Something's wrong with how I'm watching anime.

It was something like a sculpture.

It is entirely gray and depicts a woman wearing a cloak.

The blurry female face was covered by strips of cloth, from which something resembling the supports of a balance scale extended. Huge scythes hung down from both sides.

The sculpture's arms are clasped in front of its chest, below which are two open iron doors leading into a deep, dark void. Spiked iron wheels are visible beneath the skirt, giving the overall piece a sense of weight and solidity.

In front of the witch was a small courtroom, where a paper figure dressed in a robe and wearing a curly wig, its face obscured, sat in a seat, holding a small wooden gavel in its hand.

[The Judgment Witch]

Its nature is judgment, and in front of it is its familiar, named 'Judgment'.

The familiar had no face, but it seemed to be watching Kazama, raising the wooden mallet high before slamming it down.

despair!

The crisp tapping sound echoed within the barrier, as if proclaiming a verdict.

Immediately afterwards, countless small, dark figures sitting in the audience stood up and made a noisy commotion.

A dull voice called out to me, and the Judgement Witch's body trembled. Two streams of black tears flowed from her blindfolded eyes.

"A ruling?"

Kazama lowered his head and murmured, but then magic surged from his body.

He held the eagle-headed staff aloft, and a massive golden magic circle appeared beneath his feet.

A crimson-gold card appeared in the formation.

The card depicts an elf with wings folded together, covering its entire body, and short, fiery red hair that burns like flames.

Kazama swung his wand and tapped it on the card.

A crimson light emerged from the fire sign, transforming into a petite sprite before Kazama.

But that wasn't the end of it. The Fairy Door in Kazama's left hand was opened, and it began to turn without any wind.

As the pages turned, the golden text shimmered on the parchment, gradually detaching from the paper as if imbued with a spirit, transforming into golden runes that surged toward the fire spirit.

Looking at the golden runes swirling around it, the Fire Token let out a joyful hum.

As the golden runes entered its body, the Fire Card's genderless, childlike, petite body began to grow.

A fiery red dress draped over her, flames transformed into long hair cascading down her waist, and the fire symbol transformed into a stunningly beautiful mature woman, flapping her wings and floating in the air.

He seemed eager to try and do something about everything before him.

Kazama didn't hold back either, drawing out a large amount of magic power from his body and pouring it into the Fire Card like a tidal wave.

Golden light shone in the Fire Token's eyes, it chuckled softly, flapped its wings, and flew forward.

Fiery red flames surged within the barrier in that instant, then suddenly swelled, like a blooming red lotus, its open petals striking the railings surrounding the barrier.

"Boom--!"

The sudden collision between the fire and the barrier was like an explosion, creating bursts of flames and shockwaves that blasted in all directions.

The surrounding observation platform shattered instantly under the impact.

The tiny black figures on the stage fled in terror, some stumbling and others falling, their cries of alarm and despair echoing throughout the arena.

The flames clashed with the alternate dimension of the witch's barrier, creating a massive vortex across the entire barrier.

The vortex swept everything away, except for Kazama and Koko, who were standing in the center of the magic circle.

Kazama kept his eyes fixed ahead the entire time.

The spirit of the Fire Card has already surpassed the familiar called Judgment.

In the instant He flew past, beneath the fiery hem of His skirt, the witch's familiar, along with the entire judgment platform, burst into flames. The familiar rolled and struggled on the ground like a lit match.

The Fire Token arrived directly in front of the Judgment Witch, hovering before her face as if scrutinizing her.

The Judgment Witch let out a shriek, and countless black arms stretched out from the hole in her abdomen, reaching out to grab the fire spirit.

Seeing the dark arm reaching out from below, Fire Sign didn't dodge at all, but instead looked at it with great interest.

These arms could not move forward any further than an inch away from the fire sign. At that inch, the space was faintly distorted by the high temperature of the flames, and the dark arms showed signs of melting.

Even so, these arms still enveloped the fire tablet, pushing it into the hollow of the abdomen before it was completely melted.

The heavy black iron doors on both sides of the void slammed shut, the fire sign disappeared, and the barrier fell into a brief period of calm.

However, this quiet period did not last long.

Almost instantly, the dissipated heat surged back up like a vortex around the Judgment Witch, causing the temperature in the space to rise once more.

These swirling flames transformed into waves of fire, engulfing the Judgement Witch.

The flames extended outwards and intertwined, transforming once again into a fire symbol.

This time, Huopai's face showed an angry expression.

She raised her hand and snapped her fingers lightly, causing the flames on the Judgement Witch to intensify as if fueled.

Its body transformed directly into a giant torch within the barrier.

With a cracking sound, huge cracks began to appear on the Judgment Witch's body. Stone fragments broke off from her body, smashed onto the ground, and turned into powder.

The witch's enormous sculpted body collapsed with a crash!

PS: I miscalculated; it seems I can't finish it in one chapter.

Chapter Sixty-Six: Interesting Speculation

The witch's body collapsed with a deafening roar.

The power that was gathered from negative emotions was also shattered, turning into nothingness in the scorching flames.

This is how the first witch in the modern world was defeated.

The one who defeats it is not a magical girl who shares the same origin as the witch and is destined to become a witch, but another magician.

The chain of despair was broken at least in its initial stages.

Watching the rubble gradually turn to dust and disappear before him, Huo Pai raised an eyebrow, a disdainful expression on his face, as if to say, 'That's it? That's it?'

But she quickly shifted her body and appeared in front of Kazama almost instantly.

She lifted her skirt and twirled in front of Kazama, as if showing off her figure.

But Kazama raised the Fairy Gate on his left hand, and the golden runes immediately detached from the fire card and returned to the Fairy Gate.

Staring at "The Fairy Door" and examining it closely, Cerberus let out a sound of regret:

"This magic book has lost nearly 20% of its spiritual power... After this, if I want to activate the fire spirit spells within it again, their power will probably be reduced by more than half."

"That's alright. Good steel should be used on the blade."

Kazama shook his head, put away his wand, and waved to the Fire Card.

"Come back when you've had enough fun."

After losing the blessing of the Fairy Gate, Fire Card transformed from a mature woman back into a short-haired tomboy, her face showing obvious reluctance. Hearing Kazama's words, she felt even more aggrieved.

It's as if it's saying, 'You've helped me so much, and you won't even let me play a little longer.'

Kazama then directly withdrew his magic, causing the Flame Spirit to revert to its card form.

What a joke! If we let the fire card continue, we'll run out of magic power first.

In just over a minute... using the Fire Card, Kazama's mana was completely depleted. This mana-consuming efficiency was even more exaggerated than using the Reaper's Card.

However, the effect is also very obvious.

The area-of-effect damage, which encompassed almost the entire witch's barrier, shattered this abstract world, which resembled a patchwork of paper cutouts, into pieces under the ravages of flames, filling it with a sense of fragmentation.

Of course, with the disappearance of the Judgment Witch and the loss of her source of power, the entire barrier itself began to crumble.

Under the attack of the fire card, the Judgment Witch was killed instantly.

As expected, true magicians still rely on magic to deliver their attacks.

After putting away the Clow Cards, Kazama led Cerberus toward the spot where the witch had disappeared.

A purple gemstone lay quietly on the ground there.

"The seed of lamentation."

Kazama picked it up and placed it in his palm.

"A product formed from the Soul Gem of a magical girl, and also the core of the Judgment Witch."

"This Seed of Lamentation will continuously absorb negative emotional energy from the outside world. When this energy is full, the Witch of Judgment will hatch and be born from it again."

"Break it up?" That was Cerberus's first reaction.

“If you break it, the child will be completely destroyed and beyond saving.”

If we disregard the concept of the physical body and judge a person's death based on their soul and consciousness, then Chen Nan could be said to be dead, but not completely dead.

The Seed of Lamentation originated from the Soul Gem and, in a way, can be considered a manifestation of Chen Nan's soul. However, compared to the Soul Gem, which carries self-awareness, the Seed of Lamentation has become a vessel for a collection of various negative emotions.

“Since the Soul Gem can be transformed into the Seed of Lamentation, and this is not an inevitable and irreversible process, then this child still has a glimmer of hope.”

The Law of Cycles somehow managed to turn Sayaka and the others back into witches, which means there is indeed hope for the Lament Seeds to be converted back into Soul Gems.

"In short, let's seal it away for now. If there's a chance in the future, this child might still be saved..."

This is not only an emotional decision; from a rational perspective, the extraction of the soul and the transformation of its nature are also topics that Kazama is interested in within the supernatural system.

As for the seal, Kazama also has a ready-made sealing tool to prevent the Seed of Lamentation from transforming into a witch again.

The Book of Clow Cards

Kazama couldn't help but praise the Clow Cards once again, proving they truly were one of the most versatile items.

The book itself possesses sealing abilities.

Cards that possess magic.

A sealed beast with considerable potential.

As a magic wand, it is a sealing key that enhances spellcasting abilities.