Watching the anime from Madoka Magica and writing the rules

"We still have some time for dinner, so get some sleep."

As she spoke, Fennel, regardless of the fact that she was still in her school uniform, had already laid down on the bed with her pillow in her arms, waiting for her family to call her.

This made the paper company that had been following him all the way breathe a sigh of relief. He then glanced at the kitten resting in the corridor and had no intention of [going through the wall].

Although he did not enter the room, Zhixing closed his eyes and could still see Fennel's figure through the camera, as well as the layout of the room that he had just seen before closing the door.

Switching the view again, Zhixing also saw the figures of Yuta and Rikka who were on the train together just now.

"As expected, the protagonists and the others are quite special. It's just that the others are all Chuunibyou, so they should have a tendency to have excessive desires, but what's wrong with her? A sleepyhead?"

Although he didn't enter the room, Zhixing was still leaning against the wall, reviewing the test just now.

Although Paper Bank wants to imitate the Velvet Room, so far only the "Gambler" has done so in the form of a dream, and this dream was realized by relying on the palace.

Therefore, if you want to enter the dream normally, you can only find a qualified person, then reach a contract with the master of the hall, and then pull the real person into the dream.

Zhi Xing followed Fennel for a long way, but never encountered the other's shadow. The situation like Futaba or the [Doujin Writer] who were directly taken into the hall by the shadow did not happen.

And from the camera's footage, we couldn't observe any exaggeration in Fennel's shadow. Although Rikka's shadow was also a real person in school uniform, at least she had a weapon beside her, allowing Zhixing to identify her identity.

"I can't touch people in [Steal] mode, but I should be able to touch their shadows, right?"

"Should we go find Rikka and try, or go straight in?"

"No, although according to the time, the Chuunibyou Club hasn't been established yet, so they all went home early, but during the class leader selection period in the first week of school, Anise had already come into contact with Rikka because of the lost cat incident."

"If I talk to them directly, they'll definitely be reported to Rikka. If they truly possess the power of the Phantom Thieves and decide to change their minds on a whim, I might not be able to hide from them."

"So far, I haven't revealed my appearance except for the name Joker, so I can ask them to come over as a client and take care of the Witch's Kiss matter."

Since the Phantom Thieves were announced in advance, it is very likely that they would come to investigate the cause of the incident under the pretext of helping them restore their power, as someone who gave them power but was unable to enter the scene.

He is just the leader of the Phantom Thieves. After learning that [Evil King's True Eyes] has become a member of the Phantom Thieves, he can let the protagonist group who have personally experienced the power of the Phantom Thieves take action without any contact, using the reason that he will not take action against [Evil King's True Eyes] to complete the corresponding commission, without showing up himself.

"After all, Rikka is the heroine of the story. Judging by the strength of their desires, only Rikka and Nanamiya are likely to develop personas."

"But if Fennel from the nap club can awaken, then maybe we can make up a full complement of six people. Even if she can't awaken, we can still use her to inform Rikka about this. Since she still remembers her own situation, she shouldn't miss this opportunity, and the possibility of Shadow agreeing to meet will also be greater."

Zhi Xing took a deep breath, then confirmed the distance between him and the kitten. He exited the cognitive world, released his [Stealth] status, and then silently said:

“Impression space.”

A red light flashed, and Zhi Xing arrived at the room in the impression space.

The paper walker walked to the door of the room and was about to knock on the door to talk to Fennel's shadow when he heard a reply from inside:

"The door is not locked, just push it open and come in."

Zhixing followed his advice and opened the door, and saw the same room layout and sleeping posture as what he saw in the camera.

"Can you see me?"

Seeing that the other person closed his eyes as if he was sleeping, but also seemed not asleep, Zhixing was a little surprised.

"Well~ you've been following Rikka-chan since school, and then you started following me all the time, so of course I noticed you."

Zhihang nodded and said, understandingly:

"It seems that even though my [Stealth] can't be seen in reality, it's not really [within the barrier]. I'm still in the memory space."

"Boundary? I don't know what it is, but are we going to play there?"

"No, I came to you because I want your help. Let me meet you in my dream. I want to... make a contract with you."

"Contract? Oh, is that the new tutor? Didn't they say I'm old enough to go to high school on my own?"

Zhixing frowned. He felt something was wrong from the shadow of Rika before. Could it be that in the cognitive world of this world, the shadows in it had no instinctive knowledge?

"The contract is that I need your help, and I also want to be able to help you, so..."

Zhixing extended his hand, wanting to express cooperation, but looking at his hand, Zhixing suddenly remembered his experience of obtaining the [Camera], and suddenly realized:

Could it be that because everyone's desires are not unified, the secret treasure has no unified image, and without a complete secret treasure, there will be no free instinctive knowledge? No wonder just by encountering it, one can gain partial knowledge of the world.

"Ah! Could it be that you are the prince's steward? Do you want me to rescue the imprisoned prince?"

Fennel Shadow, who was lying on the bed, sat up, hugged her pillow and looked at the paper line.

"...I'm sorry, but I'm here to grant you the power of a hero. I need you to bring that power to those who are qualified and to resolve the crisis that's destroying the world."

"Isn't it His Royal Highness the Prince?"

"...I know how to set up a nap club at school."

Fennel's Shadow stood up in a flash, took the hand extended by Zhi Xing with both hands, and said happily:

"Really, that's great! I can finally have a place to sleep well at school!"

After the hands touched, Zhi Xing was carried by the shadow to a spacious space as if switching places, and saw May Seventh Fennel playing with her animal friends.

Using the same rhetoric and the establishment of the lunch break department as a condition, the paper company had friendly communication with Fennel and reached a deal without a voiceover.

Fennel didn't have any doubts because Zhixing was a strange adult figure. However, when Zhixing said that the way to set up a club was to bring in younger students who hadn't joined the club yet, so that they could have enough people, Fennel quickly realized what was going on.

"Are you the Phantom Thieves that Kotori-san was talking about?"

"...No, if you need to introduce yourself, you can call me Yashen."

"Really? Then Mr. Yasen, I have a friend who wants to meet you. I wonder if you have time..."

Zhixing had already achieved the purpose of the transaction, but he did not see the other party's personality mask appear. He also knew that there was no point in staying here, so he turned around and interrupted:

"If you can resolve this world crisis, I will meet her in person. Before that, please gain the power to resolve this crisis."

After Zhi Xing used words to buy time, he fled into the [Witch's Barrier], leaving Fennel still in her dream, tilting her head in confusion.

"Hmm...but my friend is a boy, right? Could it be the wrong person?"

"Fennel~ dinner is ready."

"Oh! I'm coming~"

As Fennel turned around, the entire dream suddenly disappeared. In the real room, Fennel got out of bed with an energetic look on her face and ran towards the dining table.

Chapter 394: The members of the Chuunibyou Club gather

"Is the supporting role really not that good? Establishing a nap club should be the other party's biggest desire, but there's no sign of a contract in such a transaction."

"Or is it that the cognitive world of this world is somewhat different?"

Zhixing sat in the room of the doll tower, looking at the number of dolls opposite him and thinking about the problem.

"If the instinctive knowledge of this world also requires the secret treasure of the Impression Space to possess, then the [Contract] probably also needs the blessing of this secret treasure."

"No wonder the Velvet Room only started taking action a year before the boss's birth. Perhaps they were waiting for the secret treasure to take shape before they could awaken and form a contract with the personality mask."

"But if I remember correctly, the introduction during the contract was done by the secretary of the Velvet Room. Does that mean I need to find a cognitive creature to contract with the secretary first?"

Zhixing closed his eyes and was silent for a while before sighing.

"As expected, the [Camera] can't be used inside the [Witch's Barrier]. That's good news."

"We need to find a way to limit the cameras."

Only two days have passed since Zhixing acquired the ability to use the [Camera].

In the past two days, Zhixing has shifted the camera's perspective to the two victims of the Witch's Kiss, and only with their motionless images can he fall asleep.

Just like [Mind Reading], although Zhi Xing suddenly gained this seemingly convenient ability, he had no means to turn it off.

Zhixing also tested the results of [Reset]. After all, under [Reset], Zhixing might be able to re-contact the secret treasure boulder and regain new abilities.

However, [Reset] restored the wound, indicating that it had taken effect, but the [Camera] could not be turned off.

This time, even the barrier formed by the witch's magic, sneaking or entering the cognitive world could not block the [camera]. The only thing that could block it was the [witch's barrier] that separated the cognitive world.

Zhixing no longer feels the joy of his newfound power. Instead, he is worried that after traveling to other worlds, he may be forced to observe the protagonists' every move.

"Simply blinking won't switch to the camera's field of view, but after falling asleep, your eyes will be like staring blankly at the front, and you might be awakened by something unexpected on the screen at any time."

