Watching the anime from Madoka Magica and writing the rules

"I am you, and you are me."

"This is the opening statement of every contract, and it is also the preparation I made before coming here and awakening my mask."

"contract?"

Zhixing was confused. After all, after knowing that the so-called contract in this world was an exchange of desires, Zhixing no longer took the contract seriously.

As for the other existence that uses the contract...for Zhixing, that is a development that is quite consistent with the setting of the witch. After all, even the witch herself grew to the level of a witch from the trace of magic power of the witch's kiss.

"Yes, the contract."

Shinjima Makoto, who had just entered this field, realized that Zhixing didn't know much about the details of the ability, so he began to repeat:

"The so-called contract is actually just a ceremony between oneself and oneself."

"It's a contract to use a Persona in exchange for satisfying a certain desire."

"And I also asked Joan, she needed me to have enough fighting spirit, so I was able to delay the awakening of the mask until now."

"A contract between myself and myself?"

The first reaction of the paper industry is its own self-discipline.

And this kind of thing, Zhixing still often uses it on himself to ensure that he will not be overwhelmed by the pressure of real society.

But it is clear that this contract has little to do with self-restraint.

It's quite the opposite. This way of signing a contract is more like taking off the hypocritical mask of daily life and expressing one's truest emotions.

But Zhixing felt that his actions had been reckless enough.

If it weren't for the existence of the villain Goro Akechi, and the recent discovery that other characters from the anime have also appeared in the cognitive world, Zhixing would not have chosen to stop.

From this perspective, Zhixing should have awakened his personality mask a long time ago.

After all, it does satisfy the desire for paper spoilers and the satisfaction that comes from rewriting fate.

Isn't this enough to wake up the Paper Industry?

Zhixing did not keep this guess in his heart, but directly asked Shinjima Shin again, who probably did not know much about it.

"Although the Persona is you, the Phantom Thief you transform into isn't you, so the requirements will be different."

"Your subconscious mind knows best what you need, not what your conscious logical guesses determine."

It seems that Shinjima Shinya doesn't quite understand the principle.

Zhi Xing sighed, gave up questioning Shinjima, picked up his phone and said to Shinjima, who had also taken out his phone:

"That's all. I'll take you to find them, and then you can go back to class."

"Will I not be recognized?"

"You've already awakened your powers. With this costume, there won't be any major problems. Even if you get to the classroom, you'll return to reality from your original location."

After confirming with Shinjima that he had nothing else to tell him, Jixing told him the coordinates of the impression space, and personally took Shinjima to the classroom, where he met Okumura Haru who was already in control of the situation.

Perhaps because other people were paying attention, Zhixing saw that Okumura Haru had no intention of doing anything because of what happened before, so he walked back to the center of the classroom. After confirming that all the students were there, Zhixing used the power of the app to exit the navigation and brought these people back to reality.

At this point, Zhixing's purpose of coming to the school, to witness Shin Niijima awakening his mask, has been exceeded.

Therefore, Zhixing had no intention of staying in school, so he waved goodbye to Okumura Haru and Niijima Makoto who had also returned to reality, then entered the witch's barrier and left the school.

While thinking and recalling the situation when the two masks awakened, Zhixing felt as if he had missed something, but this was not as important as Zhixing awakening the mask. Therefore, Zhixing did not think about it too much, but was determining the coordinates of his witch barrier in reality.

It was not until the witch's barrier was a long distance away from the school that Zhixing breathed a sigh of relief, ruling out the possibility of the Phantom Thieves intruding.

Then, Zhixing returned to the witch's room and looked at the witch's real body, who did not answer his questions clearly.

"The cognitive bear should also be part of my temple."

"Then I shouldn't need to guess where the other person is. I can just ask directly."

"If I were to describe the voice that appeared in my heart, it would be the familiar or the bear that released the Witch's Kiss."

After seeing that Okumura Haru's personality mask turned into the witch Tomoe Mami due to his influence, Zhixing felt that it was very likely that his own personality mask was formed by the cognitive bear.

After confirming this possibility in his mind, Zhixing closed his eyes and called out to the little bear many times in the witch's room, but received no response.

This time he opened his eyes and looked at the witch. After a long moment, he sighed:

"I can't think of any other useful methods, so I can only go in first."

Zhixing was still very curious about the extra seed of sorrow, or rather, he was curious about the truth that the witch might know.

So after many communications with the paper line, the witch once again acted according to the paper line's instructions and put the paper line into her body through her mouth.

Soaked in the witch's magical body, Zhi Xing swam quickly towards a deeper place below.

Soon, the glowing soul gem appeared in Zhixing's field of vision.

Zhi Xing quickly swam to the Soul Gem, and then successfully entered the small room with white walls on all sides by touch, and saw the little bear he had been thinking about.

However, Zhixing's goal is not to recognize the little bear, but to use the soul gem that comes in temporarily to reduce the proportion of magic power contained in his body, and then leave from the soul gem to see the situation of the Seed of Sorrow.

But Zhihang was speechless, so Little Bear asked:

“It’s cognition.”

"Huh? What?"

"Due to everyone's perception of witches, the superficial setting that witches possess the Seed of Sorrow has also been influenced by most people's cognition."

Zhi Xing frowned upon hearing this and asked in confirmation:

"Are the seeds of sorrow outside merely cognitive existence?"

"No, it's the true seed of sorrow."

"Through everyone's understanding of the Seed of Sorrow, the witch also came to realize that she was the real body, thus allowing the Seed of Sorrow to be nurtured from her body."

"According to your words, it seems that your wish to become a witch has come true for the second time."

The little bear replied weakly, his eyes seemed to see through the wall and look in the direction of the Seed of Sorrow.

"What's going on? If the Seed of Sorrow is real, then you, who are in the Soul Stone, should be a cognitive being. Why do you know all this?"

The paper shop was originally just a transit point, so it was standing against the wall.

At this moment, he was puzzled by the little bear's words, so he came to the side of the central table and listened carefully to the little bear's explanation.

"Maybe it's because, even though I'm a monster, I'm still human, or rather, I used to be a member of the human race."

"So in this world, I also have my own shadow."

"And coincidentally, as a witch with only a soul, she can enter this cognitive world where only desire exists."

"And I only learned all of this after the Phantom Thieves broke the desires that were clinging to you, allowing me to regain more of my sanity."

"Because I'm more of a human than a monster."

Zhixing raised his eyebrows, not expecting that the principle of the model gun would work in this situation.

Because they are closer to humans, they gain more knowledge about the cognitive world.

"Then why do you say that you are just my perception?"

"Because...I can't get out anymore."

The little bear touched the floor below, which also reminded Zhixing where he was currently.

Soul gem.

A magical girl, even if she changes from a witch back to a human, she still changes back to her human identity which is still recognized as a magical girl.

Because of this, the soul was trapped in the Soul Gem and could not leave.

As part of the desire, Shadow Bear was naturally trapped here with his soul and unable to leave.

Just like before, he couldn't leave the witch's barrier.

"So, you're guiding me to recognize you so I can get your help again, and then... through the Witch's Kiss, remotely controlling my Cognitive Bear?"

Little Bear nodded, confirming that Zhihang's guess was correct.

After all, the only thing that can pass through the Soul Gem is magic power.

The witch's magic power is also a kind of magic power, or in other words, things that are usually regarded as filthy can also be born from the inside of the gem, and then because of the seed of sorrow, it can penetrate the gem's barrier and reach the outside world.

After realizing this, Zhixing finally understood why the Soul Gem and the Seed of Sorrow did not separate not far away.

But Zhihang didn't want to find the little bear just for this problem.

After understanding this unexpected situation, Zhihang asked the question that concerned him most:

"What do you mean by the story that my wish opens? Do you know anything about the episodes where I lost my memory?"

Zhixing originally thought that he would learn from the little bear about the plans he had planned in the past and the wishes he had made for them.

But Little Bear shook his head, looked at Zhihang in confusion and asked:

"I don't know. I just helped relay these words."

"Retell? Who said that?"

Zhixing frowned again.

If the little bear says that he doesn't remember, then maybe he is not close enough to humans, so his memory has not fully recovered. In that case, I can still understand.

However, this matter obviously involved the golden finger that allowed Zhixing to travel through time and space. Zhixing only knew that the witch, as her close presence, could know about it, and he had no idea that anyone else could know about it.

Especially since the witch also communicated in witch language after turning into a shadow, it was surprising that someone specifically asked Little Bear to tell him by relaying the message.

In this situation, Zhixing really couldn't think of anyone else except Xiaoyan.

But when in Madoka Magica, according to Zhixing's guess, he didn't use the time-travel cheat code, otherwise the note passed to Homura would not have written the triggering conditions, but directly stated the corresponding abilities.

Just when Zhixing thought that Xiaoxiong would tell him in which round Xiaoyan discovered the abnormality and leave a message, Xiaoxiong did not say anything. Instead, he stood up, walked to a wall and knocked twice.

Zhi Xing was startled and couldn't help but stand up. He vaguely felt that there might be a cognitive Xiao Yan standing on the other side of the wall.

After all, since Asami can recognize it, it is normal for Homura to appear as well.

But the paper line was wrong.

Accompanied by the little bear tapping twice gently.

A blue light suddenly appeared where the wall was.

It was as if under the illumination of this blue light, the surroundings became dim.

The surroundings began to fall into darkness, leaving only a path with light spots and a butterfly flying towards the paper line, proving the other party's identity.

“Only those who agree with the above views have the right to participate in this game.”

"[Fate's Observer], do you agree?"

Butterfly flew over and resubmitted a contract that had been placed in front of Zhixing a long time ago but that Zhixing had missed.

And accompanied by the appearance of the other party.

A familiar feeling also came to my heart.

(I can go back now)

Chapter 279 Unnoticed Despair

"Snapped!"

Zhixing closed his eyes, clasped his hands together, and looked as calm as if he was praying.

The flying butterflies do not understand the purpose of the paper lines.

However, the little bear who opened the door for Butterfly guessed the current state of the paper bank and explained to Butterfly with great trust:

"He needs to calm down and suppress his thoughts."

The butterfly did not stop, but after knowing that Zhi Xing could not answer immediately, it flew straight to the opposite wall, leaving only a trail of light and disappeared.

I only left a message and asked the little bear to pass it on.

"Then, when it's convenient for him, come back and tell me his choice..."

The butterfly disappeared from the room, and the light path behind it also disappeared.

Then, just a few breaths after it disappeared, Zhixing felt that the thought in his mind had faded away.

Zhi Xing suddenly opened his eyes, but he could no longer see the other party's butterfly. He looked around and asked the little bear who obviously knew something: