Watching the anime from Madoka Magica and writing the rules

After controlling Zhixing, Mami first looked at Zhixing's lifeless eyes, then went to the door and repeatedly checked whether her door lock was broken.

Finally, Mami stirred the enchanted ribbon back and forth in the hall, and waved away the rich trace that seemed to be the center of the barrier.

Seeing her masterpiece with her own eyes, Mami began to understand some of the doubts.

For example, the traces that remained clear for two days and seemed to be luring him into a trap, as well as the obvious gap in traces on the patrol route, could have been made by a magical girl.

But what followed was the unusual source of magical power.

Asami looked at the paper line that was wrapped up again and used her magic to do something.

Unfortunately, the magical girl herself cannot directly eliminate the witch's kiss. Usually, she can simply control ordinary people and then eliminate the witch to remove the control.

Therefore, after trying for a while without any effect, Mami sighed, and then canceled the transformation and released the restraints on Zhixing.

Soon Zhixing stood up and walked at a normal pace.

Mami stopped trying to stop him and packed her bag. She then opened the door, watched Zhixing leave her house, closed the door, and followed him.

Looking at the lines of paper that are controlled and move slowly, but at the same time obey traffic rules and wait for the traffic lights.

Mami's doubts grew instead of diminishing, because even according to the "future people" theory on the paper, it could not explain the abnormalities that were happening now.

"That guy was alive. I had no idea that was happening."

"Don't you know clearly? Witches themselves are living beings."

"But the witch also harmed people, so even if she was defeated by the magical girl, it would be a normal ending!"

"You understand it well, don't you? A witch is just a force, there's no right or wrong in itself. In fact, the Mending Witch herself has no intention of capturing anyone, right?"

"Indeed, Little Bear is a very easily satisfied child. He only needs to accompany his stuffed bear. And to repair the toy, there are endless familiars that constantly recycle themselves as materials."

"So, the familiar, the one who spread the Witch's Kiss and lured people to her without any intention, and then tricked them into sacrificing themselves, is the culprit?"

"No, I've experienced it myself. Familiars are capable of moving freely, but they act solely to satisfy the witch's needs. Even when I'm right next to them, they remain motionless, pretending to be dolls. Every familiar is born to satisfy the witch's desires, and the witch has no desire to harm anyone."

"Have you forgotten what happened before you spoke? That witch is physically dismantling and repairing you, an ordinary person."

"Things like that are probably just a cognitive trick. Just like how Mami sees a witch, and how the witch sees a human. Only I, who don't belong to this world, am unaffected by it!"

"You're truly unaffected, not just cognitively, but even immune to magical girl telepathy. If that's your advantage, then how did you get to the rooftop? Are you truly unaffected?"

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"You finally learned the crucial information about the lack of transfer students, and were able to deduce the current timeline. But such crucial information was forgotten until now simply because of the Witch's Kiss. ​​Are you truly unaffected by this?"

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"When you, like the butterfly effect, influence the real future, making everything in the present seem so real, do you truly accept it? Reaching a different ending, an irreversible tragedy. Killing the witch who cared for you all day just to escape, and feeling a tinge of joy at being saved."

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"Everyone else is kept in the dark, but you, knowing the future and the hidden setting of the witch in the movie, do you really feel from the bottom of your heart that the witch is dead?"

"The power of a witch can be harnessed by a magical girl."

"A witch's soul, even within the barrier, can transform from witch form to human form and back again. So, when she transforms into a human, does that mean she's no longer a witch? Does that mean she's no longer treated as a human when she becomes a witch?"

"No matter how much witch magic there is, it cannot form a witch. The excess magic contained in the barrier after the witch is destroyed is proof of this."

"Even with a small amount of magic power, just the level of a familiar, it can be gathered together to form a stable barrier. It maintains the ecological balance, as can be seen from the fact that the familiar can become a witch."

"If familiars rely on eating humans, using the souls of others as their core, they can recreate the Seed of Sorrow."

"That intact, original witch's lament seed, is the soul inside it alive? That witch who still has thoughts, who knows how to feed you, respond to you, and protect you. Can you really treat it as an irrational monster?"

"You who indirectly killed the witch, you should know the origin of the witch."

