One-way traffic

boom.

A simple gunshot, a simple strike, and the pure white shadow was instantly hit and sent flying backward.

Spinning rapidly in mid-air like a top, the white creature collapsed to the ground, never to rise again.

Painful howls came from its mouth, but the girl showed no mercy.

Homura Akemi took a single step and stood in front of the other party, raising her gun and aiming at the white creature before her.

It was an incredibly cute and charming appearance.

Like something out of a fairy tale, the pure white creature has red stripes, deep red eyes, and a hairy tail, making it look as attractive as a unicorn doll.

With looks like that, she must be the type that girls really like, right?

With that thought in mind, Homura Akemi pulled the trigger of her pistol again.

The bullet pierced the opponent's head, blood splattered, and white and red liquid mixed together and exploded on the wall of the alley, also splashing onto the edge of Homura Akemi's skirt.

But her expression remained completely unchanged.

"Oh dear, I know running away is useless."

It was a very calm voice, almost like the extremely calm tone of a news anchor.

As the sound rang out, another figure walked out from the front of the path.

"But, as I've already said, all your actions are useless."

Homura Akemi looked up and saw the same shadow appear before her.

It was a white creature lying on the ground, already in the same posture as a corpse.

With a calm smile on its face, it could still make sounds even without opening its mouth, and crawled towards this side like a feline.

It pounced on its former corpse and began to devour it greedily.

"...disgusting."

Bang! Another shot, and she mercilessly killed the white creature in front of her.

even so.

"So I've already said it, even if you kill me dozens, hundreds, or thousands of times, it's all meaningless."

It's still the same voice, still the same shadow.

The pure white creature fell from the high platform to the side and ran back to its own corpse with a lively air.

It continued to eat heartily.

“We are not a race or group that is obsessed with the individual. Even if you kill my current body, we will still have many backups.”

"However, to be honest, I simply cannot understand why you are so determined to hunt me down. To be honest, I don't recall ever forming a contract with a magical girl like you. What is the reason for this? What is your motivation for doing this?"

"I really wish you could tell me the answer, Homura Akemi."

"Don't call me by my name, you bastard!"

Bang! A gunshot rang out, and the girl mercilessly killed the pure white monster in front of her once again.

Naturally, new individuals walked in from one of the alleyways.

"In the end, you're just wasting your energy like this. Even if magical girls don't need to worry about their physical health, if you keep going like this, your mind will eventually break down from the excessive tension."

"So you think I'll just stop?"

She said it coldly, her tone so cold that it was not something a fourteen-year-old girl would say.

"You know what? If I really had the chance, I would be willing to spend my whole life on killing you."

"I can't understand it. I really can't guess what you're thinking."

"That's true, after all, you are such repulsive creatures."

Homura Akemi cocked her pistol again and aimed at the white creature in front of her.

"Am I right, Cupid?"

boom.

A gunshot rang out, but it missed.

"Oh dear, although we have an endless supply of backup storage, it's really getting difficult to deal with a kid like you constantly bothering us like this."

Kyubey dodged the attack with agility, causing Homura Akemi to frown.

She raised her pistol again, ready to shoot Cupid in front of her.

"—But let's leave it at that for today."

She tried to pull the trigger, but before she could.

—The surrounding space has already undergone drastic changes.

"Varied…?"

"Although one or two physiological cessations will not affect the condition of our group, from a reasonable point of view, what you are doing will actually cause us a great obstacle."

By the time Homura Akemi realized what was happening, everything had already begun.

The radiance instantly rushed towards her.

Boom-!

"Uh-oh-!!"

The girl was sent flying, and the gun in her hand fell to the ground instantly, whereupon it was crushed into powder by some force.

She quickly looked ahead.

—A colossal, tree-like monster appeared before them, surrounded by countless smaller, flower-like monsters.

She knew this monster all too well.

"A witch actually appeared at a time like this? No, could it be that she deliberately lured me here!"

She suddenly realized something: until now, Kyubey had been running around aimlessly, but after she left the mall, which was near Madoka Kaname's place, Kyubey had been leading her in a certain direction.

