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

Soon, but Baqi still caught it, just as she had noticed, like Nishio Reki, that Eri was shivering during the date.

Originally, Baqi didn't plan to stay at Yanxia Cafe for that long, but after noticing Yuki Yuki's special outfit for the date and Yuki Yuki's slightly trembling legs when they arrived at the cafe, she decided to make the cafe the entire date to prevent Yuki Yuki from feeling cold.

Baqi wasn't comparing these things, and she didn't like making comparisons in every little detail, but she had to admit that Nishio Reki was right.

From this perspective, Helica really didn't consider Yuuki Yuuki.

"Your date is shivering from the cold, yet you're still happily and strictly following the plan. Thunder Helica, is this what a happy date is like?"

Nishio Reki also characterized Helica's behavior.

"No, are you using dates to create memories for Xiaoyuan, or are you simply enjoying your plans and the self-satisfaction of Xiaoyuan being by your side?"

Nishio Reki went a bit too far.

Baqi remained silent, not only to prevent the flames of war from spreading to herself, the one who lit the fuse, but also to mediate the conflict.

But at this moment, Baqi had no choice but to speak up.

"Nishio Reki, alright, Yui hasn't said anything, let's not overstep our bounds."

Ba Qi had considered that speaking at this moment would only backfire, and things unfolded exactly as expected.

Nishio Reki turned around and stood in front of Inuyama Tomoe.

"Yes, Xiaoyuan doesn't say anything, so you can do whatever you want, right? Inuyama Tomoe, how many times have you wanted to share a bed with Xiaoyuan? How many nights have you two held each other?"

How is Inuyama Hideki supposed to answer that?

Being unable to answer, whether through ambiguity, admission, or denial, is not an appropriate approach.

Inuyama Tomoe, who usually speaks her mind, chose to keep her mouth shut.

She couldn't understand why Nishio Reki was so angry, and as she herself said, she couldn't presume to help Yuuki Eri calm Nishio Reki down.

“It’s always like this! It’s always like this!” Nishio Reki’s features were almost completely distorted, and his eyes were filled with shimmering tears: “As long as Xiaoyuan doesn’t say anything, you can stick to Xiaoyuan as much as you want.”

"And what about me? I worry about Xiaoyuan, care about Xiaoyuan, and am afraid of causing trouble for Xiaoyuan. What am I doing? I'm always thinking about Xiaoyuan and wanting to go along with her feelings, but I get nothing in return. Is that just how it is?"

"Even I, just like you, love Xiaoyuan and long for her embrace!"

As tears, which were rapidly cooling, streamed down her cheeks, the girl screamed out her desires with all her might.

Chapter 153 The Girl Gets Lost Following the Footsteps of Memory

Often, when the night is quiet, Nishio Reki lies alone in bed, sorting through the memories in his mind as if rummaging through old junk, laying them out one by one, drying them, as if they were his most precious treasures.

The scenes Nishio Reki saw in that memory were as if they had happened to him—battles, tragedies, reincarnation, repeating endlessly.

She didn't want to see it, much less recall it; the memories were simply too painful for her.

Although Nishio Koyomi knew in her heart that the memory was not her own experience, but belonged to the story of another girl who had the same name and the same starting point as her, but was destined to have a different ending.

That memory is also the last trace left in this world by that girl who no longer exists in any corner of this world.

However, no matter how real that memory was, or how sad it made Nishio Kotori, it was not Nishio Kotori's own life.

To be fair, even if it were another version of himself, Nishio Reki could only empathize, but not truly feel what he was going through.

The answer a young girl obtained after countless trials and errors, risking her life and future, is laid out before her, but it is not the correct final answer. The missing content awaits Nishio Reki to fill in the blanks.

When looking at those memories in the quiet of the night, Nishio Reki often wonders: Could I do that kind of thing?

When faced with the same difficulties or even desperate situations, would I be able to make the same choices as the other version of myself in my memory?

Alternatively, Nishio Reki could ask himself: If the same situation were placed in front of me now, would I have the courage to make the same choice?

How can someone who is not good at homework and exams really submit a satisfactory answer sheet?

Even if the answers written on the answer sheet are not correct, even if they are just things I made up as I did near the end of the exam, would I still be able to submit them?

The answer to an exam can only determine whether a student needs to stay for remedial classes, but the answer to another question that Nishio Reki gave himself concerns the future of countless people.

I am not a mathematician, so I don't have the opportunity to try and fail repeatedly. I can only submit my answer once, and I only have this one chance to succeed or fail.

Therefore, Nishio Reki could not answer.

It was precisely because this was a question she was posing to herself, one that she couldn't answer with any flowery words, that she was unable to reply.

There is only one thing Nishio Reki can do, and that is to get as close as possible to the owner of the memory.

Whenever he encounters a problem, Nishio Reki thinks in this way.

If it were that person, they would make the same decision at this time, right?

If it were that person, they would probably be able to do a better job in a place like this, right?

If it were that person, such a small problem would surely be solved quickly, right?

If it's that person... if it's that person...

But! I'm not that person!

Although I am also Nishio Reki, and I have the same appearance, the same past, and even the same genes, I am different from that girl who has grown up through the trials of time!

No matter what I do, I can't do it as well as she does.

Why was it I who stayed? Why did I have to shoulder such a heavy responsibility? Why did that person entrust the future to me?

I'm simply not good at this kind of thing; I can't do it at all!

Nishio Reki has far too many fears.

