Question, Understand, Become a Holy Lord

"What...is it?" Mami Tomoe asked Baihen in a slightly trembling voice. Kaname Madoka and Miki Sayaka also noticed that the atmosphere was a bit weird at the moment and did not dare to say a word.

"A so-called magical girl is someone who is destined to become a witch. The Seed of Sorrow, which exists as a witch's egg, is the core of the Soul Gem! Over all this time, almost every witch you have defeated and killed was originally a magical girl, Mami."

"Miracles and magic do exist, but their price is never as simple as becoming a magical girl. Do you understand now?"

The shocking facts came out of Bai Hen's mouth. In this cold and cruel reality, Kaname Madoka and Miki Sayaka's faces turned pale, and fear and dread grew in their hearts.

But what worried them more was Mami in front of them, whose face twisted and heart began to collapse as Bai Hen spoke.

Chapter 242 The Pretty Witch

"You said... the predecessor of the witch was... a magical girl. The enemies I have been fighting and trying so hard to defeat are actually... humans?!" Despair grew in Mami's heart, and her clear soul gem was also stained with the color of chaos.

"Senior Mami! Calm down, Vita, you were lying to us, weren't you?" Kaname Yuan showed a forced smile on his face and asked Bai Hen with eager eyes, hoping to get a completely different answer from him.

"That's right, the enemy of a magical girl was once a magical girl or something, how is that possible..." Miki Sayaka tried her best to comfort her, but from the forced expression on her face and the unconfident words, it was not difficult to tell that her heart was also filled with anxiety and fear.

"Yes, it's impossible, absolutely impossible! You are lying to me, right? You are actually a familiar of the witch's side. Your purpose is to destroy the relationship between our magical girls and Kyubey, so as to defeat the magical girls, right!"

After hearing what Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki said, Mami Tomoe grabbed Baihen from Madoka Kaname's head and screamed hysterically, like a drowning person who had grabbed the last straw. The loss of the highlight in her eyes made Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki feel a little scared.

"Am I lying? Don't you already have the answer in your heart? If I am lying, then why are you so painful and desperate? You have believed what I said, haven't you? You have believed that Kyubey has been hiding the truth and using you. You have believed that you will become a witch." Bai Hen's calm voice brought deeper despair to Mami.

Tomoe Mami gripped Baihen's body tightly with both hands, as if she wanted to burst him to pieces. Kaname Madoka and the other girl didn't dare to speak casually under such circumstances. After all, they were just ordinary people who had not officially stepped into the world of magical girls.

"No, Kyubey is my trustworthy partner, you are just a liar pretending to be Kyubey! I will peel off this layer of skin on you, break your disguise, expose your lies, and then send you on your way!" Mami suddenly stood up holding Baihen, overturned the small table in front of them to the ground, and while holding Baihen's body tightly with one hand, she held her soul gem with the other hand.

A brilliant light burst out from her soul gem, surrounding her entire body in a dazzling glow. Mami's body began to slowly rise, her hair fluttering in the light, her golden hair reflecting bits of light like twinkling stars in the night sky.

Under the cover of that layer of light, Mami's clothes also changed. An exquisite and beautiful combat costume gradually covered her body, dotted with various mysterious symbols and patterns. A hat decorated with a flower-shaped soul gem also appeared on her head.

After completing the transformation, Mami's body was surrounded by circles of fluttering ribbons, and the slender flintlock, which was her iconic weapon, was also held in her hand, with the muzzle pointed at Baihen's head.

"Senior Mami!" Seeing Mami's sudden transformation, Kaname Madoka and the others exclaimed. They wanted to persuade her but didn't know where to start.

"Witch's familiar, where is the witch who summoned you hiding? Tell me and I can kill you!" There was a dark rage flashing in Mami's eyes. She exerted force again on the hand that was holding Bai Hen, causing Bai Hen's body to feel a little pain.

"If you can't face your inner fears, you won't be able to become a good magical girl." However, such pain is child's play for Bai Hen. Magical girls are all mages, and even a magical girl who looks like a melee mage will not be that powerful. Bai Hen does not have to worry about being crushed into a pool of Chow Yun-fat.

