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

The video is still taken on a street in an area of ​​unknown location, with Mashiro Gorgen appearing in the center of the video.

Genken Mashiro looks exactly like Yuuki Yuuki did in the live stream, walking with her wide sleeves hanging down, the paint dripping from her sleeves leaving her marks on the ground.

What Mashiro Gorgen is doing right now is like creating an abstract graffiti on the canvas of Rainbow Leaf City, using herself as the paintbrush.

As we all know, graffiti is not allowed anywhere, and the huge graffiti that Mashiro Gorgen is creating is no exception.

Managers responsible for maintaining order have already appeared.

In the video, two police officers in uniform, responsible for maintaining order, entered the field of view, chased after Mashiro's back, and pressed her shoulders to force her to stop.

After being patted on the shoulder, Mashiro Gorgen really stopped. Then, two police officers blocked Mashiro Gorgen's path and seemed to be talking to her.

Unfortunately, they are only qualified to maintain order for ordinary people; magical girls are not within their jurisdiction.

The sound in the video was too low to hear the specific content of their conversation, but Yuuki Yuen was able to fill in the gaps in their imagination with their expressions and movements.

The two police officers' movements became increasingly exaggerated as the progress bar moved, and their expressions grew more and more agitated.

Later, they even started gesturing with their hands and feet. One of them even took a few steps back, pointing at Gen Urobuchi Mashiro and shouting something, as if issuing a final ultimatum.

In contrast, Mashiro Urouge remained completely unmoved by the other party's emotional state, as if he didn't see the two people blocking his way, and continued to walk forward on his own.

Seeing that Mashiro Gorgen had no intention of cooperating, the two police officers made hand gestures, as if giving a final warning.

The argument here began to attract more attention, and more and more people gathered around the arguing police officers and Mashiro Gorogen in the video. The scene shifted a few times, as if it had been pushed to the back.

But this didn't have any effect; the video was filmed from a different angle, from a higher height, showing Mashiro Gorgen surrounded in the middle.

Then, the video clearly showed large blobs of color gushing out from Mashiro's sleeves like a tap that had been turned on, instantly soaking the two officers closest to her.

A scream erupted from the crowd, followed by violent shaking of the camera. After that, it became impossible to see what was being filmed; it appeared to be the person filming the video desperately trying to escape.

This dizzying shaking lasted for more than ten seconds before the image finally stabilized, but the angle was very strange; the video was upside down, suggesting that the owner had simply been holding the phone in their hand when it was filmed.

The video, taken from a very unsettling angle, shows the scene of others desperately running away.

Then, the camera pans back to Mashiro Goraku.

The demonic outfit was stained with other colors due to the surge of color, or perhaps the color of the outfit was inherently strange.

But the two officers were in a worse state; they were lying on the ground, covered in various colors of paint, like a spilled palette. Fortunately, they could still be seen breathing faintly.

Then, Genji Mashiro's gaze shifted to the person filming the video. Her swirling eyes seemed to pierce through the screen and strike Yuuki Yuuki's soul, instantly soaking Yuuki Yuuki's back in cold sweat.

That look in his eyes seemed to be saying to Yuuki Yuuki, who was watching the video: I've found you.

Afterwards, Mashiro Gorgen turned her head and continued walking, leaving behind her magical colors.

The video ends abruptly here.

The discussion below the video has exploded.

"Are you filming a short video? It looks so realistic!"

"Huh? She hit a police officer? Really?"

"She's a magical girl, right? Even magical girls have to abide by basic laws!"

"At the scene, both police officers were unconscious but not in danger."

Just by looking at the comments from these innocent citizens, it's clear that Mashiro Urouge's identity as a magical girl has been exposed.

Perhaps from the moment Mashiro started doing this, she didn't care at all about her magical girl identity being exposed.

She did it simply because she needed to; the issue of exposing her identity was entirely irrelevant to her.

This perfectly matches the image of the corrupted magical girl who is arrogant and disdainful in Yuuki Yukino's mind.

