Watching the anime from Madoka Magica and writing the rules

"What, what happened suddenly?"

Sayaka, the only one present who didn't know about Anzu's past, was a little confused about the sudden change of topic.

"A friendly reminder, we're still on the train. Don't get so caught up in the game that you lose sight of reality."

It was only after the topic ended that Mami provided an explanation to the person on the road who accidentally overheard the conversation.

Of the five people present, only Sayaka echoed this, while the others remained silent.

For Jixing, who knows that he only has the memory of these four days left; for Xiaoyan, who will abandon the life here after four days regardless of winning or losing; for Kyoko, who came from Kazami and no longer has much empathy for ordinary people.

In the eyes of Asami and Sayaka, they still care about the future impact of the feelings of the people around them.

So the rest of the journey became a daily communication time for Asami and Sayaka, until they got off the bus at the station closest to the witch, the two who had been talking all the way finally stopped communicating.

But the situation just now still made the atmosphere tense. The few of them ran out of topics to talk about, and soon, under the leadership of Zhixing, they found an abandoned building to rest and wait for the arrival of the witch.

"So slow! Aren't witches said to move very fast?"

Sayaka sat on the edge of the rooftop with her legs crossed, looking bored.

"Indeed, it's already been an hour. If we delay any longer, we might not have time to clean up the familiars. Conan-kun, this is the only witch who can come here now, right?"

Since the witch was outside the city and there was no reference point, Zhixing didn't know how long it would take for the witch to arrive, so this wait made Mami a little impatient.

"We've already waited this long, why wait a little longer? Seriously, we gathered together specifically to save time and finish the witch quickly, but now we have to wait for the witch to arrive on her own."

Compared to the two students who still have to go on patrol to eliminate familiars and go to bed and get up early after returning home, although Anzi lives a free life, she does not want to waste this time.

"Mami-san, after the witch subjugation is over, let's split up! Now that the witch is gone, I can do some serious fighting."

Sayaka suggested this to Asami telepathically, and Asami nodded and replied:

"Of course, you can handle it on your own now. Just be careful about your magic power consumption. Especially for long-range throws, although the accuracy is very high, the power is greatly reduced. It's better to fight in close combat as much as possible."

"Yes Yes!"

Sayaka made an OK sign, glanced at her soul gem, then turned her gaze back to the direction the witch came from, thinking to herself:

This time, it should be my turn to feel the seeds of sorrow, so as long as I don't reveal my current condition, I can hide it.

Zhi Xing closed his eyes from time to time to check the movement of the witch, and he also felt very bored. When he confirmed that the witch was about to come to the city, he couldn't help but stand up, signaled to Xiao Yan that he had something to say, and then walked to the other side of the rooftop.

Homura came as invited, then brushed her hair that was blown by the wind and said calmly:

"At this distance, Xingzi can't hear you, so is there anything you want to ask?"

Zhi Xing glanced at the trio who were still on the opposite side but had clearly noticed this side. He felt the wind blowing from that side and confirmed that he was in the downwind direction before asking:

"Is that all I just said on the train?"

"It's certainly not the entire content, but as information to restrain Xingzi, it's enough, isn't it?"

"Can you tell me what else you haven't said?"

Xiao Yan's expression changed slightly, but she still did not stop Zhi Xing's curiosity and said:

"There are two main points I just concealed. One is that the Witch Trial wasn't actually initiated by the church itself, but was caused by a wish made by a girl whose family was killed by a magical girl's witch breeding."

"Although the girl was eventually found by the other magical girls, the wishes did not stop, and the girls were unable to prevent it, so the witch trial lasted for several years."

"What about the second point?" Seeing Xiaoyan pause, Zhixing asked quickly.

"You should also know that the so-called church is essentially made up of ordinary people who were saved by magical girls and learned part of the truth. That's why it's recognized by the country. So, in essence, those who launched the Witch Trial are actually victims of the influence of wishes."

"And the second point is that originally, because the church's high-ranking officials were being sniped by the magical girls but they were always using substitutes, they couldn't stop the attack. The girls had originally planned to find another solution."

"But one girl, fearing the witch trial, only wished for a way to avoid the witch trial, even though she knew she could make a wish."

"It was this girl who ended the witch trial, and her method is also recorded in the church's internal documents."

"The method is to eliminate all those karmic connections to the person who made the wish, and the person who made the wish will not be resurrected."

"According to what you said, if no one remembers the other person anymore, then the wishing system can no longer define this existence."

Chapter 99 Something Happened

"So, wishes also have to follow the law of cause and effect in order to obtain a mandatory object for wishing?"

It was obviously a very cruel truth, but Dad Xing chose to believe it and left with the whole family.

But at the same time, it also makes the Principle of the Circle become the Principle of the Circle of Humanity, rather than a pure illusion of wishing energy.

Zhixing noticed this and laughed unconsciously.

"The power of existence?"