Facing Baihen's indifferent attitude, Tomoe Mami said sternly: "I'll give you one last chance to say one word!"

"If you think everything I said is a lie, then why didn't you dare look at your Soul Gem when you transformed just now? Were you afraid of seeing the countdown to your transformation into a witch?" Bai Hen swung his tail and rolled the Soul Gem on Mami's hat onto his tail at a speed that Mami had no time to react, and handed it to Mami.

"Take a good look at yourself, Tomoe-Mami. Look at this filthy Soul Gem infected by despair. This is your true self."

When her soul gem, which was already full of cracks and had a turbid color, was placed in front of her, Mami's forced calmness collapsed in an instant. She let go of Baihen's hand, allowing Baihen to regain his freedom, and the flintlock fell from her other hand.

Mami fell to her knees, wailing in despair, "No, it's not like this. It shouldn't be like this. It can't be like this... I just used the Seed of Sorrow to purify the Soul Gem. This Soul Gem can't be mine..."

Feeling panic in her heart, Sayaka Miki quickly shouted, "Mami-sister, cheer up!"

At the same time, he took a step forward and tried to go to Mami's side, but was tripped to the ground by Baihen's tail.

"You bastard! What do you want to do to Senior Mami?!" Sayaka Miki roared angrily at Baihen, but received no response.

"So that's how it is..." Tomoe Mami muttered to herself with dead eyes, raised her head and looked at Kaname Madoka and Miki Sayaka. Tears flowed down her face, making the two of them feel heartbroken and helpless: "I am a witch."

click-

Mami's Soul Gem was finally filled and shattered by her inner despair. Colorful black light continuously poured out from the broken Soul Gem, drowning Mami's figure.

In the horrified eyes of Kaname Madoka and Miki Sayaka, the world changed. They were in Mami Tomoe's cozy apartment just now, but now they had come to a candy house full of romance and fairy tale colors.

The ground of the barrier is covered with colorful candies and chocolates, which make crisp crackling sounds with every step, as if reminding visitors that everything here is illusory. The walls are decorated with huge lollipops and marshmallows, which are of extraordinary shapes and sizes, giving people a sense of unreality.

The sky of the enchantment is a large cloud of pink cotton candy, floating slowly, casting a soft and dreamy light. At the edge of the enchantment are rows of twisted candy trees, their branches are hung with all kinds of candies and chocolates.

A huge cake tower stands in the center of the witch's barrier. It is made up of multiple layers of cakes of different flavors, and each layer is decorated with exquisite sugar flowers and fruits.

This cake tower is the core of the Beauty Witch and the source of her power. It exudes an alluring aroma, attracting magical girls to approach, but it is also full of deadly traps.

The surrounding space is filled with various dessert-shaped and waiter-dressed familiars, which are either floating in the air or crawling on the ground. Although these familiars look cute, they are actually very dangerous. They will attack invaders with weapons made of various desserts.

This is the realm of Kyubey refers to her as "the Colorful Witch" - a twisted space full of sweet temptations and deadly dangers.

The owner of this barrier also revealed her figure in the air. She was a witch as small as a flying insect.

Its nature is hospitality, it is kind-hearted, it often fantasizes about unrealistic things, it is a kind witch who dreams of ideals. This lonely witch will not let the guests who enter the barrier escape. "Makeup" and "small size" reflect that Mami tries her best to show reliability on the outside, but is actually fragile inside.

"The smell of a witch! It's in the direction of Mami Tomoe's apartment, Madoka is there!" After realizing that Madoka Kaname might be in danger, the universe's number one Madoka fan, Homura Akemi, who has a pretty appearance and an expressionless face, became panicked and quickly ran towards Mami Tomoe's apartment.

"Hey, what on earth do you want to do, Senior Asami? Why did Senior Asami become like this? You'd better give Senior Asami back to me!" Bai Hen, who had just escaped from Asami's clutches, was picked up again by Sayaka Miki and shaken violently.

