Monster Hunter Gathering

After he left, Nie Chiwu, wearing an invisible suit, stood up from behind the bench where Madoka and Homura were sitting.

"Fortunately, I brought an invisible cloak this time. Otherwise, if I were discovered, I would have become a pervert who sneaked into someone else's junior high school."

Nie Chiwu breathed a sigh of relief.

Homura Akemi stared at Nie Chiwu with a confused look on her face.

But after Nie Chiwu realized that Homura was staring at him, he turned around and smiled brightly: "Humura, you are a magical girl who has the ability to stop time and reincarnate, right?"

Homura Akemi's pupils dilated, and before she could say anything vigilant, she saw Nie Chiwu suddenly reach into his backpack, then suddenly pulled out a large bag of things and stuffed it into Homura Akemi's hand.

"I don't know what to get you right now, but this is a gift for you! Also... Flame Demon, please sign my pain clothes!"

I saw that the bag that Nie Chiwu stuffed directly into his hand was filled with peripherals, posters, badges related to Madoka... and even a Q-version doll of Madoka in a magical girl posture.

Nie Chiwu also suddenly ripped open the leather armor on his chest, revealing the Akemi Homura pain clothes underneath...

"what?"

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After about five minutes of conversation...

"So... our story in other worlds is just a telenovela, and you're not just a hunter, but also a otaku who likes to watch telenovelas?" Homura Akemi tried to understand the current situation in her own way as best she could.

"Yes, I am a two-dimensional person."

Nie Chiwu scratched his face a little embarrassedly: "Actually, I have always been a two-dimensional person, but I pretend to be a normal person living in society..."

"..." Homura Akemi held a whole bag of taro balls and didn't know what to say for a moment.

She always felt that the current atmosphere was inexplicably different and could not return to its original serious style.

And most importantly, she really wanted the peripherals that Nie Chiwu gave her.

She could definitely feel the other person's passion for Madoka, as if it was just across the screen. If he liked Madoka so much, he shouldn't be a bad person, but!

Why is he still wearing clothes with his own prints on them and asking me to sign for him?

"Captain, you seem to have scared Xiao Yan a little." Xiao Yuan said to Nie Chiwu helplessly.

"Sorry, sorry." Nie Chiwu touched his head, then sat cross-legged and straightened up: "Now let's talk about business."

"Homura Akemi, you want to save Madoka, right?"

Nie Chiwu extended an open palm towards Homura Akemi: "Then!"

"Come join us."

"As the Grand Leader of the Monster Hunter Gathering, I am conveying the decision made by me and the other hunter members of the Gathering!"

"The despair shared by magical girls and witches... Hunters see them as monsters."

"As a hunter, I will hunt monsters that transcend common sense!"

Chapter 373 The Future of the Flame Demon

"I don't understand."

Looking at Nie Chiwu who extended his hand to her, Homura Akemi shook her head: "Since our story is just a story to you, then you should have no real reason to do these things for us."

"Since you know those things, you should also know what the 'monster' you just mentioned means." Homura Akemi said, "If such a thing were really that easy to solve, there wouldn't be so many witches in this world..."

"Maybe it's because most of the hunters in our gathering are the type who like to meddle in other people's affairs."

Nie Chiwu counted on his fingers and said, "Let me calculate for you who ultimately decided to meddle in other people's affairs."

"Excluding the newcomers, there are..."

"The four holy warriors, known as saints,

Defeat the Ultimate Creature, the Ripple Messenger,

The reincarnated hero who accompanies the goddess,

The inheritor of Breath of the Sun,

The devil, the evil food king,

The treasure that cannot be obtained by the restraining power of Alaya,

Bird-headed naked streaker,

The true hero who saved the world even without the holy sword,

A cyberboy who decided to change the world for the girl he loved."

"They all know your future and are willing to do their part to change it, in exchange for you being able to do your part to help others in that changed future."

"Besides, Madoka has become a Hunter and a companion. We can't just let her walk into that future and do nothing."

Nie Chiwu said directly: "Using my own wishes and future to prevent the birth of all witches... I don't want it to really happen."

"!"

Homura Akemi stood up suddenly.

Nie Chiwu's words made her look at Xiaoyuan in disbelief.

If their story really has an ending, then what does what Nie Chiwu said mean?

Homura Akemi had no doubt that Madoka would be the protagonist of the story.

"Want to listen?"

Nie Chiwu grinned and said, "You should be on lunch break. I can give you a brief oral account, or find a time to show it to you separately."

Homura Akemi was silent, then transformed right in front of Nie Chiwu and Xiaoyuan.

"I want to see the stories of the future right now." Homura Akemi said directly, "You should know my ability."

"Oh, time-stopping to catch up on the anime?" Nie Chiwu clapped his hands. "Good idea, if that's the case."

Nie Chiwu pulled out a second-hand tablet from his pocket and said, "Let's get started."

Homura Akemi took a deep breath, then grabbed Nie Chiwu's wrist, and the two of them entered a time stop together.

"So, this is the main story of Madoka Magica."

Nie Chiwu opened his tablet and found the anime he had downloaded: "In the final episode, Madoka made a wish to Kyubey to 'personally destroy all witches of the past, present, and future before they are formed.' This wish destroyed all witches of the past, present, and future (including herself), and she was transported to a higher realm, existing as a concept."

"Its name is—The Principle of the Circle."

"You should be able to finish reading these quickly."

