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

Saint Shiyin fell to her knees with a thud on the wet ground, her fair knees scraped by the sharp protrusions on the ground, leaving a small wound.

Saint Shiyin leaned back, looked up at the strange sight before her, and let out a long breath, as if she were exhaling all the frustration in her chest with that breath. Her tense body and mind then completely relaxed.

"You bastard!"

Herlica leaped down from the moon bow in mid-air and arrived in front of Saint Shion in a few steps. She stretched out her arm and pushed Saint Shion to the ground, then straddled Saint Shion's waist and pinned her to the ground.

Anyone with eyes can see that the disappearance of both Mashiro and Yuuki was largely due to the influence of Seishin.

"Where did those two go?" Herica raised her fist above her head.

Saint Shiyin raised her eyelids slightly and gave Helika a calm look, the kind of disdainful look an adult gives a child when they don't want to pay attention to them. The upward curve of her lips made no attempt to hide her joy.

That expression looks utterly sarcastic.

"you?!"

Herlica's teeth were grinding together, and her raised fist looked like it was about to fall.

"Calm down." Mizuno Yuichi grabbed Helica's fist, preventing her angry punch from landing on Seishin. "Can't you tell? She won't tell us."

“Even if she did say it, there’s nothing we can do.” Nishio Reki, who fell like a dark meteor, slowly walked over: “That guy pulled both of them into another dimension, a dimension that we can’t interfere with.”

"Did you hear that?"

The fist was about to hit her nose. A magical girl's punch to the face of someone who hadn't transformed was no joke. However, Seishin remained calm and composed, her smile widening.

"Want to keep playing?"

"Keep hitting me? Are your nuns mass-produced?" Herica moved her fist down again, but with Mizuno Yu holding her back, that punch couldn't be landed no matter what.

“There’s no need.” Mizuno Yui forcefully pulled Helica’s arm and dragged her off Seishin. “That person is right. Even if he says it, it won’t change anything. Fighting this woman is a pointless waste of magic.”

"Moreover, even without those nuns, she might not be able to fight back against her."

"Tch." Helica flung Mizuno Yu's hand away and glared fiercely at Seishin. "Then what do you suggest we do?"

"Wait." Nishio Reki looked at the black magic patterns in the sky: "We'll decide what to do once they both come out."

“Okay, then let’s wait.” Helica stood side by side with Nishio Reki, arms crossed, and looked around.

"But speaking of which, where did that musketeer girl go?"

Chapter 123 Sin

“I thought you would choose to talk to me under these circumstances.”

Yuuki Yuuki's toes touched the ground, and the spirits surrounding her attacked in sync with her Kagura-like movements.

"Weren't you the one who launched the attack first?"

The girl phantom behind Mashiro Urouge swung her scythe, slicing the twin blades that Yuuki Eri had wrapped around her arm for attack in two, and the scattered red threads fell like rain.

Before the red thread could completely turn into magic and disappear, Yuuki Yui retreated rapidly, putting distance between herself and Genji Mashiro. She wiped her nose with her thumb and casually flicked the long sleeves of her shrine maiden outfit.

"We have to give it a try."

"And the result?" Genken Mashiro raised his paintbrush, and the half-knight holding a spear launched a death charge against Yuuki Yuuki.

A giant hand rose from beneath the knight's feet, grasping him in the middle, its bright red fingers clamping together and squeezing the knight into a ball.

The red lines that spread out like veins under the giant hand clearly proved whose masterpiece this was.

"Not very optimistic."

Yuuki Yukina, who was making the same gesture as the other hand, opened her palm, and the knight, who was no longer human, fell to the ground like a piece of waste paper.

"You really want to say something to me?" Genken Mashiro turned around, and the illusory girl followed, slicing the giant red hand into countless fragments.

The countless tiny red threads seemed to freeze time, lingering in the air for a moment before shooting out like steel needles drawn by a magnet, their tips pointing towards the portrait of the girl surrounded within them.

"Yes, of course, but you have to give me a chance to speak first."

The illusory girl raised the scythe above her head. The seemingly heavy scythe was as light as a feather in her hands. She swung it like a hurricane, and the sweeping wind blades cut the unavoidable attacks coming toward her to pieces.

"Your mouth has been constantly moving."

"I can't help it, I'm just too nervous." Yuuki Yui scratched her head: "If I don't say something, I'll go crazy with nervousness."

"So what would you like to talk about?" asked Genken Mashiro.

"Ah, this, well." Yuuki Yui took a deep breath, and the shrine maiden's robes, now in a state of divine liberation, transformed into strands of red thread that wrapped around her fingers, reverting to the red rope ring she had worn at the beginning.

"Let's talk about what your real purpose was in putting on such a grand show."

Gen Kenma's eyes widened slightly, and the swirling vortex in her pupils seemed even deeper and more unfathomable.

It should just be heterochromatic eyes, but being looked at by those eyes, Yuuki Yuki felt as if she were being sucked into the abyss within those pupils.

That's just because of Mashiro's own eyes, not because of divine liberation or some other skill.

There was no wind in the space, yet the pure white dress fluttered in the wind.

It wasn't a gentle breeze that stirred her long dress; it was an emanating magic.

"Why do you say that?"

"It seems that I am your target, and I do have some things that you might want, but there are still too many suspicious points." Yuuki Yui narrowed her eyes and met Urobuchi Mashiro's eyes, which were filled with chaotic emotions.

The reason why Genki Mashiro is targeting him is because he has the power to break the rules, but judging from what has happened today, Genki Mashiro himself also has such power.

