Even if you're a corrupted magical girl, you still have to try to redeem yourself.

This is terrifying. This Helica is even more terrifying than the Helica who used to give random advice all day long because she was worried about Tsukimi Rie, and who even dragged a group of people to the mountains to eat barbecue.

The last time I saw Helica was probably the night I decided to bully her because I was in a bad mood.

Oh no, I've knocked Helica out of her wits.

It's not that the gentle Helica is bad; the delicate girlishness hidden beneath her fierce exterior is precisely what makes her adorable. However, without the hard outer shell, leaving only the soft part would lose its charm.

Today's full-day trip truly fulfilled Yuuki Yukino's expectations for summer, the sea, and youth.

This is exactly how summer should be!

The sunlight was getting weaker and weaker, and there were fewer tourists on the beach. The members of Rainbow Society began to pack their things and prepare to head home.

Mizuno Yu and the others needed to rush back to the fitting room to change into their swimsuits. Yuuki Yuuki quickly rinsed off the sand with a shower, put on the jacket and denim shorts she had worn, and made her final preparations for going back.

It's almost time, isn't it? I wonder if things are going smoothly on Baqi's end.

As Yuuki Yui was thinking, she approached the stall with the parasol she was going to return, and accidentally bumped into a girl wearing a semi-transparent beach jacket and a wide-brimmed straw hat.

"Excuse me……"

Yuuki Yukari and the girl apologized simultaneously, and the straw hat slipped off the girl's head as she bent over.

The sound of a chainsaw vibrating rapidly, which I had heard in my dreams, rang in my ears.

From behind the fallen straw hat, a pair of saw blades rotating in opposite directions pierced the thin barrier between the two, shredding the straw hat into scattered bits of straw.

The red dress fluttered before her eyes, and the saw blade was already close at hand in an instant, about to touch Yuuki Yuki's unsuspecting body.

Oh no... just kidding.

This is exactly what Yuuki Yukino was waiting for. If Koumari hadn't appeared at this time, it would have been the worst thing ever.

Everything that happened here was part of Yuuki Yukino's plan.

Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Little Vampire's Actions

While washing up after getting up, Hyakki Chiyu, standing in front of the sink, reached out and took the towel from Koumori, wiped the water off her face with her eyes closed, and handed it back casually, saying something along the way.

"We can't have dinner together tonight."

"Hmm?" Hong Moli tossed the towel that Bai Gui Qianyou had brought back into the towel basket, and with her teeth full of foam, she made a questioning sound.

"Someone invited me to eat something delicious, and I want to eat it."

At breakfast time, Hong Moli brought out the freshly made pan-fried salmon and miso soup to the table. She sat down opposite Bai Gui Qianyou, and the two tacitly clapped their hands together before picking up their chopsticks and starting to enjoy their breakfast.

"What are you planning to eat today?" Hong Moli broke up a piece of fish and put it in her mouth along with rice.

"I don't know yet." Hyakki Chiyu shoveled rice into her mouth, emptying the bowl of food, then pushed the empty bowl to the middle of the table: "Another bowl, please."

As Hyakki Chiyuu put down her bowl, Koumori stood up and took the bowl that Hyakki Chiyuu had pushed to the middle. She went back to the kitchen, filled another bowl with rice, and brought it back. Only after doing all this did she ask in confusion:

"do not know?"

“Yes, she said she wanted to meet me and have something to eat together, just the two of us.” Bai Gui Qianyou naturally took the rice bowl and began her elegant, stormy eating again.

"Two people."

Hyakki Chiyu rarely goes out with other people, a fact well known to Koumori, who spends almost all day with her.

The fact that they specifically mentioned things like "meet up" or "the two of you" makes it sound like they're on a date.

Hong Moli never interfered in Bai Gui Qianyou's affairs, and neither of them ever forbade or asked the other to do anything. They never had a single argument or disagreement, and they maintained this trusting relationship all along.

But that doesn't mean that Hong Mori felt no emotional turmoil when she heard the news. The more she trusted someone, the more she felt a pang of jealousy when this happened to them.

