Watching the anime from Madoka Magica and writing the rules

"Finally here... It's worth all my efforts... 167 floors... What a long and repetitive life."

Zhi Xing walked into the elevator and watched it return to normal with only two up and down buttons. He took Despair's hand and walked in.

Watching the elevator close, the original elevator entrance disappeared in front of him like a killing array from another dimension. He couldn't help but lower his head. Looking at the elevator that would not reach the bottom floor, an inexplicable sense of familiarity came over him, and he sighed in his heart:

The second generation of the House of Wonder?

"Ding~"

The elevator door slowly opened, and what appeared before Zhixing and [Despair] was the class trial scene that had become exactly the same as reality.

And... the shadow of the [Gambler] who had lost his Gothic style and was staring at this side with evil intent.

Chapter 370 The Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea

"Are you the only one here?"

Zhixing glanced around and didn't see the [Soldier] who should have been there. He knew that if nothing unexpected happened, the [Soldier] had already gone through the secret passage to the left rear of the academy.

Zhixing was originally shocked when he saw what happened to the [Gambler] here, but when he saw the other party in such a miserable state, Zhixing's first thought was [Despair] and he really couldn't trust it.

There are many ways to protect a person's life and safety, and [Despair] is likely to choose a very extreme method.

After all, destroying a person's spirit is not inconsistent with saving a person's life.

[Gambler] is in a small dark room underground, and the situation is even more serious. Even if there are only two days, it is enough to detonate the pressure that is already imprisoned in the larger cage of Hope Peak. If [Despair] adds some safety measures, such as the whole mental illness straitjacket

"Hehehehahaha! Finally, I've got you! Kyubey!!"

"??!"

Seeing [Gambler] rushing towards him with a crazy expression, Zhixing did not choose to escape at the first moment, but turned his gaze to [Despair] on the side.

Despair immediately understood Zhi Xing's thoughts and spoke directly:

"How could that be? I'm already tired of letting the protected escape by killing their protector. Compared to this, shouldn't you really have more than one dimension within you?"

Zhixing came to his senses and found that the [Gambler] who was supposed to be close to him had disappeared, and he couldn't help but frowned.

I originally wanted to just [Sightseeing] and dodge, but because I was holding her hand and couldn't let go, did I end up letting her enter the witch's barrier?

Zhixing struggled once more, freed his hand from being held, and then immediately went on a [sightseeing] trip.

The idea of ​​escaping from the impression space caused the surrounding space to briefly ripple with red and black waves, affecting [Despair] which was not far away.

But this was the bottom layer of the Impression Space after all. There was no way to exit directly and return to the real world. So, after the ripples, their positions remained unchanged. They were still at the elevator entrance in front of the class judges.

But during this time, Zhixing had already passed the guidance time to enter the witch's barrier, and returned to the witch's barrier alone without any physical contact.

"I see. Seeing that projection is connected to real people, does this mean that the Gambler will have problems? I really want to see what happens, but~"

[Despair] The bored expression he had originally put on to deal with the paper company quickly disappeared, and a long-lost smile appeared on his face.

"Finally you're in! Let me see the deepest despair and the biggest uncertainty in this world."

"Puff, puff, puff. The work of the [Bystander] ends here. Next... welcome to the day of despair for the world!"

A black and white bear jumped out from the referee's stand of the grade referee, and then with a super transformation, it grew into the appearance of a beautiful girl. It met Enoshima Junko's eyes and smiled with the same joy.

"I actually hesitated!"

Zhixing looked around and did not see [Despair] or [Gambler]. He gritted his teeth and realized the consequences of his previous failure to react.

"This is the witch's barrier, the product of the witch's entire soul spreading out. Therefore, even the cognitive world will be isolated by the witch's barrier."

"And the shadow of cognition that surrounded the witch's barrier. Except for the bikers who were planted with the witch's kiss, no one has survived."

"If he hadn't been infected by the magic here and turned into a familiar, he would have been swarmed by the familiars and completely destroyed."

Zhixing stood there for a while, and when he found that he didn't hear any unusual sounds, he began to feel uneasy, and his body moved forward without knowing the direction.

"But Kamoshida was able to survive, and the biker gang was able to escape. Is it really possible for this witch barrier to completely eliminate all the shadow monsters that enter here without leaving a trace?"

"Or...was it that the body, originally composed of cognition, was dissolved when it entered the magic energy filled with the witch's memories?"

When Zhixing thought of the crippling death brought about by Shadow's death, he felt a little overwhelmed, and his originally calm state of mind was once again filled with negative emotions.

