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

Hong Moli then went on to talk about herself.

The Mashiro Uroken described by Koumori is completely different from the Mashiro Uroken that Yuuki En saw in Nijiha City. In Koumori's description, Mashiro Uroken is a crazy, unpredictable woman who is completely mad and has no other intentions.

But Mashiro Gyoken in Rainbow Leaf City is the kind of person you know has ulterior motives, but you don't know exactly where she has laid a trap for you to fall into.

"After that, the magical girls of Tsukishima City, as well as the church that was specifically responsible for handling unexpected situations, were all dealt with by Genken Mashiro. She was using a very clumsy method to achieve her goal."

"But because she went too far, she attracted the attention of the original magical girl, so in order to escape being hunted down, she ran away to the neighboring city of Nijiha... That's what she said."

These are also what Genki Mashiro told Yuuki Yuuki before she left, and they do explain Genki Mashiro's strange behavior before she left Tsukimi City.

Similarly, the truth is unknown. It is very likely that Genki Mashiro shot the arrow first and then drew the target. He said this simply to resolve Yuuki Yukino's doubts and gain her trust.

"Later, Mashiro Gorakuen went to Nijiha City and built a false magical girl order there, and through constant deduction and experimentation, she tried to get closer to the correct answer."

Hong Moli continued speaking.

As for why Mashiro Urouge went from being crazy to her current state, it's possible that she was traumatized after meeting the original magical girl, or perhaps she mastered a method to suppress the black magic marks, allowing her to return to her original personality.

In conclusion, Mashiro Urouge's gains during her time in Rainbow Leaf City were certainly not limited to building an aquarium and preparing for a counterattack against the original magical girl.

While methods like those used by Koumori, which involve stuffing all the corruption of the Black Magic Marks into a room to control the corruption of the Dark Ones, are effective, Yuuki Eri believes that Urobuchi Mashiro must possess some more convenient method of controlling power.

This method may be closer to the core of magical girl power.

"Having accumulated enough power, Mashiro Utsuro happened to encounter her older sister and her group who were on a school trip, and discovered that the original magical girl was hiding among them, so she decided to take action."

"After that, she pretended that her target was Yuuki Yuuki and launched a series of attacks on her, exhausting the power of all the magical girls that might get in the way, and finally launched an attack on the original magical girl."

"After the attack failed, the original magical girl awoke. Mashiro Urouge had already laid out a pawn, bringing Yuuki Yuki into the attack range as well, and told Yuuki Yuki that if she lost, there would be an even more tragic ending."

Koumari recounted in a few simple words the last words that Genji Mashiro had spoken to Yuuki Yuuki, and the four people around the table fell into a brief silence.

“Yes.” Yuuki Yui thought for a moment, then nodded slightly, giving a simple summary of Koumori’s retelling: “But not entirely. I think Urobuchi Mashiro is definitely hiding something.”

"For example, why did Genki Mashiro bring Yuuki into this? Why did she think Yuuki would help her? What makes Yuuki so special?" Baqi continued Yuuki Yuuki's words.

In fact, some of the things that Genki Mashiro said to Yuuki Yuuki at the end already hinted that if Genki Mashiro couldn't withstand Hayashi Kizuko's attacks, then her last wishes would have to be passed on to Yuuki Yuuki.

Although the credibility of this statement is greatly reduced because Mashiro Urokin did not fall, there is no doubt that Yuuki Yuki was useful to Mashiro Urokin; otherwise, Mashiro Urokin would not have spent so much energy on her.

“But I can only help her.” Yuuki Yui interjected, “If I want to get rid of the rampaging black magic runes in my body, I can only cut off the magical girl system at its source.”

“There’s another way.” Hyakki Chiyu, who had been silent until now, suddenly interjected: “If there is a primordial magical girl, then there must also be a primordial corrupted magical girl, isn’t that the same thing?”

“Yes.” Yuuki Yui nodded: “That’s what I want to do, and it’s my next goal.”

"I want to find that original, corrupted magical girl, and then, just like Genki Mashiro wanted to do, kill her too."

“But she should have power that’s no less than your bespectacled friend’s. If we’re the only ones who can do that…” Hong Moli thought for a moment and then immediately rejected Yuki Yuki’s idea.

Then, she even rejected her own idea: "No, you mean... to get up and leave (Lin)."

Yuuki nodded at her, confirming the dangerous thought in her mind.

"That's right, I probably can't defeat that original corrupted magical girl on my own, but someone else probably can."

Only the original can defeat the original.

If I could get the two most dangerous and exceptionally powerful beings to fight each other, I could reap the benefits later.

