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

"Ah, okay, although I've just become a magical girl... I also want to help you seniors as soon as possible!" Sakura Hanako said confidently.

"By the way, I haven't asked you why you became a magical girl yet? The power of a magical girl is the manifestation of the mind. Understanding the reason why you became a magical girl will also help you become stronger." Helica still had that domineering demeanor, but she had already begun to teach Sakura Hanako how to become a qualified magical girl.

Sakura Hanako could tell that her senior was a bit irritable, but he meant well, so there were no problems getting along: "The reason I became a magical girl was that I wanted to get good grades before the entrance exam so I could go to medical school and become a doctor. That way, my mother, who was always at the hospital and could hardly ever go home, could..."

Helica had only asked casually, never expecting that she might have touched a nerve with the girl in front of her. It seems she really needs to change her impulsive personality.

Honestly, she made her juniors recall unpleasant things. Even if Helica woke up in the middle of the night, she would still slap herself twice because of this.

"I'm so sorry!" Helica apologized loudly, "I didn't know! I didn't know about your mother, I'm really... so sorry!"

"Huh?" Sakura Hanako was taken aback.

"It's truly admirable that she wanted to become a doctor to cure her mother's long-term hospitalization," Mizuno Yuu affirmed.

"I'm happy that my seniors praised me, but I wonder if they've misunderstood something." Sakura Hanako scratched her ear. "My mother is a doctor at a hospital, so she rarely gets to go home. Inspired by her courage, I want to become a doctor too, so I can help her as soon as possible."

Mizuno Yu and Tenrai Herika both fell silent.

Great, Helica knows she can get a good night's sleep now.

"Ahem." Mizuno Yu cleared her throat, trying to steer the conversation back on track: "To be honest, when we first met, I wasn't entirely without suspicion of Sakura, but when she was being bullied by the pink-haired tentacle girl and was about to cry, the first person I thought of was Tenrai-kun. Therefore, I judged that she was trustworthy."

Sakura Hanako never wanted to relive what happened that night. It was her first real battle with an enemy. She had made thorough preparations and done her best, but she was still crushed by the enemy's overwhelming strength.

Sakura Hanako had also wondered if she would hold her senior back, but when Mizuno Yu said that, her eyes showed a strong sense of sympathy when she looked at Helica.

"Senior, could it be that you were also...?"

“Shut up! That’s not true!” Helica interrupted loudly.

Helica had been beaten up by the pink devil more than once or twice, and she wanted to keep the fact that she had been beaten to tears by the pink devil who had just obtained a magic wand as a black history forever. After Mizuno Yu said this, Helica's face turned completely red.

Herlica's thoughts were the easiest to guess. As a junior, Sakura Hanako wasn't foolish enough to expose this to her senior and embarrass Herlica.

Mizuno Yu ignored all of that and continued talking.

“It’s normal for magical girls to win or lose. A temporary defeat doesn’t define anything. I’ve tasted defeat more than once, but I’ve never given up.” When Mizuno Yu says this with such a serious face, it always sounds very convincing.

"Mizuno-senpai..." Encouraged and comforted by her senior, Sakura Hanako clenched her hands together, her face full of admiration.

"Shut up! Don't listen to her nonsense. That idiot only thinks about giving up when she gets into a fight!" Helica said with a sidelong glance and a look of utter contempt.

The disdainful look had no effect on Mizuno Yui; it only made her more impassioned: "Only by learning from failures can we become stronger, just like General Yumimoto."

"What is General Yumimoto? He sounds so impressive! Can you tell me, senior?" Sakura Hanako's eyes were practically sparkling with admiration.

"I told you not to listen to her nonsense!" Herica shouted, trying to stop her, but she couldn't change the fact that the three of them were talking past each other.

This pointless conversation only ended when the waiter brought the food.

After all, if you're eating, you don't have a mouth to talk about this.

But dining wasn't the main purpose. The group quickly finished their food, and after the waiter had left, Mizuno Yui continued talking about the topic that had been interrupted earlier.

“On the very night you visited me, a patient was found unconscious and lying on the floor. She happened to be the one who was taken away by the lightning during the day. From the various descriptions given by the other nurses—her room, the state of her body after the attack, and so on—all the clues pointed to our method of dealing with the corrupted magical girl.” Mizuno Yu said, “When I learned about this, my first reaction was that this was done by the lightning.”

"Huh? What does this have to do with me?" Helica, who was innocently caught in the crossfire, curled her lip. Being treated as a criminal suspect? It didn't put her in a good mood.

