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

Even if I was just trying to scare them, they shouldn't have reacted like that.

If I had to describe it, the other party was too calm.

They seemed to have no idea what "trial" really meant.

Yuuki tentatively untied the restraints from the other person's mouth.

"Gulp..." Dahe immediately stuck out his tongue and gagged.

"And you?" Yuuki asked.

"I..." Taiga glared at Yuuki Yuki with venomous eyes for a long time before swallowing back the curse.

"You don't care if you're put on trial?"

"Aren't you a fallen magical girl too? What kind of judgment is this? Do you think you're a hero?"

That's really strange.

Even if the wording differs, one's meaning should have been conveyed.

They were unaware of the doom of a fallen magical girl.

Despite being weak and having only a vague understanding of what she was saying, she dared to act recklessly in broad daylight... Various seemingly unrelated clues were gradually connected into a clear line in Yuuki Yukino's mind.

Wait, really? Is that even possible?

The corrupted magical girl is the opposite of order; she is almost the embodiment of chaos.

The consequences of letting them act freely would be unimaginable, which is why magical girls are necessary to keep them in check.

However, while they can do whatever they want, they lack the most basic common sense about magical girls, and no magical girl will punish them.

A possibility gradually took shape in Yuuki Eri's mind.

Although it's outrageous, Yuuki Eri can't think of any other possibility besides this one.

"I mean, does Rainbow Leaf City not actually have any magical girls?"

No one answered Yuuki Yukino's question.

Because Yuuki Yukino's expression was terrifyingly gloomy, as if saying another word would unleash a raging inferno.

Having spent a lot of time dealing with others, the two delinquent girls are very sensitive to danger, and Yuuki Yuki is even more suffocating than before.

Yuuki Yui knew that once a person gains power, their ambition will grow larger and larger, as countless examples have proven.

They are perfectly capable of doing far more outrageous things; they shouldn't just be indulging in the role of delinquent girls.

There must be a higher-level being who devised a twisted uniform that could convince this group of people.

The existence of a high position? This statement is a bit too far-fetched.

To be precise, there is a powerful magical girl who can make them obey through her power, and it must be a corrupted magical girl who is restraining them.

Just like what Kuroba Reise did when he recruited a bunch of followers.

"Who is that person?" Yuuki asked.

Both of them were taken aback, wondering what Yuuki Yuki meant by this sudden question.

Immediately, their expressions changed one after the other.

Yuuki Yui knew she had guessed correctly.

"Who is that magical girl who rules over the entire Rainbow Leaf City?"

The exam is over, and the results have been released.

My grades are far from ideal, both in terms of books and exams.

I feel like I'm lacking in so many things, and I've even considered whether I should just ruin everything.

However, I'm also a little reluctant to part with it. Although the results aren't good right now, dear readers, every character and every story here represents my hard work.

I will continue to work hard, both in terms of grades and writing.

I actually want to be comforted, and I also want to know where I fell short.

This time, I won't shamelessly beg for tips or monthly tickets.

If you have any thoughts, please tell the bowl so that the bowl can know its shortcomings.

Thank you for your hard work, everyone, including myself.

Thank you all so much for being with Wan today.

Chapter Sixty-One: Let's Go to the Hot Springs!

"That's strange. That aura clearly stopped around here, so why can't we find anyone here?"

Herlica frowned, wandering through the alley, reaching out to touch every corner she could reach, trying to find some clues from the remaining traces of magic that could prove what had happened here.

The lingering magical residue is like the scent left behind after spraying perfume in the air; someone like Herika, whose sense of smell is not sensitive, can only vaguely detect it.

Ultimately, Helica gained nothing; the only residual magic she could sense at the scene was in a very small area.

"It is indeed a bit strange. The auras of three corrupted magical girls appeared at the same time, but no one was injured, and there was not even the slightest disturbance."

Dressed in a black cheongsam, Nishio Reki looked around, her lowered eyelashes concealing her suspicious gaze. Her eyes regained their clarity as she stood in the middle of the alley watching Helica do these things.

"How long has it been since we discovered that magic?" Helica sighed in frustration after finding nothing, then deactivated her transformation and took out her phone to check the time.

The number before the colon on the phone screen remained at 17; only an hour had passed since they disbanded.

"Five minutes, at most eight minutes. Finding a secluded spot to transform takes the most time." Nishio Reki's magical armor melted away, instantly transforming back into his uniform. He lowered his head, estimated the time elapsed, and answered.

"I mean, you really are a magical girl? I really wouldn't believe it if you hadn't transformed." Helica stepped forward and reached out her arm to pat Nishio Reki's shoulder familiarly.

Before the hand fell, Helica's expression suddenly turned even more gloomy, as if she had suddenly realized something terrible, and she slowly lowered her outstretched arm to her side.

Before Nishio Reki could ask her what she was thinking, Helica took the initiative to tell her what she was worried about.

"Is Yuki Yuki also on this street?"

A moment later.

"Great! I was overthinking it!" Helica's voice brightened again, and she laughed happily with her hands on her hips.

Seeing Helica, whose expression was unpleasant, scurry up to her side, Yuuki Yuki was prepared that the other woman had discovered some information that shouldn't have been revealed.

