Watching the anime from Madoka Magica and writing the rules

Homura turned her head helplessly and looked at Sayaka:

"Oh, yes, everything Conan-kun is reading now was written by me on purpose. Otherwise, when Conan wrote it himself, he would have already given up hope."

"Despair is something that kills on first sight. If it's broadcast a second time, people will get used to it, and it won't erupt again until they realize they can't escape this fate."

Homura looked at Sayaka and nodded.

"Wait a minute, what do you mean by nodding at me when you say all this? Are you provoking me?"

"No, I wouldn't do anything like provoking an idiot. I'm just a little annoyed by being messed around by an outsider."

"You guy!"

Sayaka lowered her head and glared at the front, as if she was about to transform into a magical girl in the next second.

"You two, stop for a moment. Don't forget why we got together. The same goes for Homura Akemi. Why would you deliberately say such things?"

Homura frowned and wanted to continue asking about Zhixing, but due to their current alliance, she had to maintain her relationship with Mami first. She tried to turn around and ask about Zhixing several times, but was interrupted by Mami and Sayaka.

Zhixing silently watched the interaction between the three magical girls. Although he realized that Xiaoyan had noticed something and wanted to confirm it with him, if he told it now, it would be equivalent to making a decision to defeat Witch Night. Therefore, Zhixing was also very sure that he would not tell the truth.

Even so, without Homura's pressing questions, Zhi Xing couldn't help but sigh that teamwork was not easy, forcing him to sacrifice what he wanted to do in order to respond to the group's needs and maintain relationships.

"Hey, what exactly is the information she gave you? Is your desperate secret in this information?"

Xingzi came around from the other side, approached Zhixing, and pulled the hand holding the phone towards her.

"Hmm? Is it because I never went to school? Why can I understand each word individually, but when put together, I can't make out a sentence?"

"It's just a ciphertext, encrypted specifically for me."

"From the future? Can you still communicate with the future?"

"It's just something my future self wrote for myself. It can't really travel back to the future."

"Eh~ Is this how you learned about my story? Through letters from the future."

"I don't know what you're thinking, but you're definitely mistaken. This is just a note about my daily precautions, reminding me... to be careful of time paradoxes."

"Daily life? Don't be ridiculous. If you can despair by looking at something like this, then the office workers who live their daily lives have already become food for the witch."

"Of course there are still some differences, such as the news that I may not live for more than a year."

"Huh, is this a letter from a year later? Reminding you of some deadly danger?"

Kyoko heard Jixing's perfunctory response and didn't leave. Instead, she took the opportunity to chat with him, hoping to learn more about Homura's situation from Jixing. However, Homura, who was just being harassed by Sayaka and Asami, suddenly turned around and said:

"By the time of Witch Night this month, you will have lived almost a year."

"Ah, no, that was something I just said casually. It's not written in the information."

"I can still see that kind of thing, but you told me yourself that a full year is calculated based on the number of times you've been to Witch Night."

Zhixing was silent. Although he probably wanted to complain about Xiaoyan, who had been reincarnated for more than a hundred times and whose mental age was considered an adult, such words were obviously not suitable to be said out loud.

"What do you two mean by Witch Night being the deadline? Could it be that you have been hunting down Witch Night all along?"

Sayaka grasped the point and asked.

"That's not wrong, although it's still a little far from the truth." Zhixing replied.

"What? So you're just an autistic person who gets easily despaired by a little pressure. I thought you had some very important information on your phone."

Xingzi raised her hands, rested her head on the pillow, and said with a hint of provocation:

"I've met quite a few people like this before. They were just too scared to face the present. But once they'd experienced a few of those hopeless situations, they'd immediately change because the outcome wasn't as bad as they'd imagined."

"You're like that now, right? You saw this thing the day before yesterday, and then you couldn't stand the pressure and attracted the Witch's Kiss. ​​But under our protection, you managed to get through the Witch's Kiss without any danger. Since then, you've stopped being afraid of witches, and therefore, you won't be desperate anymore."

Zhihang nodded in approval and said:

"You're right. Despair will only become weaker and weaker. I might even feel that this level isn't enough to be despair. After all, people are very adaptable. It's so high that only when I wipe my eyes and find no tears do I realize I've become accustomed to despair."

"Eh~ Pretty self-aware, huh?"

Xingzi smiled with her canine teeth, looking at Zhixing who agreed with her statement. Just as she was about to say something else, she heard Zhixing say:

"So, can you do me a favor? I want to know if I've changed."

"What's the matter? Aren't you going to look for your little Homura?"

"I can't think of anything to do with Homura, so you should do it. Just smile and look into my eyes."

"What is this? It makes no sense."

Although she didn't quite understand, Xingzi still held a snack in her mouth, put her hands on her head, and looked at the paper with a small smile.

