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

But there's nothing I can do about it.

Faced with that palpable terror, the girl couldn't move a single finger and could only watch helplessly as the pink demon, expressionless, drew ever closer.

Move! Move now! Get moving! Don't embarrass yourself!

The girl screamed in her heart, channeling all the magic power in her body.

Her body moved as she wished, but it was so stiff, like a puppet on strings.

The girl held the broken lance to her chest with trembling hands, but her shaking legs simply couldn't support her charging forward.

Close, closer!

It's all over, it's all over, it's all over!

The girl closed her eyes tightly, let out a loud shout, and rushed towards Yuuki Yukino.

But it was really just a jogging pace.

But the close-quarters charge failed to bring the girl into contact with anything.

"Boring. Wait until you get a bit stronger before you challenge me."

She clearly heard the pink demon speaking coldly in her ear, and watched the pink demon's body brush past her as she charged forward. The pink hair and the faint, sweet scent emanating from the demon were all incredibly clear to her.

At the same time, the pressure of being squeezed like fruit in a juicer vanished instantly.

The girl's limp legs could no longer support her body, and she plopped down on the snow.

As if this still wasn't enough to satisfy her, the girl lay down and stared at the night sky above her.

The cold snow took away the girl's body heat, making her thoughts exceptionally clear.

Is this what it feels like to be alive?

So, has he been let off the hook?

……

the other side.

"Waaaaah! Help! Help! It's so scary! Magical girls are so scary!"

Yuuki Yukina scrambled and ran towards the crowd, grabbing Nishio Ryū, who was at the front of the line, without thinking. She buried her face in Nishio Ryū's shoulder and whispered quickly, "Quick, hug me and say a few words of comfort."

Nishio Reki paused for a moment, then immediately hugged Yuki Yuki as Yuki had said, a move that made Baqi and Herlica gasp.

Nishio Reki, who was holding Yuuki tightly, read the lines with completely inadequate acting skills. "Uh? Ah? Yuuki, it's good that you're alright. What were you doing just now? We were all very worried about your safety."

Where's your acting skills from when you were acting so childishly, saying things like, "I can give you three questions," and "I've come here countless times to achieve a goal"?! How did you suddenly become so bad?!

Never mind! I have to finish this act in front of Minato Nana!

"I saw a magical girl appear! So I grabbed Baqi and turned to run! But then, we suddenly got separated!" Yuuki closed her eyes, rubbed against Nishio Reki's shoulder a few times, and complained with squeezed-out tears and a pitiful tone.

"Yes, yes! I've been looking for Yuuki the whole time! How did she get separated from us?" Baqi looked at Helica, then at Yuuki, and suddenly blurted out a sentence like a little toy that had been plugged in.

“Yes, I was also worried about Yuuki-senpai, because it seems that Minato-san was attacked, so... yes, that's why I didn't notice. That's right, I didn't notice.”

"I...I didn't notice either! Yuuki Yuuki! How did you get lost all by yourself! Honestly! Can't you be more careful?! What if you get hurt, yeah, what if you get injured?! She's a magical girl!"

"Ah, ah, ah ba" wu... aba aba aba. "

Uh, that's really bad acting.

How come there's one person who just opens their mouth but doesn't say a word, and another person who doesn't even open their mouth!

He transformed himself in his haste and put on such a grand show, all for Nana's benefit.

With acting skills like that, even he can't stand to watch it. How is he going to fool Minato Nana?

They were just hoping that Nana would be too scared to care about them, and that the magical girl's cognitive impairment would be effective.

"Uh, um." Minato Nana, whose legs were still a little weak, patted her chest and looked at Yuuki Yuki, who was covered in sweat.

After Yuuki Yukino deactivated her transformation, she ran all the way here and is now panting heavily. Hopefully, she won't give herself away.

Yuuki Yuki stared nervously at Minato Nana, as if awaiting her final judgment.

There was complete silence among the crowd, but countless eyes were fixed on the interaction between Minato Nana and Yuuki Yuki.

Not only Yuuki Enishi, but they were all incredibly nervous.

If Minato Nana discovers something amiss, it would prove that everyone involved in covering for Yuuki Yuuki knows her true identity, which would create even bigger trouble.

However, in the heat of the moment, even if Yuuki Yuki didn't transform, they couldn't guarantee that they would stand idly by and put Minato Nana in danger. It's just that the one who made the move now was Yuuki Yuki.

Minato Nana stared with her mouth slightly open for a while, then let out a long breath.

"Yuki Yuki, I'm so glad you're alright."

……

So, is this trouble over?

It's probably not that simple. This isn't some indiscriminate attack; it's an attack specifically targeting Minato Nana.

After everyone else had left, Yuuki Yuuki grabbed Helica, using the excuse of summarizing what she had learned that night and asking Nana Minato for advice, and together they returned to the coffee shop.

Even if I can't protect Minato Nana forever, I can at least try my best to prevent her from getting into trouble before I leave.

This wasn't the first time Helica had done something like this, except that last time the target she was protecting was Yuuki Yukino.

Yes, we must protect the innocent little pink flower, Yuuki Eri, from the clutches of the pink devil.

Besides the two of them, Baqi also secretly hid on a rooftop not far from the coffee shop. If necessary, Baqi could stop them and give them a good beating.

