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

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When Yuuki Yuuki returned to the classroom looking disheveled, it was almost time for class to start.

Communicating with that girl named Kagawa Yui was much more tiring than Yuuki Yui had imagined—it was as easy as she entered the infirmary, but as difficult as she convinced him that she had absolutely no feelings for her.

It took Yuuki En a long time to calm the other person down, and another long time to convince her that she really had no intention of harming her.

Yui Kagawa is Helica Tenrai's classmate. Her grades are average, but she is studying hard because she wants to get into law school and become a qualified lawyer with a lawyer's badge.

This information was completely unimportant, not even the names. Yuuki Yuki didn't think she would have any further interaction with Kagawa Yui in the future.

What's important is the process that Yui Kagawa described as a personal experience.

When the lunch break started, Yui Kagawa didn't plan to eat lunch. Instead, she found a suitable spot in the library and started studying. However, the atmosphere in the library made her too sleepy, so she dozed off.

These were all things that Yuuki En witnessed with her own eyes. Although Yuuki En focused most of her attention on those strange local chronicles, she would always notice the girl opposite her out of the corner of her eye.

Yuki saw Kagawa Yui asleep with her own eyes, and the way she rested her head on the exercise book clearly indicated that she was intentionally trying to take a rest.

If someone suddenly faints, they would either be leaning against a chair, falling down, or their body would hit a table and make a sound. It's not very scientific to faint in that kind of position.

This contradicts what everyone said about her fainting, and the fact that Yuuki Yukino witnessed her falling and not waking up.

This is what she said about what happened after Kagawa Yui lost consciousness.

"I think I had a very strange dream. In the dream, I walked into a forest, and there were many little girls in the forest asking me to play with them."

"They led me deep into the forest, and when I came to my senses, the little girls were gone. I had fallen into a huge trap, and there were so many insects waiting for me inside..."

"Then I started running, even though I couldn't go anywhere. I was yelling, but no one could hear me. I saw them getting closer and closer to me, and then I suddenly woke up and found myself lying here."

Afterwards, Yui Kagawa earnestly explained that her fear of insects stemmed from watching an adult film about insects with her family when she was young, which left her with a psychological trauma, and she still doesn't dare to come into contact with insects to this day.

It was already quite good that the other person was willing to share her experiences with Yuuki Yukino, and even though she was rambling on, Yuuki Yukino listened attentively to the end.

The other person was lucid and logical, and was fine in every way except for the fact that what they said was a bit bizarre.

Although this sounds very strange, in summary, was Bu Wushan Jiu just asleep? And had a nightmare at such an inopportune time?

But in the end, Yuuki Yuuki gained very valuable first-hand information, which she can digest and understand slowly after returning home.

Before leaving, Yuuki Yuuki also asked the nurse in the infirmary, saying that she was curious about what caused it.

The nurse in the health room also gossiped with Yuuki Emi about what she had seen and heard.

There were about four or five students who were sent to the infirmary. They either woke up on the way there or had slept for a while in the infirmary. None of them were in serious condition and it would take them more than twenty minutes.

The nurses in the health center also conducted basic examinations on them, and all their physiological indicators were within the normal range, with no discernible pattern.

The only thing they had in common was that they all said they had accidentally fallen asleep, but no matter how they called them, they couldn't be woken up, so everyone agreed that it was a coma.

Besides, they all have one thing in common: their heart rate and blood pressure increase when they sleep. The reason for this is simple: when they wake up, the girls all claim that it feels like they had a dream.

Moreover, the intervals between the coma incidents were very long. The first one or two were thought to be caused by the pressure of midterm exams, and they were told to rest more. It was not until similar situations gradually occurred again that they slowly attracted attention.

Yes, that's all. That's all the nurse in the health room said.

That's all the information Yuuki Yukino obtained.

But this matter just sounded so familiar to Jie Chengyuan no matter how he heard it.

It seems like something similar has happened to me.