"I didn't do anything. It was all done by the evil Kyubey. I'm just a mascot who likes to tell the truth." Bai Hen looked innocent.

"Compared to Kyubey, it seems like you did this! Is there no way to save senior?" Seeing that the witch's familiar not far away had noticed this side, Sayaka Miki quickly pulled Kaname Madoka and ran away.

"The way to make her change back is very simple. Just make a wish, Sayaka. Sign a contract with me and make a wish to me, and I can save Mami, and you can also become a brand new magical girl. Isn't it exciting?" Bai Hen, who was constantly shaking as Miki Sayaka ran, was not affected at all and clearly conveyed his words to Miki Sayaka's ears.

This was not enough. Baihen broke free from Sayaka Miki's hands and jumped back onto Kaname Madoka's head: "Madoka, if it is you who makes a wish, you can even save all the witches~ Kyubey and I are different. I live by the principle of honesty and clear pricing."

"Bastard! Chaos! Chaos!" Miki Sayaka cursed as she ran. She used to admire magical girls so much, but after seeing what happened to Mami Tomoe, how could she dare to make a wish to the White Scar? Even if the White Scar said that it was different from Kyubey, Miki Sayaka would only think that making a wish to the White Scar would be even worse.

The waiter's familiar with bandages wrapped around his legs approached the two with strange steps under the will of the Witch of Beauty. The strange cries made by the familiars made the two feel very uncomfortable.

"You can't leave here today without making a wish, so why don't you just sign a contract with me? If you keep going like this, you will be caught up by the familiar in no time, and both of you will die. Then the Beauty Witch, Tomoe Mami, will be defeated and killed by the other witches, which is basically equivalent to the annihilation of the whole army."

"But if you sign a contract and make a wish to me to save Mami, then the ending will be that the three of you can continue the tea party that just didn't end, and achieve a perfect ending with three of you surviving. It's a win-win situation no matter how you look at it. Are you really not going to sign a contract with me?" The unscrupulous salesman Bai Hen took advantage of the situation to sell his business to the two of them.

"Xiao Yuan, you don't want to say goodbye to senior Mami who takes such good care of you, right?" Bai Hen patted Kaname Madoka, who had been silent because of helplessness. Whether or not he can become the sales champion depends mainly on this god. Miki Sayaka is at most just an appetizer.

"I..." Lume Yuanman's mind was a mess. So many things had happened that she couldn't think normally. Not to mention that she was still in the tense and fierce stage of escape. She even had difficulty breathing.

bang bang bang-

Accompanied by the sound of a bomb explosion, the figure of the receptionist's familiar who was chasing the two was engulfed in flames. After guessing that Kaname Madoka might be in danger, Homura Akemi rushed over at full speed and arrived in time. She was not late like the speedsters or time-ability users in various works.

Because in the first reincarnation, Homura Akemi witnessed the tragic death of Madoka Kaname at the hands of the witch in order to protect her, and she made a promise to Kyubey: "I will go back to the day when I meet Madoka, not to be the one protected by her, but to be the one who protects her!" After awakening as a magical girl, she gained an extremely powerful ability - controlling time.

Every girl who completes a contract with Kyubey, makes a wish and then becomes a magical girl, the abilities they awaken are almost all closely related to their wishes.

Mami made a wish to Kyubey when she was near death after a car accident. Her wish was to "extend her own life."

Guns and cannons are just one form of her magic. Her ability is actually to "connect" and "bind" objects together, so the main body of her magic is actually the ribbon. However, in order to use her magic more effectively in the battle with the witch, she developed the magic of guns and cannons.

Homura Akemi longs to go back in time to save Madoka Kaname, and her awakened ability is to control time. Relying on this powerful ability, Homura Akemi can go back in time again and again, returning to the time when Madoka Kaname had not yet become a magical girl to try to save her.

Homura Akemi has grown through reincarnations, from an introverted, timid, and inferior girl with pigtails and glasses to an "ice beauty" with outstanding academic performance and all-round athletic ability. Even her problems of nearsightedness and heart disease were solved in one of her reincarnations.

But at the same time, she failed again and again, and witnessed Madoka Kaname die in front of her in reincarnations. Therefore, she decided not to hold Madoka Kaname's hand anymore and not to let her become a magical girl. She wanted Madoka to see the consequences of being a magical girl and was willing to fall into the abyss for Madoka.

"Run!" After repelling the familiar of the witch of beauty, Homura Akemi said coldly with her back turned to Kaname Madoka.

Chapter 243 Two wishes, one fulfillment

This is clearly the location of Mami Tomoe's apartment, but Mami is nowhere to be seen. Homura Akemi already has a rough idea of what the situation is. Although she doesn't know how it turned out to be like this, she believes that after witnessing Mami Tomoe turning into a witch, Madoka will no longer sign a contract with Kyubey.

Homura Akemi breathed a sigh of relief. Now she just had to concentrate on dealing with the power of Witch Night. Although this idea was a bit unfair to Mami Tomoe, Homura only had Madoka Kaname in her heart, and all the others were just bystanders.

"Humura, that witch is senior Asami..." Seeing Homura charging towards the witch of beauty, Kaname Madoka wanted to call her in panic, but didn't know what to say.

"I know." Homura Akemi didn't look back, but responded coldly, then activated her ability and disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Do you want to make a wish? If Homura Akemi fails to defeat the Witch of Beauty, the number of casualties will increase from the original three to 2+n. You can escape temporarily, but there are no other magical girls in this city now." Bai Hen felt for the first time that he was so dedicated and never forgot to promote himself.

Neither of them responded to Bai Hen at this moment. They were worried that Homura Akemi would be harmed by the Beauty Witch, and they were also afraid that Homura Akemi would directly kill Mami Tomoe who had turned into the Beauty Witch.

However, Homura Akemi quickly turned back because the servants of the Beauty Witch were approaching Kaname Madoka again, and she could not defeat the Beauty Witch transformed by Tomoe Mami in a short time. She could not focus on both, so she decided to rescue Kaname Madoka first and then fight the witch alone.

In direct combat, Homura's ability to control time cannot help her much. The weapons she uses to fight the witches are also different from Mami's. They are not conjured by magic, but stolen by Homura by sneaking into gangs and the army. Therefore, her direct combat effectiveness in the battle with the witch is slightly lacking.

However, since she can stop time, no witch can stop her if she wants to run. Therefore, after the witch Xiu Se suddenly realized that Homura Akemi was missing, Homura had already escaped from the witch's barrier with Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki.

"Hey, Homura-chan." Bai Hen greeted enthusiastically.

"Who are you? Are you Kyubey too? If not, what's your relationship with Kyubey?" Not long after his head was removed from Mami's gun, Bai Hen's head was pointed at by Homura Akemi again.

"Humura, senior Asami has turned into a witch. Can she change back?" Kaname Madoka looked at Homura helplessly.

"Did you stop Madoka from signing a contract with Kyubey because you knew that magical girls will eventually become witches?" Sayaka Miki had long lost her initial spirit. Mami Tomoe turned into a monster called "witch" in front of her. The shock was too great.

"You all know? Did it say that?" Homura Akemi activated her ability and in the moment of stillness, she grabbed Shirohen from Kaname Madoka's head and threw him to the ground, without moving the gun away from it for a moment.

"I'm a germaphobe, and if I get dirty, Madoka will get dirty too. Can't you be gentler?" In the time that should have belonged to Homura alone, Bai Hen spread his limbs and landed steadily on the ground, complaining at the same time, shocking Homura again.

"Since you all already know what magical girls are, stay away from Kyubey in the future. Never sign the contract and don't come back here again. I will deal with the witch. Also, I will take this guy away and deal with him." Homura Akemi said to Kaname Madoka with a cold expression.

"If you want to sign a contract with me to save Mami, do it now. Otherwise, you might only find my corpse later. Homura-chan is a cruel and ruthless guy." Bai Hen dodged Homura's hand and jumped to the side, still diligently selling his products.

