Miss Player, please don't cast spells on me.

"No, no!" Little Pico quickly shook his head and denied it, saying, "Although I don't know where Master got this terrible guess from, that can of food is actually a piece of 'data code' too."

"A piece of data code that can satisfy the 'hunger' of the reborn, because the reborn can't starve to death. Their hunger comes from an instinct, or rather a defect, that cannot be erased after imitating or copying your soul, master?"

"After all, if humans or any living organisms don't feel hunger, they can't be considered living organisms."

"So the Dream City Council developed this kind of data code to fill their hunger, and it seems that there are many other flavors of this type of data code."

While the little fairy Pikachu was telling Snow Island this secret, Tsubaki nodded the whole time.

"Mmm! There are lots of other flavors of food! It's just that Haruka and I can't really afford them..."

"The reason it's so expensive is that each of you reborn beings has a different feeling about 'food'."

The little elf Pico pointed at the packaging on the can of tamarisk with its paw and said...

"Is there a piece of code written specifically for you above? Each time the food you need is generated, it consumes a certain amount of server computing power. The more complex the food, the more computing power is required. That's why we have to adopt a rationing system for you reborn beings."

"So that's it."

Xuedao thought that the canned food in Xiaochun's hand could be copied into tens of millions of copies at will.

However, judging from Pikachu's description, the canned food that Tsubaki is holding is more like 'virtual currency' than actual food, which requires server computing power to generate.

If we think about it this way, Dream City's rationing system for the Reborn is actually quite merciful.

"So, back to the original topic, you said that making them contract to become magical girls would increase their rations?" Yukishima asked.

"This is the most effective method. The amount of rations they receive depends on how much 'value' they create for the player. If they become magical girls, they can become your allies!"

"They don't need to participate in any brutal battles. They can create considerable 'value' simply by using healing professions to help their masters recover. In my estimation, this is at least much higher than what they are doing now."

Thinking about it that way, it does seem like a cheating method of creating 'value'!

So Yukishima quickly turned to Haruka and Tsubaki and asked...

"What are your thoughts? Let's get this straight! I'm incredibly powerful, you know! After you become magical girls, I can carry you through tons of high-difficulty five-player dungeons while you're at it. That way, you'll definitely earn much more money than you do at your current jobs!"

"We'd better not use it."

Haruka, who had been silent the whole time, timidly declined Yukishima's suggestion.

Is she afraid of being deceived by strangers? Looking at Haruka's somewhat shy expression, Yukishima instantly understood that the child wasn't afraid of being deceived by strangers.

Rather... she simply didn't want to cause trouble for this stranger, Xuedao!

She didn't want to be a burden to Xuedao, that kind older sister... What a good child!

Having figured this out, Xuedao had no intention of continuing the pretense and directly dropped all pretense of her character.

"Sister Xiao... Sister Xiaomian?"

Yaoxiang recognized the person in front of her in an instant; it was none other than her master's sister, Xiaomian.

"I'm sorry, Yaoxiang. I borrowed my sister's account to visit you this time. Otherwise, I wouldn't have known that you were living such a miserable life after I logged off."

When Yukishima's voice returned to Haruka's familiar tone, Haruka suddenly widened her eyes and asked tentatively, her lips trembling slightly.

"Yuki... Yukishima-nee? Is it really Yukishima-nee? My... master?"

"It's good that you recognized me. So... Haruka, how about becoming a magical girl and joining me...?"

Before Yukishima could finish speaking, Haruka responded with an extremely firm tone.

"I am willing!"

Haruka's answer was extremely decisive and quick, as if she was afraid that Yukishima would change her mind.

"You answered quite decisively this time. What...aren't you afraid of causing me trouble?" Yukishima teased her youngest daughter mischievously.

"Even if it will cause you trouble, Master, I... I still want to run dungeons with you."

As she spoke, Haruka's tone became slightly agitated.

"Because as long as I can stay by your side, Master, I'll do anything you ask."

Yukishima looked at Haruka and said those words with almost all her might, so much so that her little face turned bright red.

"I'm so cute!" This thought involuntarily surfaced in her mind.

But... it must be very lonely. Three years ago, Yukishima would accompany Haruka in her battles in the Dream City almost every day, but now they only see each other once a month.

On the days she was offline each month, Haruka probably longed for Yukishima to return.

"Then this time, I'll have to trouble you to fight alongside me as a magical girl! Our goal is to earn enough money to feed you all for the rest of your lives, and then let you live happily ever after!"

As she spoke, Yukishima directly hugged her daughter Haruka and her best friend's daughter Tsubaki.

"They just want to eat their fill, is that all they wish for when they become magical girls? It's not dreamy at all."

Just then, Sayaka, the world-destroying witch who was watching, couldn't help but whisper to Kiyono Hai about it.

"This wasn't originally intended to be a children's magical girl story; the dreamy atmosphere is just a deceptive facade."

Qingye Hui's main consciousness is now attached to that little elf, Pico.

"This isn't for children...Are you going to start killing again?"

The fox lady's ears and tail suddenly stood up. During this time, the fox lady also developed a strange impression of Kiyono Gray, which was 'Kiyono the Killer King'.

It refers to Kiyono Ash's absolute ruthlessness when it's time to strike, to the point where he won't stop until someone is covered in blood.

