Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

After a brief reply, nothing more was said.

Xiangzi put his phone away and looked up at the station name.

"We'll be there in one more stop," Chu Hua said.

Xiangzi nodded.

She opened the map and searched for places around Yugaoka where familiars might appear.

Although familiars cannot control the release of magic and have a strong desire to attack, their total amount of magic is very small, and the number of ordinary people they can affect at one time is far less than that of witches.

Those six or seven people last night were already the limit that a group of familiars could achieve.

Therefore, they cannot act on crowded streets; they usually do so late at night or in sparsely populated areas.

There are many side streets near Haneoka, and many students like to take shortcuts after school. These alleys are usually deserted, making them ideal for thieves.

Recently, due to the school's notice, many students have started walking home in groups, deliberately avoiding these side streets. The familiars crouching in the alleys must be itching for a fight.

If at this time a person who is already marked enters their hunting range.

Xiangzi thought that these brainless creatures would not be able to resist such temptation.

But unexpectedly, a small accident occurred as soon as I got off the tram.

Halfway there, Chu Hua suddenly took out the Soul Gem, which was sparkling.

"Xiao Xiang, there are magical fluctuations nearby."

“Not strong, but it shouldn’t be a familiar.” Hailing looked in the direction from which the magical energy fluctuations came. “It’s very close to our destination.”

Miaomeng opened the gathering's app and checked.

"It's a normal witch. Someone has already accepted the commission, so we don't need to worry about it."

Xiangzi also opened the app and clicked on the relevant information about nearby commissions.

After GPS location was established, the nearby commissions were pushed to Xiangzi, who, following Miaomeng's instructions, found the Normal-level witch.

"Less than a minute passed between the posting of the commission and its acceptance. It must be a self-produced and self-sold item, a newly emerged witch."

"Self-produced and self-sold" refers to the magical girl who discovers the barrier accepting the request she uploaded herself. She writes the details in the request section, and the administrator usually approves it. In any case, she is responsible for the consequences if anything goes wrong.

Actually, even if you find a witch, it's not a problem to just defeat her. The main reason for this approach is to keep a record at the gathering. If you hunt a witch without notifying the gathering, you will lose some rewards for no reason. Even a small reward is still a reward, so this self-sufficiency situation is very common in low-level quests.

This band, which is very close to Xiangzi and her friends' destination, was used to upload and accept commissions under the band's name. It was a band that hadn't been named yet, and it was displayed as "Unnamed".

"What should we do? If a battle breaks out over there, the decoy plan might be affected," Hailing asked.

"Since we're already here, and it's only a short walk, let's take a look first."

Xiangzi followed their gaze.

"The location of the witch's barrier is more than half a street away from the alley of our target. It's inside a recently closed tutoring center, on the sixth floor of an office building. It shouldn't have much of an impact."

"Hai Ling."

"Hmm?" Hailing turned her head to the side.

"How skilled is this domesticated witch?"

“By the current evaluation standards, most of them fall into the Hard category, and a few can reach Dangou,” Hailing said. “After all, they’ve been constantly absorbing negative emotions, so their strength can’t be lacking.”

"Then their familiars shouldn't be scared by such a small commotion."

Xiangzi walked ahead, turned around, and looked at his three helpers.

"Come on, let's get started."

Just as she turned to look at them, she caught a glimpse of several figures walking out of the office building.

It seems that the Normal witch is no problem at all for the team that just took on the mission. Xiangzi and the others had just arrived when the group had already finished their get off work.

But after seeing the faces of those people clearly, Xiangzi's pupils suddenly contracted.

She knew all four of those people.

The Tale of Nirvana: Staying True to One's Heart: Chapter 82 - A Hero's Daily Life Dungeon

Blue sky and white clouds, surrounded by densely packed utility poles, the wires intertwined to form a large spider web-like network.

A monster with four arms and four legs, dressed in a JK uniform but with no visible head, crawls at high speed between electrical wires, chasing its prey.

[Normal-level female student]

Witch name: Female student (girl apprentice)

Difficulty level of the task: Normal

Intelligence: The location of the discovery is on the 6th floor of Building XXX, XXX Street. The entrance to the barrier is located in a recently closed cram school on the 6th floor. No casualties have been found so far. We request to directly issue a subjugation request.

Status of acceptance: Accepted

Successor: (Unnamed)

A witch who looks like a bizarre arthropod walks effortlessly between power lines, while a pink-haired magical girl, being chased by her, stumbles and falls along the wires.

"Help! Someone help me!"

Aine's expression was filled with suspicion and coldness. Her face was twisted with rage, and the large katana on her back, which was longer than her height, showed no sign of being drawn.

"Special Feature: Speed ​​Boost"

A green light fell on Ai Yin, and she immediately felt her body become much lighter, and she was no longer so unsteady when running on the power lines.

The witch was still chasing him, but the distance between them didn't close any further. Behind him, telephone poles and wires were flying everywhere, and with each step the witch took, she could snap several wires blocking her path.

Countless little familiars fell off its back.

Those little familiars looked exactly like the witch, with four arms and four legs, but no head.

Su Shi stood atop the telephone pole, read a few flashes of light, cleared away the little familiars that were getting close to her, and sighed.

"Is this guy really capable...?"

Ai Yin scrambled up and down between the power lines, the witch following her. The spiderweb of power lines swayed violently in the air, some parts tangling together to form a remarkably resilient and dense web.