She was afraid of the dark, afraid of insects, afraid of getting hurt, afraid of failing, afraid of being disliked, afraid of losing important people, afraid of the tragedy repeating itself... She seemed to be afraid of everything this responsibility brought her.

She was even afraid of the very idea of ​​giving up this responsibility.

Duty? Actually, it's not a duty. I'm not a magical girl, and I haven't been given any instructions to fight against corrupted magical girls until the end of time.

This is at best just an agreement between myself and another version of myself.

But in Nishio Reki's view, this agreement had become as unshakable and indestructible as a duty.

In order to do her best, she could only try her best to grow, to think like the other Nishio Reki, whom she had only met once, and to try to get a little closer to that unattainable version of herself.

What kind of things happened to my other self that made me grow into the person I am today?

After viewing those memories, Nishio Reki knew everything that had happened to her, but if she could, she wouldn't want to know these things.

Let's be down-to-earth and do our best, starting from the very beginning.

The initial Nishio calendar did not go smoothly; in fact, the Nishio calendar has always been difficult to implement.

To avoid being discovered by Xiaoyuan, let's rent a house as a base first.

It sounds simple: in every memory, I live here, and even how the real estate agent should answer my questions exists in my memory.

This is the first step in Nishio Reki's new beginning, and even with the standard answer, she still hasn't done well enough.

I stumbled and stammered during the conversation, forgot many things while moving, and almost lost my keys, but it all ended without any major incidents.

We need to set up a barrier around this house to prevent it from being detected by detection magic, otherwise, given Xiaoyuan's growth rate, she will definitely find this place.

The next step is to hand over the black magic runes in the coffin, which were transferred to him along with the power, to the person who should receive them.

In fact, what Nishio Reki possessed was not some kind of black magic mark, but rather the broken soul of Tsukimi Rie, a symbol of her fighting to the very last moment to repay Yuuki Eri.

It's truly astonishing that the corrupted magical girl who was once at odds with Xiaoyuan would go to such lengths.

In her presence, I had to play the role of a cunning and treacherous woman, as if I could control everything.

Otherwise, you will definitely not be able to gain the other party's trust, and in the end, you may fail at the last minute.

Afterwards, he appeared before Xiaoyuan, calmly using the power Xiaoyuan had left behind to resolve the impending conflict between Tianlei Helica's side and Xiaoyuan's side, and also drove away Miyashita Mia who had come to join the fun.

How scary, how scary, how scary!

Nishio Reki still remembers his first battle.

Using the power that Xiaoyuan had given him, he activated the God of Fate and stopped Miyashita Miya, who was about to interfere.

Looking at the dying Yuuki, Nishio Reki really wanted to take off his tough facade and hold the injured Yuuki in his arms.

We must hold back; we cannot stop here. All of this is for Xiaoyuan's future.

What happened next was pretty much the same as the memory fragments that Nishio Reki had read countless times. Although there were some flaws, Nishio Reki, who had become too busy and overwhelmed as time went on, had no time to pay attention to those things.

She felt like a child thrown into a dark cave, without torches or candles, forced to grope her way forward in the dark. Even with a map of the cave, she didn't know if she might twist her ankle at any moment.

Yes, and those things too, those things with Lin Jiezi's face.

Because the original anchor points have been transformed into forest mustard seeds, they will also take on the appearance of forest mustard seeds.

Nishio Reki didn't have a deep impression of Hayashi Mustard, only knowing that there was such a person on the grade ranking list.

Therefore, she believed she should be able to eliminate those potential threats with a clear conscience, just like her other self.

But that was impossible. When she first pierced the fake Lin Jiezi's chest with the Ancestral Dragon and saw that thing's empty eyes become even emptier, Nishio Reki inevitably vomited.

She only remembered vomiting for a long time, as if she was emptying her stomach of all her gastric juices. Her mouth was filled with a lingering sour taste and a faint smell of blood.

Finally, she wiped her mouth, carried the Lin Jiezi body home, and placed it in the corner of her living room.

That night, Nishio Reki had a nightmare. She dreamt that something that wasn't Hayashi Mustard looked at her with empty eyes, doing nothing but looking at her.

When Nishio Reki opened her eyes, she saw those empty eyes again in the moonlight.

She couldn't remember what happened after that. She only vaguely remembered that on that summer night filled with the chirping of insects, she wrapped herself in a thick quilt and huddled on the sofa, crying until dawn.

The second time was the same, and the third time was the same. Gradually, Nishio Reki got used to cleaning up this kind of thing.

Now she can pierce that thing without batting an eye and then toss it in a corner of the room like a sack.

But a new fear arose: she began to fear her own hands, fearing that in some subconscious moment, those hands might actually snap the innocent girl's throat.

Besides dealing with the monster that looks like Hayashi Mustard, there are more important things that Nishio Reki needs to do.

It's not enough for Nishio Reki to work alone; everything she's doing isn't for herself, but to pave the way for Yuuki Yukino's future.

Before guiding Yuuki to the Moon Sea Tower, Nishio Reki spent a relatively peaceful time with Yuuki after a long absence.

Three questions, three answers—these were the results that appeared in Nishio Reki's memories, and she simply followed them.

Despite having to wear the pink bear-shaped Michelle doll and sweat profusely while imitating Xiaoyuan's favorite character, she was giving Xiaoyuan hints within her capabilities.

She hoped that Xiaoyuan could see through her disguise, but she was also worried that she wouldn't know what to do after Xiaoyuan saw through her disguise.

But being able to talk to Xiaoyuan was already a great joy for her.