Watching the anime from Madoka Magica and writing the rules

When the familiar is unable to lead the victim of the Witch's Kiss to the witch, then it becomes a witch itself, which is why Mami works so much for nothing.

Zhixing recalled the deaths so far and soon discovered that there was only one person, [Idol], who came to the underworld where shadows disappeared with the kiss of the witch.

Although the exact name of that place is unclear, Zhixing still has a guess about this so-called underworld.

For example, the pitch-black abyss deep underground at the bottom of the impression space.

According to the description of the shadows of the second generation protagonist group, those worthless shadows will be abandoned after submitting their answers.

If it were a normal world, it probably wouldn't be like this. Instead, it would be like in P5, where he would be kept captive by the final boss to satisfy his desires.

But this is Bullet, a world where killing is going on all the time.

Therefore, the direct act of consuming human lives is the closest to the underworld where the shadow disappears.

So, is there really such a place? Not completely dead, but existing in another dimension?

Zhi Xing came back to his senses, looked at the scene of the restored real buildings, and read the fortune teller's mind again. As the picture unfolded again, he soon discovered something strange.

This was not the first time that Zhixing interpreted the message he had sent to himself, so since that message was not translated or encrypted, it could be considered as being written specifically for the Fortune Teller.

The real information is most likely left where it was written.

"I don't think I was the one who started it. How could I draw an idol? And this is the two-dimensional version of the cognitive existence of an idol."

After recognizing the key, Zhixing quickly understood that this message might have found the only fan fiction writer present who was related to painting.

"But is it necessary to go to so much trouble?"

The paper shop can calculate the date, which is just a few days away. If you have time to draw, just take a book, add a dice prepared in advance, and encrypt it on the spot.

Anyway, since it is something for the fortune teller to see, if you want to understand it, you can only accept real information through cognitive existence in the impression space, and [mind reading] comes into play.

"Is it because of the [Fortune Teller]'s identification problem?"

Since this is a cognitive world, the only thing that can be reflected is the corresponding cognition.

If the fortune teller himself cannot remember the encrypted text, then he can only obtain the other party's cognitive existence from a real perspective, and it is highly likely that he cannot restore it.

Zhixing thought about this for a while, then casually glanced at the Japanese text on the screen, slapped his head and said:

"Hmm, I forgot I'm in the world I know. If I don't have a tool to read text aloud, how am I supposed to do [translation] that's limited to communication?"

Pulling his scattered thoughts back to the painting, Zhixing soon found a new clue.

"Hand in hand? [Idol] and familiar?"

The first thing Zhixing considered was whether the [idol] had such talent, and then the second thing he thought was that the other party was not an impossible person, so he should not make any judgments beyond common sense.

"The victims planted by the Witch's Kiss are merely food for the familiar's growth. So even if the carrier of the Witch's Kiss is an [Idol], it's impossible for them to have such a close relationship with her."

"Unless, like Conan, magic is used to defeat magic, or like in P5, there are shadows that can be transferred."

"Or... fight fire with fire?"

The shadow's [idol] has been eliminated by the public's cognition because he died in public, unlike Joker who did not feel any discomfort after faking his death.

As a shadow that can connect to the main body, it is not impossible for it to transfer the main body's demonization and witch's kiss away when entering the underworld.

Because it is a shadow, its resistance to the Witch's Kiss may be higher, but it shouldn't be much higher. After all, the Witch's Kiss must have grown, so it will be at least taller than a human.

Given the huge disparity in power, how can an [idol] establish a hand-in-hand relationship with a familiar?

Zhihang only thought of one possibility.

"A contract or...a persona."

Zhixing actually hopes to make a non-aggression deal with [Despair], so that Zhixing can live a more comfortable life in Hope's Peak.

However, considering that [Despair] will actively put itself in a disadvantageous situation, there is a high possibility that it will try to violate this contract.