“However, I asked Rei about who that original corrupted magical girl was, and Rei’s answer was not that he couldn’t say, but that he didn’t know.” Yuuki Yuen added, “So, what even Rei doesn’t know might really be the key to breaking the deadlock.”

The worst-case scenario is that no matter how hard you try, you can't find that existence, or that the original corrupted magical girl doesn't exist at all. In that case, before you go berserk, you can still go find Genken Mashiro.

As a singularity like himself, Mashiro Urokin is also capable of interfering with a portion of the rules and should be suffering the same curse. Furthermore, since she is truly unaffected by the corruption, she might be able to help him suppress the spread of corruption.

Since Nishio Reki was unaware of Urobuchi Mashiro's existence, Urobuchi Mashiro might actually be able to do things that Reki couldn't.

"But before that, I still have to be careful not to attract Lin Jiezi's attention. If Li is not by my side, I probably won't be able to withstand Lin Jiezi's attacks."

……

I told myself, I really told myself, I said it myself, to be careful, and yet today I couldn't resist turning into a mover...

In fact, Yuuki knew that her normal transformation should not cause any problems, since she had transformed so many times and there was no sign of Lin Jiezi waking up.

Even if a magical girl comes looking for me, she'll either be a newcomer who just became a magical girl or someone I know. I'm just moving some things, so there shouldn't be any problems...

If I said these words to Hong Mori, even if she didn't say anything, she would probably lose her goodwill towards me.

"Isn't there you? If you sensed any strange magic, we could just turn around and run away." Yuuki Yui casually made up an excuse to get away with it.

Koumori was simply criticizing Yuuki Yuuki's carelessness; in essence, she was concerned about Yuuki Yuuki and worried that something might happen to her. She just wanted Yuuki Yuuki to know the seriousness of the matter.

Although subsequent events proved that Yuuki Yukino never learned her lesson in this matter.

"Okay, speaking of which day is the Halloween event? Qianyou and I will be there."

“According to Minato-san’s habits, we should start when everything is ready, right?” Yuuki Yuki glanced at Minato Nana, who was lying on the sofa watching funny animal videos.

The coffee shop wasn't as crowded at lunchtime on the weekend, nor was it as busy as it was in the evening, so Minato Nana could openly slack off.

Following Yuuki Yuuki's gaze, Hong Moli leaned slightly forward from her chair and glanced at the fruits of their labor that morning, which were placed behind the bar: "Then wouldn't it be ready tomorrow?"

"It won't be that fast. Minato-san's procrastination might take several days to get everything set up, right?" Yuuki Yui also turned her attention back to the omelet rice in front of her.

It was supposed to be a treat for the two of them, but Yuuki Yuki made all the dishes, from the omelet rice and fried chicken to the coffee, despite her exhaustion.

If there are guests before she finishes her meal, it's not impossible for Minato Nana to send herself to greet them.

"Hey! I can hear you!" Minato Nana gave Yuuki Yuuki an upside-down thumbs-up, annoyed. "If you have time to talk bad about me, you should start decorating now."

"You're the one who said I could take paid leave!" Yuuki Yuu stood up abruptly from her chair, clearly displeased.

"I'm the boss! I have the final say!" Minato Nana rolled over on the sofa in a rude manner and stood up as well.

"Okay, I'll go make it after I finish eating!" Yuuki Yui was speechless and sat down sullenly.

"Ah, there's really no need to rush. Besides the setup, there are still some issues that haven't been resolved. There are other things I need to entrust to you." Minato Nana sat down as well, and across the aisle, she took back what she had just said.

Hong Moli is still here. If she directly asks Yuuki Yukino to start working, she will either neglect her friend or trouble this girl to help. Although Minato Nana is a cheerful person, she is not completely oblivious to others' feelings. What she said earlier was just talk.

Yuuki Yukino had just breathed a sigh of relief when alarm bells automatically went off in her head: "Oh... wait, what kind of job?!"

“I have two tasks. The simpler one is that I found the recipe for a special Halloween dish and I need Yuuki to try to recreate it.” Minato Nana tapped her finger on the phone screen a few times, and then Yuuki Yuuki’s phone rang.

There's no need to guess the content at all; the video title clearly states, "Halloween Special Desserts Even a Fool Can Make."

Yuuki Yui was speechless for a while, but since she was the one who proposed the Halloween event, she had to bite the bullet and accept it.

Why didn't Minato Nana do it herself? Yuuki Yuki was too lazy to ask.

It's not that Minato Nana can't cook, but she can only cook semi-finished products.

For example, all the fried chicken, fries, cakes, and even fried rice with omelets sold in the store are sourced from the internet.

