Unlimited Ambition

I almost forgot to mention, the current time is 11:30 PM.

Chapter Forty Pranks

"I've been waiting for you for a long time. Come in first. I'll go make you a cup of coffee?" The door opened automatically after Homura Akemi stood in front of me. Then, a calm voice came from inside.

Did you know I was coming?

"You don't have to take your shoes off," I added casually. Come to think of it, I was the one who picked out Homura's slightly sexy outfit. Especially those high heels; I was very pleased with them.

Perhaps my words had stirred up some memories for Homura Akemi. Therefore, after a moment's hesitation, Homura Akemi stepped forward and entered the place she considered a den of thieves. Then, the door closed automatically.

"Would you like some snacks?" came a voice from the kitchen. Homura Akemi didn't react for a moment and replied, "No, thank you." Afterwards, she felt very regretful, as if she had lost.

"Is that so...? Then how many sugar cubes should I put in my coffee?" I continued.

"...I didn't come here to have coffee and chat with you!" Homura Akemi finally couldn't hold back and shouted it out.

"Is that so... How heartless." I shook my head and walked out of the kitchen. Even though Homura Akemi said that, I still made her coffee. There were also two slices of cream cake topped with strawberries. They looked delicious.

Homura Akemi, rendered speechless by my actions, followed me into the restaurant as if resigned to her fate, and sat down in the chair opposite me. In a fit of pique, she didn't use a knife or fork, grabbing a piece of cake with her hand and stuffing it into her mouth. After finishing it, she grabbed her coffee cup and gulped it down in one go. Then, with a very assertive "clang," she slammed the cup back onto the table, wiping her lips with a remarkably bold gesture. After that, she stared intently at me.

"Alright, we've eaten. Let's get down to business now," Homura Akemi said.

"Do you know why you're the only one who got high heels?" I suddenly said something out of the blue. "It's not because I wanted to embarrass you, it's not to tease you, and it's not because you're a little short. There's only one real reason: you really suit this kind of outfit."

After that, under Homura Akemi's astonished gaze, I gently bent down and lifted her foot. Perhaps because she was too surprised, Homura Akemi didn't try to resist at all. She just screamed, "Pervert, what are you doing?!" and then closed her eyes. She felt completely powerless, as if she were melting. Then I picked her up.

"Let's finish what we didn't finish before, Xiaoyan." I whispered in her ear. Then I turned and kissed her lips, pried open her teeth, and slipped my tongue inside.

"I hate... this kind of thing..." Xiaoyan weakly punched my chest, but it was like tickling an itch, completely ineffective. In the end, she seemed to resign herself to her fate, wrapping her arms around my neck. Her legs wrapped around my waist, and I carried her into the room in this position, gently placing her on the bed. After I kissed her once again until she was completely captivated and unable to stop, I took off her skirt, tore open her top, revealing only a tiny bit of her extremely cute breasts.

"Don't look, you idiot!" Xiaoyan covered her eyes shyly. But for some reason, her fingers were spread apart, so she couldn't block her gaze at all. It was just an instinctive action to avoid looking.

"You're so cute. I'm coming in now. It's okay if I ejaculate inside at the end, right?" He said this casually and irresponsibly, making Homura Akemi feel both shy and a little expectant. Then came an "Ah!"—the usual slightly painful but pleasurable sound. Finally, there was sex. In the end, everyone cleared up the misunderstanding and lived happily ever after, forever and ever and ever and ever and ever.

"Snap of fingers"

After that, Homura Akemi suddenly woke up and found herself still standing at the front door of my house.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time. Come in first, I'll go make you a cup of coffee."

Her clothes were instantly soaked with sweat. Homura Akemi immediately realized that she had been tricked by that guy. Along with resentment came an equal amount of shame and disappointment. Her lower body felt slightly cool, and after a moment's thought, she realized that she was "wet."

"Damn bastard!"

Since the other party had absolutely no intention of negotiating, Homura Akemi had no further intention of stalling. She retrieved a 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun from her spatial clock shield, aimed it at the doorway, and fired a burst… the battle officially began. However, the actual outcome was already decided immediately.

Whether it's Homura Akemi or any other magical girl, their power, though not derived from me, is inherited from me. In any case, a single river cannot contend with the Pacific Ocean. Just as they could never be my match—forever.

Therefore, although Homura Akemi is quite skilled in space magic, which even surprised me slightly, she is no match for me in any case.

The above are my thoughts as I crouched down and looked at Homura Akemi's forehead, which was bleeding from what I didn't know was cut open.

"So, even though it's less than one-thousandth of my power, it's enough to defeat you."

"You... what exactly are you..."