Homura closed her eyes, still unable to understand the excitement of Zhixing, so she thought for a moment and reminded him:

"This isn't a good thing. Let's not talk about others, let's look at you and Kamijou."

"Kamijo was able to restore his entire body from a severed finger. Do you think it was because the wish included healing, or because the wish specifically addressed Kamijou Kyousuke?"

Zhi Xing came back to his senses and answered Homura's question:

"Of course it's the second scenario. After all, if it's just treatment, it might just spread from the fingers to the entire palm. If it's more serious, it might just be the entire arm."

Homura nodded and continued to guide:

"Even if the wish is for Kamijou Kyousuke, does that mean every part of Kamijou can become Kamijou? For example, blood tests for physical examinations."

"This... shouldn't count. Although the above is the main point, there are other restrictions. Otherwise, wouldn't people often be resurrected in the hospital... Could it be that with so many floors in the hospital, everyone is living there!?"

"Put aside your arrogance. Those are genuine wards. They're just single rooms, and they're spacious, so there are multiple floors. After all, it's to hide the height of the City Heart."

"Don't judge the environment here based on your understanding of medical care. Don't forget that this is a world that survived thanks to a young girl's wish. Common illnesses rarely require hospitalization."

Xiaoyan's reminder made Zhixing silent, as if he just remembered that Xiaoyan knew that he was not a real future person in this world.

But Zhihang soon stopped caring about this question and continued to answer:

"From Sayaka's wish, we can extract these three key words about Kamijou's treatment, so perhaps drawing blood isn't necessary for treatment? If they've already investigated, wouldn't it be better to just state the conclusion?"

After listening to this, Xiao Yan just nodded, but did not give an answer. Instead, she continued to ask the question:

"So, the Apostle Kamijou was born because the conditions for the wish were met, right? Then why did it take so long to appear?"

Zhixing was stunned for a moment, then realized that Kamijou's finger was severed on the day he entered the school, and he saw the finger two days later. If this finger really meets the requirements, then by that time, it must have either recovered to a human form or partially recovered, but it is impossible for it to still be in the shape of a finger. However, Saotome was completely unaware of the other changes in the finger, which meant that the change was not continuous, but was divided by a certain moment.

"I think you said before that seven days have passed. Could it be that someone made a wish...to postpone this time?"

"The only thing that can counter miracles is miracles. Making a wish and the conflict between wishes cannot delay or cancel each other out. After all, the essence of making a wish is to change the cause and effect of all of humanity to achieve the desired effect. Therefore, the adjusted form can only be one. It is through constant compromise that society has become what it is today."

"Now that you've read the main text, you should remember that you once tried to increase your abilities through wishes, but the new wish only replaced your ability to translate. Wishes, as they are used, weaken the energy of the original wish. You might even have anticipated that they would be canceled at that moment, thus exhausting the causal effect of the previous wish. Strictly speaking, wishing is a case of the last wish taking over."

Zhi Xing nodded, gaining a new understanding of the conflict between wishes, and said:

"So, the reason those vampires, even though they're already long-lived, still need to suck the blood of young girls is because their wishes are about to end, so they instinctively sense danger and risk being discovered?"

"Those who do that are merely imitating vampire wishes. Because they rely on their youthful appearance, the energy of the wish is constantly being consumed. That's why they need to wish for new girls to replenish it. Real vampire wishes are constantly refined and perfected by them. They're a unique internal promotion ritual. Those movies and TV shows where a viscount can become an earl with just one girl are exactly like that."

"Tsk tsk tsk, tsk tsk, it's really restored. Fortunately, there is nothing here."

Zhi Xing sighed, then noticed that Xiao Yan was silent, so he asked again:

"There's nothing like vampires here, right?"

"Have you reached a conclusion about Kamijou's situation?"

Homura neither confirmed nor denied the answer, but instead brought the paper back to the original question.

Zhi Xing frowned and shook his head.

"Even though you asked me to think about it, I can't think of that much right now. You know my ability to improvise."

Homura looked at the Witch's Kiss on Zhi Xing's neck, which was still moving like in the animated picture. She waited for a while before giving up and saying:

"The answer is that the original Kamijou could no longer be considered Kamijou Kyousuke."

Upon hearing this, Zhixing quickly thought of Madoka turning into a magical girl, but immediately denied this idea. After eliminating possible options, the answer suddenly emerged.

The Principle of Circles appeared when the Space Witch was formed and was attacking the Earth, but it did not appear immediately, but gave Homura some time to regret, and then interrupted Homura's regretful appearance.

What they have in common is

Contact with a witch? Impossible. How could it not be me if I met a witch or a familiar directly?

Entering the witch's barrier? Although the power to correct wishes is exiled to the witch's barrier, allowing wishes in the real world to be extended to the appropriate causal amount, if it was just entering the barrier, wouldn't Mami have already lived a second life?

Seeing that Zhixing had already gotten the answer but still looked confused, Xiaoyan said helplessly:

"So you need to think about it yourself, otherwise you still won't be able to come to your own conclusion."

