Watching the anime from Madoka Magica and writing the rules

"Yes, just take one more step forward, and everything will develop in a good direction. Just one more step, one more step down."

Zhixing stood at the edge and took a step forward, but stood there with a frown on his face.

"What's next? What's next? How do I do it? I've probably already tried to find a park and a hospital, so where else can I go?"

The wind from the rooftop blew in from below, interrupting Zhixing's thoughts.

An untrained body obviously cannot stand on one leg in this situation.

His body instinctively reached back and grabbed the guardrail on the edge of the roof.

Because of the feeling of weightlessness in his body, Zhixing suddenly returned his attention from his distraction to reality.

"Eh?"

The strong wind, without any tall buildings blocking it, continued to hit Zhi Xing, and Zhi Xing subconsciously looked down.

The unprecedented height difference made Zhixing feel nervous.

"Why am I here? I wasn't just...!"

Perhaps it was the surge of adrenaline that played a role, and his originally slow brain processed the problem very quickly this time, and immediately judged his own situation.

Zhi Xing put one hand through the middle of the railing and tried to get himself stuck on the guardrail.

The other hand touched his neck. If he guessed correctly, the ability to make people move was the witch's hunting method - the witch's kiss!

The Witch's Kiss—in Madoka Magica, it's the most difficult state to prevent, a means by which the "witch" brings distant beings to her side and "eats" them. The exact mechanism and triggering conditions are unknown. However, those who are struck by the Witch's Kiss typically exhibit negative, self-destructive tendencies, or violent rages that can harm others.

In the world of Madoka Magica, almost all car accidents, injuries, and suicides can be attributed to the influence of the Witch's Kiss.

And now Zhixing has the good fortune to become a victim of the Witch's Kiss.

Although it seems that the person cannot escape the control after being hit by the Witch's Kiss, even if he is seriously injured and his body is unbalanced, he will only maintain his thoughts and actions after being controlled.

It is known that except for the girl with magical girl qualifications, no one else has this ability.

But Zhixing didn't have the energy to think further, because he had already walked such a long distance and reached the roof of the building.

Then there is only one conclusion that can be drawn - the witch is here, and she is coveting his body!

Zhixing reached his hand covering his neck towards his trouser leg, trying to get the notebook in his pocket.

But with just a touch, the notebook fell out of his pocket.

Zhixing took a deep breath and tried to recall the rules with his brain without any reference answers.

Unfortunately, the paper industry didn’t have that kind of quick wit.

I saw the surrounding scenery suddenly distorted, not only the vision, but also the fear of being on the edge of a high-rise building began to disappear, replaced by a sense of security as if my feet were on solid ground.

Zhi Xing was shocked, and then he stopped thinking about it and just shouted out instinctively: "Help!!!"

Then I looked around and found that the lines in the sky ahead were gathering, dyeing the left side black.

Zhi Xing instinctively ran towards the darkness ahead, not caring at all that the sky ahead was outside the rooftop just a few seconds ago.

Then he covered his mouth with his hands and squatted down.

The surrounding scenery quickly returned to normal, or rather, Paper Line's eyes began to steadily receive light from the surrounding environment.

This was not an illusion. Although Zhixing had safely hidden in a shadow, he coincidentally followed the rules he had summarized.

But Zhixing knew that this was not a good thing, because he was now trapped in the witch's territory with a barrier.

As luck would have it, he had just gone over the pages of "Magic Circle" in his mind and realized clearly that there was no way for him to hide in his current situation.

Because this barrier only allows me to enter when the witch is watching me.

Chapter 9 Worthy of being a useless person

Squatting in the shadows, Zhixing covered his mouth, but felt his heart beating faster and faster.

"Gulu-Gulu-Boom"

In the illuminated area where the paper line was originally standing, the shadow of a pair of scissors appeared, and then the entire light turned into shadow.

Zhi Xing slowly raised his head and saw the outline drawn by the light.

