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"Thank goodness... I almost got stuck there."

Bai Jiangzhu patted his chest and said.

The magical girls who protect the rumors are led by a woman with golden curly hair who looks extremely gorgeous.

Its ability is just like its appearance: to use various ribbons to transform into guns for attacks.

Tamaki Iroha was no match for her opponent. If it weren't for Nagisa Momoe's sudden outburst at the last minute, the two of them would probably have been left there.

Suddenly, Huan Caiyu, who had been silent all along, spoke up:

Do you know that magical girl?

Bai Jiangzhu paused for a moment, then slowly nodded:

"Her name is Mami Tomoe, and she's from Mitakihara City. I didn't expect her to come too..."

Mitakihara City is also a large metropolis, and magical girls who use large cities as their territory are generally of a higher level.

Before Baijiang Zhu could finish speaking, she immediately shut her mouth.

Because Huan Caiyu was pointing a crossbow at her.

Seeing the serious expression on Tamaki Aya's face, Hyakue Nagisa's body trembled slightly.

"Sister Caiyu, what's wrong...?"

"Baijiang, I'm not stupid."

Huan Caiyu stared at Baijiang Zhu and spoke slowly.

When facing the group of magical girls from the Wings of Magius, Nagisa Momoe, who was very weak in Iroha Tamaki's memory, suddenly unleashed a powerful magical force.

The powerful magical girl named Mami Tomoe was even slightly at a disadvantage when she fought her. If the opponent hadn't outnumbered her, Nagisa Momoe might have won.

Most importantly, Nagisa Momoe seems to be very familiar with Mami Tomoe's attack methods. During battles, she often manages to find weaknesses in Mami Tomoe.

That kind of familiarity can't be cultivated unless you're a close friend who's been together for years or an opponent who's fought many times.

That's why Iroha asked Nagisa Momoe if she knew Mami Tomoe.

Although Nagisa Momoe did respond, this only made things stranger. Mami Tomoe's attitude towards Nagisa was completely that of someone encountering her for the first time, someone utterly unfamiliar with her.

Despite being very strong, she always pretends to be weak.

Even though he knew Mami Tomoe and was quite familiar with her, the other person didn't recognize her at all.

Furthermore, the other party's interest in Kamahama City far exceeds that of him, who wants to regain his memories.

Most importantly, while the other party has a purpose, a portion of their attention is also firmly focused on you.

"Baijiang, who exactly are you?"

"And why are you so fixated on Kamahama City?"

"Besides, what exactly is your purpose in contacting me?"

With each question Tamaki asked, Hyakue Nagisa's head drooped lower.

When I finally looked up, my eyes were already filled with tears.

"I didn't mean to, Ayaha-nee."

Sobbing, Baijiang Zhu slowly revealed the truth.

However, this truth left Huan Caiyu stunned, unable to recover for a long time.

First, let's talk about the truth about magical girls.

All magical girls eventually turn into witches.

However, after a little digestion, this truth can be barely accepted.

What's even more unexpected is the truth about this world.

"This world line has been distorted?" Iroha Tamaki asked.

"Ah."

Bai Jiangzhu nodded slightly:

"After the Law of Cycles appeared, theoretically, witches should no longer exist in countless timelines."

In one timeline, a magical girl named Madoka Kaname made a wish to make all witches cease to exist and to free all magical girls from the cycle of despair.

Because of this wish, that magical girl became a god.

But one day, a worldline broke free from the Law of Cycles. In other words, the magical girls in this worldline may face the predicament of becoming witches.

"And I am an apostle under the Law of Cycles, here to uncover the truth of this world line. When necessary, I will find a way to bring the Law of Cycles down once more and pull this derailed world line back on track."

The girl before me is a messenger of the gods...

Huan Caiyu found it hard to accept at first, but then new questions followed.

"Why me...?"

"You could have handled this on your own, why did you come to me?"

That's because...

Bai Jiangzhu wiped away her tears.

"The split in the world line started with Iroha."

"According to the original destiny, the option of 'Iroha Tamaki becoming a magical girl' should not have been among the countless choices."

"You must have become a magical girl because of some unknown interference, Ayaha-nee."

"Moreover, it does seem to me that way. Because the part of Ayaha-nee's memory that she lost was affected by a unique power."

"Is memory influenced by some kind of force?"

Aya's eyes lit up, and she grabbed Nagisa Momoe's shoulder.

"What exactly is going on..."

"I don't know the details yet, but what I can confirm now is that this influence is related to rumors."

"These rumors are man-made, and judging from the current situation, they are very likely the work of 'Magius's Wings'."

P.S.: I've started a new book, and I'll finish this one in the next few days.

Chapter 404 The Principle of Circles

"My amnesia is because of a rumor... and the rumor comes from 'Wings of Magius'..."

Tamaki Aya released Hyakue Nagisa's shoulder, slowly took a few steps back, and then lowered her head.

She seemed to be processing this overwhelming amount of information.

But no matter how much I think about it, I can't shake off the confusion.

"Why me... and why are my missing memories related to the Wings of Magius?"

Iroha Tamaki looked at Nagisa Momoe with a complicated expression:

"What else do you know?"

Bai Jiangzhu shook his head:

"The remaining information is based on the investigation we've been conducting recently."

"First is Qubi, the city that is being covered by a special field."

Kamahama City is home to a large number of Kyubeys, but they are smaller than Kyubeys found elsewhere. Furthermore, they have been stripped of their intelligence.

In the early days after arriving in this world, Nagisa Hyakue initially thought that the anomaly in this world line was the work of the Incubators.

After all, the Incubators are an extremely powerful race, having even come into contact with the Principle of Cycles through technology. In particular, their race also bears the causal system capable of shaping the Principle of Cycles.

No one can guarantee that the incubators won't discover anything on a certain timeline.

However, this guess was overturned after arriving in Kamibama City.

The incubators in this context play a role more akin to victims.

"Logically, this level of anomaly should have been enough to attract the attention of the incubators. However, the incubators did not take any further action."

This seems to suggest that this powerful, advanced civilization is encountering some kind of trouble, making it unable to intervene in the events in Kamihama City.

"The only thing in this universe that can influence the incubator is the causal system that shapes magical girls."

A girl caused all of this by making a wish.

However, that's unlikely.

Because, if a magical girl were to make a wish, she would inevitably have to go through the Law of Cycles. When the Law of Cycles was established, Madoka Kaname had already transformed into a fundamental logic that intervened in this system of cause and effect.

The question of which came first, the chicken or the egg, has been incorporated into the principle of the circle, encompassing both the starting point and the ending point.

If neither of the above guesses is correct, then the only remaining possibility is that some kind of cause and effect, outside of the magical girl's reincarnation causality, is influencing this world line.

Only such external cause and effect can bypass the principle of cycles.

But what is this external cause?

The problem has returned to its original starting point.

"What exactly happened is still unknown, but Magius's Wings must know something."

"And you, Sister Aya, should have some kind of connection with the Wings of Magius."

The rumors circulating in Kamihama City generally share one characteristic: widespread nature.

The scope and number of people affected by each rumor are vast. The role of rumors seems to be to replace witches in capturing the emotional power within humans.

As for the impact on Huan Caiyu, the rumors that only targeted a single person seem rather elaborate from the perspective of the rumor's creators.

Such elaborate efforts can only mean one thing: the creators of the rumor want to cover something up.

In other words, the part of Iroha Tamaki's lost memory is very likely related to the truth behind the distortion of this world line.

With that in mind, Hyakue Nagisa made a decision: "Hanae-nee, I might be able to help you regain your memories."