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

Murakami naturally picked up where Genki Mashiro left off, his tone sharp, like a dagger, making it even harder for Genki Mashiro to defend himself.

"I didn't intend to do this, but its existence here is absolutely unacceptable, absolutely unacceptable!"

"It's so ugly, Mashiro!" Murakami interrupted Mashiro's words sharply once again.

“I don’t understand why someone as outstanding and highly valued as you would fall into darkness, but whatever your reasons, whatever your intentions, even if I have no power left, I will be here to stop you.”

At this point, Murakami's tone became even sharper, and her anger could be clearly felt in her forceful clenching of her teeth.

"There is only one fate for a fallen magical girl!"

Genki Mashiro's pupils, which had been trembling violently due to her wavering, suddenly stabilized. After calming down, Genki Mashiro spoke softer, but also colder, with a hint of disappointment in her tone: "The ending, you mean being dealt with by the Sisters of the Sanctuary?"

Murakami didn't need to answer Mashiro's question; the resistance conveyed in her eyes was already very clear.

Isn't that obvious?

The corrupted magical girls will never be forgiven, and no one will ever escape from the clutches of the Sisters of the Sanctuary.

“What you’re thinking is impossible.” Genken Mashiro shook her head: “The Sisterhood of the Holy Church no longer exists.”

Murakami's brows furrowed.

Although she was wavering in her heart, she couldn't show it to Genki Mashiro in person.

If you show weakness in front of Mashiro Gakuen, it might affect more than just yourself.

Genjiro's emotions suddenly rippled like a pebble thrown into the ground, quickly turning into surging waves that spread wildly in all directions, venting without restraint and oblivious to others.

"Murakami-senpai, I'll call you senpai one more time. You're still the same as before, always stubbornly holding on when you're wavering. But that's the truth. The Sisters of the Holy Church are gone. Ha, they've all disappeared, not a trace left, vanished with a bang."

All corrupted magical girls are like this, influenced by dark magic runes, gradually being devoured by the power of darkness. Murakami has seen this many times.

She just hadn't expected that Mashiro would come to this, and she certainly hadn't expected that Mashiro would be so severely corrupted.

Even if Seima Shiro really fell into darkness, that girl should have stopped her...

"Do you know what? We've all been deceived. The entire church, the entire Holy Eternity Academy, the entire magical girl system—everything we know is a hoax! It's not just the corrupted magical girls that should disappear, but this church, this terminally ill system, and all the magical girls from the past to the future."

He's gone mad, Mashiro Gorky has completely lost his mind.

“Mashiro, do you know what you’re saying? In my opinion, you’ve been completely corrupted and your mind has been affected. If this continues, it will only get worse.”

“I am beyond saving. I will not stop until I have done everything I should do. The Sisters of the Holy Church cannot stop me, neither can you. No one can do it, because this power was born so that I could correct this world.”

"I don't understand what you're saying at all."

"Then let me be clear: the original magical girl exists, she has always existed, and she can be killed."

"I've already said it, I don't understand what you're saying at all."

It's completely irrelevant; there's absolutely no connection between anything Murakami says and nothing that Genji Mashiro says.

Mashiro Gorgen kept spouting her strange theories, which gave Murakami a headache just listening to them.

Murakami knew perfectly well that Mashiro Gakuen was beyond saving.

Every fallen magical girl is beyond redemption.

Regardless of why the corrupted magical girls became corrupted, Murakami only knew that he had witnessed too many hells on earth created by the appearance of corrupted magical girls.

Almost every child in the orphanage is a microcosm of the tragedies brought about by the corrupted magical girl.

A city can be repaired if it is damaged, but the destruction of a family is something that no one can make up for.

It is precisely because he has seen so much that Murakami hates the corrupted magical girls so much; it is precisely because he has personally experienced it that Murakami once chose to fight to stop these tragedies.

She had no desire to deal with the corrupted magical girl, even though she was once hailed as a rising star among the most promising nuns of the Holy Temple.

But she still had to do it. If she persisted a little longer, the nuns would have more time to arrive and deal with Genki Mashiro.

As for what Genki Mashiro said about the Church Sisters no longer existing, she didn't believe it at all.

However, Mashiro Gorgen seemed to suddenly calm down and pulled over the dean's comfortable chair.

"Forget it, Murakami-senpai, why did you join the orphanage? With your abilities, you could have gone to a much better position, instead of hiding here as a support staff member at an orphanage, especially one like this."

"Because I have personally experienced darkness, I don't want those children to fall into darkness."

Murakami's words sounded grand and dignified, but they were indeed heartfelt.

All I wanted to do was to give those children more warmth; I just wanted to do what I could.

If it were the old Mashiro Gakuen, he would definitely understand himself.

"But what you're doing is pushing them into darkness, isn't it?" Genken Mashiro retorted.

"But in order for more children to stay in their warm homes and spend happy times with their families, and in order to make this orphanage almost unnecessary in the future, someone always has to walk in the dark."

"So, you're doing this without hesitation?"

"I can only try my best to ensure that every child who joins St. Yūhū is making a choice after careful consideration." Murakami sighed softly. "Even those children who are about to walk into darkness, even those who are walking in darkness, need someone to let them see the light, don't they?"

