Watching the anime from Madoka Magica and writing the rules

"If you call that feeling despair, then at the end of my memory, I saw a similar strong sense of despair rushing into my room from outside."

"I'm clearly working hard to get rid of this feeling, so naturally I won't let it come back."

“So I didn’t hesitate to scatter that fly-like despair.”

"But I didn't fight it, and instead I felt like the feeling that had been affecting me had disappeared."

"I have no memory of what happened after that. I always feel like after I lost that feeling, I seemed to sense something and then floated away in a certain direction."

After hearing this supplement, Zhixing quickly realized what the thing that exuded despair in the little bear's mouth was.

"The seeds of sorrow... and filth?"

Chapter 239 Tried to explain the setting, but failed

The condition for a magical girl to become a witch is that the Soul Gem (SG) is filled with filth.

There are two ways for filth to fill up: one is the girl's own despair, and the other is the consumption of magic power.

It is quite normal to become a witch of despair because of despair.

But it is a bit far-fetched to say that she can be considered a witch of despair simply because her magic power has been exhausted.

Zhi Xing initially thought that the witch's magic power was constantly growing, so when it was filled with the witch's magic power, it naturally turned into a witch's form.

But what if that wasn't the witch's magic, but the [despair] that QB hoped to turn into?

The magical girl's magic power can create something out of nothing, but what prevents it from creating something out of nothing is this filth containing [despair].

Only when the filth is led away with the Seed of Sorrow will the magical girl's magic power automatically refill.

So, is it possible that the magical girl's magic power is not created out of nothing, but is transformed from the girl's body?

The paper line simply denied this possibility.

Because Homura fights Witch Night alone, she needs to save a lot of Seeds of Sorrow. In other words, it will take at least 5 times to go from full of filth to full of magic power.

And if the girl's body or soul contains more magic power than the capacity of 5 soul gems, then why can't this one-fifth of the witch's magic power be transformed by herself?

What's more, there is the magical girl Mami who survived for more than a year, which shows that the magical power of magical girls can really create something out of nothing.

As for the method that can create something out of nothing, Zhixing can only think of making a wish, and the despair that can restrain the wish from constantly creating something out of nothing is probably what Kyubey calls a disaster.

The contract becomes a magical girl, the wish is made to become a magical girl, and the [disaster] transforms the witch into a witch. Then, in order to avoid being affected by the [disaster], the witch will [instinctively] split out a familiar, and then form a barrier, which will partially resist the [disaster] outside, while also sneaking into the different space, delaying the time for the [disaster] to smooth out the [distortion] of the wish.

"Little Bear, can you feel the seeds of sorrow?"

"Hmm? What is that and where is it?"

Xiao Xiong was a little confused by Zhi Xing's questioning, which made Zhi Xing speculate again, but he still confirmed:

"It's somewhere inside the witch's body, right? It's the source of that feeling, the center point of that feeling that can't be eliminated even if you split off a familiar."

"I don't know. I feel this feeling all over my body. But after I remove some of it, the whole feeling is reduced."

Zhi Xing's eyes turned and he changed the subject and asked:

"Then let me ask you this. According to your memory, is the feeling now the same as when you remember meeting me? I mean the speed of increase."

The little bear closed his eyes and activated his brain, which was created by the cognitive world. After a while of recollection, he came to a conclusion:

"Although it's still increasing, it's much less than before I met you. And, after feeding you soup, I was able to separate my familiars again, so the number decreases a lot each time."

Zhixing nodded, feeling that it was consistent with one of his guesses.

That is the existence of the Seed of Sorrow.

Since there can only be one Seed of Sorrow among the familiars raised, the magical girl will have to guess whether there is a Seed of Sorrow among the different familiars of the same witch.

This means that the re-hatching of the Seed of Sorrow may very likely lead to the disappearance of the Seed of Sorrow itself.

However, this disappearance will not be complete, but will reappear in the witch transformed by one's own familiar.

This is not the work of the witch who was transformed from a demon, but the witch who suddenly figured out the method of synthesizing the seeds of sorrow.

