The morning sunshine, the ticking clock, the steaming breakfast, and her mother and sister smiling at her.

Ikegami Reika sat in a chair in a daze, wanting to vomit the breakfast on the plate.

Just the previous moment, she killed Chi Shang Yao Meng, Yao Meng's blood splashed into the plate, and the bread was soaked with blood, turning red and wet, but the next moment, she sat here, looking at the steaming bread in front of her, the aroma of wheat and butter penetrated into her nose, and the desire to vomit kept surging.

Why did it turn out like this?

At first, although Ikegami Reika felt it was weird, she didn't think much of it. It didn't matter if she would return to the beginning of time every time she killed these two people. She simply loved the painful and devastated expressions on their faces before they died. However, no matter how much joy one has, one will become bored after experiencing too much.

Yes, she was tired.

Ikegami Reika wants to escape this endless cycle.

She no longer had any concept of time, and she didn't know how long she had been in this place. It was like a cage that belonged to her alone, with no exit at all. She began to look for a way to leave, trying every means possible.

But every time, she would come back here and look at the two people's gentle smiles towards her.

"Linghua? You don't look well. Are you sick?" Chikami Yaomeng looked at Chikami Linghua worriedly.

Images kept interweaving in front of Ikegami Reika's eyes, the blood-covered corpse and the person she was worried about alternating, and finally it turned into Ikegami Yomen with a bloody face smiling at her faintly.

"Linghua?" Chi Shang Yaomeng spoke again.

"Mom, Linghua doesn't look well. Shall we go to the hospital with Linghua?"

The mother quickly wiped the water off her hands, and she held Ikegami Reika in her arms affectionately, and then put her hand on Ikegami Reika's forehead, "You don't have a fever, Reika, are you feeling unwell somewhere?"

Ikegami Reika looked at her blankly. After a moment she let out a scream, turned around and rushed out of the room.

"Linghua? Linghua!" The fake sister and mother called Ikegami Linghua's name at the door.

Something is wrong with this world. Why is it like this?

Ikegami Reika kept running.

There must be a way to leave here and not decay in this endless cycle!

Outside the curtain, Hinata Hajime watched the girl running.

"How many times has this been her reincarnation? She has probably lost count."

"The thirty-second time." Kamuzuru Izuru answered calmly.

"You actually recorded the numbers, Kamizuru-kun? You are worthy of me, but this person will have a mental breakdown, can she really gain hope by relying on this method?" Komaeda Nagito sighed, "Of course, I am not questioning Kamizuru-kun. A scum like me is not qualified to question anything. I am just confused."

Kamuzuru Izuru turned his head and looked at him, "Procedures can be counted."

"well?"

The next moment, Nagito Komaeda realized that Kamukura Izuru was questioning him about recording numbers. It turned out that he was not doing any serious calculations, but the program itself had the function of recording data.

Then, while waiting for Kamuzuru Izuru to explain further, Nagito Komaeda noticed that Kamuzuru Izuru stopped talking.

He simply ignored the question that Nagito Komaeda asked.

...It seems that Kamukura Izuru doesn't like him very much.

What a pity.

Of course, he doesn't really like Kamuzaki De-Ryu.

[I really didn't expect that she could reincarnate 32 times in such a short time.] Hinata frowned, [Although it was said that she became more and more crazy and confused because of too many reincarnations, but this person's nature is really bad. She actually enjoyed it in the beginning.]

Hinata Hajime said with a slight click of the tongue.

I don't understand.

Hinata Hajime is an ordinary person. Even if he is the same person as Kamukura Izuru, he is a friendly and gentle guy by nature. He simply cannot understand why a person would get pleasure from hurting others.

[Almost done.] Kamizuru said: [We are about to move to the next stage.]

Hinata Hajime was silent for a moment, then he nodded, "Okay."

This new world program and illusion combination plan is divided into three phases.

The first stage plunged Ikegami Reika into an abyss from which she could not escape, and her despair grew stronger every moment, time and again.

The second stage is to tell her that she will never be able to escape this nightmare.

In the video, Ikegami Reika was sitting by the sea. She was looking at the waves in the distance, and the veins on her forehead were bulging.

"Damn it!" Ikegami Reika stomped her feet vigorously. "Damn it, damn it, damn it! Am I dreaming?!"

"I must be dreaming! There is no such thing as an infinite reincarnation world, and there are no idiots who are kind to me. This is all wrong! Yes, that's why no matter how many times I kill those two idiots, I will always return to the starting point. Only if I wake up can it be resolved."

Ikegami Reika raised the knife, but this time the blade was pointed at herself.

"Goodbye, world!"

Ikegami Reika laughed crazily. She stabbed the knife into her neck with all her strength. Blood spurted out instantly. The thirty-second reincarnation——

end.

