Watching the anime from Madoka Magica and writing the rules

"I was first controlled by the Witch's Kiss shortly after I met Madoka, Blue and the others."

"I still can't remember why I was controlled or what happened during that time."

"But this is a normal reaction for victims of the Witch's Kiss, so I don't think there's anything wrong with it."

"But I only noticed it when I was controlled by the Witch's Kiss for the second time and broke free from it halfway."

"The reason why I fell into despair the second time, I can actually remember it clearly."

"What's the reason?"

This was the first time Mami interrupted Zhixing's explanation. After all, Mami was really curious about this question, but Zhixing hadn't mentioned it before, so Mami didn't dare to ask.

"At that time, I had been with the witch for several days, so I felt ashamed of killing her."

Then, seeing that Sayaka also wanted to ask a question, Zhixing continued without hesitation:

"This is not the point, let's talk about it later."

"When I realized that I had broken the control of the Witch's Kiss myself the first time, but I didn't recall it."

"That's why I had a guess about this, because besides the influence of magic and my own poor memory, there's another possibility of amnesia."

"When this memory causes huge emotional fluctuations in oneself, it is possible to instinctively avoid recalling it or even forget it as if it never existed."

"But after all, I only forgot my thought process at that time. I can still remember the information I encountered before that, it just took some time."

"After all, I was thinking based on future and present intelligence, using my own way of thinking. So, in the end, I was able to roughly reconstruct the reason for my despair."

“So it developed into what it is now.”

"Hey! How can I understand if you don't explain the most crucial point?"

Sayaka responded dissatisfiedly, saying that after all, she was the victim of the Paper Bank Plan, and no reason was given. How could she accept this?

"Well, it must have been a very desperate thing, so I was targeted by the Witch's Kiss as soon as I remembered it. If I recall it now, I might still be controlled by the Witch's Kiss. ​​I guess that's enough to understand."

Under normal circumstances, Mami would not act as a middleman to ease the conflict, but Paper Line's Witch's Kiss always comes without warning, and there is no way to avoid it by clearing out the nearby familiars. Therefore, even if Mami wants to know the specific reason, she can only give up.

"It's okay. Well, I think I've gotten used to this reason. I shouldn't be so desperate anymore."

Zhixing just wanted to organize his words, so he didn't explain it right away. So after thinking for a while, Zhixing said:

"I'm from the future. Sayaka probably knows this too."

Sayaka nodded. After all, when they met for the second time, Zhixing was trying to sow discord in a charlatan-like manner.

"I came back from the future and want to change history. Asami knows that, right?"

Mami nodded. When they first met, she kept repeating that she was from the future, and now she had begun to believe it.

"So, when I realized that I couldn't change the future, and that I would have to watch tragedy unfold before my very eyes, I couldn't accept it, so I wanted to prove that I could change the future. I think that's understandable."

"What happened in that future?"

Sayaka thought about her choice. After knowing that someone was really implicated in the paper company's plan, Sayaka felt a little regretful. If she could turn back at that time, she might have chosen the first wish.

"Well, that's when the magical girls failed in their fight against Witch Night a month later. Most of the people in the city died, triggering a disaster that swept the world."

"According to unreliable information, it's possible the Earth could be destroyed in five days. Anyway, I'm not really sure since I wasn't on the front lines. I was simply brought back to the past out of desperation."

"You said the future hasn't changed, but hasn't it changed now?"

"There are already two magical girls. There's no chance that I'll have to fight alone and die before Witch Night arrives, right?"

"Two, after all, that magical girl isn't Madoka or Kyoko."

"Well, the other person looks purple. She might be the fifth magical girl you mentioned. If you count her, there are three people present."

"This raises a question: If I can't change the future, what will happen in the future? How will I know if I have failed?"

"what do you mean?"

"Yes, the fifth magical girl! She's not supposed to exist now. She became Mitakihara's magical girl after Witch Night. She was a backup plan in case I failed."

"The moment I saw him, I knew it. No matter what I thought or did afterwards, the end result would be failure!"

Chapter 32: After the Magical Girl's Trial, Paper Will...

Sayaka tried to imagine this feeling and immediately got goosebumps.

Asami thought about it and felt that this reason could indeed make people desperate enough to change the future by any means necessary. Then, under the influence of the Witch's Kiss, an extreme situation was created to force Sayaka to choose another future.

But something was still wrong. Mami drank some tea, thought about it for a moment, and then asked doubtfully:

"If I remember correctly, when I rescued you and you moved in with me, you didn't despair about the future being unchangeable, did you?"

"It was the first time. I realized it the first time, and then because I felt powerless, I felt extremely desperate. My brain couldn't accept it, so I blocked out this thought. As a result, I didn't recall the incident, so I said that I intended to help you."

Asami frowned, still feeling like something was wrong.

"Asami, that notebook! That notebook was written by Edogawa before he was controlled by the Witch's Kiss."

The fifth magical girl, Kuro!!

After being reminded by Kyubey, Mami connected the clues together and immediately realized that there was a problem in Zhixing's words.

Putting down the teacup, Mami hesitated for a moment, but did not go back to the room to get the notebook. Instead, she asked.

"When did you meet that magical girl?"

Zhixing recalled and answered uncertainly.

"Maybe it was the day I came to this past, before I ran around looking for Madoka and the others and became unwell."

"To be honest, I can recognize the image of a magical girl, but I'm not very good at distinguishing the appearance of an ordinary person who hasn't transformed."