Twisting space, attempting to corrupt the laws, and even creating fake corrupted magical girls—what she can do, Mashiro Urouge can also do.

Yuuki Yui had her own unique judgment about Urouge Mashiro's purpose and what she had done. In addition, based on what Seishion told her, Urouge Mashiro was likely targeting her. Therefore, Yuuki Yui regarded herself as Urouge Mashiro's target.

“I am indeed one of your targets, that’s true. I had my suspicions about your unusual behavior before, and I was probably right.”

However, some obvious questions arise during this period, such as whether the Black Magic Runes are truly just a storage container for magic power? Is it necessary for a storage container for magic power to appear in the form of Black Magic Runes?

Is it something that Mashiro Urobuchi could do on her own, or something that could only be done because of the existence of the Black Demon Mark?

When the two of them came in together this time, under such an urgent situation, was it necessary to drain the nuns' magic and set up a black magic rune on the spot?

The magic power that Mashiro Gyoken drained before was from the fake corrupted magical girl she had cultivated, so she could use it directly. But how did she manage to drain the nuns' magic power directly without replenishing it?

Or to put it another way, if Mashiro Gorgen was able to bring both of them into this situation, then why was the giant hand of color only targeting him before?

These suspicious points are too strange, and Mashiro Gorgen's performance of making herself his target is too realistic. If it weren't for her performance at the last moment, Yuuki Yuki would never have thought of so many things.

It was precisely Mashiro's superfluous performance before entering this space that made Yuuki Yuuki begin to think about these irrationalities.

Yes, even now, Shichiyama's plan is full of loopholes, which shows that everything is not going according to Shichiyama's plan. This broken plan is still being carried out and is still hiding her true purpose.

“Hong Moli once mentioned the scene when you first met her. She said that your personality was unpredictable. The personality you are showing now is completely different from what Hong Moli said. I can boldly guess that everything you are doing is a pretense.”

"You're a liar, not only because of the power of your wand, but you yourself are a liar. Whether it's that dark rune, your purpose, or the things you've said, it's all a smokescreen you've set up to cover up your true intentions."

Gen Ken Mashiro is a liar, although it's still unknown what she said to Seishin to make Seishin so devoted to joining her.

But Yuuki Yui had a premonition, or perhaps a firm belief, that even Seishion was on Genken Mashiro's list of deceptions.

Moreover, she seems to be constantly pushing herself to do things, as if testing her limits. Otherwise, if she wanted to kill herself, she wouldn't need to go through all this trouble.

“So.” Yuuki Yuki’s eyes sharpened even more.

What exactly are you hiding?

“I am indeed somewhat interested in you, but that’s all. If you don’t intend to help me, I can’t force you, nor can I compel you to use your power in any way.” Genki Mashiro sighed, “What a pity.”

Yuuki Yukino pursed her lips and didn't say anything.

"What caused you to fall into darkness? Do you know it yourself?" Genken Mashiro suddenly asked.

Why ask this kind of question now?

Yuuki Yui still didn't answer, her expression tense, not wanting Genki Mashiro to see any clues from her face.

"Let me tell you, corruption is also a manifestation of a distorted desire."

Yuuki Yui only knows that driven by certain wishes, a person can become a magical girl, fall into darkness, or gain new powers; everything is inseparable from wishes.

For example, in a story familiar to many, Inuyama Tomoe, believing she had lost herself, unleashed her divine power in a fit of rage and a desire for revenge.

For example, after Tsukimi Rie learned True Name Liberation and harbored a possessive desire for Miyashita Mia, she suddenly gained the power of God Liberation.

These powers are essentially manifestations of desires, only they have gained the power to fulfill those desires through a distorted method described by Genki Mashiro.

Therefore, Mashiro Gorgen must have known what he was talking about.

"The wishes of magical girls are manifested in a distorted way, turning into a corrupted state, all because something resonates with the power of magical girls, causing the power of magical girls to become corrupted."

"The original magical girls existed in Moonsea City in the form of certain rules, granting ordinary girls magical powers and the identity of magical girls." Genki Mashiro was silent for a moment: "The same goes for the original corrupted magical girls."

"Under certain conditions, a magical girl can fall into darkness. This is the rule for falling magical girls, and I have just discovered the pattern of that rule."

"Those things that resonate with the power of magical girls are the inherent sins of humanity."

"Original sin?" Yuuki asked rhetorically.

"That's right, you can call it that, like the most familiar Seven Deadly Sins..."

"For example, in other places, it has other names. In some religions, it is called the Three Corpses."

"It is also known as the Five Poisons—greed, anger, ignorance, delusion, and pride. In short, what it is called is not important; these are the key factors that can unleash the dark power of magical girls."

"Generally speaking, it is most convenient to describe it using the seven deadly sins, as almost all the power of corruption originates from them."

As Genki Mashiro spoke, she raised her paintbrush. This small gesture sent a chill down Yuuki Yuuki's spine, making her extremely alert.

However, it seems that Genken Mashiro has no intention of making a move against Yuuki Yuuki.

"For example... lust."

A woman with a heart-shaped tail flapped her wings and twisted her body, making indescribable obscene gestures.

"For example... jealousy."

The small, emerald-green snake flicked its tongue, wriggling its body as it crawled through the air, its cold eyes fixed on Yuuki Yuki's body.

"lazy."

The coiled dragon raised its head, shrinking itself even tighter, its thunderous snores echoing in the pure white space.

"arrogant."

A black crow perched high on a branch, its beak open, emitting a mocking cry.

"anger."