“If magical girls no longer exist, then no one will need to throw themselves into darkness anymore,” said Mashiro Urokin, uttering what Murakami considered to be nonsense.

But Murakami has already given up on all that.

“Until it all ends, I alone will be enough for the person walking in the darkness,” Genken Mashiro said again.

Murakami retorted directly: "You are darkness itself, and those children who walk in the darkness are just trying to drive you away. If you could disappear... well, why should I reason with a corrupted magical girl?"

But then he felt he might be taking things too seriously and sighed helplessly.

"No, as I just said, the original magical girl exists, but as long as she ceases to exist, no new magical girl will be born, and the entire magical girl system will collapse. In this way, everyone will be happy, no one will live in fear, and no children will lose their families. Everyone will be happy, everyone."

Genken Mashiro shook his head, emphasizing each word he spoke.

"This is what I want to do, and what I have to do."

"Now, with just a little effort from you, the happiness here won't be ruined." Murakami had lost count of how many times he had sighed tonight.

Genken Mashiro frowned, and after a long while, nodded slightly: "Okay, I understand. From now on, as long as you don't let St. Yuu Academy get a new girl, I can leave directly."

Is Mashiro Gorgen serious?

Murakami was skeptical.

But the way to protect all the children is right in front of us, so it doesn’t matter if we have to deceive them.

So she answered, and answered with absolute certainty.

"Sure, if you think you can do it, then go ahead and do it."

“I’m not just able to do it, I have to do it.”

Later, Mashiro Gorgen really left. Before she left, she repeated these words many times.

"First, the Holy Eternal Church and the ordinary nuns within it; then, the magical girls existing in Moonsea City; and finally, the original magical girl. I will eliminate all magical girls from Moonsea City, leaving none behind."

Murakami always found it difficult to respond to Mashiro Gon's repetitive and unrealistic pronouncements.

To follow the thoughts of a corrupted magical girl in order to think and act is inherently absurd.

But at the time, Murakami never imagined that what Genken Mashiro said was completely true and completely serious.

Murakami later learned that the church had truly been completely destroyed, with almost all of its magical girl members being taken down by Mashiro Urouge alone, and even the bishop at the time had disappeared without a trace.

Later, almost all the ordinary magical girls were wiped out by Mashiro Urouge. For magical girls, the appearance of Mashiro Urouge was definitely a devastating blow.

Finally, Mashiro Gorogen reappeared at the orphanage.

"I'm leaving Moonsea City."

The scarred Genji Mashiro speaks his mind frankly.

"I was too naive. It's impossible to defeat the original magical girl right now. She's completely targeting me. If this continues, not only will my wish not be fulfilled, but I will also be in danger."

"You must remember our promise: before I return, we will not push those children into darkness again."

This is the end.

From then on, Mr. Murakami simply maintained the operation of the orphanage, refusing all assistance from the staff of the St. Yuu Academy, and running the orphanage like an ordinary kindergarten.

Without personnel assistance, there was naturally a lack of financial support, so her work became much harder than before, and at one point she had to invest her past savings into it.

Even the nuns in the church that was destroyed by Mashiro Gorky who had not yet become magical girls were contacted one by one by Murakami-sensei to ensure that they would keep the secret before being sent to new places.

As a former nun, Murakami believed she should be absolutely loyal to the church, but perhaps with the disappearance of her magical girl powers, or perhaps because she was no longer a girl herself.

Murakami gradually realized that there were things more important than those vague and ethereal beliefs.

Those are the children, and the church's faith is insignificant in order to protect their safety.

To protect those children, all we need to do is make all the magical girls disappear, right?

From some unknown moment, Murakami-sensei became Mashiro Urouge's companion. (Reimu)

This cooperative relationship was not strong, but it remained peaceful throughout.

Therefore, when faced with Yuuki Yuuki's questioning, she ended with this sentence.

"Could you please not bring the magical girls' feuds into this pure land?"

Chapter Fifty-Five: The Heartless Ultimatum

After returning from the orphanage, the girls inevitably felt deeply moved when they recalled the events of that day.

The events of that day were a little bit more than most people could imagine.

To explain what happened that day, one person who cannot be avoided is the orphanage teacher, Murakami.

The girls have differing opinions on how to view the Murakami teacher at the orphanage.

Before discussing how to view her, perhaps we should review what she actually did.

As a former member of the Sisters of the Holy Church, she not only had a painful past at this orphanage, but also witnessed too many tragedies caused by magical girls in her actions.

After losing her magical girl powers, she secretly wanted to take care of the children who had lost their families in battles, so she volunteered to become a teacher at an orphanage.

“Her feelings for the children must have been genuine, otherwise there’s no way to explain why this Murakami teacher later agreed with Genki Mashiro’s ideas, nor to explain why so many children admired Murakami teacher so much.”

Among the group, Mizuno Yu was adept at noticing details and reading between the lines, and as the intellectual powerhouse who, though unreliable, was indeed quite meticulous, this was her assessment.

But Helica Tennyo disagreed.

“I don’t agree. She got Mashiro to leave without paying any price, relying on her sweet talk. She could very well use the same sweet talk to deceive us. Regardless of whether she cooperated with Mashiro or not, I think she is untrustworthy. If she has some connection with Mashiro, then she is even more untrustworthy.”

What Helica said is precisely the reason why everyone is skeptical of Murakami.