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

Should we tell them about the magical girl who suddenly disappeared?

If it's not spoken aloud, there's no way of knowing what the actual situation is.

But if I say it out loud, wouldn't that reveal that I know information that normal people cannot know?

While Inuyama Tomoe could still try to explain, the relationship between Koumori and the others and their side was merely a nominal one, formed only because of their common enemy, Kuroba Ryouse.

Revealing information that you've never mentioned before at this time could very likely make them feel distrustful of you.

"No, it's nothing." Yuuki Yui shook her head, her mind racing to find a way to get the message out without getting herself into trouble. "I just feel a little strange."

"Strange? What's strange about it?" Baqi pouted.

Reminded by Yuuki Yuki's muttering to herself, the others couldn't help but start to wonder if there was something strange about it.

"It's strange that the magical girl Yuuki saw could call out Kuroba's name, and it's also strange that she knows Kuroba Laisei." Koumari was as quick-witted as ever, and her words were incisive.

"Yes! That's it!" Baqi clapped her hands together, making a loud clapping sound: "You all don't recognize this fallen magical girl, but Kuroba knows her in her next life! That's really strange!"

"What you mean, Sister, is that besides us, Kuroba Rebirth knows other fallen magical girls." Hyakki Chiyu translated literally.

"So that means Kuroba Reincarnation was wary of us, and therefore didn't tell us everything about the corrupted magical girl?" Hong Moli continued, following the group's train of thought, before contradicting herself: "So even if I threw the whip at her face... no, that shouldn't be the case."

"So, the reason she used such a flawed method to threaten Hong, and remained unmoved even after being exposed, is because it didn't matter to her even if she was exposed. No matter what the two of you did, it wouldn't pose a threat to her." Baqi calmly made her own guess: "Either she has extreme confidence in her own strength, or she has some other trick up her sleeve."

The group of people discussing the matter ignored Yuuki Yuuki and focused on discussing the points of doubt.

How did they end up talking about this all by themselves?

No, the truth is probably just as they say; I've just overcomplicated things.

More likely, no corrupted magical girl simply vanished into thin air; it's just that no one else knew of her existence.

"Therefore, there may be other companions in Kuroba Reincarnation in places you are unaware of."

Yuuki Yukino spoke up, offering a guess that she already knew to be absolutely correct regarding this brief encounter.

Chapter Sixty-Six: The President and Vice President

The discussion between Yuuki Yukino and Tomoe and others about Kuroba's reincarnation took up a lot of time. Even though Yuuki Yukino knew the correct answer, it was not easy to guide others to reach that true answer as well.

Since she cannot reveal the answer directly to the public—even if Yuuki Yuuki tells the truth, there is no reasonable proof to demonstrate its credibility—she will inevitably have to take many detours.

After much effort, the group finally accepted the idea that Kuroba Reisei might have other accomplices, but Yuuki Yui simply couldn't narrow down the possibilities of these accomplices to Vice President Seishion.

Yuuki Yui did try to steer the conversation in that direction, but the result was far from satisfactory; none of them focused their attention on Seishin.

"Kuroba Ryouse is too arrogant. It's unrealistic to expect her to cooperate with others. I'm more inclined to believe she wants to control them." Inuyama Tomoe commented on Kuroba Ryouse in passing.

"If she's really as arrogant as you say, then how did she become the student council president?" Yuuki asked.

Baqi's expression turned serious. When talking about Kuroba's reincarnation, she also expressed her respect intentionally or unintentionally: "Her overall abilities are indeed quite good. She has various grades and various abilities. Even if she can't reach the top level in any one area, it's like the barrel effect. Even if she can't do her best in everything, she doesn't have any obvious weaknesses. Overall, she is indeed very suitable to be the student council president."

"Then where does her arrogance manifest itself?" Yuuki Yui still didn't get the answer she wanted, so she continued to ask.

“As I just mentioned, she does everything well, but she’s not the best at anything. Yet she insists that she’s the best. After she became student council president, she became even more arrogant. That arrogance that comes from her bones is very obvious. Maybe it has something to do with her family’s political background?” Baqi continued to explain to Yuuki Emi patiently.

“However, didn’t Baqi mention that the students of St. Yuu Academy are all of good character?” Yuuki Yuu quickly recalled what Baqi had once told her.

"Yes, that's true, but Kuroba's arrogance is innate. Even if she stood here and said the same thing to me, I would still think she was arrogant. It's something you can't learn."

As Baqi spoke, Hong Moli nodded in agreement, seemingly wanting to add something, but ultimately unable to speak, so she listened as Baqi continued:

"St. Yuu Academy is indeed very strict, but that kind of innate arrogance doesn't violate the school rules; at most, it just makes people uncomfortable. Well, although everyone says St. Yuu Academy is strict, it's not like the old-fashioned church it used to be anymore. There are pressures from all sides, so that kind of arrogance from the afterlife is within everyone's tolerance, especially after she became the student council president."

Baqi shrugged as she spoke, showing no mercy despite the presence of her two junior classmates, directly revealing her complete lack of affection for the St. Eternal Academy she had once attended.

