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

In this almost deserted neighborhood, anyone would stand out conspicuously in Yuuki Eri's eyes.

Even Baqi noticed the girl huddled in the corner, her arm in a cast, gritting her teeth and gazing at the sky.

"Xiaoyuan, isn't that the magical girl we met yesterday?"

Yuuki Yuuki recognized her immediately; she was the corrupted magical girl who had tried to blackmail Lin Jiezi a day earlier, especially her arm, which she had broken and was wrapped in a cast.

Beside her, another girl lay on her side facing the wall, curled up like an egg, her body rising and falling slightly.

As the brake cable tightened and the wheels squeaked from the friction, Yuuki Enishi's aching feet finally returned to the ground, and the tandem bicycle stopped in front of Oki Taiga, who was sitting against the corner of the wall.

Such an obvious sound could not possibly fail to attract Taiga Oki's attention. The arrogant and domineering girl from just a day ago raised her face, which was covered in messy hair, her clenched teeth trembling slightly, and turned her gaze to Yuuki Yukino, who was standing in front of her.

Upon seeing Yuki Yuki, the veins on Taiga's forehead bulged even more noticeably. He braced himself against the dusty ground and rubbed his back against the brick wall as he slowly stood up.

"Damn it... Did you come here to laugh at me?!"

His opening remarks were nothing short of blunt questioning, which immediately caused Ba Qi's lips to droop.

Before Baqi could retaliate, Da Mu Dahe immediately collapsed back to the ground, his mouth agape as he gasped for breath, sweat dripping down his neck and onto his shirt, spreading into a puddle.

Yuuki Yui knew all too well that this kind of stubborn, prideful delinquent girl was only pretending not to lose face.

But Yuuki Yukino wouldn't, and didn't have the time, to sulk in such a harmless place.

"I didn't mean that. You look uncomfortable. What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

"Are you out of your mind? Can't you tell whether I'm comfortable or not?!"

To judge Yuuki Eri, Taiga's mind seemed to be missing a string; she couldn't hear any of her own concern.

bang.

Unable to bear it any longer, Baqi kicked the wall next to Dahe's head.

The sound startled the woman, who had been so defiant just moments before, causing her to tumble and scramble to the ground. She stretched out her hands—including her severed hand—above her head to protect her body, letting out a bloodcurdling scream.

"Oh, I kicked it off target." Baqi slowly raised her foot, put it back down, and muttered to herself casually.

Baqi's movements disturbed Xiaoqu, who was curled up to the side. Xiaoqu rolled over on the ground and used the wall to support herself so that she could barely lift her head.

Upon seeing Yuki Yuki's face, Xiaoqu's pained expression was now tinged with fear.

Suppressing her fear and pain, Xiaoqu raised her hand and patted Dahe on the back, causing Dahe to slump down like a deflated doll.

Yuuki Yukino remembers that this delinquent girl was easier to talk to than Taiga.

"Is your current situation related to that black demonic pattern in the sky?"

Yuuki Yukino changed the target of her conversation.

"Ah."

Xiao Qu gave a firm reply through her throat, and then, with her trembling hands, lifted up her clothes.

What are you doing!

Baqi immediately prepared to stop it.

Even she and Yuuki Yuki never did anything as bold as taking off their clothes in the street.

However, Xiaoqu simply lifted her clothes up to below her chest and turned her body to show Yuki Yuki her side waist.

Yuki En vaguely remembered that it was the location where the black magic pattern on the small canal once existed, but now it was empty.

“We’re no longer magical girls,” Xiaoqu said.

"I'm sorry for the offense," Yuuki Yuen said, squatting down and grabbing Xiaoqu's shoulder with one hand, pulling her clothes down slightly, her sharp canine teeth piercing into Xiaoqu's neck.

"What are you doing?" Still reeling from the shock, Taiga rushed forward without thinking, but was stopped by Tomoe with one hand before she could reach Yuuki.

Magic Plunder, a skill that Yuuki Yuuki rarely had the chance to use, was used on Ono Kogure.

Just a little is enough.

Yuuki straightened up again, and Taiga calmed down a bit, covering her body and shrinking back.

Through the plundering of magic, some magic was indeed forcibly drawn from Xiaoqu's body into Yuuki Eri's body, but the amount was negligible.

One of Nyarlathotep's abilities is to copy the wands of magical girls who have gained magical power, but Yuuki Yuki cannot sense Kogure's wand.

The only possible explanation for this situation, besides the empty shell resembling Lin Jiezi who isn't even human, is that Xiao Qu is indeed no longer a magical girl.

The magic power was so thin, it was as if the small ditch had been drained dry.

Those who are not magical girls have their magic stolen, and in return, their "energy" is also stolen.

I've seen this situation before, a long time ago.

Miyashita Miya launched an indiscriminate attack, and the victims of her attack are the current situation of Kogure.

However, Miyashita Mia's attacks are always accompanied by indescribable acts, so in addition to having their magic drained, the victims also suffer irreversible physical damage. Cases like Kogiri's are truly rare.

No, there are similar cases. Before Komamori officially appeared in the game, the girls who had been "bleeded" by her also behaved in the same way.

What exactly drained the magic from the small canal and the great river? Just by looking at the black magic markings above her head, Yuuki Yuen felt that the answer was not hard to guess.

