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

Although Baqi didn't know why the original magical girl appeared in Tenrai Helika's dream, the current serious situation forced her to make peace with Yumehara Sumireko, who was confronting her.

Sumireko Yumehara also voluntarily gave up on continuing the divine liberation. The rotating black magic patterns, like a film rewinding, slowly returned to the place where they were originally imprinted.

Inuyama Tomoe instinctively turned her face toward the direction of that magic, but she could still hear Yumehara Sumireko's indistinct cry behind her head, a cry that was neither a sigh nor a lament.

"Waaaaaah..."

Ba Qi also grew up in Yuehai City. From the moment she was born, she has been rooted in this land and is very familiar with the city.

Especially after she met Yuuki Yuuki, she became very familiar with the routes around Yuuki Yuuki's house.

That's why she was able to determine that it was in the direction of Yuuki Enoki's house.

Both Yuuki Yuki and Nishio Reki could be targets of that original magical girl's attacks.

Why that terrible guy would do such a thing was something Baqi didn't intend to think about at all; she instinctively prepared to rush out in that direction.

I could easily rush over and use Yuuki Yuki's most powerful skills to buy as much time as possible and find a solution.

But what about that person?

Sumireko Yumehara was still by his side.

Baqi quickly turned around and looked at Yumehara Sumireko behind her.

Sumireko Yumehara's complexion was no better than mine; in fact, she looked even worse.

Sumireko Yumehara probably doesn't know why this is happening either. In other people's dreams, she can't completely control all the flow, otherwise she wouldn't have been chased and forced here by Tomoe.

Even in a dream, no one can stop that primordial magical girl, right?

Although Baqi's personality is always very direct, it doesn't mean that she lacks sensitivity.

While Helica is quick to rush into things when faced with a problem, Baqi prefers to solve problems with direct solutions.

In layman's terms, if you can reconcile, then reconcile; if you can win a fight, then fight; if you can't win, then run back to discuss countermeasures and find someone to fight with.

This thought made her realize something.

However, the overwhelming magical power was not enough to turn Yumehara Sumireko into this state. Her ashen face now proved something more important.

Sumireko Yumehara likely has some knowledge of the original magical girls.

But Inuyama Tomoe, with her straightforward personality, is now unusually caught in a dilemma.

On one side is Yuuki Yukino, and on the other is Yumehara Sumireko. I should choose to help Yuuki Yukino without hesitation.

However, now that such great destruction has been caused, the dream probably won't last much longer.

If we let Sumireko Yumehara go now, Reherika will likely be captured by her as well.

The next one might be Yuuki Yukino.

Waking Yuuki Yukino from her dream is no easy task.

In other words, there are two ways I can help Yuuki Yuuki: either I risk being attacked by the original magical girl to save her now, or I help Yuuki Yuuki eliminate a future threat...

Saving Xiaoyuan right now is definitely the more important thing!

Yuuki Yuuki and the original magical girl are currently engaged in a fierce battle, and even if I went there, it might not necessarily improve the situation.

So, is going back to save Xiaoyuan the best solution?

Is there any other way...?

correct!

This is it.

She might not be able to intervene in the battle between Yuuki Yuki and the original magical girl, but she could directly dismantle the stage for their battle.

Once the dream collapses, the original magical girl who exists within the dream will have nowhere to go and will definitely be driven away from Xiaoyuan.

Once we're back in reality, with Nishio Reki able to transform, plus Eri, and maybe even Urouge Mashiro, it's better than being isolated and helpless here.

Conversely, in order to accelerate the collapse of the dream, Inuyama Tomoe can currently think of two methods.

Either eliminate the owner of this dream, Helica Tenrai, or eliminate Sumireko Yumehara in front of you.

No matter which one she chooses, the dream is very likely to end abruptly.

Because in dreams, there should be no foreign object called death.

It's unrealistic to try and find the dream's owner, Tenrai Herika, right now, so Baqi should focus on getting rid of Yumehara Sumireko as quickly as possible.

Even if collapsing the dream would allow Sumireko Yumehara to put Helica Tenrai into a deep sleep as she wished, Tomoe disregarded everything else in order to free Yuuki Yukino from the clutches of the original magical girl.

"what?!"

Seeing the change in Baqi's gaze, Yumehara Sumireko sensed danger and instinctively cried out.

Baqi was staring intently at Yumehara Sumireko, and she could tell that Yumehara Sumireko was planning to run away.

Baqi didn't want to, and absolutely couldn't, let Yumehara Sumireko have her way.

