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

A naive scam.

But it does work.

When Yuuki En discovered that Yumehara Sumireko, whom she had been pursuing, had exploded in front of her, she already realized that something was wrong.

When she saw Miya Miya lying on the ground and Tsukimi Rie nowhere to be found, she became even more certain of her thoughts.

No, Tsukimi Rie didn't just disappear; she collapsed in her own home.

Following the detailed address that Miyashita Miya had given her on the way there, Yuuki Yukino found Tsukimi Rie, who had lost consciousness and fallen into a deep sleep.

From the very beginning, Yuuki Yui got the order wrong; the first victim was not Mizuno Yui at all, but Tsukimi Rie.

It would be more logical to attack those whom Helica values ​​more first.

We've been tricked! We've been tricked!

Yuki Yukino was completely captivated by Yumehara Sumireko's appearance.

Although Sumireko Yumehara appears very weak and like a child who never grew up, Yuuki Yukina is underestimating her opponent by judging her based on her childish appearance.

Now, there is an even more serious problem.

The blonde magical girl, wielding a warhammer, was staring at him with an expression of extreme anger.

"It was you guys... not only did you target my new friends and ordinary magical girls, but you also targeted my senior, the senior I respected most..."

With so much magic gathered together, it's bound to attract magical girls.

As Tsukimi Rie's junior, Tenrai Herika also knew the detailed address of Tsukimi Rie's house.

Ever since entering Helica's dream world, Yuuki Yuuki has felt that this dungeon is incredibly difficult.

And that's exactly what happened. Nothing went according to Yuuki Yuuki's wishes; everything was developing in a direction that was unfavorable to her.

Yuuki Yui, who was targeting a newly made friend, did not know what Helica was talking about, but she could guess from the clues that Helica was referring to Mizuno Yu.

Just like Mizuno Yu's dream, she was once again unfairly blamed.

These things were certainly not done by Yuuki Yukino. If given time, Yuuki Yukino could explain them clearly, and she was even more confident that Helica would realize that what happened had nothing to do with her.

But will Helica really listen to my explanation?

the answer is negative.

Herica's warhammer, crackling with thunder that illuminated the night, crashed down upon Yuuki Yuki.

Both fighting and negotiating are now prohibited options, so Yuuki Yukino's only option is to slip away and make a quick getaway.

Staying here will only have the opposite effect; whether tonight's horrific events will break Helica's spirits is up to fate.

Before the warhammer could descend upon Yuuki Yuki's head, the enormous fist formed by the outstretched hand swung upwards towards Helica's body.

The scorching lightning burned the dark purple tentacles, charring them until they were charred and then breaking off one by one.

Just as a tiny, insignificant flame ignited a piece of paper, the enormous fist was continuously disintegrated by the rampant golden light until it was scorched into a huge hole large enough for Helica to pass through.

Herlica's posture remained unchanged, but the magic power emanating from her and the aura she exuded became even stronger.

The golden meteor pierced through the giant hand blocking the girl's path, and the charred, unrecognizable tentacles slowly withered away behind the blonde girl.

However, the warhammer ultimately only struck the ground. After her vision was briefly obscured by the giant hand, Helica, the Thunder God, could no longer find any trace of the two magical girls.

Helica slowly rose from her stance, which was holding a warhammer in both hands, and looked up at the dark night sky. The wand standing on the ground and her clothes shattered into specks of light, like fireflies scattering in summer.

Once again, I missed it.

……

Why didn't you stop her?!

Yuuki En blocked Nishio Reki's path, completely obstructing the way, even though Nishio Reki was completely covered up.

Nishio Reki took a half step back in the direction behind him, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Inuyama Tomoe, who was already standing in the direction he had come from.

It seems they don't intend to let me leave easily.

Although she didn't know why the current events were so different from her memories, she didn't know how these two had caught up with her, and she didn't know why they reacted so calmly when they saw her.

But I still have unfinished business to do, and I absolutely cannot reveal my identity to them.

Thinking it over, Nishio Reki withdrew the step he was about to take and returned to a completely natural and relaxed standing posture.

"This is fate's choice, and I have no right to interfere."

However, Nishio Reki felt that Yuuki Yuuki hadn't believed a word he said at all.

"Don't give me that nonsense. I've used that whole 'fate' and 'choice' thing to death. Fate is that Miyashita Miya stuffed me into a suitcase and made me run around the streets, not that she was suddenly stabbed to death!"

Wait, did Xiaoyuan also mention something about things that might happen in the future?

Or rather, what do you hope will happen in the future?

But how did she know all this?

Just as Nishio Reki was beginning to waver, Yuuki Yuuki dropped an even bigger bombshell.

"Hurry up, take off your clothes. I know who you are, so stop pretending. Let's get down to business."

"Who...who am I?" Nishio Reki tried to bluff her way through, but once the plot got out of control, she couldn't stay calm no matter what she said, and her words were filled with great unease.

