I'm Xiaoyuan. I'm really sorry.

"Mifuyu...are you...really Mifuyu?"

When she heard Azusa Midyuu was about to catch up with the imposter, Yachiyo suddenly called her.

“Duck sauce…”

Zi Meifuyu looked back and didn't answer, but her address was already an acknowledgement.

“…I’ll explain later.”

After saying that, he chased after the impostor and left.

Yachiyo wanted to follow, but at this moment, many "Psychic Ema Azusaya" suddenly appeared around the three of them, which were the Ema that looked like giant flying insects.

"Rumors actually popped up at this time..."

Yachiyo frowned slightly.

These are just small monsters, the real boss has not appeared yet.

But it also stopped Yachiyo from wanting to catch up, because there were too many of them, and Tamaki Iroha and Yuigahama Yubi might not be able to handle it.

I can only temporarily suppress the idea of ​​looking for Azusa Midori and go help Tamaki Ayane and the others first.

Just as Huan Caiyu was about to fire the arrow from the crossbow in her hand, Yachiyo's spear struck and destroyed the rumor in front of her.

"Yachiyo!!"

Huan Caiyu was stunned for a moment, then cried out.

Yachiyo also nodded to her, then walked to Yubi Tsuruno, who was fighting in front waving a flaming iron fan, and helped her continue to attack the rumors.

"Master Yachiyo!"

Seeing Yachiyo join the battle, Yuhi Tsuruno smiled and shouted.

"Ah."

Yachiyo responded.

From a certain perspective, she is Yuigahama's master, but from another perspective, Yuigahama is her teammate (friend), although the team had been disbanded by her long ago.

Maybe we won’t form a team again.

Soon, all the monsters at the scene were eliminated by the three of them.

"Eh?"

Yachiyo was stunned when she saw Huan Caiyu suddenly walk up to her and take out the Seed of Sorrow to purify her Soul Gem.

“Tan, you…”

"I see your soul gem has accumulated a lot of filth..."

Tamaki Iroha replied.

After all, even though there were three of them together, Yachiyo was the one who put in the most effort in the battle against those rumored monsters, so she also consumed the most magic power.

"As for accumulating filth... isn't yours the same...?"

Yachiyo questioned.

"Yeah, Iroha, your Soul Gem has become quite tainted as well."

Yubi Tsuruno, who was standing by, also stepped forward and echoed what Yachiyo said.

Although she herself consumed a lot of magic power, it was far less filthy than that of Tamaki Iroha and Yachiyo.

"Yachiyo's is more serious than mine..."

Tamaki Iroha shook her head.

"Why, why do you treat me like this... You're such a pushover...!"

Hearing her words, Yachiyo felt a little complicated.

She didn't understand why Huan Caiyu was such a pushover, considering she herself needed the Seeds of Sorrow as well.

"Well, I'm sorry..."

Looking at Iroha Tamaki who suddenly apologized to her, after a moment of silence, Yachiyo realized that what she had just said was a bit bad. She shook her head and said, "No, it was me who was too bad... I should have thanked you frankly."

"Thank you……"

"No, you're welcome..."

Tamaki Iroha said, waving her hand.

"Tsuruno, do you have any extra seeds of sorrow?"

Yachiyo turned around and said to Yuhi Tsuruno.

"Yes, but there's only one left. I guess it can only be used a few more times. Sorry, Yachiyo, Iroha."

Yubi Tsuruno said with a somewhat apologetic tone.

"No, you don't have to say sorry."

In the end, even if Yuhizuru wanted to use it for Tamaki Iroha, Yachiyo did not let her use the last Seed of Sorrow.

There are many witches in Shenhama. You can get more Seeds of Sorrow after leaving here, but you can't use the last one now.

As I said before, the rumors that we just eliminated were just small monsters, and the real boss has not yet appeared.

"Um... that person just now, is that the person Yachiyo and Tsuruno wanted to see...?"

After a moment of silence, Iroha Tamaki asked the two of them, of course she was referring to the real Azusa Midyu.

"Yes... That person is a very important childhood sweetheart to me."

Yachiyo thought for a moment and replied.

Originally, she had no hope of investigating the psychic shrine, but when she heard that the person had transformed into Azusa Midori's appearance and even her memories were exactly the same, she couldn't help but believe it.

Fortunately, in the end, Tamaki Iroha, Yubitsuruno, and the real Azusa Midu who appeared for unknown reasons called her back.

Therefore, she also knew that Azusa Midori was really still alive.

On the other side, after telling Yachiyo that he would explain things to her later, Azusa Midyuu chased after the imposter and left.

"...There's no room for a fake like you to come between me and Hachi."