In the moment before Ikegami Reika lost consciousness, she vaguely remembered something. It was a man wearing a black coat, a clean white shirt and a grass-green tie underneath, but he had a pair of red eyes. He just watched her die indifferently, without any emotion at all.

...Who is that?

Reika Ikegami sat up suddenly from the bed. She saw the bright sunshine and heard the alarm clock ringing continuously.

"Linghua, get up." Her mother called her name outside. "It's half past six. You have to go to school after breakfast. Xiaomeng, you should get up too."

Ikegami Reika's eyes darkened.

She still hasn't escaped this nightmare. This is a cage that she can't escape from even if she commits suicide, and she is a prisoner who doesn't even have the freedom to die.

Despair completely enveloped her and she began to cry, tears falling continuously, and this time, her crying was the most genuine.

[The second stage is completed.] Kamukura Izuru calmly looked at the data fed back by the New World Program. [The power of the Despair Fragment is constantly increasing due to the despair of the Despair Master, but Ikegami Reika is mentally exhausted and no longer has the strength to continue killing people and continue reincarnation.]

[Because she was already desperate enough.] Hinata Sou sighed, [I couldn't think of any other way except to hurt others, but hurting others would only make things worse, so I could only do nothing out of despair.]

【You can proceed to the third stage.】

Cultivate hope.

Even if it is forced and one-time, as long as there is hope, it can purify the fragments of despair.

There is no need for the Despair Master to have hope for a long time, nor is there any need to know whether the Despair Master will return to his original nature in the future. What Kamijou Izuru and Hinata Sou want are just fragments of hope.

…

Ikegami Reika did not kill them again, and she began to slowly accept living in this world. However, Ikegami Reika discovered that even if she did not kill anyone, the world would end on the seventh day and then return to the beginning.

There is no other way but to endure the world repeating itself again and again.

Ikegami Reika walked quietly on the way home from school. The world would reset after today. She lowered her head and walked slowly towards home. She thought: She would probably live in this world forever, and she didn't know when she would be reincarnated again, and it would never stop.

Just then, she stopped and turned to look at the flower shop next to her, remembering the lilies she had bought.

That flower probably withered in time.

Thinking of this, Ikegami Reika couldn't control her steps. She bought a bouquet of lilies from the flower shop and went home with the flowers in confusion.

"Linghua, why didn't you wait for me?" Yaomeng ran over happily, "I went to look for you, but your classmates told me that you had already left. I was so embarrassed."

Ikegami Reika looked at her, then lowered her head after a moment, then raised the flower in her hand. Ikegami Yomeng's muttering was because the flower was stuck in the shell. She blinked, first looked at the flower and then at Ikegami Reika. She seemed to be in a hesitant and moved expression.

Finally, she asked with bright eyes, "Is it for me?"

Ikegami Reika nodded hesitantly.

So she watched Chi Shang Yaomeng happily take the flowers, solemnly put the flowers into the vase, and even showed off to her mother at night.

What's there to be happy about? Besides, tomorrow morning, the flowers will disappear and time will go back.

But Ikegami Reika didn't say anything. She just waited quietly for time to reset.

The next day, Ikegami Reika was awakened by the alarm clock. She looked at the time. It was 6:30. She walked out of the room and saw her mother and sister were already waiting for her. But this time, Ikegami Reika found that breakfast was no longer toasted bread and fried eggs, but a traditional Japanese breakfast.

Ikegami Reika turned her head hurriedly, and the first thing she saw was the delicate lilies in the vase and the date on the calendar that was one day earlier than yesterday.

Time is moving forward.

Later, Ikegami Reika discovered that time can actually go forward little by little. As long as she did everything she could to be nice to her sister and mother, time would go forward. Once she hurt them, time would reset. And when she did nothing, time would still start over after a period of time.

If you want to prevent time from coming back, then do good things and love others.

Ikegami Reika was forced to embrace love. In endless despair, this was the only way.

"It's a false hope that's forced upon me." Nagito Komaeda frowned. "It's not hope at all. You could even say it's a re-edition of despair."

Kamukura Izuru turned around in his chair and said, "Isn't this what you have been looking for?"

"What?"

"In the face of great despair, a strong hope triumphs over despair." There was a coldness in the red eyes of the God's throne. "Great despair, and a strong hope after triumphing over despair. This story perfectly matches your imagination, and the final ending is also the victory of hope. What else are you dissatisfied with?"

"This is not about hoping for victory, but Kamiza Izuru's victory." Nagito Komaeda looked at him in a complicated manner, "Forget it... I think this is the outcome. After all, you are the all-rounder of the super high school level, Kamiza Izuru."

