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

The phantoms clapped their hands in unison.

"Beat the giant drum of madness, play the blasphemous flute."

In the empty dreamscape, there seemed to be the sound of muffled drums, or someone playing a sharp flute, yet there seemed to be no sound at all.

The clearest, unmistakable sound of clapping.

Snapped.

Hanzawa Kuriko's eyes, hidden beneath the darkness, darted around, surveying the illusory figures surrounding her.

The samurai's armor played the notes of a long katana, a graceful young woman in a cheongsam waved a folding fan, and a gaunt flutist blew out puffs of smoke.

Snapped.

They were doing different things, and they were clapping their hands at the same time.

"Beyond time, beyond imagination, beyond the realm of light and darkness."

Snapped.

The enormous humanoid skeleton picked up its fallen ribs, the red-clad queen wielding a blood-stained scythe cut off a lock of her snake hair, and the jet-black pharaoh stroked the faceless sphinx beneath him.

Snapped.

They were doing different things, and they were clapping their hands at the same time.

"Reaching the nauseating goal, reaching the edge of the differential universe, reaching the uncontrollable void."

The tower made of corpses writhed and flapped its wings at the top, black jellyfish danced happily with their tentacles, and towering, swirling black droplets emitted an indescribable lament.

Snapped.

They were doing different things, and they were clapping their hands at the same time.

"Dance, dance until the primordial core of chaos awakens; pray, pray you don't encounter my thousand faces."

Snap, snap, snap, snap, snap.

Those enormous, supreme gods danced slowly, clumsily, and absurdly, accompanied by the abhorrent pounding and shrieking.

They are a completely different kind of deity, blind, foolish, and silent.

“I am His messenger, I am the chaos that moves, I am Nyarlathotep.”

They dance wildly, they thrash about, they are right there, yet they seem to be nowhere at all.

Their souls and messengers are the maidens who dance with them.

From the very beginning, the only person dancing, clapping, singing, and playing instruments was that one girl in the very center of the stage.

The black magic runes shattered silently, and the girl's figure gracefully fell to the ground.

Yuuki Yuuki's demonic attire was remarkably similar to the divine release of the goddess Yuuki. Her red and black shrine maiden robes fluttered in the air as the clapping faded and the girl danced.

Unlike the divine liberation of Enmusubi, Yuuki Enmusubi no longer had the huge shimenawa that always followed her, but instead had a large, dark purple haori draped over her body.

A blasphemous pattern, deep green as if to blend into the black of the haori, is outlined on the hem of the haori, dancing more wildly as the girl dances.

Hey.

The wooden clogs landed on the ground, and all sound ceased.

As Yuuki Yuki fell, she lightly placed her index finger on Hanzawa Kuriko's shoulder, who was still in a daze.

Nyarlathotep's abilities are just as the pink-haired girl in Starsea City described, yet they are also somewhat different.

Lies were merely a means for Nyarlathotep to achieve his goals, and should not be called a power.

Nyarlathotep's power is chaos itself, which allows him to directly distort and destroy some of the existing rules of the world.

It sounds rather abstract, and its use isn't as direct as things like time travel, but the fact that Yuuki Yuki, who was previously hit by Hanzawa Kuriko, is currently unharmed is thanks to this wand.

Actually, this ability had already shown some signs some time ago when Yuuki Yuuki directly broke the original rules of magical girls, but at that time Yuuki Yuuki was not able to manipulate it at will.

But in reality, this kind of conceptual ability isn't that useful in actual combat. Twisting a rule or a concept is much more complicated than it sounds, and Yuuki Enishi still needs to rely on her own strength to fight.

But it's not entirely useless.

For example, Yuuki Yuuki can do this.

Hanzawa Kuriko's shoulder, which was protected by black magic and had come into contact with Yuuki Yuki's fingers, suddenly shattered like a broken clay doll, revealing the girl's arm that was wrapped below.

"Gurgle..."

Although Yuuki Yui didn't know if Hanzawa Kuriko would feel pain if she directly attacked the magic, Hanzawa Kuriko still let out a painful groan.

Since Hanzawa Kuriko's power comes from those distorted magical forces, all I need to do is make those distorted magical forces disappear.

The principle behind Yuuki Yukino's ability to do this is quite simple: the most basic ability that every fallen magical girl uses—magic plunder.

However, compared to the original magic plundering of the Dark Magical Girl, its composition was slightly modified by Yuuki Yuki through Nyarlathotep, thus exhibiting a completely different effect from the original magic plundering.

Of course, this method would not be as effective against any magical girl. The difficulty of directly plundering pure magic exposed to the air is completely different from extracting magic from a magical girl's body.

Moreover, when that chaotic magic entered Yuuki Yukino's body, it also brought with it the rage contained within the magic, impacting Yuuki Yukino's brain.

Cries, roars, screams, whispers—all sorts of sounds and emotions swirled in Yuuki Yukino's mind the instant the magic was successfully plundered.

The sounds gradually subsided under the influence of the magic power within Yuuki Yukino's body, transforming back into the original magic power that became Yuuki Yukino's strength.

I can see that my ability to purify the filth brought by the black magic runes is still intact.

Moreover, Yuuki Eri felt the purification process even more clearly.

At the same time, Yuuki Yuki also felt a wave of lingering fear.

Even though the magic flowed into her body, the feeling of negative emotions impacting her brain still caused Yuuki Yuen to lose her composure for a moment. If Hanzawa Kuriko had launched a counterattack just now, Yuuki Yuen would most likely have been hit directly.

