The Witch Trial Begins with the OO Buckethead Zombie

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After tidying up, I left the shower room and went to the living room.

Hoshino Utsunomiya immediately spotted everyone's figures.

It seems that the girls, except for him, have gathered here once again.

There seemed to be many things on the table in front of Naoka.

It seems we need to discuss something.

Hoshino Utsunomiya casually pulled up a chair and sat down, placing his hands on the table.

"Is it time for me to die? If possible, I'd prefer execution by firing squad; that would be more decisive," he said with a serious expression.

The girls: "...?"

"If you say that again, I'm really going to force myself on you." Tachibana Sherry looked a little angry, raised her fist, and gave a friendly smile.

Hosho Mag's cheek twitched slightly. He smiled and walked closer, putting his hands behind his back through Utsunomiya Hoshino's shoulders, wanting to pull him into a hug: "Have I been loving you less lately?"

Fortunately, the chairs with backs in the original living room had been taken out to build with blocks, otherwise her actions would have been quite troublesome.

At least the skin could no longer be pressed tightly against Hoshino Utsunomiya's back, causing it to take shape.

"You can't think like that!" Saeki Miria clenched her little fists and glared at Utsunomiya Hoshino.

"Again?" Hasumi Rieya sighed softly.

Arisa Fujito panicked slightly: "Huh? Did I do something wrong? Was it my fault? Why would you say something like that?"

Thinking about it carefully, I realize that I'm the only one who did anything today.

Should I not have confessed to Bai...?

Natsume Anan kept writing something in her sketchbook, but then she kept erasing it herself. Finally, she couldn't stand it anymore and strode over.

She snuggled into Hoshino Utsunomiya's arms.

“You are not allowed to die,” she said.

The girls' attitudes were very clear, and although their reactions were somewhat strong, it made Hoshino Utsunomiya feel their resolute attitude.

“…” Utsunomiya Hoshino patted Natsume Anan’s head and Hosho Mag’s hand, and smiled: “You won’t die.”

"I'm overthinking it."

Although it seems like a relapse of an old illness, well...

He suddenly realized that if the witch's rewind was delayed, there was no evidence to prove that he would rewind.

Then, everything he said before will be considered a lie.

He might be seen as a con artist who simply wants to find an excuse to deceive a young girl's feelings.

Even so, people probably wouldn't care too much.

But he himself will definitely care.

Seeing this scene, which resembled a joint trial, he couldn't help but blurt it out.

This is going to be tough.

"Apologize."

"Kurobe Nanoka said coldly."

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry, I won't say that again." Utsunomiya Hoshino raised her hands in surrender: "If I say it again next time..."

"Do as you please!"

He made a statement that would give others a handle to use against him.

But he didn't mind.

"At our disposal?"

"Do as you please!"

Hoshino Utsunomiya responded with a booming voice.

"Well, if you really get raped, don't blame me," Tachibana Sherry cryptically warned.

The other girls nodded in agreement.

If they say something like that again, they won't care about any backtracking anymore.

Let's just go for it!

"So, if it's not to judge me, then what are you all doing here?"

Becoming a little more serious, Hoshino Utsunomiya decided to steer the conversation back on track.

Come to think of it, it was Nanoha Kaori who said she needed to talk to me about something.

And these things on the table...

Paper pages?

material?

“I think I’ve found the witch’s stronghold,” Nanoha Kurobe said with a complicated expression.

"Really?"

"?!"

“Explain in detail.” Hoshino Utsunomiya’s expression hardened slightly.

But he wasn't too happy, because it might not be a good thing. More importantly, Nanoha's expression meant that there was still a 'but' she hadn't said.

As expected, Kurobe Nanoka sighed.

"But the witch isn't inside."

"These are all we could find."

As she spoke, Naoka showed the documents on the table.

The text was filled with incomprehensible characters, but what was recognizable were the photos of one girl after another.

There are thirteen in total.

The number of people she likes is the same as the number of people Utsunomiya Hoshino likes.

This number is consistent with the number of people that Kurobe Nanoha saw in the vision.

After Hoshino Utsunomiya mentioned the device in the courtroom and recalled that Vision had seen the scene of him being strangled, Nanoha Kurobe began her exploration of the mansion's interior and exterior with even greater seriousness.

This exploration yielded a much, much more information than expected.

It's not that she didn't search carefully before; it's just that she was unlucky.

The amount of results is determined by the frequency of hallucinations.

Once it's triggered, once you see it, you'll know.

In the past, the frequency of triggering was very low, and each trigger was always related to Hoshino.

He's either dating a black-haired girl or a pink-haired puppy.

It's not a matter of jealousy or not; it's just that this information, besides making her unable to help but like that person even more,

It's no use!

What are you doing? I know he's a really good person, and I've definitely fallen for him.

But do I really need to keep telling myself this?!

The essence of magic's will might be one's own will, and Kurobe Nanoha is actually aware of this.

So when she stopped suppressing her true feelings and took the initiative to confess her love and start a relationship.

Vision's magic seemed to finally stop being overly fixated on showing her Hoshino Utsunomiya's past here.

There will be a lot of diverse and varied things on display.

for example......

"The walls are protected by magic cast by the Great Witch, which makes them immune to both magical and physical attacks."

This is a fact that everyone has already discovered.

"This island used to be the home of witches, who lived together around a being known as the 'Great Witch'."

This is an unknown part of history.

"Humans discovered the island, humans conquered the island, humans..."

These were the words that Nanoha Kaori spoke after hesitating for a while.

Her expression was not pleasant.

After all, in the visions, humans seem to be the complete perpetrators.

And clearly, Kurobe Nanoha Kaori's self-perception is that of a human.

However, these are just random pieces of information perceived through hallucinations.

It has nothing to do with the current documents and archives.

This file was found in the basement.

The execution device that rises from the basement of the courtroom is what reminds Naoka Kurobe of the existence of the underground space.

After searching for many days, thanks to a vision's reminder, and after catching a glimpse of the underground scene, Kurobe Nanoha finally found the place she was looking for in a small room next to the prison, outside the mansion.

Yes, there was a row of small rooms outside the mansion. If you followed the stone-paved path, you could see a row of wooden houses next to the prison.

There are about three small houses, each marked with a sign that reads "Fire Spirit Chamber," "Water Spirit Chamber," and "Goblin Chamber," respectively. The interiors resemble guesthouses.

It was called a guesthouse because the furniture inside was obviously better than that in the prison cells.

A tatami bed, a sofa, a wooden table, and a warden doll on the wooden table.

For this reason, the soft beds and sofas in the three rooms had long been moved back to the cell by Shirley Tachibana, replacing the hard bunk beds.

Two of the tatami beds in the clinic have been removed, leaving only one.