Watching the anime from Madoka Magica and writing the rules

"Well!"

Zhixing closed his mouth, made a muffled sound, and then put his hands, which had turned visibly red, into his pockets.

"Are you testing whether you can summon a barrier? Hahaha, you're such an idiot."

Zhixing put his hand away and looked around, but couldn't find a mirror that could reflect light. He could only helplessly accept Xingzi's ridicule.

Fortunately, the subway arrived quickly, so Xingzi followed Zhixing onto the subway and headed to the hospital.

During the short 10-minute journey, Xingzi enthusiastically asked various questions to the paper bank.

But apart from obtaining some information that Mami knew but did not reveal, he gained nothing.

After exiting the subway station, Xingzi looked at the witch's kiss on Zhixing's neck that had not yet disappeared, and asked curiously:

"Will this witch's kiss last forever? How long will it take for it to disappear?"

"Don't worry, once the witch is destroyed, the witch's kiss will disappear at the same time."

"But, it hasn't changed yet. With the speed of that magical girl just now, she should have been fighting the witch by now."

"Our magic power isn't suitable for a protracted battle."

Xingzi spread out her palm and materialized the gem. She frowned as she watched the gem flashing and reacting.

"Yeah, I know, that's why I wanted you to go with me."

"If anything happens to Xiaolan, you will also bear half the responsibility."

Zhi Xing felt the witch's still position, which didn't seem like she was in combat, and responded indifferently.

"From your tone, it seems you are no stranger to this witch?"

"The Snack Witch, Charlotte, a witch who is very unfavorable to Mami, if I'm not mistaken."

"It sounds like you guys have had a plan for a long time. But from the time I went to your room to set the alarm this morning until now, you probably didn't have time to notify anyone. How did they know that Mami was alone now? And they even prepared a witch who could restrain Mami."

"Don't get me wrong. They attacked because Asami decided to act alone and sent Sayaka away. Otherwise, I could have at least called Sayaka over before the fight and made it a two-on-one fight."

"Why, do you still want to classify yourself as Mami's companion? Or have you been influenced by Mami?"

Watching Zhixing walk out of the subway station and head straight for the back door of the hospital, Xingzi became more and more interested in Zhixing's abilities.

The ability to accurately locate witches is something that no magical girl is willing to give up, except for Mami who can even kill her own familiars.

That's a great way to track and locate witches efficiently, and it can also screen out those who are just familiars.

In Xingzi's impression, only those churches can do this by relying on talented believers.

After all, humans have immunity and cannot be reused like paper.

"Hmm? Are we there yet?"

The careless Anzi noticed that Zhixing stopped and rematerialized the gem that had turned into a ring to save magic power.

"Ah, we're here, but...it doesn't look like anyone's here."

Based on the direction, Zhixing managed to look towards the apartment building where Mami lived.

Although it was blurry, I didn't see any moving blue dots.

"Come in, you will protect me, don't you want to know why I'm in such a hurry?"

Zhixing stood at the back door of the hospital and walked towards the witch's barrier on the wall. This time he actually passed through the wall.

Kyoko shrugged, then transformed into a magical girl and followed cautiously.

The surroundings returned to calm, with only one Kyubey left, quietly landing on a bicycle parked there, watching the entrance to the barrier shrink.

Entering the barrier, everything around began to become abstract.

Zhixing took a deep breath and mentally gave himself various precautions.

I wanted to hide in a shadowy place first to avoid being killed by the door opening.

But the moment his vision returned, Zhixing couldn't move his feet and stared straight ahead.

When Xingzi came in a little later, having been alert, she saw Zhixing tilting his head and looking to the right with a smile like =).

Following the line of sight, Xingzi slowly turned her head.

There was no corpse, no familiar, and no sign of Asami and Sayaka.

But in this dark tones, a yellow and black gem was stuck in the gap between the decorations of the witch's barrier.

It looks so conspicuous.

