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"The clowns in the palace always used exaggerated and comical makeup to cover up the physical and mental pain they experienced during their performances."
Qiong Hanabi whispered against her lips, her voice trembling with pleasure.
"They mostly please others, but not themselves...and even if they do, it's fleeting."
"so……"
She parted her arms slightly, gazing into Hanabi's shocked eyes, a pure and utter smile of joy blooming on her face:
"Let me do it myself~ Let me please myself~"
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Above the starry sky, colorful fireworks bloomed one after another, splashing fragmented light and shadow onto the distinctly different pretty faces of two identical girls.
"Hehe...hehehe..."
Her face still bore the bloodstains splattered from when she killed the others, and Hanabi stuck out her small, delicate tongue.
Bright red blood beads spread along the pink surface of her tongue, gently smearing her own and Qiong Hanabi's full cherry lips.
"Ha...haha...hahaha..."
That blinding crimson hue seemed to ignite a fuse, and the fireworks suddenly erupted into a frenzied, ecstatic laugh.
She laughed so hard she curled up, rolling around on the ground like a fish thrown ashore, her slender arms tightly wrapped around her stomach, laughing so hard she could barely breathe.
"Happy~!"
"This is so much fun!"
"Absolutely brilliant!"
"As expected of me~ As expected of Lady [Hanabi]~!"
"Hanabi-sama gives herself a perfect score for this play!"
She lay sprawled on the ground, looking up at the sky.
The colorful fireworks exploding in the night sky, their dazzling light almost violent, were all reflected in those cherry blossom eyes that shone brightly with ecstasy, rendering the beauty and dreamlike quality almost eerie.
"Indeed, if you want to perform, there's no stage more captivating than your own life!"
"Creating a character exactly like oneself—this is a script that Lady Hanabi has always wanted to complete!"
"I don't know how you did it, darling."
She turned her masked head to the side and let out a giggle.
"But! Lady Hanabi... I truly thank you from the bottom of my heart~?"
Even now, she still can't tell.
Between the "she" before me and myself, who is the real one?
But for [Fireworks], which prioritizes joy above all else, this question of truth or falsehood is itself an absurd comedy.
The only thing she was certain of was...
This grand spectacle is definitely related to her beloved Qiong!
"Honey, I absolutely love you!"
With a swift, agile movement, she stood up like a roly-poly toy, displaying incredible physical flexibility.
Hanabi clapped her hands, put her hands on her hips, and placed a slender white finger suggestively on her full lower lip, a sly smile spreading across her face.
"There's no such thing as a trouble-free person in this world, is there?"
"If you join me in making a complete mess of everything, then I'll become yours."
"You can use it however you like~ You can even use it like a doll, just like this Hanabi~"
"This time I'm serious."
Hanabi gently stroked the half-smiling face of Sora Hanabi with her small hand, pressing her cheek against Sora's and breathing her alluring and moist breath into his ear.
"Hopefully, the two fireworks will bring double the joy and fun!"
Hanabi raised her hand and gracefully and playfully removed the iconic half-red, half-white mask that was perched askew on the side of her ponytail.
Thanks to the Fool's Mask's ability to simulate the thoughts and personality of others, Sora Hanabi's thought process is highly similar to Hanabi's.
She grinned, her slender fingers entwining the illusory red rope, deftly tracing its lines in the air as if playing an invisible harp.
The movement stopped abruptly, the five fingers suddenly opened, and another mask, half red and half white, appeared out of thin air.
Previously, Hanabi, who was shot, wore a half-fox mask on her face, which was either red or white.
Only Hanabi herself wears that unique half-red, half-white mask.
At that moment, Hanabi handed her mask, which was red on the left and white on the right, to Sora Hanabi.
Qiong Hanabi handed back the half-red, half-white item in her hand, but in reverse order, with the white item on the left and the red item on the right.
Wow~~~
Hanabi held the misplaced mask in both hands, her voice drawn out with intonation, like the expression of an innocent girl receiving her first love's love letter.
"Does this count as exchanging tokens of our love?"
"What do you say?"
Qiong Hanabi smiled faintly, affectionately hugging Qiong's arm and blocking Hanabi's boneless waist.
With a delicate finger lightly touching her red lips, Hanabi tilted her head, feigning innocence as she pondered for a moment, and said:
"Hmm~ I suddenly understand my darling's narcissism a little now~"
When Hanabi first learned that Hoshizora was actually a person and had achieved self-pleasure, she was shocked.
What kind of scene hasn't she seen?
I've never seen anything like this before.
But now...
