Watching the anime from Madoka Magica and writing the rules

But after confirming the only thing worth noting, the affairs of others became insignificant. After all, the search time would be less than a few hours, and after the class judgment, everyone would be separated regardless of whether they won or lost.

As expected, the witch's kiss will be transferred to the shadow. In other words, I can only be a shadow, and not a cognitive existence.

As Zhixing was thinking this, his attention was drawn to him by a greeting.

"Hey~ What's going on? Aren't we supposed to be protecting the [Fighter] right now?"

Two [bosozoku] stood inside and outside the monitoring room and asked a passing paper shop.

"Have you seen the group of Detective and Despair? Where are they?"

Zhixing walked towards this side, trying to find the whereabouts of [Despair].

The [Bosozoku] shrugged and shouted into the room:

"Hey, did you hear that? Did you see where they are?"

The "Young Master" who was viewing the surveillance footage indoors did not respond. Instead, the "Programmer" who controlled the electronic system responded:

"Because of the class trial, the fifth floor has been opened. I'm currently checking something in that classroom filled with dead bodies."

Zhixing heard the reply and entered the monitoring room. He looked at the profile picture of "Programmer" on the screen and asked after a moment of silence:

"How are you doing? Can you transform into a cybernetic creature?"

The programmer shook his head and reported to the paper company:

"I tried to back up the data, but I'm still here, and the data over there hasn't replied to me, so..."

Zhixing nodded noncommittally.

With the help of the power of the Witch's Kiss, Zhixing determined that the soul of the [Programmer] would be trapped in the Witch's Kiss. ​​Before the Witch's Kiss devoured the soul into a familiar through its weak magic power, Zhixing relied on the help of the [Murderer] and, under the influence of the public's perception of Blood Carnival, pulled the soul of the [Programmer] into the hall of the [Murderer].

Although this experiment allowed Zhixing to know that if there was a dead person nearby, shouting back at the witch would indeed prevent her from taking the soul back.

But that's not a long-term solution.

After all, under the barrier of the hall, whether it was because of the witch's kiss or the soul body, the [Murderer] successfully overlapped the [Programmer's] soul and the computer.

Afterwards, Paper Line touched it, and while successfully recovering the Witch's Kiss, it also made the soul of the [Programmer] suspected to be fixed in this computer.

Because there are not many new dolls added to the doll tower room.

"If you can win, it would be best to find someone with a talent related to the soul and return to the body."

Zhihang just glanced at the "Young Master" who was browsing the surveillance playback, and had no intention of communicating. Instead, he left the place directly and walked towards the 5th floor.

When the paper bank appeared on the surveillance screen on the 5th floor, the [Young Master] raised his head and looked at the paper bank that looked a little different in the surveillance.

"Why did you go AWOL, Kyubey-kun? What happened?"

Looking at the paper shop owner standing at the door, the [Disciplinary Officer] stepped forward and asked in confusion.

Zhixing's gaze did not linger on the [Disciplinary Officer] wearing a personality mask and school uniform, but on the neck of [Lucky] who was looking over and the shadow of the [Idol] following behind [Lucky].

No Witch's Kiss?

Zhixing frowned, realizing that the self he once knew had suddenly disappeared without a trace.

"Where did it go?"

"Are you talking about Mr. Teddy Bear? He must have gone back already."

The [idol] replied with an unclear expression.

"Going back? To the dormitory?"

"No, it's about returning to that person."

"Who? Is it the one with waist-length hair?"

"Yeah, so you two know each other."

Zhixing once again checked the condition of the [Idol] Shadow's neck, and after finding that there was indeed no Witch's Kiss, he sighed.

It seems Kamizuru is already aware of the witch's power, even without explicitly stating it. Going back? Has Kamizuru found a way to control the Witch's Kiss? Or is there something special about the underworld?

"that"

Lucky opened his mouth to say something, but Zhi Xing quickly interrupted him and said as he walked away:

"If that's the case, maybe you can try it. Wait for me for a moment."

After saying that, Zhixing disappeared from everyone's sight.

It was a long time before the paper line reappeared in front of the classroom door.

Along with the paper, there also appeared the body of the [idol] and some food.

"Let's see if we can revive you. [Disciplinary Officer], you haven't eaten for a while, right? Eat something like this first."

The paper walker placed the [idol] on the classroom table beside him, then moved away from the body and placed the food in the hands of the [discipline officer].

"Thank you very much!"

After putting down everything in his hands, Zhi Xing turned his gaze, ignoring [Luck] and the hole in the ceiling again, and looked at the shadow of [Idol].

The shadow had clearly reappeared, but the witch didn't even recognize the [idol] as a living person. I really don't know whether this is lucky or unfortunate.

If that's the case, the only option is to try physical contact. After all, the Soul Gem won't automatically reconnect once it reaches a hundred meters.

[Idol] Although she showed a bit of nervousness when she saw the appearance of another self, Sayaka Maizono, who was wearing an idol performance costume, also understood that she was not completely resurrected.

"It's okay, it will be okay."

[Lucky] said soothingly, allowing [Idol] to take a deep breath at the right time and come back to his own body.

"Ah, right!"

"Ok?"

"That person asked me to bring a message."

"When all is over, meet at the foundation of the world."

[Idol] looked at the paper and conveyed the words, then he grabbed his own little hand, and then the whole person seemed to become ethereal and disappeared.

The three of them waited for a few seconds, and when they found that the [idol] showed no signs of waking up, they all looked towards the paper line.

"She hasn't eaten in a long time, and it's been days since she was last given water. Why don't you take the [idol] to a [fighter] or [soldier] for a checkup? They're the only ones among you who have more medical knowledge."

Zhi Xing suggested as if it was none of his business.

[Lucky] didn't bother to communicate with the paper company anymore. After hearing this suggestion, he quickly worked together with the [Disciplinary Officer] to bring [Idol] back to the 4th floor.

Zhi Xing watched the other person's back as he walked away, then silently turned around and walked towards the room where the [Detective] was.

[Idol]'s situation can be considered the worst. Even if the situation develops in the best direction and they win against the school referee, it is possible that [Idol] will starve to death, and then others will gradually die at the hands of fate until only five people are left.

Instead of guessing without my knowledge, let's try now and see if [Idol] can survive... a two-week hunger strike.

After a brief moment of thought, Zhi Xing stood in front of the classroom, knocked on the door, looked at the [Detective], [Baseball Player], and [Despair] inside, and asked:

"Someone died. Can you feel the fusion of talents?"

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"Oh~ That look, that desperate look that has changed. Has he given up?"

As the provider of motivation, [Despair] had already judged that Zhixing's mentality had changed due to despair before Zhixing opened the door, but such a change still needed to be confirmed.

"Someone died again? Are you going to frame someone again?"

[Baseball Player] looked at the paper in anger.

As the first person to leave, although he had just come back and heard some information from others, under the performance of the cognitive existence created by the paper industry, the [baseball player] really had the idea of ​​taking action himself.

When the baseball player thought about himself being broadcast live around the world by cameras, he naturally would not forgive Paper Bank's behavior.

But the [Baseball Player] just said it angrily, without any intention of moving forward or attacking from a distance.

After all, the [baseball player] only killed one person, but the classroom was now filled with corpses.

"Is it a [Fighter]? Can I still meet the requirements by just giving up?"

[Detective] stood up from the body beside him and looked back at the paper line.

"I didn't know, that's why I came to see."

Zhixing looked at [Despair], but his peripheral vision was also attracted by the corpses in the classroom.

"No, no, as long as there's a barrier between body and consciousness, it's impossible for people to become one."

"If I had just given up on the idea, I wouldn't have ended up with such a tedious and fratricidal school life."

"The fusion of consciousness and the elimination of physical barriers are both indispensable."

After hearing the conditions offered by Despair, Zhi Xing closed his eyes and sighed:

"Is that so? In other words, if I can just block out the physical barrier, then that'll be all that's needed."

"Oh~, that person would choose this method? In other words, I have a clear result here, right?"

After Zhixing realized that [Despair] did not receive any feedback from [Fighter]'s talent, he turned his gaze away from the other party and looked at the classroom.

"The victim of the 'Hope's Peak Academy's Greatest and Most Desperate' incident, huh?"

"Based on the timeline of the incident, it should have been a year ago, but judging by the condition of these bodies...it's as if they collapsed simultaneously just before we arrived."

[Detective] Although he was somewhat curious about that person, he was not in a hurry to discuss anything other than the case. Instead, he introduced his findings to Zhihang.

"The victims in this classroom are all the student council members mentioned by Despair. Judging from the condition of their bodies, the murder weapons found in the hands of other student council members are consistent with those found in the bodies so far."

"Except for the last survivor, or rather, the one who was still able to move, he died from his own weapon, apparently due to exhaustion."

"Is what's happening here also within your script?"

The [Detective] omitted many details and summarized them directly, then asked Zhixing.

"I was not personally involved in this period of history, so I can only pick two versions that are more credible."

Zhi Xing shifted his position and glanced at the location of the corpse that should have been in the corridor in the anime. After confirming that the corpse was only in the classroom, he spoke:

"Initially, it was Despair who called the student council together, and then, using the dark history as motivation, asked everyone to start killing each other."

"I don't know what their shameful secrets were, but they did use the weapons provided by Despair."

"The purpose of this battle royale is that [Despair] wants to prove to [Hope] that despair's feelings can provide variables for the predictable future."

"And the other version is what I heard before I came here."

"[Despair] found a way to fuse talents more thoroughly than artificial hope, and using the student council as an example, he showed [Hope] the impossible people who could break through their talents."

The Baseball Player felt a little overwhelmed and took a few steps away from Despair in fear before trembling and saying:

"This...this is nothing! Just for such a reason, hey, do you know how many corpses are here?!"

"Thirteen people. There were thirteen members of the student council present at the time. But unfortunately, the bodies in this classroom now are not all of them."

[Despair], who did not steal the show, answered honestly and then stopped talking, leaving the stage to Zhixing and [Detective].

"Artificial hope, the fusion of talents, in other words... this is the human experiment of this academy, right?"

"This kind of thing should be considered a very confidential matter. If it hasn't been made public, then could it be that you've already seen the person you call 'Hope' before coming here?"

Zhixing didn't answer, but looked at his wrist without a watch and asked doubtfully:

"Shouldn't you be looking for clues in the principal's office or competing with Despair in rhetoric? Why are you here?"

Although Zhixing didn't explicitly confirm it, the [Detective] took Zhixing's reaction into consideration and, taking it as a tacit agreement, began to explain:

"After learning that there was a classroom on the 5th floor, I felt something was amiss, so I came here to investigate."

"Feeling of disobedience?"

The intuition from the [detective] made Zhixing increase his attention.

"According to the Baseball Player's judgment, the corpse that appeared in this classroom now is probably a copycat corpse, just like the Idol, the Bōsōzoku, and the Programmer."

"The classroom still retains the same traces as when the crime occurred, just like the crime scenes of other cases. This is in another world, so the body appeared."

"So, what about reality? What does this classroom look like in reality?"

Reality Paper looked around the classroom and said, "Except for the lack of bodies, everything else is the same. The windows have also been secured."

Accompanied by paper line confirmation.

In an instant, the scene in the classroom was like a projection, and the real classroom scene appeared briefly.