The same goes for what Minato Nana eats herself. Supermarkets have pre-packaged seasoning packets for curry, sukiyaki, and the like. You just throw your favorite ingredients and seasoning packets together, then cook them and you're good to go.

So if we're going to let Minato Nana make the desserts herself, we might as well give up on Halloween-themed desserts.

"So what is the second task?" Yuuki asked.

"Ah, that's easy. Think about it, what character do you want to dress up as during Halloween?"

Chapter Twenty-Four: The New Century Cookie Fairy

Minato Nana only sent Yuuki Yuuki two kinds of things: pumpkin cookies and bat cookies.

The dough for all the cookies is the same, but the pumpkin cookies are made by rolling a small ball and then pressing out the shape of a pumpkin with a toothpick. The bat cookies are even simpler; they come with a mold, which Minato Nana had already bought and placed with the ingredients that Yuuki Yuki brought home.

These are not difficult; the challenge lies in the details such as the cookie recipe and baking time.

While it wasn't Yuuki Yukino's first time making cookies, it was no different from her first time.

During the winter break before her transmigration, Yuuki Yuuki earned a small oven by playing team dungeons in video games. After a brief trial at home, she put it away in a box to gather dust.

How should we classify her cookies back then? At least she made them exactly according to the video. They tasted like cookies and looked like cookies, but nobody thought they were cookies.

"Don't worry too much. If it fails, just remove it from the menu. If it succeeds, we'll start mass production." Minato Nana didn't pressure Yuuki Yukina to produce any results, since Minato Nana alone couldn't possibly produce anything.

But the pressure is still immense.

"So, you called us all here?" Baqi stroked her chin and looked at Yuuki Yukino, who was sitting upright on the other side of the coffee table, facing everyone.

“Yes, in addition to that, we also need to carve pumpkin lanterns. The shopkeeper kept one for himself to play with, and left the rest to me.” Yuuki Yuen nodded in agreement.

Another reason is that we make cookies and carve pumpkin lanterns together, which sounds very youthful, doesn't it?

There's no rush to find that primordial, fallen magical girl who has vanished without a trace. I've been exhausted both physically and mentally by the magical girl for the past few months, so I should enjoy life to the fullest.

Although everyone met because of magical girls, the bond connecting them is not just magical girls.

"I came here because I heard from Molly that I could get cookies." Qianyou, unusually, did not eat anything.

"I was helping Yuuki move the oven from the shop to her home. I didn't want to see her carrying the oven on the street with those tentacles again." Hong Moli still feels lingering fear when she thinks about Yuuki's feat of carrying a tree with one hand.

“Maybe, because Yuuki is the type who would carry a speaker around on the street,” Baqi added, further damaging Yuuki's image in Koumori's mind.

Even in the game, Chiyu and Mari are a pair of double-team bosses, and Yuuki Yuki has no intention of separating them.

I called Qianyou over because I found it pleasing to the eye to see them sitting together.

Yuuki Yui originally planned to bring Nishio Reki along, but since Reki had fought with Mari to stop her and Mari was badly injured, even though Mari said she didn't care, Chiyuu still held a grudge.

Yuuki Yukino has already learned her lesson from putting two people who don't get along together on a school trip, and she's determined not to repeat that mistake.

But we might need to contact Li later.

As for the reason...

"By the way, the store manager said that customer traffic might increase during Halloween, and they're planning to set up a few tables at the entrance to better fit the Halloween atmosphere, so we need some help..."

It was actually a short-term job during Halloween. One problem was the lack of manpower, and another problem was that it had to fit the atmosphere. Of course, the more Halloween role-playing, the better. Therefore, Minato Nana also handed this task over to Yuuki Yukino.

Nana Minato's original words were: "If I hire someone I don't know well, the cooperation may not be very smooth. Yuki, why don't you ask your two girlfriends? Aren't they quite cute? I'll take full responsibility for the costumes."

Yuuki Yukina was too lazy to even comment on Minato Nana's so-called two girlfriends.

In fact, Minato Nana had asked Koumori if she wanted to participate, but Koumori refused righteously.

"So, Hong, are you really not going to reconsider?" Yuuki Yuen still wouldn't give up and asked Hong Mari for her opinion once again.

Hong Moli made a large X with her hands in front of her chest:

"No, I can't leave Qianyou alone to go to work. Besides, I haven't finished my job as acting student council president. I've spent more than two months cleaning up the mess left by Heiyu Laishi, and there's new work to do every day."

Yuuki Yui felt it was a bit of a pity. Koumori was a magical girl with vampire attributes, not to mention Chiyu. Ignoring other issues, the Halloween atmosphere would be enhanced as soon as the two of them transformed and stood at the store entrance.