As a result, Helica suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and laughed, which was unusual for her.

Helica's sudden laughter is terrifying!

"Uh, what happened? Why did you call me in such a hurry just now?" Yuuki looked at Nishio Reki, who had just caught up, and then at Herika, whose laughter had stopped, her head full of question marks.

"It's good that you're alright, it's good that you're alright!" When patting Yuuki Yuu's shoulder, Helica didn't hesitate at all, slapping Yuuki Yuu's shoulder hard until it hurt.

It's clear that Helica is quite happy.

"Tianlei suddenly said she had something urgent to do, then left me behind and ran away. A while later she told me she was nearby, so I chased after her and met her in that alley."

Nishio Reki helped explain, pointing with his finger in the direction they came from, which was the alley where Yuuki Yukino had just been dragged into.

Right, from Helica's perspective, she and Nishio Reki know each other's identities, but Yuuki Yuuki shouldn't know that Nishio Reki is also a magical girl.

So, on the surface, Nishio Reki's statement was to help Helica conceal her identity—after all, Inuyama Tomoe was the only outsider who was nominally unrelated to magical girls, so it was only natural to keep Tomoe from knowing that Helica was a magical girl.

In fact, Nishio Reki was also sending himself a message: they had just returned because they sensed the aura of the corrupted magical girl and had been to that alley.

It was incredibly wise of me to run away as soon as I sensed Helica's magic.

"Either I knock you both out now and leave you to fend for yourselves, or I'll let you go, and you can pretend to be furious and chase after me, so I can get away. Do you understand which one you choose?"

Yuuki asked the general questions she wanted to know, but as soon as she sensed the presence of magic, she realized something was wrong and immediately gave up on asking for more details. By putting on a villainous act, the two corrupted magical girls nodded frantically in agreement.

"Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!"

Then he pretended to run out, and dragged Lin Jiezi and Quanshan Baqi, who were waiting nearby, and ran wildly for half a street. After the two of them stopped pretending to be out of breath, they turned several corners before stopping.

It's so great that those two corrupted magical girls can work together so well.

"Tianlei, you still haven't told me what happened that made you suddenly run away." Nishio Reki turned the conversation to Helica.

Herlica touched the palm of the hand that had just patted Yuuki Yukino's shoulder with blissful delight. She paused for a moment when she heard Nishio Reki's words before continuing along the framework that Nishio Reki had set up for her.

"Ah, yes, I suddenly had a bad feeling, so I found it."

The composition of this school trip group is indeed rather strange. As members of the Fallen Magical Girls group, Yuuki Yukino and Inuyama Tomoe are familiar with everyone's identities, not to mention Nishio Reki.

As a result, Helica had to hide her identity from Baqi and also help Nishio Reki hide his own identity from her.

Watching Helica act is actually quite interesting.

"I see. Something bad did happen just now. It wasn't me, it was Lin-kun." Yuuki started to explain what had just happened.

Of course, Yuuki Yuuki gave a sloppy account of what happened in the alley, saying that the other party threatened her and then she ran away, and the two people in the end failed to catch up.

The situation was critical at the time. As soon as Yuki emerged from the alley, her first words were to run, leaving Lin Jiezi no time to think about what had happened. With Baqi's assistance from the side, it was indeed not easy to find loopholes in this statement.

"Such a thing actually happened?" Helica vaguely realized the seriousness of the problem.

Not only Helica, but also Nishio Reki showed a surprised expression.

Does Nishio Reki also not know the situation in Nijiha City?

Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the case.

The person who caused Koumori's sudden disappearance after her fall from grace, the person Nishio Reki said would bring destruction to Tsukimi City, and the person who secretly restrains all the magical girls in Nijiha City—according to Yuuki Yuki's calculations, they should all be the same person.

Perhaps Nishio Reki didn't know that the other party was currently in Nijiba City, but Yuuki Eri couldn't investigate the specific reasons at the moment.

"Yes, that's roughly the situation. The two of them disappeared halfway through chasing me. We don't know if we shook them off. If you hadn't called, we were planning to find a shop to hide in for a while," Yuuki Yuen replied.

"Hmm..." Helica pondered for a long time, seemingly thinking about something.

Yuuki Yuki realized that there might be some loopholes in what she had just said, and that these loopholes could easily be seized upon by Helica.

"Maybe the two magical girls chasing Yuuki Yuuki were planning to go back to the alley to transform, but for some reason they were interrupted by others, which is why we sensed three magical beings nearby."

Yuuki Yuuki showed no sign of panic. He gave a subtle signal with his eyes, and Nishio Reki, understanding perfectly, leaned close to Helica's ear and whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear, filling in the gaps in Yuuki Yuuki's words.

“It’s certainly possible. Even the corrupted magical girls aren’t united. The day you stopped me, those two corrupted magical girls had a fight. It’s truly terrifying that these monsters are organized.” Helica then quietly mentioned the battle between Yuuki Yukino and Kuroba Reisei on the day of the festival.

"It's better not to worry about these things too much. This isn't Moonsea City. If there are any problems, other magical girls will handle them. Think about why you dragged me away first." Taking this opportunity, Nishio Reki steered the conversation further away.

Yuuki Yukino's question, used to change the subject, arrived at just the right moment.