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

Perhaps, Yuuki Yukino's pace is too fast.

A hand wrapped in red thread pierced through Sumireko Yumehara's chest and tightly grasped the bubble that carried unknown memories.

Chapter 201 What kind of ultra-realistic movie experience?

Will it really succeed?

Before Yuuki Yukino grasped the bubble, she didn't dare to completely confirm whether her bold guess was correct.

There are many reasons why Yuuki Enishi would take such a bold step.

First and foremost, Sumireko Yumehara herself said that she didn't need to eat, and she always maintained a state of divine liberation, as if she had an inexhaustible magic.

Before entering the dream world, Yuuki Yuuki had never seen a magical girl like this before, but that doesn't mean she didn't see one later.

After being defeated by Sumireko Yumehara, Hanzawa Kuriko began to directly devour the ground composed of memories to restore her broken wing blades and all the wounds on her body, and immediately gained the power to fight Sumireko Yumehara again.

Under those circumstances, Sumireko Yumehara had no choice but to speed up her departure.

Everything here is built from bubbles, as Sumireko Yumehara once demonstrated to Yuuki Gen—she casually built a bathroom for Yuuki Gen.

Bubbles, on the other hand, are the memories of a magical girl infused with magic.

Based on this, Yuuki Yuki initially guessed that Hanzawa Kuriko had transformed those memories into something like magic.

Restoring the wing blades is something Yuuki Eri can use to reconstruct the wand with the converted magic, but restoring the body is a bit of an exaggeration.

Perhaps it's a difference in customs, but in Moonsea City, we don't have a way of directly healing injuries with magic.

So, can I do the same thing?

To verify her guess, Yuuki Yukino tried it out after escaping Yumehara Sumireko's control, but it turned out that she could not heal her physical injuries by using the bubbles by the roadside.

Is it possible that the armor that seems to be alive, or even Hanzawa Kuriko herself, is constructed from memories?

Yes, of course. At Hanzawa Kuriko's wound, Yuuki En once saw something similar to the memory bubbles she had seen before. At that time, Yuuki En thought she was seeing things.

It wasn't until Yuuki Yukino revisited these events that she connected them all.

Returning to the original and most crucial point, can Sumireko Yumehara do the same thing?

Could Sumireko Yumehara have the same structure?

Yuuki Yui felt she needed to give it a try.

So, where did this work of yours go this time?

This is still Moonsea City... no, this really is Moonsea City.

However, this is different from every bubble that Yuuki Yuuki has encountered; she truly exists here.

So, what kind of dream is this? Or is it Sumireko Yumehara's dream?

"Stop this dream within a dream! I've had enough!" Yuuki Yui shouted in despair.

What are you shouting about?

A voice came from beside Yuuki Yuuki's ear.

Yuuki Yukino turned her head back, only to see the figure she least wanted to see.

Sumireko Yumehara, or Sumireko Yumehara in her divinely liberated state.

That doesn't seem quite accurate. It should be said that Yumehara Sumireko is very big in every sense, but she is not wearing that armor of divine liberation, nor does she have that trident that pierced her twice.

"What are you doing here?" Yuuki Yuu immediately became alert.

"Why can't I be here? This is my memory." Sumireko Yumehara snorted softly, a slight smile playing on her lips.

Yuuki Yuuki took two steps back, slightly raising her hand, ready to summon Yuuki God and fight the opponent here again at any time.

I just won by launching a sneak attack and sacrificing my health; that's something that can't be replicated. If there's another conflict here, I'm likely to be in grave danger.

"Don't be so nervous." Sumireko Yumehara waved her hand, then spread her hands out: "I'm not the same as that guy outside, or rather, I'm not the same as the guy you know."

"So?" Yuuki Yui couldn't let her guard down and kept staring intently at Yumehara Sumireko.

"So, since you're already here, feel free to wander around. After all, it'll only be a moment after you leave. You probably have a lot to ask, and I have a lot to say too."

Sumireko Yumehara then showed Yuuki Yuuki her outstretched hands to indicate that she meant no harm.

"Where to begin? Let's start here. Follow me."

As Sumireko Yumehara spoke, she took the lead and walked ahead.

Yuuki Yukino lowered the hand wearing the Enmusubi charm with some skepticism and followed behind Yumehara Sumireko.

Before her lay a neighborhood, much older than the one Yuuki Yuuki knew, yet Yuuki Yuuki seemed to know exactly how to navigate it.

Unlike the neighborhood where Hanzawa Kuriko is located, this place feels very harmonious, at least it doesn't mix elements from different eras together.

Not only is the street layout harmonious, but the atmosphere is also very relaxed and slow-paced.

As the sun sets, the traffic on the road is sparse, and pedestrians who have finished a day of work and study are gradually heading home.

But this harmonious atmosphere only made Yuuki Yukino more wary. She looked at the peaceful scene from the beginning, and then looked at Yumehara Sumireko, who was just walking in front of her, with an uncertain expression: "What do you want to say to me?"

"Shh—" Sumireko Yumehara held up a finger and touched her lips: "Just watch for now."

At the end of the road, a little girl with a schoolbag on her back skipped and hopped along, humming an old-fashioned pop song, passing by the sidewalk like a gust of wind.

Upon seeing the little girl, Yuuki Yukino became even more agitated.

