Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

"It's alright, Xiao Mu, we're safe now." Su Shi patted her shoulder.

"......Um."

Mu disconnected the wires, walked to the three fallen dolls, and put them into the Soul Gem.

Without the spiritual focus and support of a mortal, she could only control a puppet.

Su Shi's only two skills that can cause damage are "Flash" and "Suffering," but they are not very effective. Without Mu's help, she can't even deal any effective damage and can only be slaughtered by the witch.

However, the two of them together can easily defeat all witches below the Hard level.

This is why Crychic continued to perform together even after the group disbanded.

Crychic was more powerful when it was fully functional.

Xiangzi's renewed heavy firepower can be directly used by Mu's puppets. Lixi, as a tanky front-line tank, can withstand almost all the pressure. In addition, Su Shi's magic grants positive effects to allies and negative effects to enemies. Crychic's growth rate is terrifyingly fast. The first battle against the Hard Witch ended in an absolute victory.

But there's no going back.

Su Yinqi (six) (one) Er Er Jiu Yu Shi Xiang.

No, you can go back to the past.

She picked up the seeds of sorrow, took Harmony's hand, and helped her purify the filth before purifying herself.

"You've worked hard today, Xiao Mu."

"......fine."

"...There's about 30% of the purification quota left." Su Shi stuffed the Seed of Sorrow into Mu's hand.

"It's better for Su Shi to take it."

"No, Xiao Mu, you take it. I'll put in less effort and use less energy."

Su Shi is lying.

Mu knew that the amount of magic power she needed to maintain her mental focus was no less than that required to fight a witch directly, and that Su Shi's mental state had not been good recently, as she seemed to be staying up late, which would accelerate the defilement of the Soul Gem.

"Su Shi is overdrawing his own resources."

Mu then passed the seeds of sorrow to the common people.

"There's no need to argue with me." Su Shi forcefully pushed it back. "This is what you deserve."

Seeing Su Shi's brows furrow slightly, Mu knew he had said something wrong again.

Mu had no choice but to silently suppress his sorrow.

"I'm going to RiNG next, Xiaomu, do you want to come with me?"

"I have a ballet class later."

It's not even four o'clock yet, and they broke through the entire barrier in just over ten minutes.

After all, she was just a Normal-level witch.

"Oh, so there's ballet class... Well, there's nothing I can do about that then." Su Shi smiled helplessly.

Although the smile looked very natural.

However, Mu still noticed the bitterness between Su Shi's brows.

She really wanted to comfort Su Shi.

But didn't know what to say.

She never knows what she should say; what she thinks and what she says always seem to be different.

It will make the people around you unhappy.

Mu stared at the floor, his eyes as blank as ever.

Su Shi took Mu's little gestures as disappointment at not having time to see Li Xi, and gently hugged her.

"It's okay, I'll go find Lixi. We'll definitely be able to go back to the Crychic we used to be. Trust me."

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Is Su Shi alone? "Clothes! (seven;). [Seal two long I] I? Walking on the road.

Seeing groups of girls my age walking towards the same destination as me, I always felt out of place.

I long to go back to the old days.

Su Shixiang.

As I was thinking about it, I started walking while staring at my toes.

"You...did you invite Deng to team up? Don't you know she's just an ordinary person?"

A quarrel came from not far away. Su Shicai looked up and realized that he had unknowingly walked to the entrance of RiNG.

Is that Lixi arguing with someone? And there's a pink-haired girl I don't recognize.

They seem to have mentioned lights. What's going on?

Su Shi stopped in her tracks.

"So what if she is? Kyubey also said that Dengdeng's talent is amazing! Are you jealous? Jealous that she's more talented than you?"

"Tsk, you..."

"I said, it's very impolite of you to keep calling me 'you,'"

"Scumbag."

"what?!"

After finishing his rant, Li Xi turned and walked into RiNG.

"You were the one who started this trouble, weren't you?!" The pink-haired girl glared angrily at Li Xi's retreating figure, her anger flaring up. "And now you're even swearing at me!"

"Um, are you alright?"

Pink-haired girl turned her head and looked at Su Shi, who had spoken to her.

"...No, it's nothing, haha...Sorry for troubling you, I'll be going now."

Su Shi stared at the direction she disappeared in for a long time.

In the end, he didn't go into RiNG to find Lixi.