Although Xiaoqu was also a delinquent, her mind worked much faster than Dahe's. The stinging pain on her neck and Yuuki Yukino's thoughtful expression were enough for her to guess something.

"What do you know?"

"It's nothing, tell me what happened?" It's definitely a better way than for Yuuki Yukino to make wild guesses.

“In the afternoon, Dahe and I, that is, her,” Xiaoqu, who already had very little magic left, pointed to Dahe with her chin, “we were planning to search for our next prey when suddenly we felt a pain as if we were being drained dry, and then we collapsed.”

"Hmm," Yuuki Yukino hummed.

"When we woke up, the magical girl mark on our bodies was gone, and we couldn't transform anymore. Not only that, we couldn't even use any strength. The people around us were also in a hurry, and no one cared about us."

Xiao Qu moved her pale lips and spoke slowly.

"Then we noticed that huge thing in the sky. It must have been that thing. It must have been that person's doing... But we were too tired to move at all, so we forced ourselves to rest here for a bit, and then you guys arrived."

The two of them were extremely ignorant about magical girls. They didn't know about judgment or black magic runes, and their power was ridiculously weak. Everything about them was abnormal.

The most unusual thing was that Yuuki Yui witnessed the black magic markings being peeled off their bodies.

These were made by Xu Yan Zhenbai, without a doubt.

Doesn't this mean that Mashiro Gakuen really has the ability to peel off the Black Demon Pattern?

"Yuki, what have you thought of?" Seeing Yuki's increasingly serious expression, Baqi immediately came closer.

"Hmm." Yuuki Yui nodded, then turned to Ono Kogure: "How did you two become magical girls?"

“Because of that person,” Ono Kogure replied, “When Taiga and I were still making money on the street, we accidentally ran into her.”

Making money is extortion, isn't it?

Yuuki Yukino mentally scoffed and continued listening.

"Then that person first demonstrated her strength, saying that she had a magical power that she could bestow upon us, but there were also corresponding risks. She asked if we were prepared to become stronger even if it meant giving up everything. We agreed with some skepticism."

Ono Kogure recounted the entire process in detail, including how they encountered Urouge Mashiro and how powerful Urouge Mashiro was, but Yuuki Yukino didn't seem to grasp any points that needed attention.

"And then, she made us magical girls, and that's all."

Until Ono Kogure finished narrating, Yuuki Yuki had not obtained any important information.

But this matter itself is already bizarre enough.

Yuuki Yukino had been curious from the beginning about whether there was a power that could turn someone into a magical girl, and she had been trying to find out.

No, actually there are some; successful examples are all around us.

Inuyama Tomoe became a corrupted magical girl, and Nishio Reki was the one who caused her to fall into darkness...

But she had never heard of anyone being able to turn a corrupted magical girl back into an ordinary person.

It has the ability to turn people into magical girls, and it can also take away the power of those magical girls out of thin air, returning them to normal.

This is just like the original magical girl that Saint Shion once described, who holds all the rules of magical girls.

These were all made by Genki Masashiro.

The creation of corrupted magical girls, the reclaiming of their power, the enormous black magic runes in the sky—each element seems to be a mimicry of the enduring history of magical girls in Moonsea City.

Although it was clumsy, like an ecosphere made to imitate the natural ecosystem, it was small but complete, and the things that existed within the rules of magical girls were truly copied by Mashiro Urouge with her paintbrush.

Does that guy want to become a god in Rainbow Leaf City?

Chapter 101 Intertwined

I have no obligation to fight at all, so why have I been fighting until now?

Helica never figured out the answer to this question.

Herika had been strolling with Mizuno Yu through the streets shrouded in black magic markings for some time now, and the ominous magic permeating the area kept Herika's brow furrowed.

Helica no longer thinks about whether she will be corrupted by that huge black magic mark; keeping such uncertainty in her mind is just a waste of space.

But... if I really fall into depravity, perhaps I can do whatever I want?

You could also openly and honestly go to Yuuki Yukino and confess your current state to her, hoping that she would accept you because of your corruption...

Just as Helica was thinking about those unrealistic things, the two girls sitting on the roadside bench who appeared after she turned the corner dispelled all of Helica's fantasies.

One of them was Sheng Shiyin, whom I had seen on the train. She was dressed like a giant teddy bear.

The other one was Mashiro Urouge, whom I had just met at the shrine, and who was wrapped in bandages.

Helica didn't know their names, but these two people who appeared calmly here—beneath this black magic pattern—although there was no further information about them, Helica seemed to understand everything.

“It’s them.” Helica’s aimless gaze, which had been wandering in thought, refocused on the two magical girls sitting together on the roadside bench.

Even without Helica's reminder, Mizuno Yu could see the black magic markings on Genki Mashiro's face that were impossible to ignore.

On the empty street, they could spot Genki Mashiro at a glance, and Genki Mashiro also immediately noticed the two girls who were unusually strolling around the street under these circumstances.

Seeing two girls with different hair colors, one blue and one yellow, walking towards him, their eyes fixed on him without any regard for his own appearance, Genki Mashiro sat up straight.

When he noticed Helica's face, his swirling eyes curved into crescents again.

Hey.

The echo of the shoes hitting the ground was particularly clear in the empty street.

Tenrai Herika and Mizuno Yui stopped in front of the bench where Genken Mashiro was sitting, lowered their eyes, and looked at Genken Mashiro without joy or sorrow.