Watching the anime from Madoka Magica and writing the rules

Relying on the power of [Sightseeing], he briefly appeared at the scene of the execution, and then because of [Invisibility], neither light nor air could touch Paper Line's body.

Although Paper Walker also couldn't see the surrounding situation clearly, it didn't prevent him from coming to the side of the "baseball player" who was tied to the pillar and unable to move in the memory space. He counted silently in his mind and used the limited time to make the only attempt to complete the transaction.

In order to complete this transaction, the paper bank needs to first give the shadow a realistic cognition, and then take the real person away in reality, so that the trick of replacing the prince with the cat can be realized.

This was already a challenge for Zhixing, whose thinking speed was not that fast, not to mention that in order to achieve the effect of [Invisibility], Zhixing wasted 3 seconds. Although this time was not much, it was enough time for Zhixing to make a mistake.

But just as Zhixing said to the baseball player, who was about to die, Zhixing did not care about the life or death of the baseball player.

Rather, this one and only chance to try would allow Zhixing to test this first successful contract to see if there are any other forces that can assist in its success.

When [Lucky] Makoto Naegi and other classmates ran to the end of the corridor and saw the execution scene of the [baseball player], they were shocked.

Whether it was the baseball field that had been set up long ago, or the machine gun-type pitching machine that had been loaded with baseballs, all of them told the few people that their being captured and brought into this academy was a premeditated situation.

Although the person being executed at this time is the murderer [baseball player], what happens to the other party is very likely to be his own fate.

Kill and be killed, after Monokuma decided to start this game, Makoto Naegi had this premonition in his heart.

Black and white bear, who has invested so much energy in us, will never let us leave alive and in peace.

Although Kyubey said that we can survive, but according to that scenario, what will happen to the other students who were sacrificed?

After all, how can there be any script for something like this that cannot be reversed? Now, Sayaka Maizono who was murdered and Reien Kuwata who was chosen as the target, I am afraid that one day the same thing will happen to me.

Because, how could it be me who is lucky? I, who encountered such a thing, should be called "Super High School Level Misfortune". Then, will I be the next victim?

While Makoto Naegi was worried about his future, seeing that everyone had arrived, Monokuma excitedly began to carry out this first execution.

Thousands! Send! Practice! Fight!

The eye-catching title replaced the voice of Monokuma, informing everyone of the theme of the execution.

Then the ball machine spit out a baseball, allowing Kuwata, who was tied to a pillar, to feel the force of the baseball.

As a super high school level baseball player, as long as he holds a baseball in his hand or wears a baseball glove, he will never be hit by the baseball.

The first time in his life when he was hit by a baseball that he was familiar with, Kuwata felt for the first time how fast the baseball was going.

As a ball-serving machine used for training, the force of the shots it fired was obviously much lighter than in actual combat. Therefore, although he was hit by the baseball, Kuwata's body did not react much.

However, after just a few ordinary baseball hits, it was as if the barrel of a gun had started to turn.

The ball-serving machine, which was specially modified to look like a machine gun, also produced a higher ball speed and hit an incalculable number of baseballs in a row!

But it seemed to have been carefully adjusted. Although a large number of baseballs were launched continuously, Kuwata felt that the force was probably like being beaten by a group of people. It was not as violent as the ball he threw with all his strength, turning himself into the murderer.

With his innate talent, Kuwata figured out that if he continued to be beaten with this kind of force, even though he was tied to the pillar and unable to move, he still had a chance to survive by using his hands, which were upright in front of him, as a buffer.

But... that's limited to the case where the ball machine only hits one place.

Just after Kuwata made his judgment, the ball machine changed its bulky image and moved its position very easily. Even while moving, it still aimed firmly at Kuwata.

Even the occasional missed ball would hit Kuwata's body from his unprotected back with the familiar sound of a baseball hitting his head.

Immediately afterwards, without waiting for Sangtian to make any further judgment.

The ball machine that stretched Kuwata from head to toe began to spin at high speed around the pillar where Kuwata was, as if it were a pre-set script.

When a person's muscles are tensed, they can form a certain degree of defense. Sang Tian, ​​who often exercises his hands, judged that he could still survive even if his hands were injured.

However, under such all-round attacks, Kuwata had no way to form an effective defense.

Every part of my body was completely defenseless and was hit by the baseball bit by bit.

Under such an attack that was clearly unable to penetrate even wood, Kuwata, under such a full-body blow, still couldn't hold on and spat out the blood that had been accumulating for a long time.

Afterwards, he was hit on the head by the baseball countless times, and the last bit of his defensive strength was completely knocked away by the baseball.

The ball machine slowly quieted down its noise amidst the high-speed rotation of thousands of baseballs.

The fence that separated the murderer from the innocent and also protected against the aftermath of the execution slowly opened as the execution ended.

However, among the crowd of onlookers, except for the [Detective] who remained calm, everyone else, including the [Nobleman], the [Fighter], the [Gambler], and the [Literary Woman], all broke out in sweat of fear.

No one made a sound at this time. Everyone silently looked at the body of the man who had lost his resistance and was once called the "Super High School Level Baseball Player".

Chapter 303: Died in Public

"Alas, have I changed my fate?"

Zhixing sat on the ground, looking at the "baseball player" who had successfully replaced the real thing but still fainted on the ground, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

I don't know if it was because of the contract, but in just a few seconds, Zhi Xing came up with the idea of ​​concretizing the cognitive shadow of the "baseball player". At the same time, taking advantage of the fact that the witch's barrier can ignore other obstacles but not ignore people's characteristics, he brought the "baseball player" tied to the pillar into the witch's barrier.

This is also the only function of [Sightseeing]. After all, although the paper line can also reach the real space, the changes brought about by the witch's barrier have distorted the surrounding environment. Nothing can be seen at all, except the [baseball player] approaching you who can be recognized by sight.

Zhixing turned around and looked at the wall behind him. As expected, he saw the projection of the execution ground.

"Sure enough, after we're underground in the Impression Space, can't we just leave?"

Zhi Xing walked closer and looked at the shadow that had replaced its original body, but his mind was no longer on the shadow that was about to face danger.

I remember that the False God could expel all the members of the Phantom Thieves from the bottom of the Impression Space back to the real world with one blow, and the Velvet Room, which is also located at the lowest level of the Impression Space, can enter and exit reality at any time, and a door built in reality was specially opened for Amamiya Ren so that Amamiya Ren can enter and exit at any time to strengthen herself.

So if I have the same permissions as the Velvet Room, I should be able to do it, right?

Zhixing wanted to think about it for a while longer when suddenly an angry voice came from behind him.

"So it was you who did this, Kyubey!!"

Zhixing turned around and saw that the baseball player who had just been rescued still had an expression of relief on his face, but after seeing Zhixing, this relief suddenly turned into anger.

Seeing that the other party had escaped from an irresistible death situation and wanted to attack his savior the first time, Zhixing said nothing and directly touched the wall where the execution scene was projected.

Watching Zhixing leave, the anger of the [baseball player] seemed to subside a lot in an instant, and then he realized that this was the different world that Zhixing had dragged himself into.

Although the real owner is gone, this is the best opportunity to escape from the school with the help of another world.

But somehow, an inexplicable sense of crisis lingered in the heart of the [baseball player].

He looked around blankly, wanting to run, but the next moment, the familiar image of a flying baseball flashed across the [baseball player's] field of vision.

Instinctively, the Baseball Player looked towards the wall where the execution scene was projected.

Seeing himself being hit by an impossible baseball inside, while Kyubey was standing in the audience seats separated by a fence and watching everything happening in front of him, the doubts that the "baseball player" had in his heart before once again surfaced.

"Haha, this is really an illusion, right? After I went to Maizono-san's room, I was drawn into the illusion by you."

The baseball player, who hadn't slept well that night and even went back to the crime scene to clean up and remove evidence, looked at the projection in front of him and wanted to touch the wall, but his outstretched hand was stopped by the tragic shadow.

"I'm so... so sorry. I shouldn't have attacked me. I was wrong. Please forgive me... I just wanted to go out... and play baseball... some more."

However, such a confession could not be heard at all, and immediately after the execution, the [baseball player] who was still repenting lost his strength and hit the wall, thus coming to the memory space.

At this time, Zhixing came to the side of Kuwata, who had died in a miserable state, as soon as the fence was opened.

It’s not because the paper line is also stained with despair, but because, unlike the shadow in reality, what is being executed at this time is just a cognitive existence, at best the health of an ordinary monster.

How can a body that can't withstand a single knockdown and a collective attack withstand the attack from thousands of cognitive baseballs?

When the paper walker came in front of him and saw that the blood did not splatter on the ground but only remained on Kuwata's body, he immediately understood the principle behind it.

It’s not that the paper line suddenly became smarter, but because... this cognitive existence seems to be in order to synchronize with what is happening in reality, so there is a slight delay.

This delay results in a dent in the outside that has been hit, which will also cause the same part of the cognitive existence to dent simultaneously.

But this does not mean that cognitive existence has suffered the same damage as the real entity.

On the contrary, there was a shape on the appearance at this time, imitating the person shown.

"Isn't this a Parahuman Fruit + Observation Haki prediction? He's really good at hiding."

Zhixing originally knew that the true form of cognitive existence should be the monster wandering in the cognitive world, and it was played by the Lord of the Hall through the contract.