"As for resting within the [Witch's Barrier], if you're not at the edge of the barrier and extend part of your body out of it, the time ratio here seems to be around 1:2."

Relying on the mobile phone to time, Zhixing also compared the difference between the mobile phone time and the real time, and calculated the approximate time. Just like in P5, if I slept for 8 hours, about 16 hours would have passed in reality. If there was nothing else to do, Zhixing could just sleep until he was hungry.

Therefore, if you enter the [Witch's Barrier] to rest in other worlds, you may miss some critical time.

"If I can't find a solution in this world, then I'll have no choice but to enter the Impression Dimension and then rest in the [Witch's Barrier]."

"I just don't know which level of time flow can exactly offset it."

Unlike the [Witch's Barrier], in the cognitive world, or the impression space, the closer you are to the bottom layer, the slower the flow of time.

Although we don't know the exact proportion of time, from the perspective of the Phantom Thieves, it was just a moment of daze, and it is very likely that Amamiya Ren had already completed the long-term work of the concave mask attribute.

The reason why the time ratio cannot be measured is that there is no method that can directly reach the deepest part.

After entering the impression space, the mobile phone loses its timing function and cannot be used for reference at all.

After all, Zhixing was not sure whether putting all the shadow monsters encountered on the road into the barrier would also allow the witch to evolve.

So you can use [Displacement] to avoid it on the road, or you still need to enter the barrier for a while.

"It seems like we can control the variables and test it. Since we don't have the time, we might as well just do it."

After deciding on his next goal, Zhixing left the witch's room, then entered the outer layer of the barrier again and found a place to sleep.

After all, if you are in the witch's room, the witch will probably call Zhixing to get up and drink soup according to the real time, and you will not be able to sleep well at all.

"What are you going to do, Yuta? The club."

"Anywhere is fine, what about you?"

A month after the start of school at Private Ginkgo Academy, at the club's briefing, Isshiki Makoto was asking Togashi Yuuta about his plans.

"I decided at the beginning - the light music club."

"Hey~ you like music?"

"What are you talking about? There's no boy who joins the light music club just because he likes music!"

Isshiki denied it honestly:

"What is the purpose of rock music? What is the purpose of electric guitar?"

"That's right, it's for popularity! They all exist to be popular with girls!"

Yuta said calmly, as if he had let it go:

"That's quite a serious prejudice. No, I should say... it hurts."

The note that suddenly flew out hit Yuta's forehead. Yuta touched the place where he was hit and looked at the source of the injury. He quickly identified the identity of the criminal.

Because Rikka Takanashi, who was sitting in the distance, was gesturing with her hands to let Yuta check the contents of the note.

Yuta helplessly unfolded the piece of paper folded into a flying object and looked at the contents on it.

"After this, we will meet at the coordinates of the other dimension. The master of the strange beast has summoned us—Lihua."

Yuta sighed, took out a pen from his pocket and wrote down some words that he couldn't understand, then used the rubber band he carried with him to shoot the note out accurately.

Rika looked at the note that was being shot at her and instinctively stretched out two fingers to make a V shape, ready to intercept the note halfway.

However, in order to dress up as the [Evil King's True Eye], Rikka has always maintained the image of covering one eye with an eye patch. Even after wearing it for a long time and undergoing modifications and adaptations, this medical eye patch has obviously affected Rikka's control of distance.

After all, people are able to sense distance because they can get the accurate position by crossing their eyes. Using only one eye for positioning can easily misjudge the distance of many things.

"Hmm~"

The note hit Rika's forehead, declaring that Rika's attempt to show off had failed.

After Liuhua picked up the note, read the reply on it, wrote down the specific information honestly, and sent it back.

But Yongtai, who was well prepared, caught it easily and unfolded it to examine it again:

"Second-year May 7th's club is short of people, so she wants us to go there. It's right where we met last time."

It's May 7th Fennel Senior, so I might as well go find out more about him first.

Thinking so, Yuta put the note away and made an OK gesture.

Originally, Yuta understood that as a second-year senior, he should have joined a club a long time ago, but because the third-year seniors were short of people due to graduation, he could find out what club it was. However, the facts were different from what Yuta thought.

"Huh? There's only one person in the senior's club?"

"Well, yes, because the school didn't allocate me a venue for activities, I'm still short of people."

Fennel put her palms together and spoke matter-of-factly.