Baihen's words made Kaname Madoka and Miki Sayaka hesitate. Even though there might be an abyss in front of them that was as deep as a stone, they still couldn't leave Mami alone.

"A witch can't be transformed back. She's just deceiving you, just like Kyubey. And even if she can be transformed back, so what? The fate of a magical girl is only two choices: death or becoming a witch. Even if she can be transformed back, she will soon become a witch again."

Seeing that Kaname Madoka and Miki Sayaka seemed to really have some ideas, Homura Akemi had to warn them.

"I have after-sales service here. I can guarantee that Tomoe Mami will not turn into a witch again in the short term. Also, there is a limited time special offer if you place an order now, buy one get one free."

"For example, Sayaka, your original wish was to heal Kamijou Kyousuke's hands, right? As long as you sign a contract with me, both wishes will be fulfilled at once, how about that?" Miki Sayaka, the biggest secret in her heart was revealed like this, which made her feel uneasy, but at the same time, her heart was moved.

"As long as I don't fall into despair, I can live as a magical girl forever." Miki Sayaka couldn't help but have this shocking thought.

Bai Hen was dodging Homura's grasp as he spoke, being as slippery as a loach, which made Homura very angry.

"You can never trust it, this kind of thing is impossible!" Homura Akemi discovered that there were far more secrets about the abnormal Kyubey, Baihen, than she thought, but hundreds of reincarnation experiences told her that no matter what Kyubey said, it was not trustworthy.

"Humaki Akemi, even though you keep saying that Kyubey and I are liars, you should know very well that Kyubey doesn't 'lie' in the way that humans understand. The communication method of the Incubator Clan is based on logic and efficiency, not on moral or emotional considerations." Bai Hen stepped directly on Homaki Akemi's head and attacked her head on.

"Yes, you don't lie, but that doesn't stop you from 'cheating'. The limited truth is far more terrifying than lies." Homura Akemi slapped her head in anger, but it was all in vain.

"But this also means that until just now, what I said was true, the 'truth'." Bai Hen fell on Homura Akemi's arm and looked directly into her purple eyes.

"Since you won't lie, then tell me who you are and your purpose. I want a direct answer." Homura Akemi had realized that she seemed to be completely helpless against Bai Hen, so she let him cling to her arm and asked the question coldly.

"My name is Vinalita, you can just call me Vita. I am an outlier among the Incubator clan. Because you keep repeating this period of time and keep reincarnating, a bug was born in the Incubator clan during this process. The purpose is naturally to sign a contract with Kaname Madoka to make her a magical girl." Bai Hen said slowly while standing on Homura Akemi's arm.

What Bai Hen said were all "truths", partial "truths". Anyway, the identity he came to this world with was completely fictitious. The so-called identity was just a shell he made up for himself to facilitate his actions. Naturally, his identity background was what he said, so there was no fact of deceiving Homura Akemi.

When Homura Akemi heard that her biggest secret was exposed, her pupils constricted and she subconsciously wanted to pull out her gun and shoot Bai Hen, but after realizing that she couldn't do it, she forced herself to calm down.

"Humura, what does it mean by repeating this period of time? This is not the first time you have known me, right?" Combining the previous information and the ability that Homura Akemi displayed when she saved them just now, Kaname Madoka came to an incredible conclusion.

Faced with Kaname Madoka's question, Homura Akemi chose to remain silent. Her underwear was suddenly revealed and she didn't know how to face Kaname Madoka, so she could only ignore it for the time being.

"The goal of the Incubators is to prevent the increase of entropy in the universe and avoid the arrival of heat death. In order to achieve this goal, the Incubators developed a technology that transforms "emotions" into "energy". Since the Incubators themselves have no emotions, they came to Earth and chose human girls with rich emotions. They used the huge energy generated when their hearts changed from hope to despair to achieve their goals."

In past reincarnations, Homura Akemi had already pieced together a complete answer to the purpose of the Hatchers. That's why she hated Kyubey so much. Although their starting point might be for the continuation of the entire universe, no one wants to become a victim in this process, let alone in such a semi-deceptive way.