It's complete. Mami didn't comment on Zhixing's explanation and asked again:

"So, now that the other party knows of your existence, has he contacted you?"

"I'm sorry, I don't know how to contact her. I don't even know my own phone number, and I probably won't be able to provide my current number in the future."

"Or, to put it in a worse light, maybe I myself didn't survive Witch Night, so I can't pass on the information."

"What about the contact information of the future magical girl?"

"Like I said before, with the internet and the ability to automatically dial people, I've never really memorized phone numbers."

"Really? In the end, you don't even have a way to prove yourself. Really? You should at least remember your own phone number." Sayaka raised a key question.

This is also a problem that paper companies dare not face.

It is known that he has now traveled to a different world with modern communications, or a parallel world that is mostly the same.

So, is there a self in another world?

If it was originally to replace the self in another world, it would be fine, but no matter how I look at it, I feel that I am just wearing another person's body, that is, the whole person has traveled through time and space and has not replaced someone else.

So, my own phone, my family’s phone, familiar game guides, familiar group chats, familiar stupid netizens, and so on.

Does all this still exist?

I can't confirm this. After all, there's a hypothesis about parallel worlds: "If identical objects from two parallel worlds come into contact, they will annihilate each other."

Although this is just a setting in a certain animation, I really don't dare to bet that Zhixing has already entered the world of the animation.

So, for once, Zhixing was unable to answer Sayaka's question.

After a long silence, Zhi Xing finally spoke:

"To be honest, I don't really understand what the taboos are regarding going back to the past."

"But I've heard of the grandfather paradox and the grandmother paradox."

"But there is another possibility that I don't want to face."

"What possibility? Is it dangerous?"

After the silence, Sayaka calmed down and responded.

"That is, if two identical individuals exist at the same time and come into contact, will they be erased by time?"

"You're saying that if a future person who has no memories of their past self comes into contact with their past self, some kind of paradox will arise?"

"Well, there's a possibility that if two individuals come into contact, they might both disappear from this timeline."

"That is, the future self, who does not have any contact memories, is erased by time, and then the past self, who already had contact memories, disappears because the future self disappears."

Zhixing said as he looked around. Since they were not in the barrier, he could not find Kyubey who had invisibility.

After explaining the theory in JOJO in a different way, he also indirectly explained why he did not contact himself.

Afraid of dying.

"Is there any evidence for this?"

"No, I just came here suddenly. How could I possibly cram so much knowledge at the last minute?"

"Really? That's just your one-sided story, isn't it? Ugh~ Why did I believe you?!"

Sayaka felt annoyed that she had believed in the paper just now.

"But what Witch Night said is true. I've asked Kyubey to check it out."

"Kyubi?"

Zhixing looked at Sayaka who was looking at the table in front of her with a questioning look, then nodded.

He reached out his hand, but got nothing.

"I was talking about something, why did you interrupt me so suddenly?"

Sayaka looked at Zhixing in confusion, then picked up something and moved away from Zhixing.

"I can't see or hear, I just want to see if I can touch the other person."

"Huh? You..."

Sayaka was about to say something, but then suddenly stopped.

Seeing that the two of them had created a group chat in front of him and didn't know what they were discussing, Zhixing could only remain silent and finish the tea and cake directly.

Then, with his thoughts no longer suppressed, he took advantage of the current opportunity to bring the Paper Heart to the fifth magical girl.

"You won't agree... Just give up... Shinichi-kun."

Even just one sentence from a genuine future traveler is enough for Zhixing to infer a lot.

First of all, because I knew that I would be monitored by the boss behind the scenes, I chose the name of a Conan animation that has not been released in this world. This is for the dual identity of the protagonist and also serves as a code for future people.

Only when you have actually had contact with the other person and think it is okay will you tell the other person your password. After all, it is not your real name, and you will most likely not whisper it even if you are controlled by the Witch's Kiss.

Well, the problem is coming.

When did I come into contact with the future traveler, Homura Akemi, and tell her this code?

Despair was brewing within Zhixing, but Zhixing had actually already guessed it.

Probably in the previous future, or even the future before that.

I have already gone through this month, and without any recollection, I have failed over and over again in the future, and then started over again because of Xiaoyan.

So, will this time also be a failure?

Zhixing thought about what he might do in this story.

Unable to participate in the battle, the best result is to balance the conflicts between several people, and then everyone will work together to resist Witch Night.

So, can I do it?

"...Give up..."

Tsk, with my level of interpersonal skills and my negligible amount of thinking, how could I possibly do that? Not making things worse is already a good thing.

If you are unable to handle crises and resolve conflicts, can you only be a passerby and watch Xiaoyan carry out her endless efforts?

Compared to myself, who has no memory and no idea if my choices are wrong, Homura, the person from the future who knows the outcome, is more like a player. So, what else can I do besides believe? I can't make the same choice over and over again.

"I won't allow you to use Madoka again..."

No, not exactly the same options, at least one of them had been blocked by Homura.

But what can I do with Xiaoyuan?

Zhixing knew in her heart that the relationship between herself and Homura must be maintained, because she was the only one who knew everything, so naturally she would not touch Xiaoyuan, who was her weak spot.

My original plan was to rely on Madoka to lure Sayaka out, and then confirm Kamijou's emotional issues in front of the childhood trio, thereby confirming my future identity, and then have a private conversation with Lan, and then let the Witch's Kiss guide her, forcing Lan to make a decision based on her sense of justice after clarifying Kamijou's issues.