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

This behavior is irrational, but if she didn't do it, she wouldn't be Helica the Thunder.

"Stop arguing!"

Yuuki Yukino raised her voice a little higher, but unsurprisingly it was instantly drowned out. The only one who responded to her was Inuyama Tomoe, who was getting closer and closer.

"What? What's wrong?" Inuyama Tomoe finally squeezed next to Yuuki Yuuki, grabbed her hand, and completely ignored the farce happening in the cafeteria. Her eyes showed no concern for Yuuki Yuuki.

Yuuki Yukino raised a finger to her lips, making a shushing gesture. She then turned her gaze to the bustling cafeteria and gestured with her lips. Seeing Inuyama Tomoe nodding as if she understood, she cleared her throat and raised her voice to the highest level.

"I said! Stop arguing!"

This time the effect was obvious. Several students who were close by covered their ears, the students who were arguing were interrupted and stopped arguing. The students blocking the entrance to the cafeteria made way for each other, and the focus of the chaos was on Yuuki Yuki.

Doing something that would be a bit too risky for her is not in line with Yuuki Yukino's personality. The atmosphere has already been built up to this point, so she has no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it.

Between dying now and dying happily later when problems arise, dying now is better.

"Social death" is just a figure of speech; at most, it means you suffer some mental damage. Being raped to the point of physical and mental exhaustion is anything but pleasant.

"Isn't it wrong for a group of people to bully a girl?" Yuuki Yuen emphasized the word "a girl" to highlight the act of bullying the weak with the many.

Voices agreeing with Yuuki Yuuki's views began to emerge. However, those who chose to argue with Helica were still a minority. Before Yuuki Yuuki stood up, the voices of the few who were willing to speak up for Helica were too small, and many people chose to remain silent.

Now that Yuuki Yuuki is leading the way, people with similar ideas have the space to express their thoughts.

"That's right, we're all classmates, there's no need to make such a fuss, is there?"

"This is the cafeteria; arguing here will disturb other people."

"I think it's better to let them handle it themselves."

Despite the different wording, the core idea is the same: to end this farce.

Yuuki Yuki also overheard someone in the crowd saying that the scumbag pink-haired guy from the next class was taking the opportunity to flirt with girls again.

Rumors stop with the wise, and I cannot ruin the image that Yuuki Eri has worked so hard to maintain.

Hey! How come someone is saying: "Spending the whole morning trying to win over a transfer student because Yuuki Yuuki is a campus girl?"

Baqi, why don't you refute this? Don't smile so shyly, that's not your usual persona!

With Yuuki Yukino's interruption, the focus of the discussion began to shift, and the attacks on Helica temporarily ceased. Many students who understood Yuuki Yukino's meaning also began to quietly withdraw from the fray, and the tense atmosphere in the cafeteria finally eased.

Yuuki Yui remembered that it wasn't like this at all when Nishio Reki helped. Back then, all Nishio Reki needed to do was say a few words, and those arguing students would all become polite and subdued.

Forget it, as long as the goal is achieved, I don't mind dying a little bit.

Not everyone can act entirely based on reason. Among them are many classmates who were rebuffed by Helica and are indignantly defending themselves. The atmosphere, which had just eased up, has become tense again.

"Alright, alright, everyone, listen to me. It's lunch break now. Arguing here will only disturb the other students. Can you all calm down a bit?"

If they start arguing again, Yuuki Yuki will have wasted her time showing up, which won't help her clear her name at all. So she can only continue to smooth things over until Helica says that standard line, "I won't thank you."

"Also, we can go back and discuss the band's affairs slowly. Tianlei is doing this for the good of the band."

This statement was entirely made by Yuuki Yukino out of personal bias. If she had to choose her favorite character from the trio in the original work, she would definitely choose Helica, who brings out the extreme contrast in her personality. That's why she slightly favored Helica and tried to gain more of her favor.

"This is our band's business! You outsider, mind your own business!"

The person who picked up where she left off was actually Helica, who stepped in front of the other band members and separated Yuuki from the others with her body. Her light yellow eyes stared intently at Yuuki, and the pressure emanating from her petite body was extremely strong, just like a serval guarding its food.

Before Yuuki Yui could say anything, Inuyama Tomoe, who was holding Yuuki Yui's hand, couldn't sit still any longer: "How can you be like this? Didn't Yui help you out of that situation?"

"Huh?" Helica frowned and tilted her head to one side, as if she had heard something unexpected. She twitched the corner of her mouth and said, "I can handle this myself. Do I need her help?"

“You…” Inuyama Hakuki was speechless, choked with sarcasm.

"And who are you? I'm talking to her, what are you doing jumping in here?" Herika, who had left Baqi speechless, pressed on relentlessly.

Suddenly, someone in the crowd blurted out, "A battlefield of carnage?! How is that possible?!"

Before a new round of arguments could begin, Yuuki quickly pulled the agitated Inuyama Tomoe out of the cafeteria.

Although the other party's reaction was a little different from that in the game, I guess I've successfully built up goodwill this time?

Chapter Fifteen: I Need to Replenish My Mana!

Yuuki Yui initially thought that the rooftop might be quieter, allowing her to temporarily escape the troubles of interacting with others and find a small harbor for her soul to rest in.

When she actually went up to the rooftop, she realized that all the rooftop rehearsals, rooftop rendezvous, and rooftop confessions in the animation—those empty rooftops prepared solely for the protagonists—were fake.

The rooftop was filled with students resting during their lunch break; it was practically a gathering place for socially awkward people!

She didn't get any time alone either, as Inuyama Tomoe always followed her like a little tail, impossible to shake off. Of course, to others, it seemed perfectly reasonable for the two of them to appear together.

Unable to get a hot meal, Yuuki Yukino could only retaliate by taking a big bite of the fried noodle bread she bought at the convenience store.

The reason for buying this for lunch is simply because it's not very convenient to go to the cafeteria anymore. I've only seen this strange combination of carbs on top of carbs in anime, and I really wanted to try it. Surprisingly, it tasted quite delicious.

After swallowing everything in her mouth, Yuuki placed her hands together on the rooftop railing, looking down at the flow of people coming and going in the school, her voice low and her face serious:

"Listen carefully, we need to minimize contact between each other at school, otherwise there's a risk of our identities being exposed, understand?"

Yuehai Middle School is an all-girls school. Watching all the legal high school girls (JKs) strolling around the school, occasionally playing around and making intimate gestures, Yuuki Emi's solemn expression quickly melted away, and her body and mind felt as if they were being healed.

This place is simply paradise.

“Yes, I know.” Baqi leaned against the railing, biting on the straw of her boxed juice, and turned her head to stare intently at Yuuki Yuki’s profile, pulling her back to reality from her reverie.

The reality is that Yuuki Yukino still has to take risks and figure out how to proceed with her whitewashing plan. She really wanted to follow Nishio Reki's script, but after reading the script in her mind for a long time, she finally saw the words between the lines: the whole book was filled with the word "sexy".

Mana replenishment, defeat, and the simple escalation of emotions—nothing can escape the tinges of ambiguity. Even if Yuuki Yukari didn't want to do this, and even if she truly wanted to, once the atmosphere reached the point of bedtime, she took off her skirt, revealing her dark magic markings, could she really say: "These aren't dark magic markings, I haven't fallen into darkness, these are X-marks, I'm actually a succubus."

Let's just take it one step at a time. Since we can't move forward with Nishio Reki like in the game, the success rate of following Nishio Reki's script is much higher than groping around on our own.

"I mean, it's best if we don't appear together," Yuuki Yui explained quietly, putting her jumbled thoughts to the back of her mind.

Having clarified the purpose, there are now two things to consider: First, I have Nishio Reki's script, but who has Yuuki Yukino's script? Many plot points in the original work require Yuuki Yukino, the main female character, to drive them forward.

Then there's Inuyama Haki. She can't tell Haki about the information that Tenrai Helica is a magical girl, and she doesn't even know if she can completely trust Haki. Given the rumors that circulated before and the fact that the two of them appeared together in the cafeteria, it's not so easy for her to shake off Haki now.

If left unchecked, she had a premonition that sooner or later, Baki would be exposed to the other two magical girls, lose, and confess, thus ruining her plan to clear her name and causing both of them to suffer the consequences...

"Yeah, I know." Baqi didn't move an inch except to speak: "What are you twisting?"

Yuuki Yukina then noticed that she was leaning against the railing with her legs together, her lower body unconsciously twisting and turning. She was actually a little excited when she imagined the two of them being defeated together.

Yuuki Yuuki coughed awkwardly twice: "Ahem, never mind what I'm fidgeting about. I've already said it's best not to be alone. So what are you doing right now?"

"I'm having lunch," Baqi answered very honestly, making Yuuki Yuuki suspect that she, who was being so cautious, was the one who really had the problem.

Baqi slurped up the remaining juice in the cardboard box, which quickly flattened. Then, biting the straw, she turned her head and looked around, adding, "We're not alone either. Look, there are many people on the rooftop."

Baqi was right. The girls on the rooftop sat in small groups, eating lunch and discussing recent interesting events, such as their favorite celebrities and where to go after school. Of course, their discussion also included Yuuki Yuki and Helica, and the bizarreness of their conversations took another step forward.

Yuuki En originally planned to observe the behavior of her classmates while at school, and if anyone observed her in an unusual way, she would consider them a criminal suspect.

After what happened this morning, everyone's gaze towards Yuuki Eri is a bit off. She can't possibly write down everyone in the school who's talking about her in her notebook, can she?

"Okay, no problem."

Yuuki Yui sounded tired as she stuffed her mouth full of bread.

It wasn't that she couldn't refute it, but she felt that refutating Inuyama Tomoe was pointless.

She never asked the other person why they transferred schools, because she had no doubt that what the other person and the other students said was true, and that this guy was definitely after her.

From launching the attack to the chase, and even the conversation at the coffee shop and the final transfer, it's hard to imagine how Bachi managed to complete this whole sequence of moves in a single day.

"Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yuan." She ignored Ba Qi, but Ba Qi started to talk to her.

Suddenly, they were calling each other so intimately, Yuuki thought, and reluctantly replied, "What's wrong?"

"I need to replenish my mana!" Baqi said without any hesitation, as if it were as simple as saying what she wanted to eat.

Yuuki Yukino couldn't stay calm any longer. She decisively turned to Tomoe and covered her mouth tightly with both hands, furtively looking around to see if anyone had heard Tomoe's extremely dangerous statement.

Fortunately, the two were positioned on the side, and everyone else was busy with their own things, so it seemed that no one noticed what was happening.

"Ugh! Ugh!" Baqi struggled, her face turning red as she tried to push away Yuki Yuki, who was blocking her mouth and nose.

Yuuki Yukino quickly let go of his hand.

Baqi took a deep breath of fresh air, her expression slightly displeased. Seeing Yuuki Yuen's tense look, she lowered her voice and said, "What are you doing! The others can't understand what we're saying."

"How do you know there aren't any other magical girls in the school? What if we get caught? We'll lose! And then things will get chaotic!" Yuuki Yui couldn't lash out, so she could only speak in a low voice that only the two of them could hear, her voice fierce.

"Oh, I didn't expect that. What you said makes a lot of sense." Baqi listened intently, then slapped her palm in approval. "I need to replenish my mana!"

Good grief! You're completely impervious to reason!

Starting tomorrow, updates will be scheduled for the evening! There seem to be more people online then!

By the way, if you feel there are any problems with the author's plot, please feel free to point them out!

over!

Chapter Sixteen: The Storage Room

Helica was very upset; she had messed things up again.

She created sheet music for everyone in a way that even beginners could understand.

She thought that if she put a little pressure on the other members, they would come back to practice.

She had been looking forward to everyone performing her new song, which she had stayed up all night to write, on stage in the best possible condition.

But the band broke up.

Just now, those members who had never stood on stage said things like "I'm not happy at all in the band," left the band's group chat in front of her, and deleted the band account they had registered on their own initiative.

Then they deleted Helica's contact information as well.

If she had just spoken more gently, things wouldn't have escalated to this point; if she had just apologized, she could have avoided this outcome.

But she didn't; she messed things up again.

She didn't even get a proper thank you to the girl who spoke up for her.

Helica hid alone in the storage room behind the teaching building, curled up behind a pile of old desks and chairs, holding her round bread for lunch in her hands, and sniffing.

"I really went too far. Even if the band's situation is beyond repair, I should find an opportunity to apologize to them properly."

This is Helica's secret base. Except for the eve of big events such as sports meets or cultural festivals, no one usually goes near it, so no one can hear her talking to herself.

There were sounds coming from outside the storage room, as if someone was pulling on the storage room door.

Herlica's heart pounded. Normally, ordinary students were not allowed to enter the storage room without permission, and if they were caught, they would inevitably be punished.