Watching the anime from Madoka Magica and writing the rules

Zhixing thought about the information he had given. Apart from the pseudonym and being at the subway station, there should be nothing else.

Judging from her speed, Xiaoyan should come back earlier than those people and leave this place she rarely visits.

Zhixing looked around again, but didn't see the camera he was familiar with, so he stopped panicking.

I opened my phone, flipped around, found a memo, nervously clicked it and took a look, but there was nothing there.

So the paper company wrote in the memorandum:

"Although the suicide prevention hotline is considered an emergency number for supernatural incidents, the people there are more concerned about ordinary people and don't care too much about magical girls."

"Logically speaking, compared to the unlikely chain reaction of people falling into despair at any moment, then having to work without people, causing the company to shut down, and then even more people to despair, magical girls would benefit the most. One wish is equivalent to the lifelong contribution of an ordinary person."

"Besides, the scarcity of magical girls is also related to the sacrifices of ordinary people. If it is for the sake of ordinary people who make calls, then the magical girls should not be left alone. But why is it human talent?"

"Magical girls have a very short lifespan. They need to be replaced every month or so. Only occasionally do some of them reach adulthood."

"So, there are several qualified girls in the same grade. If one of them goes wrong, it will cause an overabundance of familiars and crises. There will always be opportunities for others to make wishes."

"If this vicious cycle is ignored, why does this hotline service still exist?"

The paper paused here, trying to think of a reason, but couldn't think of one that would convince himself, so he saved it and would add to it later.

Zhihang looked at the call time, which was about 14 minutes ago, and then looked at the call duration, which was about 38 minutes.

After calculating the time spent wandering around and subtracting the time Homura spent fighting, I estimated that if Homura didn't rush back, there should be more than 20 minutes left, which feels like enough time to watch an episode.

Zhixing clicked on the anime list and found that he was not as indifferent as before. He stopped thinking for a while, touched the Bluetooth headset still on his ear, and started watching anime.

Time passed slowly. I was afraid of being interrupted, so I skipped the opED and finished watching an episode in less than 20 minutes.

Zhihang looked at the entrance and didn't see any red, so he looked around.

A flash of red appeared in sight.

But it wasn't a ribbon, but a striking red hair among a group of black-haired people.

Zhixing frowned as he looked at the red-haired woman. Judging from her height alone, she was half a head taller than other adults and it was obviously not Xingzi.

Moreover, the other party seemed to be searching around and had no intention of queuing up at the tram station.

At this moment, it seemed as if he noticed Zhi Xing's gaze.

The adult woman suddenly turned her head and looked at the paper line before she could look away. Then she smiled and disappeared from bottom to top.

I rubbed my eyes and looked at the anime on my phone, but there didn't seem to be any red-haired characters. Was it because I'd watched Witch's Kiss too many times and was hallucinating?

Before Zhihang could make any move, he suddenly heard hurried footsteps behind him.

Looking over, two men stopped behind Zhihang.

One of them said while holding the phone:

"Found it. Didn't run away. Looks like he's still waiting. Yeah, okay."

Another man took out a pair of sunglasses from his pocket and put them on before introducing himself:

"Hello, Mr. Edogawa. I'm a member of the Apostle Association stationed at the Mitakihara branch. My name is Yuu, and the person next to me is..."

The man interrupted impatiently:

"No need to introduce me, let's get down to business. You're also an apostle, right, Mr. Edogawa?"

"What do you mean by apostle? Do you mean that kind of relationship?"

"Yes, it's the kind of relationship you're thinking of. You just saw Yu's vision."

Zhi Xing looked at You who was wearing sunglasses, put away his phone, and asked:

"What is that? Did you get the wrong person?"

"We just received a tip that someone here had called the helpline, so we rushed over."

"Hello, it was you who called, I just saw you put away your phone."

Compared to You's slow and measured demeanor, another man who did not want to reveal his name was more aggressive.

Zhixing looked past the two people and looked towards the exit.

After not looking for the red ribbon, Zhixing discovered that there seemed to be someone standing at the ticket gate, as if monitoring the people entering and leaving.

"Don't look anymore. I won't let you escape, Mr. Edogawa!"

The grumpy man walked to the side, blocking the paper bank and the tram, drawing the paper bank's attention back.

"Don't worry, I just want to understand the situation. If you can tell me, do you have any skills?"

You still asked in a leisurely manner, but he had already tacitly acknowledged the fact that Zhixing was an apostle.

"I see. I was wrong. You're not concerned about the safety of ordinary people, but are looking for people with special talents."

"We are just here to register. We won't force you to do anything, don't worry."

"It's just to prevent you from using your abilities to commit crimes and increase our workload."

"So, what are your abilities? Hallucinations? Hypnosis?"

"You should tell me your story first, we are not..."

"I can observe the environment over there to a certain extent because I was born with poor eyesight. My sister always took care of me, and it was the same then and it is still the same now."

You pulled down his sunglasses to reveal his eyes, and then a red-haired female figure appeared beside You.

Well, it doesn't look like a ghost. She is wearing a magical girl costume that I have never seen before. The only difference is that the phantom woman looks like an adult.

"Tsk, what an annoying look! Hey, we've already talked about abilities, so it's your turn to talk about yourself."

"It seems that this ability is not very strong. It's about the same as mine. I can only have a conversation with you guys."

"Tsk, a language course? It's really useless."

"Do you have a clear enough understanding of your own abilities? After all, they are given to you by others. Perhaps your understanding is not comprehensive enough. We..."

