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

What if I get used by Mashiro Goraku again...

Before Nishio Reki could think any further, he heard Genken Mashiro agree.

"Alright. No matter how you guessed or learned that Yuuki Yui and I had other conversations, I've already said that you guessed correctly, Yuuki Yui did indeed tell me other things."

"So?" Nishio Reki asked.

“First, I need to correct one thing. It wasn’t Yuuki Yui who contacted me before leaving Yuehai City, but rather after she returned,” Genken Mashiro replied. “Moreover, she also gave me something.”

As Genki Mashiro spoke, he opened his coat and took out a palm-sized plastic bag from the breast pocket of his shirt.

Upon seeing that thing, Nishio Reki's pupils suddenly shrank, and he stopped in his tracks following behind Urouge Mashiro.

The contents of the plastic bag in Genji Mashiro's hand were a thin red thread, about the thickness of a hair.

Even though Nishio Reki can no longer sense magic, she still knows.

What it contains is undoubtedly the power of Yuuki Yukino.

……

A few days ago.

"It's very simple to fulfill my wish. Just combine the power of the primordial and the power of the primordial darkness, and then die with them."

From his wheelchair, Mashiro Urouge spoke with remarkable ease, as if discussing the combination of two forces or life and death were as simple as chatting about what to eat for dinner.

Yuuki Yui still had her hands behind her back, looking directly into Utsugi Mashiro's swirling eyes, but she didn't see Utsugi Mashiro at all, as if everything she said didn't matter: "But you'll say I can't do it."

"No one but Saint Shion can do it," Genken Mashiro corrected meticulously.

“Yes, that’s theoretically true, but my companion used the primordial power before, so she shouldn’t have been able to do that either. But who can say for sure about magical girls?” Yuuki Yui said, spreading her hands.

After a brief moment of recollection, Mashiro Gorgen quickly identified Lin Jiezi as: "The one with glasses? The girl I possessed in the beginning? The one who stopped me at the most crucial moment?"

“Yes, I entrusted her with the most important part, and she did an even better job than I expected,” Yuuki Yui nodded in response.

“The original power is still within her, but she is completely unable to use it,” Genki Mashiro retorted calmly.

Yuuki nodded again: "She really can't do it. Is it because her will to use that power isn't strong enough? Or is something missing? I don't know, and I don't have the chance to explore it slowly. In short, the result is that even she can't control the primordial power now. However, she did manage to control it successfully before. If it weren't for her, the primordial power wouldn't have been taken from my body."

Genken Mashiro wasn't a witness to Yuuki Yuki's rampage, and Yuuki Yuki wasn't curious about how she knew about Yuuki Yuki's current situation, but Yuuki Yuki simply assumed that the other party knew everything.

Genken Mashiro didn't show any surprise at all: "You mean to say that anything can happen unexpectedly, right?"

Yuuki Yukino nodded, which was a confirmation.

Genken Mashiro countered, "But Yuuki Yukino, neither of us are the type to gamble our future on unforeseen circumstances, and now is not the time to take a gamble. Instead of choosing to believe her, let's find a more reliable solution."

“Yes, I admit it.” Yuuki nodded again: “So the most reliable method I can think of is to find you.”

"It's an honor to be found reliable by you." Genken Mashiro didn't even pause for a moment before scoffing.

Yuuki Yui finally stopped nodding and slowly refocused her wandering gaze. Even though Urobuchi Mashiro was extremely relaxed at the moment, she still involuntarily straightened her back when she saw Yuuki Yui's eyes.

“I’ve always thought you were right. If we want to completely solve this, making magical girls disappear is a good way. Your method is indeed feasible, but it’s only feasible. There’s never been a single solution in this world. Besides, I don’t want to die at all. Rather than choosing such a way to end it all, I’d rather find a path that gives everyone a future.”

"Do you think I would help you?" Genki Mashiro's question was much more serious.

“No, you absolutely cannot help me. As long as you have the power, you will definitely find a way to fulfill your wish of eradicating magical girls, which you were just one step away from doing,” Yuuki Yui replied.

"So you knew, and even so you still came to see me." Genken Mashiro relaxed her body and leaned back in her wheelchair once again, but the listless look on her face had long since vanished.

She also knew that Yuuki Yukino's words couldn't be that simple.

“So I will give you strength.” Yuuki Yuuki shrugged.

"Are you kidding me?" Gen Ken Mashiro's eyes narrowed, and he sat up straight in his wheelchair.

Yuuki Yukino answered Mashiro Urouge's question directly with the most practical action.

