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

Herlica's condition was no less dire; had it not been for the heavy breathing she let out when Baki had almost forgotten that Herlica was right beside her.

"She...saw us?" Helica gasped again before speaking to Baki.

If you're talking about fear, Helica isn't afraid, but she's not foolish enough to overestimate her abilities and go head-to-head with this guy when she's not fully transformed.

“I don’t know.” Baqi shook her head and repeated, “I really don’t know.”

"In short, we already know that the owner of these tentacles is not Xiaoyuan. So where are Xiaoyuan and Xiwei Li?" Baqi stammered and quickly walked further inside.

A few steps later, another unexpected event occurred.

It's gold again.

A golden orb of light burst forth from beneath the piled-up nuns, like a miniature nuclear bomb crashing into the crowd, instantly clearing away the densely packed people and turning the entire sky golden with its radiance.

“That is…” Helica said instinctively.

It is the Nishio calendar.

Wearing tattered armor, Nishio Reki gritted his teeth and used his wand to support himself as he stood in the clearing he had created—or rather, the large pit.

The equally battered nuns and severed tentacles fell from the sky like objects thrown from a great height, piling up into new mounds around Nishio Reki.

This is the third time tonight.

It was as if she had to drain herself completely before she could barely muster this strength again.

The effect was excellent; the hands and tentacles of the nuns who had been frantically groping her body were all reduced to nothingness within the sphere of light.

But the effect wasn't that good. Her final strength was nowhere near that of the previous two times. She merely emptied out the small mountain that had gathered together, which seemed to be emptying her out.

Then, their remains formed new hills.

But whether it was the severed tentacles or the nuns who were only half-bodied, they seemed to feel no pain at all and continued to move towards Nishio Reki.

At the break, something seems to still be growing.

That's disgusting.

Nishio Ryaku gritted his teeth and flew into the sky.

We have to wait for the other magical girls to come to our rescue; we absolutely cannot defeat this guy on our own.

While Xiaoyuan is certainly important, even more important than Nishio Reki's life, Nishio Reki is not someone who blindly charges forward with reckless courage.

Just now, Nishio Reki had figured it out: all of the opponent's abilities needed to be attached to certain surfaces, so as long as he was away from the ground, he could escape.

She could already see the towering tentacle wall standing in the distance.

It's not a big problem, as long as I can fly higher.

Nishio Reki's idea was correct; she was indeed trying to evacuate by means of high altitude.

But the strange black-clad nun had no intention of letting her leave unscathed.

Nishio Reki watched as the nun waved her hand, and the commotion below resumed.

First came the attack of several tentacles, just like the one that had pulled Nishio Reki off.

This move is already familiar to Nishio Reki.

Dodging left and right, he easily severed the tentacles' attacks with his magic wand.

"Hey, hey, what's that?"

Herlica nudged Inuyama Baki and pointed in horror at the surging waves on the ground.

It's a human wave, and a human wave in the literal sense.

The nuns overlapped each other, just as they had when they had pinned Nishio Ryū beneath them.

The nuns formed a giant human ladder in a bizarre way, and the nuns who reached the top of the ladder would hug each other to form a new top.

Arms, legs, neck, waist—like staples fitting together, one nun after another embraced, hung together, and were embedded together.

Meanwhile, the nuns on the ground climbed up the tall human ladder like tiny insects, becoming part of the ladder themselves.

And so, the human ladder grew taller and thicker, while the number of nuns on the ground decreased at a visible rate, but the enormous human ladder that had been built up began to take shape.

It wasn't just about stacking people high enough; it presented a completely new shape that no one had ever heard of or seen before.

Four hooves, twisted to opposite sides, pounded heavily on the ground, shattering the solid surface of the playground. On its columnar body, several huge, sharp mouths, large enough to hold several people, opened and closed incessantly, as if trying to devour them completely.

Above the animal's head, countless tentacles thrashed about wildly, kicking up layers of dust.

Even though they had seen the strange little things in Yuuki Yuuki, Herika and Baki couldn't help but gasp when they saw such a bizarre shape.

too weird.

But what's even more disturbing is that everything about this monster is made up of nuns piled up together.

The monster's body surface was not smooth; fabric, hair, skin, and even many arms and legs were sticking out, as if a bunch of dolls had been thrown into a compressor and squeezed into a grotesque shape.

As Nishio Reki rose rapidly, he was struck by the monster's tentacles, which were made up of countless nuns.

If it were just tentacles, Nishio Reki could cut them off with his wand.

But those were nuns who, upon touching Nishio Reki, once again opened that fatal embrace to her.

The wand was grasped by the nuns' hands, the body was grasped by the nuns' hands, and the whole body was embraced by more tentacles and more nuns.

Nishio Reki had already almost exhausted all the magic power in his body, and being entangled by the nuns made it really difficult for him to escape.

Damn it, is this how it's going to end?

Resili Nishio continued to wave his wand, making a final, unwilling effort.

It was a futile effort.

When her body was swallowed up again, she had no hope of escaping.

However, her body had already been swallowed up.

"What should we do?" Helica turned to look at Baki.

“There’s nothing we can do.” Baqi’s face was full of sorrow. She didn’t know whether Nishio Reki’s story would end here or whether a new turning point would appear.

Surely things will turn around eventually?

A turning point will indeed occur.

　(VII) Ling [Wu Liu Ba, Qi Qi "Let go of Xiao Li!"

The girl's shout pierced the night sky, and a crimson light flashed like a knife mark, leaving several visible wounds on the huge monster's body.

The grotesque wound continued to widen, revealing smooth cuts to the two spectators below.

Then, the four-legged monster composed of nuns was torn to pieces like a sliced ​​potato.

Unable to maintain her monstrous form, the nun could no longer even retain the shape of her fleshy body. As she fell, she began to disintegrate, and a shower of nun's excrement began to fall.

Countless bodies crashed to the ground and shattered into pieces, and countless more bodies crashed onto the shattered bodies, creating a series of unsettling sounds.

A figure, tiny compared to the monster, rose from the ground and caught the figure falling along with the shattered pieces of flesh.

"Xiao Yuan... are you alright?" Nishio Reki felt himself falling into a warm and reassuring embrace.

The pink-haired girl blinked away the blood droplets on her eyelashes as she slowly descended, revealing a somewhat disheveled yet reassuring smile that made Nishio Reki feel at ease.

"It's okay, she just got (four=) out of thin air."

Nishio Reki didn't respond, but she could feel that Yuuki Yuki, who was holding her, was trembling slightly, and that the hug didn't have much strength.

Yuuki Yukino was just putting on a brave face.

If Xiaoyuan were to fight in this condition, both of them might really die here.

"I... I don't have much strength left." Nishio Reki pursed his lips, gritting his teeth in frustration. "We... run..."

Yuuki Yukino nodded, then looked around: "However, it might not be that easy..."

Surrounding Yuuki Yuuki were the same monsters that had just captured Nishio Reki.

Of course, what can be described as surrounding something is not just a single one.

There were actually five of them.

"Things are getting a bit bad," Yuuki Yui said, pursing her lips and forcing a not-so-good smile.

"It's okay... They must have realized that they've made such a commotion. As long as the others arrive... then..." Nishio Reki was still encouraging Yuuki Yuuki and praying that the other magical girls would arrive soon.

As if in response to her words, the outer tentacle wall suddenly roared.

Immediately afterwards, three things were thrown out from the tentacle wall.

Upon seeing those things, Nishio Reki stopped speaking abruptly, and his pupils shrank dramatically at the same moment.

Even the two who were watching the battle calmly couldn't help but feel a chill down their spines.

Those were three magical girls, still in their transformed state, but they were already on the verge of death.

Although they still had many injuries, it seemed that the black-clad nun hadn't had a chance to do anything to them yet.

But it's just that it hasn't happened yet. When Nishio Reki and the others can't hold on any longer, what's coming will still come together.

"Tsk, disgusting." Looking at Helica, who was defeated and on the verge of death, he couldn't help but spit out his food without any regard for his image.

"Is there any chance of turning things around now?" Baqi pondered, looking at Nishio Reki and Yuuki Yuuki in the sky.

should not.

If it were true, Nishio Reki wouldn't have been trapped in so many cycles of despair.

Returning to the time before the cycle of reincarnation began, facing one's most desperate memories, one is about to encounter countless more memories of reincarnation.

Anyone would probably break down.

Once it collapses, Sumireko Yumehara will succeed.

Maybe Sumireko Yumehara was afraid that she would ruin this possibility, which is why she and Herika Tenrai were unable to continue interfering with the memory process?

It's over, everything is over, Nishio Reki's despair is irreversible.

The battle on the scene quickly came to an end.

Under the combined attack of the five monsters, Nishio Reki and Yuuki Yuuki simply couldn't hold out for long.

Despite the length of time, both men were shot down in just a few exchanges.