"Meow"

"Hmm? Cat meow?"

Zhixing's train of thought was interrupted, and he couldn't help but stop and stood there in a daze.

Chapter 16: Just Hurrying

Mami took a few steps forward and suddenly found that the silhouette of Zhi Xing had disappeared.

When I turned around, I saw Zhixing standing there looking around, as if he was looking for something.

"Reached?"

Asami looked around, puzzled.

It was still afternoon, and there was still some time before evening, but there were still quite a few people on the street. People were coming and going around, but I didn't see any other victims who were also controlled by the Witch's Kiss.

Asami shielded her palm with her hand before summoning the gem.

He glanced at the gem, seeing no reaction, then looked at the paper line.

And Zhixing also looked around with a confused look on his face until his eyes met Mami's.

"Ah? Ah, so that's it. Am I being controlled again?"

Zhixing identified the other person's appearance and recognized it as Mami through her figure, and then he understood the current situation.

"Have you gotten rid of control? What the hell is wrong with you?"

Seeing that Zhixing had returned to normal, Mami looked at the Witch's Kiss tattoo that had not faded, and tried to find the answer from her past experience, but obviously failed. She had never encountered an example of the same situation as Zhixing.

Looking at Mami's gaze, Zhixing touched his neck with his hand, but couldn't feel any bulges or depressions.

He glanced at Asami again, then looked away, closing his eyes and trying to think.

Witches themselves are creatures of the earth, even the strongest witch, Night, is the same, but is just a side effect caused by the big boss behind the scenes.

The witch, whether in her original form or after transforming into a witch, is still alive, but her mind is relatively controlled and corrupted by the power.

Just like when plagues broke out in ancient times, even if people were already infected and unable to be treated or taken into custody, they would be isolated or even...

When it comes to how to save the witch, Zhixing can only think of one.

According to general animations, when ordinary girls become magical girls, they will sign a contract with their pet companions to gain power.

In the setting of "Magic Circle", the contract signed by Kyubey, which surpasses the power of ordinary people and even military armed forces, is just a bonus.

The real big deal is actually Kewpie’s “black technology” – making a wish.

Any wish can be realized at the cost of the girl herself, although it is still an equal exchange, at the cost of something the girl herself does not know.

Kyubey calls it "cause and effect," and it's also the basis for the magical girl's power.

The amount of "cause and effect" will also vary, and the way of implementation will also be different.

At the end of the TV series, with the help of her huge amount of "cause and effect", Madoka can make a wish to eliminate the witches, the magical girls' long-standing enemies, and all the witches in the "past + present + future".

However, Jixing appeared in the present, Jixing met the witch, and Jixing knew Madoka's future.

The witch, who cannot be eliminated by Madoka's methods, is putting Paper Bank in the position of decision maker in the trolley problem.

Zhixing opened his eyes and looked in the direction where he got no response, so he went around behind him and tried to use the gem to detect the path he had taken.

Then I closed my eyes, as if I were in a game, marking the map and turning on the automatic path-finding function.

The paper line at the end didn't know how to describe its shape. In the darkness after closing its eyes, a certain direction gave the paper line a different feeling.

Zhixing did not feel the "despair and danger" of the witch, but instead felt a sense of security and peace just by looking over there.

Kazuyuki, who already knew the setting of "Magic Circle", knew that that was most likely where the witch who had inflicted the Witch's Kiss on him was.

"No, I still can't find any trace of the familiar or the witch. Hey, Mr. Edogawa, does this witch's kiss give you the same feeling as the previous kiss?"

After trying the magical girl's method and getting no results, Mami tentatively asked Zhixing for confirmation.

Seeing that Mami had already found an excuse for him, Zhixing opened his mouth to agree.

But he remained silent, and after thinking for a few seconds, he said, "The witch is over there."

"Can you sense the witch's location?"

As she watched Zhi Xing point in a direction, Mami was puzzled again.

Ordinary people controlled by the Witch's Kiss, except for Zhi Xing, cannot escape from the control from the beginning until the witch is eliminated, and may not even remember what happened during this period.

There were also cases where people were able to break free from control, but after entering the witch's barrier, the effect of the witch's kiss was achieved and the person disappeared.