Sensing jealousy didn't mean Hongmo would make it obvious; the subtle look of disappointment on her face vanished in an instant.

Who is it? Do I know them?

As soon as she said those words, Hong Moli immediately regretted them.

She couldn't help but care about it, which is why she asked the question.

If only getting along with Qianyou could be as simple as studying.

"Inuyama Tomoe, a second-year student, has now transferred to Tsukimi Middle School."

Hyakki Chiyu swallowed the rice in her mouth, wiped the sauce from the corner of her mouth with a napkin, and then answered very naturally.

Hong Moli's heart sank. The jealousy that had just begun to arise cooled rapidly with Bai Gui Qianyou's answer. The chill spread through her body, as if it were freezing all the blood in her body.

In the past, the name Inuyama Tomoe only represented an outstanding senior at St. Yuu Academy. She had no connection with the two of them and had only met them a handful of times. Most of the time, she existed at the top of the class list or was mentioned by other students.

Inuyama Tomoe's transfer was very sudden, but it had nothing to do with Koumori. She could only pay attention to very few people, so few that only Hyakki Senyu remained.

What truly made Hong Moli notice this senior again was when she had to take Qianyou along on an action one day.

Beneath the towering Moonsea Tower, the senior he had only seen once before, on the stage at the freshman orientation, appeared before him again and called out his name.

However, at that time, Hong Moli did not know the other party's identity.

When Bai Guiqianyou didn't receive a reply from Hong Moli, she put down her chopsticks and stared intently at Hong Moli.

"Inuyama Tomoe?" Koumori picked up her chopsticks again, added a few more mouthfuls of rice to her mouth, and pretended to be distracted, as if nothing had happened, to cover up her momentary daze.

“Yes, Inuyama Tomoe, you have to take me to eat something delicious,” Hyakki Chiyu said.

Koumori knew that Inuyama Hatsuki was a magical girl, and she also knew that Inuyama Hatsuki and Yuuki Yuki, the target she had to deal with, were allies.

Only she knew about this; she had never revealed this information to either the president or Bai Gui Qian You.

Not only did she not want people she knew well, or even those she didn't know so well, to be dragged into this disgusting conflict like Hyakki Senyou, but she also had a premonition that Inuyama Tomoe might be the one who could change the situation.

But she knew that this was wishful thinking, an unrealistic fantasy born from her own inability to change the status quo.

"I remember her. Did she say why she suddenly came to find you?" Hong Moli pressed on calmly.

She wouldn't normally ask these questions. Her previous nagging was out of jealousy, and Hong Moli would sometimes regret her overreacting. But this time, her inquiry was to protect Bai Gui Qian You's safety, something she had to do.

Bai Gui Qianyou didn't ask any more questions about Hong Moli's unusually talkative remarks, and directly replied, "No, she only said that she planned to treat me to something delicious, so I agreed."

Hong Moli understands Bai Gui Qianyou very well. It is precisely because she understands her so well that she knows this is definitely something Bai Gui Qianyou would do. As long as it is related to food, Bai Gui Qianyou will not think about anything else.

"Are you jealous, Mori?" Hyakki Chiyu wiped her mouth, stood up, stepped across the table, and touched Mori's forehead with her lips, leaving a light kiss.

"A little?" Hong Moli answered, stroking the spot where Bai Gui Qian You had kissed her, lost in thought.

Inuyama Tomoe's initiative will surely bring about some changes to the status quo, but Koumori is not yet fully prepared.

Last time, she went to approach Yuuki Yuki, the target she needed to deal with, without being fully prepared, and ended up failing because she believed that all four of them were magical girls.

If all four are magical girls, then Yuuki Yuki's group would have at least five people. However, based on the news and the information she has received, Yuuki Yuki's only known companion is Inuyama Tomoe.

I was so stupid to believe such a thing.

What's even more foolish is that he revealed that he had his eye on Yuuki Yuki, and what's most unforgivable is that he also exposed that he cared too much about Hyakki Chiyuu.

Now that her weakness has been exposed, it's self-evident why Inuyama Tomoe came.

Furthermore, Inuyama Tomoe specifically requested that the two meet alone.

Hong Moli wasn't worried that Inuyama Hatsuki would pose any direct threat to Hyakki Senyu. Her encounter with Inuyama Hatsuki was enough to show that he wasn't that powerful.

However, Hyakki Chiyuu's contact with Inuyama Tomoe might reveal some unnecessary information to Hyakki Chiyuu, information that she doesn't want Hyakki Chiyuu to know.

Those obscene and filthy things about the corrupted magical girl, and about myself.

It was precisely because she herself was also hiding something that she could not tell Hyakki Chiyu the reason for her resistance.

“A little,” Hong Moli repeated to herself.

If conditions allowed, Hong Moli would definitely choose to bear everything alone.

However, the guild leader would not allow her to do so, and would forcibly order Hyakki Chiyu to act with her from time to time, as if to declare to her that Hyakki Chiyu was still under the guild leader's control. If she did not obey the guild leader's orders, the guild leader might do something even worse to Hyakki Chiyu, doing the same things he did to himself.

Now, Inuyama Tomoe has also come looking for me, meaning I have one more person to be wary of.

However, this also seems to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Hong Moli.

Because he failed to resolve the issue with Yuuki Yuki on time, the guild leader has contacted him for two consecutive days. If he continues to delay, he doesn't know what the guild leader might do.

Yesterday, I was searching for Yuuki Yuki's magical power, but I found that Yuuki Yuki's magical power and Inuyama Tomoe's magical power had been stuck in the same place for almost the entire day. This meant that if I went there rashly, I might run into two magical girls.

Without absolute certainty, Hong Mo was unwilling to act rashly. If she failed as before, knowing the chairman as she did, she would suffer those disgusting treatments again.

However, if Inuyama Tomoe wasn't by Yuuki Yuuki's side, and she and Yuuki Yuuki clashed alone, Koumari didn't think she would lose the battle.

Then let's just go with the flow and take this opportunity to complete the task the chairman assigned to me.

Now that the die is cast, dealing with Inuyama Tomoe later and interrupting their conversation isn't out of the question...

We'll deal with the future later. With such a short time, Hong Moli couldn't come up with a foolproof plan. Between a fleeting opportunity and a sure thing, Hong Moli had no choice but to take a gamble.

"Oh, right, I'll be going out this afternoon, so I might be back a little late."

Hong Moli said.

"Okay, come back soon." Hyakki Chiyu didn't ask what Hong Moli planned to do; this was the trust and routine between them.

In order for this daily routine to continue, Hong Moli felt that this was the only way.

After cornering Yuuki Yukino, secretly let her escape, just like you did with the two corrupted magical girls from the Moon Sea Tower.

In that case, there is a possibility of reconciliation with Inuyama Tomoe.

Hong Mo doesn't want her important person to be taken away; she can't even bear to think about the pain. So, she also doesn't want to take away other people's important people.

Following the trail of Yuuki Yuki's magic, they boarded a tram and arrived at the beach, where they watched Yuuki Yuki playing and frolicking with her companions from that day.

That's great! I'm a little envious.

But if she had to choose between her other friends and Hyakki Senyu, Koumori would definitely choose Hyakki Senyu without hesitation.

Let's wait a little longer, until Yuuki Yuki has enjoyed her last moments of happiness, and until those guys whom Yuuki Yuki called magical girls leave her side.

Although Hong Moli didn't believe it, she still wanted to ensure that she was absolutely safe to the greatest extent possible.

Finally, the opportunity she had been waiting for arrived, and of the four, only Yuuki Eri remained.

Now is the time.

Komori lowered the brim of her straw hat and approached Yuuki Eri.

The spinning saw blade pierced through the obstruction used to conceal the view, heading straight for Yuuki En's body.

Koumori intentionally controlled her power, ensuring that she would stop immediately after rendering Yuuki Eri unable to resist.