"And Kuroba Rei does have abilities." Hong Mori couldn't help but add to Ba Qi's words, stating the facts: "After Kuroba Rei became the student council president, she modified many of the school's rules. Some of the rules seem a bit inhumane, but she also changed a lot of the red tape that already existed at St. Yuu Academy. If I had to describe it, it would probably be that she changed from a system of divine right of kings to a very strict militarism? So she's quite popular, and she might be the next student council president."

It's not impossible that the next student council president might actually be Kuroba Reincarnation.

There's also militarism and the divine right of kings, which sounds really scary, but it's just that Kuroba reincarnated and changed some of the old rules and regulations, right?

Kuroba Reisen's behavior in the game is basically that she treats St. Yuu Academy as her own kingdom. Her arrogance, Yuuki Yuuki, has been witnessed enough in the game. She often spouts chuunibyou lines and doesn't respect the players. It's hard to understand why such a person has so many students supporting her.

Yuuki Yuuki remembered the first time she and Baqi met Hong Moli and the other girl. Baqi told her some things about St. Yuuki Academy and then asked, "I heard that the various rules of St. Yuuki Academy are quite stubborn. Can they be changed easily?"

"Ah, you mean this? Under normal circumstances, it might be a bit difficult, but Kuroba's reincarnation is a special case. No, no, it's not her who's special, it's the current student council vice president." Baqi suddenly changed her words halfway through her sentence.

"Vice President?" Yuuki Yuuki clenched her fists inwardly. After saying so much, she had finally managed to steer the conversation toward the Vice President, Sister Yuuki.

Sister, Saint Shion is the vice president of the Saint Yuu Academy Student Council, Yuuki Yuen remembers very clearly.

The game glossed over the students' frenzied lives under the student council's rule at St. Yuu Academy. When Yuuki Yuuki played the game, she skipped over this part very quickly. Since she knew the student council was the enemy, she just wanted to start the war and be done with it. If she won, she would enjoy their defeat CG; if she lost, she would enjoy the protagonist group's defeat CG. The background story about how they ruled the school and the erotic content didn't have much to do with Yuuki Yuuki's tastes.

“Yes, Vice President, oh, right, Hong should know more about this than I do, right?” Inuyama Tomoe glanced at Hong Marie beside her, subtly indicating that Hong Marie should take over the conversation.

Hong Mali nodded knowingly and naturally continued Baqi's words: "Actually, I don't necessarily know much more than my sister. I am indeed a member of the student council, but I have never seen the vice president in the student council."

"Then you must know the vice president's name, right?" Ba Qi asked, as if she already knew the answer.

"It's impossible for someone not to know, right? Let alone me, who in the school wouldn't know the vice president's name?" Hong Moli retorted, "The vice president is Seishin."

Is that vice president really that famous?

Baqi noticed Yuuki's question and began to explain to her before she could ask.

"The 'Saint' in Saint Yuyou Academy not only means the lofty and sacred meaning of the church, but it is also a surname. Xiaoyuan may not have noticed, but there is only one family with the surname Saint in the entire Moonsea City, which means that only the founder of Saint Yuyou Academy has this surname."

"The Holy Ancient Academy evolved from the church, right?" Yuuki Yuen hadn't forgotten what Baqi had said when she first introduced the school to her.

"Yes, but aside from the annoying rules that have been passed down to this day, the students of St. Yuu Academy don't know much about the specifics, including myself who works in the student council. As for what the church that St. Yuu Academy was founded on believed in, or what special customs it had, nobody knows. But no one is unaware that every 'Saint' is a future headmaster." The person explaining this to Yuuki Eri was Koumori.

"That's pretty much it. As the current vice president, any reforms proposed by the student council can be considered as something the future dean tacitly approves, right?" Baqi concluded the conversation in a few words.

So that's how it happened. It seems like it was mentioned in the game, but it also seems like it wasn't. In any case, it's something that Yuuki Yuuki doesn't pay much attention to, so I'll just treat it as a story for now.

And since everyone happened to have mentioned this place, Yuuki Yukino felt it would be unreasonable not to give some hints.

"Wait a minute, Koumori's position is the secretary of the student council, Hyakki Senyou... are you a member of the student council?" Yuuki Yuen entered into acting mode, knowing full well the answer to her question.

Hyakki Senyu is, of course, a member of the student council. In the game's storyline, the representatives of St. Yuu Academy representing the two schools at the exchange meeting are Koumori and Hyakki Senyu.

Although that part of the story will never happen again due to the changes in the current plot.

"I am." Hyakki Chiyu nodded in acknowledgment: "What was I again? Never mind, Kuroba Reishi said it would be more convenient for me to join the student council to hold tea parties, so I joined."

That's a reason that's impossible to refute.

"So there are only four people in the student council?" Yuuki asked again.

“Yes, there are only four people in the student council, and the vice president never shows up. Well, actually, Chiyuu never shows up either. Most of the work is done by Kuroba Reisei and me,” Hong Moli replied.

"This is just my guess." Yuuki Yui first put on a thoughtful expression, and when everyone's eyes were on her, she finally said the lines she had prepared long ago.