In Nijiha City, while everyone was soaking in the hot springs, I felt a sense of weariness amidst the comfort of the hot springs. Then, my eyelids felt heavier and heavier, as if I were about to merge with the hot springs.

Finally, Yuuki Yuki sank to the bottom of the water and then woke up.

Whether it was an attack by a magical girl or not, Yuuki Yukino couldn't be sure, since she hadn't sensed any magic at all.

However, Yuuki Yuuki had a vague premonition that this series of bizarre events was definitely centered around her.

Chapter 82 Historical Void

Inside the library—specifically, the city library of Yuehai—Yuki Yuuki was buried among a pile of books, carefully flipping through them, trying to find information that would be useful to her.

Before this, Yuuki Yui spent nearly a week searching through all the books in the Yuehai Middle School library that might be related to the origins of Yuehai City.

When she finished reading the last book in the library of Moonsea City, she had the illusion that she had accomplished a remarkable feat.

Yuuki Yukina summarized what she had learned this week and finally came to a conclusion.

I spent a whole week, but I gained nothing.

The incident of "suddenly falling asleep and then having nightmares that I can't wake up from" (which Yuuki Enishi simply called "slumber") never happened again.

This was also within Yuuki Yuuki's expectations; the nurses in the infirmary had mentioned that there was a relatively long interval between the two dormant events.

Although Yuuki Yuki needed more information about the slumber, she didn't want anyone else to encounter such an accident.

Every time before, I was able to wake up. What if one day the person who falls into a deep sleep sleeps for even longer, or even never wakes up again?

The inexplicable phenomenon of slumber always reminded Yuuki En of a game she had played that destroyed the world with a virus.

The virus controlled by the player starts with inconspicuous minor symptoms. After increasing the infectivity and making more people sick, the player can suddenly increase the lethality to win.

Yuuki Yuuki begins to waver between the idea that slumber is a new type of illness and the creation of a magical girl hidden in Tsukimi City.

At least in the known game storyline of Yuuki Yuuki, there is no such magical girl, nor has there been any similar event.

Even if something changes due to the butterfly effect, it's unlikely that a new magical girl will emerge with such powerful and unsolvable abilities.

While sleep-play might sound amusing, putting aside any biases, such an ability is ridiculously overpowered in actual battles between magical girls.

In conclusion, Yuuki Yuuki has once again fallen into a bottleneck.

But the problem isn't too big; Yuuki Eri can go to a larger library with local records to find information.

Although I spent a week in the school library, it was during my lunch break.

Due to the limited lunch break time, Yuuki Eri's effective reading time is only about one hour per day.

Sometimes, after reading a few books, Yuuki would swagger out of the library and go back to her class to talk to Baqi and Li.

Her so-called communication was actually just telling them that she had gained nothing, and then starting to talk about irrelevant things.

But weekends are different! Yuuki Yui has plenty of time to use and doesn't have to worry about class time at all.

Although I still have to work, that's something I do at night.

The library in Yuehai City is undoubtedly much larger, with more materials, and even a special section on local history that records Yuehai City.

That said, Yuuki Yuuki chose to use the very primitive method of searching in the library because modern methods were not working well.

Yuuki tried searching for relevant information online using Yuehai City as a keyword, but the results were not satisfactory.

Most of the search results were related to magical girls. Yuuki Yuuki also saw various rumors and discussions about herself, which later became topics of conversation between her and others during breaks.

The ones that are truly related to history are mostly local histories from the modern era, such as when new technologies and businesses were introduced, or, for older times, when railways were established to connect and facilitate communication between cities.

It's hard to find even older legends and stories. Some pages do mention festival legends, but those are typical content from public accounts.

It's basically a smooth little combo like, "What's the story behind the Moonsea City festival? Let's take a look together. It turns out the Moonsea City festival is to commemorate the past establishment of Moonsea City, so that's what the Moonsea City festival is all about. What do you think the Moonsea City festival is? Come and discuss it in the comments section."

No matter where it is, the content on WeChat official accounts is always annoying.