So even though the corpse in front of him is not human-shaped, it is still a normal phenomenon in the cognitive world. At most, it does not conform to the consistent aesthetics of p5.

However, if such a change is faced with penetrating injuries, it is not so difficult to deal with. After all, the cognitive existence is not a real human being, so it does not have the vital points of a real person.

As long as you imitate a hole, you can avoid the attack brought by synchronization in the impression space.

However, under such a tepid attack, even though his cognition had predicted and changed its form, he was still knocked unconscious.

No response was given to the paper bank.

"Plop~"

The sudden appearance of the "baseball player" startled Zhixing, but after seeing that the other party was just lying on the ground and did not react, Zhixing stepped forward and helped the other party up.

After observing him for a while, Zhixing determined from his clothes and slow breathing that he was a true "Super High School Level Baseball Player."

"As expected, even within the witch's barrier, we can't resist the influence of the cognitive shadow?"

Seeing the unconscious [baseball player], Zhi Xing did not bring him into the witch's barrier, but dragged him to catch up with the main force and returned to the scene of the trial court.

Seeing that there were only 13 students left, Zhixing didn't care about their conversation with Monokuma. Anyway, he didn't hear it all in his cognitive world.

Instead, he abandoned the Baseball Player and returned to the witch's barrier alone.

And then went deep into the witch's room.

With just one glance, Zhixing saw that the girl's legs had changed from a spider shape back to their original shape, and even her pants had been restored.

But this scene was not what Zhixing expected, and he couldn't help but frown.

"How could this be?"

Looking at the [idol] so close, and noticing the witch stretching out her needle and thread.

The paper merchant immediately said:

"Go back, let's go back."

The distortion of vision brought Zhi Xing back to the memory space, but the "idol" who had returned to human form was not brought out with him.

Zhi Xing couldn't help but look at the portrait of the "idol" in the courtroom and murmured:

"After being denied life by everyone, you should be taken to the Velvet Room. Or if there is no Velvet Room, you should appear at the bottom."

"I wanted to rely on the public's denial of knowledge to restore the [idol] who was healed by the witch to his sanity, so I revealed my ability to perceive the world to Monokuma."

"Why did only the witch transformation part disappear?"

Because the expected result no longer existed, Zhihang felt like he had reached a dead end and couldn't figure out the reason for this matter.

Until the conversation between the cognitive being present and Monokuma ended and everyone gathered in the elevator.

Awakened by the sound of the elevator running, Zhixing looked back at the elevator which was too late to take, and for a moment he didn't know whether he should regret it.

After all, the elevator in the impression space probably cannot go directly to the ground.

But these cognitive beings are two-dimensional versions summoned by Zhi Xing, so if they can come directly from the ground to the underground, then this elevator should be able to do it too.

Thinking of this, Zhixing walked from the courtroom to the elevator.

After pressing the elevator button and finding it didn't work, Zhixing turned around and tried to call Monokuma for help:

"Black and White Bear, help me start the elevator..."

Zhi Xing turned around and suddenly looked at the "Baseball Player" who was thrown away like a puppet, and a flash of inspiration suddenly resolved his previous doubts.

"Is it just an empty shell with no desires?"

"If that's the case, then will the despair contained in the witch's magic be recognized as part of the idol and replaced by it?"

Zhixing frowned, feeling confused about the criteria for judging the cognitive world.

For the Phantom Thieves, who were once unknown, recognition from the public was just a ticket to open the next level of the impression space.

For a group of Phantom Thieves with little fame, recognition from the public can strengthen the group's image in the cognitive world, thereby gaining more power.

For the renowned Phantom Thieves, public recognition is a time bomb. Once their image collapses, public disapproval will in turn directly destroy the protagonist group, whose true identity is unknown and who is only known as the "Phantom Thieves."

This is also the most obvious force of the cognitive world in the real world.

But since they were all disapproved of, why did the Phantom Thieves disappear while other villains were able to achieve success?

Zhixing stood there and eliminated all possibilities one by one using the process of elimination, and came up with a guess that was more likely.

That is the kind of disappearance that does not mean that both the body and soul disappear together.

Instead, the personal shadows awakened by the Phantom Thieves into their own personality masks were influenced by the cognitive world and were relegated to the bottom level. Therefore, the personality masks that originally moved with the protagonist group became shackles that dragged the protagonist group to the bottom level.

Since the power of the cognitive world still only affects the cognitive world, then like the [baseball player], the [idol] who is left with only a physical body is probably also abandoned by the cognitive world.

Instead, it is enchanted by the witch's magic, producing the same disguise effect as the Phantom Thief.

"If that's the case, then the souls of the others are also wrapped in the corresponding demonic magic?"