This is only a tiny amount, yet it has such strong side effects, and this is based on the premise that Yuuki Eri can purify magic.

It's not hard for Yuuki Yuki to imagine what would become of Hanzawa Kuriko after absorbing so much of the house's magic power.

So how exactly did Sumireko Yumehara utilize these magical powers? Yuuki Yukina was completely baffled.

In any case, Yuuki Yukari has to change her approach. Directly destroying Hanzawa Kuriko's armor is much better, but also much more difficult, than plundering her magic power.

While Yuuki was pondering a countermeasure, Hanzawa Kuriko surprisingly did not charge at Yuuki again for a moment. Instead, she made threatening "nununu" sounds while taking a few steps back.

It's like a wild animal instinctively sensing danger, which gives Yuuki Yukino enough time to think, so it's not necessarily a bad thing.

Yuuki Yui's gaze remained fixed on Hanzawa Kuriko. If the other party made any outrageous move, Yuuki Yui would react immediately and nip Hanzawa Kuriko's counterattack in the bud.

Hanzawa Kuriko couldn't hold back any longer.

The girl, dressed in dark, dragged her drooping, smooth arm, which seemed disproportionate to her entire body, and turned to run in the opposite direction from Yuuki Yuki.

Immediately, Hanzawa Kuriko's pupils contracted.

Just a second ago, Yuuki Yuki was being stared at intently, looking completely relaxed, but now she was behind her, raising the sleeves of her shrine maiden outfit and haori.

The wide sleeve landed squarely on Hanzawa Kuriko's chest.

What seemed like a light flick of the sleeve, barely even an attack, sent Hanzawa Kuriko flying into the air with an irresistible force.

Click, click.

Several cracks immediately appeared in the armor formed by magic on Hanzawa Kuriko's chest.

The wind whistled past Hanzawa Kuriko's ears as a figure, moving even faster than her, swept past her and appeared behind her.

Yuuki Enishi raised her thigh beneath her shrine maiden attire high above her head, then brought it down like a battle axe, instantly halting Hanzawa Kuriko's ascent.

thump.

Hanzawa Kuriko fell from the sky like a soccer ball, landing on the street not far away that had not yet been completely swallowed by her, causing her to cough up a painful gag.

Several more cracks appeared on the girl's carapace, spreading across her body like a spider web, before being concealed by the colorful shards of glass.

Yuuki Yuuki's body fell from the sky, far less fiercely than when Hanzawa Kuriko fell. It was like a weightless raven feather, gently landing on Hanzawa Kuriko's body.

Black and red wooden clogs stepped onto Hanzawa Kuriko's chest. The wooden teeth of the clogs gently tapped against the solid magic armor, and the dark magic surrounding Hanzawa Kuriko's entire body shattered instantly, like a chocolate shell.

As if performing a Kagura dance, Yuuki Enishi slowly lowered her palm, and two sharp, steel-prick-like tentacles pierced Hanzawa Kuriko's abdomen.

"Gua...ah...ahhh!"

Hanzawa Kuriko writhed in pain at Yuuki Yuuki's feet, pounding her hands wildly on the ground, trying more than once to roll over and escape Yuuki Yuuki's control.

However, Yuuki Eri, who has already been liberated from divine control, will absolutely not allow her to have her way.

After only a short while of activating Divine Liberation, Yuuki En felt something unusual, something that made her very uncomfortable, spreading throughout her body along with her magic.

It must be the filth of the Black Demon Mark that Miyashita Miya mentioned at the beginning, and it was only today that Yuuki Yuuki truly felt its existence for the first time.

Let's finish this quickly.

A hell of tentacled thorns rose from the ground, the steel needle-like tentacles piercing through Hanzawa Kuriko's body as she lay on the ground, churning wildly inside her as they searched for the bubble of her memory.

"Ahh! Ahh... Ah!"

Hanzawa Kuriko's screams grew increasingly shrill. Even though she could recover her body by absorbing the surrounding magic, the pain was an unavoidable torment for her.

Immediately, Yuuki Yukina could feel the complex and dark magic power beneath her, emanating from Hanzawa Kuriko, growing ever stronger. The concentration of that magic power was unprecedented among the large-scale eruptions Yuuki Yukina had witnessed.

Hanzawa Kuriko is going to fight to the death.

Even though Yuuki Yuuki is currently using Nyarlathotep's divine release, Nyarlathotep is just a wand with some "powers," which does not mean that its power is invincible.

On the contrary, setting aside the "powers" aspect, Nyarlathotep is just an ordinary magic wand, not much different from those of other magical girls.

Yuuki Enishi had previously expended a considerable amount of magic power in her desperate battle with Yumehara Sumireko.

If it weren't for Nyarlathotep's attainment of divine liberation, Yuuki Yuuki would not have received the gift of magic from the pink-haired girl in the starry sea, which would have slightly replenished her scarce magic power.

Otherwise, she simply wouldn't have enough magic power to maintain the state of divine liberation.

Moreover, even if she had gained divine liberation, she didn't want to waste time with Hanzawa Kuriko for too long.

But whatever Hanzawa Kuriko intends to do, Yuuki Yuuki has no desire to clash head-on with her at this critical juncture, given the immense power of her magic.

Let's avoid their sharp edge for now.

Yuuki Yukino made a very decisive decision, and her step back was taken without the slightest hesitation.

As Yuuki Yuki retreated, the raging magic devoured the spot where she had just stood, and also devoured Hanzawa Kuriko's body.

Although Yuuki managed to retreat, her expression turned unusually unpleasant.