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

"Hui, hang in there a little longer, we'll be in Yuehai City soon."

Miya Miyashita slowed down her flight to keep pace with Rie Tsukimi, who was following behind her, and looked at Rie Tsukimi with concern as she frowned.

Rie Tsukimi, still gazing into the primordial darkness, gently shook her head: "Mia, I'm not tired, I'm just... a little worried."

"Things have already come to this point, there's no use worrying now. Let's wait until we get to Moonsea City and then see how things go," Miyashita Miya reassured her.

“Mia, you really don’t know how to comfort people.” Tsukimi Rie sighed silently, then said, “I’m worried not only about Tsukimi City, but also about you.”

"Me? What do I have to worry about? Even if we haven't fought anyone recently, it won't be easy for the two of us to beat you!" Miyashita Mia chuckled, revealing a row of white teeth, looking rather dim-witted.

Rie Tsukimi's sigh became even more pronounced: "That's exactly what I'm worried about. We're still corrupted magical girls. Even if we find a way to suppress the corruption, if we fight others without restraint, we might be dominated by the filth again."

"Oh, we'll see when the time comes. As long as we're sure our family is alright, we won't interfere unless it's absolutely necessary, right?" Miyashita Miya chuckled and continued to reassure them, "Anyway, it's unlikely we'd be that coincidentally to run into each other..."

Miyashita Mia's words ended there before she forcefully swallowed them back.

She could already feel a magical force rushing towards her at high speed.

Keep in mind that this place is only on the outskirts of Moonsea City, and magical girls shouldn't be appearing in a place like this.

Miya Miyashita glanced helplessly at Rie Tsukimi beside her and noticed that Rie Tsukimi's expression was more solemn than ever before, staring intently at the darkness ahead, and her pace had slowed considerably.

She intended to return to Yuehai City to check on the situation, but she never expected to end up here.

"How about...we run now?" Miya Miya's words became hesitant as she sought Tsukimi Rie's consent.

Rie Tsukimi stopped in mid-air, but instead of turning away as Miya Miya had suggested, she stared into the darkness ahead and slowly shook her head: "It's too late."

Before Tsukimi Rie and Miyashita Mia stood a mysterious figure, as if she had always been there.

Just by looking at the ferocity of the magic emanating from her opponent, Miyashita Mia knew that she would probably be no match for her.

Even if you said she was the cause of the riots in Tsukimi City, Miyashita would definitely believe it.

I've only been away from Moonsea City for almost a year, but does a corrupted magical girl of this caliber really exist in Moonsea City?

It's pointless to consider how strong the other party is right now. The most urgent thing is to think about how to communicate with them and how to avoid conflict.

Miyashita Mia thought to herself as she watched the girl in front of her slowly raise her head and look at her with weary eyes.

At the same time, she saw the other person's face clearly, and her vigilance immediately decreased. She couldn't help but exclaim the other person's name.

"Yuki Yuuki?!"

……

"That's how it is. We ran into Yuuki Yuki that night, who was about to leave Tsukimi City." Tsukimi Rie slowly recounted the story, her narration becoming even slower after meeting Yuuki Yuki.

Helica was an impatient person, and as soon as she heard about Yuuki Yuuki, she couldn't sit still any longer and hurriedly asked, "And then what?"

Rie Tsukimi replied, "Afterwards, Yuuki Yuuki told us the whole story, such as what the original magical girl was, that someone wanted to reawaken the original magical girl and kill her so that the magical girl would disappear completely, and what she did tonight and what kind of enemies she fought."

Rie Tsukimi went into even more detail about this part, as if she were afraid that others wouldn't understand.

However, the other magical girls also noticed that Yuuki Yukari was selective in what she told Tsukimi Rie, rather than accepting all of her experiences in one go.

In short, Yuuki Yuki explained the situation of Urobuchi Mashiro, what the original magical girl was, and what the church was. Most of the content focused on the three pillar gods, the church, and the original power, while the magical girl's companions were only mentioned briefly.

Is that why Rie Tsukimi couldn't immediately recognize or match the other magical girls when she met them?

Thinking about it this way, it's actually quite understandable.

As everyone listened and chatted, and being magical girls, there was no need to worry about excessive formalities. After listening to everything, Hong Moli immediately asked a question that everyone was curious about: "Then what is the reason that Yuuki Yukino is with you?"

"Her power could bring disaster to Moonsea City. Only by staying away from Moonsea City and other magical girls can she control herself, which is why she has to leave. And we are both fallen magical girls, and we received help from Yuuki Yuki before. Without Yuuki Yuki, we wouldn't be where we are today, so we decided to help Yuuki Yuki out," Tsukimi Rie replied.

