MM Racing Page 223
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Izuki Karuta answered with the reality of the situation.
These were all things I asked while disciplining Vermouth.
"Was it just a dream?"
Shirley was a little confused.
Because that dream felt so real.
But the person standing before me, Izuki Qingtian, seemed even more handsome than in my dream, and even more like the one from this morning… “So, Sherry, aren’t you going to give me an answer yet?”
Izuki Karita pressed her for more information, pulling Sherry back from her confusion.
"W-what reply?"
"For no reason at all..."
Shirley still wanted to avoid the problem.
They were held tightly, with nowhere to retreat and nowhere to escape.
"Since there was no refusal."
"Then I'll take that as an agreement."
After saying this, Izuki Karuta lowered his head and kissed Sherry.
Shirley's eyelashes trembled slightly as she slowly closed her eyes.
After a long while, the passionate yet slow kiss ended.
When Shirley opened her eyes,
Only then did I realize that the scenery before me was completely different.
Because Izuki Karuta had already taken this opportunity,
She pulled Shirley into a mental illusion.
This time, the dreamscape is a world of ice and snow.
The entire illusion was a pure white expanse, with all the scenery sculpted from ice.
These ice sculptures are much smaller than real ones, and they look quite cute.
"It's beautiful."
Looking at the exquisitely crafted ice and snow sculptures before her, Izuki Karita...
I couldn't help but exclaim in sincere admiration.
The adventure in the illusion has not yet begun, but the scenery before her eyes has already captivated Izuki Karita.
"You, you've done this again!"
"Without my permission..."
"Just doing these things without permission..."
Shirley was a little upset.
The same thing happened last time with Izuki Karita; she ventured into her mental fantasy world without her permission.
Unexpectedly, Izuki Karuta came again.
"Without permission?"
"I remember you agreed before, Shirley."
Izuki Karuta reminded her, "That was the time when we didn't hurt Yukiko."
Izuki Qingtian felt somewhat guilty about Sherry's previous illusory adventure.
That time, Shirley's mental state was too fragile to withstand the effects of the hallucinations.
It was also because Izuki Shigeta overestimated her ability to navigate the mental illusion.
Therefore, this time, Izuki Karuta decided that she must take good care of Sherry.
"Then...then hurry up..."
Shirley couldn't refute it; she had indeed agreed to a condition.
They thought that saving Izuki Karuta would make up for it.
It turned out to be just a dream; the promises made before still need to be kept.
"Not in a hurry."
"Such a beautiful view, I'd like to savor it slowly."
Izuki Karuta took Sherry's hand, and together they appreciated the beautiful scenery in the dream world.
Last time I came in a hurry, and I left in a hurry too.
Izuki Karuta didn't even have time to properly admire the scenery.
It can be said that, in all the illusions I've experienced,
Shirley's mental illusions were the most serene.
Unlike Ran Mouri's previous illusion of ocean waves, which were turbulent and attacked one after another.
Unlike Eri Kisaki's mountain wonderland, which towers into the clouds and is breathtaking, requiring strenuous climbing.
But tranquility does not mean ease, much less safety.
On the contrary,
Izuki Karuta knew that beneath this calm demeanor lay a formidable challenge.
He could never forget the last time he was kicked out of the environment after less than ten minutes.
However, there's no rush to complete the challenge.
Izuki Karuta wanted Sherry to relax a bit more.
So I took her for a stroll around the illusion.
Look here, look there.
"Shirley, everything here is so lovely."
Why are you unwilling to look closely?
Izuki asked softly.
"But……"
"You don't think..."
Is it... really childish?
Shirley was somewhat reluctant to admit that this was a hallucination of her mind.
Everything looks shrunken, like a toy.
It makes her seem like a child at heart.
Shirley had seen Akemi's mental illusions.
That elegant and beautiful scenery
That's the mark of maturity.
"But in my eyes, they are all cute."
"Because all of this is yours."
"And I love you, Sherry."
Izuki Karita hugged Sherry tightly in her arms.
"Hmph, who needs you..."
Shirley hadn't finished speaking when
Suddenly, I felt danger approaching.
Izuki Karuta also noticed this.
Because of the prolonged lack of action
The tranquil facade of this mental illusion is about to end.
The hidden challenges are about to begin.
The ground began to tremble slightly.
Everything within reach of 233 became soft and precarious.
Izuki Shizuta quickly transformed his weapon into a train, carrying Sherry forward.
This weapon is the only means that Izuki Karuta can use in the mental illusion.
The train is moving forward at high speed.
The snowy world behind it, as if losing its support, continues to collapse and merge to form a giant snowman.