I guess it's because I have the Seed of Sorrow that I can be considered a witch, so... my wish came true twice.

However, [despair] itself can suppress the realization of wishes. As the [disaster] brought about by the distortion of wishes, it does not distinguish between good and evil, and should be suppressed in the same way.

Wait, suppressed? Could it be that... the desire to transform a witch into a magical girl was suppressed, so she turned into a witch again?

The wish of a single witch to become a magical girl can be realized normally. This is the case in the official website fan fiction. She can even turn back into an ordinary person.

What if it refers to the whole?

What if there is Madoka's thoughts but not enough cause and effect?

What if the witch's form is the product of a wish and the confrontation between disasters? For example, when the soul gem is filled with disasters, the magical girl herself will be destroyed by the disaster.

But because of the accumulation of wishes, the magical girl burst out with more power and thus resisted this [disaster].

Just like the soul in the Soul Gem, it split into familiars and opened a witch's barrier to delay its own death.

The magic power of a witch is many times greater than that of a magical girl, but the seeds of sorrow left behind in the end are only equivalent to the capacity of the Soul Stone, or even lower.

Is this Seed of Sorrow the witch's energy core? Or... a tool to undo her transformation?

[Disaster] is attracted by the witch's desire to turn back into a human, and then fills the leaking wailing, then covers and dissolves the wailing, stimulates the remaining witch's magic power inside, and becomes a familiar that looks like a witch.

And in the midst of true sorrow, with the second realization of his wish, he was reborn from the body of another familiar with the same memories.

Correspondingly, [disasters] will also increase further.

This is probably the reason why Kyubey, although he was very fond of the magical girl, chose to give up when faced with the rescue witch.

Kyubey may not be able to eliminate the [disaster] brought about by praying for a [wishe], so he does not want the magic power of the magical girl or the magic power of the witch, but chooses to collect the energy that appears when the two are transformed into each other.

But what is this energy?

"Alas, there are too many speculations without evidence. These can only be tested by returning to Madoka Magica's world. And just like my previous information, it feels like there is nothing I can use. This can only make me fall into despair once more."

Zhixing looked at the little bear who was missing the most crucial prop. Although he could communicate with the witch normally, his memory was incomplete.

"Hey, the name 'familiar' refers to those wooden toys or stuffed dolls sewn with needle thread, or those solid dolls?"

The doubtful voice of the little bear brought Zhixing back to his senses from pure speculation.

"You don't know? Didn't you say you were a witch?"

"I even forgot my own name. How could I possibly know these things? I only called you that because I heard you call me that."

The little bear put his hands on his hips and said dissatisfiedly while kicking the paper line.

"All the toys that appear within your witch's barrier are collectively called familiars. You can think of it as the abbreviation of the witch's familiars."

"I see, so you're also my Mending Witch's familiar!"

Zhixing was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to let the little bear, who saw everyone as a toy, distinguish and categorize humans.

"Alright, alright, I was just kidding. I knew at first glance that they were your kind. After all, they are so thoroughly evil that they don't exist among my familiars."

"Well, that's true. Well, if you encounter someone like them, can you please not attack them? Of course, you can fight back."

"Huh, I still remember you found a bunch of toys to hit me with!! I couldn't beat you!!"

Although the little bear didn't puff out his mouth in anger like the two-dimensional characters, Zhixing could sense the dissatisfaction from the little bear's raised voice and couldn't help but turn his head away in embarrassment.

But the next moment, Zhi Xing turned around again and asked:

"If you heard the term witch from me, then why do you call yourself the Mending Witch?"

Little Bear's original intention to denounce the paper bank was immediately diverted by this new problem.

After hesitating for a while, Little Bear said, not knowing how to explain:

"I don't know why. I clearly don't remember anything, but I just remember this name. But I don't think it's a person's name, so I named myself Zhihang!"

"However, perhaps I know I'm the Mending Witch because whenever I perform surgery on a familiar, I think of the word 'mending'!"

"So...what about the witch?"

"I don't know. What does witch mean? Tell me, paper is evil."

Zhixing opened his mouth but couldn't utter the words "witch is the name of a magical girl after she grows up".

Because I always feel that after I tell him, the little bear will start asking what a magical girl is, and then he will probably ask what Kyubey is, and other questions.

For a girl with no other memories or knowledge, it is normal to be curious.

But this kind of thing takes too much time to explain.

Zhixing patted his stomach and felt it, thinking it was almost lunchtime, so he changed the subject and said:

"I'll talk to you about it later. I feel a little hungry. Can you still produce some soup that's good for you?"

Perhaps the name really wasn't important to Little Bear, so he clapped his hands and shouted, as if he had just noticed.

"No, no, I was so excited chatting that I forgot to cook. Wait for me."

As the little bear spoke, he hurried to the wall of the room and then merged into it.

Seeing the performance of the 4/3 platform, Zhihang did not stay where he was obediently, but stood up and walked towards the wall.

Although I don’t know much about the cognitive world, there is one thing I am clear about.

That is, in the cognitive world, decorations are really just decorations, and it is impossible to fill your stomach by eating cognitive food.

Take the boss battle with Kamoshida, which cannot be avoided even in the plot, as an example.

After Kamoshida transforms into a monster, he will recover health by devouring the cognitive humanoids in the trophy.

But this humanoid form is easier to dissipate than a familiar.

Of course, more importantly, the witch's magic food was proven to be edible by humans in the theatrical version, but there is no such example in the cognitive world.

Zhixing came to the wall, looking at the white wall that could not be seen through. Seeing that there was no one around, he pretended to have a necklace. He held the necklace in one hand, took a few deep breaths, then closed his eyes and suddenly stretched his hands towards the wall, trying to pass through this false projection.

But the fake necklace did not emit the badge of courage, but Zhixing's hands actually touched the wall, and even because of the force, he pushed himself back a few steps.

"No, aren't there so many cages in this world?"

The paper company didn't bother with such a fancy prelude and immediately stepped forward to carefully feel the wall.

But no matter which side it was, it was a solid, not too rough wall, and there was no way the paper could escape from it.

"Good fellow, you can teleport in the hall, but you tricked me into touching the wall."

After confirming that he could not visit the bear's temple, Zhixing shook his head and took out his cell phone.

In the cognitive world, technological products like mobile phones provide more powerful shielding than witches' barriers.

Even offline functions such as taking photos and making calls cannot be used normally.

Except for the Different World Navigation app.

"Although this place is probably not the safe zone of the Palace of Control, but with my relationship with Little Bear, I should be fine next time I come in from here."

Zhixing looked at the app that displayed the current adventure in another world without any keywords entered, and ordered:

"Exit the other world and return to reality."

Black and red ripples passed around, and in just a few seconds, the paper disappeared from the cognitive world, and then...

Zhixing turned his neck and looked at the witch's doll face on the side, then looked at the unusually empty cliff on the other side with flowing air.

Zhixing realized that he seemed to have returned from the world he knew, and did not reappear in Futaba's palace. Instead, he returned to the witch's barrier and stood on the witch's shoulders, feeling a little lonely at that height.

"Oh, I was going to wait for your soup, but now it seems that I should go back first, otherwise... I feel like I will jump."

In this place without a railing, the only thing to hold on to is the not-so-lush toy hair on the shoulders.

He immediately asked to go back.

Soon the surrounding environment changed again, as if it were Inception, layer after layer.

After returning from the cognitive world to the witch's barrier and then back from the witch's barrier, Zhixing finally arrived in the real world.

There are still a lot of pedestrians...

Madarame, that scumbag...

I really want to get off work...

When the surrounding environment began to change from lines to reality, voices from all around were transmitted to Zhixing's heart.

This is not surprising. After all, after Zhixing realized that eye contact and micro-expressions can also be used for communication, Zhixing began to be passively controlled and punished because of these sounds.

The witch's magic power that could block these sights and restore Zhi Xing to his original level was also recovered when he returned from the barrier.