It wasn't because Zhixing cared so much about the life and death of the [Gambler]. After all, it was the [Gambler] who made Zhixing feel that his plan had failed and caused the actual casualties.

At that time, the paper bank no longer cared about whether it could keep her or not. It was just waiting for the other party to exercise the privilege simply for the purpose of experimenting with other unfinished transactions.

But the privilege had clearly taken effect, and with the guarantee of [Despair], there was nothing in this small secret room that could threaten the other person's life. Compared to others who were still experiencing a food crisis, it could be said that the life of [Gambler] had been saved the moment the privilege was used.

But what should never have happened was that the [Gambler] actually faced death because of Zhi Xing's return to the memory space!

Although the Paper Line seemed to have come down because of the transaction with [Despair], the real body of [Baseball Player] was at the bottom of the impression space. The Paper Line, which had just obtained enough food, would come here sooner or later.

But if he came alone, he might have used [Sightseeing] to escape before being hit. This was completely different from his current situation where he was caught by [Despair] and was hesitating because he subconsciously didn't want to reveal too much information about the witch's barrier.

"The person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it!"

Because the variables created by Zhixing himself will lead to his own death due to the unchangeable nature of fate.

Death by Shadow, this is what Zhixing suddenly realized when he realized that the shadow of [Gambler] had disappeared. It is the only possible way to die under the protection of the [Despair] privilege.

But it just happened, and appeared so suddenly.

“Is the collapse destined?”

Zhi Xing only felt a chill running through his body, but in the witch's barrier, there was no such thing as a witch's kiss to limit the outburst of negative emotions.

Zhi Xing could only rely on instinct, running in the witch's barrier as if to vent, as if to consume his own energy, and escape from the original starting point.

The people who worked on the dismantling in the gymnasium for an entire night also gained a lot.

【Zhan】: "Bomb...bomb!"

【文】: "This might be able to blast out an escape route."

[G]: "Impossible. This bomb's power might work against the human body, but it can't break through a wall that even I can't break."

[You]: "Huh? Could it be that the walls on the second floor are thinner? After all, [Fan Fiction Writer]..."

Gui: "Rather than the thickness of the wall being the problem, it's more that the power brought by the spectator is beyond the ability of the wall to block it, even if it's just a fraction of the power."

[Xing]: "Actually, the [Bystander] may have been watching us with his own power. Because the structure of the world over there is the same as here, and... Yesterday, the [Detective] saw the [Bystander] at the door of the locker room."

""

Everyone looked at the empty venue, and suddenly felt awkward when they thought that the "onlookers" would be watching their every move nearby.

"Hey, Naegi-kun, go to the other world and let the [Bystander] leave. It feels a bit creepy that someone is always watching."

"I was just brought along. I haven't done anything with Kyubey yet, but I was able to get through..."

After taking a quick look around, [Lucky] looked at the [Detective] who was not present and could only spread his hands to express his helplessness.

"Speaking of which, what is the [Detective] doing now?"

"I'm not sure, but I'm sure he didn't return to the dormitory."

During the gathering, the [Fighter] had already noticed the absence of the [Detective] and had originally wanted to look for him, but after seeing the motionless Monokuma in the gymnasium, the idea of ​​looking for him was replaced.

After all, with everyone present, there is no possibility of anything happening to the [Detective], and the only one who has a chance of being the murderer is the mastermind who deliberately stays still and attracts everyone's attention.

But the [Detective] is still on the survival list of the [Bystander], so in terms of priority, even if everyone can't help, they don't want to miss the information that can be obtained by disassembling the black and white bear.

No one wanted to leave the gym to look for the [Detective].

But after the bomb was dismantled, everyone spent some time dismantling it and soon realized that they could not get much value from the black and white bear's body.

After all, the largest part of its body contains a bomb, which means that this black and white bear should be a consumable weapon, and there is basically no hope of finding any clues from the outside world remaining on its body.

So at the invitation of the [Young Master], everyone left the gymnasium and headed towards the 4th floor.

The only thing worth mentioning is that because [Lucky] was close to [Detective], he took on the responsibility of handing the [Bomb] over to [Detective] for use. He took the bomb with the vibration sensor turned off out of the black and white bear's body and carried it all the way to the 4th floor.

It’s not that everyone doesn’t want to move forward, but even if Monokuma stops moving, the entrance to the 5th floor is still blocked by iron fences.

In this regard, everyone even thought of using this bomb to open a passage to the upper level.

But this bomb is one of the hopes to break the wall after all, so [Luck] does not want to waste it here.

