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

If Yuuki hadn't grabbed her hand and squeezed it hard, and hadn't shaken her head with the slightest movement when she looked up in confusion, Baqi probably would have turned around and punched her back.

Inuyama Tomoe, that child is a real ticking time bomb.

Reminded by Yuuki Yuki, Baqi reluctantly gave up the transformation. Yuuki Yuki was relieved only after the magic power within her body dissipated. However, Baqi still stuck out her tongue and made a face at Helica, still unwilling to admit defeat.

These two people have such contrasting personalities. One is incredibly awkward and can't say what's on her mind, while the other is completely honest and says whatever comes to mind. Putting them together would definitely cause a commotion.

Yuuki Emi didn't know how strong Baqi was. Apart from running away and losing two restraint traps when Mizuno Yui lost them, she had never seen Baqi fight. But she knew Helica all too well.

This arrogant transformation takes arrogance to the extreme. Her fighting style is to use destructive lightning to obliterate all enemies with overwhelming force. She has both offensive and defensive capabilities.

If those two were to transform and start fighting, they could tear this school apart.

Helica seemed tired of yelling and kicked the chair that had fallen to the ground in a huff. "How long are you two planning to stand here? Don't you have anything better to do? Get out of here!"

"Hmph, you think I'll just leave just because you tell me to? Yuuki! Let's keep kissing!" Baqi said defiantly, pulling Yuuki's arm and swinging it wildly, pouting as if she was deliberately contradicting Helica.

Goodbye, even though I didn't show any shyness, I really wanted to find a place to hide like a little bug!

If I hadn't used my quirky thought process to try and distract myself with something else, I would have been mortified.

She was well aware that she was working with Inuyama Tomoe to prevent her from doing anything rash, but she couldn't possibly spend all her time on it and then lose the battle together with this idiot who knew nothing about it.

What is the ultimate goal? To whitewash! To whitewash!

Therefore, it is important to maintain a good relationship with Helica, and the same applies to Mizuno Yu, whom we haven't met at school yet. As for the other magical girls, even if they don't team up, they shouldn't become enemies.

The first step to building good relationships is being able to communicate normally instead of arguing!

"Alright, stop fooling around." Yuuki Yuen tugged at Baqi, then let go of their clasped hands. If Baqi were to say anything dangerous again, she wouldn't have to resort to silencing her with her own mouth.

Although doing this was quite exciting and Baqi felt happy, it was ultimately an emergency measure, and the previous times were all out of necessity.

"Hmph! I won't stoop to your level for Yuuki's sake!" Baqi snorted heavily through her nose, as if to show off to Helica, and turned to the door with Yuuki, pulling the sliding door of the storage room open completely.

"Hmph! I'm the one who doesn't want to waste my breath on you." Helica gritted her teeth angrily, her eyes blinded by the sunlight streaming in. She crossed her arms, squinted, and turned her head away from the sun, tossing her hair as she did so, not even glancing at the two people at the door again.

Helica is an arrogant and sullen person, so Yuuki Yuuki couldn't tell whether her fierceness stemmed from arrogance or genuine displeasure. If she left a bad impression on Helica, who was also a magical girl, it would be difficult to salvage her image when they needed to cooperate in the future. This issue absolutely could not be left unresolved until the next time.

But the same applies to arrogance and haughtiness; they are both easy to handle. Few people like this kind of bad temper, so they tend to be lonely. As long as you express your goodwill in a little way, even if they don't obediently give in, they will at least have some goodwill... right?

"Aren't you coming out with us? Class is about to start soon." Yuuki Yu's tone softened considerably, trying to ease the tense atmosphere.

"None of your business!" Helica muttered fiercely, as if she were talking to herself on purpose so that Yuuki could hear her. Seeing that Yuuki was standing at the door without moving, she urged impatiently, "What are you still standing here for? Get out of here!"

"Let's go, let's go! Yuuki!" Baqi grabbed Yuuki's hand and walked outside.

Good grief, you weren't saying that less than a minute ago.

Yuuki Yukino remained motionless. She had a vague feeling that Helica was clearly urging her to leave quickly, which was quite unusual.

"Why aren't you leaving yet?" Helica's tone became even more anxious when she saw that Yuuki Yuki still had no intention of leaving.

"Is there something you haven't done?" Yuuki Yui tried to verify her guess.

"What could possibly happen to me? I just like being here, so what?" Helica put her hands on her hips, but her eyes kept darting around, which made Yuuki Yuu even more certain that her guess was correct.

"If there's anything I can help with, just let me know. We're all classmates." Yuuki felt Baqi tug at her impatiently, but she still finished speaking.

“Who needs your help! I can do it all by myself… no! I don’t have anything to do!” Helica said, her eyes glancing intentionally or unintentionally at the mess on the ground. She looked uneasy, but was still trying to put on a brave face.

Okay, so that's how the zero-counting device works, I understand.

Yuuki Yukina smiled knowingly, already having a plan in mind, and winked at Baqi: "Baqi."

"Hmm, what's wrong, Xiaoyuan?" Ba Qi tilted her head.

"Come help me tidy up the storage room." Yuuki Yui returned to the storage room and turned on the light, making the mess even clearer.

Then Yuuki Yukino turned to Helica:

"Would you like to help out too?"

Chapter Nineteen: I Want to Become a Sulfur-Investigating Martial Arts Master!

Herlica's eyes widened and her mouth remained agape for a long time, as if she hadn't heard what Yuuki had just said. The upward curve of her lips completely shattered her previous aloofness. It took her a while to come to her senses, and she used seriousness to hide her barely suppressed excitement.

"Tch, you've begged me so much, I might help you out, but don't get in my way!"

She said those words, but the joy she felt couldn't be hidden by pretending to be calm.

Then, the group naturally began organizing the storage room. Putting the messy items back in their places was not difficult at all, and there was no need to divide the work. It was just a matter of time and effort.

"Xiaoyuan, she's the one who knocked it over, why are you dragging me to help her clean it up?" Inuyama Baqi leaned over while stacking the tables together.

Yuuki Yukino was in a very good mood. No matter what, if Baqi caused any more trouble, Yuuki Yukino's plan to clear her name would have to be revised again.

Therefore, even though Baqi was impatiently asking Yuuki for the reason, she didn't feel upset at all. She was incredibly lucky that Baqi understood her subtle hints and came to help without saying a word.

"I'll tell you why later. For now, let's just tidy up normally..."

Yuuki Yukino swallowed back what she was about to say. Bachi might arouse Helica's suspicion if she brought Baqi along. She reorganized her thoughts and then whispered in Baqi's ear:

"Make an excuse to leave first, and close the door for me while you're at it. I have some important things to do, and I'll explain later."

Without a word, Baqi straightened up, turned around and left the storage room, slamming the door shut behind her. The whole process took no more than five seconds.

Didn't you say you'd find an excuse? Why did you leave without saying a word?

Is she angry? Probably not, right?

Helica was pushing a table back against the wall when she glanced at it as she walked by. "Did they have a fight?"

“No.” Yuuki Yui was taken aback at first; she hadn’t expected Herika to speak to her.

"Is it because of me?" Herlica's eyes flickered a few times, and she went to get another table and leaned against it, as if she hadn't heard Yuuki Yuuki's answer at all, and was just talking to herself according to her own thoughts.

"I'm not stupid, you're trying to help me, but... I don't need your help!" Herica's calm tone suddenly became agitated, and she slammed the table she was holding onto the ground with a thud.

After that, the only sounds in the room were the clattering of tables and chairs. The arrangement of the clutter was slightly different from before, but it gradually became more orderly.

In truth, Yuuki Yukino really wanted to say something from God's perspective, like, "It must be tiring to keep suppressing yourself all the time?" or "I know you're not like that, you should face your true feelings." But she held back for fear of having the opposite effect.

"Um, help me, I think, this." Helica spoke again, but just like before, she rambled on incoherently for a few moments before shutting her mouth again.

Yuuki Yui also knew that building a good relationship couldn't be rushed. As long as she helped Helica finish her work, Helica's opinion of her would change to some extent. Then she could see if she could encounter any affection points in the game and raise her affection level a little to achieve her goal.

While she was having trouble sleeping last night, she was thinking about how to build good relationships with the other two main characters so that she could gain some breathing room when her identity was exposed by their relationships and her own performance.

Now she and Helica had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be alone together, something that hadn't even happened in the game. Yuuki wasn't sure if she'd ever experience something like this again. What if Helica really remained in this state until the end of the tidying up, and nothing else happened besides tidying up? Wouldn't that be a real shame?

“Actually, I think you could try to make some changes?” Yuuki Yukino interjected appropriately.

Helica stopped moving the tables and chairs, as if talking to herself in a low voice: "My temper is pretty bad, isn't it?"

Why doesn't this guy listen to me? Helica's irrelevant answer left Yuuki speechless for a moment. She tried her best to lighten her tone and cooperate with the other party: "No, I think it's fine."

"Don't joke around. I know myself. I only know how to argue with others, tsk." Helica clicked her tongue unhappily. Her tone was still as irritable and aggressive as ever, but this time the target was herself.

Then, while continuing to tidy up, Helica began a long self-criticism, and even after the tidying was finished, she showed no intention of stopping.

There is indeed a description in the game that "afterwards, I listened to Helica complain for three hours," but that was only mentioned briefly. Yuuki Yuuki was actually listening to Helica's incessant self-loathing!

As expected, fictional characters can only remain fictional. To be honest, this kind of personality is really troublesome when applied to reality. They irresponsibly attack others and damage relationships, and then turn around and fall into self-loathing, thus creating a vicious cycle.

I really don't know why the production team had to create this arrogant and aloof attribute. Wouldn't it be better to be tsundere?

Both are fierce-looking, but isn't the currently popular female ghost better? It's less likely to make people feel disgusted.

I used to like Helica quite a bit, but after transmigrating and actually having contact with her, I even felt that she was not as good as... Baki.

Yuuki Yui thought to herself, but she couldn't show the slightest wavering on the surface. She was genuinely worried that she had done something wrong and that Herika, who had finally managed to shed her pretense, would run back to her comfort zone.

Tortured by Helica, she was initially able to listen patiently and respond, but over time, her mind became like a pool of slime, as if it would gush out if she opened her mouth.

“I don’t want to argue with them either. I’ve done so much, but I just can’t control myself when I’m talking to them.”

"Then why not just become a little female demon?" Yuuki Yuki blurted out, completely unable to think straight.

Suddenly, a nonsensical remark interrupted Helica's words and emotions. After a long pause, she managed to squeeze out a dazed sentence: "What do you mean by 'brat'? It sounds like you're insulting me... What do you mean?!"

Yuuki Yui then realized she had said something terrible, and it was too late to take it back. She tried to brush it off by saying, "No, it's nothing."

"Speak!" Helica pressed on, and although she didn't curse like before, her aura had shifted from the "calm" in her arrogance to the "arrogance".

Yuuki Yui reluctantly brushed it off with slightly gentler words, but to her surprise, Helica became interested and eagerly pressed for more details.

Finally, Yuuki Yuuki answered Helica's questions one by one, like squeezing toothpaste.

Of course, she only mentioned the reasons why the little devil might be popular, and she never mentioned what happened to the little devil.

"Hmm, hmm, so this style is quite popular, right? The change that Yuuki-kun mentioned, hmm, hmm."

Helica seemed to understand something, then cheerfully slapped her palm: "I've decided! I'm going to be a little devil!"

Chapter Twenty: The First Encounter with Bai

Yuuki Yukari couldn't understand Helica's thought process. How did things suddenly escalate to this abstract level? Did she think I was giving her advice?

The charm of a little devil lies in the contrast created when she's veiled; a naive little devil is just annoying!

Before Yuuki could explain and stop her, Helica had already happily skipped away from the storage room.

Afterwards, Yuuki Yukino entered the classroom just before the deadline, and then class began. The entire afternoon passed miraculously without any incidents. During breaks, the discussions surrounding Yuuki Yukino decreased, and the girls' topics returned to the shows they had watched and where they would go after school in the evening.

Back in the classroom, Baqi secretly gave Yuuki a thumbs up, which completely put Yuuki's mind at ease, as she had been wondering if Baqi was angry for some reason.

The afternoon classes were much easier. Yuuki Yuuki only learned after arriving in this world that middle school students here only need to attend two classes in the afternoon.

No wonder other students can work part-time, go shopping, go to karaoke, and even form bands.

Yuuki Yui listened to the lesson half-heartedly, started thinking about her next plan, and then the school day ended peacefully.

"What? That short, blond girl is a magical girl?" Inuyama Tomoe, walking side by side with Yuuki Yuki down the corridor, stared wide-eyed in disbelief, then a shadow quickly fell over her face.

"Shh—" Yuuki Yui put her finger to her lips in a shushing gesture: "I just spent time alone with her to make sure of that."

Yuuki Yui, without batting an eye, told the lie she had prepared beforehand. In any case, her answer was absolutely correct, and no one would care about the process of proving it.

Besides, no one knows what happened in the storage room, and it's unlikely that Helica and Baki have communicated. By conveying the information to Baki, he also had a chance to be alone with Helica and improve their relationship. It was a win-win situation.

It would have been perfect if Helica hadn't made that little brat declaration.

But Inuyama Tomoe didn't say anything more. She just kept walking, her head, which she usually held high with a cheerful air, silently lowered, her eyes fixed on the tips of her shoes.

This unusual state puzzled Yuuki Yui. According to her guess, Baqi's reaction should have been either indifferent or obedient. Even if she was surprised, it shouldn't have been so exaggerated. In any case, it shouldn't have been such a heavy expression.

"Don't worry, it's normal for there to be magical girls in schools. As long as you don't transform inside the school, you won't be discovered," Yuuki Yui comforted Baqi, while also reminding her not to make any rash moves.