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

But at this moment, Yuuki Yuuki had no choice but to engage in battle, unleashing her magic and fury on the magical girl who had suddenly attacked her.

Yuuki Gen's brows furrowed unconsciously. She wasn't simply venting; during their constant clashes, she was also estimating her opponent's strength based on the force she received from the tentacles.

Manipulating tentacles in combat is Yuuki Yukino's forte, which allows her to more intuitively gauge the skill level of enemies who also use tentacles.

Speed, strength, magic, precision... these enemies are in no way inferior to him.

Perhaps the enemy is stronger.

Her true power is not the tentacles; the tentacles are merely a manifestation of her strength. Yuuki Yuuki's most basic unit is still the fine lines that can form the words in the magic book.

Tentacles woven from fine threads are indeed slightly inferior when they clash with real tentacles.

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A purple tentacle made of lines was torn in two. The black tentacle that broke through Yuuki En's tight protective net went straight for Yuuki En, but lost its aim in the net of tentacles that rushed towards it as if trying to salvage the situation. It barely grazed Yuuki En's side before being torn to pieces.

Yuuki Yukino raised her hand to touch her burning, aching cheek, the blood seeping out leaving dark red stains on her dark gloves.

The dark red in her palm was completely covered by Yuuki Yuen's clenched fist. Yuuki Yuen swung her tightly clenched fist into the air, and a strange giant hand made entirely of tentacles with knuckles burst out and swung fiercely towards the girl.

"Hey." A faint, enigmatic laugh escaped the girl's lips. Her pale thighs, exposed beneath her black dress, were raised high, seemingly unconcerned that the view beneath her skirt was being exposed to the neon-lit night.

The leg then landed heavily, as if to trample something underfoot, which inevitably evoked some extremely ambiguous and peculiar scenes.

But the jet-black hooves of the animal, entirely composed of intertwined tentacles, that appeared in mid-air completely dispelled any evil thoughts.

The encounter between the fist made of tentacles and the beast's hoof was like the collision of two asteroids. The resulting strong wind pressure howled and messed up the magical costumes on the two girls, and also cleaned up the tentacles that were constantly intertwining and colliding.

The deafening roar that shook several city blocks subsided, and the clear night sky was empty except for the two girls standing facing each other.

Yuuki Yukino twisted her shoulders, retracting her outstretched fist, which landed naturally at her side.

The unknown girl raised her knee and took a step forward, resuming her strange stance, which resembled a ghost floating in the night sky.

"Yuki Yuuki, I've wanted to see you for a very, very long time."

The girl's eyebrows curved more alluringly and seductively than when she had tempted him on the tram, and a meaningful smile played on her pink lips.

"You are much weaker than I imagined."

Chapter 132 Becoming Human in the New Year's Sunrise

"Ah, yes."

Yuuki sighed and slowly lowered her head.

“You are much weaker than I imagined, Holy Prayer.”

"Holy Prayer?"

The girl raised her eyebrows in confusion, a look of surprise flashing in her deep blue, jewel-like eyes. Though it was only for a brief moment, Yuuki Yukina clearly caught it.

"I am not a holy man."

Yuuki Yukino's eyelids twitched. Seiki's refusal to even acknowledge her own identity left her momentarily at a loss for how to respond.

This behavior is like a child accidentally breaking a bowl and then telling an adult that a stranger rushed in and broke it—it's just a complete excuse.

The ability, the name of the wand, the dark runes, and even the cognitive barrier blocked by his own Nyarlathotep—all of this can only lead to one common answer.

Regardless of how the Sultan himself denies it, it remains a fact.

Yuuki Yukino's expression spoke volumes, conveying her complete distrust to the girl who was looking at her and only looking at her.

"You seem to know more than I thought. It seems I underestimated you because of the weak strength you displayed."

The girl tilted her head to one side, a seemingly cute action that only made Yuuki Yukino feel more uneasy.

“So…” Yuuki Yu’s throat bobbed as she swallowed the saliva that had welled up in her mouth due to nervousness, and slowly uttered the possibility in her mind, and the other person’s name if her deduction was correct.

"You are, Asahi Miya?"

"Hmm, it seems that completely eliminating the self-introduction step has really saved me a lot of trouble."

Asahi nodded in satisfaction and clapped his hands together.

Why use this name?

"Why this name? You seem to have misunderstood something, Yuuki Yukino."

Yuuki Yuki remained silent, and she didn't need to say anything.

"Saint Prayer no longer exists in this world; all that remains is me, reborn in the warm sunshine of the New Year."

As Asahimi spoke, the city lights illuminated half of the girl's face before quickly plunging her back into darkness.

In the flickering light, Yuuki Yukino could see that Asahimi was smiling, a smile that was incredibly happy and genuine.

Even if everything Asahimi said to her from beginning to end was a lie, Yuuki Eri would still feel that what she was saying at this moment must have come from the bottom of her heart.

Although that sentence sounded incredibly strange to Yuuki Yuuki.

"I have now become completely human."

What does this mean?