"But the nurse who was taking care of her was also injured, and her injuries were more serious than those of the patient who collapsed in the room. The nurse's injuries were all external, but fortunately, they were not life-threatening. I know you would never lay a hand on a nurse, so it couldn't have been you."

Mizuno Yu used an affirmative sentence, not a question.

This caused Helica's anger to quickly subside before it could even ignite. She turned her head and whispered, "Of course," before falling silent.

"And coincidentally, I saw the Tentacle Woman and the Musketeer Woman walk out of the inpatient ward that day, so this matter must be related to them. As for the battle the next day, I knew nothing about it while I was in the hospital."

“I’m not sure either, but if my senses are not mistaken, there were four magical girls there that day.” Helica shook her head a few times.

“I don’t know either,” Sakura Hanako said, following behind Helica, before discovering another blind spot: “I have no objection that the magical girl who fought us that night is the culprit, but this is so strange.”

Encouraged by Mizuno Yu's gaze, Sakura Hanako mustered her courage and voiced her conjecture: "Their attempt to silence her conflicts with what you just said, that the magical girl returned the victim unharmed during the day. If she wanted to silence her, she would have done so during the day; there would be no need for this extra step."

“I’ve also considered this possibility. There should only be two magical girls at the hospital that night, which is why I initially focused on them as suspects. And why would they harm an innocent nurse just to silence her? Did the nurse know something she shouldn’t have? These are questions we need to investigate.”

"And another thing," Mizuno Yu added, "I specifically asked you all to come here today so that we magical girls can get to know each other better, making it easier to cooperate in the future, and also so that we can all find out the truth of the matter together."

"We didn't achieve a final victory against those two magical girls before, partly because we were lacking in some aspects, and partly because they hadn't committed an unforgivable crime," Mizuno Yu continued.

“The situation is different now. They have revealed their evil nature, so we can no longer continue to defend passively. We must take the initiative, find out their identities and purposes, and bring them to trial.”

“Sure, I already have a score to settle with them.” Helica was the first to raise her hand in agreement.

“There are no cameras in the hospital wards, but there are cameras in the hospital corridors. They can capture exactly what happened. Once we see the surveillance footage, we can reconstruct most of the original events,” Mizuno Yu said. “In that case, even if there are misunderstandings or misleading information, they won’t be able to fool us.”

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's just go see it!"

"It's not that simple. Nobody will let us into the monitoring room without a reason."

"Then let's sneak in."

"I don't think it's a safe bet. This kind of behavior should be illegal. We magical girls can't do whatever we want like those corrupted guys."

"Then what do you suggest? This won't work, that won't work, come up with a solution!"

"Um, seniors, I have a solution." Sakura Hanako weakly raised her hand: "The monitoring room might be a bit difficult for outsiders, but it's not really a big deal. The person in charge of the monitoring room will only stop unfamiliar faces, and as for acquaintances, the person in charge won't care."

"Remember when I said my mom was a doctor at the hospital?"

Some readers may not have read the comments, so I'll just vent again here.

After breakfast, I experienced pain below my left ribcage, so severe that I couldn't get out of bed.

Finally, I went to the hospital for a checkup, and the doctor said that my stomach problem had not fully recovered.

I had a CT scan, which ruled out some other possibilities. Since I had eaten breakfast, I couldn't have a gastroscopy. The doctor told me to go home and take my medication.

However, the pain worsened in the afternoon, and my writing efficiency was very low while lying in bed; I only managed to write a little bit all afternoon.

Hopefully tomorrow will be more comfortable.

In short, I'm really sorry. If any readers know whether it's okay to take painkillers in this situation, please let me know.

Chapter 84 One Week

Yuuki Yukino also got up very early today. Ever since her conversation with the mysterious person, she has been getting up very early.

Wearing an apron, Yuuki Yuki stood in front of the stove. The raw eggs in the pot sizzled in the oil, and the glistening egg whites solidified at a visible speed.

With a splash, Yuuki Yukino poured the sauce, a mixture of sugar, vinegar, and tomato sauce, into the pot, the splattering sound waking the sleeping girl in the room.

First came the creaking sound of the door opening, followed by the girl's indistinct murmurs, as if in a dream.

"Xiaoyuan, what's for breakfast?"

A dazed Inuyama Tomoe walked out of the house in her slippers, her messy hair resembling a bird's nest. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and staggered up behind Yuuki Yukina, who was busy in the kitchen.

"Sweet and sour poached eggs." Yuuki Yui tossed the pan with one hand, perfectly flipping the poached eggs coated in amber sauce, and casually ruffled Baqi's messy hair a couple of times.