Fenrir!

This time, Baqi did not hesitate at all, replacing her magical armor with a white military uniform.

The silver-white spear blade, accompanied by a series of explosive sounds, slashed towards Sumireko Yumehara.

Even among magical girls, Tomoe's speed is among the best.

Apart from Koumori and Hyakki Senyu, who are already in a deep sleep, almost all known magical girls cannot match Tomoe in speed.

But with her speed, the wand missed its target.

The space behind Sumireko Yumehara, who should have been there, cracked open, as if a one-way mirror had been shattered, allowing Tomoe to glimpse the scene behind her.

That was a completely different world.

Baqi couldn't make any specific comments about the world she had only glimpsed; a single glance wasn't even enough for her to see clearly what it was.

But that strong sense of incongruity made Baqi feel very uncomfortable.

It seems to be a kind of physiologically instinctive aversion.

Pitch black, pure white, chaos, disorder, order, blurry, distorted, fused...

In that instant, so many inexplicable words popped into Baqi's mind.

When Baqi's spear fell to the ground, causing a massive explosion like a landslide, Yumehara Sumireko scrambled into that space.

Then, Baqi felt the ground beneath her feet being swallowed up by the crack that appeared out of nowhere in that space. She felt a sudden emptiness beneath her feet, followed by what seemed like an endless fall.

Baqi remembered.

It seems that in Mizuno Yu's dream, in the cracks of the constantly collapsing world, there also exists such a world.

Is that what Sumireko Yumehara meant by "taking him away"?

Is that where those magical girls who have fallen into a deep sleep reside?

Baqi had no clues, but she firmly believed that everything Yumehara Sumireko had said and done in the past, and how she accomplished it, was only one piece of the puzzle left to complete.

But what if I also fall in...

Baqi felt that there was no need to think about what happened next.

So, was I the one who was arrested this time?

But if the dream didn't collapse, how was she able to get herself into it?

If I get taken away, will that mean that wretched, short, blond guy will escape unscathed?

Honestly, I learned such important information, but I didn't have the chance to tell anyone.

As Baqi thought about it, it seemed she was falling even deeper.

Chapter 137 Shining

Did I get bounced up?

This feeling reminded Baqi of her first experience playing on a trampoline when she was very young, when Moon Sea Park still had many recreational facilities.

What Baqi is experiencing now is not a gentle exercise like trampoline; to put it another way, it's more like bungee jumping, and perhaps even more extreme.

As Inuyama Tomoe continued to fall into the abyss, there seemed to be a strong force resisting him, so strong that it pushed Tomoe out of the abyss.

The last thing she saw in that abyss was Yumehara Sumireko, who was falling even faster than her, protecting her pajamas-like demonic outfit and making faces at her.

Then, she was ejected from the abyss.

Then she was launched into the sky from the alley where she had pushed Sumireko Yumehara to her limit.

It flew higher and higher, higher and higher, to heights that Baqi had never reached before.

Baqi was unable to control her body and could only watch helplessly as she gradually drifted away from this world.

It flew farther and farther away, until finally only a tiny dot remained in front of Baqi's eyes.

Before this world completely disappeared from her sight, Baqi saw something else that absolutely could not be ignored.

The enormous, deep purple vines, like new shoots bursting forth from the earth, pierced through the solid ground and pushed aside the shattered rubble, taking deep root in the land.

The new sprout continued to grow, gradually expanding from a tiny point that Inuyama Tomoe could barely see into a colossal creature that could not be ignored.

A flower bud, like a spinning drill, slowly rose from the center of the vine, swelling and becoming fuller as it spun, before finally blooming before Baqi's eyes.

Although Baqi couldn't see much, she could see the pink stamens swaying in the wind at the heart of the flower.

Then, Baqi felt herself begin to fall again.

There is no process, only the result.

In the instant of the fall, Inuyama Bachacha, the father of the fish, O Qiliu Yiqi, was awakened from his dream.

She should be lying in Yuuki Yuki's house.

But where am I now?

The air was thick with dust and a chilly atmosphere. The surroundings, though not exactly dilapidated, looked like they hadn't been used in a long time. The entire city lay shrouded in darkness beneath his feet, with a nearly full moon hanging overhead.

Cold was the first sensation Baqi noticed.

A chill followed, and then another chill.

Baqi knew very well why she felt cold. This was undoubtedly outdoors, and it was winter outdoors, yet she was wearing the pajamas she usually wore to bed.