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

From a timeline perspective, the mysterious person first approached Tsukimi Rie and offered to help Miyashita Mia suppress her corruption. This was not beneficial to the mysterious person, because if corruption could be used to seize the wand, given the strength she had demonstrated, she could easily find an opportunity to snatch Miyashita Mia's wand and run away.

But the mysterious person did this unnecessarily, and Yuuki Yuki believed that she must have something to gain from it.

What benefits would there be in helping them? The answer was already clear to Yuuki Yuuki: it was Tsukimi Rie's magic wand.

Moreover, the mysterious person possesses methods to corrupt people.

A magical girl who shows signs of corruption and suffers the consequences of corruption, but not corrupted? That seems impossible.

By taking the blame for Miya Miya, he corrupted Tsukimi Rie, stole her wand, and then summoned himself to clean up the mess? That must be how it all started, right?

"So! Senior Tsukimi! You were deceived by that mysterious person, that Michelle! She corrupted you through this method, she wanted to steal your wand!"

Despite Yuuki Yukino's explanation, Tsukimi Rie remained unmoved and continued her attack, leaving the top of the Moon Sea Tower scarred.

"A brilliant deduction, but no, completely wrong. How could I have fallen into darkness because I took the blame for Mia? You've got one thing backwards, Yuuki Yukino."

Rie Tsukimi stopped her attack, curled up on the ground like a cheetah, and raised her deadly claws high, as if to show off her presence, or as if to prepare for her next attack.

"It's not because I accepted Xiao Meiya's love that I fell into darkness, but because only by actively falling into darkness can I be qualified to be with Xiao Meiya and be qualified to accept her love without reservation."

Chapter 109 What exactly are you protecting?

"What exactly are you talking about?"

Rie Tsukimi's incomprehensible words left people scratching their heads.

But some things are certain.

Rie Tsukimi reached some kind of agreement with the mysterious person and voluntarily chose to fall into darkness. This means that all the assumptions that Yuuki Yukino had made in the past have been overturned.

Yuki Yukino was lost in thought the whole way to get there, but she also carefully considered how to communicate with Tsukimi Rie.

All the rhetoric she came up with was nothing more than reasoning with her and appealing to her emotions, expressing sympathy for Tsukimi Rie, and support for Miyashita Mia... But if the other party had thrown themselves into darkness by their own will, these tactics would certainly no longer be effective.

Things are much more complicated than I thought.

"I chose to fall into darkness myself, I chose to accept everything about Xiao Meiya, and I will accept all of Xiao Meiya's unplaced love."

Rie Tsukimi removed her hood, and the collar she always wore around her neck disappeared with her transformation. On her right neck, the black magic pattern belonging to Rie Tsukimi was shimmering with a ghostly green light.

As expected, the electronic device was unable to record the Black Demon Mark, so Yuuki Yuuki was not seen in the video.

However, it's unlikely that anything other than the Black Magic Mark could make Miyashita Mia in the video so angry.

Poor Miya Miyashita, she never knew that Rie Tsukimi had already fallen into darkness.

Regardless of the reason, actively seeking corruption is an unforgivable act in Yuuki Eri's eyes. In her initial impression, only magical girls who can truly be called evil would do such a thing.

"Tsukimi Rie," Yuuki Yui changed her address to call her by her full name, "What will Miyashita-senpai think of you doing this?"

"I've told you so many times not to mention her! As long as I'm the only one thinking about her, that's enough!"

The emerald green wind brushing past Yuuki Yukino's side was even more biting than the cold night wind, like snow fog blowing in winter, and just passing by felt like it would freeze you solid.

Rie Tsukimi's claws flipped upwards, and as she moved forward, they swept across Yuuki Yukino's chest. If her figure were as voluptuous as Miya Miyashita's, she probably wouldn't have been able to avoid it no matter what.

Yuuki Yui felt like she was walking a tightrope, and one wrong step would plunge her into an abyss of no return.

While one can walk slowly on a tightrope, Yuuki Yukino is currently dodging Tsukimi Rie's attacks at high speed.

A more apt analogy is like playing a rhythm game where you're already flustered, but you're still managing to catch each falling note by relying on your subconscious reflexes. If you accidentally miss even one note, the entire rhythm will be disrupted.

Yuuki Yukino is in the same boat now. Regardless of whether those seemingly venomous claws will have any negative effects on her, as long as she gets hit, this game of eagle catching chicks will be over.

"I'll bring it up! I'll bring it up!" Yuuki Yu was busy dodging, so she didn't have the energy to do two things at once, and blurted out a few trash words. "Not only will I bring it up! I'm also thinking about Miyashita-senpai!"

