Watching the anime from Madoka Magica and writing the rules

"The old man told me that due to some off-site factors, he decided to give me some information. That's how I learned about the Phantom Thieves founded by Zoro."

Zhi Xing frowned upon hearing this, he never expected that his demonization operation in the Velvet Room would lead to so many changes.

Could this be the trigger that could lead to this being a world with a bad ending?

Zhixing once again expressed his concern about not being caught by Amamiya Ren at the beginning, and tentatively spoke to Akechi Goro, who was likely under the control of the Witch's Kiss:

"Once, die? (Do you want to die once and try it?)"

Chapter 267 Magic and Memory

“Dead…?”

Akechi Goro, dressed in all black, pondered for a moment and then asked:

"Why? This is just our first meeting, right?"

It is not surprising that the paper bank did not follow its instructions.

After all, if fate is unchangeable, then the villain in front of us who occupies a lot of the screen time is obviously more important.

Being controlled directly with the Witch's Kiss and then seeking death in the hall without interference seems to have too much impact on the future.

However, we are not sure whether early death will affect the future, so it doesn’t hurt to give it a try.

But the question asked by the other party made Zhixing feel a little strange.

After all, although Goro Akechi's entire neck was covered by the cognitive armor at this time, Zhixing was not sure of his condition.

But if the violent villain can be stopped from attacking, then the only possibility is that the Witch's Kiss has an effect.

But it can also be seen from the group of onlookers before that the effect of the witch's kiss may be different for each person, but it can be roughly divided into violent injury and self-suicide.

Judging from the situation when Goro Akechi was about to take action before, the witch's kiss that he planted should be of the violent and harmful type, but it was just in front of the witch, so he was controlled and did not attack the witch.

However, the reaction at this time was not an action intended to harm others, and the possibility of self-destruction was now ruled out.

Zhixing recalled the knowledge about witches and suddenly remembered that there was a real case in the original plot.

That is to deceive everyone with beauty, and then gather together to start hurting the victims affected by the Witch's Kiss.

But although the third situation was recalled, there was no explanation as to why the other party would not know the reason.

"Could it be that you and I are enemies?"

Perhaps because Zhixing had been silent for too long, Akechi Goro, who received no response, looked at the huge Cognitive Witch beside him, who had not taken any action because Zhixing was still talking, and raised his doubts in a speculative tone.

What's going on? Amnesia?

Zhixing raised his eyebrows.

Although people who are controlled by the Witch's Kiss will indeed lose their memories, it is not complete memory loss. Therefore, the woman who jumped off the building in the Rose Witch story still questioned her actions, but she had no idea why she did such a thing.

Similarly, the group of people on the TV Ji Witch only vaguely knew why they gathered together to do dangerous things, and would even accept explanations such as collective sleepwalking.

But all this should have happened after the Witch's Kiss disappeared.

Goro Akechi, who did not attack Shiyou at this time, must still be under the control of the Witch's Kiss.

You shouldn't forget why you came here, right?

Could it be that he was out of control?

As soon as this thought came to his mind, Zhixing thought of himself and also of Xiaoyan when he was still an ordinary person.

But whether it was himself or Xiao Yan in the original plot, they all remembered what happened before after getting rid of the control. Although Zhixing also forgot the reason for his despair at the beginning, the witch's kiss afterwards could no longer make Zhixing forget why he was desperate.

It's just that I don't know I'm walking.

But the other party's current state is obviously different. He can not only recall the situation in the Velvet Room, but also think about the current situation.

It was as if he had simply forgotten the memory of their recent meeting.

No, if you just forgot the conversation, then it should be the same as when you just came in!

After all, there are no outsiders here. The other party should not act anymore, but expose his bloody hands and start fighting.

But now Akechi Goro.

"It seems that you have no intention of taking action. Did I misunderstand?"

Akechi Goro, who had just been saying that the person might be an enemy, couldn't help but feel the difficulty of communication when he saw Zhixing just standing there in silence.

After all, although this is a world of cognition, it is impossible to express the inner thoughts of a silent person through the dialog box below.

If this were the real world, Goro Akechi would most likely continue to find topics to talk about when faced with someone like Jixing who responded silently.

But looking at the witch in front of him, who seemed like she might attack at any moment and was restrained in front of Zhi Xing, he really couldn't use this trial and error method to find a topic to talk about with her.

"What's the name of your persona?"

After waiting for a long time, Akechi Goro finally heard the paper company speak.

"Me? Um...if I tell you, nothing should happen, right?"

Akechi Goro thought about it and felt that it would be better to cooperate at this time, so he smiled and said:

"Robin Hood is a famous thief~"

Zhi Xing's pupils shrank, and he immediately understood why Akechi Goro's behavior did not seem to be controlled by the Witch's Kiss.

Because in the power of this worldview, the personality mask represents the desires of that person.

So under the influence of the Witch's Kiss, which manipulates desire and turns it into despair, it was naturally planted in the shadow's body.

This is how Futaba escaped the interference of the Witch's Kiss.

Although I was disturbed later because I could hear the sounds from the temple.

But in essence, when facing these beings with personality masks or temple-level beings, Witch's Kiss cannot completely control its own actions, but is taken away by the shadow.

A personality mask is the embodiment of a person's character and desires. Essentially, one can only have one. At most, through a contract and a real-life heart-changing project, the mask can be upgraded to another existence.

But as luck would have it, Zhixing clearly knew that the opponent, Akechi Goro, had the same protagonist physique as the protagonist Amamiya Ren, a characteristic called unruly.

This unruly characteristic allows the other party to control multiple personalities.

