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

Just as Kuroba was lost in daydreams about his future life, a sound like a meteorite hitting the ground and the earth trembling came from behind him.

Kuroba Reincarnation didn't see what Lava Lantern did, but she saw almost all the magical girls who rushed forward fly backward into her field of vision at the same time, fall to the ground and remain motionless. She also felt the powerful magic behind her that shot straight into the sky.

Kuroba turned her head and saw that Lava Lantern, after completing her transformation, was still standing in the same place. The ground around her was covered with cracks like a spider web. Further out of the cracks, the corrupted magical girls she had summoned to attack Lava Lantern were lying there in disarray, unable to even maintain their transformations.

"What's wrong? Aren't you going to do it yourself?" Lava Mountain Lantern swung the giant sword made of lava with one hand, hoisted it onto his shoulder with a dull thud, and raised his chin at Black Feather Reincarnation.

All the magical girls he had gathered, except for Koumori, Hyakki Senyu, and Seishine, who had mastered True Name Release and even God Release, were here.

The three people she had in mind were definitely formidable fighters. Even if the rest of her subordinates didn't know how to unleash their true names, it would be quite difficult for Hong Moli and her group to take them all down in one go.

This person is very strong, even stronger than I thought—Kuroba Reisei made this judgment.

But so what?

She was the reincarnation of Kuroba, the student council president of St. Yuu Academy, the undisputed leader of the fallen magical girls, and the woman destined to become prime minister. A woman like this, who appeared out of nowhere, could be dealt with with a simple flick of her wrist.

Magical attire and a magic wand are the truest reflections of a magical girl's inner self. Look at the magical attire she's wearing; it's like something a delinquent would wear, utterly devoid of any aesthetic appeal. It must symbolize her chaotic inner world, right?

Especially the opponent's wand. Other magical girls' wands all have a fixed shape. What kind of wand is that, pieced together from rocks? It's laughable.

There's no other way, so I, as the strongest, will have to teach this arrogant fool a lesson.

"You said you wouldn't be able to unleash your divine power, right?" Kuroba Reisen arrogantly raised his head, peering up and down at the transformed Lava Lamp through his slits in his eyes.

"Yes, no. (Ling Ba Lin (" Rong Shan Deng remained motionless, as if waiting for Hei Yu Lai Shi to make a move.)

"Then watch closely as I unleash my ultimate power. I'm giving you one last chance: either submit to me, or let my presence become the last memory of your life."

"Oh, okay." Lava Mountain Lantern nodded, still not moving.

The guy who doesn't eat oil and salt.

Kuroba Reisei's magic began to gather beneath her feet, and first she transformed. Surrounded by dark magic, Kuroba Reisei's transformed magical armor appeared on her body. Her magic wand, a double-edged sword engraved with strange patterns and entirely black, pointed at the Lava Mountain Lamp opposite her.

"Oh, not bad." Lamp Loom stared at Kuroba Reisei's transformation, wondering if the other party would come up with any new tricks.

The indifference of the molten mountain lamp only fueled the displeasure of the Black Feather Reincarnation. As proud as she was, how could she allow such a person to look at her with such an expression?

It doesn't matter. Soon the other party won't be able to remain calm anymore. Let me show her even greater power.

Next is the release of Kuroba Reisei's true name.

Lucifer.

The eerie patterns on the double-edged sword lit up, and chilling dark red characters crawled all over the blade.

"Hmm, hmm." Lava Mountain Lantern nodded again.

"If you won't shed tears until you see the coffin, then use your strongest abilities to force this guy into a dead end in one fell swoop."

Next, there was the divine liberation of Kuroba's reincarnation.

Black wings, which did not exist when the true name was released, enveloped the body of the Black Feather Reincarnation. Suddenly, the wings opened, and black feathers fluttered down from the sky. In the dark rain, the demonic armor on the Black Feather Reincarnation's body had been replaced with the new attire of the God after his release.

"Oh—not bad." Lava Mountain Lantern's eyes lit up, and an excited smile spread across his lips.

The response to the Lava Mountain Lamp was the longsword thrust out by Black Feather Reincarnation.

The heavy boulder crashed to the ground, and fiery red patterns began to spread from where the lava lamp was holding it towards the entire sword, with one cracking sound after another.

"Then I'll respond to you a little more seriously, so don't disappoint me!"

Lava Mountain Lantern, dragging its massive sword that was about to shatter, swaggered toward Kuroba Laisei, who had thrust his sword at him, without the slightest hint of tension.

"Come at me, Surtr!"

