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

“But there are also some people who are considered crazy by the public. They put their wishes above their lives. I think I am that kind of crazy person in your eyes, right?” Genken Mashiro lowered his eyes: “Of course, Yuuki Yukino is too.”

She mentioned Yuuki Yuki again, and it must have been on purpose.

What Mashiro Gorgen said next was even simpler and clearer.

"Inuyama Tomoe, for the sake of Yuuki Yuuki, you are willing to contact even a madman like me again. It is clear that Yuuki Yuuki is indeed very important to you. However, you are not good enough. Without the same determination, even if you really find Yuuki Yuuki, you will not be able to change her mind."

Inuyama Tomoe gripped the sofa armrest tightly with her hand.

Mashiro's words sounded like... no, they must have been spoken after she already knew their purpose.

Even though Inuyama Tomoe was trying to control her expression, it wasn't difficult to glean some clues from her flustered eyes.

“Yes.” Genken Mashiro nodded slowly, his smile clearly evident in his tone: “That’s right, I’ve met Yuuki Yukino.”

Chapter 251 The Girl Once Embarked on a Long Journey

The last wisps of moonlight were swallowed by the lingering clouds in the sky. The wheelchair's wheels, slowly rotating, gleamed with a blinding cold light under the streetlights. The subtle sounds of the tires rolling over the neatly arranged yet uneven sidewalk were shattered by the sound of the wind.

The wheelchair came to an abrupt stop, and the still-blowing cool breeze lifted the graying hair that had fallen to her ears. As the hair fell onto her shoulders, the leather armrests of the wheelchair were being squeezed by the increasingly forceful hands, making a soft creaking sound like tearing silk.

The streetlights cast their glow, but the face of Genji Mashiro in the wheelchair remained hidden in shadow.

Behind Genjiro Mashiro, a figure blocked the flickering streetlight light shining down from above.

The wind continued to blow quietly, and the noise of the wind around one's ears inevitably made one feel dizzy and lightheaded.

Then, the sound of rustling footsteps rang out, only to vanish without a trace, as if no sound could disturb the silence at that moment.

After a moment of silence, Mashiro's wheelchair started moving again, as if a pair of hands were slowly pushing her forward from behind.

They drove in silence, the only sound the clattering of the wheelchair's wheels. Accompanied by the somewhat noisy noise, Xu Yanzhenbai's wheelchair passed through the bustling streets and arrived at a quiet corner with few people around.

Throughout the journey, Genki Mashiro didn't even turn her head once. She placed her hands on the armrests of her wheelchair, closed her eyes, and let the sound of the wind and clicking drown out the other noises on the street.

With a creak, Mashiro's wheelchair finally came to a stop.

"Have we arrived?" Genken Mashiro asked softly, her calm tone revealing no panic, as if she still had complete confidence in everything, or as if she already knew what was going to happen today.

"We're here. This place is just right." The girl's voice came from behind Genki Mashiro, and the weariness in her voice seemed to be even greater than that in Genki Mashiro herself: "The bodyguard who was secretly accompanying you was a bit of a nuisance, so I asked her to sit somewhere else. I'm sure you won't mind."

"Of course not. I've done this kind of thing many times before. It's only fair that you do it out of courtesy. Besides, the fact that you were able to move her away without any warning shows that she wasn't vigilant enough. Even if you attacked me directly, she wouldn't be able to protect me. She didn't even fulfill her duty as a guard."

As Mashiro Gorgen spoke, she turned her head toward the back of her wheelchair for the first time: "Let's get straight to the point, Yuuki Yuki."

As Genki Mashiro could see, the girl supporting her wheelchair had her face mostly covered by her pink hoodie, but a few strands of cherry-colored hair still peeked out from the neckline and fell naturally over her shoulders. The remaining half of her face was enough for Genki Mashiro to determine the other person's identity.

"You don't seem surprised at all?" Yuuki Yuu lifted the hood of her sweatshirt with one hand, pulled out her long hair hidden inside, and moved her neck, which was heavy from the weight of her hair, back and forth a few times.

"I'm no more surprised than when I saw you wearing this outfit." Genken Mashiro gripped the wheelchair's armrest with one hand, causing the wheelchair to spin halfway around.

Yuuki Yukino showed no reaction to Genki Mashiro's actions, letting Genki Mashiro manipulate her wheelchair.

Both sides understood that if Genki Mashiro wanted to escape, she wouldn't do it this way, and if Yuuki Yuki wanted to make a move, she wouldn't have waited until now.

Genken Mashiro controlled the wheelchair to face Yuuki Yuuki directly, allowing her to better re-examine Yuuki Yuuki's current attire.

Besides the hooded sweatshirt, Yuuki Yukino wore a dark red short skirt, which did little more than cover up essential parts. However, the flesh-colored pantyhose underneath the skirt diminished any desire to explore further.

Besides her outfit, the pair of striped slouch socks of varying heights and the thick-soled leather shoes are also very fashionable for a JK (high school girl) of this age. If we were to rate Yuuki Enishi's fashion sense, the score would definitely be high.