"That's Mami's gem. Does that mean Mami is really here?"

Anzi looked around cautiously, fearing that many magical girls would suddenly rush out and make her follow in Mami's footsteps.

But there was no movement around, but the paper started to move.

"Hehehe, I'm so glad you're okay, hehe, I brought Kyoko to rescue you, Asami!"

Zhi Xing had a strange smile on his face, his eyes fixed on the gem, and he approached it step by step.

As the distance got closer, the originally blurry yellow dot gradually turned into a clear and familiar gem shape.

Zhixing was certain that the gem he saw when his vision became clear was not an illusion.

"Now," Zhi Xing reached out and effortlessly picked up the gem from the gap. Looking at the black substance rolling inside the gem, he whispered, "It's my turn to protect you."

Chapter 40: One episode of the animation in the past is equivalent to ten chapters of the online novel now

Zhi Xing brought the gem to his eyes, touching the Soul Gem up close for the first time, watching the black filth inside move on its own without shaking.

After confirming that it was genuine, he threw it into his pocket, zipped it up, and then put his other hand in his pocket to protect the gem.

Looking around, there was nothing unusual except the witch's decorations, including the familiars that should have been everywhere, but they were nowhere to be seen.

Suddenly, a hand stretched out from behind and grabbed Zhixing's clothes. An irresistible force came and threw Zhixing out of the barrier.

Boom!

The paper was thrown out with merciless force, knocking down four bicycles before hitting a pillar and stopping.

"What happened to Asami? Tell me everything you know!"

"That magical girl just now was also coming this way, right? What did you do to her?"

Xingzi had been sensing within the barrier for some time, but apart from the witch's reaction, she could not sense anything else, including the paper line that was so close to her.

What made Xingzi even more uneasy was Zhixing's behavior of picking up the gem.

Xingzi had seen this more than once. Because she couldn't accept the death of others, she would be reminded of their feelings by the things she saw, and would treat something that belonged to them as a person.

Especially when the Witch's Kiss was still attached to Zhixing, Xingzi once thought that Zhixing could no longer regain his sanity.

However, in the current situation, it is impossible for Xingzi to go alone to eliminate this witch who is obviously problematic when the enemy is unclear and two combat forces have already been lost.

Therefore, Xingzi can only take Zhixing away from here first, gambling that Zhixing's special physique can play a role.

Fortunately, Xingzi made the right bet.

Although Zhixing suffered some scratches and internal injuries, his attention was completely focused on the gem in his arms.

Therefore, Zhi Xing propped himself up from the ground, and after feeling the integrity of the gem with his hands, he responded without raising his head:

"Come to think of it, you really don't know yet, but Asami is still alive, and I'm protecting her."

He raised his body from a half-sitting position, unzipped his pants, and took out Asami's Soul Gem.

Then he looked at Kyoko through the gem and continued to explain:

"When you became magical girls, everything you could call your own was enclosed in this Soul Gem."

"The body outside is just a weapon that is continuously enchanted by magic. Although it is inhumane to say so, this transformation has indeed saved Mami now. Look, Mami is still moving."

"Hmph, you expect me to believe a hypothesis you made up out of grief? Talking like you're about to go to heaven proves you're still under the influence of the Witch's Kiss."

Xingzi snorted coldly. Although she didn't believe what Zhixing said, she didn't dare to make a big fuss against Zhixing again. What if the gem was broken and something really went wrong?

"The range within which the gem can control the body is approximately 100 meters."

"Although the witch's barrier is considered an independent space, the distance is still calculated based on the real space distance. Therefore, even if you are at the two ends of the barrier, it will not be affected."

"So, at least we don't have to worry about Mami's body being destroyed by the witch, otherwise we might see a mutilated Mami walking around. It's so good that we don't have to know such a cruel truth, Mami."

Xingzi frowned and ignored part of the words, while thinking about the other part.

"Indeed, if Mami is still inside the barrier, without the gem to transfer magic power, it won't be any better anyway."