Amidst the shattered rocks, Lava Lantern drew her true wand.

"Waaah! Waaah! I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! I was so presumptuous! Please forgive me! Please forgive me! I won't bother you anymore! Please! Please!"

An hour later, Kuroba Laisei, having deactivated her transformation, knelt and crawled at Lava Lantern's feet, hugging Lava Lantern's thigh and weeping bitterly.

The clothes that Lava Mountain Lantern thought were quite expensive were covered in mud and had some cracks from being rubbed. With the movements of Black Feather Reincarnation, they rustled on the ground, creating more tears.

Even though she was in such a wretched state, the tearful Kuroba Laisei still desperately begged for life, disregarding all appearances. Her desire to live had far outweighed her fragile arrogance and pride.

Lava Lamp's situation was also not optimistic. His body was covered with wounds of all sizes, and he was panting heavily as he leaned on his wand, which had been restored to its previous form as a giant rock sword.

Unlike Kuroba Reincarnation, she is standing perfectly fine, and the transformation state of Lava Mountain Lantern has not been deactivated.

This is the story of the only time that Lava Lantern and Kuroba Rebirth met.

Rongshan Deng yawned and stopped his narration.

"So, you... you made Kuroba Reisei cry? You used your wand that unleashed the power of the true name to make Kuroba Reisei, who was freed from the gods, cry?"

Yuuki Yukino couldn't help but twitch at the corner of her mouth, so surprised that she didn't know where to put her tongue.

"Yeah, she cried so much. I shouldn't have told you about something so embarrassing, but that guy was so annoying, haha." Lancelot seemed a little embarrassed about telling Kuroba Rebirth's embarrassing story. He scratched his head and said, "Well, she learned her lesson after I beat her up like that. She should learn her lesson and be more restrained, right? I really look forward to her coming back to me after she gets stronger."

No, he won't stop. Kuroba Reisei not only hasn't repented, but has become even more outrageous, and is even planning to cause a big stir on the day the festival begins.

In the past, Yuuki Yuuki would never bother to unlock the hidden story of the incredibly difficult Lava Mountain Lantern in games just to see a few CGs—especially the non-H type. She played games to see her favorite character, Helica, being sexually assaulted, not to suffer for no reason.

However, it is said that the character Lava Lantern in the game never used the Divine Liberation, so what Lava Lantern said should be true.

This isn't Lava Mountain Lantern; it's practically Kenpachi Zaraki, a self-developed version of himself in the magical girl genre.

Yes, it's the manga where the protagonist wears a mask, carries a small katana, and throws Getsuga Tenshou around. While everyone else is using all sorts of bizarre two-stage swords to unleash their power, Kenpachi Zaraki relies on his simple and unpretentious strength to cut through almost everything from beginning to end.

Okay, at least Lana can unleash her true name, but didn't other manga characters learn Bankai later on...? No, that's not the point at all!

She, the Flaming Mountain Lantern, made the game's final boss, Black Feather Rebirth, cry?

No, wait a minute. Where should I even begin to complain? Should I start with the fact that Lava Lantern is so strong, or with the fact that Kuroba's reincarnation was beaten to tears?

So the final boss of the game is actually this unimpressive?

Chapter 94 Where am I?

It took Yuuki En a long time to fully digest what Kouyama Lantern had said, and even longer to recover from the great shock.

While Yuuki Yuki began to savor these words, Rokuyama Tou wasn't in a hurry at all, sitting beside Yuuki Yuki and waiting. Being able to have a fight like this after get off work was quite refreshing.

Before actually encountering the Lava Lantern, Yuuki Yuuki never imagined that things would progress so smoothly.

When Rokuzan revealed that Yuuki Yukino had come to obtain information about Kuroba's reincarnation, Yuuki Yukino was still thinking about how to maximize her goal and extract as much information as possible from Rokuzan.

As a result, Lamp simply said, "If you're curious, I'll just tell you." Then he told Yuuki what left Yuuki speechless.

Lava Mountain Lantern doesn't mention any details of the battle, only saying things like, "I knocked all those guys who rushed at me flying in one go. They were too weak and never got up again," or "That guy was actually quite strong, but in the end I was the better one." These kinds of statements are just glossed over.

This kind of thing is impossible to describe clearly in words, right? If Yuuki Yukina were to recall her battle with Lava Lantern, all she could say was that Lava Lantern swung her sword at her. There would be no point in describing in more detail how she swung the sword or how much force she used. The result was simply that she swung her sword at him without any embellishment.

