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

The same applies to keyboard warriors; combining Rinrin's surname with the name of the heroine from the Legend of the Rose Garden somewhat alludes to Ibaraki-doji and Tsugumi Hanazawa.

As for this episode's villain, Kuriko, she actually has little to do with Roselia. Hanzawa's surname was just made up, but Kuriko is actually Riko Ohara, whom I adore! She's also the guitarist for Ras and is known for her bouncy Kuriko dance moves (?).

Incidentally, in the revised original design, Kuriko was positioned more like a character like Kokoro Tsurumaki who says, "Why aren't you laughing?", and also somewhat similar to the Joker in Batman, but that was simplified.

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Chapter 107 A Wrong Decision

Ever since Yuuki Yukino intervened and rescued Tenrai Herika from Urouge Mashiro's clutches, she had already decided to make a clean break with the past.

She had already made that decision several tens of minutes earlier.

"gone!"

Having finally escaped from Mashiro's group, Yuuki Yuuki, with Helica tucked under her arm, loudly called out to Inuyama Tomoe, who was caught in a chaotic battle below.

Even before that, when Genjiro shot that multicolored beam of light towards Yuuki Yuuki's back, Yuuki Yuuki had already become the focus of everyone's attention.

Seeing Yuuki Yukino break through with Helica, this strange combination led to different speculations among different people.

Why hasn't Mashiro caught up yet? Could something have happened to her? How did Yuuki manage to escape from Mashiro's clutches? And why has that huge stigma in the sky become even dimmer?

What happened to Helica? Has she fallen into the trap of those magical girls? In any case, Helica is in danger!

Baqi didn't think about anything.

It doesn't matter what happened, Yuuki Yukino will tell her.

Yuuki Eri, who is now safe and sound, is the best proof of this.

"Here I am!"

Baqi responded excitedly, leaping up like a nimble little animal, pulling on chains to create layers of barriers along her retreat route to block the other magical girls.

The exploding chains obscured the girls' vision, and when the billowing smoke dissipated, Yuuki Yuki and Tomoe's figures had already disappeared from sight.

"Xiaoyuan, what's going on! Have you achieved your goal? No, not yet."

Baqi, who was using both hands and feet to move around on the rooftop, asked Yuuki En, who was swaying slightly as she stepped on the magic book.

“The situation has changed. The situation is too complicated now. Tell me first, why did Mizuno Yu and Seishin start fighting?”

Yuuki Yui used the tentacles extending from the magic book to rub the abrasions she had suffered from being directly hit by Urobuchi Mashiro. She kept breathing out cold air in pain. Looking back at the two who hadn't caught up immediately, she quickly exchanged information with Baqi.

“From what I know, before we arrived, Seishin and Genki Mashiro were together, and that blue-haired, expressionless guy seemed to be preventing Seishin and Genki Mashiro from interacting,” Baqi replied.

"I understand. It's just a battle between magical girls and corrupted magical girls, but the situation should be reversed. It's Seishine who's stopping Mizuno Yu from going to Utsugi Mashiro's side." Yuuki Yu's mind was working quickly.

"Why?" Baqi asked, puzzled.

"In order not to disturb our good time with Genken Mashiro," Yuuki Yui revealed the secret: "Since Seishion is not a corrupted magical girl, Mizuno Yu has no reason to stop her, unless she stops Mizuno Yu in return."

"Huh?" Baqi was taken aback: "Saint Shion went to stop that blue-haired, expressionless guy? So as not to disturb us and Gen Ken Mashiro?"

“Sei Shion is on Gen Urobuchi Mashiro’s side now. When she replied to your message so decisively, I was already wondering if this situation might occur.” Yuuki Yui directly exposed Sei Shion’s lie: “As it turns out, she did deliberately lure us here, although in the end we still need to use her to find Gen Urobuchi Mashiro.”

"Saint Shion suddenly switched sides? Why? She was telling us to escape Rainbow Leaf City this morning."

“Saint Shion is such an indecisive idiot, who knows what Genki Mashiro said to her.” Yuuki Yu continued, “Fortunately, Mizuno Yu and Tenrai Herika stopped them a little, otherwise we would definitely be the ones in trouble.”

"So what do we do now? Wait, Xiaoyuan, why did you bring that blond shorty along? Won't that expose our identities?" Baqi immediately realized the key point.

“Ghostly Mashiro plans to kill Tenrai Herika. Although I don’t know what happened, Tenrai Herika is in danger, and I can’t just leave her alone. If she’s exposed, I can’t stop her.” Yuuki Yui didn’t intend to hide anything.

"Sigh, Xiaoyuan, you're just too kind." Baqi rubbed her head in annoyance.

“Sei Shion and Gen Ken Mashiro’s target is me, so they definitely won’t make a move on Mizuno Yu. No, it’s that they won’t waste their energy on Mizuno Yu.”

"Moreover, Mashiro's situation doesn't look very optimistic right now, so she probably won't be in a hurry to make a move against me. That person is not only strong, but also very cautious. She won't make any rash moves until she's ready."

“But when Mizuno Yu sees that I’ve taken Helica away, she’ll definitely react.”

Yuuki Yui spoke in a rare commanding tone: "So, Tomoe, I'm giving you a task you must complete: stop everyone before I return."

"And what about you, Xiaoyuan? What are you planning to do?"

"I need to have a good talk with Helica during this time."

The conversation with Helica was necessary; it was a way to personally put an end to this unsustainable relationship.

However, the content that came up in this conversation was far more complicated than I had imagined.

"Sister Huan isn't protecting her own sister at all; she's protecting me, who knows nothing about this, from her already corrupted sister!"

Herlica looked at Yuuki with reddened eyes, as if the tears she had just held back were about to burst out, and made a blocked breathing sound from her nose.

