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

If one day in the future, the price of clearing one's name is sacrificing everything one has genuinely built in order to ensure one's safety, can she really do it?

Yuuki Yukino is currently unable to provide a decent answer.

"You talk as if you know me very well."

Beneath Yuuki Yukino's assertive tone lay a deep sense of unease:

"I really know you very well." The girl's tone carried a hint of pride.

Here we go again, the arrogance of time travelers.

Yuuki Yukino's tone hardened: "Since you know me so well and think you can control everything, why can't you answer my question?"

"Is there any question I haven't answered?" The girl squinted her eyes.

"Just last time, on the school playground, you asked me to ask you three questions. At that time, you didn't even hear my question clearly before you started answering the third one—unfortunately, your answer was completely irrelevant to my question. You just wanted to show off that you came back from the future and that you thought you understood me very well."

That day, Yuuki Yuuki's third question was this: Your target is me, so why are you attacking innocent people?

The girl's first reply was: I'm on your side.

"You thought I would ask you a question like 'Which side are you on?' But you guessed wrong. Things don't always go the way you expect. I don't care which side you're on. At least you, who keep saying you're on my side but keep playing this boring guessing game with me, are far inferior to Hong Moli and the others who fight alongside me."

Yuuki Yukino clenched her fists, her old injuries causing her body to ache slightly.

"I won't choose any of the choices you give me! Whether it's Hong Moli or Bai Gui Qianyou, I won't give up." But her voice became even more powerful: "If this is the future you've decided on, then I'll change it for you."

The girl's mouth was wide open under her mask, and she couldn't close it for a long time.

"How childish." The girl chuckled self-deprecatingly at the end. "You're right, that's why I'm using the simplest and most direct method to solidify the future I envision. I'm on your side, please don't doubt that, otherwise why would I go through all this trouble to tell you all this?"

"Since you're on my side, then tell me, in the future you've seen, how exactly did Hyakki Senyou and Koumori lose?"

"There will be a fireworks festival on the last day of this summer vacation. Moonsea City will be very lively that day," the girl replied. "Don't forget, Kuroba Reincarnation isn't like you, only targeting magical girls. They are full-fledged corrupted magical girls."

Just thinking about the devastation Kuroba's reincarnation would cause sent chills down Yuuki's spine: "Why would she do such a thing? What good would it do her to target ordinary people?"

"There's no benefit, but where there's a festival, there's food; where there's food, there are demons and ghosts. Where there are demons and ghosts, there's Hong Moli. What if Kuroba Reisei, who has been unable to pinpoint their location, happens to discover them? What if, in the end, someone has to stop Kuroba Reisei?"

The girl tapped her fingertips on the coffee table.

"You must be wondering what would happen if they didn't go to the festival. I can tell you, in that case, Koumori and Hyakki Chiyu would both be safe. But instead, Tenrai Herika, Mizuno Yu, and the newly joined Sakura Hanako would suffer a complete defeat. Then, because the magical girls' side would be almost entirely wiped out, there would be no one left to stop the corrupted magical girls, and something you absolutely don't want to see would happen. In other words, the train of this timeline would derail, and you would never be able to achieve your wish."

While Yuuki Yukino was still pondering, the girl had already stood up and walked towards the door.

"By the way, since you like to dwell on past issues so much, why don't you also think about the three questions you asked me tonight? You'll find a little surprise."

Three questions? A surprise?

Yuuki Yukino fell into new thoughts once again.

The mysterious person didn't linger for a moment and left Yuuki Yuki's house directly.

When the mysterious man left her house, Yuuki Yuuki belatedly realized that she had been tricked, completely tricked.

When she learned that the mysterious man planned to "visit" her home, she had considered many possible scenarios and prepared her countermeasures for each of them.

The three questions she raised were all the result of careful consideration.

However, even the most careful plans can go awry, and due to nervousness, I made an incredibly basic mistake.

The mysterious person said: In a certain timeline, I fell into darkness because I could not fulfill the wish I had always wanted to achieve.

The mysterious person then reminded Yuuki Yukino that she had a wish she really wanted to fulfill.

Yuuki Yukino's wish is to get rid of the black demon markings on her body and clear her name, so that she won't have to live in fear every day from now on.