However, these trash talk were surprisingly effective, successfully enraging Tsukimi Rie and making her attacks even more ferocious.

"Enough! Little Meiya's dreams, Little Meiya's true feelings, Little Meiya's body, Little Meiya's lips! All of them, all of them are mine!"

What's yours is yours, it's all yours, no one's going to take it from you, and I don't want to get close to that kind of woman.

The long whip made of characters seized the moment when Tsukimi Rie had not yet retracted her previous attack and wrapped it around her wrist. Tentacles controlled by Yuuki Enishi also rushed in, completely suppressing Tsukimi Rie's body in place.

More tentacles followed and wrapped around Tsukimi Rie's arm, which was covered by claws, preventing her from raising the claws.

Now! If we can replenish Tsukimi Rie's magic power, the situation on the battlefield will change.

Rie Tsukimi had voluntarily fallen into darkness, and whether it would have any effect, or even if it would, was uncertain. However, the mysterious person had summoned her, so it must have been to do this kind of thing.

Yuuki Enishi landed in front of Tsukimi Rie on the magic book, reached out and put her face in Tsukimi Rie's arms.

Just before her lips touched Tsukimi Rie's, a chill several times stronger than before exploded in Yuuki Enishi's brain, as if the cold air was seeping into every pore, reminding Yuuki Enishi of the impending danger.

Yuuki Yukino's body shot back several meters, putting distance between herself and Tsukimi Rie, her wary gaze falling on Tsukimi Rie.

Rie Tsukimi remained in the position where she was being suppressed, and nothing unexpected happened.

Could it be that I've misunderstood something?

When Yuuki Yuki tried to get a little closer, Tsukimi Rie's expression underwent a subtle change.

The madness turned into calm, but not a calm of restored reason. Rather, it was like the last clear sky before a storm, destined to be swallowed by dark clouds sooner or later.

"Yuki Yuuki, have you ever liked someone?"

Rie Tsukimi's question came as abruptly astounded the audience.

“My feelings for Xiaomeiya are so strong, but she thinks I am the same kind of gentle to everyone. No matter how much I do for her, she can’t feel that she is special.”

What's the point of telling me this?

Yuuki Yukino could sense something brewing, and she became even more certain that the sense of crisis she had just felt was real.

"Only after falling into darkness could I feel what I was missing—determination. I knew how to respond to my feelings for Little Meiya. I was so exhilarated, so invincible. I could do things I had never thought of before. I could boldly and freely possess her. Little Meiya thought I was bearing the consequences of her fall into darkness. She thought it was all her fault, so she would listen to me, so she could be with me forever."

“But the influence of the Black Demon Mark on Miyashita-senpai has disappeared... she has indeed returned to normal.”

"Yuki Yuuki, do you think you're the only one who's special? Do you think you're the only one who can change everything? Don't be silly, this world has never revolved around you. I'm the same, I have abilities that only I have, things that only I can do, and I can also change the status quo. Only when I'm with Mia can we create miracles."

"As long as I'm here, I can accept all of her magic, the influence of the dark magic runes, and everything about magical girls. My love for Little Mia is enough to accept everything about her. I will only accept everything about Little Mia. She just needs to entrust everything to me and believe that I am bearing the consequences for her!"

Yuki Enishi was completely confused, and what Tsukimi Rie was saying was incoherent and utterly nonsensical.

However, Yuki was still able to understand some of the meaning she was trying to convey from between the lines.

After Tsukimi Rie fell into darkness, there was a way to free Miyashita Mia from the effects of her corruption, but on the condition that Miyashita Mia could not use the part of her power that she had gained after her corruption.

Furthermore, she kept all of this from Miyashita Mia. Miyashita Mia naively believed that Tsukimi Rie wouldn't lie to her, and Megumi took advantage of this blind spot to hide many things from her.

No matter how many things there are, Yuuki Yuki couldn't have imagined them all; just extracting these things was already enough to overload her brain.

Furthermore, Tsukimi Rie wouldn't give Yuuki Eri that much time to carefully consider things.

"Let me show you how strong my love for her is."

As Tsukimi Rie spoke, a striking crack appeared on her crystal-like claws that covered her entire forearm. The crack continued to spread with a crisp cracking sound, and spiderweb-like patterns covered her entire arm.

Then the giant claw exploded before Yuuki Yuuki's eyes, shattering into crystal pieces of varying sizes. Time seemed to stand still, the crystal pieces remaining in their scattered state after the explosion, suspended in mid-air like fireworks.

The tentacles and whips used to restrain the giant claws also became ineffective, and before they could tighten again, Tsukimi Rie had already leisurely withdrawn her arms.

Then, Rie Tsukimi opened her mouth and slowly extended her tongue outside her lips.