But only Yuuki En herself knew just how terrifying that sword strike was.

After Rongshan Deng recounted the cause and effect, the whole incident became clear and could be summarized in one sentence:

Kuroba Laisei tried to recruit Lava Mountain Lantern into his group, using his superior attitude and gang-up tactics to force Lava Mountain Lantern to compromise, but ended up getting a severe lesson from him.

Most of it was similar to what Yuuki En guessed, but the only point that didn't match Yuuki En's prediction was that Lava Lantern only mentioned that he had knocked Kuroba Reisei's subordinates away, which contradicted the fact that Kuroba Reisei's subordinates had all been wiped out.

Could it be that the Lava Lamp is really too strong, knocking everyone else out of their wits with a single blow?

In terms of ability, Lava Lantern definitely has it, but the precise control of her strength just happened to take down everyone, which Yuuki Yuen felt conflicted with Lava Lantern's wide-ranging fighting style.

The impression that Lancelot gave Yuuki En was that he was very clear about everything. Fighting was one thing, but after the fight, everyone could sit down and chat happily. He didn't seem like the type to kill people.

"What? Is there any more question?" Seeing Yuuki Yukino's hesitation, Lava Lantern presumptuously guessed the reason for her hesitation and began to explain enthusiastically, completely unlike her demeanor during the battle: "Was I not clear enough? Let me start from the beginning, back then it was..."

"Wait, that's not what I'm curious about." Yuuki Yui weakly interrupted Lava Mountain Lantern's story. Lava Mountain Lantern shut her mouth, but then cast a questioning look at her.

Yuuki Yui was also struggling with how to ask about the fate of Kuroba Reisei's subordinates. Asking directly would seem rather impolite.

No matter how normal Lamp looks, she is still a corrupted magical girl and could still be affected by the Black Magic Mark. Even if she did that, Yuuki Yuki would think it was a perfectly normal thing.

Even the most normal character in the Fallen Magical Girl series, Koumori, did something similar, didn't she?

But if I don't ask, there will always be a knot in my heart that I can't untie. There aren't many opportunities to sit down and talk with Rongshan Deng like this. If I miss this chance, I may never be able to find the answer.

In order to save Koumori and Hyakki Senyu as much as possible, Yuuki Eri didn't want to let go of any small opportunity.

Why overthink it? Just ask directly, right?

"Didn't you defeat those magical girls?"

After asking the question, Yuuki Yukina realized some terrifying possibilities.

Could it be that Kuroba Reincarnation was afraid of defeat, so she fled with all her might, abandoning her subordinates, and took her anger out on them because she couldn't capture Kuroba Reincarnation...?

In that case, the person who asked this question is in danger.

Could this touch a nerve with Rongshan Deng, causing him to completely change his attitude and then turn against you?

Yuuki Yukino could only silently pray that things wouldn't turn out so badly.

Upon hearing the question, Rongshan Deng did not answer immediately. He frowned, deep in thought, and occasionally made a few clicks of his tongue.

Besides that, all that remained was the incessant chirping of insects from some unknown patch of grass, each sound further agitating Yuuki En.

Every move of the magma lantern was under the watchful eyes of Yuuki En. When the magma lantern raised its head and faced him again, Yuuki En felt a chill for no reason.

Is she finally going to answer?

Which magical girls are you talking about?

So that's what I was thinking about just now?!

While inwardly complaining, Yuuki Yukino secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

However, we cannot let our guard down. Just because we didn't explain ourselves clearly doesn't mean that this matter has nothing to do with Rongshan Lamp.

Why don't we take this opportunity to gloss over this matter?

In the past, Yuuki En might have genuinely changed the subject to avoid trouble by speaking rashly, simply because the other party didn't understand.

However, given the precedent of Hong Moli being intimidated by him, he must not allow himself to be so hesitant and timid out of fear. In order to overcome his predetermined fate, he cannot overlook any possibility.

"Those magical girls that Kuroba brought back from the afterlife, were they defeated by you, Lin Lingqi and the others, and rendered unable to rise again?"

After making up her mind, Yuuki Yukino slowly and in detail described her problem.

"You mean this?" This time, Lamp Lava Mountain no longer hesitated at all and answered frankly, "It's true that I defeated those magical girls, but I had no idea that I rendered them unable to rise again."

No matter what Rokuyama Lantern says, Yuuki Yuen will believe it. Since Rokuyama Lantern says she didn't do it, then Yuuki Yuen is certain that someone else did it.

That's about all the information we can get from Lava Mountain Lantern.