“You’re Faust, and there’s Michel and Misaki Osawa, and what else? Never mind, anyway, I know you’re Nishio Reki!” Yuuki Yuuki pointed at Nishio Reki.

"Xiaoyuan, you...you've mistaken me for someone else!" Nishio Reki stammered even more.

To everyone's surprise, Yuuki Yukino actually nodded, as if she believed Nishio Reki's weak explanation.

"Okay, I mistook you for someone else."

"Yes, that's it." Nishio Reki nodded repeatedly.

"Besides you, you still call me Xiaoyuan?!"

While Nishio Reki was nodding and not paying attention to her, Yuuki grabbed the hood that Nishio Reki had put on her head and flipped it back, revealing her long black hair that cascaded down the back of her head like a waterfall.

after a while.

"Stop talking! Stop talking! That's all my dark history!"

Having regained consciousness, Nishio Reki held his mask in one hand and his sunglasses in the other, burying his head between his arms.

"So you feel that things are developing very differently from what you expected, and you're continuing to play the riddle-maker to prevent the plot from becoming even more bizarre?"

Yuuki Yuki, who was sitting next to Nishio Ryū, turned to look at Nishio Ryū and asked.

“Yes, that’s it.” Nishio Reki answered weakly, raising his head:

"It's already turned out like this, what difference does it make whether I stop it or not? Ah, thank goodness it's in someone else's dream. If reality turned out like this, I probably would have collapsed even earlier than Helica the Thunder God."

"Wow... I'm so glad you're not dreaming." Yuuki Yuuki exclaimed, then noticed a very serious problem: "Hey, Yuuki, where did that coffin you always carry go?"

“It’s the same as the matchmaking spirit I gave you,” Nishio Reki replied.

Nishio Reki has remained tight-lipped about the white coffin, but Yuuki Yuki knows it is a magic wand.

Now that Nishio Reki has explained it so clearly, Yuuki Yukino couldn't possibly not understand.

That wand didn't belong to Nishio Reki, so just like he couldn't bring the Goddess of Love into his dreams, she couldn't bring it in either.

"Then why didn't you transform when we were chasing you? Anyway, with the cognitive shield, we had no way of knowing it was you?" Yuuki Yuen continued to ask.

Although cognitive shielding is actually useless, Yuuki and the others had already seen what Nishio Reki looked like after his transformation.

However, during the battle between Nishio Reki and Koumori, when Nishio Reki stopped Koumori and fought Hyakki Senyu, he did not recognize the other party's identity. Nishio Reki did not mind showing him that form, so it would be suspicious if he did not do so now.

Yuuki Yukina felt that between being discovered and transforming, it was definitely the latter that Nishio Koyomi would rather not see.

Moreover, in Mizuno Yu's dream, she did not see Nishio Reki's transformation.

But Nishio Reki's answer was quite intriguing.

"You can't tell!"

As Nishio Reki said this, he sullenly buried his head back down.

What's wrong with saying this?

Could it be that even Nishio Reki's power is related to those so-called truths?

"Is there any limitation to your transformation?" Yuuki asked, puzzled.

Nishio Reki shook his head, then nodded.

"Is it that you can't transform?" Yuuki Yuen continued to ask.

This time, Nishio Reki nodded.

A magical girl can't transform in her dream?

Hearing such an outrageous story, it was impossible for Yuuki Yukino not to have suspicions.

Either there's a price to pay for Nishio Reki's transformation, such as what side effects the transformation might bring, so it's best to avoid using it as much as possible.

Just as Yuuki Yukino had just guessed, Nishio Reki should have a scale to weigh the importance of transforming versus revealing his identity.

As Mashiro Urouge once said, the power of a magical girl is not tied to her physical body.

Yuuki Yukino suddenly thought of this sentence.

If that's the case, then Nishio Reki's magical girl power, like the Enmusubi that he couldn't bring in, isn't bound to Nishio Reki.

"Is it that you don't want to do it, or that you can't?" Yuuki Yuen's expression became more serious as she asked cautiously.

As before, Nishio Reki first shook his head, then nodded, and finally showed two fingers to Yuuki Yukina.

"Can't do it?"

This time, Nishio Reki nodded, confirming Yuuki Yukino's statement.

This method, which is like playing a turtle soup game, is slow, but it's a way to get some information out of people.

If I had discovered it sooner, would I have been able to ask about the things that Nishio Reki was supposed to be unable to say sooner?

Of course, it's not too late now.

"Koyomi, are you really a magical girl?" Yuuki Yuki stared intently at Nishio Koyomi, then added, "Just a magical girl in the general sense, because a certain wish of hers was granted, so she became a magical girl."

Yuuki asked this question because she had thought of something. Although it wasn't the right time, she had indeed thought of scenes that appeared in certain works she had seen.