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

In just a few breaths, the nuns had all transformed into a meteor shower flying in reverse, completely merging with the black demonic patterns in the sky.

The black magic runes plummeted like a broken sword of Damocles, crashing into the nearly empty ruins of the Sanctuary.

At the same time, the nuns' loud prayers rang out together.

"Yes! Shub Nicholas! The Black Goat of the Forest, who has given birth to millions of offspring!"

Chapter 203 She is reborn in the black rain

"When did you two start to have the misconception that Asahi had already made a move?"

Xu Yan Zhenbai gazed at the roaring sanctuary below and the black demonic runes that were several times larger than the entire sanctuary. He grinned, revealing a row of sharp shark teeth and a confident smile.

"Her power is only beginning to be revealed now."

Such a commotion could not possibly fail to attract the attention of Baqi and Yuki En. Muxisha lay on the ground and looked down at himself.

Despite the considerable distance, such an obvious change would likely be noticed by anyone unless they had a visual impairment.

But Baqi was still afraid that Yuki Yuki wouldn't notice, so she called out loudly in her mind to Yuki Yuki, whom she couldn't see.

"Xiao Yuan! Look!"

But Yuuki Enishi did not respond to Tomoe's words, as if she had simply vanished from the world.

When Baqi saw the black magic pattern, she didn't react much, but when she couldn't hear Yuuki Yuki's voice, she started to panic.

Mushisha looked around, first checking if Yuuki Yuki was nearby, then looking at his own transformation that hadn't been dispelled, and became even more confused.

"Xiao Yuan!"

Baqi called out again.

"I'm here." Yuuki finally responded, but her tone seemed a little strained. Although Yuuki wouldn't feel thirsty in this space for conversation, Baqi could hear the dryness in her voice.

"You scared me to death! Why didn't you say anything just now?" Baqi complained, but her words were filled with more relief and joy.

Even if Yuuki Yukino doesn't answer, Tomoe can guess.

Given the severity of the situation, Yuuki Yukino must be starting to have a headache.

Below, accompanied by the faint chanting of the nuns, the black demonic runes began to fall at an accelerated pace.

The black magic pattern shattered into pieces like a piece of glass upon impact with the already incomplete stone wall, which consisted of only a few pillars and was so thin it seemed it would crumble at the slightest touch.

The shattered black magic runes transformed into a curtain of light, slowly engulfing the sanctuary.

Beyond the light curtain, the sanctuary transformed into a completely different scene.

A girl with short, dark blue hair slowly stepped out from the light screen. Her revealing, all-black nun's habit was very similar to the one worn by the nuns previously embedded in the wall.

What's similar is that they seem to blend seamlessly with the skin, effortlessly outlining the curves of the girl's body. The difference is that the nun's habit she's wearing is more ornate and more revealing.

It also seems even more blasphemous.

The collapsed sanctuary, bathed in the light, became even more distorted.

Whether it is a building or not is hard to say. The twisted, living tentacles are intertwined with each other, barely forming a huge tentacle mass. The constantly writhing tentacles make the whole thing look like some kind of moving organ, with an indescribable eeriness.

Asahimi raised his hand, watching his palm, wrapped in a black silk glove, slowly close in front of him, clenching into an empty fist, and then slowly opening it again.

Repeat, repeat, and repeat again. Asahimi did this simple action five or six times, as if she was still getting used to her body.

Several girls were on high alert, but no one dared to rush forward at this moment.

The aura emanating from Asahi was completely different from that of the clumsy fellow who had accidentally stumbled and fallen at the entrance of the sanctuary.

It's more accurate to describe it as temperament rather than aura.

The current Asahi Miyako is more in line with the magical girls' imagination of her—cold, dangerous, mysterious, and unfathomable, as if she has been reborn.

Asahimi made no special move, and neither did the other three, including Hayashi Keko sitting in the chariot in mid-air. However, the situation became even more tense because of a magical girl.

The spatial rift shattered beside Asahimi, and Shinjiro Utsuro, draped in starlight, seemed to have stepped out of a mirror, slowly walking out of the broken space and standing side by side with Asahimi.

Why is she here?

Could something have happened to Yuuki Yuuki?

But from the moment they dried up that area, the sounds of fighting overhead seemed to decrease significantly, and from a certain second onwards, they completely disappeared!

If the three of them hadn't been focused on the grand cathedral, they would have noticed it much earlier.

Before the girls could turn around to see what was happening in the sky, a violent magical force surged from behind them.

The beast's claws tore through space, and the lurking roars in its throat sent chills down the spines of the girls. An extremely dangerous aura emanated from behind them.

The tan-skinned girl leaped out of the torn space and landed steadily on the ground, her body completely enveloped in illusory smoke.

After the smoke cleared, Inuyama Tomoe, wearing a white military uniform, and Yuuki Yukino, wearing a purple dress, appeared from within.

Nishio Reki and Tenrai Herika breathed a sigh of relief almost simultaneously. It turned out that the battle had not been decided, but rather that it had only temporarily stopped. No matter what the situation was, as long as Yuuki Yukino was alright, that was all that mattered.

"Not fighting anymore?" Ba Qi raised an eyebrow, stuck the gun blade in her hand into the ground, and clenched her knuckles together.