Yuuki Yukino lowered her eyes and followed Gen Ken Mashiro's gaze, looking herself up and down: "What's wrong with this outfit?"

“If you want to hide your identity, a normal person would dress more discreetly.” Genken Mashiro leaned back.

Yuuki Yukino lifted her sleeve, revealing only a few fingers of her hand hidden inside, showing off her clothes. "It's your taste that's bad; fashion is the best disguise."

"I'm not good at fashion, so if you want to talk about these topics, you've come to the wrong person."

“That makes sense.” Yuuki Yui nodded in agreement, put her hands behind her back, and looked at the wheelchair under Genki Mashiro.

Genken Mashiro couldn't find any pity or schadenfreude in Yuuki Yuuki's eyes. After taking a shallow breath, she answered the question Yuuki Yuuki might ask before she even had a chance to ask it:

"Thanks to you, I have survived, but my body will never be able to recover to its former state. If I want to live a few more days, I have to take good care of my body."

"It's a bit surprising that you're still thinking about living a few more days." Yuuki Yuen shrugged, neither confirming nor denying.

“I don’t really value my life that much, but I don’t want it to end meaninglessly either. If that happens, I’d rather keep living. As long as I’m alive, good things will always happen.” Genki Mashiro raised her hand and tapped the armrest of her wheelchair a few times.

Yuuki Yukari's lips curled up slightly, but she showed no other reaction to Utsuki Mashiro's words.

The two tacitly avoided discussing many issues: the current situation of St. Yuu Academy, the current situation of the magical girls, the current situation of Urouge Mashiro, the current situation of Yuuki Yuuki, and the current situation of those powers.

Perhaps both sides had already guessed each other's situation, or perhaps these things were simply not important to them. Apart from the two people involved, probably no one could guess what they were thinking.

After a moment, Yuuki Yukino finally spoke again.

"You're right, good things do happen."

“Thank you very much, Master.” Genken Mashiro revealed a pair of sharp shark teeth and gave Yuuki Yuuki a smile.

"You want magical girls to disappear completely from Moonsea City, which is why you need to erase the original source. Without support, the magical girl system will naturally collapse." Yuuki Yui said something that Urobuchi Mashiro had said countless times.

“That’s right,” Genken Mashiro answered decisively.

“I’m halfway done now.” Yuuki Yui said, opening her palm upwards. Two orbs of magic, one black and one blue, slowly emerged from her palm, enveloped in a faint purple halo, spinning in her palm like two small fish chasing each other.

Mashiro Urouge could not possibly be unfamiliar with the essence of these two wisps of magic. Even though she was no longer a magical girl, she would not mistake the power she once possessed, the power that Yuuki Yui had just used to throw the nun protecting her into another dimension.

Yog-Sothoth, and Shub-Nicholas.

Their presence here indicates that the primordial darkness has not been reborn.

Before this, Mashiro had mixed the complete primordial power into it, but it has now disappeared.

Yuuki Yukino is able to use them because of Nyarlathotep's abilities. As long as one changes the composition of their own magic to a certain extent and changes the conditions for using the wands, it is not impossible to use their abilities even if one is not their master.

Nyarlathotep is capable of doing such things.

But Mashiro Gorgen doesn't need to say these things aloud; some things are enough for both of them to understand without saying a word.

"Tell me, how do I finish the other half?"

Yuuki Yukino closed her hands, and the two balls of magic that had been chasing each other disappeared.

Genken Mashiro slightly raised his head: "Take all your power and die. It's that simple."

……

“That’s it.” Gen Ken Mashiro picked up the glass on her desk again and took a sip of juice.

"Xiaoyuan wants to complete the rest of your plan? Why should I believe you? Why should she believe you?" Inuyama Baqi slammed her fist heavily on the table, causing the juice in the glass on the table to ripple and reflect Baqi's angry profile.

Genki Mashiro didn't answer, continuing to slowly sip her juice.

Inuyama Tomoe asked the question herself, but she wasn't entirely confident. In fact, subconsciously, she had already accepted Gorgen Mashiro's explanation, but she just couldn't accept it for the time being.

Mashiro Gorgen isn't the petty type who holds onto things too tightly; she wouldn't fabricate false information to deceive herself just because her plan failed.

If she didn't want to tell herself, Mashiro could have easily said that she hadn't met Yuuki Yukino or that she had no comment. But she had no reason to lie, and even if she deceived herself on this matter, it wouldn't do her any good.

Based solely on Inuyama Tomoe's understanding of Yuuki Yuuki, she was able to roughly reconstruct Yuuki Yuuki's thoughts and feelings.

Regardless of what Yuuki Yuuki was thinking when she left, her departure must have been because the power of Nyarlathotep within her could go berserk at any moment. Moreover, even if Yog-Sothoth and Shub-Niggurath had not yet merged with Nyarlathotep, they still existed within Yuuki Yuuki's body. It is conceivable what kind of impact these magical powers would have on Yuuki Yuuki.

If Yuuki Yuuki goes berserk, it won't just be a few magical girls who suffer; the entire Moonsea City could be dragged into the war.