The Tale of Nirvana: Keeping the True Self: Chapter 44 Storing Memories

Moon Forest, the next day.

I didn't see Lixi yesterday.

According to Su Shishuo.

"Has Xiao Xiang said anything to you?"

Mu subconsciously wanted to nod.

But remembering Xiangzi's words about not letting Su Shi bother her, she changed her nod to a shake of her head.

"That's it."

Su Shi certainly noticed the subtle details of Mu Gai's actions, but she didn't show it.

"Xiao Mu knows where Xiangzi lives, right? Why don't we just go and try to find her?"

Mu stopped in his tracks.

Because Su Shi was standing in front of her, her gaze briefly met Su Shi's.

Mu lowered his head and stared at the floor at Su Shi's feet.

It moved slightly to the side.

Mu was thinking about how to hide it. Su Shi was thinking.

Xiang told Su Shi not to look for her again, but Su Shi wanted to see Xiang. What should she do? Mu lowered her head.

“If you can tell me, I can go by myself,” Su Shi said with a smile. “If not, just tell her again that I’m waiting for her, and that will be fine.”

She gave Mu a way out.

But the steps weren't so easy for Mu to take.

Just then, a classmate passed by, and Su Shi nodded and greeted him.

As the unfamiliar classmate's footsteps faded away, she spoke in a voice barely audible, like a mosquito's buzz:

"...I'll try contacting them again."

A bird landed on a treetop and chirped a few times, while the wind rustled through the leaves.

"Thank you."

Su Shi knew that she had achieved her goal once again.

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That same afternoon, Aine ran into Suze again in the RiNG assembly hall.

Kyubey has said time and again that Akane possesses great magical girl talent and will become a very powerful magical girl, so Aine has invited her several times in accordance with Kyubey's wishes.

However, after trying to get things done from the sidelines for a long time, Ai Yin finally found an opportunity to invite Deng to a karaoke bar yesterday, thinking that singing together would surely help them get closer.

But it seems so.

I messed it up myself.

Suddenly, Deng told her that this kind of thing is for a lifetime, but Ai Yin had never thought about anything like a lifetime. When it comes to forming a team, everyone can make do for a while and then find a better backer—like a big shot like her benefactor—before switching teams.

Isn't that better?

No, it's not...

That's a bit despicable. (The rest of the text appears to be gibberish and unrelated to the previous sentence.)

but......

She had never really thought about spending her whole life with someone.

As a result of my hesitation, the light got away.

After paying the bill, he chased after her, but was stopped by the foul-mouthed woman with a beauty mark, causing him to run away before he could even see her.

We all know what happened next.

On the second day, Aine went to the bulletin board in the RiNG assembly hall again to look for hope and met the flaxen-haired girl she had met the day before.

After being surprised to find out that the other person was also a magical girl, Aine emptied her trash and said a few bad things about the foul-mouthed girl with a beauty mark who had insulted her the day before. Then, she awkwardly discovered...

This girl with flaxen hair and a great figure is actually an acquaintance of the foul-mouthed woman with a beauty mark under her eye.

Fortunately, the other person understood how hard it was for me to be suddenly scolded, and gently said a lot of comforting words. Then they even asked me.

Are you looking for members of the Magical Girls band?

She's actually a student at Tsuki no Mori, a young lady! A real young lady! Unlike her benefactor, who wears knock-off clothes!

Although it's really not nice to say that to my benefactor, that's what Aine really thought at the time.

Ai Yin and Ai Yin found they clicked as they talked, and eventually they went to a coffee shop together, found seats, and decided to discuss the magical girl band in detail.

The other party recommended Earl Grey tea.

The same product that my benefactor got for free from Kasumi-senpai that day.

We talked for a long time about the band, but there wasn't much progress. At most, we learned that the other person's name was Su Shi. In the middle of the conversation, a girl came and borrowed the small stage to play guitar, interrupting Ai Yin's conversation several times.

What's worse, that foul-mouthed woman with the beauty mark under her eye from yesterday is actually, actually, actually working as a waitress here?!

This is absolutely terrible!

The girl who looked like a cat left after she finished playing the guitar.

The woman with a bad temper, foul mouth, and a beauty mark under her eye glared at me while serving tea and water.

After the foul-mouthed woman with the beauty mark left, Su Shi asked:

"What exactly is the conflict between you two?"