That face, that hair color, that hairstyle—it was unmistakably Sumireko Yumehara herself.

She was just Sumireko Yumehara in her bear-patterned pajamas when her real name was revealed.

"Who is she?" Yuuki asked, her mind becoming even more wary.

“She is me,” Sumireko Yumehara replied.

"Then who are you?" Yuuki Yuen frowned. She had a feeling that Yumehara Sumireko was about to say something as pointless as "I am me too."

But Yuki Yuki was genuinely surprised by Sumireko Yumehara's answer.

"These are my memories. We two are just bystanders. Let's just treat it as watching a movie."

Yuuki Yukino began to understand a little. She was watching Yumehara Sumireko's memories, just like the scene in a certain manga where the protagonist who wanted to destroy the world and his brother were watching the protagonist's memories.

But since he doesn't possess the strength of a giant, he certainly can't change any history.

Yuuki Yukino was lost in thought, but her gaze remained fixed on little Yumehara Sumireko.

"Don't look at this, look at the sky," said Sumireko Yumehara, who was observing alongside Yuuki Yuki.

Yuuki Yukino looked up and scanned the area, but didn't seem to see anything.

It wasn't until she looked in the direction Sumireko Yumehara was pointing that she saw a small dot on the distant horizon that was steadily approaching the area.

Sumireko Yumehara lowered her fingers: "We are just bystanders and can't sense the magic in the memories, so it's quite troublesome."

“No need to repeat the word ‘bystander’,” Yuuki Yui quickly replied, her attention still fixed on the small black dot that was constantly approaching.

A few seconds later, Yuuki Yukino could see clearly that it was a person, or rather, a magical girl, a point that Yumehara Sumireko had already made clear.

But when she saw the magical girl's face, she couldn't help but be stunned again.

Hanzawa Kuriko? How did she end up here?

Immediately, Yuuki Yukina realized that it wasn't the Hanzawa Kuriko she knew who had been chasing her and chopping her for half a day, but rather a fragment from Yumehara Sumireko's memory.

Hanzawa Kuriko was merely in her true name-released state, as evidenced by the axe blade protruding from her bass-shaped wand.

However, if a magical girl who has unleashed her true name is determined to cause destruction, it is not something an ordinary person can stop her from doing.

That violent power is something that ordinary people cannot stop.

Moments later, the once peaceful scene transformed into a living hell.

The little girl who was jumping around not long ago, Sumireko Yumehara, has now fallen under the ruins.

The setting sun, about to sink below the horizon, stained the entire now-gone neighborhood red, like blood.

Yuuki Yui always felt that deep in her memory, there seemed to be such a blood-red setting sun.

Then, time seemed to stand still.

"I don't know what happened after that, so I can't recreate it. Anyway, that's how it is." Sumireko Yumehara spread her palms.

"You just...died like that?" Yuuki asked instinctively, then realized she had asked a stupid question.

If Sumireko Yumehara really died, how did she become a magical girl, or even a corrupted magical girl? And is the Sumireko Yumehara standing next to me now some kind of cyber ghost?

"Never mind, forget I asked." Yuuki Yui waved her hand awkwardly, still harboring suspicions.

Sumireko Yumehara answered Yuuki Yukino's question frankly: "She's not dead, but it's practically the same as being dead."

As Sumireko Yumehara spoke, she lightly snapped her fingers, signaling Yuuki Yukino to follow.

After passing through several blocks, we arrived at a place that Yuuki Yuuki was already familiar with.

This is a hospital where both Mizuno Yu's stomach problems caused by overeating and Koumori, who has fallen into a deep sleep, have stayed or are currently hospitalized.

By the way, this is where I first met Sakura Hanako.

But these things definitely don't exist in Sumireko Yumehara's memories.

Led by Sumireko Yumehara, Yuuki Yuuki arrived at a hospital ward.

Lying on the hospital bed was a petite girl, her body covered with numerous tubes that Yuuki Yukino couldn't name or even know the purpose of.

“That was me too. My mind was completely clear; I could feel the cold, the pain, the darkness, and the fear, but I couldn’t move even a single finger.” Sumireko Yumehara gestured with her chin. “For many years, I lived like this.”

Many people have lost their lives due to attacks by corrupted magical girls, so it's hard to say whether Yumehara Sumireko's situation can be considered lucky or unlucky.

But Sumireko Yumehara's story is clearly not over yet; there are too many things that cannot be explained simply by saying that.

Yuki Yuki didn't think that Yumehara Sumireko was trying to make her pity her by showing her these things.

Although it's really pitiful that little Sumireko Yumehara has become like this, and although in the minds of magical girls, no fallen magical girl seems to deserve pity.

"What do you want me to see?" Yuuki Yuuki didn't waste any words and went straight to the point.

"It's nothing, I just wanted to share something with someone. If you don't know my situation, there are many things that are hard to explain." Sumireko Yumehara shook her head: "So, do you know why magical girls have been able to exist for so long?"

"What does this have to do with what we're watching now?" Yuuki Yuen didn't understand why Yumehara Sumireko's topic was jumping around so abruptly.

“Didn’t I tell you? I’ve been doing this for many years. We can’t just sit here and wait, can we?” Sumireko Yumehara smiled.