Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

Under the gradually turning blood-red sunlight, the castle tower seemed to be guarded by an ancient monarch, looking down arrogantly over the entire reed plain.

Reed Plain Skyscraper Σ, that's its name in this world.

"Time has shifted within the barrier, which is basically in line with our predictions." Kyubey jumped onto Xiangzi's shoulder. "We're getting closer and closer to the truth, Toyokawa Xiangzi."

"Ah..." Xiangzi suddenly came to his senses.

We are getting closer to the truth.

This also means that the days she can still treat herself as an ordinary person are becoming fewer and fewer.

A bitter smile played on Xiangzi's lips as he lowered his head.

"No matter what, we've already exceeded our target for today." Xiangzi patted his cheeks and told himself, "Let's be optimistic, things might work out in the end."

"Xiao Xiang, what were you just saying?" Chu Hua twitched her ears and turned her head to ask.

Xiangzi pursed his lips, forcing a smile back onto his face, and looked up at the few people who were looking at him.

"I said, let's go eat."

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Half an hour later, on the 56th floor of the Reed Plain Skyscraper, in the buffet restaurant.

The interior is decorated in a Baroque style, with intricately patterned soundproof carpets on the floor. A wide variety of food is laid out on long tables, and along one wall are food stalls serving teppanyaki, yakitori, sashimi, ramen, and other dishes that need to be made to order. Well-dressed people chat and laugh as they pick up the dishes from the plates.

In a corner by the window in the self-service restaurant, Xiangzi rested his chin on his hand, looking down at the scenery outside through the glass window.

It was already dark, and all the lights that needed to be on were lit. The streetlights illuminated the highways and overpasses, making them look like the veins of the city.

"Honestly, Hai Zi is amazing! He must be just as good as Roselia and the others."

Miaomeng waved the chopsticks between her fingers and picked up some snacks from the plate.

"We had only exchanged a few words when Hai Zi came out with Timoris's head. The wine hadn't even warmed yet, and he had already beheaded Hua Xiong."

"Shh..." Xiangzi turned his head and raised his index finger at Miaomeng, "Don't make a fuss, do you think this is a street food stall?"

"Tch, it's just a slightly more upscale street food stall, what's the difference?" Miao Meng pouted, but at least her voice was a little quieter.

Xiangzi glanced at the stacks of empty plates on the table and realized that no one seemed to have any desire to take anything else.

Every self-service restaurant, whether it's a buffet or all-you-can-eat, has one thing that makes it different from eating elsewhere: breaks between meals.

Eat until you're half full, then rest for a bit before continuing the fight.

Meow Dream seems to have noticed this as well.

"If we're having a break, how about we find something to talk about?" she asked.

"Then let's summarize the current intelligence," Xiangzi said calmly.

"Hey, really? We have to talk about business during dinner? That's so boring."

Miao Meng rolled her eyes, deciding to take the initiative and find a topic to shut Xiangzi up.

"Speaking of which, just what level is Hai Zi's strength? If he could take down Timoris, whom even Chu Hua couldn't handle, with just a few words, then there must be a Protagonist, right?"

"Probably not." Hailing picked up a napkin and wiped her mouth. "They are very strong. The fact that they were able to wipe out all the magical girls from the previous era means that they are stronger than the previous era in every way."

"Sigh..." Meow Dream sighed, resting her chin on her hand. "How could Hai Zi finish the battle so quickly? Even Hatsuko said she couldn't beat Timoris. Did you only exchange one move?"

"Mm." Hailing nodded lightly.

At that time, Timoris, wielding his staff, and Hailin faced off for a long time, but the battle only lasted for a moment. Or rather, the final moment was merely the end of the battle; the fight between Timoris and Hailin had already begun the moment Hailin entered the dojo.

During the tens of seconds of stalemate, they mentally simulated each other's next moves countless times.

The walls of the dojo were decorated with many windmills, which remained quiet and motionless during their stalemate and standoff.

but.

Victory or defeat can be decided in a split second, in a single round, in the blink of an eye.

No one saw Hailing draw her sword (because there was no one else around), not even Timoris. Timoris held her staff high, the tip of the staff less than five centimeters from Hailing's head, and it was in those last five centimeters that she stopped.

The windmill started moving.

A murderous wind swept through the dojo.

Then, Timoris's head fell to the ground.

The straw hat fell down, revealing a face exactly like Hailing's.

"Is this the plot?" Miaomeng asked, pointing to the image appearing above her head.

"Why do we need windmills?" Chu Hua asked, puzzled.

“Because it’s cool,” Meow Dream said matter-of-factly. “Imagine a dojo decorated with windmills, and at the moment someone dies, the windmills are blown by the killing intent, and they all start spinning…”

Hai Ling clapped her hands with a nonchalant expression.

"Wow, Meow Dream is amazing! She guessed almost everything right, except for the windmill."

"Why! Windmills are so cool! If I were using them as part of a set, I would definitely fill it with windmills. They would spin around and around, it would look so beautiful."

"Haha...maybe..."

"So that's really how it is? It really will be decided in one move?"

"Mmm." Hailing nodded perfunctorily.

"Hai Zi didn't tell the truth, so it's meaningless."

"That's the truth. Chu Hua was at a disadvantage against Timoris because her fighting style was countered, while I happen to be the one who counters Timoris's fighting style. It's that simple."

