Watching the anime from Madoka Magica and writing the rules

"That's why there's this project called the Detailed Inspection, which is used to cleanse the effects of the Witch's Kiss."

"For example, how did they become a hopeless remnant of the party when their thoughts became hopeless, their actions became extreme, their morals declined, their sense of law became indifferent, and so on?"

"Oh, as a Witch's Kiss, it seems that self-loathing should be the most important thing. This kind of self-loathing will probably have an impact even after recovery. After all, what is hated are real things and problems, not fictional fantasies."

"Just like Renmei wants to escape from reality and go to that so-called beautiful world."

Zhixing stood at the door of the shop, some distance away, going back and forth in his increasingly errant train of thought, until Xiaoyan appeared from behind and woke Zhixing up.

"Let's go and destroy the witch that's bothering you."

Zhixing turned around and looked at Xiaoyuan, who had not come out with him, and asked curiously:

"Why don't you take Xiaoyuan with you to have a look? Anyway, it's the same if you take one ordinary person or two people."

"Don't get me wrong. I just couldn't say too much because Madoka was still here. Don't take this agreement lightly."

"Are you really going to stop your despair? Is this amount of witch enough?"

"Battle isn't about adding or subtracting mana. The more experience you have, the less mana you need to consume."

"Besides, there's not much time now, is there? Do you plan to do it again tomorrow, or do you want to do it again tonight?"

"Witch Night is so close, perhaps it's just outside the influence of the City Heart and cannot be detected."

"Then, can you guarantee that the Witch's Kiss won't strike prematurely and drag in ordinary people who haven't had time to evacuate?"

Zhi Xing scratched his head. He could accept this statement, but he couldn't help but ask curiously:

"You've memorized so much, but you're really not going to tell me?"

"Of course, I will still tell you. After all, memorizing so many random things is very taxing on my brain. But it's only after the Witch Night. After all, I still need your help to save the limited mana I have after the Witch Night."

"After the Witch Night is over, shouldn't you bring out some of the abandoned cases that have been disproven but that, when speculated, would lead to despair? What you're showing me now should be what I need to understand, right?"

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"You gave this to me personally, asking me to make the announcement based on my own judgment. Now, because you've breached the contract, I've decided to postpone the announcement. Is that okay? Or do you want to come across as unreasonable and unreliable?"

Xiao Yan led the way in front with ease, responding to Zhi Xing's questions as they walked.

Zhihang nodded and agreed with this statement.

It is still possible to gain trust by making something you care about but not that important.

And since the information was translated by my own ability, it must have been a voluntary decision made by me.

The doubts were answered, and Zhixing didn't dare to ask any more questions. So the two of them took several means of transportation in silence all the way to the edge of the city.

Zhi Xing stood outside the barrier, watching Xiao Yan escape into the empty door and disappear into the wilderness. Then... Zhi Xing didn't have to wait too long. The battle ended in a few minutes. He emerged from the air and grabbed the Seed of Sorrow that was still floating in the air.

"It's time to go home. Don't even think about running around. We have to stay up all night to get the ammunition that we should have gotten by now."

"Oh, sorry."

Jixing knew that his behavior was indeed bad, so he also knew to apologize for disrupting Xiaohen's plan.

Xiao Yan lifted her hair, then walked in front as usual, leading the way, and Zhi Xing followed silently.

It was a quiet journey, no one said anything, just like strangers walking on the same road, one in front and one behind.

Through the reflection in the shop window, Homura looked at the image that had been freed from the control of the Witch's Kiss, but it seemed as if she had not escaped it. She looked tired yet indifferent, and looked away with a little guilt.

"I'm sorry. I've been keeping my distance as you said, but leaving you to despair isn't the right thing to do."

Homura walked on the silent road, closed her eyes, and the image of the former Edogawa Conan emerged in her mind. Although she still couldn't speak and didn't understand the things in this world, she was still very enthusiastic and showed an open interest in all kinds of things she had never experienced.

Opening his eyes, Homura looked at Kudo Shinichi, who had lost the motivation to prove a certain hypothesis because of the reincarnation strategy information he had started to read. He had lost his inner strength when alone, but became extroverted when there were people around. He even lost hope for the future. It was as if he had accepted that he only had a few days of memory left, and everything would start over again, so he didn't care about anything anymore.

The thought that as long as the information was not materialized, Zhixing could spend this month in a peaceful and idle state emerged in his mind again.

After all, doing something like this is just finding the locations of some witches that have been known for a long time.

It’s just a matter of patrol time.

The only time it can be useful is when the Witch Night is approaching, when it can attract one or two witches who are no longer close to the city.

But is the abundance of lamentation really that useful?

In the most important interpersonal communication, Zhixing did not provide much help. In the final analysis, apart from the topic of magical girls, he was unable to participate in other daily topics, so the relationship could not be maintained or prolonged.

Therefore, whether Zhixing gets the information or not is not important to Xiaoyan. Zhixing's living conditions for the next month can be said to depend entirely on his own thoughts.

"However, unlike you, I have always taken my promise seriously. Just like you trust yourself unconditionally because of the future Homura, I also believe that Conan's actions have some purpose, it's just that the time has not come yet."

