Regarding the fact that my best friend is a magical girl

"Auntie still doesn't understand~ Mom and you are completely different now. The decades we've experienced... maybe we've been standing still, but we haven't been completely standing still either!!"

Her fingertips glided quickly and precisely across the strings, and the guitar in her hands emitted a piercing tone. As the rhythm quickened, the sound of the strings became intense and tense, like a runaway electric current.

"So strong."

This is not something you can cram for at the last minute.

Light magic wasn't idle either, transforming into pulsating waves behind her in sync with the melody.

"This is Mom's trump card, isn't it? The guitar kept her company through a lot of lonely times, and she herself was her only audience... This is also the source of our confidence in launching this concert."

Is it a solitary form of rock and roll?

On stage, the black rabbit raised the neck of the guitar to its limit, offering up his exquisite skills honed over many years, playing out the wild spirit of rock music. The powerful strumming pushed the atmosphere to a climax, and the unrestrained momentum set off a breathtaking musical feast.

You can't see the audience in the live stream, but looking at the barrage of comments that almost covers the screen and the rapidly tilting vote bank, you can understand how breathtaking the performance was.

"That's going to kill you."

The water and fire projection effects are ultimately just a clever trick using magic; in terms of moving the audience, they fall short compared to the intense guitar performance.

Faced with such a hardcore guitar performance, can Seruno still deliver a performance that reclaims her faith?

"Auntie~ It seems the future of this world can only be entrusted to you?"

Michelle's voice even changed.

"Speaking of which, if you just want to revive the agent, why don't you do it now?"

The key to turning back time is just the Morning Star Crystal, which is already in the hands of Michelle and Black Rabbit.

“No way! Mom said that as a deity, Michelle must stand firm at her post until the very end and not leave chaos to this world riddled with problems. This is Michelle’s responsibility! Michelle doesn’t want to be Mom’s bad child!”

Sigh, I don't know if Black Rabbit's education was right or wrong.

"So Michelle will have to wait a while longer before her aunt's size surpasses Michelle's."

"Won't you change your mind?"

“Michelle, you are a child who should not have been born. You were born into this world at the cost of your parents’ lives, and even the elements that make up your being are endless darkness… I, too, have a chance to atone for my sins. There’s no reason for me not to fight for it, is there?”

Beneath the optimistic exterior, this child was filled with inferiority and regret.

"You silly girl."

In fact, Black Rabbit's show made me notice a breakthrough.

I noticed the differences between us.

I won't let Michelle die; I want to pass this feeling on to another version of myself.

But before that...

I must first understand this unfamiliar version of myself.

Chapter 458 Understanding "Oneself"

(Miluno)

Even if I'm locked in a cage, I'm not completely powerless.

The ocean of consciousness within the Heart of Light is my territory, and even Michelle cannot interfere with it. Due to the Black Rabbit's activity, a considerable amount of radiance has also gathered here.

I am indeed catching up with Michelle at an unprecedented speed.

"Why are you back again? Have you found a way to escape the cage?"

Fragments of consciousness remain here.

It has no physical form, it can only make sounds in my head, but it is the accident left by Michelle, the origin of all the variables.

"No, sending some communication unilaterally via cable is the limit. We don't even know if the Earth Crystal can detect it..."

I sent over a creation plan that seemed absurd.

The fragment of consciousness reminded him: "The premise of that plan is that your size surpasses Michelle's to become the new savior. You have to find a way to stop Michelle from committing suicide."

I know she only cares about Michelle.

"Don't rush me. I'm here to continue looking at the Black Rabbit's memories."

This is the best way for me to understand her.

The things she experienced with Michelle and the agent, as well as the difficulties they faced in the previous twelve reincarnations, how much she can see depends on whether the memories the Black Rabbit packaged for me are complete.

She entrusted her memories to me twice, which clearly indicated that she had her own purpose.

Does she also have some secret that she can't tell Michelle in front of her?

"Let me go with you."

The fragment of consciousness said, "Perhaps I can give you some advice."

"Then let's hurry up and set off, we don't have much time."

The memories left behind by the black rabbit exist in the ocean of consciousness in the form of two envelopes. You can experience them again by touching them.

