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"In other words, whoever enters the area of ​​Kamihama City will no longer have to embark on the tragic fate of becoming a magical girl."

"However, that's not enough..."

Listening to Kazama's whisper in her ear, Satomi Touka nodded.

That's definitely not enough.

If magical girls will no longer be produced in Kamihama City, what about outside of Kamihama City?

Compared to the global human settlements and cities, the vast city of Kamihama is but a tiny, insignificant part of it.

"Then why not expand this field globally..."

Satomi Touka couldn't help but say:

"You should be able to do this, right?"

"Even if it were possible, I wouldn't intervene arbitrarily."

Kazama said:

"Because this is part of your wishes, it is only right that you should resolve it."

"This area is part of the framework I have conceived for you."

"After all, while the combined abilities of the three of you obtained through your wishes can indeed purify witches and corrupting forces, it would be far too inefficient to purify magical girls one by one."

Kazama's words were brief and to the point, but Satomi Touka seemed to have gained some insight.

"Are you saying that we should start from a single point and expand to a wider area, beginning with Kamihama City, accumulating strength before directly spreading globally, thus solving the problem once and for all?"

Satomi Touka truly lived up to her reputation as a genius; she drew inferences from one instance to another and conceived of the future path.

The purification system will spread globally in a domain-like manner, creating a paradise that can cover all magical girls.

However, to achieve this goal, one must continuously accumulate magical power.

The way to accumulate magic power is to repeat the actions of the incubator, transforming the corrupt magic power like the Seed of Lamentation.

However, even if all the Lament Seeds in the Kamahama City region were to hatch into witches by now, the magical power obtained by Satomi Touka through their conversion would not be enough to spread globally.

Therefore, magical girls must continuously gather in Kamihama City.

Because the Soul Gem of a magical girl is the precursor to the Lament Seed, it can also continuously generate corrupting power due to the activities of magical girls.

"However, how can we get magical girls from outside into Kamihama City?"

Her train of thought was immediately thwarted, and Satomi Touka couldn't help but frown and think carefully.

"Regarding this, we can borrow Hiiragi Nemu's ability."

Kazama gave another hint.

Hiiragi Nemu's chosen 'manifestation' ability is the most interesting of the three abilities that the three little ones possess.

These effects can distort reality, and their source can be understood as residue generated during energy conversion.

Filthy residue cannot be completely purified.

Like the world after the birth of the Law of Cycles in the original work.

Although the witch no longer exists, her remnants have appeared in another form, transforming into what are known as 'monsters'.

That's right, even the principle of cyclicity has its limitations.

Madoka Kaname's wish was not to prevent all magical girls from making wishes or becoming magical girls, but rather to redesign the final form of magical girls.

The reason is that the past timeline is fixed, and making a wish is an irreversible act. Even if the Law of Cycles could prevent the birth of future magical girls, it cannot stop magical girls from having already made their wishes in the past and existing in reality. Otherwise, it would cause the collapse of the entire timeline, the causal chain, and even the world itself.

These filthy remnants can be understood as another form of cosmic law, one that even the Law of Circularity cannot handle.

However, Hiiragi Nemu's ability is to deal with these scraps.

"It would be too wasteful to use the remnants of a witch to create magical beasts."

By distorting reality, confusing facts, and connecting the real world with various illusory worlds, Kazama came up with a very interesting idea.

That's a simplified version of the narrative layer production.

"Three men can make a tiger"—rumors have always been the fastest-spreading thing.

Chapter 401 The Backlash of Cause and Effect

There is a narrative gap between reality and many other worlds.

When a character in one story writes another story, that is, when a story contains another story, different layers of stories, or different narrative layers, will appear.

This is a stepping stone that transcends concepts such as the multiverse and dimensions, taking us to a higher level.

The civilization or entity that created all of this occupies a very high position in the narrative hierarchy. Even from a conspiracy theory perspective, Kazama is unsure whether reality is the pinnacle of the narrative, or whether there are other levels above reality.

Thanks to his understanding of the narrative layer, Kazama thought of something similar.

"rumor?"

The humanities genius Hiiragi Nemu was very interested in the advice of this illusory spirit.

The word 'rumor' is inherently false; it is a false narrative.

However, the ability to materialize the functions obtained from the incubator itself has the manifestation of distorting reality.

It is possible to give something that did not originally exist a real place in reality.

"Create a very powerful rumor, so that its influence can extend beyond Kamihama City and affect the whole world."

"No, saying it will have a global impact is an exaggeration. Even if the content of this rumor only affects a few surrounding cities, that would be good."