Compared to the grumpy man's indifference, You asked nonchalantly.

"I'm obviously so weak, there's no need to target me. I don't have the time to go."

Zhixing thought about the schedule that only had one thing to do and declined.

"Mr. Edogawa, you think your wish is too simple."

Yuu didn't take it seriously and took the initiative to express his wish.

"That was obtained by the magical girl at the cost of her own life. Simply applying it won't fully unleash its power."

"effect?"

"Yes, magical girls may not have this knowledge, but we have still researched it."

"Can you give me a brief overview?"

"Mr. Edogawa, do you think that wishes are one-time things? Or do they last forever once they are granted?"

"I think it should be able to maintain this forever. Even now, I am speaking a foreign language to you."

"So, here's the question. Since you can always understand, is your brain modified? Or is every communication a wish fulfillment?"

"Does it make any difference?"

"Of course there's a difference. If it's the latter, there's no need to worry about being used as material for human experiments, becoming a stepping stone for human progress."

The irritable man spoke, rejecting the worst-case scenario.

"Mr. Edogawa, have you ever heard of the term karma?"

Yu spoke the technical terms to Zhi Xing with some uncertainty.

"Is it the qualifications of a magical girl that Kyubey uses as a wish material?"

"Yes, it seems you understand a little bit, then it will be easy to explain."

"Karma can be seen as a person's destiny. In other words, the total amount of karma should be constant. The way to break the total amount of karma is to make a wish."

Yuu paused, then said:

"Although the girls have different talents, even if they make the same wish, the results will not be exactly the same. However, after our investigation, it is not only related to the girl's inner thoughts, but also to the fate of the person who made the wish."

"Destiny? How do you say that?"

"Using you as an analogy, the girl's karma was transformed into energy A. This energy A can be used to communicate with you."

"At first glance, it might not seem like much, but you can spend your entire life speaking a foreign language without having to worry about running out of money."

"Because this energy A will be distributed to each speech according to the number of times you are destined to speak."

"In other words, as long as you're talking, your wish will remain effective because the energy has already been allocated and will be consumed appropriately."

Zhi Xing frowned and asked back:

"Conversely, the quality of my translation actually reflects the qualifications of the corresponding girl?"

Hearing this, the two looked at each other, and then the irritable man said:

"It's fine anyway, although there's no point in doing this. After all, the girl's talent has been almost exhausted."

"And even if you had that idea, you wouldn't be able to quantify the quality of your translation, because you wouldn't know how many times you could use the power granted by your wish."

You added that after all, both the number of times and the degree of each time need to be quantified in order to be compared with others.

"Then...what if the number of times is infinite?"

"Hahahaha, are you stupid? I already said that it relies on the energy provided by the girl. How can it be possible to draw out infinite energy to deal with an infinite number of times?"

The grumpy man burst into laughter, his whole body arched and leaning back.

Zhixing's first reaction was to look at the people around him. To his surprise, everyone around him turned a blind eye to the grumpy man's behavior.

"Don't worry about it. It's only natural for you to have such thoughts. You can make a wish now, so who cares if the price you pay is enough?"

“Is there a case for this?”

Zhixing looked at You and his heart suddenly jumped, thinking that he might have known about some existence similar to Xiaoyuan.

"As I just said, making a wish can change the original amount of karma, which naturally includes both reduction and increase. So, who can refuse immortality?"

"As long as you live long enough, then the number of times is unlimited. In other words, are there people among you who still have eternal life?"

"This brings us to the second scenario, where the wish comes true, but as the frequency increases, the quality of the wish is infinitely lowered, so that the fulfillment is very limited and reluctant."

"Look, if you become a stone, can you achieve eternal life? If you become a vegetable, can you live to be a hundred years old?"

“Is the effect reduced?”

Zhixing thought about his own abilities, and then thought of Xingzi's father, who had similar abilities to him.

Xingba's ability is so convincing that he can hypnotize an entire church of people, which is several thousand people.

However, even though it is a blessing by wishing, it is not necessarily possible to brainwash the world directly through videos, media, etc.

Is it because we don't have access to media in this era? Madoka Magica is set in the near future, so this is obviously impossible.

So, it is indeed possible that the effect becomes weaker as the number of people increases, so that both the duration and the brainwashing effect are unsatisfactory.

But the power of the paper line comes from Madoka, Madoka's qualifications are enough to become a god, so with this qualification, the wish is only to this extent, could it be that

Without giving Zhixing much time to think, You thought for a while and then said:

"In fact, regarding immortality, some people have already found a corresponding balance. You're all familiar with the Vampire Embrace, which is famous for using the blood of young girls."

"If one girl alone can't achieve immortality, then the next one can. By continuously spreading the cost among different people, we can achieve the eternal life we ​​desire."

"This is the result of unlimited uses. Each time a wish is used, it relies on the sacrifice of something else, such as devouring the life of another, just like the victim abducted by the witch."

Chapter 58 Let’s end this long day quickly

Zhi Xing took a deep breath and asked evasively:

"Can wishes be combined?"

"It cannot be stacked in a short period of time. You need to consume the original wish blessing to a certain extent before you can make another wish. It's called stacking, but it's actually just a continuation."

The grumpy man beside him also recovered and said:

"Hey, hey, could it be that your purpose of staying with the magical girl is to get the next magical girl's wish?"

"Let me be frank, it's impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"Otherwise, every girl's wish would have been targeted by someone long ago. Although it's not to say that no one is targeting wishes now, but compared to becoming an apostle, it would be faster to directly baptize and block the Witch's Kiss."