It was precisely because Asahi Mitsuki spoke from the bottom of her heart that Yuuki En found it difficult to doubt the truth of her words, which further plunged Yuuki En into deep thought.

Yuuki Yui tried her best not to let her thoughts show on her face, but the genuine surprise in her heart could not escape the girl's eyes.

"How could you not know about this when you already had so much intelligence?"

Asahi Mikoto's rhetorical questions, which sounded like riddles, made Yuuki Yukino even more confused.

The other party's meaning can be seen as a tacit admission that she is, or was once, Shengqi, right?

But isn't this statement just like saying that the Holy Prayer is not human?

Is it an intention? Or some kind of reference? Like the girl in the anime who wants to become human?

No, it doesn't seem like it at all. What the other person said couldn't be that simple, and it's even less likely that they're acting like a teenager.

When Yuuki Yukina thought of a possibility that was almost impossible, she couldn't help but feel a churning in her stomach. If she weren't standing in front of an enemy right now, she would definitely have been gagging.

Asahimi put her hands behind her back, and the howling wind messed up the girl's long blue-purple hair at her temples, but her eyes never left Yuuki Yuki for even a second.

"When Mashiro told me about you, I had high hopes for you, but the real you has disappointed me greatly. Your power is essential, but you are not."

Yuuki Yui concealed her sharpness and leaked magic power. The battle was merely a test by her opponent, and now that they had a mutual understanding, the fight would not continue.

Without flinching, Yuuki met Asahimi's gaze and asked in surprise, "What do you want to do with my indispensable power?"

"I think Mashiro has already told you about ending this boring fate and this history that belongs to magical girls." Asahimi gently shook her head, slowly lifting her hand as if lifting a sparkling gem from a pool of mud.

The hand was suddenly gripped tightly, as if it were about to crush the non-existent gem into ashes.

"I want to kill the root of magical girls, that's all."

Then, her clenched fist slowly opened and stretched out towards Yuuki Eri, like a polite invitation.

"Therefore, even though your power is not yet fully developed, I still need your help, Yuuki Enishi."

"What about the others?"

"Your friend? Your partner? Or your comrade-in-arms who has fought alongside you until now? Or perhaps your enemy who stands on the opposite side?" the girl asked rhetorically, seemingly not expecting an answer from Yuuki Yukino.

She herself has given a unified and accurate label to those she mentioned but did not recognize.

"They are magical girls."

That one sentence sealed everyone's fate.

Magical girls are beings that should be eradicated.

After the original magical girls disappeared, those magical girls who had gained power might not lose it. The fact that Yuuki Yukari and the others could still use their power when they left Tsukimi City and Hayashi Mustard's side to head to Nijiha City is the best proof of this.

If the original magical girls are lost, it is unknown whether they will lose their powers at a certain age.

If the other party's goal is to make magical girls disappear forever, then they will absolutely not let go of these unstable factors.

They might even turn their evil claws on their companions before they can deal with the most difficult problem.

Just like the hand that the girl is reaching out to him now.

Yuuki Yui was still staring at the girl's outstretched hand. This was not an invitation to a ball, but a dead end with no return.

Unlike Seishin, Asahimi has completely abandoned everything that belonged to Seishin, even though Yuuki Eri doesn't know the reason yet.

The surname "Saint" carries the responsibility of advancing the entire church, but the protection of ordinary people... has all been abandoned.

Asahi, who is now standing in her own world, is, as she said, a completely new being, an existence that has utterly degenerated into an enemy of the concept of magical girl.

Even disregarding the fact that using her own power would cause the dark energy within her to accumulate, Yuuki Yuki would never agree to such a crazy plan.

Impossible.

"I understand." Seeing the expression on Yuuki Yuki's face, Asahimi finally withdrew his hand.

Good that you understand.

As Yuuki Yuen was thinking this, Asahi Mi's next words made Yuuki Yuen's blood seem to freeze.

"If all those guys you consider your allies disappeared, maybe you'd change your mind?"

Asahimi widened his eyes and clapped his hands: "This is a joke, how could I do such a thing to an ally with whom I might cooperate in the future?"

Are you kidding me?

When she said those words, her tone was absolutely serious!

Yuuki Yui had no doubt that the other party was capable of doing such a thing, and the only reason the other party hadn't done it was because doing so wouldn't bring them any real benefit.

"However, Yuuki Yuuki, don't you think your life has been too smooth so far?"

Asahimi suppressed her smile, lowering her long eyelashes to cover her deep blue eyes.

"You've never lost anything, you've never tasted the bitterness of utter defeat, so it's only natural that you can't understand what magical girls have brought to this city."

"And what about you?" Yuuki Yu's tone also became distant and sharp: "Don't you think it's arrogant of you to say these things that presumptuously define others?"

"Ah, so that's what you think?" Asahimi clapped his hands again, his expression ambiguous. "It doesn't matter what you think of me; it has nothing to do with what I'm doing. I'm just here to see you, nothing more."

"Now you've seen me."

"That's right, I've seen you, and you're far worse than I imagined. I'm very disappointed."

"I have no reason for you to have any confidence in me, so you can leave now."