The silhouette stood still for a moment, then moved, letting in the light.

Only then did Zhi Xing see that under this huge outline, there was another outline with round ears.

And this second outline is the shadow-making machine where the paper industry is now hiding.

Zhixing covered his mouth and waited until the noises around him died away before he allowed himself to breathe deeply.

It was not until this time that the paper industry had time to start sorting out this "sudden change".

"I was just talking to the security guard, and then I was controlled by the witch. And is it possible to break free from this control? I remember that even when I got to the first floor, I was still under control."

"Huh? Why did I go to the security guard?"

Zhixing thought to himself as he slowly rummaged through his body, trying to take out something.

Unfortunately, not only the notebook, but even today's food disappeared at some point.

After searching all over his body, only a few coins were left for change, which were firmly bound in his pocket.

“I have nothing again.”

Seeing that there was nothing useful, Zhixing stayed in the shadows for a while until the adrenaline that had just risen due to the huge changes subsided.

Only then did I begin to look around.

To be honest, if possible, Zhixing had no intention of taking any action within this dangerous barrier.

Anyway, I just shouted for help. If there is a magical girl there, I can be rescued by just buying time. There is no need to take risks.

And if there is no magical girl nearby, then you need to buy time instead of running away by yourself.

Because the magical girls in this city are all beautiful and kind-hearted and patrol every day, I believe this witch should be dealt with on the same day.

Whether it's Mami, the senior of Yellow, or Lan or Madoka, who inherited Yellow's sense of justice.

However, Jixing's impression of the story of "Magic Circle" suddenly deepened, so he was able to know it.

Ordinary people who are placed in the barrier by the witch will only appear in the "witch's room".

This brings us to a setting of "Magic Circle".

The witch's barrier is a maze. Magical girls cannot fight the witch right away, but have to find the "witch's room" in the barrier in the maze.

Witches basically only stay in the "witch's room", which is naturally different from other places and is the most dangerous place.

Even if they had to hide, they had to hide outside the barrier, in a wider and more cluttered area where the witch's army of familiars wouldn't see them.

In my opinion, the witch's barrier can be used for hiding. This information is reflected on the outer edge of the barrier, but it is not clear whether it can be used inside the barrier.

Based on the principle that magical girls have never seen stealth assassination, each of them is a top-notch attacker.

The paper company can only risk leaving its current location and heading outward.

First, he tentatively poked his head out of the shadows.

There was no sign of the witch, but what came into view was a room filled with various patched-up dolls.

Zhi Xing raised his eyebrows and looked at the obstacle that created a shadow area for him.

The obstacle responded by slightly lowering its head and looking towards the paper.

"A moving stuffed bear? No, it's a familiar!"

He jerked his head back, stood up in panic, and ran back a few steps until he bumped into a wall that was hidden by shadows and could not be seen.

The unbeaten body was thrown to the ground. Zhi Xing was stunned for a moment. When he stood up again, he felt weak in his limbs, stars in his eyes, and his anemia suddenly came back.

Zhixing hurriedly turned around, trying to rely on his dynamic vision, which was not fast enough even in short videos, to avoid the impending attack like in an animation.

But when the anemia subsided and the Venus disappeared from his vision, Zhixing realized that the familiar bear did not chase him.

Seeing that there was no danger approaching, Zhixing sat down, rubbed his face which was red from being hit, and leaned against the wall at the end of the road.

After relaxing his physical condition again, Paper Walker walked back behind the teddy bear.

As he got closer, Zhi Xing could clearly feel the size of this familiar.

The butt of this familiar alone is as long as a classroom. As for the height of its upper body with arms outstretched, in the absence of comparison, it is hard to say how many floors it can be compared to.

But the witch will only be taller and bigger than it.

Zhi Xing came to the teddy bear and tried repeatedly. After finding that it did not take any action except following with its eyes, it passed the teddy bear and came to the edge of the cliff.

