Chapter 49: You decide to use it to trick Sakura Kinomoto and drain her fortune.

What one thinks about, one sees.

Could that woman really be her mother?

Just now, she had only caught a glimpse of a silhouette and fled in terror, without seeing clearly at all...

Sakura hesitated somewhat; she had a desire to verify this guess.

......

At the intersection.

"Goodbye, Sakura!"

Several girls walked away in different directions with their schoolbags on their backs.

After Tomoyo also departed,

Ye Hui took his bicycle out from his backpack. "Sakura, do you need a ride?"

"Ah? Is that alright? Thank you!"

[Kinomoto Sakura Emotion Value +23]

Sakura sat on the back seat, the wind brushing past her ears.

With a push of his foot, Ye Hui pedaled the bicycle toward the direction of the Kinomoto residence...

"Um... Ye, was that thing just now really an illusion?"

Hearing the hesitation in Sakura's voice, Ye Hui chuckled softly.

"Sakura, that isn't really what you want to ask, is it?"

"Eh? Ye, you're just as smart as Tomoyo! You always know what I'm thinking... Ah! I mean, I want to know what that was. Was it really an illusion, or an actual soul..."

Ye Hui showed not the slightest sign of impatience.

He knew that Sakura simply wanted to confirm whether that silhouette was truly her own mother.

Ye Hui softened his tone considerably.

"It truly was an illusion. I suspect it's the work of a Clow Card."

"Eh? A Clow Card?"

"That's right. Did you forget what I told you last time? Whenever strange things happen around you, your very first suspicion should be whether it's a Clow Card..."

Ye Hui said with a smile.

There was no helping it; the title of the anime was Cardcaptor Sakura, after all.

Those cards were bound to accompany Sakura throughout her growth...

Sakura's voice dropped. "Is it really a Clow Card? But... I still want to go and see for myself, to confirm it..."

Ye Hui said, "Seeing is believing. Then let's go!"

"Eh? Ye, won't you be angry if I do this?"

"Angry?" Ye Hui paused. "What would I have to be angry about?"

"Even though you already told me it was an illusion caused by a Clow Card, I'm still doubting you and insisting on going back to look..." Sakura lowered her head.

Ye Hui smiled, his voice drifting back from ahead on the wind.

"To simply want to catch another glimpse of one's own mother, what could possibly be wrong with that, Sakura?"

[Kinomoto Sakura Emotion Value +25]

Sakura raised her head slightly, looking at Ye Hui's back, a wave of warmth filling her heart.

She had thought Ye Hui would be angry because she didn't believe him.

"Sakura!"

"Ah?"

"Didn't I tell you? When you encounter trouble, don't be afraid. Just face it bravely!"

[Kinomoto Sakura Emotion Value +12]

"Thank you, Ye. Still, I've made up my mind. I can go capture the Clow Card first, and if it really is a Clow Card creating illusions, I can check what kind of illusion it was afterward..."

Ye Hui nodded. "Since you've decided, there's no need to hesitate. Let's contact our royal photographer~"

Arriving at the entrance of Sakura's house,

Sakura dismounted.

Ye Hui waved at her, then rode away on his bicycle.

He had gone on an exploration in the forest with a group of young girls and ended up covered in dust.

By the time he returned home and finished washing up, his phone rang right on cue.

It was a call from Tomoyo.

She told Ye Hui that Chiharu had led a few girls out to explore again...

"And what's more, they claimed they encountered a real ghost. The crucial part is that someone got hurt this time..."

Ye Hui was stunned, left speechless.

It turned out that Sakura wasn't the only stubborn one!

Even after Ye Hui had explained that it was an illusion, there were still girls willing to take risks and try their luck...

Fortunately, by the time Tomoyo received the news, the girls had already fled. Someone was injured, but no one was missing!

Tomoyo said, "Because of this incident, however, Sakura has decided to go resolve it tonight..."

As for what they were resolving, it was naturally a Clow Card.

"I understand."

Ye Hui and Tomoyo agreed on a time.

Right at that moment, a quest refreshed.

[Despicable as you are, through sweet talk you have grown increasingly close to the Heavenly Spirit Root disciple Kinomoto Sakura, and you learn that she intends to go on a trial in the Sect Illusion Realm together with Law-Protector Daidoji Tomoyo...]

[You have heard of that trial realm; it is said to enhance one's state of mind and diminish inner demons, a place frequently visited by many disciples of the Myriad Laws Immortal Sect.]

[You pull strings and beg for favors, finally acquiring accurate information about the secret realm. You decide to use it to trap Kinomoto Sakura and the others, deplete their destiny, and then seize her supreme divine treasure...]

[Ding! You have refreshed a character side quest—Seize the Divine Treasure!]

"Huh?"

Ye Hui was taken aback.

The exact same quest name.

This so-called "Immortal Talisman Sect Divine Treasure"...

Was this actually turning into a series of quests?

"Also, could it be that after the Dao Fate Gift Pack dropped last time, my relationship with Tomoyo dropped again?"

Ye Hui found it somewhat incomprehensible.

Tomoyo was clearly present for today's events as well.

So why hadn't it triggered a bonding quest related to turning Tomoyo to his side?

What on earth was the underlying logic for acquiring these quests?

Ye Hui felt a bit baffled by this scam of a system.

"Forget it, even with a different name, this so-called divine treasure is definitely still a Clow Card. Let's see if I can borrow Sakura's destiny to unlock a new map this time..."

The small woods behind the school.

This place was very close to the sect known as "Tomoeda Elementary".

The probability of unlocking a new dungeon must be exceptionally high here!

Had it failed to unlock previously simply because Sakura rarely passed by here before?

Lacking the blessing of Sakura's protagonist destiny, it had remained unlit all this time?

Thinking of that path through the forest,

Ye Hui was once again reminded of Chiharu and the other girls who had come here to explore at night.

Even when they came here for the first time, hadn't they chosen to arrive around dusk?

How on earth had Chiharu and the others dared to come and explore here after dinner?

The elementary school students around here truly lacked any sense of safety awareness...

As someone who had been through it, Ye Hui could understand the boundless curiosity of children.

However, he simply could not comprehend their courting of death.

He had originally thought that with his persuasion, Chiharu would give up this time...

Tsk tsk! Well, thanks to this being the world of Cardcaptor Sakura,

if this were a horror movie, characters who actively courted death like this probably wouldn't survive half an episode!

Let alone movies, even ordinary people walking through mountain forests at night were prone to unforeseen accidents.

And yet, the ones running into this small forest were a bunch of elementary school girls.

Because of the incident involving their classmate,

Sakura was practically bursting with eagerness to head out this time.

Fortunately,

Touya still had to work a part-time job that night, and Fujitaka was away on a business trip attending a seminar...

Sakura didn't have to worry about sneaking out early and getting caught by her family.

Ye Hui hurried over as well, rendezvousing with Kero and the others in front of the Kinomoto residence.

Unsurprisingly, Tomoyo was waiting outside her limousine.

"Sakura, over here!"

"Tomoyo!"

"Everyone's here, then let's get in the car and set off~"

The vehicle started up.

Inside the car, Tomoyo spoke of her plans for this time: "Sakura-chan, I want to film Alice in Wonderland..."

Sakura's emerald-green eyes widened in astonishment.

"Me? Alice?"

"No, Sakura, you're just the rabbit!"