Regarding the fact that my best friend is a magical girl

"Michelle, who was being held by Mono, suddenly threw a toy at me."

"...Then try calling her stupid again."

"Michelle is such a silly girl...she threw it away again!"

This was undoubtedly fantastic news. Even Serino, whose toys had been thrown at her, sounded overjoyed and kept exclaiming, "Mirino! This child can understand us!"

This shows that using witches as food actually has some effect.

"This proves that our thinking is correct. The fact that Michelle, who has never shown her face, would take action herself also proves this point... So we must not admit defeat."

The agent spoke with great enthusiasm, but in just a few minutes, another branch's witch was deleted, so the production of canned witches still needs to keep up...

However, the situation in the sky seems to have improved. The Star Crystal has brought hope to people, and the practice of dispersing the dense population has also effectively relieved the pressure on the sky.

Therefore, it has been a long time since any tragic news of a region disappearing has been reported.

Metal, who was in charge of making the coffins, shouted at the top of his lungs, "Since she's quick to delete, then we can produce even faster! Anyway, witch hunts are going more and more smoothly all over the world, and the amount of raw materials is increasing... We can also add more production lines here!"

I know who she's going to ask for help.

"Has Minister Heffi retrieved the Star Crystal as well?"

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In order to counter Michelle's witch deletion operation, the prison factory on Naboo Island also needs to speed up, otherwise Michelle in reality will stop growing.

I've finally developed a little bit of intelligence, I can't stop here.

Perhaps due to the limitations imposed by the real-life Michelle, that Michelle was unable to directly attack Naboo Island. She didn't even attack the magical girls in the various branches. It's unclear why, or perhaps she simply didn't take those magical girls seriously.

Of course, the magical girls really couldn't do anything about her.

The West Coast branch of the association sent over a dozen magical girls riding flying brooms to unleash a barrage of attacks on her, but the combined power of their magic didn't even mess up her hairstyle. With a casual wave of their hands, they "deleted" the existence of all the canned witches.

In that case, we should improve production efficiency.

Hephaestus's magical "Portable Factory" can mass-produce existing things. This time, the main product being produced is coffins for jars. Combined with the finished products made by Metall himself, the coffin production has caught up with Michelle's deletion speed.

But that's not enough. Spica's brainwashing of the witch also needs to be accelerated, but it's difficult for her to do that herself. And the way for magical girls to increase efficiency...

"Spica, let's merge."

Sirius, a versatile fusion material, has appeared.

She actually regained Sirius's power.

As an independent individual, has she gained Sirius's approval?

"I don't really feel like I'm becoming a magical girl again, since my magical girl part has already been used up, so this time they'll just use me as fusion material..."

"What about the association's work?" Spica asked.

"But there's still Yin Wei!"

Even under the current circumstances, Ms. Yin Wei is still being exploited for her labor.

"Let's teach that false god a lesson."

Spica had already merged with her witch personality, and now with Sirius's consciousness superimposed on it, what should this unconventional form be called?

I think we should just call it the "Spectrum Brainwashing Machine".

After the fusion and enhancement, she no longer needed the ribbon.

By irradiating those witches with light, their aggressiveness can be removed, and they can be transformed into a stable state suitable for jarring.

Terrible.

Spica's magic, the stronger it is, the more unorthodox it becomes...

However, these witches were sent away as cannon fodder as expendable resources, while the deleted witches disappeared completely.

This is by no means the behavior of a decent person, but there is no other way to avoid greater sacrifices.

As the magical girls rebelled in an organized manner, the essential raw materials for the canned witches were also supplied stably. Even after the scattered witches were dealt with, there were still areas swallowed by darkness where witches could be hunted.

The teleportation channels leading to each branch were also opened simultaneously within the prison, connecting to conveyor belts. The prison factory was quite spectacular. The canned witches were thrown directly into the wormholes and dropped into the major cities where each branch was located.

Now is the time to compete on production capacity.

"Check status."

In the thought network, Miss Terra is giving a presentation.

"There are a total of 340 'absorption devices' in operation worldwide, and the number is steadily increasing. Michelle is still on the move, but there is no sign that the removal speed is accelerating."

