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

Scattered groups of magical girls, along with other corrupted magical girls, stood beside the two groups, yet they constituted the majority.

Also, there's the closest person to Yuuki Eri, but he's all alone.

This is a collection of all the magical girls, not one missing, all gathered here because of Yuuki Yukino's unrealistic plan.

Compared to the heartfelt unity everyone is showing today, all the disputes of the past month suddenly seem insignificant.

Yuuki Yui didn't say much, but looked at Lava Mountain Lantern.

This complacent guy is actually the biggest obstacle in Yuuki Eri's plan. Lava Mountain Lantern has no dreams or ambitions; she just wants to maintain her current life.

The final method to persuade Lava Mountain Lamp was quite simple: have a good fight with him.

Lava Lantern's opponents are all magical girls. As long as they agree to Yuuki Yukino's plan and are willing to contribute to it, Lava Lantern will not refuse them.

The battle ended quickly; from the moment everyone arrived until the battle was over, it was only a matter of ten minutes.

At least these magical girls who had actually fought against Azathoth felt that this battle was no easier than facing Yuuki Yukino in that state.

Towards the end of the fight, Lava Lantern simply said, "I had a lot of fun fighting, so I'll agree to your request," marking the end of the battle.

The outcome of the battle can be summed up in one sentence: Lava Lantern did not lose.

Seeing that the magma lamp was also looking at her, Yuuki Yuki spoke softly.

"Let's begin."

The first step is to burn their past, the future at the point in time when their differences arose, and destroy all possibilities that belong to them.

There is only one person capable of doing this, and she is more accurately described as the most indispensable part of the plan besides Yog-Sothoth.

“Surtr”.

She gripped the giant sword, built of stacked rocks, tightly in her hand at the soft call of the Lava Mountain Lamp. Beneath the layers of thick rock, orange-red light flowed slowly.

The veins on the back of Lava Lantern's hands were bulging, and one could clearly feel her sudden exertion of force. Then, the seemingly exaggerated rock was crushed by her bare hands.

A giant sword, seemingly forged from lava, revealed its true form from beneath the shattered rubble.

Heat waves flowed across the blade, and magma-like magic dripped down the serrated spine. Even though the girls did not directly touch the greatsword, they could still feel the scorching heat from its edge.

Lava Lamp raised the giant sword in his hand, the tip of the sword leaving an orange-red afterimage, and the scorched air swirled behind him.

The asphalt road beneath the girls' feet cracked open, and the asphalt bubbled up like melted syrup.

With a thunderous crash, the giant sword in the hands of the molten mountain lantern swung down, and the girls felt a gust of hot wind blow past them, followed by a change in the surrounding scenery.

Sparks flew and ignited the entire commercial street, neon tubes on billboards shattered one after another, and white mist billowed from the fountain in Moonsea Park where the girls were.

Invisible flames licked at the buildings made of steel and cement, and the window frames and glass flowed together into a golden-red waterfall. The steel bars twisted in the flames, dancing in the fire in bizarre ways like withered trees on Halloween.

Lava Lamp's short hair billowed in the heat, like a black flag, but a red highlight on his forehead boldly proclaimed his presence. The black demonic patterns in his pupils slowly rotated, burning with the same blazing flames as the outside world.

The city's scenery was reflected in the pupils of the Lava Mountain Lamp. The marble pillars collapsed like candles melting on a church candelabrum. The concrete crackled in the high temperature. The Moonsea Tower, the undisputed highest point of Moonsea City, collapsed in the flames.

The wreckage of the broken viaduct sank into the steaming water below, and the heat wave, carrying the scent of destruction, swept over every inch of scorched earth, burning everything in sight to ashes.

This is Surtr, the sword that ended a myth.

As the last batch of bricks and steel melted into a dark red stream, Yuuki Enishi's voice suddenly rang out, drowning out all the destruction.

"Everyone, now is the time."

Immediately, a stream of magic flowed into Yuuki Yuuki's body, making the red line in her palm even more dazzling.

The second, the third, countless rays of light followed and merged into Yuuki Eri's palm.

The girls' bodies also became dull, as if they had completely blended into it.

Amidst the ashes of the city that had been burned to the ground, countless points of light rose up like newly born fireflies. Even though their existence was much dimmer than the power of those magical girls, it was far more vast. Even the most insignificant firefly became a galaxy that filled the sky at this moment.

Those are also fragments of memories, countless joys and sorrows born in this city, proof that everyone once existed.

As if she were all alone in the world, Yuuki Yuki clenched her fists, and even her own body began to dim. In the end, only a lonely red thread remained, still floating in the air.

A tiny ember ignited the red thread, which burned slowly in the flames of Ragnarok. Countless scenes flashed by, depicting their ordinary daily lives, all of which were devoured by the flame.

But this also means they can write a completely new story and change the ending no one wanted to see. (Lin@)

This time, everyone can start afresh.

At the moment the red thread was completely burned out, a crack seemed to appear in the darkness.

It was as if a mirror had been shattered from behind, and a ray of dawn shone through the darkness, reflecting that colorful world.

That was Moonsea City, Moonsea City hanging upside down above the darkness, a city that existed only in the depths of a certain girl's memory and should not exist in the real world.

Countless towering buildings are closely packed together, outlining an inverted steel jungle like the Sword of Damocles, as if it were about to crush people.

The cunning that once belonged to darkness now presents a vast starry sky. In the unfathomable darkness, the stars shine brightly, sparkling like jewels and shining like hope.

Amidst the sea of ​​stars, the pink-haired girl clad in Azathoth's armor lowered her bright, star-like eyes and cast a glance at the last embers.

Chapter 314 As Expected of Me

The moment that created a new point of divergence in the world, giving rise to a future that would carry Yuuki and the others, was the moment when Nishio Reki defeated Yuuki, who had completely mastered the Primordial Darkness.

Yuuki Yukino had wondered more than once why her personality had changed so drastically, and why she had done the things that Genki Mashiro had suggested. This question had troubled Yuuki Yukino for a very long time.

However, at the time, everyone was preoccupied with whether to destroy the current possibility in order to save both worlds, so Yuuki Eri's predicament was insignificant.

But now, it seems that Yuuki Yuuki has a chance to resolve her troubles.

The entire Moonsea City was reduced to scorched earth. The embers ignited the fuse that reversed time, and the magic of all the magical girls supported the flame to burn until the turning point of fate. Almost everyone witnessed that moment.

An upside-down city, a sea of ​​stars beneath your feet, and Yuki Eri perched atop that sea of ​​stars.

But that was only for a moment. Then, as if they had just had a very long dream, when they opened their eyes, the scene before them seemed to have never changed.

The rainbow light gradually faded, the black-haired girl with a long spear fell, and her kin were wailing.

Without a doubt, this was the day when everyone stood together against Yuuki Yuki, and this was the moment of victory.

However, Yuuki Yukino's mind had gained something new. In addition to the memories of those months that no longer existed, there were also some non-existent but certainly familiar yet unfamiliar memories that she had personally experienced.

Those fragments of memory merged with the memories held by Yuuki Yukino herself, twisting into a continuous line.

……

The memories begin when Yuuki Yuuki successfully obtained the power of a magical girl and fought for the city as a magical girl.

At that time, Yuuki Yuuki met her companions who were not yet members of Nijisanji. Together, they fought to defeat one corrupted magical girl after another who was causing trouble in Tsukimi City.

It started with Miya Miyashita, followed by Koumori and Hyakki Senyu, and finally pointed to Kuroba Laisei, the ultimate culprit of St. Yuu Academy.

Although Yuuki Yuuki knows that the culprit is the Holy Yuuki Academy, it is not someone like Kuroba Reisei.

Yuuki Yuuki also remembered what happened next: the argument, battle, and reconciliation between Nishio Reki, who was bewitched by Seishin, and then the battle at Seishuu Academy, the arrival of Seishin, and how she obtained the power of Nyarlathotep, thus opening the reverse timeline.

He tried, failed, gave everything to Nishio Reki, and engaged in a battle with the original magical girl who had come after him.

However, the divergence in memories—no, strictly speaking, the missing memory fragments of Yuuki Eri begin here.

Yuuki Yukino has always listened to Nishio Reki recount the countless timelines of her past, but she can only learn bits and pieces about the past through Nishio Reki's stories.

But now, those memories have been strung together and are unfolding from my own perspective.

That's not entirely accurate. It actually unfolds from the perspective of oneself, or another version of oneself in the current timeline, after obtaining Nyarlathotep's power.

Whether it's facing an unwanted final outcome, committing heinous crimes, or even burning the entire city to the ground, whatever happened, I will retain all those memories.

Simply possessing these memories and re-examining everything from an outsider's perspective is not the real issue. What truly matters is understanding why one possesses these memories in the first place.

The answer is right there, because these are the memories that Nyaruko carries.

Each time, only Nishio Reki returns to the past, but each time he brings his own Nyarlathotep back with him, and then continuously gives this power to himself, prompting him to try to break through the shackles time and time again.

Yes! That's it! Why is it that Nishio Riku is always able to successfully obtain his Nyarlathotep no matter what state he is in? Why is it that Nishio Riku is always able to smoothly hand over that power to himself?

Despite facing so many life-threatening crises, Nishio Reki has never failed once, which makes no sense at all.

Yuuki Yukino is certainly willing to believe that Nishio Reki risked his life to protect her, and this must be a major reason for it. However, if she is too optimistic about Nishio Reki, she will overlook an important matter.

Since I possess these complete memories, then the other version of myself must be the one who experienced these memories firsthand, and then recorded them along with Nishio Reki.

That's right, that's the key point: the person who experienced it firsthand was "one" person.

Having traversed countless years to reach this world, it wasn't just Nishio Reki who arrived; there was also another version of himself.

Other magical girls, even when dominated by the power of darkness, only have their minds distorted and do not lose their memories. But Yuuki Yuuki is different. Every time Yuuki Yuuki is dominated by darkness, she loses the relevant memories.

The soul is compatible with the body. If it is not her own body, the magical girl's soul cannot directly control her body. This was also deduced by the girls during the battle of Seishin.

All along, the person controlling Yuuki Eri's body was not the so-called Primordial Darkness, but another version of herself.

Upon seeing that upside-down city once again, Yuuki Yuki was already certain of many things.

I've seen her before, more than once.

Being able to freely control whether or not to give Nyaruko's power to herself, being able to forcibly suppress her own corruption, choosing to burn herself out in order to help herself... these things have become incredibly subtle now.

Despite repeated cycles of reincarnation, Nishio Reki has been unable to find a solution. This is not solely Nishio Reki's problem; there is also a strange force preventing him from achieving a certain outcome.

It is that fragment of one's own soul, found on that sea of ​​stars, that is the source of all this calamity.

And these were things that Yuuki Yui already knew.

Yuuki Yui left Tsukishima City because she noticed something unusual about the power within her.

Yuuki Yukino returned to Tsukishima City because she needed to plant the seeds of confronting her other self beforehand.

The reason Yuuki Yui couldn't explain these things was that her memories had become turbulent due to interference from another soul that was almost identical to her own. These were the memories that Yuuki Yui's memory was still sealed away, as Yumehara Sumireko had mentioned.

The reason why Yuuki Yui completely went berserk was that she finally found a way to confront another version of herself in Hoshimi City. During the time she was away from Tsukimi City, the breakthroughs that Yuuki Yui made were not as simple as they seemed.

However, she failed to overcome her other self, and so she collapsed on the bed, barely alive, where she was discovered by Miya Miya who broke in.

And so, what happened next occurred.

……

"Aha……"

Yuuki Yukina suddenly woke up and saw Nishio Reki standing in front of her, plunging the spear into her body. The fresh pain made Yuuki Yukina frown.

It really feels like a lifetime ago. It feels like just a second ago I was watching the Lava Lantern burn down the entire city, and the second before that I was fighting another version of myself in the sea of ​​stars. Now I've been completely pierced through by Nishio Reki.

"Gah." Nishio Reki gritted his teeth and increased his magic output even more, as if he wanted to tear Yuuki Eri apart completely.