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

Previously, Yuuki Yui naively believed that the development of this world would be like a video game, where you would only enter the next stage after completing one stage of the mission.

However, the game will not have situations where a mid-to-late game boss suddenly appears in the starting village and blocks the player's door; otherwise, the game would definitely become unplayable.

The current situation is that two enemies that you would only encounter in the mid-game have brazenly come to the starting village.

After school, Herika and Mizuno Yu should be preparing for special training in some corner of the school, so that if an enemy appears, they will definitely transform and fight back.

For two magical girls who haven't even mastered the release of their true names, facing these two mid-stage bosses would be like throwing eggs against rocks.

It's all in chaos, complete chaos.

"Let's go back!"

Yuuki Yukino didn't have time to think about what might happen next. She decisively grabbed Baqi's hand and quickly headed back towards the school.

"Huh?" Baqi didn't understand why Yuuki Yuuki had such a big reaction at first, but she chose to cooperate without hesitation, letting go of Yuuki Yuuki's hand that she was holding tightly, and hurried towards the school.

"Your two junior classmates are magical girls, corrupted magical girls like us. We'll talk about other things later."

Yuki En didn't bother to reveal the source of this information to Baqi, and used the most concise words to make Baqi realize the seriousness of the problem.

Baqi's hesitant expression gradually turned into surprise: "Then why did they come to our side?"

"I don't know, but just don't let them cause trouble at school."

The traffic flow on the road during school dismissal time was as usual, but the sidewalks were crowded with groups of students, discussing all sorts of topics, and they all slowed down and strolled leisurely down the street.

Yuuki and Baqi were completely unaware of the crowd when they were in the middle of it. As they moved against the flow of people, the slow-moving pedestrians became obstacles in their path.

Yuki Yui had never felt this journey was so long. The distance that usually seemed to pass in an instant now felt like a vast distance, and every moment was an ordeal.

The atmosphere, which is usually peaceful, is now filled with noise.

Other transmigrators either have systems and cheat codes, or they have female admirers with unparalleled combat power; at the very least, they can defy fate with a script. Why am I the only one encountering something like this?!

Although she shouldn't be thinking about such things now, Yuuki Yukino inevitably compares herself to others.

Lost in their thoughts, the two, panting heavily, finally returned to the school gate.

First, let's find out where Mizuno Yu and the other girl are.

It wasn't until she took out her phone that Yuuki realized she should have messaged Mizuno and the others earlier to tell them to avoid the area.

Even though she rushed back in a hurry, the help she could offer was negligible.

But it doesn't seem too late to post it now.

Just as Yuuki Yui was about to type in a message, those two familiar figures came into view once again.

Two girls, Hyakki Senyou and Koumori, slowly walked out of the teaching building, hand in hand, toward the school's main gate.

The blonde girl and the gray-haired girl were just walking around the school, but they unknowingly became the focus of everyone's attention, especially at this time when most students had already left, making it particularly difficult not to notice them.

And so, the two who were about to enter the school met the two who were about to leave the school unexpectedly.

Yuuki Yui had been keeping a close eye on what was happening at the school. She was certain that no battles had taken place during this time, and there hadn't even been any fluctuations in magical power during her transformations. Although she hadn't yet figured out their purpose, they had at least avoided the worst-case scenario.

It seems the two of them are about to leave. Maybe they really are just here at the school to take care of some private matters that have nothing to do with magical girls?

Yuuki Yukino felt a weight lift from her heart, allowing her to finally breathe a sigh of relief, but she couldn't let her guard down.

Apart from Yuuki Yuki letting out a slight sigh of relief, the others remained calm as usual. Even though Baqi had just jogged for a while, she didn't show any signs of being out of breath or tired.

"Big sister."

The two girls bowed simultaneously, lifting their skirts as if by unspoken agreement.

Baqi glanced at Yuuki Yukino's face out of the corner of her eye and noticed that Yuuki Yukino's tense expression had improved, so she formally returned the greeting.