The content of the rumor is also very simple.

Targeting only the magical girl group, the content is: Magical girls can be saved in Kamihama City.

After all, most of the magical girls are in extremely distressing situations.

Aside from exceptionally talented magical girls who can relatively easily defeat witches and obtain Lament Seeds to replenish their magic power, most others teeter on the brink of life and death.

Just like Iroha Tamaki, if the incubator hadn't deliberately suppressed the quality of the witches for the sake of the plan, Iroha Tamaki probably wouldn't have been able to survive even one battle.

As magical girls continue to gather in Kamihama City, the power of Rumors will spread further. Even without affecting the entire world, simply absorbing a sufficient number of magical girls will allow the three little ones' purification system to expand globally.

Until then, the three little ones' true wish will be fulfilled.

The overall plan has been established with a general framework and outline; the remaining details can be adjusted as needed during the execution of the plan.

The voice of the illusory spirit disappeared from the three little ones' ears, seemingly acknowledging their thoughts.

"However, there is one more thing to do before we begin."

Inside the pitch-black witch's barrier, Satomi Touka looked at Tamaki Yuu, who was hopelessly trapped in her half-witch transformation, with a complex expression in her eyes.

Thanks to Kazama's prompting, she understood why Kansui had become like this.

The Enchanted Away is the cornerstone for fulfilling its long-cherished wish, the pillar of the purification system. Until the very last step, the Enchanted Away will likely remain in this state, like someone in a slumber, silently collecting all the filth.

"We absolutely cannot let Sister Caiyu know about this."

Huan Caiyu did everything she could to help her younger sister walk out of the hospital and return to a normal life.

But now, Huanyou has become like this. Satomi Touka and Hiiragi Nemu bear a large part of the responsibility for this.

Although Touka Satomi believes the future is bright and everyone will be saved together sooner or later, she can't bring herself to say this to Iroha Tamaki, their kind older sister.

Moreover, I'm afraid I'd never accept that argument, and who knows what radical things she might do in a moment of impulsiveness.

"About Yu and Ayaha-nee..."

Satomi Touka looked at Hiiragi Nemu:

"Nine, we can put aside the rumor about guiding the magical girl to Kamihama City for now. Let's start with the first rumor about Yu."

"Contain the sorrow, hide her existence in this world."

The rumor that 'environmental problems do not exist in this world' is false.

After this rumor is born, everything about environmental concerns will disappear from this world.

It's somewhat similar to Kazama's "No Cards," but compared to the complete erasure of "No Cards," this is more like a lie based on rumors to deceive the world. It doesn't mean that the sorrow truly doesn't exist.

Hiiragi Nemu nodded.

Once she created this rumor, everyone except her and Satomi Touka would forget about Yu's existence.

Including Yu's sister, Ayako.

"That's fine. When my wish comes true, I will apologize to Ayaha-nee."

Kazama was watching every move Satomi Touka and Hiiragi Nemu make, but he stopped interfering.

This round is centered around the three girls, so it's only natural that the three of them should decide what happens next.

If Kazama interferes further, it will create many unnecessary ripples in the cause and effect.

However, when it comes to cause and effect, although the three little ones seem to have absolute control, they will inevitably encounter obstacles in the future.

This is an inevitable backlash when the tide of cause and effect is turned. Even Kazama, who is hiding behind the scenes, cannot avoid it.

The karmic backlash against the three little ones stemmed from...

Kazama looked up at the pink-haired girl on the other side of the city. The girl was unaware that her most precious family members were about to be stripped of their memories.

Speaking of this girl, Huan Caiyu, although she has poor aptitude and low fate weight and causality values, her position is quite special.

This world line twists backward from the main trunk, and Kazama relies on the special node of Tamaki Iroha.

Although Huan Caiyu is not the main cause and effect part of the three little ones' grand ambition, she will definitely be involved in it in the future because of Huanyou.

The karmic backlash that Kazama will face may very well originate from Tamaki Iroha.

After all, Kazama's worldline was distorted because of Iroha Tamaki.

As for the specific targets of the causal backlash, Kazama didn't need to think; the answer was obvious.

In the world of Madoka Magica, there are only two entities that could influence Kazama's plans. One is the Incubators, but Kazama doesn't believe the Incubator civilization can cause much of a stir.

The other is the principle of circles.

Kazama looked up into the distance. Even beyond the world line, despite the influence of the distorted power, he could still see the seven-colored light of the giant ring that ran through the entire world.