Yuuki Yui had made thorough preparations, and it would be best if that strange magical girl didn't come.

If she were to come, Yuuki Yui had considered many possibilities, a habit she developed after suffering a loss at the hands of Gakuen Mashiro.

However, Yuuki Yuki never expected that the other party would reappear in this way.

The welcoming wind chimes hanging on the coffee shop door jingled, signaling the arrival of guests.

But an unexpected guest walked into the store.

No, there should be two.

With a gloomy expression that suggested a storm was brewing, Shirogane Rei walked into the shop, her eyes fixed on Minato Nana, who was sitting at the back of the coffee shop against the wall.

Walking behind her was the magical girl who had stopped Minato Nana before, and was stopped by Yuuki Yuki in an even more direct way.

Of course, this is before the transformation.

Now she looked like she had made a mistake, and walked behind Shirogane with her head hanging low.

Without pausing, Shirogane walked through rows of seats and headed straight for Minato Nana.

Finally, the Platinum Rei stopped in front of Minato Nana, while the magical girl stood further back.

“Come on,” Shirogane Rei said, but she wasn’t addressing Nana Minato; instead, she turned to look at the magical girl beside her.

"Let's do it the way we agreed when we came."

Chapter Twenty: The Little Rabbit Waiting for a Rabbit to Fall into a Trap Seems a Little Different

Time rewinds a little bit from when Shirogane Rei arrived at Minato Nana's shop.

Yuuki stopped the strange magical girl who attacked Minato Nana, and they returned to the main group on their way back.

"You just like that!" Herica, who was walking side by side with Yuuki Yuki, couldn't hold back her voice any longer. Her voice was so sharp that it almost cracked, causing many people, including Minato Nana, to turn around and see what was wrong with Herica this time.

Helica, unfazed by the stares, waved to the others, "It's alright! It's alright! I was just dumbfounded by this guy's stupidity!"

Herica's words came from the bottom of her heart, and her heartfelt吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic or critical remarks) probably didn't arouse any suspicion from Minato Nana. The others just glanced at it and then turned their heads away.

This made Yuuki Yuuki realize that it was quite useful to have someone openly whisper to her under the guise of caring about her well-being.

A live performance swept away Helica's bad mood and allowed Yuuki Yukino to taste the most authentic pride of Helica after she refreshed her state.

It's less about arrogance and more about ferocity!

Herlica, unlike Yuuki Enishi, was completely relaxed. She was pouting angrily, but dared not raise her voice, making her look rather awkward and cute.

"You just let that girl go back like that? Didn't you teach her a lesson? If it were me, I would have twisted her head off already. How dare she lay a hand on Miss Cou! She's incredibly audacious! I'm furious!"

It's no wonder Helica was so agitated; the lead singer of her White Moonlight Band being attacked by a magical girl was something she found utterly unforgivable.

Herica was the first to hear about the complicated relationship between Minato Nana, Hanzawa Kuriko, and Yuuki Tamaki with magical girls. This attack might have reminded Minato Nana of those unpleasant things, which further fueled Herica's anger.

Yuuki Yukino, who was already furious about others bullying Minato Nana, now had to turn around and appease Helica, so she had no choice but to speak up for the magical girl who had just been cursing her in her heart:

"As I just said, although she came towards Miss Minato, she had no intention of actually attacking her. She probably just wanted to scare her."

"That won't do either. How do you know she'll stop in the end? What if she really hurts Miss Minato... Don't look at me like that! Even if she definitely stops, it still won't work. It just won't work. Fine! I knew you'd soften your heart." Helica kicked a snowflake on the ground and muttered unhappily.

"She's not a corrupted magical girl. If she were, I would have executed her on the spot." Yuuki Yui said in a gentle tone, "Besides, I also have some other ideas. Didn't I remind you before?"

After Yuuki Yuki unleashed her transformation, the first thing she did was call Tomoe.

On the phone, Yuuki Yukino couldn't explain things clearly, but she asked Baqi to pass on a message for everyone.

I'm fine here, I'll come find you now. You all stay where you are and don't move. No matter what happens, don't move, and don't do anything unnecessary!

In desperation, Yuuki Yuki could only think of this way to pass on the message in front of Minato Nana.

"Ah, yes, you told us to stay where we are and not to move, and you emphasized it several times."

The literal meaning of what Baqi conveyed was what Helica said, but what Yuuki Yuuki actually meant was: even if you encounter that magical girl, don't rush to transform.

Since they didn't meet, Yuuki Yukino didn't need to go through the trouble of explaining her riddle to Helica and skipped straight to the final conclusion.

"That magical girl is too weak, it's like she just became a magical girl. Also, like I said, she has her eye on Minato-san for some reason, and she even wants to go over to attack me."

Helica looked at her with suspicion: "Are you sure it's not because you're too famous that someone wants to rid the world of a menace and that's why they're targeting you?"

"What do you mean by eliminating harm for the people? How do I look like a bad person?"

"It looks like it everywhere."

"Are you even listening to me anymore?" Yuuki Yuuki kicked Helica, a little annoyed.

"Okay, okay, go ahead and tell me." Helica kept her mouth shut.

"That magical girl is ridiculously weak. Even I could have easily defeated her six months ago. How could I possibly take her seriously?"

"Mmm-hmm." Helica nodded a few times.