Homura shook her head, took out her key and opened the door to the apartment building. She put aside her past memories for a moment and instructed Paper Line:

"For the last two days, stay home and order takeout. I'm going to go to a more heavily guarded area to resupply equipment. Asami, I'll be leaving you to watch over it. Be careful not to let it rot. After all, it's not a real corpse, so it still needs some water."

Zhi Xing tilted his head and asked doubtfully:

"Then why didn't you tell me yesterday? I didn't even know I needed to feed you water. Besides, you didn't go home yesterday?"

"After all, it just started freezing yesterday, so I'm not dehydrated enough to need to replenish water. But didn't you go out overnight yesterday? How do you know about me?"

Homura stood in the hall, looking at the door that wasn't closed, and the window that was still buzzing with air. She quickly stepped forward to take in the scene of the crime, then turned back to the paper shop and asked:

"What happened to Tomoe-Asami?"

Chapter 112 The third day to last ends

"As for Mami, I remember... I haven't seen her since she took me away. Maybe she's still there?"

"Where is it?"

"Um, I don't know. I wanted Mami to take me to Madoka's house so I could meet her there. After all, you definitely wouldn't show up and interrupt us there."

"You don't use your brain properly to think, but you have to use it in this way. So, how did Asami get moving?"

Homura stood by the window that had been knocked open from the inside and was protruding outwards, and looked at the opening. She easily confirmed that it was the outline of Mami, and not caused by a chair or other objects.

"Mami at that time... probably didn't transform into a witch. Her clothes didn't change, but her body moved. She spoke. Yes, she spoke. It didn't sound like a witch text. Although it looked a bit like a beauty, it was probably just an ordinary magic ribbon."

"This is impossible."

Homura shook her head and then explained to Zhi Xing:

"When I was researching magical girls' abilities, I tried it. If it was an attack with concentrated magic power, it would be fine. It is indeed possible to maintain the concentrated state and fly a long distance. However, the residual magic power is another matter."

"Take my ability as an example. If I can infuse bombs with magic power without recycling it, the magic power will only last for 4-5 hours. This means the enchantment process is very short, so I can charge all the bombs in a building with magic power in a short period of time."

"But similarly, when I'm more than 100 meters away from these magical objects, the magic will only maintain its original position and proportion. It won't change or move on its own."

"Even if a magical girl eventually becomes a witch, as long as she hasn't done so, it's impossible for her to split into a life-form formed by magical power like a familiar."

Zhixing listened to this experiment that was not recorded in the materials and nodded. He secretly complained in his heart that this material was only used to make himself despair, so he did not record the irrelevant parts.

"Then, could it be that a witch or a familiar did it? For example, you told me before that Mami's body would attract a witch or something."

Zhixing expressed his own opinion, and that was the reason why he tried to call out to Mami's body. After all, he had to believe in his own information.

"That's even more impossible. After all, didn't you just say that Mami was clearly communicating with you in a human way? You didn't hear the voice of the witch or familiar coming from your body, did you? Or do you think that familiars can still retain human memories and habits?"

Zhi Xing shook his head. Even the witch herself had very few memories, so she behaved like a child. The familiar was just a part of her soul, so how could it possibly understand her memories completely? Although Mami's brain was still in her body, her soul was still...

Zhihang thought of a possibility and immediately proposed it:

"Do you think it's a special magic cast by Mami's wish? Isn't Mami's ribbon clone quite powerful?"

Homura looked back at the paper line as if she were a troublemaker, then turned and walked out of Asami's room.

"I see, Ribbon Clone, it seems this knowledge was acquired from you. I'll keep an eye on it."

Shizhixing watched as Homura returned to the hall, then walked back into the room, placed the textbooks she would be using tomorrow on the window of the room, and then walked straight to the door.

"Humura, what are you doing?"

"I won't teach you how to cook dinner. You should just order takeout. I'm going to stay up late because of the problems you caused."

"Sorry, my mind may be out of control. I won't do it again next time."

"There's no chance for another time. After all, you don't have any more material to do evil with, right?"

Homura didn't believe Zhixing's assurances, but she was sure that there was nothing left that Zhixing could touch or use physically, so she wasn't too worried about leaving Zhixing alone at home again.

"Uh"

Zhixing looked at Xiaoyan leaving the house and busying herself with her side job as a "magical girl", and didn't know what to say for a moment.

He turned around, looked at his open room door and Asami's room beside him, and sat down in the empty and spacious hall of Homura's house, feeling confused.

I've already read all the information except for the ones that Homura doesn't want to talk about.

Mami also left a gap and ran away, and in the process, she also destroyed the opportunity to communicate with Xiaoyan.

Madoka had just met her, so it wasn't a good time. Homura was also watching her, so she couldn't say anything she shouldn't, maybe even during Witch Night. After all, she would have to give up this round eventually, and it wouldn't affect her amnesiac self in the next round.

Sayaka is gone and her home is nowhere to be found. Witch's Kiss has not tried to awaken her memory in this regard.

I just went to Mami's house and cleaned up the traces I left behind.