Zhi Xing closed his eyes, adjusted his mindset, then opened them and looked at the girl who was indeed acting similarly to Anzi, but whose face didn't match her two-dimensional image. He muttered:

"The so-called tragedy is to destroy beautiful things in front of others."

Just when Xingzi didn't understand why Zhixing said this, because they were looking at each other, Xingzi easily saw that Zhixing's expression was changing at an extremely fast speed. The black spots in his eyes seemed to be shaking and gradually spread. A phantom began to emerge on Zhixing's neck, from light to dark.

"I'm sorry if...I had to...hurt you."

Hearing Zhixing's low whisper, Xingzi suppressed her smile and withdrew her hand. Just as she was about to grab Zhixing and ask him what he thought, a black gun barrel appeared in Xingzi's field of vision, and the gun was pointing in the direction of Zhixing!

"Biu!" The sound of a silenced pistol rang out in the tram.

Chapter 78 The Logic of Thinking

The person standing before you is the real Sakura Kyoko.

From suffering from hunger in her childhood to realizing her wish to live a good life facing life-and-death crises, she met Mami, a magical girl of her kind, and her life got better day by day. Then, within a short period of time after her identity was exposed, her family was broken up, and Anzi was left alone to survive.

In the midst of powerlessness, whether it was because of Mami or because she was strong enough, Anzi survived at the cost of being unable to use the magic of wishing, and changed her own values.

A man wandered to the next city, struggling alone with no one to rely on. The story of witch breeding was also told by Xingzi. I don’t know how much time has passed so far and how many crimes of condonation he has committed.

But now, because of Mami's crisis, Anzi abandoned the territory she had managed for a long time and began to stay in Mitakihara.

Not only does he ask for relatively little in terms of benefits, but he even has to waste his magic power to pay for other people's compensation.

As expected, Mami is the buffer between the two, neither as righteous as before, nor as utilitarian as after the change.

If it weren't for Mami, Kyoko wouldn't have been willing to come over.

Witch Night? No matter how much damage that thing caused, Kyoko would no longer care. The only reason Kyoko would choose to fight was Mami.

A patrol territory does have a lot of room for maneuver, but just think about it: you already own a territory, and if you come here to develop it from scratch, how much profit will you lose during this period? And who will swallow up the territory you left behind? And can you defend this large territory alone while it develops?

Although it was said to be a good place, the only one who actually came was Kyoko, who had a connection with Mami.

If they really wanted to prevent Witch Night from being defeated, then the person who would be least affected would be Kyoko, who no one in the local area cared about anymore. Even if she learned of Mami's death, Kyoko would be able to accept it.

So, if I choose to stop the Witch Night Plan, will I be sorry for Sakura Kyoko?

With this idea in mind, Zhixing came up with the idea of ​​using apricots as fantasy material.

Looking at Xingzi, who was full of youth, uninhibited, fearless, and seemed to be smiling with tiger teeth at any time, because she looked down on him, she cooperated with his model requirements without any precautions.

What emerged in Zhixing's mind were the few scenes where Xingzi was not smiling.

That was Sayaka's anger towards Kyubey when he was defeated without a fight;

It was like an apple falling to the ground, suppressing the desire to help and the uncontrollable physical disgust;

That was to open the wound and try to influence Lanmao, but could not escape the confusion of ideological differences;

It is the despair of knowing the outcome, making a last ditch effort knowing there is no hope, trying to reap a happy ending;

That was when I had just reunited with Mami and then found out that something really happened to Mami, and she was eager to use violence against me.

Zhixing's mouth opened slightly. When the memories of the original plot ended and transitioned naturally to his own experience, Zhixing suddenly realized that Anzi might not be as calm about Mami's murder as in the original plot.

If Kyubey hadn't suddenly jumped out and diverted Anzi's attention...

Knowing that Mami was murdered and possibly knowing something else, it was probably inevitable that he would be beaten. Even with the power of the magical girl, Anzi and her indifference to ordinary people's values, it was hard to say whether this beating would have any sequelae.

In other words, Anzi, who has reconnected with Mami, would be greatly affected if Mami were to die in order to disrupt the battle caused by Kazuya. After all, even if the news she heard was confirmed, the impact it brought would not be as strong as if she were at the scene, even if it was the death of a relative or friend.

Ball games, concerts, exams, games, self-solved puzzles, proof questions, debates, coding, drawing, circle studies, and even time travel.

The feelings you experience personally are far more profound than just observing from the sidelines.

Even now, if I look at this information calmly, it is just a part of the science of circle, and at most it may be effective in the current world. Why should I despair because of this?

I wouldn't take everything I see now, which is summarized by the fate of the story, as real.

To me, Anzi is just a tool character who appears more often than Mami, but is still not as important as Sayaka. She is like the passerby whom I failed to save. Even when I thought about it afterwards, I didn't shed a tear for the passerby. Even if I hurt Mami, the only person she cares about now, and even paid special attention to this person who is the easiest to talk into among the four colors, the impact on Anzi should... not... regret it... right?

It was as if his brain was working at a very fast speed. In a short period of time, Zhixing thought of many things, so many that usually would be enough to keep him in a daze for a long time. In the eye contact that lasted for seconds, all of them quickly passed through his mind.

The body's instinct gave Zhixing the answer, but reason told Zhixing that this was not enough. Even if he felt guilty towards Xingzi, it was just a delusion and not enough to bring about the witch's kiss.

Zhixing trusted the voice in his heart and added to himself:

"If (there really is no choice and I) have to (use Mami or even hurt) you (I can only go down this path to the end), I'm sorry."

His eyes were unfocused, his body seemed to be out of his control, and he couldn't even speak complete sentences. This was noticed by Xiao Yan, who had been keeping an eye on this place.

Holding the gem, she no longer had any thoughts of approaching Witch's Kiss to interfere. The magic power surged, and when Asami cautiously summoned the gem and Sayaka didn't notice anything unusual, she took out a handmade pistol made by a Japanese gangster, equipped with a silencer for special operations produced by the US military stationed in Japan.

Under Mami's incredulous gaze, he stretched out his right hand and pointed the gun at Zhixing's head without hesitation.

"biu!"

"Danger!"

Since Xingzi had seen the gun in advance, although she didn't understand what was going on, she instinctively cried out with her quick reaction ability in close combat, and changed her hand that was originally going to grab Zhixing to push him away.

However, even in her magical girl state, Xingzi could be attacked by a gun, and Xingzi dressed as an ordinary person was obviously unable to react. The series of actions she took were just a continuation of her instinctive reaction.

Zhixing stood firmly beside the iron pole of the tram. Just as Zhixing expected, even if he lost control, his body was still stuck to the pole and he did not fall to the ground.

But similarly, Zhixing did not push away the crowd because of the kinetic energy of the bullet from the right, nor did he fly backwards because of Xingzi's desperate force that far exceeded that of a sumo wrestler.

He just stood in the tram car, distracted, supported by the crowd and the iron bars.

Mami stared blankly at the sudden situation in front of her, then lowered her head to look at the Soul Gem which had just suddenly shown a fleeting magical detection reaction.

"Where did Homura Akemi go?"

Asami heard Sayaka's doubts and raised her head again to confirm.

Although the crowd in front of him was not the kind that could cause a "wolf on the train" scene right after get off work because it was after dinner, it was not the kind that could make a living person disappear out of thin air without calling out the number of people passing by.

"No, Kyoko, Sakura Kyoko is missing too."

Asami also quickly reacted to Kyoko, who had just noticed Homura pulling out a gun and yelled about the danger, but all she saw was a stranger and a lifeless piece of paper.

Mami frowned and looked at Zhixing, and immediately noticed the freshly baked witch's kiss on Zhixing's neck.

Hold the gem with one hand and block the external light with the other hand.

Asami was very steady as she walked to the extension of the direction of the tram and the paper bank, and became even more confused when she saw the gem's reaction to it dimming slightly.

"Asami, what's going on? Why did they all disappear? What happened to Edogawa Conan?"

Sayaka noticed Asami's actions and did not dare to act rashly for a moment. Instead, she leaned towards Asami and asked questions that Asami did not understand.

"I'm not entirely sure, but the reaction was very weak, even weaker than the trails others left when ensnared by the Witch's Kiss. ​​It wasn't at all as intense as the previous one, which was strong enough to dissipate over several days."

"And judging by Homura's reaction, she probably knew something, which is why she shot at Conan-kun."

Asami shared the only information she had and was confused about the other questions.

"So, should we wait here for Homura Akemi to take action? Kyoko is obviously in trouble too, is that okay?"

Asami looked at Sayaka, who was getting anxious because of being at a loss, and said soothingly:

"It's okay, Kyoko is stronger than me and can handle danger. Besides, Homura doesn't seem to have any intention of breaking up the cooperation. Compared to the two of them..."

Asami looked at the calm and motionless Zhi Xing. She didn't look like she was being controlled by the Witch's Kiss on the train, walking around or standing normally with her head down. But she also didn't look like she had escaped the control of the Witch's Kiss and was trying to locate the witch, or looking for the magical girl to ask what she had done.

"...As expected, Conan's situation is more worrying. How can it be easy to keep despairing? What kind of future would force you to be like this?"

"biu!"

The sound of a silenced gunshot echoed throughout the empty space.

Anzi's push was in vain, and she instinctively realized that there was no one else around. She did an unassisted backflip, allowing the magic to wrap around her whole body. Before she landed, Anzi, the magical girl with red hair and red clothes, had already completed her transformation.

"despair!"

The red-tipped spear was inserted into the ground, and Xingzi half-crouched and raised her head to look forward.

A purple light came from the left side of her vision. Kyoko looked over and saw Homura, who had also transformed into a magical girl, putting her pistol into the Soul Gem behind her shield.