However, the idea that one should fall into darkness because one cannot clear one's name is putting the cart before the horse. It is precisely because one has fallen into darkness that one wants to clear one's name, so it is impossible for one to fall into darkness because one cannot clear one's name.

Such a basic mistake can be easily exposed with just a little thought.

The mysterious person didn't give her that chance. First, they misled her with that hesitant attitude, making her doubt herself and thus solidifying her own thoughts.

Then, instead of giving the correct answer, it makes you start guessing and leads you into wrong guesses, before throwing out bombshell information that leaves you no time to think.

Immediately afterwards, I was bewildered by that bizarre choice between two options and focused all my attention on the trolley problem.

Was I just overthinking things, or had the other party planned everything out of them? Just how far had the mysterious person gone?

Furthermore, what exactly are these so-called "either/or" choices and "derailment"? Now, a whole host of new problems have arisen that I need to deal with.

Now that things have come to this, Jieqi Ming Temple Jiuqi Umbrella Si Chengyuan felt it was necessary to discuss the relevant issues with others.

Chapter 81 This battle meeting was held in a coffee shop.

At the Yanxia Cafe, where Yuuki Yuki first sat down to chat with Baqi, Yuuki Yuki, Inuyama Baqi, and the equally concerned Koumori and Hyakki Senyu sat down around the innermost booth.

Yuuki Yui recounted the majority of her conversation with the mysterious man at home to the people around the table.

The part that Yuuki Yukino hides is the fact that she came to this world through time travel.

Here, Yuuki Yukina tells everything, including the so-called trolley problem that lies before her.

Before calling the others, Yuuki Yuuki thought that she might keep the possibility of one of the two, Koumori or Hyakki Senyu, being defeated as a secret in her heart, and then make the decision to sacrifice herself to save her companions when she was really faced with a difficult choice. In the end, she would be saved by her companions and overcome the difficulties together. That's how shonen manga always goes, right?

But Yuuki Yuuki isn't the protagonist of a typical shonen manga, and typical shonen manga wouldn't feature such revealing magical costumes... Well, there is one character with red highlights who transforms and wears very revealing clothes.

Oh right, there's also a pretty impressive red highlighter in this world.

Moreover, this world is inherently imperfect. Sometimes, sacrifice is just that—sacrifice. It may save someone, but leave a lasting regret for those who care about you.

Perhaps the mysterious man was right; all he could think about was how to ensure his own survival, and he couldn't bring himself to sacrifice himself.

This kind of mentality means that she can never become the kind of hero that everyone admires, or a dazzling magical girl.

Friendship helps us get through hardships, hard work pays off, there is comfort when we are sad, friends support each other, and even if there have been painful things, everyone can still smile in the end... This world is not that beautiful at all.

Especially after witnessing Yuuki Yuuki lying in a pool of blood and disappearing until now, and seeing the girl in the hospital who was telling her about Kuroba's reincarnation just the day before, she completely shut herself off from everything.

Therefore, Yuuki Yuuki is afraid—afraid of getting hurt, afraid of being defeated, afraid that she will never be able to return to the life she has worked so hard to build.

She is truly selfish, so selfish that she doesn't want to bear all of this alone.

That's why Yuuki Eri wants to change this situation in her own way.

What do I care about lone heroes or secret keepers? I'm not going to be a riddle solver anyway. Let's brainstorm together and solve the problem!

After listening to everything Yuuki Yuki had said, Koumori stroked her chin and began to seriously consider the question.

"But the person you call the mysterious man said that this cannot be changed, right?"

Komori was wavering, and Yuuki could tell that she was prepared to sacrifice herself.

This is a bad habit of Hong Moli's; she always tends to think of things in a negative light and puts too much pressure on herself.

Previously, Yuuki Yui had taken advantage of this aspect of Koumori's behavior to mislead her during Koumori's first attack, thus ensuring her own safety.

“Maybe?” Yuuki Yui nodded. “The future is not so easy to change. We may also encounter danger, and we may never see each other again one day when we wake up. That’s what happens to a corrupted magical girl.”

Yuuki Yukino's overly direct and rational remarks made even the usually straightforward Tomoe feel uneasy.