Still ignoring Nagito Komaeda, Kamiya Izuru sat up from his chair and left directly, heading for a nearby hospital.

Ikegami Yomu was sitting on the hospital bed, a little surprised by Kamizuru's arrival.

"Mr. Hinata?"

Kamizuru Izuru walked over and handed the phone in his hand to Ikegami Yomu. Ikegami Yomu was stunned for a moment, but finally took the phone from Kamizuru Izuru. She opened the screen and the next moment she saw a familiar person. That familiar person made her fingers tremble.

"Ling... Linghua?"

Chikami Yomeng looked at the screen blankly. Chikami Reika was carefully trying to please her family and trying hard to change her behavior patterns. She seemed to be trying hard to make herself a better person. And on the screen, he was going to school hand in hand with her, with light in his eyes.

This is a scene that makes Chi Shangyao feel like he is dreaming.

"Mr. Hinata? What is this?"

"It's Ikegami Reika herself." Kamiya Izuru calmly told the truth, "Don't doubt it, this is your sister."

Chi Shang Yao subconsciously covered his abdomen, where he was stabbed by Chi Shang Linghua, and it still hurts a little.

"What do you mean, Mr. Hinata?"

"You decide." Kamuzou Izuru said, "Whether to give her a chance."

"Huh?" Chi Shang Yao Meng was stunned for a moment. After a moment, she lowered her head and said in a voice as small as a mosquito, "...Although I don't know why, it is really a difficult decision."

Kamuzuru Izuru looked at her calmly, "As it stands now, you are the only one who is qualified to make the decision."

"Yes, is that so?" Chi Shang Yaomeng clenched her hands and tightened the quilt with her fingers. After a moment, she spoke, "I understand. Let's send her to where she should go."

Not surprised by her choice, Kamizuru put away his phone and prepared to leave. Ikegami Yomu, who was struggling with various decisions, was stunned for a moment. She subconsciously asked, "Mr. Hinata, are you leaving now? I thought you would ask me why I made this choice."

"No need to ask." Kamizuru Izuru said, "Ordinary people's choices have always been fixed like this."

"...Ordinary people." Chi Shang Yao Meng murmured. She was stunned for a moment, and then said anxiously: "If it was just me, I would definitely choose to forgive, but, but I understand one thing, my forgiveness may be meaningless. If she is still the same as before, maybe both me and my mother will be in danger. I can't risk my life to forgive."

"So, it's not that I've become a coward." Chi Shang Yao Meng seemed to be convincing himself, "I'm just protecting myself and my mother, yes, that's it."

"No need to explain." Kamukura Izuru looked at her, "Humanity's desire to survive and fear of death are innate. It's really boring to feel ashamed of this."

This is the difference between ordinary people and hope, and why Makoto Naegi became the hope of the super high school level. Only Makoto Naegi would be full of trust in those who turned over a new leaf, and only he would hide the fact that people in the future organization would become the 77th batch of the Desperate Remnant Party.

Chi Shang Yaomeng looked at Shenzuo Chuliu blankly as he left. After a while, she leaned against the head of the bed.

"Am I, an ordinary person?"

Because she is an ordinary person, she is full of fear of Linghua, and even thinks how nice it would be if she didn't exist. So, she is just an ordinary person.

…

Ikegami Reika left the New World program, but before she could finish her joy, the police came and took her away. Since she hurt her sister and no one in her family helped her defend herself, she would stay in a juvenile detention center for a while.

On the other side, Kamijou Izuru looked at the white fragments floating in front of him, and there was no change in his red eyes.

"God of the Throne?"

Komaeda Nagito walked over and looked in front of Kamuzura Izuru.

“Is there any fragment of hope here?”

Kamukura Izuru looked at him, "What do you want to say?"

"No, I'm just curious." Nagito Komaeda said, "If the fragment of hope is here, why can't I see anything? Or is it that the so-called fragment of hope and fragment of despair can only be seen by Kamiya-kun or Hinata-kun?"

"Come to think of it, Hinata-kun, can you still feel the so-called aura of despair?"

Nagito Komaeda looked puzzled, "I didn't see anything. I guess Nanami-san also didn't see anything like me."

"Is it because you have some special abilities?"

[Can't see it?] Hinata Hajime asked strangely, [But the fragment of hope has always been here, right? So other people can't see the fragment of hope?]

【The question of world consciousness.】 Kamuzuru Izuru gave a calm answer.

Hinata Hajime relaxed his brows, "Ah, is this why the world consciousness sent us here? It gave us the ability to see the fragments of hope, and since we can be counted as two people, it saves a lot of effort."

【Um.】

Kamukura Izuru looked at Komaeda Nagisa in front of him, and a hint of coldness flashed in his red eyes.

It seems that we need to keep this guy away from innovation.