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

Is this the true form that seals the power of primordial darkness?

With both hands exerting force simultaneously, the white coffin lid in front of them slowly opened. The expected blinding light did not emanate from the coffin, nor did any chaotic mist, like wild bees fluttering, silently emerge. Even the former saintess, who should have been the container inside the coffin, was nowhere to be found.

"Something's not right." Genki Mashiro muttered to herself, immediately taking half a step back. Magic began to gather at her fingertips, flowing through the girl's body like an electric current, transforming into the magical armor she wore during the war.

The coffin was not completely empty; it contained a chaotic mass, condensed to its extreme, with a magical power that seemed to have a physical form circulating within it.

Almost at the same moment the coffin was pushed open, the magic began to spread from within it, like a drop of ink falling into a clear glass of water, staining the surrounding colorless and odorless air with an unusual hue.

To Genjiro and Seiki, it was as if a strange and bizarre world they had never visited before was unfolding before their eyes. Compared to the rapidly spreading power, the two of them were insignificant.

"Mashiro, this...this isn't normal. Where is the predecessor who was supposed to be the vessel to hold this power? Why can't I see anything? How can there be nothing?" Seiki started to stutter, her trembling fingertips unsure whether to touch the strange magic or quickly retreat.

Much later, when Mashiro Urouge recalled what happened that day, she realized that even though she hadn't actually touched the coffin that sealed the primordial darkness, it would one day break through that final seal.

Perhaps it is the day when the Holy Prayer should fulfill its duty and dedicate itself as a vessel; perhaps it is just an ordinary night, but the daily routine that has been stable for thousands of years will one day completely collapse.

But at that moment, Mashiro Urouge didn't have time to think about anything else. She saw that the strange magic was getting closer and closer to her, as if it was going to dye the cramped little room in front of her, the entire sanctuary, and the wider world beyond the sanctuary with its color.

The magic greedily wrapped around Genki Mashiro's wrist, and the subtle magic seeped into her blood vessels through her skin, entering her violently beating heart.

Unbeknownst to Mashiro, the magical energy permeating the entire space seemed to have weakened somewhat.

A violent burning sensation exploded from Genki Mashiro's heart; this kind of pain, from the inside out, was something Genki Mashiro had never experienced before.

If it's an external attack, Mashiro Urouge can try her best to defend herself, but she can only endure the pain that feels like she's being torn apart.

In that instant, she felt magic surging through her body, and in a daze, countless noisy whispers slipped past her ears, as if a million versions of herself were saying something at the same time.

Having never considered the connection between magical girl powers and souls, and never even thought about it, Mashiro Urouge was naturally unaware that this was a sign that her soul was being forcibly corrupted by a strange power. The pain of countless pieces of information flooding into her brain, as if it were about to burst, was enough to make her temporarily stop thinking.

Xu Yan Zhenbai staggered and leaned her back against the cold wall. Her vision of Sheng Qi suddenly blurred for a moment, but she could still see that Sheng Qi was standing there in a daze. Her magical armor, which had already been transformed, was rapidly disintegrating and turning into powder that looked like burnt-out ashes and disappeared.

The magic that was flying in the air seemed to have faded a little.

The pitch-black magic seemed to be used as paint for unrestrained graffiti, drawing unclean and filthy patterns on the girl's body. The black lines, like spider webs, gradually converged around the patterns, eventually forming a complete masterpiece.

Genki Mashiro knew what it was, but she couldn't understand why such a thing would appear on Seiki.

Actually, there's nothing hard to understand. Once you know what kind of power they're facing, the answer isn't hard to guess. But Mashiro Gorgen doesn't know why she happened to encounter such a thing.

It wasn't actually a coincidence. The seal would eventually break down, and it wasn't anyone's fault. It just happened to fall on Mashiro Urouge, and Mashiro Urouge just happened to undo it ahead of time.

At this moment, not knowing the reason, and only believing it was her own mistake, Genki Mashiro could do nothing but watch helplessly as that power devoured Seiki.

Not only was the Holy Prayer undergoing the same change, but the same thing was happening to him as well. His magical armor gradually lost its original shape and turned into scattered ashes.

The magic power overflowing from the black magic patterns forming on their abdomens climbed up their bodies, covering their naked bodies with new clothes.

Mashiro Gorgen never considered herself weak. Even though she didn't accomplish everything on her own, the entire organization of the Sisters of the Holy Church was defeated by her.

Compared to the power that flowed into his body, the power he had previously displayed was like that of an infant.

Mashiro couldn't guess what Seiki was thinking, but her first thought was that if she had such power, there would be nothing she couldn't do.

Genken Mashiro lowered his head, looking at his fingertips, and opened and closed his fist several times, feeling the abundant power flowing through his body.

If we use this power...

"truth!"

Genken Mashiro heard someone calling her name.

Genki Mashiro felt someone pulling at her body.

Genken Mashiro was sent flying backward, crashing heavily against the wall of the small room.

"Xiao Qi!"

Genken Mashiro shouted out loud.

