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

Struggling, begging for mercy, cursing... none of these are meaningful; it's better to save your energy.

Finally, the two finished tidying up and walked hand in hand into the small living room.

"I went to see Yuuki Yukino."

Asahi spoke first, picking up a grape from the coffee table and playing with the plump fruit between his fingers as if it were a glass marble.

"How about it?"

Wearing casual clothes that didn't suit her image at all, Gen Ken Mashiro asked.

"She's completely different from what I imagined. She's much more ordinary than you described, and much weaker. Even now, I wouldn't necessarily lose to her."

"Her growth rate far exceeded my expectations; underestimating her would be a big mistake."

“I know, but she’s still a little bit weaker than I thought. Her strength is necessary, but she isn’t. If necessary, we can prepare a more suitable and obedient pawn.”

“Yuki Yuki is not a pawn; she is also a player, and a very greedy one at that. What she wants is never just victory, but—a complete victory.”

"Indeed, it is very greedy. Naïve children who have never seen hell always want perfection, but you are different, aren't you? You have lost the most important thing to you."

"But now it has been recovered."

"No, no, no, if you don't perform well, you'll lose what you've gained. So, don't make me feel disappointed in you just like I was disappointed in her."

"Will not."

"You won't?" Asahimi raised her eyebrows, glancing out of the corner of her eye at Seishin, who was bound to the chair and unable to move: "You've already failed once."

"It's never too late to mend the fence after the sheep are lost."

“Besides, you hurt her.” Asahi said, she quietly got up from the sofa, and put the grape that she had been playing with between her fingers into her hand.

She walked slowly, making her reflection in Sheng Shiyin's pupils grow larger and larger until it filled Sheng Shiyin's entire field of vision.

The grape, still warm from her body, was pressed against Sheng Shiyin's lips and pushed into her mouth with the gentle force of her fingers.

The grape rolled a few times between Shengshiyin's closed teeth and lips, and then Shengshiyin felt the pressure on the grape increase.

Asahi Miyabi pressed her fingertips against the grapes, applying pressure continuously.

Then, bang—

The grape juice splashed everywhere, landing on Saint Hymn's white nun's habit, leaving behind specks of different colors.

Asahimi withdrew her juice-stained fingers, took a tissue from the table, and carefully wiped them repeatedly, ignoring the broken fruit pulp on the lips of the dazed Seishine.

"See, this is the second time. You didn't protect her."

Genki Mashiro remained silent, yet always stood ramrod straight.

"Do you think she's not in danger?" Asahi squinted and asked with a smile.

Saint Shion couldn't find any resemblance to her older sister in this smiling girl.

She knew that this woman and her sister should be the same kind of beings.

But in terms of height, appearance, personality, and every other detail, she is completely different from the older sister who accompanied Sheng Shiyin as she grew up in her memory.

Besides having her sister's memories and abilities.

The girl who had once been his older sister smiled even more sinisterly and terrifyingly.

Countless sharp spikes enveloped Sheng Shiyin's skin, as if a sea urchin had been turned over. The stinging sensation came from every corner of Sheng Shiyin's body, relentlessly reminding her of her current predicament.

If those spikes had gone a few more centimeters, Saint Hymn would have been riddled with thorns.

Asahimi tapped the jet-black, iron-hard spikes, not even glancing at Seishine: "So, you still think she's not in danger?"

Xu Yanzhenbai remained silent.

The spikes retracted in unison, and just before they retreated, Sheng Shiyin finally saw clearly that the spikes that had almost pierced her were actually tiny black tentacles.

"If Yuuki Yukino didn't take her in, but instead murdered her, would you still be able to say such a thing?"

Asahi asked, while Genki Mashiro remained silent, just as before.

"Don't talk about mending the fence after the sheep are lost. If anything happens to my dear sister, no one can take responsibility."

That woman started referring to herself as her younger sister again.

But Saint Sienna felt no joy whatsoever.

"Alright, alright, my poor little Shion, you've lost an arm for nothing. It must be so painful, so hard to bear. But it's alright now, it's alright now."

Asahimi raised her hand and gently stroked the top of Seishin's head, as if she were truly expressing her regret to Seishin.

puff--

The tentacles that were waiting around seemed to have received some kind of command, and they all pierced into Saint Shion's body.

Saint Shion felt as if thousands of needles were piercing her entire body at the same time. Even if she tried to struggle, those movements only caused the needle-like tentacles piercing her body to go deeper and deeper.

A strange sensation flowed through Sheng Shiyin's body, causing her, who dared not move, to let out an uncontrollable groan.

Saint Shion felt her consciousness drifting further and further away from herself; apart from the intense heat flowing through her body, she could no longer feel anything.

Where Saint Shion could not see, pitch-black liquid gushed from her severed arm, like a pool of black mud with a soul, spreading and reshaping the armrest of the chair.

First the bones, then the tendons, blood vessels, fat, skin... the blackness was rapidly dissipating, leaving behind a smooth arm.

In her hazy state of consciousness, she could still barely hear Asahimi's voice.

"The Grand Cathedral has been destroyed, and our last stronghold no longer exists. We need a new stronghold, a new place to perform rituals, new materials, and more magic. I need to restore and adapt to the power within me, and I also need to expel the foreign object that keeps restricting me—there is so much we need to do, so much we need to start all over again."

"This is the last chance. Whether it's you or her, you have to protect them well. You understand, right?"

These were the last words that the Holy Hymn heard.

She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she felt pain in her severed arm again.

Chapter 138 Tutoring Class

"I feel like the weather is starting to warm up."

Leaning against the rooftop railing and gazing up at the azure sky, Nishio Reki suddenly sighed.