Anzi has no fixed place to live. Judging from the fact that she would go to the game hall, it is highly unlikely that she would live in the church where she used to live. After all, she broke into the ATM (physically) to get the money. If they could open a hotel to accommodate Sayaka, there is no reason why she wouldn't live in a hotel now. That would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"So the only places I might come into contact with that could have anything to do with magical girls are the school and the official hotline?"

"Yeah, and Kamijou, I think he called."

Zhixing got up and went back to the room to pick up his cell phone to check, and sure enough, he found that both numbers were there.

But...Paper Bank had no idea of ​​dialing.

Because they can't help much. One is an ordinary person like himself, and the other is an official group with no concept related to Witch Night. Even if they are called for help, it is estimated that it will be the same as before, just sending a few magical girls without enough supplies, and taking a C-level bounty to do an SS-level mission. How can it be effective?

Zhihang even doubted whether he could convince the other party to send someone over within one or two days.

After all, I don't know how much persuasion I had to do since Homura hadn't seen me for a whole month in the first round.

But since Xiaoyan deliberately left the other party's number, it means that in the subsequent rounds, she has already tested and found out that this anti-suicide hotline can contact the official. Maybe in one of the rounds, she will take the initiative to join and contact them.

But since Homura's game is still going on, it means that the help is not that great, and it may even be more of a hindrance than a help.

"Ah~ This world is too difficult. Even if they could just give me a magic school to study hard, it would be fine. If I keep going like this, wouldn't it be the same as if I didn't exist?"

Zhixing leaned back and collapsed onto the quilt, as if he was trapped in a swamp, a feeling of powerlessness surged in his heart.

I glanced at the time on my phone and found that it was far from dinner time, and I had no idea what to do.

"I don't have to distinguish Madoka anymore, and my phone is right next to me. I don't have any mobile games to play, but I'm far from finished watching the anime. Why can't I get interested anymore? Isn't this the perfect way to waste time?"

Zhixing picked up his phone and tapped his neck twice to confirm that there was no sign of the witch's kiss. He felt a sense of emptiness. This state of electronic impotence was something Zhixing often encountered after he resigned from his internship. At such times, there would always be mobile games to waste his time every day, or there would be other games to distract him. If all else failed, he could go to the forum and check out some Yuanxue.

"Ah~ Why me?"

Zhixing sat up from the bed and went to the hall to take care of his personal hygiene.

After all, the mental laziness and unwillingness to move could not stop Zhixing from waiting from morning to afternoon. He just had lunch and went back to continue waiting for Xiaoyuan to finish school, but the physical reaction of being suppressed for a whole day was suppressed.

After resolving all the emergencies, Zhixing passed by the hall again, saw the open door on Mami's side, and walked in involuntarily.

"No wonder Homura didn't know about Asami's situation. It turns out there's no one on this side."

Zhixing leaned out of the window and saw the lawn below and the broken glass that was covered by the lawn and not exposed. He looked at the surrounding buildings and found that there was no door leading upstairs. It was as if the space was left only for the light in the room.

He retracted his head and looked at the refrigerator door that was pushed aside. He tried to close the door and found that both the inside and the outside were intact. There was no sign that Mami had opened it violently.

"This refrigerator doesn't seem to be able to be pushed open from the inside. After all, it has a strong cooling function. If it could be pushed open directly, the cold air would have already flowed into my room and would be even colder than the air conditioner."

Zhixing moved his hands and confirmed that there was indeed a button on the handle of the refrigerator that could be pressed. He was a little puzzled and for a moment he was not sure whether he had closed the refrigerator door. After all, even in the state of Witch's Kiss, he would still feel that the environment was very cold.

"So what exactly drives Asami's body to react and move? It seems like Homura isn't quite sure either. Can we research this and add it to the data?"

Thinking of this, Zhixing hurried back to his room, then took a notebook and pen and walked back into Mami's room. Looking at the open refrigerator in front of him, he began to take deep breaths, trying to make himself think.

"First, first, what is the reason for making an immobilized body move again?"

"Witch's Kiss? No, it's a little different from Kamijou's situation. I was the one who got the Witch's Kiss, but Asami's behavior doesn't match that of a Witch's Kiss... That's not right either. Asami is still using magic, but her control over her body isn't complete. It's like the magic power can't cover her entire body."

"Just like how the Witch's Kiss can control ordinary people, but girls with magical girl qualities can also break free from its control, Mami, who can also use magic, naturally cannot be controlled by this level of magic. After all, the Witch's Kiss wants to influence people by entering their souls."

"Shouldn't Asami's soul be in the Soul Gem, taken away by Kyoko?"

"Asami doesn't really know the truth about the soul. Even if she knew that she could transform into a witch, she wouldn't be able to pretend her body is dead like a certain anime character and hide it from the experienced Homura."

"So, what's an example of someone being able to use magic without a soul?"

Zhihang looked at the name Rougaijiao in the foreign aid list in the notebook.

"After all, it's a fan work, so the protagonist, whose name I can't remember and whose story I've almost forgotten, seems to be able to be resurrected as an ordinary person again if his other selves are still alive, and can still make wishes and use magic."