"Besides, the gem is still at the entrance, so it won't go deep into the witch's room."

"More importantly, judging by how filthy the gem is, it probably didn't use much magic power, at least it didn't experience any major battles."

"If someone didn't bring her to the entrance on purpose, then it's probably true that Mami isn't in the witch barrier."

Xingzi thought about it and looked up at the hospital, which was so tall that the top was out of sight.

"100 meters, how high is it?"

"In this hospital, each floor is approximately 4.7 meters wide. A distance of 100 meters only covers 21 floors. This means that if Asami were sent to the emergency room, she would likely be out of range of the Soul Gem."

"Well, once the body is found dead and pushed back to the morgue underground, a 100-meter radius is enough for resurrection, but it will take a little longer."

"It's you!"

Anzi turned around cautiously and headed towards the source of the sound, but the one who took over the explanation was Kyubey, her long-time companion and Mami's closest friend.

"This is the first time I've heard you speak in this voice, Kyubey, but what I just said was just this guy's delusion, don't take it seriously."

Seeing that Kyoko thought Kyubey was just explaining what she was wondering, Zhixing shook his head and looked at the person who didn't use telepathy, but instead deliberately vibrated the air to make a sound that Zhixing could hear. He spoke in the direction of the invisible voice:

"Is there anything you need to add to what I just said?"

"There's no need to correct it."

"Hey, what's going on? Was everything you just said...true? Was that...Tomoe Mami?"

Anzi was incredulous at the affirmation of Kyubey, who was more trusted than Jixing. She then turned around and looked at the Soul Gem belonging to Mami, which was in Jixing's palm.

Ignoring Anzi's shock, Zhi Xing's tone suddenly lowered, and he asked in Kyubey's direction:

"Since you're talking like that, you're planning on letting me know something, right? After all, you guys planned this, so you should know the whole process. So, tell me, what happened to Mami and Sayaka?"

"Although it's puzzling that I have to endure your suspicion for no reason, since you know so much information about magical girls, this reaction is within the normal range."

"But you're wrong. We don't interfere with magical girls, and we certainly don't plan anything on purpose. In fact, I still don't understand how things have turned out like this."

"Humph, who else could it be but you? Who else could have arranged for the Snack Witch to be born at this time? This timing is clearly man-made!"

Zhixing, who knew what Kyubey did in the movie, did not believe the excuse made by Kyubey, who claimed that he could not lie.

But Kyubey didn't directly tell what happened, but changed the subject and said:

"You're enjoying so many blessings, but you're unaware of the information about the wishes?"

"Making a wish? Why bring it up now? It has nothing to do with what Asami and the others are going through right now, right? Are you trying to say that someone made a wish and that's why this happened?"

Zhi Xing subconsciously thought of Madoka, the only one who could still make a wish. Although he immediately denied this possibility, a trace of uneasiness still surged in his heart, as if some bad clues had been connected.

"No matter what the wish is, as long as it does not conform to common sense, it will inevitably give rise to some kind of distortion."

"It is only natural that disaster will eventually arise from this."

Zhi Xing seemed to have heard some key words. He looked at his own reflection on the glass wall of the hospital and murmured:

"No, that can't be the reason. Asami clearly survived until Witch Night. This can't be a predetermined ending!"

"Distortions can have a mutual impact. The longer the exposure, the greater the impact."

"So it's only natural that some inevitable consequences will occur."

"Whose distortion? Me? When did anyone make a wish for me? Isn't that my own ability? How can having some ability be considered distortion?"

Zhi Xing loudly refuted, even abandoning the settings he had maintained so far, but Kyubey simply asked:

"There was a time when I was alive."

"You who sacrificed yourself before this."

"Aren't these two sentences contradictory?"

"You really can't imagine whose wishes will affect you, causing the distortion in Mami."

"Such a huge distortion, even I don't want to get close to it. It's really hard for Mami to approach you without knowing anything."