"Hey... that's easy to say. If I had your two talents, I wouldn't need to resort to petty theft."

Miao Meng sighed, picked up the last piece of sashimi from the plate and put it in her mouth. She stood up with the plate still in her mouth, her words muffled.

"I want some food again."

"Can't you put the chopsticks down?" Hai Ling reminded her, noticing how inconvenient it was for her to have chopsticks in her mouth.

"It's none of your business, hmph." Miao Meng curled her nose, snorted, and turned to walk away.

"Get me a cup of caramel pudding." Xiangzi waved to Miaomeng's back.

"Okay!" Miaomeng spat the chopsticks into the garbage truck next to her, turned around cursing, and stuck her tongue out at them.

Xiangzi scraped the last bit of pudding clean from the cup, licked his lips, and looked in the direction where Miaomeng had disappeared.

Just as the crowd had obscured Miaomeng, a light green figure came into Xiangzi's view. A girl wearing a checkered dress walked closer to Xiangzi's table and stopped in front of Xiangzi.

"Sorry, I'm late."

Chu Hua blinked, her eyes shining with joy.

"Xiao Mu!"

The Tale of Nirvana: Keeping Your True Self: Chapter 107 - Eyes

When Miaomeng returned with sashimi and desserts, she found that her seat had been taken. Xiangzi asked someone to put an extra chair outside the booth, implying that it didn't need to be said explicitly.

It's just a matter of letting her sit outside.

Miao Meng rolled her eyes, put the plate on the table, and sat down angrily.

"Fine, I'm the one who deserves to be ostracized the most."

Ever since Xiangzi cheated her, she hasn't had a single good day. She's either had her hand broken, her back broken, or her head broken.

Ah, although she was in the wrong first, even if Yutenji Wakame had 99% of the problems, didn't Xiangzi have even 1% of the problems?

Yes, yes.

That makes sense, doesn't it?

Miaomeng angrily picked up her chopsticks, not even glancing at the new member.

But when she inadvertently caught a glimpse of the girl who had taken her seat, her eyes widened in surprise.

Did Hatsuko say something this morning?

Let's go eat at a buffet, and invite Mu along.

We ate at the buffet, but after a round of eating, we still didn't see the legendary Wakaba Mutsu. Even Miaomeng forgot the second half of the sentence, "蹴翅6揪异山紦刘玥— —衣".

Who knows... 陾淋兒倭E伊散0捌...

"You are Mori Nami's daughter, Wakaba Mutsu?"

Miao Meng's eyes lit up immediately.

Mu was eating in small bites when she heard Miaomeng's voice, so she turned her head slightly to look at her.

Then, he nodded slightly.

"Xiangzi really wasn't lying, it really is Wakaba Mutsu! She's so pretty, so cute, like a porcelain doll. Can you smile?"

Miao Meng's originally wrinkled face suddenly lit up with a bright smile, like a flower blooming. She shifted her position, moved her chair next to Mu, took out her phone, turned on the recording, pointed the camera at herself, and started to speak in a high-pitched voice.

"Hello everyone, Meow Meow~ Look who Meow Meow met today~"

Snapped.

Xiangzi braced herself on the table with one hand, and with the other hand snatched Miaomeng's phone, expertly turning off the recording, opening the photo album, and deleting the video, as if she had done this many times before.

"Hey!"

"No recording allowed," Xiangzi said.

"Why? Mutsuko didn't refuse." Meow Dream pouted.

"If I say no, then no."

"Who are you? You think you're the boss... Oh, you really are the boss." Miao Meng immediately deflated.

“Muko’s already calling out.” Hailing picked up the sashimi that Miaomeng had just brought over. “We’ve only just met.”

“I’ve seen Mutsuko in my mind so many times already,” Meow Dream exclaimed. “Also, that’s sashimi I got. If you want some, go get it yourself.”

"It's inconvenient for me to sit inside."

"Excuse!"

While she was yelling, Hailing grabbed another piece of sashimi, and the already meager amount of sashimi suddenly decreased by two pieces.

Then Xiangzi also picked up his chopsticks, took one of the remaining three pieces of sashimi and gave it to Mu, one to Chuhua, and put the last piece into his own mouth.

The plate is empty.

Mu whispered a thank you.

Chu Hua smiled and picked up a piece of sashimi, dipped it in soy sauce, and tried to feed it to Xiangzi, but Xiangzi avoided it.

Xiangzi said:

"You eat yours."

Chu Hua said:

"Xiao Xiang is so thin, he should eat more."

Xiangzi said again:

"Well--"

Chu Hua had already stuffed the sashimi into her mouth.

Xiangzi chewed and swallowed the food in his mouth, then licked his lips in lingering satisfaction.

"The sashimi was good, quite fresh."

Miao Meng had unspeakable suffering, and she really wanted to burst into tears.

"I've been waiting in line for ages!"

"It's okay, this is a buffet, we can line up again," Hailing said.

"It's easy for you to talk when you're not the one suffering. Hai Zi, why don't you go queue up yourself? You waited for five minutes and only got five slices at a time!"

"I'm sitting inside, so it's inconvenient for me to go out," Hai Ling said, repeating the same statement.

That's a flawless answer.