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

What is your purpose?

This perplexing scene would not let Mizuno Yu down her guard.

An ice-blue longbow appeared in Mizuno Yu's hand. She would never underestimate her enemy before she had figured out their true purpose.

Moreover, the magical girl in front of her had defeated Helica head-on, and Mizuno Yu was aware of Helica's strength. This was enough to prove that this magical girl, who now seemed somewhat comical, was by no means weak.

Then, the pink-haired magical girl straightened her magical dress, slowly stood up from the chair, and unfolded the book along with circles of magic circles in her palm.

Mizuno Yu wasn't sure if she was seeing things, but the moment the book was fully opened, countless ethereal tentacles burst forth from beneath the pink-haired girl's feet, writhing in mid-air like Medusa's snake hair, each poised to strike in Mizuno Yu's direction.

Against the backdrop of a symphony, the girl spoke in a slightly hoarse, intoxicated voice.

"O maiden sculpted from ice and water, even though we have met three times, we have yet to have a proper confrontation."

As the girl spoke, she turned her head and pressed the speaker button again, making the music even more magnificent. Then she turned back to Mizuno Yu and held the magic wand in front of her.

"To avenge the last time I shot you, I will grant you the right to fight me."

"I'll talk." Mizuno Yu's calm expression crumbled. "Has your persona changed?"

Chapter 85 The Magical Girl Gave Away Another Free Gift

"I'm saying, has your persona changed?"

When asked this question by Mizuno Yu, Yuuki Yuki's expression stiffened for a moment, but she quickly returned to normal.

She opened her arms, and the tentacles behind her bloomed like a red spider lily in time with her movements. In the center of the translucent petals interwoven with black and purple, she turned her ethereal gaze to Mizuno Yu.

"This is a trial. Only by overcoming those childish past experiences can one grow. You believe that too, don't you? Water... the magical girl of water and ice!"

Yuuki Yu was speaking passionately amidst increasingly loud background music, almost blurting out Mizuno Yu's name in a childish way. She then manipulated a tentacle to secretly turn up the volume of the small speaker to ease her embarrassment.

What does it mean to overcome the past? What is the trial? Should I take off my clothes to fit the occasion? The last pink-haired girl who said something like that seems to be living a life worse than death, right?

It's all Baqi's fault! How could she come up with such an embarrassing idea?

A few days ago, Yuuki Yuki and Baqi sat in the Yeon-ha Cafe where they had their first "date".

"It's probably a bit difficult for Xiaoyuan to lure that blue-haired, expressionless guy out just by talking. We'll need a corrupted magical girl to show up. Without facts, we can't prove that what you're saying is true, so we need someone to transform to prove that Xiaoyuan is right."

Ba Qi pushed up her non-prescription glasses and, looking like a teacher, tapped on the table.

“I’ve thought of that too. Tenrai Herika and Mizuno Yu both believe that we are on the same side as Miyashita Mia. During this time, they haven’t interfered too much with Miyashita Mia and the others because Miyashita Mia has been holding Tsukimi Rie hostage.” Yuuki Yu also pushed up her red-rimmed glasses.

“We haven’t taken any action during this time either, which they also believe is the result of reaching an agreement with Miyashita Miya. We can also use this opportunity to clarify our position and prove that we are not a community of interest, so that they will regain their sense of crisis.” Yuuki Yui continued, glancing at her reflection on the glass panel covering the table.

Yes, as expected of me, I look cute even with glasses.

"That's right! I didn't expect that either! Xiaoyuan, are you a genius?" Baqi seemed very excited.

"After you've lured him out, what are your next plans?" Yuuki Yui pushed up her glasses again.

"Xiao Yuan only needs to transform, show herself, and throw a couple of punches before running away. I'm sure that blue-haired, expressionless guy won't suspect Xiao Yuan. In short, we need to avoid getting into a prolonged battle! Remember, our ultimate goal is to take this opportunity to obtain some of that blue-haired guy's magic power!"

Baqi said confidently, gesturing with her fingers on the table: "And another thing! I will be watching Xiaoyuan from the shadows. If anyone else is attracted here or Xiaoyuan is in danger, I will transform immediately to help Xiaoyuan escape."

