I have no regrets about my 2D world!

Huan Caiyu was speechless for a moment. She didn't understand what her relationship with Yachiyo was. Now she only knew that Yachiyo was also investigating the rumors and was a good person, that's all.

"Forget it, it doesn't matter what you are. As long as I get rid of you, Xiao Ba will come with me."

'Mifuyu' donned a magical girl's outfit, and two ring blades appeared in her hands. She threw them towards Tamaki Iroha, while also rapidly approaching.

‘Zi——’

Tamaki Iroha dodged sideways, and the blade struck a nearby pillar, sparking a spark before returning to Midyu's hand. Tamaki Iroha used this opportunity to create distance.

Landing steadily to the side, Huan Caiyu raised the crossbow in her hand.

"If you really are Yachiyo's friend I'm sorry, but I won't stop now."

Seeing that 'Mifuyu' had attacked her, although she didn't want to attack someone who might be Yachiyo's friend, she had no other choice at the moment.

The ring blade and the bow and arrow continued to collide, and the two figures were gradually moving away from Yachiyo.

After staggering slightly, Yachiyo collapsed to the ground.

While being bewitched by Midu, her soul gem had been contaminated, and the originally azure soul gem had gradually turned pitch black.

Therefore, her physical strength naturally cannot be maintained at normal levels, or in other words, she can only fight one more battle at most, and then the Soul Gem will be completely contaminated.

"What? Can you still hold on?" Bai's figure suddenly appeared beside Yachiyo and asked softly.

"Your Soul Gem is nearing its limit, and you should understand what's happening now that it's near its limit."

Yachiyo remained silent. She naturally knew what would happen to the Soul Gem after it was contaminated.

One of her two former teammates had his soul gem shattered in a battle with the witch, letting her know the consequences of being shattered; the other one exhausted the magic power of the soul gem in order to save her, and was transformed into a witch and then destroyed by her own hands.

Among the remaining teammates, Midu leaves to seek redemption as a magical girl, while Tsuruno was not present at the time and did not know about this, but was also kicked out of the team by her.

At this point, only Hachiyo was left in the entire team.

"...It's okay. That Mifuyu is a fake. She probably can't get an IUD. When we get out, we can just go find the Adjustment Specialist and buy some Sorrow Seeds.

Besides, Tsuruno is guarding outside. Even if we can't resolve this rumor, leaving will be no problem."

Yachiyo's face was calm. After she knew that Midyu was a fake, her happy mood had long gone. Now she just had to wait for Tamaki Iroha to get rid of 'Miyuki', and then they should be able to get out.

However, what Bai said next made her freeze in place.

"Really? Then have you ever considered that Tamaki Iroha's Soul Gem has also reached its limit?"

......

The pink crossbow bolt pierced through Midu's body, and she vanished in confusion.

"Is it resolved?" Huan Caiyu calmed her breathing slightly and stood where she was, continuing to observe.

After waiting for a while, I found that there was indeed no sign of 'Mifuyu', and I finally relaxed.

But for some reason, the moment his mind relaxed, his vision suddenly went dark, and he staggered and almost fell to the ground.

"What happened? Am I too tired?" Huan Caiyu looked at her hands blankly, not understanding what had just happened.

"Let's rest later." Shaking her head, Huan Caiyu couldn't figure it out and decided not to think about it anymore.

Maybe you're tired because you're sad you didn't find Yu. You should rest well from now on. Now I need to go find Yachiyo and get out of here quickly.

Thinking of this, Iroha Tamaki ran towards Yachiyo.

However, he didn't run far before he saw Yachiyo walking towards him, propping herself up.

"Is it resolved, Tamaki?" Yachiyo felt a little relieved when she saw that Tamaki Iroha was still able to run over.

It seems that there haven't been any major problems yet.

"Yeah, it's resolved. That one turned out to be a fake... Yachiyo, are you okay now?"

Iroha Tamaki originally wanted to congratulate Yachiyo, but she found that Yachiyo looked very bad.

"It's nothing, let's get out of here quickly." Yachiyo shook her head, unwilling to say anything more.

"Her soul gem is almost reaching its limit." Bai's figure slowly appeared from behind Yachiyo, with an inexplicable light flashing in his eyes, and he spoke softly.

"Eh, the Soul Gem?!"

After hearing Bai's reminder, Iroha Tamaki looked at Yachiyo's soul gem, only to see that it was almost completely dark.

Seeing this, Huan Caiyu hurried forward, and before Yachiyo could react, a Seed of Sorrow appeared in her hand and was placed next to Yachiyo's soul gem.

"Seed of Sorrow?" Yachiyo frowned slightly.

She had just heard that Huan Caiyu's gems were almost at their limit, so she shouldn't have any Seeds of Sorrow, so why did she still have one now?

and many more!

Yachiyo suddenly remembered a witch they had dealt with yesterday when they were looking for the shrine. At that time, Yachiyo gave the Seed of Sorrow dropped by the witch to Iroha Tamaki on the grounds that Iroha Tamaki had helped her. Just now, when she saw Iroha Tamaki running happily towards her, she thought that Iroha Tamaki had already used up the Seed of Sorrow, so she looked fine.

But now, she suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart.

"Where is your Soul Gem?" Yachiyo asked loudly while looking at the Soul Gem on Huan Caiyu's chest.

"It's okay, I should be able to hold on for a while.

Besides, Yachiyo, you are more capable. If anything unexpected happens, it would be better for you to lead us."

Iroha Tamaki rubbed her head and smiled slightly.

She saw Bai standing nearby and knew that Bai might be very powerful, but she was not sure whether Bai would help them. So, when she still felt good about herself, she gave the Seed of Sorrow to Yachiyo without hesitation.

Yachiyo looked at her with complicated eyes, wanting to say something but still didn't.

"You... forget it, let's go quickly."

"Ah."

As the figures they hoped for disappeared, the two figures also left this illusion.

Time to go outside.

Tsuruno has been fighting with familiars almost all the time since the two of them entered. She has no idea whether Yachiyo and Tamaki Iroha have accomplished their goal, so she can only keep fighting with these familiars.

As the fan opened and closed, flames flew and the familiars fell one after another, but then more familiars surrounded them.

After clearing out the surrounding familiars again, Tsuruno took a short break before the remaining ones surrounded him.

"Hmm, I wonder if Yachiyo, Iroha, and the others are okay. I'm almost going to give up if this continues. Even the strongest magical girl needs to rest."

However, Tsuruno did not have to wait too long, as Yachiyo's voice had already reached his ears.

"Tsuruno, let's go!"

Although the Soul Gem has been restored, Yachiyo's voice still sounds a little weak because of her heavy mood.

Moreover, she was very concerned about what Huan Caiyu said when she came out just now.

"Since we have already met the person we wanted to see, but we did not stay, will the gods be angry?"

Yachiyo didn't know if the god would be angry, but she knew that the rumor must have made him angry.

Tsuruno saw Yachiyo and the other person walking out. Although he didn't see the person he was supposed to meet, he didn't have time to think too much about it.

The familiars that were destroyed before have been replenished, and... there are more.

......

"Iroha, be careful."

Yachiyo yelled, and the trident flew behind Tamaki Iroha, piercing a familiar that was about to hit her.

"Are you okay?" Yachiyo quickly came to Huan Caiyu, looked at Huan Caiyu and asked with a frown.

Just now, while she was fighting, she was thinking about how to escape from this barrier. After all, what kept appearing were familiars, and she hadn't seen the real body of this rumor yet. However, she caught a glimpse of Huan Caiyu's figure staggering and almost falling to the ground, and was almost attacked by the familiar.

"No, it's okay... I just feel a little tired... I just need to go back... and rest for a while..."

Huan Caiyu's consciousness gradually became blurred, and the figure of Yachiyo appeared and disappeared in front of her. She could no longer hold on, and her eyes turned black as she fell to the ground.

Meanwhile, Yachiyo's gaze was focused on Tamaki Iroha's soul gemstone. The pink light within it had been completely covered in darkness at some point.

"Iroha! Iroha, hold on. I'm going to get you out of here."

Yachiyo supported the falling Iroha Tamaki with one arm, and then carried her on her back, looking towards Tsuruno.

"Tsuruno, do you still have the seeds of sorrow?"

"Ah, no, I haven't been looking for witches recently." Tsuruno responded, then looked at Yachiyo.

"Hmm! What happened to Iroha?"

"Iroha's Soul Gem is seriously contaminated... Never mind, can you use your ultimate move again? We need to get out of here quickly."

"Is that so? But my magic power is a little insufficient, hehe..."

Tsuruno chuckled twice, seemingly not understanding the situation.

Since Tsuruno was not present when their teammate had the accident, she did not know what it meant that the Soul Gem was severely contaminated.

But one thing is that she trusts her master Yachiyo very much, so much so that she believes that even if Yachiyo himself has problems, he will not let them get into trouble.

So as long as Yachiyo is still standing there, nothing unexpected will happen to them.

'This fool. '

Yachiyo cursed inwardly. She could naturally see that Tsuruno trusted her, and even Tamaki Iroha's trust in her was shown openly.

Under normal circumstances, she would be happy to accept this trust, but now... I'm afraid she will let them down!

"That guy...is he really not going to take action?"

Perhaps it was because Bai had made his presence felt before, or perhaps it was because she had changed her mind about Bai after Bai sent Sana to her. At this moment, Yachiyo suddenly remembered Bai's existence.

If he had taken action, he could have easily toyed with the rumor of breaking up the friendship and saving them from the present without any accidents.

However, Bai has not made any move so far.

'What is he waiting for? Or is he unwilling?'

Yachiyo didn't know that the only thing she could do now was to find a way to leave this barrier, and then quickly go find a witch to hunt and obtain the Seed of Sorrow, or go find Yakumo Mitsumi to buy one for Tamaki Iroha.

"I... don't want to see my companions die before my eyes anymore..."

Yachiyo's eyes gradually became firm, and the speed at which he killed the familiars became faster and faster, but he still couldn't think of a way to get out.

"Oh, by the way, since this rumor is in the shrine, will the barrier disappear if we leave the shrine?"

He Nai suddenly had an idea and thought of a way to get out.

Yachiyo glanced at her and didn't want to say anything more.

She also knew that the barrier would disappear once she walked out of the shrine, but the problem was that they couldn't walk out of the shrine unless the barrier disappeared.

Even if they found the exit of the barrier, this rumor would not allow them to pass through unless someone else helped them open it.

"Yachiyo, Yachiyo, how about this method?" Tsuruno shouted to Yachiyo excitedly.

"Not so good. If we could get out of the shrine, we wouldn't be inside the barrier."

"Hey, that's right. Are we done then?"

"..."

If you had even a hint of fear on your face, I wouldn't have thought you were joking.

Although she said that it was over, Tsuruno did not show any fear.

For a moment, I didn't know whether she was really not afraid or she didn't know the consequences.

Sighing silently, Yachiyo stopped talking and tried his best to find the exit of the barrier, wanting to make one last effort.

However, time did not give her more opportunities.

......

"...What's wrong with me?"

"...Consciousness... is so heavy..."

"...The body...is shaking..."

"...I can't open my eyes..."

On Yachiyo's back, Iroha Tamaki gradually sank deeper into consciousness.

In a void of space, the ideological ring feathers are falling.