really want to go back and collect stones... I just saw a stonefish with black spots..."

Ningzi no longer knew what she was saying.

All she wants now is to find a place surrounded by light.

Send her anywhere, whether it's the rainforests of Antarctica or the glaciers of the East African plateau... Take me away, Little Lamp, please take me away from here...

"Ah, is Xiao Ning leaving? Then let's go."

Instead, it was Deng who led Toyokawa Ningko towards the door.

Ningzi's hands were very cold; I don't know if it was because of the air conditioning or something else.

The two were only a few dozen meters away from the entrance; if they simply walked in a straight line, they should be able to arrive quickly.

should.

A sound came from the doorway.

Ningzi could tell that the voices were those of some of her classmates.

"Huh? Who didn't close the door properly?"

"Do you need help closing the door?"

"Yes, we should. It would be terrible if the equipment got lost."

boom--

The door to the equipment room was closed, and the light inside the huge equipment room was instantly stripped away. After many years, Toyokawa Ningko was once again back in complete darkness.

"..."

"The door is locked? It's okay, Xiao Ning, we can go around out of the stadium."

"..."

Gao Songdeng didn't notice Ningzi's silence. She thought, "Is Xiao Ning a little depressed?"

Deng tentatively placed a hand on Ningzi's shoulder, and seeing that Ningzi did not resist, he gently half-embraced her.

Gao Songdeng was absolutely not mistaken; Ningzi's delicate body was trembling and very hot, like a small volcano about to erupt.

"Are you alright, Xiao Ning? We're almost there."

Deng tried to slow her pace as much as possible, afraid that too much exercise would make Ningzi uncomfortable.

"..."

Toyokawa Ningko remained silent in the face of any response.

She could see nothing, nothing clearly... Darkness poured into her heart from her eye sockets and mouth, staining all her organs with a black, murky aura.

After only a moment of dizziness, light returned to Ningzi's eyes.

In the light, there was a little girl with green hair.

Looking down, I realized I was no longer in the school's equipment room.

She was in a similarly dark, warehouse-like place.

Ningzi chose to scream. She called out to the green-haired girl for help, pleading desperately for her assistance.

Darkness is tangible, constantly staining Ningzi's skin like the tide.

The darkness is also sharp; every tender moment is a meticulous attack composed of thousands of black needles.

The green-haired girl stretched out her hand, like a rope thrown to a drowning person.

Toyokawa Ningko wanted to grasp it, but she couldn't do anything.

"I…"

The scene before her eyes vanished, and Ningzi returned to the warehouse.

She could feel a pair of hands on her shoulders, gently rubbing her skin through her clothes.

My cheeks were sticky and wet, it was awful.

Ningzi heard it.

The lamp said, "We're almost at the exit."

That's what the lamp says, right?

lamp…

"Xiao Ning, wait for me, I'll come and rescue you in a bit."

In the blink of an eye, the scene suddenly changed again.

Standing at the bottom of the warehouse, looking out at the small window at the top of the wall, a little girl with green hair was talking to him anxiously. It was the time of twilight.

Why was he standing in the dark warehouse, while the green-haired little girl was looking at him from such a high place?

Why is she so... aloof and superior?

"Xiao Ning, I'm opening the door."

Takamatsu's voice pulled Ningzi back to reality.

Ningzi felt unable to breathe and could not feel her own body. She was like a lonely ghost flying in the air, quietly watching Gao Songdeng carry her remains away.

"..."

Takamatsu finally realized that something was wrong.

Within a few dozen seconds of walking from the inside to the door, Ningzi's body grew hotter and hotter, and she would occasionally let out uncomfortable low moans.

"Xiao Ning? Xiao Ning! Are you alright?!"

The return of the light allowed Gao Songdeng to see the lovely girl in his arms clearly.

Ningzi's amber eyes lost their luster, her face turned deathly pale, and cold sweat dripped from her forehead.

Two lines of clear tears streamed down the sides of her nose, and Ningzi was on the verge of collapse.

"Xiao Ning!"

The lamp recalled that afternoon when Ningzi's attempt to take the medicine and the purple clay pot failed.

Nightmares really don't go away; they return to your daily life again and again to torment you.

I hurriedly helped Ningzi to sit down on the empty ground in the gymnasium. There was no one in the gym, but a few lights were still on.

Deng patted Ningzi's back helplessly, hoping to make her feel better.

Ningzi did not respond to any of the noise from the outside world.

She just stared blankly ahead, muttering to herself:

"Mu..."

"Xiao Mu?"

The lamp used a tissue she carried with her to wipe away Ningzi's sweat; this was the first time she had ever seen Ningzi in this state.

And... Xiao Mu?

Why did Ningzi suddenly bring up... their former teammate, Wakaba Mutsumi?

Ch101. So the lamp chose to feed Ningzi the medicine.

"Xiao Mu...don't go..."

Toyokawa Ningko rested her head on Takamatsu Akari's lap, the soft touch traveling from the back of her head to her limbs, resisting the darkness that remained inside Ningko's body.

Just as Gao Songdeng had said, there were no students in the gymnasium, only two girls huddled together in a corner for warmth.

"Xiao Ning?! Are you feeling better? Did your old illness relapse?"

Ningzi could hear the sound of the lamp, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't utter a single word.