Right as the electronic notification chimed, Vivienne pulled the trigger.
'Bang—' With a gunshot, the bullet pierced the target, hitting the seven-ring mark.
Vivienne took off her safety goggles, staring at The Silver Pistol in her hand.
"Characters escaping the narrative... Sophia?"
Sure enough, as long as the first hurdle was cleared, Sophia would definitely be able to carve out the rest of the path on her own.
[Inferiority, Sensitivity, Resilience, Fearlessness, Integrity.]
Out of the five of them, only Sophia possessed three positive tags at once, which meant her behavior was relatively the easiest to change.
The cage was broken. If Sophia could survive this, the 'Slaughterhouse Incident' in Stormhollow two years from now might actually have a turning point.
Before this, she had worked so hard just to deviate the plot by 10%, yet a change in Sophia's trajectory alone caused an 18% deviation. It seemed her previous hypothesis was spot on. There really was some sort of karmic connection among the five of them.
In other words, her efforts alone were far from enough. Only if the five of them twisted together like strands of a rope, like five butterflies flapping their wings in unison, could they create a massive storm and tear this damn narrative apart!
Bianca was already free, so altering her trajectory was only a matter of time. And Aurelia only had one precarious tag left, [Lovestruck Brain], with no current breakthrough point in the plot.
So...
That only left Mina.
The current plotline was the "True and Fake Heiress." If Mina made the same choices she did in her previous life, her tragedy would inevitably repeat itself.
Just as she was thinking this, her phone suddenly vibrated explosively. With such a bombardment, she didn't even need to guess who it was.
[MyLifeIsMisery: Wow!]
[MyLifeIsMisery: Genius! Vivienne, you are a freaking genius!]
[MyLifeIsMisery: You really did it! Sophia got accepted by the 313th! The Everharts agreed to let her enlist!]
[MyLifeIsMisery: Oh my god! You are so awesome!]
Vivienne's lips twitched. Where did Mina learn all this internet slang?
She replied with supreme aloofness:
Mina's eyes were red, but she was still smiling. "Don't worry, you know me. Once you leave, I'll immediately go make new friends. I definitely won't be bored."
Sophia chuckled along with her. "Okay. Introduce them to me when I get back."
Mina nodded. She took the backpack off her shoulders and handed it to Sophia. "Take it."
Sophia looked at her.
"Why are you looking at me? Take it. I guessed those heartless bastards wouldn't come to see you off, so I spent a long time preparing this. You can't say no."
"Thank you." Sophia's voice choked up as she took the backpack with both hands.
"Beep—"
The sound of ship horns echoed over the sea.
The long coastline, the boundless ocean, and the gray sky set the stage for their farewell scene.
Sophia boarded the ship with the crowd, occasionally turning back to wave at Mina. "Go back."

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