"Hey! Xiaoyuan! What are you saying?"

"But the time traveler arrogantly interferes with our time, talking about wanting to reach some beautiful ending, which means she couldn't do it either, right? What she wanted to do was also change her own future, didn't she?"

Without changing his expression, Yuuki En picked up a piece of the pasta from the table and put it in his mouth.

"Even the mysterious woman herself is trying to change the future, so what right does she have to say that the future is destined to be unchangeable?" (*VIII Other matters, Ling Wuling. Dream words?)

“Xiao Yuan is right.” Ba Qi hugged Yuki Yuki’s arm and rubbed against her shoulder.

"Just because others have described this future, and they want to change it, are we just going to foolishly choose to believe it without making any changes?"

Yuuki Yui felt that she wasn't suited to saying such inspiring things; to her, such words were just empty slogans and childish pronouncements.

But these words are also a genuine cry from the heart.

"I chose to tell you all this so that we can work together to come up with a way to change that awful future. Our world is not a game that can be played and manipulated by others, nor is the future a framework that can be nailed down by others. The path we walk is one that we must walk step by step."

“I understand what you’re saying, but Kuroba’s reincarnation is very strong.” Hong Moli sighed, stirring her coffee cup with a spoon. The murky liquid in the cup seemed to be a reflection of her inner turmoil: “It’s very difficult to defeat her.”

"It must have been difficult for you to overcome all the obstacles to come to my side." Hyakki Chiyu slowly raised her hand, pressed down on Koumori's restless hand as she stirred her coffee, took a sip from Koumori's coffee cup, and then gently put it down.

Under Hong Moli's questioning gaze, Bai Gui Qianyou turned her upper body towards Hong Moli, cupped Hong Moli's cheeks with both hands, and stared intently at Hong Moli's confused yet slightly shy expression.

Then, without hesitation, he presented her with warm coffee and lips even more fiery than the coffee.

Yuki and Baqi both looked away from the young boss who was busy behind the counter.

The boss also cast a meaningful glance, as if to say: What are you looking at? It's not like you two haven't kissed here before.

"Mari, instead of thinking about how to sacrifice for me, think about how to protect me."

When Yuuki heard the sounds of the two separating, she turned around and saw Hyakki Chiyu wiping coffee stains from the corner of her mouth with a napkin.

"In the same way, I will protect you too."

Hong Moli, who was suddenly attacked by Bai Gui Qianyou, changed her usual image, which could be described as either daydreaming or meticulous. She stood with her hands clasped up like a harmless little hamster, chirping and unable to utter a word for a long time.

"Wow! They're showing off their love right in front of us! Xiaoyuan! Let's give each other a kiss too."

Infected by the ambiguous atmosphere, or rather, in turn infected by it, Baqi pulled Yuuki Emi next to her and pushed her down onto the sofa.

"Wait! My injury hasn't healed yet! It hurts! Stop it!"

Yuuki Yui covered the spot where Mizuno Yuu had shot with her Arrow of Light, and rolled onto the sofa with Inuyama Tomoe.

With this commotion from both sides, most of the gloom caused by the series of unhappy events recounted by Yuuki Yukino dissipated.

"Alright, alright!" Yuuki straightened her slightly disheveled clothes, covering the bite marks that Baqi had left on her neck with her collar: "In the remaining time, in addition to the original special training, there are a few things we need to learn about."

"First, what exactly is Kuroba Laisheng trying to hide by silencing witnesses, and will this help in the fight against her?"

"Secondly, what kind of power does Kuroba possess in his next life, and what kind of weaknesses does he have?"

"Third, since Kuroba Reincarnation is so strong that even the four of us combined can't defeat her, why don't we just bring in all those magical girls as well?"

At this time, there were still two weeks left until the end of summer vacation.

Chapter 82 The Meeting of Magical Girls

A calendar was always placed on the bedside table of Mizuno Yu's hospital bed.

It was just an ordinary paper calendar, with a series of crosses marked on the dates in small squares with a black pen.

In the square representing today, there was a small circle that had been there long before, with the date written in delicate handwriting: Discharge Date.

Mizuno Yu picked up the pen that had been on her bedside table for a long, long time, drew an X on the small circle, and erased today's numbers.