Ba Qi asked incredulously, "Xiao Yuan just agreed like that?"

Rie Tsukimi shook her head: "Yuki Yuuki initially refused, but with two corrupted magical girls by her side, she could be controlled as much as possible when she went berserk. Also, having someone she knew outside would be helpful. Although we had a disagreement with Yuki Yuuki at first, it felt really warm to see her again. In the end, we didn't return to Tsukimi City, but went to Hoshimi City together."

"Is she living with you now?"

"I guess so. I have a dormitory in college. Because of her work, Mia isn't home often at night, so one of the rooms in our rented double room is actually vacant. Yuuki Yuen moved in there, and she still pays the rent as usual. It's not that we took her in; it's a normal cohabitation relationship."

"So what did she do in Hoshimi City?" Mizuno Yuu then asked.

"In short, there are two things: one is to control the power within her body and to try to understand what the power within her body is all about. Later, she also discovered that the power that made her go berserk should be the original magical girl... that is, the soul of Tsukimi Rize."

Rie Tsukimi's explanation was more detailed, but it wasn't much different from what Helica had said or what everyone else had analyzed. Perhaps it was because Yuuki Yuki hadn't really told Rie Tsukimi any particularly useful information, so the girls felt that Rie Tsukimi knew less than they did.

But everyone listened very attentively, afraid of missing any mistakes.

The result was flawless; everyone knew just a little more than Tsukimi Rie, so it seems Yuuki Yukino didn't really want to drag these two into it.

“Oh, right, senpai.” Tenrai Herika seemed to remember something: “You said Yuuki Yukino was doing two things, what’s the other one?”

“She’s studying,” Rie Tsukimi replied.

"Study?" Everyone was taken aback.

“Yes, she’s preparing for her college entrance exams and plans to take the entrance exam for Fuyuno University in a while.” Tsukimi Rie nodded with great certainty: “She has also consulted me on a lot of things. I’m not sure if she’s just keeping herself occupied or if she really wants to go to college, but Yuuki Eri’s grades are indeed quite good.”

For a short while, no one knew what to say. Only the eerie music from the movie played, which added a touch of inexplicable humor to the atmosphere among the girls.

"What?! At this hour, she's still studying! Can she really keep up with her studies?" Helica retorted, sinking herself back into the sofa.

Everyone had been trying to persuade her, saying that Yuuki Yuuki might not have given up, but Helica still had this knot in her heart.

What if Yuuki Yukino really chooses the path of no return? After all, she had already asked Urouge Mashiro about that kind of thing, and she had also given a portion of her power to Urouge Mashiro, and...

But now all these chaotic thoughts have been dispelled by Yuuki Yuuki's foolish yet reasonable actions.

A person who is truly seeking the end cannot be preoccupied with entrance exams at this time, unless they believe they have a solution and are therefore preparing for their future.

“That makes sense. As for entrance exams, Xiaoyuan can pass them easily if I tutor her.” Ba Qi breathed a sigh of relief, though perhaps she herself was also somewhat wary.

As for Nishio Reki, she didn't have much to say. She was the one who thought Yuuki Yui wouldn't give up. Now that she heard that Yuuki Yui was studying hard, she didn't seem to have any other thoughts besides "As expected of Yui."

The girls exchanged a few words and then urged Tsukimi Rie together.

"And then what?"

"After that, Yuuki Yukari almost lost control of her magic power a few times, but it was relatively easy to solve. As long as I or Mia used magic plunder to extract the excess magic power from her, she was not in danger for a while. That's why Yuuki Yukari has stayed with us all this time."

"You and Xiaoyuan...did that kind of thing...?!" Ba Qi's face immediately turned ugly.

"No, we would never do such a thing, no matter how exaggerated it is. We just bit Yuuki Yukino's wrist." Tsukimi Rie waved her hands repeatedly to clarify.

Although she once said on the Moon Sea Tower that she would use Yuuki Yuki as her bed when she and Mia were intimate, it was impossible for her to actually do that.

"Then came the matter of Helica Tenrai coming to Hoshimi City." Taking advantage of the fact that no one else was asking any more questions, Tsukimi Rie quickly moved on to the next topic: "It seems that it was because of this that Yuuki Yuki and Mia encountered danger."

Chapter 268 Blooming Like Withered Leaves

The girls had just heard about Helica's arrival in Moonsea City yesterday.

However, listening to it from another perspective does offer a fresh perspective.