"The weather has been getting warmer since the New Year, hasn't it?" Yuuki Yuen, with a strawberry milk sip in her mouth, leaned on the railing and looked down at the students coming and going. She took a big slurp of the pink liquid from the cardboard box.

"I really hope these peaceful days can last forever," Nishio Reki sighed softly, taking a long breath.

“Who says otherwise?” Yuuki Yui responded, also reflecting on the peace that had prevailed during this period.

For more than half a month, Yuehai City has been strangely peaceful.

Neither Miyako nor Mashiro caused any trouble. Yuuki Yuuki really didn't know whether to call it luck or the calm before the storm because they were secretly plotting something extremely dangerous.

It would be best if no one got hurt as a result.

However, that was definitely impossible. Rather than believing that they would really fade into obscurity, Yuuki Yui felt that she might as well believe that the sun would rise in the west.

Yuuki Yukino eventually told others about her experience that day, but she did so by visiting them in turn.

Others reacted differently to the news, but after Yuuki Yukina's analysis and explanation, everyone accepted her explanation.

Therefore, things are actually excessively peaceful today.

"Why are you in the mood to spend time with me today? Where's Inuyama Tomoe?" Nishio Reki gave a slightly provocative smile, but since it was just her and Yuuki Yuki there, no one would take her feigned emotions seriously.

"She also went to St. Yuu Academy today to exchange information with Hong Moli about the recent events." Yuuki Yu took another big gulp of milk, and only after the sweet and mellow liquid slid down her throat did she answer.

As Nishio Reki asked his question, his gaze drifted back to the sky, chasing after the birds flapping their wings, and he silently raised his head even higher.

There's not much to explain. Although Yuuki Yuuki warned Koumori not to act rashly, Koumori would still share things that happened at Seiyuu Academy with them from time to time.

Sometimes it's about interesting things that happen at school, sometimes it's about the heavy workload of the student council, and sometimes it's about the recent arrangements of Seiyuu Academy. Koumori talks about everything, and Yuuki listens to everything.

Rather than sharing intelligence, this is more like a casual chat about recent events. Some useful information may be mixed in, but most of the conversation is not very informative and is just a bridge for exchanging feelings between the two parties.

St. Yuu Academy also faced several crises in public opinion, but they were all resolved well. St. Shion is still missing, but after Mashiro Urokin announced that St. Shion had been kidnapped by an evil magical girl, people became less concerned about where St. Shion was, and most people held a pessimistic attitude.

As for Asahimi, she made no unusual moves. She simply went to work, completed her tasks, and left work. That was all. She was just like an ordinary person. Her own abilities were enough to shut up those who doubted whether she was qualified to sit in this position.

The most useful piece of information is that Kuroba Kisei has returned to the school, but she is no longer the student council president. The student council president is still Koumori, and this position will likely remain in place until the new election begins.

The truth behind Kuroba Laisei's disappearance over this period of time is probably unknown to anyone other than these magical girls. Countless people have also noticed the strangeness in Kuroba Laisei's life, so no one has asked about this past.

Kuroba Reisei's inaction was not unexpected by Yuuki Yukino. If she wasn't completely stupid, she would definitely choose to reintegrate into human society in this way.

To completely resolve this series of issues surrounding magical girls, several key points must be addressed.

The primordial power within Lin Jiezi and Xiao Li, the magic wand of the three pillar gods born from the primordial darkness, possibly Asahimi who is the primordial darkness itself, the kidnapped Saint Shion, and Yuuki En's own corruption.

Now, without exception, all of these have come to a standstill; there is too little known information, and the means to obtain information are too dangerous.

Thinking of this, Yuuki Yukina unconsciously sighed.

"Ugh."

Even Nishio Reki, who has retained memories of countless reincarnations, has never encountered such a severe situation. Hearing Yuuki Yuki's sigh, Nishio Reki couldn't help but sigh helplessly as well.

"Ugh."

"What are you sighing about!" Yuuki Yuuki crumpled the empty milk carton in her hand into a ball and tapped Nishio Reki on the head next to her.

Yuuki Yui wasn't very strong, but she still managed to make Nishio Reki scream repeatedly. After being hit by Yuuki Yui several times, Nishio Reki had no choice but to back away from Yuuki Yui and pouted in dissatisfaction: "It was clearly Yui who started first, wasn't it?"

“Beautiful girls always have a lot of troubles, not just this or that, but also this and that.” Yuuki Yukina shook her finger, closed her eyes and said seriously.

Nishio Reki couldn't help but complain, "What do you mean by 'what do you mean'?! Yui didn't explain it clearly at all!"

"For example, going to higher education?" Yuuki Yuen raised her hands high, making a basketball throwing motion, and tossed the crumpled milk carton toward a trash can in the distance.

The milk carton bumped against the edge of the trash can, bounced high, and fell to the ground at the foot of the trash can.

Yuuki Yukino pouted and hung her head dejectedly, as if this failure had dealt her a heavy blow. She walked to the trash can, picked up the fallen milk carton, and casually threw it into the trash can.

After doing all this, Yuuki Yuki swayed back and leaned against the railing again.

"Xiao Li doesn't understand! The pressure of the entrance exam is immense! This is completely different from what I know; it's not a pass/fail exam, but a selection exam!"

Yuuki Yukino rested her head against the railing, gently tapping the iron bars to make a clanging sound, and complained loudly, "Everyone wants to apply for the same position, and then a group of people start competing desperately, and in the end only the best one can get in. Ugh, just thinking about it makes my head spin."

"Job position?" Nishio Reki asked, puzzled.

"Slip of the tongue, it's a degree, a degree!" Yuuki Yu realized that she seemed to have confused the entrance exam with something more realistic and hellish, and quickly corrected herself.

"A degree?" Nishio Reki tilted his head in even greater confusion.