It was trying to lure her here, with the aim of getting Homura Akemi to this kind of place.

We arrived at this deserted alley.

"Okay, although I feel really bad about this."

Standing behind her, Cupid turned around abruptly, his eyes gleaming like scarlet.

"But in order to stop you from chasing me like this, I have no choice but to borrow the witch's power. I don't know how long I can hold you off, but at least it can slow you down, right?"

"Well, I have some very important things to take care of here. I'm sorry, I don't have time to spend with you for the time being."

"Wait!"

Homura Akemi raised her hand again and pulled out another pistol from her pocket.

But before she could even aim at the Cupid in front of her, a sense of danger spread throughout her body.

The sound of something cutting through the air came instantly from not far away.

Homura Akemi quickly got up and rolled to the side.

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM—! The ground was instantly torn apart, and several vines pierced into the ground where she had been standing.

The witch in front of her, as tall as a tree, was staring intently at her, clearly determined not to let her go.

"Damn it... at a time like this!"

Although it's troublesome, we have no choice but to deal with the witch in front of us before we can continue our pursuit of Kyubey.

He could easily defeat the witch in front of him using his time manipulation abilities.

Thinking this, she simply raised her right hand, intending to touch the wheel on her left arm and turn it—

Bang——! !

Vines shot out from the ground beneath her.

The vines that had just shot into the ground burst forth again from the ground beneath her feet.

A prediction made without any prior warning.

"Oops-"

Before the words were even finished, the vines instantly flew up.

Her right hand was instantly sealed off. Not only that, but Homura Akemi's body was instantly entangled by countless vines. In one breath, even her limbs and waist were directly bound by the vines.

"Cough...!"

The vines tightly wrapped around the girl, fixing her body in mid-air.

Because her waist and chest were tightly bound, she even found it incredibly difficult to breathe, and her hands were deliberately raised above her head, making it impossible for her to move an inch.

Even their abilities cannot be utilized.

This is not the worst case scenario.

The witch in front of him was howling and slowly approaching him.

But I myself am unable to even perform the most basic defense.

Oh no, this is absolutely terrible.

She stood frozen in place, powerless. Even though she struggled desperately, her physique, which was only slightly stronger than that of an average girl, was not enough to break free from such a powerful restraint.

The vines relentlessly lifted her hands high, making it impossible for her to even retrieve a gun.

That's it.

The witch's spikes flew towards her head in an instant.

puff.

Spikes flew past, tearing apart hard objects in an instant.

—However, that was not the scene where the girl's head was pierced.

Before that, something had torn the vines apart.

Right under Homura Akemi's gaze.

Someone moved faster than vines and appeared in front of them.

Bang——! !

The air was torn apart.

The wind spear, formed from dozens of gusts of wind, tore through everything around it with a wind speed of 120 meters per second.

A shadow slammed head-on into the witch's body.

His body hurtled in like a cannonball, and the instant he tore the witch's body apart, his hands grabbed her from both sides, forcibly separating her in the simplest and most brutal way.

The Tree Witch's body was torn in two.

The one who could even dismantle the main entrance of a nuclear bunker with his bare hands was a level five superhuman, known as the White-Haired Demon.

The world vanished, and the witch's death came in an instant.

The familiars that had accompanied them vanished like tree branches that had lost their roots, and the entire space returned to its original normal state.

Homura Akemi, bound by vines, collapsed to the ground, but she had no time to take care of herself.

She looked up, staring incredulously at the figure in front of her.

That was a Level 5 superpowered individual with white hair and scarlet eyes.

"It's unbelievable that you still dare to wander around this city."

Thump—!! He stomped directly on the wall next to Homura Akemi, and the wall behind him sank in because of his exaggerated movement. No one knew how he did it, but the wall itself had a dent the size of the sole of his foot, even though he looked so small.

The girl was startled by this abrupt behavior.

The strongest esper with white hair and red eyes stared intently at Homura Akemi with a cold gaze.

"You're not going anywhere now."

"Tell me everything clearly and in detail."