She had no idea what had just happened to her, nor how long she had been lost in thought; all she knew was what she could see now.

She saw that Saint Prayer was pushing her away forcefully, while Saint Prayer's body was falling towards the already open coffin, or rather, actively lunging towards it.

She wasn't a slow-witted person, and even if she were, she should have realized what was about to happen when she saw what Saint Prayer was doing.

Even though the surrounding magic had faded considerably, Genki Mashiro still couldn't see what Seiki had done after rushing into the coffin, but Seiki must have grasped something that could reverse the current situation.

Genki Mashiro saw the magical energy emanating from the open coffin flowing backwards into the coffin, as if it were dust being absorbed by a powerful vacuum cleaner.

The faint purple magic tried desperately to escape, but it was all in vain in the face of the overwhelming suction.

The scattered magic re-condensed and gathered again in the coffin, but it was as if there was an invisible barrier, and no matter how the magic clashed, it could not escape this natural constraint.

However, within that overwhelmingly dense magical energy, Genki Mashiro could not clearly see Seiki's figure.

"Xiao Qi! Are you alright?"

"Don't come any closer!"

Seiki's loud roar stopped Xu Yan Zhenshiro in his tracks.

The voice of the holy prayer grew fainter and fainter, and the coffin lid, which had fallen to the side, was slowly closing under the guidance of an unknown force.

But anger still seized the last opportunity and let out her cry.

"Listen to me! Mashiro! We underestimated this power. The things that just flowed into our bodies are extremely dangerous. I have no choice but to reseal the power that has yet to find its master, along with the power within me! This is something only I can do, because I was born to be a vessel capable of sealing this power! I don't know what else I can do!"

"But Shiro! I can't take back that part of your power; it won't obey me! But that's not a bad thing! You're the only person besides me who has ever seen that power! You have to find a way to control it, and you have to remember everything that happened here today! Before I can't hold on any longer, you have to find a way to undo the mistakes we made!"

"Mashiro! The future of the entire church! And the future of Moonsea City! It's all in your hands!"

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Chapter 219 Before She Left

As for his own affairs, Mashiro Gorgen would certainly not tell Yuuki Yuuki everything.

All she could say was that she had unlocked a seal that would eventually be broken at the wrong time.

The primordial darkness, which had been suppressed for so long, began to develop a sense of self, or rather, an instinct that prompted it to split itself in order to escape the suppression of the forces in the distance. At a suitable time, it actively sought out its host, but unfortunately, Genki Mashiro and Seiki became its hosts.

These were all discovered by Mashiro Gorogen during his investigation. At the time, Mashiro Gorogen was unaware of this and simply attributed the leak of the Primordial Darkness to his own lack of thorough preparation.

Because she was not fully prepared, she impulsively touched something she shouldn't have, thus releasing the monster that had been suppressed for thousands of years. If Shengqi hadn't reacted quickly enough and hadn't been determined enough to use her body and life to seal everything back in, it might have caused even worse consequences.

In short, this is the result; even the decisive sealing by the Holy Prayer did not completely prevent the growth of malice.

"Because the power of the Primordial Darkness leaked out, the appearance of corrupted magical girls became much more frequent in the following period. This is also the reason why the student council president of St. Eternal Academy was able to gather so many subordinates."

Yuuki Yui had been curious before about why such a big thing had happened—that is, why Kuroba Reisei still had so many followers at her disposal after all the magical girls in the entire Moonsea City had been cleansed, and why she could withstand Kuroba Reisei's second wave of cleansing.

This question is actually somewhat irrelevant, but Yuuki Yukino also found the answer in Gorgen Mashiro's explanation.

"And what about you? Why did you want to exterminate all the magical girls in Moonsea City?" Yuuki asked.

"I don't know what I was thinking back then. Maybe it was because I kept trying to use the power of Yog-Sothoth, and the corresponding corruption distorted my original desires, which is why I used such an extreme method? But it should be more described as self-abandonment." Mashiro Urokin said very vaguely, but the meaning was clear enough.

Yuuki Yuki has been able to piece together a relatively clear timeline. Urouge Mashiro initially joined the church, but due to her own experiences, she developed doubts about the church. Various events led to the leak of the Primordial Darkness, so Urouge Mashiro believed that the responsibility should be attributed to herself, and that's why she tried to make amends. In the process of making amends, her desire to "completely eliminate magical girls" caused her to launch indiscriminate attacks on magical girls.

Now, the reason why Mashiro Urouge would attack ordinary magical girls is also very clear. With the power of the Primordial Darkness leaking out, the filth floating in the air will accelerate the magical girls' corruption. Therefore, Mashiro Urouge, who twisted her own wishes, was simply taking precautions.

That period was the least rational time for Mashiro Gorogen; she was just numbly doing what she wanted to do.

"Then... what about Koumori? Why did she become a magical girl?"

