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

Upon seeing Baqi's malicious grin, Yuuki Yuuki sensed that something was about to happen.

"So! Next, we should replenish our mana, right!"

Chapter Ninety-Six: An Ordinary Night

Although Inuyama Tomoe can be a bit reckless at times, she is not a child who doesn't know her place.

Although Baqi was talking about replenishing mana, what Yuuki Yuuki was worried about did not happen—at least not in a way that was so intense that it made her feel resistant.

Baqi simply placed her hands on either side of Yuuki Yuki's body, and then lifted herself up and pressed down on Yuuki Yuki's body.

Baqi was very close, almost touching Yuki Emi's face. The light, blocked by her body, shone from both sides, but it couldn't reveal Baqi's complete expression.

The expression on the face hidden in the shadows carried a hint of shyness and hesitation, and Baqi's canine teeth were gently biting the lower lip.

Her breath, barely perceptible, landed on Yuuki Yukino's face. No matter how intense the emotion she exhaled, it turned into a cool breeze that carried away her heat when it touched her.

Gentler and warmer than the night breeze, it lifted the silver strands of Baqi's hair, causing them to flutter before Yuuki Yukino's eyes, like a touch that soothed the softest part of her heart, making Yuuki Yukino's heart skip a beat.

Replenishing mana for himself and Bachi has become a daily routine, like a daily task that must be completed—to replenish the mana depleted after practice and to eliminate the negative effects of the dark magic runes…

You should be used to this by now.

Why would Kebaqi suddenly make such a foul expression?

A wave of heat washed over her cheeks, and her heartbeat became erratic in her moment of distraction, like irregular drumbeats, telling of Yuuki Enishi's current panic.

Yuuki En simply closed her eyes, swallowing the saliva secreted due to nervousness, completely handing over the initiative to Baqi, anxiously anticipating Baqi's next move.

Something soft pressed against my chest and rubbed against it a few times, as if adjusting my body position.

Baqi was very light, as light as a real little wolf. She lay on Yuuki Yuuki's body. What made Yuuki Yuuki's breathing quicken was not the fatigue of bearing her weight, but the indescribable thrill of such close contact.

The first thing that reached Yuuki Yukino's ear was a whisper from Tomoe.

"Xiao Yuan, can I be a little bit cute?"

Yuuki opened her eyes and turned her head to look at Baqi, who had buried her head next to her. Baqi's face was hidden in the bed, concealing her expression. Her body rose and fell slightly with her breathing, and she spoke in a muffled voice through the bed.

Yuuki responded softly, reaching out to put her arm around Baqi's waist.

"Of course."

"Mmm." Baqi's shoulders softened, and she wrapped her arms around Yuuki Yuuki's shoulders, burying her head in Yuuki Yuuki's chest, hiding her little expression.

Although the position was somewhat inappropriate, Yuuki could sense that Tomoe had no lewd thoughts. She kept her head down without moving and was genuinely being affectionate with him.

Baqi paused for a moment, then continued speaking.

"Xiaoyuan, I kind of regret not going with you."

"Wouldn't it be dangerous for you to go?"

Yuuki Yukino knew this wasn't a satisfactory answer, but she continued anyway:

"I only realized what was going on when I heard Xiaoyuan talking about the reincarnation of Kuroba. What if Xiaoyuan was seriously injured? What if she didn't come back? Even if she did come back, she would look unhappy... It's very worrying."

"I'm back safe and sound, aren't I?" Yuuki chuckled lightly, patting the girl's back gently. He ran his fingers through Baqi's disheveled hair, tracing the glistening short strands under the light.

"Mmm." Baqi responded sullenly again, her mouth shut as if she was about to say something, and she breathed a sigh of relief as if she was satisfied: "Next time, you can't leave me alone in such a dangerous situation."

