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"Ok?"

Hearing Hyakue Nagisa's words, Tamaki Aya trembled.

She came to Kamahama City in order to recover the part of her lost memories.

"But afterwards, I will need your assistance."

"Even if they regain their memories, trying to retrieve what they remember will inevitably lead to conflict with the Wings of Magius."

"I need your help to fight this organization."

"Furthermore, I need your help to find some like-minded magical girls to guide our god to arrive."

This situation is somewhat similar to the rescue of Homura Akemi.

External influences prevented the Law of Cycles from descending smoothly, which is why Hyakue Nagisa was sent to this place.

"Although I don't know what Magius's Wings are planning, what they are doing is definitely not right."

The spread of rumors generates negative energy by harming innocent people.

This behavior alone is absolutely intolerable.

"Okay, I promise you."

Huan Caihan agreed without hesitation.

As Hyakue Nagisa said, since the missing memories are related to the Wings of Magius, then what she lost is very likely there as well.

Needless to say, one of the reasons she investigated the rumors was to protect innocent humans.

"What should we do now?" Huan Caiyu asked.

Bai Jiangzhu gestured for her to bend down, and after Huan Caiyu bent down, Bai Jiangzhu stood on tiptoe and pressed her forehead against Huan Caiyu's forehead.

The seven-colored feather on Baijiangzhu's forehead shone brightly at this moment.

The divine power from the Law of Cycles is washing away the force that has been blocking Tamaki Iroha's memories.

Almost instantly, something shattered, and in its place, a flood of past memories surged into Aya's mind.

The voids in daily life are gradually filled, and the faded colors in memories are restored. The torn photograph is slowly being pieced back together.

"worry!"

At this moment, Huan Caiyu realized what she had lost.

It belongs to her sister.

The wish she made was for her younger sister.

This seems to have triggered another unpredictable cause and effect.

Because she became a magical girl, her younger sister, in order for her to return to a normal life, resolutely made another wish.

However, this wish is too grand for humankind to bear.

"I remember now..."

Huan Caiyu knelt on the ground, covering her tear-streaked face, and choked out:

"Tamayaki, and also Satomi Touka and Hiiragi Nemume..."

"The reason why Kamibama City has become like this is because they made a wish. They wanted to save all the magical girls and end that cycle of despair."

"Just like that god called 'The Law of Circles'."

"To save all the magical girls?"

Baijiang Zhu also did not expect the truth to be like this.

But she immediately shook her head.

"No, that's not right... If that's the case, then the world line wouldn't be abnormal at all."

"Because as long as the Law of Cycles exists, transcending time and connecting the past, present, and future, the Law of Cycles will never allow magical girls to have a tragic ending."

This is definitely not the reason for the anomaly in this world line, because everything that happened in Kamihama City, the purpose of the Wings of Magius and the effect of the Law of Cycles are the same.

There must be some other reason behind this...

..................

While Hyakue Nagisa and Tamaki Iroha were exchanging ideas, the two girls were meeting at the Kamihama City Library.

The library was empty, with only faint laughter echoing around.

"The rumors surrounding Sister Caiyu have been dispelled."

Hiiragi Nemu, sitting upright in the high chair, spoke.

"Ah."

Satomi Touka nodded in understanding.

After their conversation, a long silence fell over the library.

After a long while, Satomi Touka finally spoke:

"The Law of Cycles... There was once a girl who saved countless magical girls across time and space."

"That's truly amazing..."

The silence between the two seemed to be as if they were listening to a profound teaching descending from above the veil.

Chapter 405 The Tide Is Coming

Nagisa Hyakue's arrival did not escape Kazama's notice. The question of how the Law of Cycles would deal with the shielding of world lines was foreshadowed in the Rebellious Witch arc.

Like many ancient beings imprisoned in the cage of fantasy, the method involves sending apostles ahead to locate them, and then breaking down barriers from the inside out.