"My conclusion? If you understand it, then I must have said more than just that. Is there any further explanation?"

"Memory. The key words are memory and personality."

"If you connect these two words, you mean that because his worldview has been refreshed, he's no longer the same person he once was? Um... no longer the person the wish was made for?"

"The wish isn't that outrageous, right? If so, wouldn't there already be a ton of vampires who rely on girls' wishes to stay alive forever?"

"It's really made up of a bunch of bats."

"So...so...are there werewolves? Are werewolves the same?"

"Why do you think the price of the mindless wolf that appears during the full moon and the freely transformable human form that you normally have is the same?"

"To fit the definition of a werewolf? Or rather, the identity in the legends about werewolves?"

Homura nodded, confirming that Paper Line's statement was consistent with past accounts.

Zhi Xing followed his thoughts and soon realized something. He touched his neck with a strange look on his face and said doubtfully but firmly:

"The reason for this flaw is that if I don't, it's very easy for an accident to create another version of myself, a wild werewolf. This common accident that both vampires and werewolves cannot avoid, and the only people willing to avoid sunlight and risk their lives to do so are the witches that can be found everywhere."

"As for witches, besides the physical destructive power brought by their enormous size, the only thing they can't defend against with their recovery abilities is the Witch's Kiss."

The bloodthirstiness of vampires and the loss of control of werewolves can both be seen as the effects of the Witch's Kiss.

Zhixing had seen it on Kamijou before. The so-called immunity to the Witch's Kiss was only from a distance. If a witch really got close to you, it wouldn't matter whether you had been kissed by the Witch's Kiss before or whether you were the one who made the wish.

Unless you are a magical girl, you cannot be truly immune to the Witch's Kiss, even if it is just a familiar.

"I met Kamijou after school on Friday. At that time, I had him planted with the Witch's Kiss. ​​Because if I didn't force him, when he was alone and despairing, there would be no one to save him."

"And if he hadn't been controlled by the Witch's Kiss at that time, then he would have lost an opportunity to understand the situation. Instead, we could have made up some random settings without any worries. Anyway, it doesn't matter how he interprets it, as long as it delays time."

"I'm not Sayaka, you don't have to explain to me why you did this."

Homura glanced back in the direction of the trio, only to see Sayaka had already stood up. Standing at the front of the rooftop, she completed her transformation into a magical girl with her back to the others, and with a single leap she charged into the barrier that had just arrived.

"Hey, come and deal with the witch, don't even think about escaping with your share of power."

Mami and Anzi followed reluctantly. Before entering the barrier, Anzi turned around and shouted loudly.

"Well, let's stop here for now. We can talk again later when we have time."

As she spoke, Homura turned around and completed her transformation, taking two light steps and entering the barrier.

Zhi Xing fumbled with the touchless Witch's Kiss, his thoughts still on the information he got from Xiao Yan.

"Madoka's case is easy to explain. It's likely that while recovering her power, she also received the memories of countless girls. Therefore, Madoka's mere 14 years of memories are completely insufficient to guarantee that she is still Kaname Madoka's direct descendant."

"So the birth of the Law of Circles is understandable, but why would a witch's kiss make Kamijou no longer Kamijou?"

"Kamijo clearly just passed out. Even if we use the setting of the demi-human anime, that should be his true form. If he wasn't able to regenerate both sides at the beginning, then he shouldn't have been able to do that forever. What's this? The lich's phylactery wasn't killed, so just being controlled triggered resurrection?"

“Even Kamijou didn’t say anything like that when he was controlled by the Witch’s Kiss, like Green Hair… that everyone was going to a better place.”

(Anyone who can sing that kind of melody shouldn't be a bad person.)

Zhixing recalled the words that Kamijou had said not long ago when he asked him to save the other Kamijou. That was attributed to the musician's trust and the reason why the 14-year-old boy was so ignorant and easily believed it.

"Really? I told you all about Kamijou's despair. I knew he wasn't someone whose emotions would be affected by music alone. Why didn't you notice?"

(This responsibility is too heavy. I can’t even play a light tune. If I had known this would happen, I would have preferred not to have my hand healed and returned to an ordinary life.)

"He clearly chose to give up his musical dream. How could an apostle, who also possesses his own memories, still play the violin well after having his fingers severed? Moreover, how could a naked apostle, unable to enter his home, play a melody?"

"So, Kamijou let the other person in first, and then he could hear the melody he played in the past."

"Is he truly not afraid of the other person harming him, or is he hoping the other person can replace him, so he's willing to skip classes and not let his parents find him, just to synchronize his memories with the other person?"

Zhixing was a little hesitant to define Kamijou's thoughts casually. After all, he had guessed wrong twice.

However, this also confirmed that Kamijou's logic of action was different from that of the previous Kamijou.

After all, he didn't trust me so much back then, but now he can easily accept the other Kamijou's call for help and cooperate very well in entering the police station without causing any trouble.