Only by standing at the edge could Zhi Xing see the layout of the room clearly.

This is a pyramid-shaped doll tower similar to the ones displayed during the Girls' Festival in Japan. It has layers upon layers, and the more dolls you go down, the more you see.

Zhixing is now at the top of the tower, which is where there are only the teddy bear and Zhixing himself.

Although the dolls blocked my view and I couldn't see clearly how many floors there were, I could still count more than 9 floors of the doll tower opposite.

Zhi Xing lay on the edge of the cliff, looking down from different positions, trying to figure out where the next level of the ground was from the darkness blocked by the doll.

But it can't be done.

Zhixing complained about the light here, blaming the problem of poor night vision on magic.

However, although the purpose of escape was not achieved, at least other possibilities were ruled out. Now Zhixing only has that one choice - to hide behind the teddy bear and hope that the magical girl will find him before the witch.

While waiting, Zhixing tried to recall his previous experiences, and tried to think about whether the appearance of the witch meant his story line at the end of the movie. After all, this familiar seemed to be one he had never seen before.

But in the end, after working hard in the wrong direction of thinking for a long time, driven by hunger and fatigue, Zhixing slowly fell asleep.

I can swear that apart from being a little hyperactive which causes changes in sleeping positions, I definitely don't snore.

But the current physical condition is something that Zhixing has never experienced before.

So, when Zhi Xing was awakened by the heavy footsteps, he found a pair of eyes staring at him over the teddy bear's head.

Zhixing even felt like he was having a lucid dream from a nightmare.

But Zhixing had already suffered the loss of "misunderstanding lucid dream", so he decisively...bite himself.

Not only did he not realize that he was awake, but he scared himself into having a heart attack. Looking at the unchanged scene in front of him, he regretted letting his guard down.

The witch picked up the teddy bear and slowly placed it on the ground.

This was the first time Zhi Xing officially witnessed the witch's appearance.

The teddy bear is already very tall, but even a teddy bear this tall is not as tall as one floor of this teddy bear tower.

Even with more than 9 layers stacked up like this, the witch can still see past the teddy bear on the top layer and see the paper lines hidden behind it.

It feels like it’s half the height of a 160-story hospital.

Now let’s look at the witch herself.

The eyes were made of buttons, and the skin was severely sewn together with needles and thread, but a large amount of filling material still popped out from the seams of the body.

If this is the mental damage caused by some obsessive-compulsive disorder, then the giant needles that emerge from the body from time to time and the giant scissors extending from the left side demonstrate its powerful physical attack power.

Perhaps it was a case of things going to the extreme and then backfiring. Zhi Xing, who had been frozen in place in fear, looked at the witch's gradually approaching scissors, then glanced at the familiar dolls below that were now hidden from view by the witch. Instead of running away, he resigned himself to his fate and concluded:

"Another witch I've never seen before. Did I really come to the right place? If even the future isn't on my side, then why on earth did I come here and suffer like this? Aren't powerful ingredients everywhere?"

The scissors paused, and Paperline didn't notice.

But Paper's summary was interrupted because the witch "spoke", or rather, a line of three-dimensional "artistic words" flew out of the witch.

"The toys are talking! That's amazing!"

"Um???"

Zhixing looked at the characters in front of him that were even more incomprehensible than Japanese. He didn't hear any sound other than the movement of the scissors, but at the same time he heard the witch's voice "translated" into his ears.

"Can you understand what I say? No, you can understand me, no, you uh..."

Zhixing always felt that something was wrong. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't organize the words.

But the witch didn't care about the problem with the paper. Instead, she widened her glowing button eyes, and another line of "artistic words" appeared.

"It's a good toy! That's great! Finally, there's a doll I can use without repairs!"

Chapter 10 The Witch Tastes Really Good

A toy bird flew to the top of the tower and saw Paper Hang sleeping.

He tilted his head, found an angle, grabbed the paper, and flew out of the room.