But libraries are quite different.

Yuki Eri actually found some even older items in the city library, but since no one was curious and it wouldn't generate any traffic, naturally no one would publish it online.

The local chronicle shows that the earliest content is that the site excavated in Yuehai City proves that people were active in Yuehai City in a very ancient period. Then Yuuki Eri needs to go to the corresponding bookshelf to find the content related to the site.

After all, with retrieval, as long as you keep searching one after another, you'll eventually find the end by continuously chaining the results.

However, the final content may not be what Yuuki Eri needs. For example, the so-called ruins may just be very ancient tools and what appear to be dwellings used by early inhabitants that were found in Tsukimi City.

The following period of content all talked about how Moonsea City was incorporated into a certain region. However, when searching according to the relevant time, there was no particularly interesting information. It only mentioned that Moonsea City once belonged to the territory of a certain country.

Then, suddenly they started saying that this place was called Moon Sea, and then they talked about what had happened in Moon Sea, whether anyone had moved in, what policies were in place, and how it was developing.

Later, it connected with the local chronicles that Yuuki Yukino had read about in school, all the way to today's Tsukimi City...

The problem is easy to spot: there is a very obvious gap in the history of Moonsea City, but no one seems to pay much attention to it.

In other words, it seems that no one knows exactly when the name Yuehai City originated, or why it was given this name.

However, some of the content states that in order to commemorate the establishment of Moonsea City and that history, a festival is held on the last day of summer in Moonsea City to celebrate, which has become a unique cultural symbol of Moonsea City.

Everyone is celebrating, but no one knows exactly what they are celebrating.

If Mizuno Yu hadn't mentioned some rumors, Yuuki Yuen wouldn't have known that a god or magical girl had once appeared in Tsukikai City.

The sudden appearance of that gap in history made Yuuki Yuki even more certain that her investigation was on the right track.

Perhaps because there is no corroborating evidence to prove that this history ever existed, it can only be preserved as legends passed down orally.

Yuki En encountered a very similar situation. When researching a very ancient period of history in her hometown, she only had the one book left by Sima Qian as a reference.

However, some of the records in that book are written in a way that doesn't resemble a history book at all, but rather a historical record.

For example, there is a well-known story: a warrior at a banquet placed the raw meat he was given as a reward on his shield and cut it with a knife to eat. When asked, "Brave warrior, can you drink some more?" he answered without fear, "I would not even avoid death, so why would I refuse a cup of wine?"

This form of expression is inherently dramatic, as if the author had truly traveled back in time to witness it firsthand.

The problem is that no matter who wants to prove or oppose the author, they need to provide corresponding evidence. What's even more infuriating is that there is no evidence at all—no second record mentions the relevant historical facts.

This is a documented situation, but the gap in the history of Moonsea City is completely undocumented. Therefore, the only thing that can fill that void is the legends that have been passed down orally and have been distorted countless times.

Of course, Yuuki Yuki also considered a second possibility.

Regardless of how long ago the content was, Yuuki Yuuki can only see what she can see now.

What if someone doesn't want you to see it?

What if, when compiling the book she saw, someone deliberately concealed this history, leaving even a gap in the record so that no one else would know about it?

Between the two possibilities, Yuuki Eri leans more towards the latter—that someone might have concealed the history of the founding of Tsukimi City.

If, just if, Yuuki Yukino's conjecture is correct, and someone really has hidden this history, then it can only mean that she is getting closer and closer to the truth.

It was a miracle that Yuu Mizuno casually mentioned a legend during a chat with the members of Nijisanji, and that Yuuki Yuuki had a sudden inspiration when she said something to Tomoe.

Although Yuuki Yuuki still knows nothing, she has already taken a big step forward.

Since written records are useless, we can only start with legends.

The legend goes something like this: In the past, Moonsea City went through a great ordeal, and then a god suddenly appeared and saved everyone, leading them to establish the city, which was the predecessor of Moonsea City.

Yuuki Yukino considered several possibilities that she could currently think of: