One-way traffic

Aleister faced the current situation with such calmness.

He looked up, and the cracks spreading in mid-air began to become more and more obvious.

It was as if something was about to invade this space.

"Leave this to me for now."

In contrast, Aleister headed directly toward the crack.

“You must immediately return to your original world and bring the corresponding person over.”

"The other person...who is that referring to?"

"The most unique existence you can think of."

At this point, Aleister had already raised his right hand.

A silver streak of light twisted and emerged.

In his right hand, a crooked and oddly shaped scepter suddenly appeared.

The Staff of Impact.

That was a powerful spirit weapon that had been with Aleister for almost a hundred years.

"And don't forget to bring Imagine Breaker along too."

"...Are you going to drag that person into this too?"

Fire on the right immediately frowned.

"Under these circumstances, Imagine Breaker's power is necessary. Without him, our chances of retaliating would be significantly reduced."

"Besides, even if we let him stay in his original world now, when the enemy arrives, if we can't withstand them, won't he and our world perish together?"

This is an idea that considers all of the world.

If they lose, there will be no future. Even if Touma doesn't want to get involved in this incident, if everyone loses without his help, it's all for naught.

Even the world's benchmark cannot escape this calamity.

The young man, who had been trying to save the world, sighed with great displeasure.

"Let me make this clear beforehand: I'm not acting on your orders."

"Of course, I feel the same way."

O'Reilly, standing to the side, patted him on the shoulder and shook his head helplessly.

"I don't think anyone here came here wanting to cooperate with that guy, right?"

If there were a way to solve everything without relying on Aleister's plan, then probably no one would want to be around that old fox who's lived for nearly a hundred years.

In any case, they now have more important things to do...

"gone."

After giving Accelerator a heads-up, the Right Flame leaped up and vanished from the space along with Orelus beside it, returning to their original world.

As for Accelerator himself.

He didn't leave immediately, but stayed where he was, thinking about something for a while.

"I have something to ask you beforehand."

"what?"

Aleister did not turn around; she remained with her back to him.

"If all of us powerful fighters come to this space to fight, what will happen to those people who stay in the original world?"

Accelerator's concern is that since these powerful fighters have left their original world, what if the enemy takes advantage of this opportunity to invade and raid their base? The result will definitely be a complete tragedy.

but.

"Is there any better outcome than this?"

The magician seemed to respond to him with a kind of smile.

"Or do you think it would be a wise choice to bring those who are incapable of fighting and need protection into this space that will become a battlefield?"

"..."

Rather than doing that, it would be better to leave those who are unable to fight and need protection in the world.

There are no absolutely perfect options in this world.

Seemingly sensing the first person's thoughts, the chairman of Academy City spoke without hesitation.

"If you want to do something, you will inevitably have to pay a price for it. This is a principle that will never change."

"Don't think about anything else. Focus on what's about to happen. That's what you should be doing right now."

In the most critical and extreme situations, the person who should be most prepared is the first person who theoretically possesses the strongest combat power.

He stopped talking.

The first one turned around and, like the previous two, disappeared into the entire space.

"Humph."

A moment later, Aleister smiled.

He looked up, and a liquid of platinum color, almost transparent to the extreme, appeared before him.

“Come out, Aiwass, I know you’ve been watching all along.”

"You're as cunning and calculating as ever, you human."

In an instant, light more dazzling than the sun descended upon the entire space.

A pure, white-gold figure, like an angel.

It has no actual shape, but it has a general outline.

The holy guardian angel, Aiwass, appeared before the magician like a long-haired angel.

His legendary figure seemed to also reveal a hint of a smile.

"It's been a long time since I've felt this sense of crisis."

"Oh? It seems even you've realized all this."

Zzzzz—!! In the sky, numerous cracks continued to spread.

Aleister squinted and looked into the distance.

"is this okay?"

Aiwas looked up at the sky with him in the same way.

"Abandoning your original plan and instead using other worlds to improve it is indeed a good idea."

"and then?"

"You should understand that doing this will make it impossible for your original plan to ever be achieved."

This human once attempted to completely overturn the world of science and magic.

So-called magic comes at a price. Once used, the friction between phases can bring immeasurable misfortune to an individual, or even a happy family.

Aleister knew all of this.

He was a pioneer in establishing the concept of modern Western magic.

At the same time, he is also an unfortunate person cursed by the very concept of magic.

Abandoning the original plan means that his desire to destroy magic and overturn the world will never be fulfilled.

even so.

Despite knowing that all of this would happen, humanity still chose to act in this way.

why?

“You need to know one thing, Aiwass.”

"what?"

Thinking to himself that he had lived for countless years, what could he not know? Aiwass then looked at the magician.

"Human beings can undergo tremendous changes because of new encounters and experiences."

The sorcerer, known as the most wicked, spoke with such conviction.

"Even I am the same."

As Aleister's final words fell.

All the related worlds received feedback as a result.

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This is a city with gentle breezes and bright sunshine.

In the city of Mitakihara, the traces of past destruction are still very evident.

In such a moment.

The girls then made a new decision.

"So, you've already made your plans?"

A pure white creature stood in front, looking at the girls with a smile like that of a rag doll.

She was one of the girls.

"To become a magical girl, to accept this vast, even immeasurable, cause and effect, and thus become a god-like being."

"Yes."

The pink-haired girl, Madoka Kaname.

She took a deep breath and nodded firmly, as if she had made a decision.

The girls beside her looked at her with great concern.

"Madoka..."

"I understand. So, if you've really made up your mind, please press the button on this machine."

Cupid—a creature that once had this name—made way.

Behind it was a very strange machine, like an engine.

"This is a machine left behind by a race once called the Incubators. It can convert emotions into energy and can also transform you human girls into magical girls."

zizi——

A few seconds later, a large number of afterimages appeared on the body of this Cupid.

"...I've said pretty much everything I need to say. I'm just a record of AI images left behind by the incubator. Once my limited energy is exhausted, I will be destroyed on this earth."

"Then, those original Kyubeys, are they really all gone..."

"Please forgive me for not being able to answer this question. Based solely on the calculations of this AI, it is impossible to estimate what exactly happened to the Incubator race that led to its extinction."

The girls fell silent, and the Kyubey became even more indistinct.

"So...whatever your plans are...I can...say...one thing..."

"Make a... magical girl... contract with me..."

The last bit of energy was also exhausted.

The figure belonging to Kyubey has completely vanished from this earth, no, from this universe.

Madoka Kaname walked up to the machine that could interfere with cause and effect and placed her hand on the button.

"Little round!"

"...I'm sorry, Xiaoyan."

Homura Akemi, just as this girl was about to stop Madoka Kaname, Madoka could only smile helplessly.

But a second later, his expression changed to one of determination.

"If crises are to be faced in every world, including ours... I certainly will not choose to give up."