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

Her mouth opened wide, waiting for the girls to fall into her, to fall into the embrace of dreams.

Chapter 145 First Meeting

It was a night before summer arrived.

Everything was so ordinary, even mundane.

Nishio Reki doesn't dislike ordinariness; in fact, a more mundane daily life makes her feel more truly alive.

Some people may enjoy adventure and change, but Nishio Reki is not that kind of person. She only hopes that this peaceful life can continue forever.

At the very least, let's hope that the horrific tragedies she witnessed in the past don't happen again.

But reality often ruthlessly shatters a young girl's fantasies.

"It's a magical girl! An evil magical girl! Everyone run!"

A piercing scream ignited panic throughout the street. The once orderly flow of people instantly receded like a retreating tide, all heading back the way they came.

Nishio Reki was also among them, fleeing with the crowd towards the target that everyone could see.

A young girl, holding a baseball bat and squatting on a telephone pole like a hoodlum, with a straw in her mouth, looked down at the passing crowd with a smug expression.

Below the telephone pole where the girl was crouching, a car with a dented roof was parked there. The flattened roof, as if it had been hit by a heavy object, was undoubtedly the girl's handiwork.

Those who would do such a thing are undoubtedly evil magical girls who bring destruction to the city.

Of course, Nishio Reki also saw it. She had personally witnessed just how much destruction Magical Girl Doctor Reijin Hayashi-saki Scar could cause, and she was absolutely unwilling to risk her life.

However, we may have to make an exception today.

Nishio noticed that the magical girl who was crouching on the telephone pole and looking down at the surroundings was staring at a little child who had fallen down.

From the magical girl's eyes, Nishio Reki read cruelty and greed.

Children's intuition is always very accurate. The little child sitting on the ground seemed to sense the threat above him and was crying loudly.

But she seemed unable to do anything but cry loudly; she was just a child and was so frightened that she couldn't move at all.

The magical girl weighed the baseball bat in her hand, revealing a row of white teeth, and leaped down from the telephone pole on tiptoe.

We can't wait any longer; this is our last chance to save them.

Nishio Reki suddenly turned his head, threw his schoolbag on the ground, and with all his might, took a step and ran to the side of the crying little girl.

"Oh?" The magical girl, who had a baseball bat slung behind her head, exclaimed in surprise, her expression revealing even greater interest.

The magical girl staggered along, approaching Nishio Reki who had suddenly rushed out and the little girl lying on the ground at a slow pace.

"Can you stand up?" Nishio Reki asked, his back to the magical girl, as he comforted the little girl who had fallen to the ground and tried to help her up.

The little girl wasn't too heavy, so Nishio Reki lifted her up by her armpits and with a little effort, he managed to pull her up completely.

The magical girl's footsteps were getting closer, and everything Nishio Reki was doing now was a race against time.

She couldn't be too hasty; if her eagerness and rashness provoked the little girl, everything would be ruined.

The little girl was stunned for a moment, seemingly not expecting that someone in the crowd would be willing to stand up for her. She then wiped the snot and tears from her face with her hands and nodded vigorously.

"Then, can you still run?"

Nishio Reki gently nudged the little girl's body.

The little girl paused for a moment, then tried to take a few steps and jog a couple of times.

Yes, that's it.

But the little girl, who had run a few steps, stopped and turned back to look at Nishio Reki.

The little girl was probably terrified; her mind was blank, and she was just mechanically obeying orders.

This is not good...

"Don't look back, keep running, keep up with the others, keep running until you can't run anymore, don't worry about me!"

Nishio Reki shouted orders, throwing out all the lines she could think of and that she should receive.

The little girl remained rooted to the spot, staring blankly at Nishio Reki.

"Don't just stand there, run!"

Nishio Reki also started running and pushed the little girl who was standing still from behind.

Now, the little girl finally started moving, taking off running with all her might.

The little girl should be able to run away, right?

But what about myself?

Nishio Reki could already hear the magical girl's footsteps getting closer and closer behind him.

I can't worry about that now, let's just run as fast as I can.

At the street corner, Nishio Reki suddenly turned around, leading the magical girl chasing him onto a different path than the little girl.

"Tsk tsk tsk." The magical girl running beside Nishio Reki clicked her tongue unhappily: "Chasing after a little girl is no fun. Why don't you try to make me happy?"

Nishio Reki swung her legs even harder, though she wasn't sure if she was using her strength in the right place. But if she didn't go faster, she would be overtaken by her opponent.

It's unrealistic to expect a human to fight against a magical girl.

Nishio Reki could already hear the sound of the baseball bat whistling through the air right next to his ear.

Oh no, I was getting a little anxious.

If I were hit by a magical girl's baseball bat, I might just die on the spot.