Such a small action naturally could not escape the eyes of the two girls opposite, but the two girls looked at each other and neither of them said anything, as if they had never seen it at all.

"Let's go, Qianyou."

The blonde girl stretched out her fair hand, palm up, in front of the gray-haired girl. The gray-haired girl placed her delicate hand on top of hers, and their hands naturally joined together. Then, they both knelt down to give Baki a final farewell.

From their first meeting to their farewell, the girls' manners were impeccable, leaving Yuuki Yukino with absolutely no fault to speak of. While Hayashi Keiko's initial visit was marked by extreme politeness, theirs was nothing short of perfect etiquette.

Whether etiquette can create a sense of distance is a matter of opinion, but most of the time etiquette makes people feel comfortable, and even if it's not being bowed to oneself, such a scene is still pleasing to the eye.

Would a magical girl who has fallen from grace display such courtesy? Or is it that they haven't yet fallen yet?

Yuuki Yukino couldn't help but have some questions.

This question was answered in the next second.

The two girls walked straight through the narrow gap between Yuuki Yuki and Baqi, just big enough for two people to pass, and nodded slightly to Yuuki Yuki as well.

As the two girls brushed past Yuuki Yuuki, their doll-like beauty and elegance made Yuuki Yuuki glance at them for a few more seconds. Because she was looking down, through the gap between her collar and skin, even though it was mostly hidden by her long gray hair, Yuuki Yuuki still caught a glimpse of the lines below the girls' collarbones, which were enough to prove everything.

The black magic runes belong only to magical girls who have fallen from grace.

Chapter 84: The villain's appearance naturally comes with its own background music.

Yuuki Yukino brushed past the two girls holding hands, just like an ordinary, chance encounter, without causing any ripples.

If she hadn't witnessed the existence of the Black Demon Mark firsthand, Yuuki Yui might have quickly forgotten about it.

But this was destined to be impossible. That glance, whether intentional or unintentional, was as if branded in Yuuki Yukino's heart, and she could not forget it for several days and nights afterward.

That day, and every day, time slipped away quietly like that.

Just as Miyashita Mia said, she and Tsukimi Rie continued to go to school and come home from school as usual, and stayed together as always.

There have truly never been another attack on magical girls since that day.

Aside from having lunch and chatting in the activity room every day at noon, the interaction between members of the same club has become less and less frequent.

Herica ignored the fact that Yuuki Yuuki's ability to recognize magical girls was mistakenly believed by others because of her God-like perspective, and never mentioned it again.

Whether it was to protect their own safety, or because they had already exposed Miya Miyashita, the magical girl hiding in the school, or for some other reason—none of that matters anymore. What matters is that Herika and Mizuno Yu are intentionally or unintentionally avoiding this matter.

They also avoided Lin Jiezi, and the reason why Lin Jiezi had been chasing them before was also ignored. Lin Jiezi and Yuki En were like invisible people in two different clubs, and their status became increasingly marginalized.

This is not a good sign.

Yuuki Yukino's initial purpose in contacting them was to maintain the original storyline as much as possible, thereby achieving a whitewash.

However, the idea of ​​whitewashing has gradually faded as the plot has changed and time has passed.

Isn't life good enough now? Maybe it's fine to just live like this without any arguments?

From the very beginning, she was not some magical girl anime protagonist who acted to protect world peace, nor did she have any pink-bubble-filled love and justice in her heart.

I don't want to offend others, and I don't want to be offended. Even though I don't want to, both of these things have already happened, but they haven't reached the point where they can't be brought back to their original state.

But returning to peace was impossible in the first place. She had no idea what was going on with the mysterious man carrying the coffin, the two corrupted magical girls who had suddenly appeared, or what Miyashita Mia was really thinking.

