Fighting you is like being in jail.

The sole of his foot stomped hard on Leng Chang's face, leaving a clear shoe print.

"Pfft—! This was an accident!" Leng Chang nearly choked on his own blood. Couldn't they just ignore it now that things had gotten this bad?

After the kick, Kaname Madoka, clutching her skirt, tried to retreat resentfully, but with nowhere to go, she stared at Leng Chang and could only blush and weakly say:

"I know it was an accident... then let me go."

"I can't let go! I'd rather die than let you go! Once you make that wish, once that happens... there's no going back!"

"You just don't get it! Why are you trying to stop me! I started it all, so I should be the one to end it!"

"Because... I can't just stand by and watch you, a second-year junior high student, bear a burden that doesn't belong to you! Xiaoyuan, if you have any complaints about my plan, you can say so! We could have a happy ending soon, so why did you come here?"

"Liar."

"what?"

"You're lying! How could there possibly be an ending where you want it all and have it all!"

"..."

Leng Chang's pupils contracted, and he froze on the spot. A sense of helplessness rose in his heart, and he was somewhat dazed. He looked up at Kaname Madoka without saying a word for a long time.

The back of my tongue is full of bitterness, a mixture of dust and emotion.

Yes, it's impossible.

From the very beginning, I, COMMON COLD, envisioned an ending where I wanted it all.

I must save Homura, I must save Madoka, and I must also resolve Heat Death. I am willing to sacrifice myself for this!

Even if disaster is still a long way off, I think about it!

I dream about it!

If we come all this way and can't do this, then what's the point of coming?

So I thought...

I think about it while eating, while sleeping, while walking, and even while fighting!

But I don't have that qualification...

At that moment, it was as if the world had stopped, and Leng Chang's heart trembled.

The coldness of the sidewalk seeped into his body, chilling him to the bone. Under the streetlights, he and Madoka Kaname seemed frozen in that moment.

No one said anything more, and no one did anything more.

They simply looked into each other's eyes, as if they didn't need to communicate with words; their eyes alone were enough to understand each other's meaning.

But... Leng Chang was unwilling to accept it.

I clearly had her! I clearly had her teeth in my hand!

But...why!

Why do I feel like I haven't grasped anything?

What am I holding onto right now? Is it my dream?!

Ha, ha, ha ha ha ha ha!

I can't tell the difference! I can't tell the difference!

Which side is the truth, and which side is reality?

I can't tell!

Fuck your teeth!

I, I, I am Common Cold!

"Leng Chang, please let me go? I will make your desired future possible."

"I don't want your teeth! I don't want teeth like yours!"

"It's not like I won't be back."

"I don't want to! If I let go... if I let go... I just want you to think about yourself more, Xiaoyuan! Don't always put others first! Why are you so full of thoughts about others? Can't you think about yourself for once?"

"So that's what you meant... Don't worry, I have my own little secrets too. I won't become the Law of Cycles, so don't worry."

She crouched down, squinting her eyes, a relaxed smile playing on her lips. The air was filled with the pleasant scent of her perfume, as if transported to a scene beneath a flurry of cherry blossoms.

She gently patted Leng Chang's head, her smiling pink eyes fixed on him, reflecting his unwilling struggle and tenderness through the half-closed slits.

"Let's go get dessert together when I get back, Leng Chang. I've wanted to go to that pastry shop for a long time, let's go then. Just the two of us, is that okay?"

The night breeze brushed against her face, ruffling her pink bangs, and the strands of hair near her ears swayed at that moment.

Her smile was full of youthful awkwardness, and her cheeks were slightly flushed, as if blown by the night breeze.

At this moment, she is like a painting, a framed Mona Lisa that cannot be approached.

You can only see the smile if you look at it from the front.

Chapter Forty-Nine: I can't laugh yet, I have to hold it in!

I have no grudge against you, why would you harm me like this!

I, COMNON COLD, even with my darkest conscience, could not have done something so heinous.

Just the two of us? Alone? On a date?

You want me dead?!

If you keep doing this until Xiaoyan wakes up, I'll give you a real demonstration of what it means to be a corpse lying in the wilderness!

They died a truly gruesome death, the kind that even Mads Mikkelsen would shake his head at.

At that moment, Kaname Madoka's smile entered Leng Chang's field of vision, causing his pupils to shrink and his eyes to tremble.

An overwhelming emotion suddenly welled up from the depths of my heart.

Caw! Oh no! Retreat now!

That situation must never happen!

In an instant, Leng Chang was so startled that he lost his composure and released his grip on Kaname Madoka's ankle, as if he had been moved by Kaname Madoka's words.

But he was terrified!

The moment Leng Chang let go.

Kaname Madoka's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and she turned and ran with lightning speed. Her hands swung wildly in a choppy motion, her face expressionless as she exhaled heavily through her nose, her twin ponytails swaying wildly as she ran, as did her short skirt.

The sound of her running footsteps echoed on the sidewalk, a desperate effort to move forward.

She passed one street lamp after another, the wind blowing against her face.

Seeing this, the red eyes of the man on the black and white hill ahead gleamed with expectation. He quickly shouted towards Madoka Kaname's location:

"Hurry...hurry! It's ready! Make your wish now!"

The moment the words left his mouth, a strange feeling erupted from Black and White Hill and Muscle Hill, as if some unseen energy was spreading out at that moment!

Seeing this, Leng Jian, who was crawling on the ground, shouted in frustration.

"Please extinguish it! Don't make a wish, Madoka! Please!"

But ahead, in the darkness, Kaname Madoka, running on the sidewalk, strained to keep her head down and ran even faster than before.

"I'm sorry, everyone! Please forgive my selfishness!"

She looked up abruptly at Kyubey, her pink eyes flashing with realization, tears welling up instantly, leaving behind a trail of radiant spiritual light.

Her messy short hair fell in front of her eyes. She took a deep breath, puffed out her chest, and shouted at Black Cupid.

"My wish is—to return all witches and magical girls to their pre-birth state and give them a happy future! I also want my life back; I want to protect everyone, to protect the world! I want the world to exist forever! Whether it's this world or any other world! Everyone is the same!"

"I want it all, I want it all, and I want it all! I want to be the one and only God!"

She used all her strength to shout her wish at the Black and White Hills, a wish even more greedy than the Law of Cycles.

The moment she finished speaking, she stood in front of Black and White Hill, gazing intently ahead.

Suddenly, a voice rang out behind her.

"Xiaoyuan! What have you done! What have you done?!"

It wasn't Leng Chang, it was Akemi Homura.

At that moment, Homura Akemi's voice rang out in a heart-wrenching tone, hoarse and torn, like a broken violin.

Her voice made Madoka Kaname tremble, her eyes widening in fear and surprise, her pupils trembling uncontrollably.

Slowly turning around, then stopping, then turning around again.

She didn't dare turn around at that moment, afraid to see Homura Akemi's face, but she still mustered up the courage to turn around.

When I saw Homura Akemi with her black hair disheveled and her face streaked with tears, tears streaming down her cheeks and dripping from her chin...

She knew she couldn't turn back.

"Homa, I'm sorry. But this way, everyone can be saved. Witches, magical girls, and the world can all be saved. Then I can come back and live with everyone."

Kaname Madoka tried her best to explain, her eyes filled with confidence and happiness as she turned around.

"What a joke! You're just... Why can't you just not do this? You just need to do nothing, nothing at all!! Think about yourself!"

Homura Akemi broke down and screamed, but tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

"It's okay, Homura. I'll be back soon, and you're so kind, Homura. It's the luckiest thing that I've ever met you."

Kaname Madoka smiled, trying hard not to cry.

The next second, a blinding white light shot up from the ground, instantly illuminating the night.

The power of the wish burst forth through the black and white hills and began to gather around Madoka Kaname.

Her body underwent an incredible transformation at that moment.

Pink pigtails cascaded down, making the short hair appear incredibly long in an instant. A white butterfly hairband tied the pigtails back into a double ponytail style, while the rest of the long hair flowed naturally behind her.

A white long dress instantly replaced her clothes, pink stockings covered her legs, and white high heels appeared on her feet.

Her long skirt unfurled like a flower, and her body slowly rose into the air, freed from the constraints of gravity, gently ascending under the white light.

Madoka was born at this moment!

A unique God, even more powerful than the Law of Cycles, has been born!

"Damn it! How could this happen!"

Leng Chang clenched his fist and slammed it heavily on the ground. A sharp pain shot through his fist from the gravel. He could no longer lift his head, slowly lowering it to bury his expression in the ground.

On that unseen face, the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily, but eventually he couldn't help but raise them. His eye bags also trembled at this moment, and his pupils flashed with a sharp light. He raised his gaze and looked ahead with his peripheral vision.

Plan

Just as I expected! Just as I expected! Just as I expected!

Just as I expected!

No, it won't work.

I can't laugh yet, I have to hold it in!

Wait thirty seconds... Shall we declare victory after thirty seconds?

Mantouka, Bokulokachida!

Twenty seconds! Twenty seconds left!!

laugh-!

Hold back!

But... how could I possibly hold back my laughter at something so funny?!

"Ugh, haha ​​...

Suddenly, Leng Chang looked up at the already deified Kaname Madoka in front of him, his eyes shining brightly, and he burst into uncontrollable laughter.

Amidst his maniacal laughter, the skin on his face wrinkled, and his open mouth remained stubbornly shut.