“Indeed, but I feel that it was a bit too deliberate to lure Mizuno Yu out like this. Her intuition is very sharp, and she will definitely suspect me afterward.” Yuuki Yu nodded thoughtfully, and just as she had some new ideas, she fell into a new round of contemplation.

"That's easy, all we have to do is for Xiaoyuan to react differently than usual?"

"A reaction that's different from usual?"

“That’s right, that’s right. Like this…” Baqi suddenly stood up from her chair and stretched out her left hand toward Yuuki Yukino, then raised her right hand to her chest to cover her left eye: “Shatter reality! Collapse spirit!”

"stop!"

Yuuki shouted at Baqi to stop, nervously looking around. Apart from the owner who was always wiping cups for some reason, there were no other customers in the entire coffee shop, but it was still too shameful to do such a thing in public.

“This looks so silly,” Yuuki Yuki said seriously after Baqi stopped.

"This one won't work? No problem, let me think of something else." Baqi sat down, picked up her coffee cup, blew on the foam floating on top, took a sip, and licked the coffee residue from her upper lip. "I've got it!"

"what?"

Ba Qi suddenly turned stern, stretching her round little face into a long expression: "How dare you appear before me! It seems you've already chosen your path to death!"

"Stop, stop, stop! Let's not use this kind of cheesy joke anymore!"

"Ah... okay, I'll think about it some more."

The process is omitted, but in the end, Yuki Eri adopted the most reasonable-sounding option from among the many proposed solutions by Baqi. To be precise, she pieced together the reasonable parts of the many solutions into one.

"Also, remember to secretly take a picture of me with my phone, and then send it to Mizuno Yu after she appears," Yuuki Yui reminded Baqi one last time, taking multiple precautions.

Let's go back to the present.

"Baki should have already taken a picture of me, right?" Yuuki Yuen thought, taking a step forward, her tentacles wriggling beneath her feet as she moved forward.

To be honest, controlling so many tentacles at the same time is quite troublesome. It not only consumes magic power, but also requires distraction to control, but the effect is indeed very good.

It really looks like one of those powerful-looking bosses in a game!

Mizuno Yu raised the arrow in her hand and aimed it at Yuuki Yuki's direction.

In response to Mizuno Yu, dozens of tentacles pointed at her, rising high from behind Yuuki En in varying densities, forming a hemispherical shape poised to pounce, waiting to swarm her when she launched her attack.

Mizuno Yu loosened the taut bowstring in her hand slightly, and the arrow pointing at Yuuki En lowered towards the ground.

The tentacles retreated to Yuuki Enishi's side, continuing to surround her purplish-black figure.

“You’re very smart.” Yuuki Yui said in a childishly low voice, “Like that short, blond guy, he doesn’t know how to be patient like you, which is why he suffered so much for nothing.”

Whoosh.

Mizuno Yu quickly drew her bow and nocked an arrow, firing several ice arrows in succession toward Yuuki Yuuki's body.

Why didn't you wait until I finished speaking?

But it was just an ice arrow, which could be easily blocked.

The tentacles swept up before the ice arrow could touch Yuuki Emi's body, accurately grasping the arrow and shattering the chilling arrow into pieces.

In fact, Yuuki Yuki could have simply used her tentacles to block her way, but this would have been far more sophisticated.

Although it was a bit dangerous, it felt so good to be a pro!

After firing several arrows, Mizuno Yu's offensive did not stop there. New ice arrows kept condensing in her hands, leaving the bowstring and speeding away, launching a continuous attack on Yuuki Eri.

Now, Yuuki Yuuki could no longer calmly catch them one by one as before. She waved her tentacles around her and used her extremely strong dynamic vision to accurately knock away the ice arrows, just like playing a rhythm game.

You wouldn't believe it! I'm actually a rhythm game pro!

Yuuki Yu was able to handle the situation so easily thanks in no small part to Mizuno Yu. The rain of arrows that came rushing in seemed fierce, but it was actually all within a controllable range, not even as fierce as when she clashed with Tomoe. The seemingly intense battlefield was actually only within a small square with a diameter of about ten meters in front of the mall.

Yuuki Yukino's tentacles have an attack range of only about ten meters. As long as she controls the tentacles, she will inevitably consume magic power. Therefore, it is only natural for her to keep the battlefield within this range in order to reduce the consumption of magic power.