"That child, when I was familiarizing myself with the power within me, I wanted to test whether I could create a magical girl using only my own power and the magic of the Primordial Darkness. You could call it an experiment, right? So I tried to infuse her with tainted magic and kept putting pressure on her. I failed, but I plan to observe her for a while longer, which is why I didn't kill her directly. Also, I don't intend to use the excuse that 'my mind was disturbed by the taint, which is why I acted so drastically.' She wants revenge on me. If she's still alive after I finish what I'm doing, I welcome her anytime."

Is it really that simple?

Yes, it's that simple. Because of an experiment conducted by a corrupted magical girl who was tainted by one of the powers of the Primordial Darkness, a girl's life was completely changed.

Being able to fight alongside Hyakki Senyou, I wonder if it could be considered a blessing in disguise. Of course, only Koumori knows for sure.

"So, what happened next? Since the power that Liu Si leaked was the Primordial Darkness, where did the Primordial come from? And why did you leave Moonsea City?" Yuuki Yuen continued to ask.

"Don't underestimate the power of the primordial, Yuuki Yuki. Didn't you witness her manifestation with your own eyes? She's just a hound that only began to act on its own in order to erase the escaped primordial darkness. She's an empty shell without consciousness, acting entirely on instinct."

"That's not what I'm asking. I want to know why she suddenly appeared?"

Genken Mashiro rolled his eyes, scanning over the body of Seishin beneath him, as if he were looking not at Seishin, but at the magical girl who had appeared before him: "As the power of the Primordial Darkness escaped, Xiaoqi also threw out a portion of the Primordial Power. Although it's not calculated that way, the amount of this power is almost enough to suppress my Yog-Sothoth."

“It ran away on its own; Seiki didn’t do that,” Asahi Mi interjected.

Genken Mashiro stopped, looked at Asahimi pouting somewhat unhappily, sighed softly, and then continued speaking.

"In short, a portion of the primordial power became a hunter, and then wandered aimlessly in the city according to instinct. When it discovered my existence, it came after me. Although it was just an empty shell, our abilities were useless against it, and its power could disrupt our magic. So, it can be considered a hunter that specifically targets the Three Pillar Gods."

"Then?"

"After that, it would follow me wherever I went. Eventually, I couldn't continue my investigation in Moonsea City, so I had to go to the neighboring Rainbow Leaf City to lay low and leave all the mess to Saint Shion. But in retrospect, I did discover quite a few new things during my year in Rainbow Leaf City," said Gen Ken Mashiro.

"By the way, before I left, I also dismissed everyone in the church. If Saint Shiyin could still mobilize those people, it would be very troublesome for me. But I didn't expect that she could actually stabilize the church, which I thought was already in ruins, by relying on a few failed nuns. This was beyond my expectations."

Yuuki Yukino knew what happened after that.

While studying Yoghurst in Nijiha City, Mashiro Gakuen gained control of Yoghurst through certain means. She also felt guilty for harming Seiki due to her rash actions, which is why she has become the terrifyingly meticulous person she is today.

The idea of ​​physically killing all magical girls, instead of directly combining the original magical girl and the original darkness, and then wiping them all out in one go, probably originated from that time.

Afterwards, Mashiro Urouge encountered Yuuki Yuuki, who possessed Nyaruko's power. She tested Yuuki Yuuki and thought of a new possibility because of Yuuki Yuuki's existence. Then she ran back to Nijiha City and took over St. Yuuki Academy with the identity of "Saint", and then began her current plan.

But there was still one thing Yuuki didn't understand: how did Gen Urobuchi Mashiro, who had been driven mad by the magic wand and was completely out of her mind, manage to think so calmly now?

Yuuki asked, "I want to know how you suppress the filth within you: Abandoned Age/Master's Weapon Wand."

"I couldn't suppress it, but accepted it. Just as the original magical girl would appear in the world in that form, the primordial darkness also has its own will and thoughts. I'm just trying to understand it, to submit to it, and to make it completely a part of me. Maybe I'll even make myself a part of it. In this way, at least I can maintain my own thoughts."

"You trust Him that much?"

"Whether or not there is trust is not important at all. As long as I can achieve my ultimate goal, that is enough."

Chapter 120 The Stalemate Was Like Time Standing Still

High above Moonsea City, on the other side of the battlefield.

A burst of crimson light shot from the silver-white blade of the gun, slicing in two the hand of a magical girl who was gathering magic power near Inuyama Tomoe. The magic power that could no longer be gathered, along with the shockwave from the impact of the gun, was about to trigger a massive explosion that would engulf the magical girl.

As the smoke from the explosion dissipated, the magical girl's hands were charred black, with specks of blood seeping from her cracked fingers. Her arms, and indeed her entire body, trembled violently as if she could no longer control herself.

"Go to hell!"

Inuyama Tomoe wasn't about to let such a good opportunity pass by. She raised her leg and kicked the girl in the stomach. The girl groaned in pain and fell from the sky to the ground.

The girl fell into the canopy of a large tree by the roadside with a thud, breaking several thick branches. Her head lolled to the side and she fainted. Although she was certainly not in any life-threatening danger, it was impossible for her to regain her fighting ability in the short term.