"Are you asking about what happened before? Well, actually, it wasn't exactly fake. If you really walked in as I said, that kind of thing would happen. Consider what you imagined in your mind beforehand as a rehearsal."

"...No, what I want to hear...you know?"

Although Homura Akemi's words seemed disjointed, I still understood what she meant. I nodded and said, "That's right, I already know. Because my strength has recovered a little, I've noticed that the timeline of this dimension has become a mess. If we don't pay attention, it wouldn't be surprising if the entire world collapses."

"Is that all you have to say?" Homura Akemi seemed completely unconcerned about the destruction of my world and continued to look at me calmly.

"Well. Actually, it's not just that. Besides that, there's also mockery of your intelligence and praise for your beauty. But I think these are the more important things that you should listen to."

"Very well, then, die—"

Chapter 41 The Strongest Magical Girl, and Also the Strongest Witch

After defeating Homura Akemi without any suspense, I bound her and sealed her spacetime abilities—or more accurately, I devoured all the spacetime magic inherited from me. Honestly, Homura Akemi has fought incredibly hard over the past few centuries. I gained a lot from this—not just in terms of pure power level, but also in how to use them. Some of Homura Akemi's little tricks made me think, "Ah, so that's how you play with things, how interesting."

Then came the imprisonment play. To prevent Homura Akemi from ruining my time with Madoka, I had to make her suffer a little. I had her hands and feet tied up, put on blue and white striped underwear, and gag her with stockings—don't worry, she took them off her own feet. I hesitated for a moment, but ultimately didn't play with them. I was being quite lenient with her.

Then she folded it up and stuffed it into the closet. She only took it out to feed the animals three times a day; the rest of the time she kept it inside as a collector. She acted like a complete obsessive collector. This made Homura Akemi extremely annoyed and somewhat helpless.

In fact, the endless darkness and emptiness within the closet drove Homura Akemi to the brink of madness. Her most anticipated time of day was mealtime—not because she craved food, but because it was then she could see sunlight, see things other than blackness, open her mouth to speak, and chew food—and if the other person was in a good mood, they might even talk to her. Of course, after all this, Homura would be tied up and stuffed into the closet.

Homura Akemi felt like she was going crazy. She spent half the day in a daze, getting excited over the slightest noise outside, wondering if her time was up, or if someone was coming to rescue her. Or perhaps her conscience was bothering her, and she wanted to let her go.

But in the end, there was nothing.

Finally, on the seventh day, when the time I had agreed upon with Madoka arrived, Homura was already in a state of near collapse. Madoka and I were talking less than five meters apart, separated by a closet. I drew a magic circle and asked Madoka to stand on it, but for all that time, Homura showed absolutely no reaction. Her eyes were blank and unfocused as she stared at the dim space in front of her, as if she had lost consciousness.

"So, one last time, even though you might think I'm being long-winded, I still have to ask you, Madoka Kaname, are you really ready to sign a contract with me and become a magical girl?"

It was still an extremely serious and formal question, which brought Homura Akemi back to her senses. She had had this experience before and it left a deep impression on her. Even when she was in a daze, she could still react.

"No, don't agree to him, Madoka—if you agree, everything will be over!" Homura Akemi struggled, trying to get out of the closet to stop me. But it was completely impossible; we'd already tried many times before. She couldn't move at all. Because my binding method was very special, she couldn't move at all.

I feel a slight urge to cry.

Homura Akemi suddenly felt incredibly useless. She even contemplated suicide. However, with her mouth gagged by stockings, she couldn't even bite her tongue.

"It seems the only option is to find a way to start another cycle." At this moment, Homura Akemi was unaware that the past and future of this world had completely disappeared.

After Xiaoyuan solemnly expressed her wish, the world was completely changed—everything in all timelines, all the past, and all the future was altered.

All the witches vanished the moment they were about to be born. Madoka, however, became the plane's main god, multiplying into billions and directly merging into the timeline of this plane.

However, this is not the end of the story.

I opened the closet where Homura Akemi was locked and let her out.

This is five minutes before the collapse of this plane. Through the magic circle I used earlier, I absorbed more than 80% of the power that Xiaoyuan had accumulated in this world. The remaining 20% ​​is insufficient to sustain this plane's continued existence. In other words, it's about to be destroyed.

That's the real reason I drew that magic circle under Madoka's feet. Although doing so makes me look like a complete villain.

"Before it's all over, let me tell you a little secret."

I untied Homura Akemi, turned around, and watched with her as the incredibly terrifying witch slowly devoured this plane. I said, "Although it may seem boring, in reality, none of my memories have disappeared in any of the cycles."