This is not my guess at all; it is real information that I learned from God's perspective.

"There are only four people in the student council, but three of them are magical girls, and they are corrupted magical girls. Only the last one is not. Don't you think that's strange?"

Phew, we've finally brought the topic back to Saint Shion.

“Oh! What Xiaoyuan said seems to make some sense,” Baqi was the first to agree.

“It’s strange that the Saint of Saint Yuu Academy isn’t in the student council, isn’t it?” Hong Moli held the opposite opinion: “I think it’s not entirely impossible, but it’s unlikely. I’ve never seen the two of them in the same room, and I don’t think Kuroba Laisei can command the future headmaster.”

"Whether Saint Shion is a magical girl or not doesn't matter. If she joins Kuroba Reisei in bullying Mari, then execute her too." As always, Hyakki Chiyu remained detached from the situation, making a domineering statement to Hong Mari.

This kind of demonic aura thoroughly slapped Yuuki Eri, who previously thought she was mysterious and cunning, in the face.

"You're right. Didn't we all suspect that Kuroba Reisei might have other accomplices? It's always better to be careful." Having said all that, even if the others didn't believe it, they would still be prepared. There shouldn't be any problems, right? "I have another question. Can a defeated magical girl somehow return to normal?"

Before meeting the girl in the hospital gown, Yuuki Yuuki had never considered what would happen to the corrupted magical girl after her trial.

A magical girl who has truly undergone trial should be someone whose mind is filled with indescribable velvet balls, according to the game.

However, the magical girl's illness was caused by a kind of cognitive impairment due to stimulation, and Yuuki Yukari was not sure whether this was the same thing as being turned into a velvet ball.

If judged from a perspective other than that of a magical girl, it would be a common mental illness caused by some kind of trauma, which modern medicine should be able to cure, right?

In this way, even if I lose the battle, will I still have a chance...?

No, we can't use this as a backup plan.

Baqi had no experience with this; she had never even seen a defeated magical girl. Yuuki Yuki's question wasn't actually directed at Baqi.

"I don't know." Koumori's answer was exactly what Yuuki Yuuki expected. "Theoretically speaking, it's impossible, isn't it? My magical girl instincts tell me that if I did that, that magical girl would be 'terminated,' and she wouldn't be able to live as a person anymore, right? To put it more bluntly, she would be only one breath away from death."

"Have you tested it?" Yuuki Yuen pressed.

“Uh…” Hong Moli glanced at Hyakki Chiyuu, then lowered her voice and whispered in Yuuki Yuuki’s ear, “I’m not a pervert, how could I do something so outrageous to someone who can’t resist? But after I judged the other corrupted magical girls, I accidentally stepped on her hand once…”

"Was it really an accident?"

"Ugh! It was an accident! I'll continue. After I stepped on her hand, the magical girl didn't react at all. Ah... of course, her expression was still that terrible look, so that can't be considered a reaction."

Wait, if that's the case, then there's something even more wrong.

The magical girl that Yuuki Yuuki once saw at the hospital did not respond to her questions when she was on the hospital's rooftop, but she did respond when Helica grabbed her by the neck and lifted her into the air.

According to Hong Moli, the fact that the girl was struggling was unreasonable in the first place.

Let's assume that the girl's struggle was normal, but her subsequent reaction was somewhat abnormal.

Yuuki En cannot apply animal instincts entirely to humans, but any normal animal should struggle desperately when faced with danger. Yuuki En has seen other people's cats or hamsters, and almost none of them can remain obediently still when faced with malice.

However, when Yuuki saw Helica carrying the girl on her back, the girl was unusually well-behaved and showed no sign of running away even when she was put on the ground.

The same thing happened when Yuuki En wrapped her up with her tentacles.

Just minutes earlier, Helica had lifted the girl up by the neck, and the girl was struggling quite a bit at that time.

Come to think of it, after the girl was abandoned, she knelt on the spot without moving and did not have any intention of running away.

Such things as why the girl was sitting alone in the garden without any caregivers if she couldn't take care of herself, and the doctor's previous statement that she was constantly complaining about being sorry... all these things became evidence for Yuuki Yukino's idea.

Yuuki Yukino made a guess. It might not be entirely correct, but she couldn't stop herself from thinking about whether it was right or wrong.

That girl might not be in a defeated state at all right now.

Chapter Sixty-Seven: The Hospital Invasion Plan

Hospital visiting hours are not necessarily as strict as the regulations suggest; as long as they do not interfere with the patient's normal treatment, it is fine.

However, Yuuki Yuki and her group still chose to visit within the designated visiting hours, and the target of their visit was, of course, the somewhat abnormal corrupted magical girl that Yuuki Yuki had seen at the hospital during the day.

If the girl really was hospitalized because of her defeat, then there's not much to know; she's just a pitiful person who was defeated by Kuroba Reisei.

However, after reviewing what happened, Yuuki Yukina realized that this was not the case. The girl was clearly panicked after being picked up by Helica. Her struggles and attempts to escape were her true reactions. After realizing that Helica had not done anything to her, the girl began to play dumb, and this act of playing dumb continued until Yuuki Yukina left.