Intervening in this distorted worldline undoubtedly requires starting from the source, namely the singularity of Iroha Tamaki.

Sending Tamaki Iroha out of Kamihama City wasn't just something Satomi Touka and Hiiragi Nemu thought about; Kazama secretly had the same idea.

Kazama had been keeping an eye on Iroha Tamaki, so when Nagisa Momoe first appeared next to Iroha Tamaki, Kazama immediately noticed the snack witch.

Let's return to the present.

The arrival of Nagisa Hyakue, and the return of Iroha Tamaki to Kamihama City, along with the restoration of her memories of her younger sister Yui Tamaki, are all signs of what's to come.

Just like in the original work, Madoka Kaname and her group always have to face the Witch's Night, which is a crucial juncture that cannot be avoided in the chain of cause and effect.

Without resolving this issue, there's no way to transcend it or end this cycle of cause and effect.

Kazama reveals the existence of the Circular Principle, which Hyakue Nagisa represents, to Satomi Touka and Shiori Nemuru at this moment.

After learning this news and expressing her feelings, Satomi Touka fell silent again. However, after a long silence, she spoke again:

Is this timeline distorted?

"So, it is you, the illusory spirit, who distorted this worldline?"

Satomi Touka raised her head, trying to find the true face of the non-existent spirit.

"Yes," Kazama replied affirmatively.

"It was I who twisted this world line out of the control of the Law of Cycles. And it is precisely because of this that a witch who should not exist exists in this world."

"I see...."

Satomi Touka took a deep breath, but didn't show much anger.

"Is this twisted node Sister Aya?"

Satomi Touka continued to ask.

The Apostle of the Law of Cycles arrived in Kamihama City with Tamaki Iroha, and in the story just told, the Spirit of Illusion also subtly revealed its interest in Tamaki Iroha.

"Yes, the twisted node, the outward manifestation of which is 'Iroha Tamaki, who should not have become a magical girl, became a magical girl.'"

Hearing Kazama's answer, Satomi Touka seemed relieved, but to confirm something, she continued to ask:

"So, everything we did was your arrangement?"

"No... I only really noticed you after you developed the desire to 'save all magical girls'."

"Since then, the cause and effect of magical girls in this timeline has gradually shifted to you."

“You will bear the consequences of this cause and effect, but I chose this cause and effect, and I chose you.”

Kazama recounted the truth of the matter, then asked a question in return:

"Now that you know the whole story, aren't you angry? After all, this world line distortion is because of me..."

Are you angry?

A slight look of disbelief appeared on Satomi Touka's face, but it quickly returned to calm.

"When I first guessed this, I was indeed angry and envious."

Their anger was palpable; the wishes they made stemmed from the inescapable fate of magical girls becoming witches. If this tragic destiny had been resolved by someone else, they wouldn't have ended up in this predicament.

And that feeling of envy stems from this.

"However, upon further reflection, we realized that the opportunity for us to become magical girls lies with Iroha-nee."

If it weren't for Iroha Tamaki, they wouldn't have become magical girls.

If they weren't magical girls, their fate would only be to die a miserable death from the pain of illness.

Therefore, in a way, Kazama Kazuma's distortion of this world line by Tamaki Iroha also saved the three little ones.

"Even without Iroha-nee, we still have the chance to become magical girls. But that's probably not something that's destined to happen."

On some timeline, there must be a solution for the three children to die together.

"I cannot judge or interfere with my other self in another world, but as far as I am concerned with my own timeline, it is precisely because of your actions that I have benefited from misfortune."

"Perhaps, this is cause and effect..."

At this moment, Satomi Touka seemed to have gained some understanding of that mysterious, intangible, and elusive power.

Kazama's intervention in this timeline, while saving the three little ones, also severed the magical girls' hopes. The three little ones, who benefited from this, now aim to reclaim those hopes from all the magical girls.

Moreover, for this reason, the cycle of magical girls, the three little ones, and the illusory spirits—this cause and effect has tightly linked the three together.