"But there is another follow-up, which I haven't shown to Xiaoyuan yet." Nie Chiwu took out a rope from his pocket, tied it around his wrist, and asked Homura Akemi to hold it so that she wouldn't have to hold on to him all the time.

"Is there any follow-up?" There was a glimmer of hope in Homura Akemi's eyes.

After Xiaoyuan becomes what Nie Chiwu calls the principle of the circle, what else is there?

"Welcome to watch Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie: The Rebellion Story with me." Nie Chiwu smiled brightly. "It's really great to watch The Rebellion Story with Flame Demon."

"……let's start."

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For Xiaoyuan, the time pause of Nie Chiwu and Homura Akemi was only a moment.

But in this instant, Homura Akemi clearly read the entire story of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and...

That she became the Flame Demon and seized the Principle of the Circle, allowing a part of Madoka to continue living in the future as Madoka Kaname.

Not only that, in the process of watching these, Nie Chiwu also constantly explained some [settings] beyond her perspective as she understood the story.

There are some things that even Homura Akemi herself doesn't know.

At the end of reading those stories, Nie Chiwu and Homura Akemi made a proposal, a proposal that Homura Akemi could not refuse.

But Homura Akemi hasn't replied yet.

"Have you finished watching it?" Xiaoyuan looked at Homura Akemi and Nie Chiwu curiously.

"I've finished reading it." Nie Chiwu grinned and said, "Humaki Akemi has also agreed to cooperate with us."

"Really?" Madoka said happily, then hugged Homura: "Homura, it's great that you agreed."

"Well...that's great." Homura Akemi had a complicated expression, but she hugged Madoka in return.

At this moment, the school bell for the end of lunch break suddenly rang.

"Let's go back to class." Xiaoyuan pulled Homura Akemi back to the classroom.

"I'll stay in Mitakihara City to deal with the impact caused by those witches. If you've made up your mind, come find me." Nie Chiwu grinned. "I'm easy to find, and you'll have plenty of time to find me."

"..."

Homura Akemi remained silent and returned to the classroom with Madoka.

As soon as she arrived at the classroom door, Homura Akemi saw Hibiki coming back with Sayaka.

This Tachibana Hibiki is also a member of the Hunter, and Homura Akemi already knows this.

Nie Chiwu also told himself about the future, including the things about the Mad Dragon Virus, the Chaos Black Eclipse Dragon, and the Tianhui Dragon.

The Witch's Night will come earlier, and Tianhui Long will try to prey on the opponent. If Tianhui Long is not dealt with, the recovered Tianhui Long may cause more serious consequences than the Witch's Night.

Especially Madoka!

Homura Akemi looked at Madoka deeply.

It is impossible for Madoka to abandon others. It is because of this kind of heart that Madoka is able to make such a wish and achieve the circular principle that changes the universe.

and so……

Homura Akemi originally wanted to continue thinking, but her train of thought was interrupted by the classmate next to her.

"Xiaomei, what are you holding in your arms?"

The classmate looked curiously at the bag filled with small round cookies that Homura was holding.

Homura Akemi finally reacted and held the bag tightly to prevent others from seeing what was inside.

"Yes, these are some important things given to me by others."

Homura Akemi directly hid everything around Madoka, but her mind suddenly drifted away, and some thoughts emerged in her mind that would have been impossible to come up in the past reincarnations.

[When we get back, I'll put all these peripherals in my room...]

"Captain, are there any other small circles around here?"

Chapter 374 Sign the Contract

The time to go home from school finally arrived, as everyone had been looking forward to it.

Because of Madoka's previous disappearance, she now has to hurry back home. After saying goodbye to Madoka, Homura Akemi noticed Unosaki and Hibiki leaving with Mami and Sayaka. She then used time stop and left Mitakihara Junior High School directly with Madoka's peripheral bag.

The first thing Homura Akemi did was to carefully arrange Madoka's peripherals in her room. She pasted the posters on the wall meticulously and placed Madoka's badges carefully with millimeter precision.

As for the Q version doll of Madoka, Homura Akemi placed it at the head of her bed.

It wasn't until now that Homura Akemi had time to see how many peripherals Nie Chiwu had given her.

Homura Akemi even saw notebooks with her and Madoka's transformed images printed on them, as well as bracelets, picture books, and keychains...

Looking at these peripherals with Madoka's image printed on them, Homura Akemi suddenly began to understand what those otakus were feeling.

Homura Akemi suddenly had an impulse.

Go collect more small circles and use them to decorate your room!

But the first thing to do now is to find Nie Chiwu.

The hunter leader who knew all the future and... responded to the other party's previous proposal.

Homura Akemi turned around and prepared to walk out of her room, but before leaving, she turned back and took out the bracelet with the same color as Madoka from the Madoka peripherals that had been placed there. She carefully put it on her wrist, then transformed and disappeared from the room.

Nie Chiwu's location was not difficult to find.

Following the places where witches might appear, Homura Akemi quickly found the figure of Nie Chiwu who broke out of the witch's barrier.

Unlike the one she met before who asked her to sign her mourning clothes, Nie Chiwu, who broke out of the witch's barrier, was still stained with the witch's dissipating blood. After seeing Homura Akemi appear in front of him, Nie Chiwu casually threw something at Homura Akemi.

Homura Akemi caught the thing thrown by Nie Chiwu and unexpectedly found that it was a seed of sorrow.