A thread was pulled from the red rope ring worn by Yuuki Yuen's finger. A dim magical aura slowly flowed from Yuuki Yuen's fingertip into the thin, almost invisible red thread, making the light grow stronger as Yuuki Yuen poured something into it.

The process of infusing magic power lasted for several minutes. Genki Mashiro witnessed the red thread on Yuuki Yuuki's hand go from dim to shining brightly until it finally stopped. It seemed that the red thread on Yuuki Yuuki's hand was no different from before, but the power it contained was now vastly different from before.

Yuuki Yukino stepped forward and carefully placed the red thread in the palm of Genki Mashiro's hand, then raised her chin towards him.

Genken Mashiro held the red thread in his hand without saying a word.

Yuuki Yukino then began her explanation.

"I don't need you to do anything. I'm just giving you back the possibility of a final desperate gamble. With it, you can use the power of a magical girl, which is much stronger than the fake magical girl you created. It's not inferior to the power that Xiao Li once possessed."

Genken Mashiro examined the object in her palm. Having tried to create magical girls more than once, she was extremely familiar with this kind of thing.

The counterfeit goods of Rainbow Leaf City, those guys who used to collect filth and shared their power, the girl who gained magical girl power because of the existence of filth, and the new life born from Shubnigs's soul fragments... Compared to Yuuki Enishi's simple red thread, these things are like chickens and dogs meeting a steel chariot.

With Nyarlathotep's abilities, its perfection was so great that it was indistinguishable from the real thing. Moreover, the power contained within that red thread did not belong to Nyarlathotep, but to Yog-Sothoth, which he had once possessed.

If Genki Mashiro feels good about it, as long as he truly integrates it into his body, he will gain power that is no less than his own at his peak.

However, gaining this power comes at a price.

Genken Mashiro weighed the almost non-existent weight in his palm: "But it can only be used once. With my current broken soul, it will completely collapse after just one use. Then it won't be as simple as just dying."

“That’s right.” As for the purpose of this red thread and the extent to which it can be used, Yuuki Yuki didn’t need to explain anything to Urouge Mashiro. There were some things that Urouge Mashiro understood perfectly well even without being told.

"Alright, tell me, what are you planning to do?" At this moment, Yuuki Yuki was truly unfathomable to Genji Mashiro.

“I’ve already said it once, I have no other plans. Now that you have the power to fulfill your wish again, and you will absolutely not give up on your wish, and if you make another move, you will really die, so when you make your next move, you will definitely be fully confident,” Yuuki Yui replied.

Genken Mashiro raised his chin, signaling Yuuki Yukino to continue.

“I have things to do now, but to be honest, I have neither confidence nor clue about what I want to do. It would be absurd to say that I can succeed right now,” Yuuki Yuen continued.

“If I fail or something goes wrong, your chance will come. You have no feelings for me, no connection with my companions, and you have no bottom line at all. You will never let go of the only chance to realize your wish again.”

Leaving your last line of defense in the hands of the enemy is indeed a rather risky move.

But precisely because they are enemies, and there is no possibility of cooperation between them, Mashiro Gakuen will act exactly as Yuuki Yuuki intended. Only when Yuuki Yuuki is truly unable to control the situation will she take over everything.

As Genki Mashiro listened, she finally relaxed, folded the red thread in her hand in half, then in half again, and then tucked it into the wallet she had taken out of her pocket.

After Mashiro had finished all these things, she finally spoke.

"There's no more filth to allow the three gods to merge, most of the powerful magic needed is in your body, the sacred hymn that serves as the vessel is out of control, and the primordial power is not in our hands. How can I possibly succeed?"

"That's your problem. You're so eager to end all this, what's this little problem to you?" Yuuki Yuu spread her hands to her sides, looking like it was none of her business.

"but……"

Yuki Yukino's words ended there.

Genken Mashiro was a smart person. She knew exactly what Yuuki Yuen was going to say next. She didn't need to say those threatening or warning words. She wouldn't actually touch Yuuki Yuen's sore spot under these circumstances.

This marked the end of the conversation.

……

"So, Xiaoyuan did leave initially because she didn't want to affect everyone, but she returned to Yuehai City to resolve the issue, met with you, and confirmed the current situation in Yuehai City before leaving again?"

Nishio Reki made a simple and clear summary.

“That’s right,” Genken Mashiro replied.

"Then why won't she see us?" Nishio Reki's naiveté kicked in again. When it came to Yuuki Yukino, she was sometimes unusually perceptive, and she couldn't understand some of the issues that were out in the open.

“You’ve already come to the conclusion that if Yuuki Yukino says goodbye to you, she might not be able to leave here in peace to find a solution, and you won’t just let her leave like that, so this is the best way,” explained Genki Mashiro.

Of course, the real reason is not just that. Yuuki Yuki also told Gon Mashiro the truth, but this was something Yuuki Yuki asked Gon Mashiro to keep secret, which is why Gon Mashiro didn't tell Nishio Reki.

"I see, that makes sense." Nishio Reki counted on his fingers, finally making sense of the logic, and then looked up at Urouge Mashiro again: "So why were you willing to tell me all this?"

“If we make things clear, then when I really need to do something, you can make sure they don’t get in my way,” Genken Mashiro replied. “And regardless of whether I’m sincere or not, you will definitely pay close attention to my every move and word, and slowly try to figure out why I’m being so open about these things. This will also buy Yuuki Yuki and me more time.”

"Is it really that simple?" Nishio Reki asked with skepticism.

Genken Mashiro nodded: "It's that simple."

……

A spacious room.

Yuuki Yuen yawned, turned the book upside down on the table, leaned back in her chair and stretched, then casually folded the paper covered in writing on the table twice and tossed it into the pile of scrap paper next to her.

Footsteps approached from behind Yuuki Yukina, eventually fading away beside her. The light from the lamp was mostly blocked by the figure behind her, casting Yuuki Yukina's face into shadow.

"I thought you were researching how to control the power within your body. You're actually studying here. I have to say, you're really bold. Hmm, I miss it a bit. If my grades were better, I might have been able to do it."

The girl behind him sighed, reached out and picked up the book that Yuuki Yuki had placed face down on the table, flipped through a few pages at random, and then put it face down again.

“I’m also a student taking the entrance exam. What’s wrong with my studies? Besides, researching the power of magical girls doesn’t require this much draft paper. It’s a prejudice to think that research involves burying yourself in books.”

Yuuki Yui rested her head on the back of the chair, looked up at the girl's face, which was mostly obscured by a pair of towering breasts, and pouted as if complaining.

"So what's up? Is there a new movie coming out? Or are you going out for something nice to eat?"

"No, I came here to tell you something." The girl took a few steps back, and the huge treasure chest that was almost pressing down on Yuuki Yuen's face was moved away, exposing Yuuki Yuen's face directly to the light shining down on her once again.

Yuuki shielded the light with her arms, but showed great interest in the topic of girls.

"Oh? What's the matter? Senior, you actually made a special trip?"

“A magical girl has entered this city.”

I'm not feeling well. I had already written the next chapter, but it didn't feel right, so I'm planning to rewrite it and post it again tomorrow after resetting.

Chapter 254 Chaos

Ever since Inuyama Tomoe and Nishio Reki visited Seiyuu Academy, something has quietly begun to change.

Nishio Reki did not tell anyone about his second conversation with Genken Mashiro, and even Nishio Reki himself could not find a suitable reason or excuse for his actions.

Letting other magical girls know that Mashiro Urouge still possesses the power to change everything is an extremely dangerous move that will only make the already chaotic situation even more chaotic.

However, Nishio Reki told the others that he had deduced that there was something hidden in the conversation between Gyoken Mashiro and Yuuki Yukino.

In the Rainbow Society's activity room, Nishio Reki used his conversation with Yuuki Yuuki when he was still hiding his identity and Yuuki Yuuki's subsequent actions as evidence to tell everyone that Yuuki Yuuki could not be the kind of person who wanted to die, and that she might be somewhere right now thinking about how to calm the turbulent magical power within her.

Nishio Reki's statement was unanimously accepted. Yuuki Yuki's image in everyone's mind was not that of someone who would be so desperate as to commit suicide, nor was she the type to conspire with Genki Mashiro. Hearing this news, the morale of Nijisanji was boosted considerably.

The reasons why Yuuki Yukino didn't go to see them and why she went to find Urobuchi Mashiro have been largely deduced by everyone, making Nishio Reki wonder if further deduction might actually reveal the whole truth.

However, this part of the reasoning ends here, but Nishio Reki's crisis is not yet over.

When Sakura Hanako suggested that they take another chance to visit Seiyuu Academy and ask Genken Mashiro if she was hiding anything, Nishio Reki was so shocked that his heart almost stopped, but fortunately Mizuno Yu smoothed things over.

Nishio Reki still remembers what Mizuno Yu said back then.