More importantly, Mashiro Gorky attacked ordinary people without any psychological burden.

Although Yuuki Eri has done bad things in the eyes of ordinary people, such as occupying public spaces, threatening to crush instant noodles in a supermarket, and creating panic in the streets, she will not shirk the responsibility for the bad things she has done.

However, Yuuki Yuki has never laid a hand on an ordinary person.

When it comes to attacking ordinary people, Mashiro actually held back. If the attack that Yuuki Yuki withstood were converted one-to-one to the attacks on those two police officers, even if they had both of their lives combined, it probably wouldn't have been enough.

No, that wasn't an ordinary attack; it was an ability possessed by all corrupted magical girls.

Because of its limited practical applications, Yuuki Yuuki has almost forgotten her basic ability—magic plunder.

When someone blocked Mashiro's path, Mashiro simply used her magic to knock them unconscious. Isn't that too gentle for a corrupted magical girl?

Yuuki Yukino gradually began to understand Genki Mashiro's thoughts.

Having fought to this day to unleash her hatred upon magical girls, she is unwilling to harm innocent ordinary people, or rather, there is no need for her to harm ordinary people at all.

In her eyes, there are only her own goals; the opinions of others are completely unimportant.

But if ordinary people stand in her way, she will not hesitate to take action without any psychological burden—just as she can swagger around the street in different forms.

The use of magic plunder on those two and that final look in their eyes were a warning.

Next time, nobody knows what the outcome will be.

Willful, yet chilling.

After Yuuki Yuki turned off her phone, Baqi put her ear to it and asked softly.

"Xiaoyuan, what do you think?"

"How do I see it..." Yuuki Yui paused for a moment, "I can understand her thinking. I was wrong at first. She wouldn't use ordinary people to blackmail us. Ordinary people are not worth mentioning in her eyes."

"So what do you think Yuuki's purpose is?" Baqi seemed to have something to say, but she usually asked Yuuki Yuuki's opinion before speaking.

"Send a message, either to me or to Seishin, to tell us that she's looking for me, or maybe even us. It's highly likely she's walking openly on the street," Yuuki Yuen replied earnestly after a moment's thought.

"Is that all?" Baki then asked.

"Or perhaps those magical colors serve some other purpose, maybe for tracking, or maybe for setting up something," Yuuki Yuki continued.

“No, I have another idea.” Baqi put her intelligence to use:

"Won't letting her cause trouble cause us more problems? If this continues, even if she doesn't find us, the short, blond guy and that blue-haired, expressionless guy might not be able to resist attacking her, right?"

Since Yuuki Yukino knew that Helica didn't suspect her, she didn't really consider Helica and the others in her thoughts.

When Saint Shion came to cause trouble, it was as if she knew Herika's identity. If she told Urouge Mashiro that Herika was a magical girl, Urouge Mashiro could easily use her own identity as a fallen magical girl to lure Herika out.

Saintess felt that she and Helica knew each other's identities, and that Saintess knew that she and Helica had fought side by side against the Black Feather Reincarnation...

Is this what Mashiro Goraku is planning? To find herself through Heracles?

This is what Yuuki Yukino thinks is the worst.

This is just a guess. There's no way to be sure if Yuuki Yuki is right, so we shouldn't panic.

"The plan remains unchanged. We'll consider the worst-case scenario, but that won't affect our school trip. We'll just make sure to avoid the places she's been on our itinerary from now on."

Yuuki Yukino glanced at the current time:

“It’s a little past one in the afternoon now. Our next stop, the waterfall, is far from the city. We can barely sense her presence, and she can’t track us. I believe the same applies to Helica the Thunder. So we are absolutely safe during this time. I don’t believe she can walk like this for a whole day.”

Noticing the puzzled look on Tomoe's face, Yuuki Yukino explained further:

“I don’t know where Mizuno Yu is, but this guy has been gone for so long. If Mizuno Yu were within range of someone who could sense her presence, he wouldn’t have remained unmoved. I’m guessing that Mizuno Yu isn’t nearby either.”