Zhihang was not sure how binding the contract obtained from the transaction was. After all, for the experimental subject [Swimming], it was not the most desperate moment yet for [Fighter] to die and read the fake suicide note replaced by [Despair].

The paper bank considered the upper limit of the contract.

That was the deal between Iger and the false god. After Iger was replaced, Amamiya Ren was still chosen, and thus, under the nose of the false god, he gradually gained the power to defeat the false god.

In such a situation, it is hard not to associate paper with contracts.

In comparison, the other contract in the Velvet Room, that is, the secretary's performance, is the most obvious.

Even if I followed the wrong person, even if I lost my memory.

However, when encountering a situation that violates the actual contract, one will instinctively feel that something is wrong.

So in the end, he recalled his original strength and was able to resist the influence of the false god who was able to overpower Iger and the secretary.

"If the coercive power of the contract can really suppress other ideas..."

Zhixing had a vague terrible guess in his mind, but since it had nothing to do with the current situation, Zhixing didn't want to waste time indulging in this idea.

So he took the initiative to exit the impression space, and then immediately ran downstairs from the biology room on the 5th floor.

With the help of physical exercise and the need to pay attention to the surrounding routes while running fast, Zhixing regained his attention. He began to breathe heavily and slowly walked down the last step to the first floor.

Let’s not think about the possibility of a contract for now, after all, the experiment has not yet produced any results.

So, if it’s not a contract, the purpose of being able to hold hands with a familiar is probably a personality mask.

Although Zhixing doesn't know much about the content of the P series, he has worked hard to awaken the mask, so he knows that there are only two possibilities if he wants to own a personality mask.

One is represented by Futaba, who awakens his own personality mask by accepting another self.

The second type is like other team members, who summon a fictional character as their own personality mask based on the premise that they have something in common with each other.

The second situation is basically equivalent to treating oneself as the other party's real body in reality, providing a platform for this rootless thing that may disappear at any time to gain a foothold.

As for Amamiya Ren, let's not mention that he could see the personality mask before he changed his name and came here, nor did he mention that he had the help of the false god and the butterfly to make contracts.

The fact that he could casually reach a deal through conversation to free the other party from control and then make them his power was already beyond the ordinary.

And those fictional characters without physical entities will eventually become mythical figures with [godlike qualities] as the bond deepens.

As for the origin of these masks, Zhixing could only think of the underworld where Kamizuru Izuru went.

That place I've never heard of.

Based on this, the paper industry made a bold hypothesis.

[Idol] In the underworld, relying on the commonality of the Witch's Kiss, he turned his familiar into his own personality mask?

Zhixing touched his neck, thinking that he had thousands of familiars, a tall witch, and two elite familiars from the Doll Tower in his neck, but he had never been able to awaken his personality mask.

This really makes it impossible for Zhixing to imagine the possibility that [Idol] can transform a single familiar into a personality mask.

But if I awaken other personality masks, will I be able to reconcile with the familiar?

Despite this doubt, Zhixing still arrived at the destination and saw the [Fighter] standing between the kitchen and the dining room, keeping watch.

Although the fighter's attention was focused on preventing the black and white bear, the footsteps and panting sounds coming down were already heard by the fighter.

"How much does Xiaokui know?"

Although the [Fighter] has deliberately chosen to avoid it, what is coming will eventually come.

"I know everything about your current identity. Of course, I didn't mention any personal details, such as his illness."

"Heh, you know quite a lot, don't you think you're a teacher at Hope's Peak?"

"Don't overthink it. I don't have many days left to live anyway, so can I take all this food?"

Zhi Xing looked at the food being taken out one by one and wanted to add a condition that it should be cooked first.

But fortunately, there are fruits that can be eaten without cooking, so the paper shop didn’t say anything.

"These are enough for the three days you mentioned. If we save money, it's not impossible to extend it to nine days."

"Well, without a refrigerator, the expiration date seems to be OK."