"Oh, it's Chinese food. Yuuki is so good at Chinese food." Baqi rested her chin on Yuuki's shoulder, touched Yuuki's neck, closed her eyes and breathed evenly, as if she was about to fall asleep again.

"Go wash your hands over there and get ready to eat." Yuuki Yuen ruffled Baqi's hair again.

"Okay—" Baqi drawled, taking advantage of Yuki's busy preparing breakfast and not having time to pay attention to her, she reached her hand through the gap between the apron and Yuki's body, grabbed a couple of times inside the apron, and continued to sway towards the living room before Yuki could have an attack.

Several steaming hot poached eggs were placed on the coffee table in the living room. The girls sitting on the sofa held their rice bowls and glanced at the monotonous morning news.

"School starts in a week." Yuuki Yu took a bite of a fried egg, the crispy egg white crunching in her mouth.

“Yes.” Baqi shoveled several mouthfuls of rice mixed with sauce into her mouth.

Just as a pebble drifting across water leaves only a ripple, this short sentence did not cause a bigger splash. Neither of them spoke again, and the sound of chopsticks touching the rim of the bowl echoed rhythmically in the background of the television news.

The news was showing preparations for the weekend festival. The venue was being set up in an orderly manner, and some merchants were moving in in advance. Even though it hadn't officially started yet, the atmosphere of the festival was already lively.

It should have been the last hurrah of the holiday, but as soon as Yuuki Yuki thought about the tragedy that the mysterious man had mentioned might happen at this festival, she couldn't look forward to it at all.

Perhaps the battle between the corrupted magical girls would inevitably harm the innocent, and Yuuki Yuuki did not want to see the innocent civilians at the festival get caught up in it and get hurt.

Or perhaps it was because people she knew well would be in danger—but she hadn't known Hong Moli and the others for very long, and at first they even intended to harm her, making it impossible for Yuuki Yuen to feel the urge to protect them at all costs.

If this continues, Yiren will inevitably be in danger.

The thought of festivals fills Yuuki Eri with nothing but resistance.

"Xiao Yuan".

"Ok?"

"Want to come to the festival together?"

"But the problem at hand hasn't been solved yet." Yuuki Yui tried her best to make her frown look as normal as possible, and flicked the single ponytail that was tied behind her head for cooking convenience.

Inuyama Tomoe put down her bowl and chopsticks, the bottom of the bowl hitting the glass coffee table with a crisp sound, like a judge's gavel falling in court, instantly drawing Yuuki Yukino's attention.

Baqi turned to look directly at Yuuki Yuuki: "I didn't mention anything else. I just wanted to know if Yuuki wanted to go to the festival together."

"If there's a chance, let's go together." Yuuki Yuen smiled knowingly, looked away from the distraction, picked up a small piece of fried egg that had been broken off with her chopsticks, and put it in her mouth along with the rice.

"Wow! What do you mean by 'chance'? Don't just eat and not say anything! Xiaoyuan is so cunning! So cunning!"

The noisy Baqi bit Yuuki Yuuki's chopsticks and snatched the second bite of food that Yuuki Yuuki was about to put into her mouth.

"Let's go together! Let's go together! After all the problems are solved, we'll go to the festival together! Watch the fireworks! And release the legendary sky lanterns that can grant any wish!"

Baqi swallowed the large mouthful of food in her mouth, then pounded on Yuuki Yuki's shoulder and started to act coquettishly towards her.

Yuuki Yukino's lips curled up in a helpless yet indulgent smile: "Okay, I promise you, let's go together after everything is over."

"Yay! Then we need to finish eating quickly! Let's get to training! We need to get stronger as quickly as possible!"

Baqi pounced on him and kissed Yuuki Yukino's face with her sauce-covered lips.

We really need to intensify our training; there's only one week left until the mysterious man mentioned.

Whether this training is effective or not, Yuuki Yukino can't guarantee.

Undoubtedly, she and Baqi have become much stronger. It is said that the power of magical girls is subjective. Is this desire to become stronger a wish? And can it really help her?

There's something that Yuuki Yukino has been puzzling over for a long time.

The mysterious person only briefly mentioned that Hong Moli and Bai Gui Qianyou might encounter danger, but everything was so vague. Perhaps it was to prevent him from interfering as much as possible that he deliberately concealed the information, or perhaps it was simply because the transmigrator was arrogant and treated this information as a reward to continue to riddle the person.

This has created even more problems.

Is Kuroba Reincarnation a single person? How did she encounter Hyakki Senyou and the others? Is Kuroba Reincarnation truly powerful enough to fight four opponents alone? How will she make her choices in this battle?

Was Kuroba's reincarnation truly so powerful that he could fight four opponents alone, forcing me to retreat?