On the tip of her tongue rested a cross with a green metallic sheen. In the center of the cross was a crystal identical to the broken giant claw, but more murky and more profound.

Yuuki Yukari only realized now that the green giant claw she had seen before was essentially no different from the tentacles she had been manipulating, and that the green cross was actually Tsukimi Rie's real wand.

If she had recklessly kissed him just now, directly coming into close contact with the enemy's wand, Yuuki Yui couldn't imagine what would have happened.

The current Tsukimi Rie is more like a venomous snake than Miyashita Mia, exuding a chilling aura that makes people feel physically uncomfortable.

Miyashita Mia, what exactly are you protecting?

Chapter 110 The zombie girl has become a crystal mage!

Did Tsukimi Rie suddenly become willing to talk to me about these nonsensical things, and even crush the fake magic wand to show me her true power? Was it because she had a change of heart and wanted to communicate with me?

How could that be? Absolutely not! Utterly wrong!

This is a classic trope where villains die from talking too much—or rather, a recurring scene before a villain transitions into a new phase.

It seems like this is the real world to me now, so it can't really be called a performance, right?

Perhaps it was simply to show how special her love for Miyashita Mia was?

But it's certain that the BOSS will transition to a new phase, and those unnaturally broken claws are the best evidence of that.

Especially considering the style of Tsukimi Rie's demonic outfit, if placed in another game, she would probably grow more arms and eyes and start crawling in the shadows.

Rie Tsukimi hasn't started crawling in the shadows yet, but she has already begun to release her magic.

Yuuki Yui always believed that magic should be like flowing water, sometimes surging like a raging storm, and sometimes gentle like a trickle. No matter what kind of magic it is, it should be full of vitality.

The magic released by Tsukimi Rie was like a stagnant pool, spreading lifelessly around her. It was sticky and heavy, and every drop of magic seemed to be soaked in an incurable poison, forming a poisonous swamp around her that could completely engulf a person.

Yuki Yuki had never experienced such magic before, but she knew she couldn't let Tsukimi Rie continue like this.

Without the power to unleash her true name, she could only wait for Tsukimi Rie to finish what she was doing—even though Yuuki Enishi didn't understand what she was doing, her situation was bound to get worse.

Having made up her mind, Yuuki Yukari no longer hesitated. The grimoire carried her body away from Tsukimi Rie, far away from that chilling poisonous swamp.

Countless lines flowed from the magic book beneath their feet, like raindrops flowing against the current, rising from the ground into the sky, embracing each other, intersecting and forming a familiar shape, which was also the most deadly weapon.

Arrows and spears, like soldiers in full battle array, lined up behind Yuuki Enishi, their target being Tsukimi Rie, who was constantly emitting magical power.

Yuuki Yui didn't even give an order, nor did she move a single finger—she considered even such a simple action superfluous. This was a brutal battle unlike any she had ever fought before, and she couldn't afford to waste a single precious second.

All the projectiles shot towards Tsukimi Rie's body. The unexplosive bullets and the unfreezing arrows created a twisted harmony. Even without any additional attributes, the projectiles themselves still had destructive power. Even if the original owners of the two magic wands were summoned, they probably couldn't create such a grand barrage of attacks at once.

The barrage of bullets kicked up billowing dust, and the tower top, which had been neglected for years, was suddenly filled with smoke. But where was Tsukimi Rie, who was facing the barrage of bullets through the smoke?

As the smoke cleared, Tsukimi Rie, standing in the center of the smoke, picked up the cross in her mouth with her teeth and raised her head toward Yuuki Enishi. The chips that had been shattered from the claws began to move again.

Each chip was like a bullet, engaging in a fierce battle with Yuuki Yuuki.

In terms of quantity, the number of crystal chips far exceeds the number of wands that Yuuki En can create. The power of a single chip is not great, but if they form an attack that is even denser than the barrage of bullets released by Yuuki En, it will not be so easy to deal with.

Hammer, gun, whip, bow, plus the tentacles that come with the magic book that Yuuki Yuuki wields most skillfully—these are all the types of wands that Yuuki Yuuki can currently unleash.

Neither of them could withstand the torrential rain of chip attacks.

Fortunately, the intensity of the attack would decrease sharply after the chip had been flying for a while. In order to protect himself, Yuuki Yui had no choice but to fight and retreat, continuing to carry out carpet bombing while keeping the distance and retreating beyond the effective range.

Trying to awaken her by replenishing her magic with Tsukimi Rie is now out of the question. Yuuki Yuuki still feels lingering fear about almost kissing the wand. What if what comes out of Tsukimi Rie's mouth isn't a cross, but a bunch of tentacles like in the game next door that make intimate contact with her?

No, that's too weird!