Moreover, her only target is Mizuno Yu, and she doesn't want to harm innocent people because of this battle. Even if she is corrupted, a corrupted magical girl must have principles.

If one day she really manages to clear her name, and a few people jump out and shout, "Look, she smashed two shops on such and such a day, how dare you try to clear her name?" that would be bad.

Mizuno Yu's attack target was only Yuuki Enishi, which was obviously to minimize the damage to the surrounding area, but she didn't actually need to get so close to Yuuki Enishi.

When Mizuno Yuu shot the ice arrow from the opposite rooftop, the distance between them was more than ten meters, which shows that her effective range was actually longer.

If they fight at a distance, it would obviously be more advantageous for Mizuno Yu.

Mizuno Yu launched the first attack, keeping her body within his attack range at all times.

Seriously??

Yuuki Yukina had a terrible idea in her mind.

She tentatively and slowly extended a tentacle, gently patting Mizuno Yu's side.

"Woo~"

Mizuno Yu let out a painful groan, was slapped by the tentacles and rolled twice on the ground. She barely managed to prop herself up with one hand, panting and glaring at Yuuki Yuki.

bingo.

You idiot? Why are you thinking of giving it away for free at a time like this?!

Chapter 86 The Pink Devil

"Damn it, it seems you're still a cut above the rest."

Mizuno Yu knelt on one knee, using her arm to support her body as she tried to stand up several times, but she lost her balance and fell back down each time, her wand disappearing from her hand.

Yuuki Yukino's face could no longer hold back; she had to use her tentacles to cover her face to avoid revealing an overly distorted expression.

It's so realistic! Mizuno Yu's acting is so realistic. If I hadn't just lightly slapped her, I would have believed she was a righteous warrior who bravely faced evil despite being seriously injured.

So, do you have some serious illness? Is now the time for you to give it away for free?

Shouldn't you be asking me why I did this? Then I can justify saying that I have nothing to do with Miyashita Mia, and I even prepared a whole set of lines for it.

Mizuno Yu, you're a magical girl, can't you at least have some professional ethics?

Even if I fall into your hands, even if you do *that* to me, I will not yield!

As if reading Yuuki Yu's inner thoughts, Mizuno Yu gritted her teeth and uttered a line that sounded very much like a magical girl, even though Yuuki Yu, who knew the inside story, thought that doing so was even more unprofessional.

Haha, this line sounds so familiar! Did you say something similar when we first met?

It's quite a change of pace. Last time, I had to run away for my life, but now I have the power to arm wrestle with a magical girl.

Although Mizuno Yui remains unchanged and persistent in giving things away for free.

"Then so be it, become the sustenance on my journey."

Yuuki Yui uttered some embarrassing and cringeworthy villainous lines. She manipulated her tentacles to wrap around Mizuno Yu's body, who was squatting on the ground. The semi-transparent tentacles pulled at the girl's limbs, lifting her into the air like a butterfly caught in a spider web. A single tentacle covered Mizuno Yu's eyes, completely depriving her of her sight.

Having perfectly replicated a scene that only appeared in comics unsuitable for children, Yuuki Yukino couldn't help but cover her nose to stop the non-existent nosebleed.

That's great, tentacles are definitely the best match for magical girls.

Even though Yuuki Yui didn't do anything more outrageous to Mizuno Yui, Mizuno Yui was still breathing heavily, but the excitement and anticipation she revealed, whether intentionally or unintentionally, were impossible to hide.

"Gurgle... Ugh... Don't think you can humiliate me like this!"

"Is that so?" Suppressing her inner anxiety, Yuuki Yui still had to pretend to be slow and deliberate as the surrounding tentacles lifted her body up to the same height as Mizuno Yu.

"Then, how about this?" The suspended tentacles, manipulated by Yuuki Enishi, tangled into a ball and swung like a heavy hammer at Mizuno Yu's stomach.

Yuuki Eri didn't hold back at all with this attack. The strength of the tentacle's attack was definitely not as strong as Helica's hammer that was crackling with lightning. Since he could withstand Helica's hammer, this attack naturally wouldn't cause any particularly serious damage to Mizuno Yu.

Why reward her? If we don't reward her, Mizuno Yu is bound to suddenly attack and hurt people!