At this moment, Goro Akechi obviously switched his personality mask, transforming from his own god Loki to a phantom thief Robin Hood.

"Robin Hood? I see. You can go now."

Zhi Xing waved his hand, asked the witch to take a step back, and pointed to the door leading out of the hall.

"Is this okay? I don't know why you're here, but you should be acting for something, right?"

"Oh? So it seems you don't want to leave?"

Zhixing didn't hold out any hope for this, so he raised his hand and pretended to direct the witch's actions, then retreated behind the witch and took a step closer to the teapot.

"I see. It seems you don't welcome me very much. In that case, I won't bother you anymore."

Faced with the appearance that Zhixing was about to take action, Akechi Goro suddenly decided to seek peace.

I saw Goro Akechi raise his hands and push the air like a suction cup puppet.

Then the black thief suit that wrapped around him disappeared, and he turned back into his original high school student outfit, smiling as he backed away.

The paper industry's pace paused again.

Looking at the retreating Akechi Goro with some disbelief, a guess immediately came to his mind.

Wouldn't he just keep his distance and start shooting people?

Thinking of this, Zhixing changed the direction of retreat, allowing the witch's body to block the view of Zhixing and Akechi Goro.

"Let's go back!"

Zhi Xing looked at the familiar figure of the witch and subconsciously read out the key words that would only be used when the witch cast a barrier.

Then, Zhixing realized that he needed to exit the navigation on his phone.

But black and red ripples appeared.

Different from the previous ones that appeared from the void.

After the ripples appeared, Zhi Xing subconsciously looked over.

Then I saw the source of the ripples, which actually came from the tea pouring spout of the teapot.

However, entering the cognitive space is still much faster than entering the witch's barrier.

I didn't wait for the paper line to think too much.

The afternoon sun had already hit Zhihang's face.

Zhixing narrowed his eyes slightly, and after adjusting to the light, he saw the building whose damage had been covered up by posters, as well as the cordon extending from the alley, blocking both vehicles and pedestrians.

Finally, Zhixing's gaze shifted away from the real environment and looked at Akechi Goro, who was also curious about why he returned to reality from the palace, and the onlookers lying on the ground.

"Oh no, hurry up! Pull...together..."

Goro Akechi, who does not have supernatural powers in reality, was abandoned by Zhixing at a glance, and instead looked at the spectators who were dragged down by him.

I originally wanted to quickly wake up those who were pretending to sleep, and then quickly enter the witch's barrier hand in hand.

But as Zhixing got closer, the sight of one clean neck after another made Zhixing pause in his words.

Then Zhixing began to look at everyone's neck with a hint of confusion.

But, none of them were seen.

That's not right. My going back should be useless to the familiar, right?

Is it because they are in the witch's barrier, and the witch's kiss in the barrier no longer has a controlling effect, so the familiar and the witch's barrier are connected, so the witch's barrier is recovered, and the witch's kiss is also recovered along with it?

Or is it because they are all cheap cognitive witch kisses? Once separated from the cognitive world, the original product will either become something else or disappear directly, leaving only the change in the inner desire, thus allowing the real person to return to the original body with this desire.

Zhixing raised his head and looked at the onlookers who had been woken up by his actions.

Then Zhixing picked the nearest person and asked nervously:

"Turn on your phone and let me check on you."

The person who was named was obviously surprised, but considering the fact that Zhixing controlled the power to travel through space, he still unlocked the screen password and handed the phone to Zhixing.

What came into view was the familiar red and black eye icon, the universal personality mask, and the most important first step: being able to freely enter and exit the other world.

Zhixing couldn't help but look at the others.

Then I randomly picked a few people and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that they all had the app.

Then, the paper merchant, without caring about the Akechi Goro who was just looking at himself near the closed shop, began to give orders to the onlookers who had the app:

"Now this opportunity to gain power is before you."

"But I can't guarantee that you've all recovered, so...if you notice any of you showing any abnormal behavior, come and inform me immediately."

"Look at these three keywords. When the time comes, enter these words and leave a mark here. I will come find you."

Zhixing was still a little worried about those whose Witch's Kiss had faded, so he found the coordinates of Jincheng's hall and made them public for people on the scene to see.

The paper shop that followed noticed that the police officer who was originally responsible for blocking the scene on the other side of the street noticed the unusual noise here and started rushing over here while talking on the walkie-talkie.

Zhixing looked at the onlookers, then glanced at Akechi Goro who was looking at him across the street.

After taking a deep breath, he touched his neck.

Without any tactile feedback, Zhi Xing wasn't sure if he still had the Witch's Kiss.

But... since the Witch's Kiss of other people has failed, there is no guarantee that Goro Akechi's Witch's Kiss will still exist, so Zhixing cannot choose to enter the hall, and can only choose to use the moving characteristics of the witch's barrier to avoid Goro Akechi's subsequent pursuit.

Little bear, let me in!

Zhi Xing avoided the hands that were subconsciously extended by the onlookers, and then slowly disappeared from everyone's sight.

The bank does not care what will happen to these spectators in the future, because they are just the first batch of app users.

After confirming that the app could be shared, Zhixing planned to involve more people in the journey to the other world, but that was something to consider later.

Zhi Xing, who had regained his vision after the distortion, saw that there was no projection of the hall on the wall behind him, and the shadow of the little bear was not projected over.

I couldn't help but yawn while sitting on the ground.

After all, he had stayed up all night, even met the most dangerous person and got scared, and even overexerted himself a little.

Although he was not completely out of danger at this time, Zhixing could not help but relax because everything was over and began to feel sleepy.

Just when Zhixing thought he was going to take a nap here, a puppet familiar that shouldn't be here came to Zhixing from a certain direction.