The witch's attention was completely focused on the flamboyant Ai Yin, and she didn't notice at all that the wire mesh had become tangled up because of her big movements.

With tears streaming down her face, Aine turned around and saw an abstract witch, resembling Junji Ito's centipede, only a few steps away. Its enormous size, several meters tall, made it look even more terrifying. Besides that, she also saw the tangled wire mesh that she had created while running around.

The witch closed the distance to her in an instant, and a palm as tall as a person came slapping her.

"Special Feature: Paralysis Accumulation".

The light fell on the greatsword on Aine's back, and the greatsword with cherry blossom patterns lit up with a yellow-green light.

Aine drew her greatsword, turned around, and retreated, drawing the blade back to dodge the witch's slap. She then immediately lunged forward, raising the blade to sever one of the witch's hands.

Wow! I'm so handsome!

As Aine was thinking this, she swung her katana and sliced ​​through several of the smaller familiars, intending to continue her counterattack.

But she forgot that the witch had four arms; even after cutting off one, she still had three.

The large, white hand on the same side as the severed hand slapped towards Aine with the force of the blow, rapidly enlarging in Aine's vision.

"Special Indicator: Enhanced Defense!"

A green light landed on Aine just as she was being slapped away, minimizing the damage from what could have been a fatal blow. So much so that when she was sent flying, she almost thought she could actually fly.

Finally, she regained her balance in mid-air, grabbed the wire, spun twice like a horizontal bar spin, and jumped back onto the wire.

The witch did not catch up.

Because it can no longer catch up.

The route Aine had taken to escape had caused her to twist her own wires together, weaving them into a large net that entangled her.

Moreover, the severed hand did not regenerate, and a tingling, electric-like sensation came from the wound, causing the witch to find her movements becoming sluggish.

"I've got it done—! Lixi, how long are you going to wait?!"

Ai-yin cupped her hands into a megaphone shape and shouted.

"Enough! It's so noisy!"

Lixi's voice came from behind the witch.

With a bright red headband tied around her head, Lixi carried a large, blunt, square-headed sword on her back. The white cloth strip wrapped around the hilt was held in Lixi's hand, and the whole sword was carried on her shoulder.

She glided down a sloping power line towards the center of the power grid, her shoes rubbing against the wires and sending sparks flying.

"Sushi!"

"Special Inheritance: Damage Sharing!"

Su Shi waved her staff, and a thin thread connected herself and Li Xi together.

Thick black smoke billowed from the greatsword Lixi was carrying, sparks flew, and the smoke instantly ignited into a burst of flames that enveloped Lixi's entire body.

Su Shi instantly showed a pained expression, and burn marks appeared on his body. He then immediately cast a stamina recovery ability on himself.

Crimson wings sprouted from the thick smoke and bursting flames. Lixi, whose entire body was covered in undamaged skin, transformed into a fireball like a shooting star, leaping from the power line and flying towards the witch who was immobilized.

Lixi's magic: Dragon Armor Possession. Through the door-like Sealed Flame Sword, he concentrates and releases different types of fire magic. When the power reaches its maximum, he will completely burn himself and transform into a humanoid fire dragon.

For Lixi, reaching the maximum output was practically a death sentence. However, because of Su Shi's damage sharing ability, even sharing only 10% of the damage was enough for her to recklessly maximize her output for a few seconds.

A crimson meteor struck the witch.

A brief silence.

hum-

Then came an overwhelming burst of flames.

Boom!

The witch's body, like a charred butterfly, floated lightly down from mid-air, a seed of lamentation shimmering within.

The blue sky and white clouds gradually faded and eventually disappeared completely.

Kneeling on the floor of the cram school, his charred skin healed rapidly at a visible speed, sizzling as white smoke rose into the sky.

The seeds of lamentation fell to the ground.

"Everyone, is it resolved?" The lamp peeked out from outside the door.

"You're going to unleash your ultimate move after just one Normal attack? I don't even want to think about what you're going to do if you keep going higher," Aine said, hands on her hips.

"It's because you dawdled for too long." Li Xi's vocal cords were initially burned, so her speech was slurred, but the second half of her sentence became fluent.

"If Su Shi hadn't given you that special ability, all the Seeds of Sorrow from this trip would probably have been used to heal your wounds."

"Why are you blaming me again? Why don't you say that your drastic self-harm is wasting your magic power?"

"I'm aiming for a swift victory!"

Li Xi clicked his tongue.

Actually, she's never been good at controlling her exertion; it's either too much or too little, and she can't find the balance.

"Alright, alright, you've all finished your mission, so please stop arguing, okay?" Su Shi stepped in between them, trying to smooth things over.

“When you mentioned Hard, I remembered.” Li Xi’s clothes changed back to ordinary casual clothes. She looked at the remaining three people present. “Sister Sha Ling and Sister Tsugumi said that a Hard witch has been controlled by the gathering. They want to find someone to take it down, but there are not many witches that are controlled and harmful. They said they want to let a newcomer practice, so they asked me for my opinion.”

She straightened her collar.

"I thought it was just right, so I accepted it."

The Tale of Nirvana: Keeping to Your True Self: Chapter 83 - Using It as Bait

"Huh? A Hard-level request?"

Ai Yin opened her mouth wide.

"Are you out of your mind? Taking on a Hard-level commission so early, do you have a death wish?"

"Didn't you always say your goal was to become Somebody's magical girl? This is the best opportunity yet."

"But this is too fast, only a few days..."