She threw the crescent moon wheel in her hand again. This time, she added a lot of magic power. After it quickly drew a silver-white trajectory in the air, it locked onto the counterfeit. Then, countless silver-white crescent moon wheels appeared around the counterfeit and kept hitting it.

After a burst of silver smoke, Zi Midu took back the Crescent Moon Wheel and the counterfeit was eliminated.

Then, the dusk scene in front of her suddenly disappeared, and she seemed to appear not far from the shrine.

"..."

Looking at the Mina Shrine, she hesitated for a moment, but decided to return to Yachiyo and the others.

……

"We're back……"

As the surroundings changed back to the scene of Mina Shrine, Tamaki Iroha said.

At the same time, in order to save magic power, he canceled the transformation and his clothes changed back to the uniform of Hokkaido City First Junior High School.

"Yeah... in the end, we were just being manipulated by rumors..."

"I was even fooled by an imposter..."

Yachiyo murmured as she listened to Iroha Tamaki's words.

"Ah... Yachiyo, don't say that. When I first saw that fake Mihoyo, I also thought it was Mihoyo. If the real Mihoyo hadn't appeared before, I might have done the same as you."

Yubi Tsuruno comforted.

"Don't worry," he said. "I'm fine."

Looking at Yubi Tsuruno who was comforting her, Yachiyo forced a smile.

"Oh, there's another person. I don't think we saw Yuan-san since we went in there."

Suddenly remembering that there seemed to be someone else with them, Iroha Tamaki suddenly asked.

"Perhaps, like those people lying on the wooden bridge, they are lost in the illusion of the person they want to see."

Yachiyo thought for a moment and gave her own guess.

After all, even she herself was almost deceived.

Since Yuan did not appear in the Mina Shrine, it is likely that he was lost in an illusion.

"Then we must hurry and rescue her."

Yubi Tsuruno said anxiously.

She still had a very good impression of Yuan. After all, she was the first customer who gave her a full score, and she was also a magical girl.

Chapter 140 When the Filth Overflows

She wanted to go back and save Sono, but now that they were back at the Mina Shrine, she didn't know if she could even get there after writing down the name of the person she wanted to see again.

"Tsuruno, don't worry, the people will definitely be rescued, and this matter is not over yet..."

Yachiyo grabbed Yubi Tsuruno's arm and asked her to calm down first.

"Yeah, I haven't dispelled this rumor like I did last time..."

After hearing what Yachiyo said, Tamaki Iroha nodded in agreement.

Naturally, she also wanted to save Yuan. Although they had only met a few times, she couldn't just leave him alone.

Moreover, the rumors about the psychic shrine also need to be eliminated, otherwise someone will be trapped in the illusion created by the rumors.

“Not only did we deny the person we wanted to see, but we also returned without falling into a deep sleep.”

"Rumor has it that this situation will not go unnoticed."

Yachiyo thought for a moment and spoke slowly.

Sure enough, the next moment after she finished speaking, the surrounding scene changed again, and they were back on the wooden bridge.

But this place seems to have changed, becoming a space composed of countless wooden bridge platforms intertwined together.

[Those who long to be reunited with their loved ones, but then turn around and kill them, the sin of deceiving the gods deserves death.]

"coming……!"

With that, Yachiyo quickly transformed into a magical girl.

Suddenly, a creature shaped like a dragon with ears similar to those of a frog appeared not far in front of them.

The source of the rumor about the psychic shrine, the rumor about the waiting horse.

If Sono were here, she would definitely recognize that this was an image from the animation, not the game.

"Is this guy the owner of this place? I thought I heard the word 'deception' just now. If this rumor is true, then I will return it intact."

Yachiyo folded her arms and looked at the rumor.

"That's right, you're actually taking advantage of someone's desire to see someone important."

Tamaki Iroha agreed.

"He deserves death!"

As he spoke, Yachiyo also slightly tightened his grip on the spear in his hand.

"Then let me take the lead!"

After Yubi Tsuruno finished speaking, she opened the flaming iron fans in both hands and rushed towards the flying Dairenma no Uta.

Seeing her rush over like that, Iroha Tamaki asked in confusion, "Eh!? Based on the atmosphere just now, shouldn't we be the ones to go first?!"

"That's just like Tsuruno..."

Looking at Yuigahama no Uta who was already fighting against Daitomanuma no Uta, Yachiyo sighed.

……

……

"Just let me knock you down!"

Yubi Tsuruno, who fell from the sky, said this, and the flaming iron fan in her hand hit Ranchu with the acceleration of gravity, followed by the crossbow arrow shot by Tamaki Iroha.