"That's why I said we should keep hiding until she stops transforming. As long as Mizuno Yu and Tenrai Herika don't sense her, that will be our complete victory."

Chapter Ninety: Nebula Grand Society

As the sun gradually set in the west, the gloomy sky seemed to clear up a bit.

I don't know if the weather has really improved, or if its gloom is hidden behind the gradually darkening clouds and can't be seen for the time being.

Just like Yuuki Yukino's mood at this moment, she also felt much better.

On the bus back from the waterfall area, just as Yuuki Yuki had guessed, although the discussion about why a magical girl appeared in Nijiha City had intensified, there was no longer any information about the current location of Urouge Mashiro.

Perhaps she was tired, or perhaps she returned disappointed because she hadn't caught the big fish she wanted. In any case, Gen Urobuchi no longer wandered around the city. Whichever the reason, it was a good thing for Yuuki Yuuki.

Now, Yuuki Yukino's unease completely vanished.

Although we still can't let our guard down, we don't know if Gorgen Mashiro will go straight to the hot spring inn.

Moreover, the hot spring service isn't just for yesterday; we need to find a way to make do today as well.

However, there is still the last stop of today's trip.

Perhaps this is the most difficult stage.

"Haa, haa... Why, why are there so many steps at Xingyun Temple! We just climbed Red Leaf Mountain at noon, and we had to climb a mountain to see the waterfall. Why do we have to climb stairs now?"

Yuuki Yukina was leaning on Nishio Reki's shoulder, rolling her eyes, sticking out her tongue, and panting heavily, looking like she was about to break down.

Why was she lying on Nishio Reki's body? Because Nishio Reki was the closest to Yuuki Enishi after reaching the top of the steps.

Yuuki Yui could only say that it was fortunate that his black magic mark wasn't branded on his tongue like Baqi's, otherwise it would have been very obvious in his current position.

Despite having beads of sweat on his forehead, Nishio Reki, whose physical condition was clearly much better, was still full of energy, which made Yuuki Yui want to complain that only someone with such a physical condition could be the protagonist of the three-ship jump eroge that triggers all the CGs.

Nishio Reki had no idea what Yuuki was thinking. She was using the knowledge she had researched before coming to explain to Yuuki why the shrine was built in such a high place, while patting Yuuki's back to help her catch her breath.

"Because the star god enshrined at Seiun Taisha is a deity among the stars, its shrine is located in the place closest to the sky in Nijiha City. Therefore, this is the best place to watch the sunrise and sunset."

Nebula Shrine, the place closest to the sky, should perhaps be renamed Nebula Sky.

Yuuki Yukino still had the leisure to mentally rant.

"That's way too high! Ugh! I'm exhausted! I can't take it anymore, how was I supposed to know there were so many steps?"

Panting heavily, Helica really wanted to sit down on the ground. She swayed a few times before barely managing to steady herself. Then she pulled Hayashi Keiko over and helped her stand up, just like Yuki Yuki leaned on Nishio Reki's shoulder.

Lin Jiezi was so tired that she couldn't even speak. She stood there like a log, utterly despondent. It was quite remarkable that she could stand so upright.

"It's no use! There are only a few steps, and look at me, I'm not tired at all."

Baqi stood with her arms crossed, showing off in front of Helica, but her pale face betrayed her current state. It was clear that even if she was full of energy, she would be exhausted after climbing those hundreds of meters of stairs.

"Stop talking nonsense, you're almost done for too," Helica retorted bluntly.

Looking back at the other tourists below the steps who were still striving to reach this side, a sense of pride welled up within me.

That's how it should be. Look back more often; actually, this journey was quite enjoyable.

After a short rest, a row of girls standing beneath the massive red torii gate bowed in unison toward the shrine.

"Do you remember the procedure for visiting a shrine? You have to wash your hands and rinse your mouth at the purse-washing station first, and then pour the water out. You also have to pray twice, clap your hands twice, and finally pray once more. Don't forget. This is a shrine, not a temple. Temples are the ones where you don't need to clap your hands."