What Yuuki Yuuki had to pay more attention to than Herika's current emotions was that she heard a name that should never have been uttered by the other person at this time, in this place.

It's like finding a jellyfish in a desert; you can't figure out why it would appear there out of nowhere.

Yuuki Tamaki?

Helica just mentioned Tamaki Yuuki, right?

But what does this have to do with the ring?

Herica and Tamaki Yuuki only had one contact, which was before Nishio Reki returned. If Tamaki and Herica said anything, it was only that one time.

Even if Tamaki reminded Helica that the only people who knew her identity at the time should be Nishio Reki, Baki, and those corrupted magical girls who had designs on her, how did Tamaki know that?

If Tamaki could see the black magic markings on her body, she might be able to recognize her identity, but only magical girls can see the black magic markings.

Judging from her age, Tamaki Yuuki has definitely exceeded the scope of a magical girl. Both Touka Lava Mountain and Mashiro Urobuchi are on the verge of becoming too old, let alone Tamaki Yuuki, who is already a mature woman in society.

There are more and more mysteries, and it's impossible for Yuuki Yuki to sort them out in a short time.

While Yuuki Yuki was thinking about these things, her usually stern face stirred up some extra emotions within her.

This thought reminded Helica that although Yuuki had kept a lot from her, especially about the corrupted magical girl.

But Yuuki Yuki is Yuuki Yuki; she will think when she is conflicted and will be surprised when she hears unexpected things.

No matter what happened, no matter what Yuuki Yukino's identity became, just as she thought and said.

Just like she's saying.

I still like you.

Unable to defeat her enemies, unable to fulfill her duties as a magical girl, and utterly incapable of protecting those she should protect, she ends up needing to be saved by a corrupted magical girl.

Does someone like me really have the right to shamelessly claim that my reason for fighting is to protect those idiots and safeguard that hopeless world?

The boomerang that was thrown not long ago has hit Helica so quickly.

Suddenly realizing that she could do nothing, Helica felt an inexplicable tendency toward self-destruction.

Or rather, let things drift.

Helica closed her eyes, sat upright on the floor, and took a deep breath.

Sitting down like this, my heart, which was pounding violently in my chest, seemed to calm down a bit.

The way she looked at Yuuki Yuuki again began to subtly change.

"Fate, are you wavering?"

Herlica reached out and brushed aside the pink hair that fell down Yuuki's temple, placing it on Yuuki's cheek. She felt Yuuki's cheek gradually warm up as she held it in her palm.

The suddenness of the reaction on set, which made Yuuki Yukino wonder if she had misremembered, greatly shocked her.

It's as absurd as two people arguing, one of them kicking the other when they can't take it anymore, and then the other person suddenly kneeling down and begging to be kicked a couple more times.

Although Mizuno Yu might actually be capable of doing such a shady thing.

But that was Mizuno Yu; the strange person now is Tenrai Helica.

In short, something's not right with Helica.

"Helica, calm down." Yuuki Yui tried to remain calm, raised her hand and used the back of her hand to block Helica's outstretched arm, slapping the hand away from her face.

The hand did slap away Herika's hand that was touching her cheek, but it shifted Herika's focus from her face to her arm.

Helica firmly held Yuuki's wrist with her hand, and pulled it slightly onto her shoulder. Caught off guard, Yuuki lost her balance and fell forward, landing on the floor almost kneeling in front of Helica.

Using the hand that Herlica wasn't holding, Yuuki managed to lie down without embarrassing herself. When she looked up at Herlica again, she saw Herlica's overly impulsive and fanatical expression.

"I am very calm."

Yuki Yukino once used a vivid metaphor to describe Helica.

Helica is like a hedgehog, using her prickly exterior to protect her soft heart.

Helica has simply retreated back into her thorns.

Yuuki Yuki wants to solve problems, not watch Helica escape reality.

A few months earlier, when Herlica discovered that Tsukimi Rie was being coerced by Miyashita Mia, she inexplicably filled her life with strange actions, disrupting her normal rhythm.

It's not much different from what Helica is doing now.

However, Helica's feelings for him are an obstacle in the path to solving the problem.

Only Helica, who set it up, can remove this obstacle.

"I am really calm, Yuan, I have never been this calm before."

She's not calm at all. What on earth is Helica thinking right now?

Helica looked down at Yuuki, whose expression was even more panicked, and took the initiative to go to meet her.

The blanket wrapped around Helica's chest fell down as she released her grip.

"Fate, if I accept everything about you, will I be able to become like you?"

Chapter 108 He truly lives up to his reputation as a guitarist.

The explosion of a matchlock gun bullet in the dead of night made Mizuno Yu pause slightly, her shoes scraping against the ground with a series of teeth-grinding sounds, before she quickly regained her balance.

The coin-sized, still-smoking hole left by the musket bullet appeared out of nowhere less than a centimeter from Mizuno Yu's toes. Had Mizuno Yu reacted any slower, it wouldn't have been the ground that was pierced, but her sole.

The owner of that bullet was sitting on the small balcony extending from the second floor of a roadside house, swinging his legs and not caring at all about showing off what lay beneath his military uniform.

Maintaining the Divine Release technique continuously consumes too much magic power, and every bit of magic power is extremely precious in this perilous situation. Mizuno Yuu has already deactivated the Divine Release technique while traveling.

The magical girl behind the scenes has already stepped in to stop it, which means that Mizuno Yu's direction is correct.

As the pink-haired girl led Herika away, the silver-haired girl blocked their way, while the light-yellow-haired nun delayed them. This forced Mizuno Yu to rely on the direction of the magic to determine the direction the enemy was fleeing, wasting a considerable amount of time getting there.