The situation in the New World seems to be improving.

Hmm, but my situation seems a bit...

Chapter 502 Interception

(Cerunno)

Judging from Miss Terra's briefing, the situation seems to have reversed.

The approach of utilizing the witch was very successful. Not only did it reduce the threat of darkness and purify the air, but Michelle, who was with me, was also able to eat her fill.

This is a brilliant move that achieves multiple benefits.

However, there are some doubts.

As the world's administrator, Michelle could theoretically create multiple data clones, exist in multiple locations simultaneously, and delete the absorption devices of multiple branches at the same time.

Michelle in the past could do that, but that Michelle seems unable to...

"Michelle, can you understand me?"

I looked at Michelle beside me, who was swallowing the dark liquid, and slowed down my speech so that she could hear me clearly.

"If you want to save Mom and Dad, at least give me some kind of response... You're the one restricting the actions of your other self, aren't you?"

This time, she nodded.

Although they cannot speak yet, they can at least understand words.

When the time was right, I continued, "It was because you were protecting Miss Agent that Michelle couldn't directly attack Naboo Island, right?"

Michelle nodded again.

Despite being unable to communicate and lacking intelligence, they still protected the agent as if it were an instinct.

"Good child, you must continue to grow until you surpass another version of yourself..."

The situation is becoming clearer. The more Michelle eats, the stronger the interference becomes with that Michelle. It's a process of one gaining at the expense of the other. Although there is still a considerable gap between the two, this gap is narrowing at a faster pace.

Therefore, there is no doubt that the situation in the new world is improving.

“Serno…”

Miluno then contacted us through the mind network.

"...I can't hold on much longer."

"what?"

But bad news came from reality.

"People still have too little hope."

It seems that time is not on our side.

The despair of the new world allows darkness to multiply, but it will eventually overwhelm the brilliance of the great will. Milno, the plug, cannot forever seal the black mud at the bottom of the pit.

However, despite the many magical girls standing up to resist, the witch hunt proceeding in an orderly manner, and the social order being rebuilt in the darkness, despair and unease remain the main themes of the new world.

Even knowing that someone is fighting for you, even knowing that negative emotions will make the enemy stronger, people will still feel uneasy. Human weaknesses are not so easy to overcome.

This unease cannot be suppressed until the world truly returns to normal.

"Miluno, is there a way to escape from there?"

"If I leave, your side will be affected. Without a buffer zone, if the Great Will and the Earth Crystal come into direct contact, who knows what might happen..."

"It's alright, Miluno, you've held on long enough."

Since Michelle's powers are incomplete, and since there's a trustworthy little one by her side, perhaps there's still a chance of victory. After all, the Earth Crystal is an existence equal to the Great Will...

"I'll hold them off from here. You get away from there first."

"Fine, I'm not prepared to lose my life here."

Miluno answered decisively, and I looked at Michelle, who was being held by Mono.

"Girl, did you hear that? You need to help ease the pressure on your mother! I'll hold off the other one's attacks, and you can directly chip away at her from the point of contact... It's all up to you!"

She nodded.

Her round face still lacked defined features, but her body shape was no longer as unstable as Black Mud's; her condition, like her intelligence, was improving.

As long as Michelle consumes another Michelle, she can continue to exist even without absorbing the agent or Miluno...

This is my current conclusion.

"Then I'll exit first."

As Milno said this, a huge commotion came from the third room, as if a flood had been released.

In the passageway between the two rooms, I prepared multiple layers of defensive bubbles. In the name of the unified will of the Earth Crystal, I declare that darkness is forbidden to pass!

A beam of intense light pierced the darkness, passing through the barrier and striking the wall behind me.

It's a crystallized Miluno, and it looks to be in very bad condition.

But she shouted, "Don't worry about me, it's coming!"

At the other end of the passage, billowing black mud and billowing black mist emerged, the darkness that followed Miluno, and also "that Michelle".

She came on fiercely, like wave after wave crashing against my bubble shield.

Michelle stood next to me with her hands on her hips.

"Are you ready?" I asked.

"Awoo!"