"It can only be said that this is the fate that every magical girl must bear."

Kiyono Hai looked at Haruka in the video, who had an expression that said, "I've finally found my happiness again."

Chapter 78 In order to live a happy life

In the movie theater behind the scenes of Labyrinth Sanctuary 2 late at night.

Kiyono sat in the first row of the movie theater and watched the first part of his performance.

The four goddess ladies also accompanied Kiyono Hai throughout the entire first phase of the story.

After reading it, Sayaka stood up and walked directly to Kiyono Hai, asking...

"The first step of the plan has been successfully completed. Now that your character has become a magical girl, how do you plan to act?"

"Well..."

Just as Kiyono Hai was about to explain her next plan, Takigami Rena suddenly and forcefully intervened between Sayaka and Kiyono Hai.

"Let's talk about the performance plans later! Um, Hai-kun... can you tell me when you and Sayaka became so close?"

"And Gray, you participated in this 'performance' not just because you were hired by 21Rain Agency, right?"

Although Rena Takigami has a somewhat silly and naive personality, it is probably because of this naivety that she doesn't like to keep the grudges between friends to herself for too long.

After noticing that the relationship between Kiyono Hai and Sayaka was slightly unusual, she had been looking for an opportunity to ask them about it in front of them.

"Because I also signed a contract with Sayaka, the world-destroying witch senior."

Kiyono glanced at Sayaka, and even though Sayaka's face was full of gloom, she didn't intend to hide it any longer.

"This contract means that Sayaka-senpai and Shiina Akane-senpai are willing to lend me their power and then work with me to burn this Dream City to ashes."

"Burn 'Dream City' to ashes? Why...?"

Takigami Rena's question contains many questions.

Although the operators of Dream City are now her main enemies.

However, the size of the Dream City is simply too enormous, and Takigami Rena's current strategic goal is simply to protect the Labyrinth Sanctuary.

She really didn't even dare to think about attacking the Dream City.

"If you really want to know why Sayaka-senpai is like this, it's because she has a grudge against Dream City."

Kiyono Ash grasped the little schemes of that world-destroying witch very accurately.

Actually, as long as Kiyono Ash doesn't reveal that she's threatened by the wishes of the gods of the Dream City, this world-destroying witch doesn't care much about the other secrets.

Because once that fox lady learns about the wish, she will definitely do everything in her power to save Kiyono Hai.

"Is what I'm saying simply to find some powerful allies? Or rather, to lure some powerful allies into the Sanctuary Labyrinth to be the final boss?"

Here, Kiyono Hui also revealed his true purpose in preparing this script.

"Deceive some powerful allies?" Takigami Rena was curious about exactly what kind of deception was involved.

"Isn't the Sanctuary of the Labyrinth now guarded by the dragons of the Tea Party? I did manage to deceive the big shots of the Tea Party, but their people... those powerful game characters they cultivated, are still scattered in their original worlds, aren't they?"

Upon hearing Kiyono Hai's words, Takigami Rena wore a speechless expression that seemed to say, "You really want to fleece all the big shots at the tea party?"

“Rena, I don’t think that God of Light and Exploration will just give up like this. If every time he invades in the future, you will have to expend a lot of faith power to temporarily bring down the ‘true forms’ of the evil dragons from the tea party to this world... that’s too much of a drain.”

"So that's why you plan to lure all those big shots, body and soul, into the Sanctuary of the Labyrinth?" Takigami Rena could understand that Kiyono Hai was doing this for her sake.

"Of course, the 'real body' I'm referring to is just their account in Dream City. For most top players, Dream City is just a secondary game... and for some veterans who have already quit, it's not even a secondary game."

This is Qingye Hui's ultimate goal: to transfer as many high-value accounts from Dream City as possible to Maze Sanctuary 2.

"It seems like it takes a lot of determination to transfer an account that you've painstakingly built up over many years from a currently popular MMORPG to a newly released game," Senior Nan Deng reminded Qingye Hui at that moment.

"The performance that followed was to help them make that decision!"

As he spoke, Qingye Hui stretched his wrists, closed his eyes, and once again projected his main consciousness into the main stage of the Dream City.

…………

And so, Haruka... made a contract with the rookie fairy Pikachu and became a magical girl.

In reality, while they are called magical girls, from the perspective of the player "Snow Island," they are simply characters in the gacha pool, or support characters.

Even after the contract was signed, Haruka's character list was given an additional rarity level N... which is a card of common rarity.

Seeing the character she had painstakingly nurtured receive an N rating in the end left Xue Dao with mixed feelings.

However, according to Yukishima's tests, without Yukishima's login account controlling her, Haruka is no different from an ordinary female high school student.

Haruka can't use any of the components that represent a player's strength, such as superpowers that can easily destroy an entire city block, or artifacts sealed in ancient ruins.

From this perspective, it seems quite normal for an ordinary high school girl to be rated as an N-level "dog food" (a term used to describe romantic content) after she becomes a magical girl.

But Yukishima didn't care too much about the rarity rating. After all, she made her youngest daughter a magical girl just so that she could have enough to eat.

Whether she is an N-rank magical girl or an SSR-rank magical girl is irrelevant.