"Well, I'm not quite sure of the distance, but it's in that direction."

Zhixing took a deep breath, nodded, and said cooperatively.

Asami looked over there but her view was blocked by tall buildings.

"follow me."

Mami thought for a moment and brought the paper line into the alley. The yellow light illuminated the entire alley, and the magical girl Mami made a brilliant appearance.

Then he stepped his left foot on his right foot... uh, he jumped left and right towards the walls on both sides, and then a ribbon floated down, circled the line of paper and pulled it to the roof.

"Mr. Edogawa, can you determine the witch's location?"

Zhixing closed his eyes several times to confirm, then pointed to a building in the distance.

Looking from the rooftop, it would probably take an hour to travel that distance by subway, and it would reach the edge of the city.

But Mami had no intention of going down. Instead, she called out, "Now that the existence of the witch has been confirmed, we can't delay any longer. I'm sorry, Mr. Edogawa, for causing you trouble on your journey later."

"wait wait wait..."

A city full of tall buildings is a favorite for 3D mobile devices, and there are also various buildings over 100 meters high. Influenced by this, many floors are also huge buildings with more than 30 floors.

For Mami, moving through these tall buildings saves time and effort.

With a simple stretch, grab and swing, she crossed the intersection. If you ignore the bungee jumper behind her who covered his mouth and closed his eyes, Mami's performance was like that of a hero of justice.

How long has it been?

The paper line that was counting down the seconds like years was unable to count, and there was no timekeeping tool. However, because he closed his eyes, he maintained his sense of the witch's position and could feel the flying speed that was rapidly shortening the distance.

Soon, when Zhixing realized that they had reached their destination, Mami also landed on the rooftop accurately.

Mami channeled her magic power into the gem on her head, and soon the gem began to flicker, detecting the magic power leaked from the witch.

"Right, here, ha, ha, I won't go, you go by yourself."

This extreme sport of bungee jumping caught everyone off guard, causing them to feel dizzy, anemic, and weak in their limbs. They could only stand on the rooftop by leaning on the railing, having lost the ability to move.

"Don't worry, I'll get rid of it quickly."

Asami was well aware of Kabuki's situation, and although he was an adult, compared to the magical girl's enhanced body, he was no different from a child.

So Mami left a piece of ribbon, wrapped it around the paper in a circle, then reminded them not to go out of the circle, and went to the witch's barrier in the opposite building.

Zhixing watched Mami jump over the rooftop railing and jump down, then fly to the opposite building with the pull of the ribbon. Then she used magic to form a circular magic circle, and the whole person disappeared from Zhixing's sight.

It is true that Zhixing's body needs rest, but although Zhixing has revealed the location of the witch, he does not want to meet the witch to confirm whether his ability can work on every witch.

An ecological balance has been formed between witches and magical girls, so it is impossible to stop magical girls from hunting down witches.

Zhixing can only stay away from the witch as long as he can't hear the other party still talking, and is not sure that the other party still has his own preferences, his own life, and his own way of speaking.

The paper can also regard it as a monster that has lost its mind and is being punished because it attacks ordinary people.

Feeling the natural breeze on the rooftop, I slowly recovered. I looked around and saw that there was no one living in the area again. I felt sad about the strangeness of this near future.

Then Zhixing took advantage of the time he was still waiting for Mami to recall his memories of being controlled today.

I found that although I couldn't remember what I saw and heard from Mami's house to the street, I still remembered some of the conversations along the way, including the fact that the transfer student didn't show up.

"Is this, a conversation? No, is this an exchange after reading the memory?"

Touching the witch's kiss on his neck, Zhixing had some guesses in his mind, and then he recalled the reason why he woke up.

"Meow? The sound of a cat."

Zhixing felt that he seemed to have thought of something at that time, but it was completely forgotten by the subsequent bungee jumping experience.

"It's quite a harvest."

Before Zhixing could remember, Mami fell from the sky and landed in front of Zhixing. She canceled her magical girl transformation in front of him and collected the Seed of Sorrow with a handkerchief.

Chapter 17 Explain

"How do you feel now?"

Zhixing lowered his hands from covering his neck, and there was nothing left on his skin.

"It has no impact anymore. There's nothing left."