Thinking this, Nishio Reki used all his strength, as if he wanted to squeeze out the last bit of potential in his body, and bet everything on his legs.

At the same time, she couldn't believe that she had closed her eyes.

But the pain I expected didn't come; I ran for at least another three seconds.

Running blind for three seconds without hitting or twisting anything is already quite an achievement; Nishio Reki can no longer keep his eyes tightly closed.

When she opened her eyes, she saw an unbelievable scene.

The magical girl did swing her baseball bat, but it didn't hit her head.

It wasn't that the magical girl was unwilling, but rather that her offensive was contained.

The bright red threads intertwined, forming a giant net that blocked the baseball bat in the magical girl's hand.

The intertwined red lines, while blocking the baseball bat, should have also retaliated accordingly.

The magical girl's baseball bat was already out of reach; the layers of red threads wouldn't give her that chance.

The end of the red thread was tied to the finger of another pink-haired magical girl who was standing between Nishio Reki and the magical girl.

The pink-haired magical girl raised her hands, and with a sudden pull of the red threads she manipulated, the baseball bat in the hands of the magical girl chasing Nishio Reki was flung away.

Several red lines blocked the magical girl's staggering path. The magical girl's sleeve had been torn open by the red lines blocking her way, as if issuing a final warning.

The magical girl, now without her baseball bat, clicked her tongue in displeasure and then spat on the ground.

"Tsk, you're lucky. We'll see!"

After uttering a harsh remark, the magical girl turned and left in the other direction.

Am I... safe now?

Only after watching the magical girl who had been chasing him leave did Nishio Reki, still shaken, begin to reflect on the current situation.

In short, I was rescued by someone, and the magical girl who saved me must be a good person.

Thinking this, Nishio Reki then said thank you, "Thank you for saving me. I don't know what would have happened to me if it weren't for you."

"You're welcome, it's what I should do." The silk thread in the pink-haired girl's hand, which had been blocking the street, turned into pink specks of light. She then turned around and looked at her with concern: "You weren't hurt, were you?"

"N-no." Nishio Reki raised his head and tidied his sweat-dampened bangs with both hands.

"That's good." The pink-haired girl breathed a sigh of relief, then seemed to recognize Nishio Reki's face and widened her eyes in surprise: "Reki? What are you doing here?"

"Excuse me, who are you...?" Nishio Reki was certain that he had never seen the pink-haired girl in front of him before.

"It's me! It's me!"

The pink-haired girl leaped to Nishio Reki's side in a few steps, looked around, and then pink light rose from her body, and all her dreamlike outfits disappeared.

In the blink of an eye, the girl's uniform had become the same as Nishio Reki's.

Those were the spring uniforms from Yuehai Middle School.

Seeing the girl de-transform, Nishio Reki's eyes widened instantly.

What surprised her was not the girl's uniform, but the girl's face, which she should have been very familiar with.

"Xiaoyuan? Is it really you? Xiaoyuan? You, you're a magical girl?!"

"Ah, haha, well, anyway, I am indeed a magical girl..." Yuuki Yuuki scratched her hair, revealing a bright smile, then muttered to herself, "Anyway, um, this first encounter storyline should be fine, right?"

"Yuki, what are you talking about? What first encounter storyline?" Nishio Reki heard Yuki Yuki's whisper and immediately asked.

"No, no, no, it's nothing, it's nothing! I mean, let's go back together! I'll tell you about magical girls!"

Yuuki waved nervously, her smile still bright, then took Nishio Reki's hand and walked in the direction they both knew well.

Chapter 146 Rotation

Wrapped in a bath towel, Nishio Reki tentatively reached out and placed his palm on the back of Yuuki Yuuki's hand. The moment his palm touched her skin, Yuuki Yuuki withdrew his hand as if he had been electrocuted.

"Xiao Yuan?"

Nishio Reki withdrew his hand in a daze, looking incredulously at Yuuki Yukino beside him, who was trembling like a little bird.

It was Yuuki Yukino who proactively invited me to help replenish her mana, but she's behaving like this now...

"I'm sorry," Yuuki Yuki muttered softly, "I'm sorry, Koretoko, I'm a little... unable to do it."

“But…” Nishio Reki subconsciously wanted to say something, but before she could say it, she wisely swallowed it back.

Nishio Reki took a deep breath: "It's okay. If Yui doesn't want to, then forget it."

“But we’ve already agreed, and it’s not that I’m unwilling…” Yuuki Yu’s voice was very soft, like the chirping of a newly hatched chick.

“It’s okay. Even if we don’t replenish Yuuki’s mana today, it’s fine. Yuuki’s wishes are the most important.” Nishio Reki shook his head and moved his body a little further away from Yuuki.

As if that wasn't enough, Nishio Reki shook his head again: "If there's nothing else, I'll head back now."