Homura Akemi was so shocked that she couldn't even speak properly. She only came to her senses after the monster had devoured almost half of the plane's population.

"So that means...you..."

"It was just an experiment. An experiment to see if humanity really has the ability to reverse time and correct past mistakes." I answered casually, "That's about it. As you've seen, it was a failure."

"What...what is your purpose in doing this?" Homura Akemi seemed extremely incredulous after hearing what I said.

"The purpose... is just like I said before. In another dimension, I made a few minor mistakes. However, I don't like to do things without preparation."

"So, they're using us as lab rats?!"

"That's about right." I nodded. "But not entirely. I really like you all. Whether you're an experiment, a magical girl, or an ordinary person, as long as you're cute, people will like you. That's for sure."

"You're the worst, most despicable person!!!! I even had a little bit of hope for you!!!!" Homura Akemi shouted at me, thinking this.

Of course, the last sentence is the most important.

"Okay, okay, I admit I went a little too far." I hummed twice, offering a completely insincere apology.

While Homura Akemi and I were having this conversation, the monster had already devoured three-quarters of the world's existence. Soon, this plane will cease to exist...

Chapter Forty-Two: Namo Amitabha Buddha, the Greatly Compassionate and Merciful Savior from Suffering and Calamity, Kaname Enka

Extremely compassionate, extremely selfless, and loving towards all people. If there is one person in this multiverse whom I admire so much, it is her: Madoka Kaname.

Although they are both deities, this person's haughty demeanor doesn't inspire any envy. Perhaps it's because she's a girl—at least that's a reason I can console myself with—

Just before that crazed being, who was close to being a god, was about to devour the entire plane, Madoka Kaname appeared, drawing back a striking longbow made from the branches of the World Tree. Then, she fired a deadly magic arrow at that being, who should be considered another "her".

"How is this possible?!" Seeing this utterly illogical scene, I suddenly realized—damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it!!!

Her wish is to eliminate all monsters, past, present, and future.

I never imagined that her "all" included herself.

At this point, Madoka Kaname had completely severed ties with her past, present, and future self across all time periods. She was Madoka Kaname, and yet she was not Madoka Kaname. Rather, she was a kind of abstract, conceptual, metaphysical...

Okay, to put it simply, it's God.

The main god of the plane.

A god who is completely and utterly able to represent everything in the entire plane of existence.

No—that's still not quite right. This guy is fundamentally different from those so-called gods I've seen before, who can barely mobilize a small amount of dimensional power to serve them and reign supreme within their respective planes.

She is this dimension.

If I could, I really wouldn't want to fight something like this. I felt the dimensional power I had previously seized in this plane rapidly dissipating until it was completely gone. I couldn't help but smile bitterly. At the same time, I was eager to try.

How about thirty minutes?

I drew the Heaven-Slaying Demon Sword and pointed it directly at that guy—at the same time, Homura Akemi, who had been standing behind me, burst into tears, completely ignoring the fact that we were standing in the void, which defied common sense, and ran towards Madoka.

After that, the magic around Madoka fluctuated slightly—this small movement made me a little nervous—of course, this action was somewhat meaningless.

The next moment, Homura Akemi was teleported to Madoka Kaname's side. Immediately afterwards, Madoka Kaname gently hugged her.

“I walk along every timeline of the past, present, and future, so I’ve seen everything you’ve done, Homura. I never imagined I’d have such a good friend like you… Thank you so much.” Madoka Kaname thanked Homura sincerely.

"Xiaoyuan..." Although she didn't quite understand what was going on, Xiaoyan felt that her wish had been fulfilled inexplicably. So she was very happy and cried tears of joy.

"Well, now for another question." Madoka gently patted Homura Akemi's back, then let go of her. She looked up at me.

"Can you answer a question for me?" Kaname Madoka asked me politely in a calm tone, without any anger.

"Of course, Madoka." I hesitated for a moment, then sheathed my sword, silently calculating the time in my mind, wondering if the Grim Reaper would appear in front of me in the next moment and destroy this plane.

Okay, if it's just a clone with one ten-thousandth of the power, it shouldn't be a big deal.

"Did you ever love us? Even if it was only one in a million, did you ever truly love us without any selfish motives or pretense?"

I was slightly surprised, but I quickly came to terms with it.

"Do you mean all magical girls when you say 'we'?" I asked back.

“…That’s right.” Xiaoyuan nodded. But for some reason, I felt that she wasn’t quite satisfied with this answer.

“I’m not a cold-blooded, tearless robot. Although my personality is a little eccentric, it’s true…” I nodded. “And it’s not just one in ten million. It’s at least… um… about half.”