The one who spoke was Asahimi, and she used a completely different tone than before: "Mashiro said that there is no need to provoke a conflict with you, even if you were the ones provoking a conflict today. Mashiro also said that our problems can perhaps be resolved peacefully."

As Asahi spoke, she kept her gaze fixed on Yuuki Yuki, as if she were examining a rare treasure. Even though her gaze was rather indifferent, it was clear that she had some special feelings for Yuuki Yuki.

Yuuki Yukino's eyes flickered, but she didn't say anything.

It seems that Asahi is unaware that the final negotiations between him and Genki Mashiro have broken down, and the difference in their ideas means that cooperation is impossible.

"Then tell me, what do you mean by peaceful means?" Nishio Reki stood in front of Yuuki Yuuki, blocking Asahimi's view and protecting Yuuki Yuuki at the same time.

“That’s right! I don’t think you intended to resolve this peacefully when you were causing trouble, did you?” Helica chimed in, her clenched fist looking as if she might strike the magical girl across the way at any moment.

At this moment, Genki Mashiro remained silent, taking a half step back without a sound, and moving closer to the tentacle mass created by Asahiya, but without making any further moves.

Mashiro's action drew everyone's attention to Asahi.

Asahimi didn't seem to mind being stared at by so many sharp, piercing eyes, and continued calmly, "Just like I said at the beginning, in order to end this boring fate and this history that belongs to magical girls, I need your power, Yuuki Yukino."

Having been called out by name, it would be inappropriate for Yuuki Yukino not to say anything: "What if I say no?"

Asahimi gently shook his head: "You didn't understand what I meant. I mean, what I need is your power, and only your power."

boom.

A dull thud sounded above the girls' heads.

A massive, three-legged, monstrous fist with tentacled heads swept over the girls' heads and slammed straight down on Asahiya.

But tens of meters above Asahi, a bare-chested goat-headed man opened his giant hand and firmly grasped the fist of the Night Howler summoned by Yuuki Enishi.

Yuuki Yukino remained calm, but the gust of wind generated by the Night Howler's punch had tousled her pink hair.

Asahi Miya remained unfazed; the force of the impact only ruffled a few strands of hair from her forehead.

The two enormous figures vanished simultaneously, and the clash that should have been the signal for the start of the battle began abruptly and ended just as abruptly.

The most important sentence in Asahi Miyabi's words is nothing more than "Only your strength."

This sentence can be interpreted in two ways: it means that only oneself is needed, implying that the other companions are not required.

Only by relying on one's own strength can one demonstrate that one is actually unnecessary.

As for Asahi Mi, Yuki En is quite certain that it means both.

"I originally wanted to get rid of all the people who are important to you, one by one, so that you would understand how cruel this magical girl world really is, and how miraculous your victories in every battle so far have been."

Asahi continued.

"However, Mashiro doesn't intend to involve innocent people anymore. Although I don't think any magical girls will stay out of it, when she said that, I thought I should just do as she said. But I think I was wrong. Things would have gone much smoother without you guys."

Is it being said that magical girls like Yuuki Yukino influenced Asahi Miyabi and Urobuchi Mashiro's plans?

"I thought that when I woke up, the plan should have been close to success, but how come it's only been completed so far?" Asahimi tilted his head to one side, glancing at Gen Ken Mashiro out of the corner of his eye.

These are things that Yuuki Yukino couldn't understand.

Asahimi's awakening should have happened around the New Year.

What does "the plan is nearing completion" mean? In the past history of Moonsea City, it seems that Saint Prayer has never said such a thing, nor has he mentioned any such plan.

As Yuuki Yuki pondered this, she looked at Koyomi, but Koyomi shook her head at Yuuki Yuki, clearly indicating that this was something she didn't know, not something that "couldn't be said."

Either there's something wrong with Asahimi's awakening, or there's some kind of plan between Asahimi and Genki Mashiro that they're unaware of.

In other words, their plan is far from over, and may be far from finished.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Mashiro Urouge, who was also being watched by Asahimi, spoke up openly, asking Asahimi a question as if no one else was around.

"That's the truth, but that's enough. At least we're in the dream world now, which is still part of the plan."

Asahimi looked down at his feet, then looked up at the empty sky.

“Indeed, this is a dream world, so our plan can continue.”

"You just said... Dreamland?!"

Sumireko Yumehara was never one to talk much; she remained silent except when discussing countermeasures.

But then, Yumehara Sumireko, contrary to her usual behavior, loudly questioned them, and her intense reaction startled all the magical girls.

"What's wrong with the Dream Realm!"

Even Yuuki En, who spent the most time with Yumehara Sumireko, had never seen Yumehara Sumireko so out of sorts.

Unless, Sumireko Yumehara has already considered some extremely terrifying possibility.

“Sumireko Yumehara, right?” Asahimi raised her hand, and some dark magic was gathering in her palm, as if something terrible was about to happen at any moment: “You should know better than me what’s wrong with the Dream Realm.”

"This is the gap between reality and dreams, a temporary resting place for consciousness and soul that should not exist in Moonsea City."

"This is the closest place to the original magical girl."

Chapter 204 Starfall

"Mashiro?"

"clear."

"Stop her! Stop her!"

Asahi Mi's soft command, Gen Ken Mashiro's deep reply, and Yumehara Sumireko's shrill scream all reached the girls' ears almost simultaneously.

The closest place to the original magical girl?