What exactly happened that day? What were their purposes, and what were Yi Yiqi's goals? Yuuki Yuen had no idea, and the more unknown it was, the more curious she became.

The more curious you are, the more you will care.

That's why they became sharp thorns, piercing Yuuki Eri's heart.

There are only two weeks left until the graduation ceremony. In two weeks, it will be the deadline that Miyashita Mia and the others agreed on.

Yuuki Yui had a premonition that if she let time pass by, she would definitely drift further and further away from Mizuno Yui and her group, and eventually miss each other.

"Let's just make a scene!"

Then, one day when she was talking to Baqi about this, Baqi gave her this suggestion.

"what?"

"Xiao Yuan has been feeling down lately, and she's been really concerned about the yellow-haired dwarf and the others. I've been thinking about it, and it seems like it would be more reliable to find that guy carrying the coffin through them, since they can transform openly! But it won't work if they don't consider Xiao Yuan a friend. So Xiao Yuan needs to find a way to help them."

"It seems so."

“But Xiaoyuan can’t help them much, so why don’t we just direct and act in our own show?” Baqi counted on her fingers.

"Self-directed and self-acted?"

"That's right! And Xiaoyuan's wand ability was mentioned to me before! Take advantage of this self-directed and self-acted opportunity to find a way to take down the blue-haired guy, which will also enhance Xiaoyuan's power."

"So, what should we do?"

"I've already thought of something for Xiaoyuan! Listen to me, listen to me!"

So, on that Saturday afternoon, Mizuno Yu received a photo from Yuuki Yui on her phone.

The photo is a blurry image of a girl with short pink hair and sunglasses in a shopping mall.

“I’m currently near Xiaojin Street Shopping Mall. Based on my intuition, she is very likely the pink-haired book girl you mentioned.”

Mizuno Yuu, of course, had no idea that the photo had actually been taken a few days earlier. The person in the photo was Tomoe, who was wearing a pink wig and several layers of padding in her underwear. Yuuki En had edited the photo so much that even Tomoe herself wouldn't recognize it before daring to post it.

Baqi praised Yuuki Yukina for a long time regarding the matter of her photoshopping pictures.

As a basic skill for internet surfers, being able to edit photos is nothing out of the ordinary!

That's what Yuuki Yuen was thinking at the time, but she couldn't hide her smugness at all.

Upon receiving the photos, Mizuno Yu replied with "Be careful, it's best to leave as soon as possible," and then rushed to the scene.

Even before she reached her destination, she could feel the intense magic emanating from the direction of the shopping mall.

When Mizuno Yu arrived at the scene, the sight before her left her speechless.

The disheveled pink-haired magical girl was sitting on a stool in a bubble tea shop on the street with her legs crossed. She was holding a magic book in one hand, using the cover of the book to prop up half of her cheek; in the other hand, she was slurping up a cup of fruit tea with half an orange in it.

On the table in front of her was a small speaker, which was constantly playing AI-synthesized electronic sounds.

"Blue-haired guy with facial paralysis, blue-haired guy with facial paralysis, come out now, come out now, or I'll crush all the instant noodles in the mall."

"What are you kids looking at? Go away, go away." Several children passing by were pointing and whispering about the pink-haired girl's belly, but the strange pink-haired girl shoved them away by patting their heads with tentacles made of lines while saying this with disdain.

"Blue-haired guy with facial paralysis, blue-haired guy with facial paralysis..."

Click.

The pink-haired magical girl seemed to notice her and touched the switch on the speaker with her toes, which were higher than the table. The repeating electronic sound turned into the latest single from a popular idol.

"An idol that belongs only to you~"

"No, that's not it, wait a minute."

The pink-haired girl put her feet down and poked the speaker a few times. The sound coming from the speaker turned into a gothic symphony with violins and French horns as the main melodies.

"Ah, this time it's definitely right." The pink-haired girl muttered to herself, downing her fruit tea in one gulp and casually tossing the empty cup into the trash can.