The fragments of consciousness knew the contents of the first letter.

It was the last time she experienced in the virtual reality before separating from Michelle's body. The fragment of consciousness knew that Michelle was thinking, so Michelle already had this plan at that time.

Michelle was raised by the agent and the black rabbit to have values ​​similar to those of humans. However, this child had to bear the guilt of killing her parents, which ultimately led to this extreme suicide plan...

The contents of the second letter were unknown to the fragments of consciousness.

It is the cycle of despair that Black Rabbit and Michelle experience together after Black Rabbit is resurrected in the new world.

I only read the beginning before, and I was already in a new world. This time, I'm rereading it to find the answers...

What exactly is she trying to tell me?

The simulation of the new world is all done using the consciousness preserved from Seruno's side.

Unlike previous closed-door simulations, people's reactions to virtual reality are much more realistic. If the previous tests were just closed betas, this one is a closed beta with data wipe.

This can uncover more problems, and the simulation results are more realistic.

The simulation is still based on the light-dark balance theory proposed by Spica.

After all, this is the only solution to increase the world's capacity; only in this way can the world accommodate more life and allow them to become magical girls who are superior to humans...

However, the side effects are also obvious.

Initially, Michelle only maintained the overall balance. She constantly monitored the dynamic changes and would issue a disaster warning when an imbalance of light and darkness might occur. Apart from that, she tried to imitate the laissez-faire philosophy of Earth Crystal.

But the chain reaction triggered by the first annihilation, and the resulting darkness caused by fear, quickly led to the annihilation and destruction of the entire planet's surface...

When failure comes, when everything is over, Michelle will erase all traces of it.

But she and the black rabbit will never forget.

"Maintaining overall balance through individual balance is much more difficult than I imagined, Mom."

This is a memory from after the first round of simulations failed.

On the edge of the abyss of great will, in this empty room, Michelle nestled against her mother, complaining pitifully.

"Human thoughts are truly incomprehensible... Clearly, as long as we adjust our emotions and maintain balance, this world can become everyone's ideal paradise."

The black rabbit patted her back and gently comforted her, "Human thoughts and emotions are inherently unpredictable and unrestrained; even we ourselves can't control them properly. It's expected that you'll run into obstacles here. However, the fact that you were able to detect the problem so quickly is enough to prove that this simulation was valuable..."

She was quite gentle with her daughter.

"It's so different from what I simulated myself."

Michelle's tearful little face was kneaded into my palm and shaped into various forms.

"You're already crying after just the first failure? What will you do when you encounter problems later?"

"It's been a year and a half already?"

"We have to take things one step at a time. How about we set a three-year goal next time?"

Michelle shrank to a smaller size and sat in "my" lap.

"Mom, does a world where everyone can be happy really exist?"

"There is no absolute perfection. Just do your best... Take a break for a while, and we'll summarize the mistakes we made in this simulation and strive to do better next time."

"Hmm~"

Even then, they still had the courage to move forward.

"Let's fast forward a bit."

The voice from the fragmented consciousness asked, "Where did their despair begin?"

"This is where it all begins. Despair doesn't come all at once; it manifests itself in each and every failure."

Perhaps, to the Creator, emotion is truly just a burden?

Then, the memory fragments plunged into complete darkness, and when the light returned, the scene had entered its second phase...

"Mom, Michelle messed up again."

I could feel the girl's warm tears in my chest.

"This time it only lasted two years, which is worse than the last simulation. Even if it succeeds, it is only a matter of probability. Once there is a large-scale negative sentiment, it will be difficult to maintain balance."

No, it doesn't seem to be the second round of simulation.

The memory fragments that the black rabbit gave me were also selected and edited; perhaps these were memories from several rounds ago.

"Michelle doesn't want to continue, Mom, let Michelle switch Dad back..."

The little girl was overwhelmed by the feeling of defeat.

"No."

However, "I" poked her nose.

"Even if it means self-sacrifice, even if you can't fulfill your duties, you still have to hand over the reins. You can't just throw away the position of creator that you snatched from the Earth Crystal. You have to be responsible."

"Should we return it to Aunt Seruno?"

She even considered returning the creator's authority to Seruno.