Zhixing recalled the cognitive world and the witch's barrier. Apart from being able to breathe, there seemed to be no bacteria or dust.

From this perspective, isn't it just a sterile plastic wrap that is not ice-cold?

"So...how do I get it?"

Zhihang was a little worried when he saw the things in front of him that might not even fit into a suitcase.

Although I knew before that the amount of food a person can carry is actually very limited unless it is snacks like compressed biscuits.

So even though there was still a week left, Zhixing only asked [Lucky] to prepare food for three days.

The paper shop calculated its own appetite.

If you eat three taels of rice noodles per meal, it is equivalent to about 150 grams of food.

Three meals a day, nine meals in three days, which is 150*9=1350 grams of food.

而五个人的食物也就是1350*5=6750克的食物，大约是3.5瓶2升饮料的重量了。

Although it is a bit laborious, it is not impossible to take it away.

But that is the weight of the edible part; the unprocessed, inedible part is also important, as is the weight of the basket used to hold the food.

What’s more, these foods are often quite large.

There is also actual drinking water in there. Since there is no water bottle to hold it, other kitchen metal containers are used to hold it.

Zhi Xing thought about how he had to carry so many things, find the edge of the witch's barrier, put them down, and then make several trips to move them all.

Suddenly I felt like I was back at Liangshanpo for training.

"When Lucky comes out later, I'll help you move in. It'll be hard to take it with you alone."

"Huh? Didn't you say that was enough? Is he still looking for food in there?"

"Well, they said there was a share for me."

Zhixing smacked his lips and said nothing. He could only stand there like the [Fighter], waiting for [Lucky] to come back while guarding against the black and white bear tampering with the food.

Finally, [Lucky] fumbled for a long time in an unknown way, and then came out carrying the last basket of food.

Zhixing glanced around and saw that Monokuma had not appeared, so he thanked [Lucky] and reported that he had completed the transaction with [Swimming].

"Well... bump into me and we'll go."

Although Zhixing was a little hesitant, he was not the first person to come into contact with him, so he let the [Fighter] come into contact with him.

After Zhihang disappeared from the cafeteria carrying two boxes of food and the [Fighter] carrying the remaining five boxes of food.

Nothing else happened that day.

Until the next morning.

When the [Fighter] returned to the dormitory to rest at night and was the first to arrive at the cafeteria, he saw a notice posted by Monokuma hanging at the kitchen door:

"Due to the behavior of some students, the additional school rule 13 has been violated."

"In order to prevent the students from starving to death, this restaurant will not add any new food from now on until all the lost food is returned."

"I hope the criminal will surrender as soon as possible so that everyone can live a happy life without having to worry about food."

"The fair and just principal—Monokuma-ryū!"

Chapter 365 Development without a Bystander's Perspective

"Sure enough, it has changed."

[Fighter] looked at the note stuck on the door in front of him and had no intention of tearing it off. Instead, he pushed the door open and looked at the remaining ingredients in the room.

During this period, following Monokuma's morning broadcast, the students of Super High School who got up on their own came to the cafeteria one after another and found Monokuma's message.

"This is how the same thing!"

[Fortune Teller] saw that his own interests were damaged and immediately pointed his finger at [Luck].

"Look at what you've done. Now we have no food left!"

"You should talk to Monokuma about that. Why are you blaming Lucky? He's not just helping me!"

"Huh, have you been pushed to this point? How shameful."

The [Fighter] came out of the kitchen and was surprised to find that the [Nobleman], who had rarely come to the cafeteria since leaving the team, had also come. However, she did not do anything extra and instead began to narrate:

"The food inside hasn't decreased. Even if the spectators took a lot, it's still enough for us to survive. If we eat sparingly, it's not impossible to make it to the end."

"Finally? Did that [Bystander] tell you the deadline for the script he has?!"

The [Literary Girl] was obviously very sensitive about this. After all, after her life at Hope's Peak ended, she was afraid that she would never see the [Young Master] again.