What's interesting is that although everyone stopped at the 4th floor, the 4th floor was open on the surface, but in fact there were many locked rooms.

Therefore, after everyone came down the stairs, they quickly determined the next target of exploration.

--Information Processing Room--

[Swimming] first walked forward and tested the door handle. After confirming that it was not opened due to a problem with the mastermind behind the scenes, he was about to try to make a miracle with great force, but [Fighter] stretched out his hand and replaced [Swimming].

Compared to [swimming] which trains the body into a streamlined shape, [fighter] is not only strong but also very skillful. While successfully turning the door handle vigorously, he relies on the vibration of pushing the door and successfully opens the locked room even though there is nothing wrong with the door lock.

Everyone filed in and soon realized that this was where Monokuma broadcast his good morning and good night messages every day.

After a search, they soon discovered an unopenable door with a black and white bear printed on it, as well as a TV screen that was quite out of place among the other screens.

After all, other monitors are working, only it is turned off.

But among the people present, the only one who could tinker with this was the [Fortune Teller], so the [Fortune Teller] naturally began to install the normal understanding and connected the indoor antenna so that the TV could receive TV programs from outside.

But what the screen showed were the figures of everyone in the monitoring room under surveillance.

"Hey, change the channel immediately!"

Because of the spoilers brought by [The Murderer], everyone realized that a major change had taken place in the outside world, but no one felt it very clearly.

The TV program at this time can just confirm everyone’s current situation.

As they kept changing TV stations at the request of the "Young Master" and tried to search for other surviving programs, a familiar laugh interrupted the solemn atmosphere.

"Puff puff puff, Muda Muda, even if I turn the TV upside down, I can't find any other programs."

"Because your [fratricidal campus life] is being broadcast 24/7!"

Hearing the sound, everyone looked towards the black and white bear where the sound came from.

Lucky, holding the bomb, subconsciously said in surprise:

"Monochrome Bear...Holster?"

“Strike!”

The black and white bear took a few steps back in shock, not only because of Lucky's doubt, but also because the black and white bear, who was obviously dressed as a human, was confronted head-on by the fighter who had reacted.

Although Monokuma suffered a loss in the head-on confrontation, as his red eyes lit up, his whole body suddenly became much more flexible and he began to maneuver around the [Fighter], having lost the energy to continue speaking.

"Everyone, come in quickly! The mastermind seems to have temporarily left. There is a secret elevator in this room that leads to the outside world. Now is a good time to escape."

A slightly feminine avatar occupied the display screen that was still playing surveillance footage.

"[Programmer]?! Are you okay?"

[Lucky] asked excitedly, but before [Programmer] could answer, another person's voice came from the door.

"AlterEgo, it's you after all. Where did the mastermind go? The one over there shouldn't be the real mastermind."

[Detective] immediately noticed the two people moving swiftly in this small space, and then looked in the direction of the display screen.

"After being brought here, I was able to control the machines here with external signals, but it seems the mastermind had left before that. Now, only the [soldiers] remain here."

"[Soldier]?"

[Fighter], as the main attacker, still retained a trace of his mind to listen to the conversation among the crowd. Hearing this, he not only slowed down his own attack, but also gave the opponent a chance to temporarily distance themselves from him.

After the [Soldier] separated, she had no choice but to throw away the black and white bear mask that had been hit several times, revealing her face that was somewhat similar to Enoshima's. She looked solemnly at the [Programmer] on the display screen, with only one thought in her mind.

Failure, failure, failure, let that child's plan fail! Damn it, I'm the only one who understands my sister the best, how could I betray her trust!

At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on the [Soldier] in front of them, as if as long as they defeated the villain in front of them, they could escape from this life of cannibalism through the hidden passage.

"嗗嗗~"

A sound like radio interference came from the TV that had been ignored by everyone. Then, the figure of the "bystander" replaced the live broadcast image of the surveillance camera and appeared on the screen.

"Hey, can you hear me? Please... lend me your strength. Just think of it as... destroying the source of despair."

Chapter 371 The Nature of the Game Has Changed

"I made a deal, a deal that was going to change the world."

[Onlooker] Zhi Xing stared at the screen with unfocused eyes, but he didn't stop talking.

"On the surface, this world appears to have been destroyed by extreme despair, but in reality, it is still just a man-made disaster."

"Of course, with the situation now developing to this point, it's clear that this disaster can't be solved by just one or two people, even if they are the instigators of all this [Super High School Level Despair]."

The [Observer] slowly reached towards his neck, as if feeling something, and then said: