After breaking up, my ex asked me to win her back-Chapter 212 - 211 Total Chaos

Christine stretched out her hand to wipe away the non-existent tears from the hideous Phantom of the Opera, who stared at her, unknowingly letting his hand that covered his disfigured face fall limply by his side.

To the audience, the scene was already sublimely beautiful.

The Christine who had seen the Phantom’s cruel and ugly side forgave him like a saint and saw through to his tearful heart. Her kindness overcame her fear, and she chose to accept him.

How pure was this act!

Though it was beyond what was in the script, it brought about a different level of emotion.

However, to those in the know, this scene held a different significance.

Whether it was Ai Cheng Hua Lian in the audience, Kohinata Motoyo backstage, or Ayakoji Chiyoko, who had run from backstage to peek from behind the curtains, they all understood the hidden truth in her words.

"Fear can turn into love. I will learn to understand this man before me, this beautiful man behind the monster. Not to be fooled by an ugly exterior, to discover your kindness, and your warm heart."

Kiryu Hina was speaking about the Phantom on the surface, but she was actually speaking about herself.

Fear, monster, an ugly exterior—these all represented the hurt she had once caused to Kagura Hikaru.

She hoped that Kagura Hikaru could look past those awful things; even if he couldn’t forgive her, he would still see her true intentions.

Kagura Hikaru wasn’t dense; he understood the deeper meaning behind her words faster than anyone.

That unspoken confession was also conveyed crystal clear to him.

His ability to discern truth from lies told him that this was the real thing.

...Now of all times, truly now of all times, why did she wait until now to say these things to him.

It was already too late.

The Phantom snatched the mask that belonged to him from Christine’s hands, took two quick steps past her, turned his back to her, put on the mask, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Let’s go, I’ll take you back. If you don’t show up soon, the troupe will start to worry."

"....Yeah."

Kagura Hikaru didn’t answer directly, but Kiryu Hina, as if she already knew his response, lowered her head in disappointment.

She slightly regretted it; her intention had been to apologize, not to confess, but somehow the words had changed as they reached her lips.

Such an unheralded confession, without any buildup, was too embarrassing.

How could it possibly succeed this way?

The lights dimmed on stage, and the curtains came down as well, met with cries of disappointment from the audience below.

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"I want to see what happens next!"

"Hurry it up, Drama Club!!"

After the curtains fell, the stage lights finally came on, and Kiryu Hina saw that Kagura Hikaru had already departed in the dark, leaving only a black silhouette behind.

In his place stood Ayakoji Chiyoko at the backstage entrance, staring intently at her.

Dressed in men’s clothing and holding her arms as she coldly stared at someone, she indeed made one feel rather uneasy.

In her eyes, perhaps all of her actions were quite unreasonable.

Kiryu Hina composed her expression and smiled as she slowly walked over.

Then she stopped just outside of what she estimated to be Ayakoji Chiyoko’s striking distance.

The two of them looked at each other quietly.

Members of the Drama Club bustled around them, continuously changing the props on stage.

"...What exactly do you want to do?" After a long stare, Ayakoji Chiyoko finally spoke.

"What do I want to do? As you see," she replied.

"So you’re determined to be against me."

"I’m not targeting you, it’s just that our goals happen to be at cross purposes," Kiryu Hina said with a smile.

There was not a hint of shame in her eyes.

As if the identity of someone else’s boyfriend had no restraining power over her.

Ayakoji Chiyoko laughed out of sheer anger.

This kind of wantonness, doing as one pleases, was filled with selfishness... Indeed, she was worthy of being her arch-enemy, every move she made disgust Chiyoko to the core.

"I won’t give him up to you," Ayakoji Chiyoko said seriously.

"That should be up to his own will, shouldn’t it? He’s not your toy puppet, Ayakoji Chiyoko," Kiryu Hina retorted.

"I’ll give you that line right back. Don’t forget what you’ve done to him in the past."

Kiryu Hina’s face changed slightly: "That was... a misunderstanding."

"Ha," Ayakoji Chiyoko sneered as if she had caught a mouse’s tail, "I don’t know whether to call you naive or what, but how can you still have the face to make up with him now."

"It was Kohinata Motoyo’s fault!"

"Whose fault it is doesn’t matter—all that matters is that you lack the ability to distinguish lies, and that is the biggest mistake."

Kiryu Hina was taken aback, suddenly not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and fell silent for a moment.

She suddenly realized that she and the Ayakoji Chiyoko in front of her were not so different after all.

They were both slaves to fate, clowns that provoked laughter.

"...Enough, you should think about how to continue this play," said Kiryu Hina, suddenly losing the mood for conversation, she waved her hand and walked off the stage.

Ayakoji Chiyoko turned back to look at her and frowned, "Continue? What do you mean by that?"

"It means you should take a look at the new script. Don’t screw up the play when the time comes, President Ayakoji."

Her words were loaded with implication.

Ayakoji Chiyoko, as if remembering something, her complexion changed, and she quickly followed offstage.

Previously, Kiryu Hina had suddenly taken over the lines of ’The Phantom of the Opera,’ creating a peculiar atmosphere.

As someone watching the play from the side, Ayakoji Chiyoko could clearly sense an invisible red thread connecting Christine and The Phantom in the play.

According to the typical logic of dramas, the plot should then revolve around the development of their relationship.

But the key issue is, the original plot of ’The Phantom of the Opera’ was not like this!

What about Raoul? He should have been Christine’s rightful partner, a pure love warrior fighting against the control freak Phantom to rescue his beloved from the hands of the monster. What would he become in this changed play?

The part of the plot Kiryu Hina had altered was precisely the key turning point hidden in the entire play.

It was because Christine chose to distance herself out of fear of The Phantom, and The Phantom, driven mad by the loss of his beloved, committed murder, resulting in an increasingly uncontrollable series of tragedies.

One could say that Christine’s fear and rejection of The Phantom indirectly caused the series of ensuing tragedies—although that was unavoidable. A woman cannot be expected to fall in love with a man by force.

On the other hand, if Christine fell in love with The Phantom and they became a couple, then basically all the subsequent tragedies could have been avoided.

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Christine could have served as a great regulator, using love to suppress The Phantom’s rampage.

In the end of the original story, Christine does use love to transform The Phantom, voluntarily abandoning the assured victory and returning to Raoul, her rival in love.

But with Kiryu Hina’s meddling, the plot was in complete disarray.

If Christine and The Phantom were together, at least half of the script that Ayakoji Chiyoko had memorized would need to be upended and rewritten!

Kiryu Hina, just how much do you enjoy causing trouble for others!