The containers that could seal them no longer exist, so even if Yuuki Eri wanted to seal herself, it would be impossible for her now.

The power of the Three Pillar Gods can theoretically be transferred, and the best examples are Uroken Mashiro and Asahi Ya, who lost their power.

However, no matter who it is transferred to, this power will become a time bomb. Moreover, those who possess this power are bound to be tempted by it or corrupted by its filth. Therefore, Yuuki Yuki could not possibly hand this power over to anyone else.

Therefore, there is only one possible future scenario: the power of the three pillar gods will cause them to go berserk again and destroy everything in sight. At that time, it will be extremely difficult to stop Yuuki Yuki.

Of course, Yuuki Eri could choose to end her own life, but no one knows what the power of the Three Pillar Gods would become without Yuuki Eri as a temporary vessel. This might be even more dangerous than handing over this power to someone else, and the outcome remains unchanged.

Yuki Eri wanted to change this situation; she didn't want the power of the Three Pillar Gods to affect more people, and she didn't want to become an ultimate calamity that no one could handle.

Yuuki Yuuki is that kind of person. Although she keeps saying that she doesn't want to fall into darkness, doesn't want to be judged, and doesn't want to become evil, she worries about the safety of others and always puts others in a more important position than herself.

Then Yuuki Yui only has one path to choose: to complete what Urobuchi Mashiro failed to do and to completely erase the existence of the magical girl.

Yes, if we don't want to cause more damage, then this is the only way. Yuuki Yukari wanted to stop Urouge Mashiro before because the situation was still under control at that time.

The three pillar gods do not exist within the same individual's body; they can also check and balance each other. They can also use the Primal Wand to seal the power of the Primal Darkness. Rather than risking chaos in Moonsea City by forcibly implementing the plan, maintaining the status quo is more reliable.

But if Yuuki doesn't deal with this problem now, things will only get worse. So, considering the lesser of two evils, Yuuki's best option becomes choosing the possibility that she once had to try so hard to prevent.

This is what Mashiro Gorgen meant when he said, "Putting one's wishes above one's own life," and "Without the corresponding determination, even if you find Yuuki Eri, it will be of no use."

Inuyama Tomoe strung together her thoughts into a clear line, but the content of that line only made her eyes grow dimmer. Even though she clenched her teeth and ground them together, it was all in vain to change the situation.

"You've figured it out?" Gen Ken Mashiro's words sounded like adding insult to injury, as if she had seen through all of Ba Qi's thoughts.

Hong Mako glanced at Inuyama Tomoe's expression. Even though she didn't know much about Yuuki Yuuki, she could tell that what Urobuchi Mashiro said was true, so she asked Urobuchi Mashiro.

"Then why is she avoiding us?"

"Does this question even need an answer? She doesn't want her rampage to destroy Moonsea City, nor does she want to affect you, and she can't really obtain the primordial power—or to put it another way, even if she did obtain the remaining half of the primordial power, she couldn't fuse them into one." Genki Mashiro answered frankly.

Yuuki Yuuki is not without the means to merge the primordial power with the primordial darkness within her. Since Nyarlathotep was able to temporarily control the remaining two wands, it means that he also has the ability to merge the primordial darkness, or even two completely opposite forces, into one.

So it's not that she can't do it, it's that she shouldn't do it.

Once Yuuki Yukino does this, she will inevitably mobilize Nyarlathotep's power, which could very likely cause her to go berserk again and be devoured by the power of darkness. If this happens, it will be equivalent to handing over all the elements to Yuuki Yukino who is being devoured by darkness, and at that time, no one will be able to stop her.

The purpose of Yuuki Enishi's other consciousness after her corruption is very clear: she wants to make the primordial darkness reappear, and even make the part of the primordial power in Lin Jiezi's body belong to her. She wants to become the complete primordial.

To avoid this situation, Yuuki Eri must stay away from Yuehai City and from Lin Jiezi, who possesses the power of the primordial, and go as far away as possible.

Although it's unclear whether this approach will actually be effective, even if Yuuki Yuki, who is far away, were to go berserk, it would still take a significant amount of time for her to get back to Yuehai City. This is the safest option available.

Is that why Yuuki Yuuki left everyone and disappeared alone?

After Mashiro Gorgen finished speaking, everyone in the room fell completely silent.

The silence lasted for a moment before being broken by Inuyama Tomoe getting up.

"Thank you for telling us this. Sorry to bother you."

Inuyama Tomoe nodded slightly to Urobuchi Mashiro as a polite gesture, then quickly left the headmaster's office.

Seeing that Inuyama Tomoe was already preparing to leave, Koumari, who had come with her, also got up, followed closely by Nishio Reki. The three of them stood in a row and walked towards the door together.

"You're welcome. If you can, please call the secretary at the door back for me." Genki Mashiro got up from behind the table, but didn't walk around the table again. However, in terms of etiquette, Genki Mashiro had already done a good job so that no one would criticize her, although no one would care about such things.

As the girls appeared outside the office building, the secretary who was following closely behind Genki Mashiro turned back to Genki Mashiro's direction.