The events leading up to Yuuki Yukina and Tenrai Helica's meeting were quite ordinary. Miyashita Mia noticed that Tenrai Helica had come to the city and told Yuuki Yukina about it. Yuuki Yukina then decided to meet Helica, and that's how the two of them met.

However, before the meeting, Yuuki Yui instructed Miyashita Mia and Tsukimi Rie that if Tenrai Herika intended to pursue him relentlessly, the two of them should be responsible for stopping Herika and making her give up on the idea.

That being said, the two sensed that Yuuki Yuki was still unwilling to give up, and since they didn't want to fight Helica to the death, they didn't go all out.

After they realized that Helica's strength was far beyond their control, and that the price they would have to pay if they really attacked her without mercy would be too high, they simply showed some restraint and let Helica go.

After Helica caught up with Yuuki Yuuki, others knew more about what happened than Tsukimi Rie.

But what happened after that remains unknown to everyone else.

……

Night falls on the streets of Hoshimi City, shrouded in heavy rain.

Lying on the ground, Yuuki Yukina bit her lower lip, shielding her eyes with her arm. Her chest rose and fell irregularly with her intermittent breathing, as the rain poured down from the sky, engulfing her in the seemingly endless sound of the rain.

Yuki Yui's clothes were already soaked through by the heavy rain, which was greedily absorbing the warmth from her body, but Yuki Yui showed no intention of getting up.

Suddenly, Yuuki felt that the light coming through her slits had lessened, and the pattering raindrops stopped a few centimeters above the girl's head.

Yuuki Yukino moved her arm away, her vision blurred due to the pressure, and she could only barely make out that she was in the shadows.

Yuuki Yui closed her eyes tightly, blinked, and rubbed them several times with the back of her hand before she could see clearly that someone was standing next to her head, holding an umbrella that covered most of her body.

She could tell from the other person's build and clothes that the person standing above her was Tsukimi Rie, who was holding her umbrella with one hand.

Not far from Tsukimi Rie, Miyashita Miya was waiting on the side holding another double umbrella.

"Can you stand up, Yuuki Yuki?" Tsukimi Rie squatted down and stretched out her hand, which was not yet holding the umbrella, toward Yuuki Yuki, but her position was not very convenient for Yuuki Yuki to pull her hand to stand up.

Yuuki grabbed Tsukimi Rie's hand and used the strength to sit up on her side, but she didn't do anything else. She just sat in a puddle that had just accumulated and silently let go of Tsukimi Rie's hand.

Rie Tsukimi didn't rush to help Yuuki Yuuki stand up. Instead, she handed her umbrella forward to shield Yuuki Yuuki's head from the rain, but there was nothing she could do about the water seeping into Yuuki Yuuki's clothes in the puddles.

"You can't bear to part with it?" Tsukimi Rie's voice was much softer.

Yuuki Yui didn't speak, but nodded.

"Then why don't you go back with her? You actually want to go back too, don't you?"

Yuki Yui knew that her thoughts were already written all over her face, so there was no point in being stubborn now, and she didn't even have the desire to be stubborn.

Yuuki Yui wanted to go back. She wasn't usually as awkward as Herika, but one of the few times she acted awkwardly, she lost what she wanted.

Is this a bad thing? Not necessarily, but it must be something that will put a lot of burden on Yuuki Yukino's heart.

Yuuki Yukino was still thinking about what had just happened, and gently shook her head.

Rie Tsukimi wasn't sure if she understood what Yuuki Yukino's head shake meant, but she sighed and continued to hold the umbrella over her.

The rain seems to have gotten heavier.

……

After returning home, Yuuki Eri, who had been caught in the rain, took a hot shower in her rented room, changed out of her wet clothes, threw them into the laundry basket, and then locked herself in her room.

Miya Miyashita originally planned to have a heart-to-heart talk with Yuuki Yuki. Even though they were enemies before, they had spent more than a month together, and it was only natural for her to help Yuuki Yuki out as a roommate.

However, Miyashita Mia was stopped by Tsukimi Rie, who felt it was better to leave Yuuki Yuki alone at this time.

That night, Yuuki Yui seemed to sleep very early; at least the lights in her room were turned off very early.

The next day, Yuuki Yuuki seemed to have returned to her usual life.

Yuuki Yuen got up very early and started by putting her wet clothes from the night before into the washing machine to clean them. Then she made some breakfast for herself in the kitchen and took it back to her room to eat slowly. She also remembered to greet Tsukimi Rie, who was getting up early to go to school.

Then, Yuuki Yui spent the whole day in her room, which had become her routine, but today she was surrounded by a very noticeable low pressure.