"The purpose of Kyubey's contract with the magical girls is to wait for the moment when we magical girls become witches. Your purpose seems to be different from theirs. Why do you want to contract with a magical girl, and why do you target Madoka?" Homura Akemi continued to ask questions. Before she was sure of Shirohen's purpose, she was worried about this extremely dangerous guy in front of her, who she could not subdue, following Madoka Kaname.

"Signing a contract with Madoka Kaname is my biggest goal. As long as she is willing to follow her heart and make a wish to me, then my goal will be achieved. My only goal is that moment. As for Sayaka, she is a by-product. She is the guinea pig chosen to show Madoka my abilities."

"You bastard!" The little white mouse was extremely angry when he heard Bai Hen's words. When he thought about what happened just now, he became even angrier.

"Why is it Madoka?" Homura Akemi was not surprised that Baihen would not reveal his full purpose. She was more concerned about why Kyubey and the guy in front of her were staring at Madoka Kaname.

"The size of the wish that can be fulfilled is related to the magical girl's own qualifications. The more qualified the magical girl is, the greater the miracle she can achieve. After becoming a magical girl, she will be stronger, and the witch she finally becomes will also be stronger. The only factor that determines the qualifications of a magical girl is the cause and effect that is entangled with her. You should understand what I mean."

"Homura Akemi, because of your hundreds of reincarnations, the cause and effect entangled in Madoka Kaname has become too great to count!"

Chapter 244: Garen whispers, silence and defense breaking

"So you understand, Homura Akemi. As long as you haven't given up on saving Madoka Kaname, as long as you keep repeating this meaningless cycle, the value of Madoka Kaname will become greater and greater."

"Do you think you can save her after defeating Witch Night? No, that's just the beginning. Even if you defeat Witch Night by chance, Kyubey will not give up such a high-quality resource as Kaname Madoka, and will definitely try his best to make her a magical girl. All this is because of you, Homura Akemi." The effect of Bai Hen's silky little combo on Homura Akemi was like Garen's whisper - silencing and breaking the defense.

"Besides, do you really have the confidence to defeat Witch Night alone? You have failed so many times, why can't you face the reality? Rereading a book will always give you new insights, but there will not be a new ending. Admit it, Homura Akemi, without the help of Madoka Kaname, you can't do anything!" Bai Hen mercilessly mocked Homura Akemi.

"Shut up!" Homura Akemi was anxious. She raised her gun and wanted to fill Shirohen's body with bullets. However, when she raised the gun, she saw Kaname Madoka's worried face, and her hand holding the gun stopped immediately.

Hundreds of reincarnations and hundreds of failures had already made Homura Akemi exhausted, and she was only one step away from a real mental collapse. Bai Hen's goal, which was like a world wave, accurately broke her defense.

"Humaki's Soul Gem!" No matter how much the magical girls denied it, their Soul Gems were the truest reflection of their inner hearts and would never lie. Under the horrified gazes of Kaname Madoka and Miki Sayaka, Homura Akemi's Soul Gem was also invaded by cracks.

"Yan, my dear child, you must be exhausted after so many reincarnations for such a long time. It's time to take a good rest and relax. Just think of it as a not-so-pleasant dream. Everything will be over when you wake up."

"Am I tired... Yes, I'm really tired..." The gun slipped from Homura Akemi's hand. She stared at Kaname Madoka in a daze, and a huge feeling of fatigue surged into her heart.

Homura Akemi is undoubtedly strong, otherwise she would not have been able to persist in herself and not give up hope in the face of repeated failures. But that was when the protection of her heart had not yet been punctured.

The only motivation that kept her moving forward was "defeat Witch Night and save Kaname Madoka." This goal has now been denied by Baihen. The fragile heart wrapped in a hard shell was exposed nakedly under the sunlight in Baihen's brutal and unreasonable attack.

"No! Homura, please don't become a witch, please! Although I don't quite understand, once you become a witch, everything will be over. All your persistence for so long will become a bubble!" Kaname Madoka ignored Sayaka's obstruction and came forward to hug Homura Akemi, shouting in Homura Akemi's ear with tears in her eyes.