"A romantic comedy starring Hanabi? Hahaha~"
Hanabi placed the misaligned mask, white on the left and red on the right, over her face, grinned, and let out a silvery laugh:
"It's more interesting than I imagined!"
Before she finished speaking, her body, like a shattered phantom mirror, disintegrated into shimmering pink particles, floating lightly and disappearing into the colorful night along with the fireworks and dust.
Only faint, joyful laughter echoed in the air.
"Isn't that interesting?"
Qiong Hanabi put on the half-red, half-white mask that belonged to Hanabi, bent down with her hands behind her back, and looked at her with a smile.
"Want to keep one company?"
She hopped and skipped off the deck of the Huichangshi ship like a frolicking little sparrow, her delicate body exploding in mid-air with a "bang," transforming into another dazzling firework.
A perfect curtain call!
"Fireworks rising..."
Qiong looked up, gazing at the countless specks of light drifting across the sky, and murmured out that classic question:
Is it better to view it from below or from the side?
"I think we can climb up and take a look."
A nonchalant female voice came from behind, sounding somewhat muffled amidst the lingering echoes of fireworks.
Without needing to make a sound or turn around, the empathy in her body clearly told Qiong who she was.
"Qiongzai!"
Before he could finish speaking, a soft yet extremely oppressive shackle tightened around him. Xingyiqingjianjianqitiansuo hung on Qiong's back, her arms tightly wrapped around his neck, her two full, snowy breasts pressed together into a soft, persimmon-like shape.
"Didn't you say you were going to pick up Qibao? Where are you? Why are you here alone, enjoying the fireworks with a lonely heart?"
Kiana messaged me saying I didn't need to answer, she would come herself.
"Ha! You think I'd believe that?"
"What do I care whether you believe it or not?"
"Don't think I don't know what you've been doing behind my back."
Xing viciously gripped Qiong's neck.
"You almost caused my death in the banquet hall... Luckily I ran fast! It's all your fault!"
Oh dear, I forgot about empathy.
While having fun in the spa with two Fireworks and nine clones, Hagi Star is currently attending a banquet.
If this were to be leaked in public, it would be an unprecedented social disaster.
"Why didn't you include me in the stickers?!"
The mournful cries of the stars echoed around the dome in a 360-degree surround sound.
"How did you know the family gave us the Hue-Clad Stone and a 10% stake in Pinocchio?! Hahaha!"
Like a fisherman starting from zero frames.
"...Who asked you?"
Qiong instinctively replied.
"Wait, what did you just say?"
Seeing the bewildered expression on Qiong's face, Xing crossed her legs and wrapped them around his waist, hands on her hips, looking smug.
"From today onwards, I'm a shareholder of Pinocchio. Quick, call me 'President Xing'! Call me nicely, and I'll give you some pocket money to buy candy~"
While Qiong and Hanabi were playing games, Ms. Emerald, a company executive who had been hiding in the shadows, appeared and went to a four-way meeting with Toppa.
The family representative was Otti Eifa, the head of the Clover family, a seasoned and astute Pippi merchant.
Himeko represents the Starry Sky Train as a witness.
There is also Sunday, representing the new order of Pinocchio, the messenger of order from the beginning of heaven.
The establishment of the Primordial Heaven completely reshaped Pinocene's power structure.
The huge pie that originally belonged to the family is now being redistributed.
Logically speaking, since the company is the envoy of order on Sunday, it should not be qualified to sit at the table and play the game.
However, considering factors such as the loss of the 'foundation' and its fall into the hands of the Masked Fool, or even the theft and misuse of its power, the company still decided to have dinner at the table on Sunday.
Pinocone’s rebuilding and transformation will require astronomical sums of money.
The company took advantage of this and came under the guise of "helping with financing".
But the family is not short of money now.
The current Star of the Grand Gathering is different from the Dreamland that suffered calamities in the original timeline.
The existence of the Primordial Heaven is like a giant magnet, attracting the attention of the entire universe.
Once you step into Pinocchio, whether or not you enter Paradise, your credits will be squandered like water.
Pinocone's future is blindingly bright.
However, the other side played the Star Train card.
More importantly, Sunday felt that although the family had compromised on the surface, their attitude towards him, the Order Maker, must be very subtle, given their shared beliefs.
Although he doesn't care, it would be good to let the company share some of the attention.
And so, after a series of heated debates and negotiations, the company acquired a 3% stake in Pinocone.
Star Train acquired a 7% stake, and Himeko was nominated by all parties to be an independent board member.
Xingqiong personally received 8% of the shares.