The things Yuuki did to clear her name, such as winning over Hong Moli and Bai Gui Qianyou, and seeking revenge on Hei Yu Laishi, were all done by Yuuki Yuki in order to clear her name. In essence, they had nothing to do with Ba Qi.

This operation is far too dangerous. Even Kurenai and Hyakki might be in danger, let alone Inuyama Tomoe. A slight mistake could cost them their lives.

Baqi cried her heart out, saying things like, "I don't want to be defeated."

Although at that time, Baqi had just become a corrupted magical girl, and was not only arrogant but also affected by the dark magic mark, which is why she became like that, Baqi always regarded this as a dark history.

But it is enough to prove that Baqi's position is to protect her own safety, and everything else is none of her business.

In other words, even if Baqi refuses to help or even withdraws, Yuuki Yuki has no right to criticize Baqi.

Selfish thinking is never wrong, but this idea gradually changed after getting to know Yuuki Yuki – it turned into being willing to do anything for Yuuki Yuki.

Every day, during training sessions, planning discussions, and so on, Baqi never uttered a single complaint. She simply cooperated quietly and sensibly with Yuuki Yukino's actions.

Yuuki Yukino knew that while she was trying to break free from the shackles of fate, Tomoe must also have a lot of complaints to vent.

Even in this situation, Baqi was still trying to cheer herself up and comfort herself, who had fallen into unhappiness over a small matter. Even when she complained, she only said a few words and then stopped to take care of herself.

Baqi was so sensible in front of me; even when she tried to act cute, she only said a few words before stopping. Her sensibility was almost heartbreaking.

"Don't worry, I will never leave you alone."

Yuuki felt that any further words she uttered would be perfunctory, so she hugged Baqi even tighter.

Yuuki Yui held him like that, silently feeling his heartbeat and body temperature.

In this atmosphere that should have made people drowsy, Yuuki Yukino was wide awake.

"Keep your word."

After a long, long time, Baqi finally lifted her face from the bed, pouting as she stared at Yuuki Yuki.

"You keep your word." Yuuki Yukina pinched and rubbed Baqi's puffed-up cheeks several times.

Not to be outdone, Baqi retaliated against Yuuki Eri's teasing in a more direct way.

Inuyama Tomoe lowered her head, filling Yuuki Yuuki's vision with her short, silver-white hair.

In the silvery white, Yuuki Yuki felt something softer and more intense.

A light touch on Yuuki Yuki's lips, followed by the sight of Tomoe's ripe cheeks.

“After all, Yuuki is injured, so let’s be a little gentler on replenishing her mana today.” Baqi awkwardly got up, straddled Yuuki’s waist, and gathered her hair.

"Thank you so much."

Judging from the fact that Yuuki Yuuki could barely move by crawling on the second day, today's mana replenishment was anything but gentle.

That same night, outside the door that Yuuki Yuuki had never noticed.

The girl stood stiffly at the entrance of Yuuki Yuki's house, her empty eyes fixed on the pitch-black security door.

A moth landed on the girl's shoulder, crawling with its slender legs from one side to the other. Suddenly, it was attracted by the flickering light in the room and fluttered its wings to fly in another direction.

This isn't the first one; the one that landed on the girl tonight certainly won't be the last.

But the girl just stood there, staring at the door that could never be opened, something seeming to stir deep within her empty pupils.

This must be her first time here.

This shouldn't be the first time she's done something like this.

"Here we go again." Another voice came from behind the dazed girl, the soft muttering sounding like a sigh.

The black-haired girl, whom Yuuki Yukino called a mysterious person, stood by the fence, the hem of her cheongsam fluttering in the night wind.

Instead of carrying the pure white coffin that was lying beside her, she carried a long-handled weapon on her back.

The weapon had a spearhead nearly half a meter long at the top, which reflected a chilling light under the moonlight. However, if it were called a spear, a horizontal blade would extend from one side of the spearhead, and a jet-black five-clawed dragon would coil around the long handle.

Regardless of whether the weapon seemed strange to others, it couldn't hide the fact that it was a magic wand, pointing directly at the girl with her back to her.

"Is it another fragment attracted by a foreign object?"

No one will respond to the black-haired girl's self-answered question.

Apart from those tiny creatures—the summer insects that had landed on the girl were startled and scattered in all directions by the sigh.

But the sound so close to her ear failed to make the girl turn around; she didn't even react in the slightest.

The next second, the girl would never make a sound again.

The magic wand pointed at the girl pierced her body. The girl swayed a few times, but didn't utter a groan before collapsing. She was then propped up by the magic wand in the black-haired girl's hand. Bright red blood spread from beneath the girl, forming a pool that seeped into the cracks between the floor tiles in front of Yuuki Yuki's house.

With a gentle flick of her wrist, the black-haired girl lifted the lifeless body into the air with the tip of her spear. Then, she shook her wrist, and the girl impaled on the spear tip fell into the darkness below.

The black-haired girl looked towards the entrance of Yuuki Yuuki's house. Magic covered the blood droplets on the ground, and the crimson blood merged into the magic, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye, as if nothing had ever happened.

This night will be just another ordinary night.

Chapter Ninety-Seven: Declaration of War!

Yuuki Yukino has been very anxious lately because of the matter of Kuroba's reincarnation.

With less than a week to go before the festival, the underlying tensions hidden beneath the festive atmosphere are the real source of anxiety.

To permanently resolve the issue of Kuroba's reincarnation, Yuuki Yukino needs to transfer this anxiety to someone else.

This is an excellent opportunity for Yuuki Yuuki.

"Wow! It's an evil pink demon! Everyone run!"

With a scream from the first passerby who noticed the problem, the eyes of the pedestrians, who were going about their daily lives in an orderly fashion, all turned to the direction the fleeing passerby was pointing, several meters above the road.

A magical girl with long pink hair, surrounded by purple tentacles, walked openly and casually across the staircase formed by the tentacles, a few meters directly above the road.

Each step she took was supported by clusters of tentacles, ensuring that the girl's every step was very steady, even while in mid-air.

The pink demon wasn't the only one there; another equally impressive girl in military uniform walked beside her, passing through a red-lit intersection in mid-air, chatting as if no one else was around.

"Does this count as running a red light?" Yuuki Yuuki asked Inuyama Tomoe beside her, dragging her large speaker, which she hadn't used in a long time, over the traffic light with her tentacles.

"I don't think so. We're not motor vehicles, and traffic rules don't apply to magical girls, do they?" Baqi glanced at the red light across the street and then at the traffic flowing across her from below, and replied.

Yuki and Yuki were having a casual chat, but the passersby around them seemed to have gone into an uproar.

The view above the vast, empty intersection was incredibly clear. Any magical girl appearing here would surely become the focus of everyone's attention. Moreover, Yuuki Yukari was notorious; there weren't many people in the entire Moonsea City who didn't know her.

These things are enough to frighten other people.

What Yuuki Yukino has done or wants to do is not important to others. What matters is that no matter what Yuuki Yukino wants to do, this group of people do not want to be affected.

Shouts, horns, and engine noise suddenly filled the air, and the once orderly road was now a scene of chaos as everyone scattered and fled.

Did a high school girl trip over her left foot and fall down because she was running too fast?

The person riding the bicycle had their wheel fly off, and oh no, the wheel knocked down the lady in front of them.

Oh no, that white sedan below drove into the flower bed because it was in such a hurry to escape.

Without a doubt, all the things that happened today will be blamed on Yuuki Yukino again.

"This, obstructing traffic, should count, right?" Yuuki Yuen was sweating profusely; she had no idea that simply showing herself would have such a huge impact.

"Yes, that counts, but magical girls don't have to pay fines or be called in for questioning, so it's fine." Baqi patted Yuuki Yuuki's shoulder solemnly.