You call this a love game?

If they hadn't just been practicing at the time, she almost thought she was going to die.

"That girl... is much stronger than an ordinary witch, surpassing all the witches we've ever seen."

Bai Jiangzhu leaned closer curiously, "What does the Witch's Night look like?"

"Like a castle floating in the air," Bai Yu gestured, "it can destroy a building with a single blow."

Mami Tomoe's expression gradually turned serious. "That's an exaggeration?"

She could barely manage to break through a building, but to destroy it completely... she couldn't even imagine it.

"It can only get worse," Bai Yu said with a hint of regret. "My magnetic field power hasn't even broken through 100,000 yet, and against her..."

"What if we prepare in advance?" Mami Tomoe pondered. "Shiroha-kun fought her last time, so he should know where she came from, right? If we lay in ambush beforehand, and with the Sorrow Seeds we've been stockpiling, we can catch her off guard and definitely have a chance of winning, right?"

Mami Tomoe's voice was no longer as firm as it had been at the beginning.

Although she wanted to say that there couldn't be such an extraordinary witch, Bai Yu's seriousness made her realize that this was no joke, and she had to admit that, according to Bai Yu's description, she really had no hope of winning against such an existence.

Bai Yu shook his head and sighed, "Even with advance preparation, it's hard to say, because I haven't seen anyone who can hurt her."

Homura Akemi suddenly grabbed his sleeve, her face deathly pale, and encouraged him, "This time it's different! There are four of us!"

Baijiang Zhu also waved her little fist, "That's right! Zhu is super awesome!"

Bai Yu sighed softly as he looked at their confident expressions.

"Anyway... let's deal with this one first."

The mall's basement was right in front of us, and a chilly atmosphere enveloped us.

Bai Yu moved his wrists, and the magnetic field power swirled around his body.

"Same as always, I'll go first."

"Be careful." Mami Tomoe's flintlock pistol was already poised to fire.

Bai Yu took a deep breath and stepped into the witch's barrier first.

No matter how difficult the future may be, at least for now, they can still fight side by side.

Chapter 83 Don't leave me alone...

That day, people were reminded once again of their fear of [the perpetrator/them]...

Having finished their battle with the witch in the mall, the four continued their witch hunt.

Almost every afternoon they would gather together and search for the witches, hunting them all down.

Homura Akemi's control over magic also increased rapidly during this period, and she was soon able to fight Mami Tomoe on equal terms by relying on her extraordinary time-stopping ability.

Because of the problem of the attack method being too limited, Bai Yu especially encouraged Homura Akemi to secretly borrow their weapons from the military camp. This way, they could enchant the weapons with magic and also cause considerable damage.

In addition, the girl's shield can store a lot of things, enough to fill an entire armory at once, giving her more options in battle instead of just being able to activate time stop and throw explosives, which is very unfriendly to him as a melee fighter.

He didn't want to be fighting when suddenly an explosive device detonated right in front of him, almost getting caught in the blast several times.

As for Homura Akemi's opinion that what she did might be wrong, like stealing or something...

He could only say that such thinking was too superficial.

Can you call something related to magical girls stealing?!

That's called borrowing! It's not like I'm not going to pay it back! I'll return it to you after I finish the Witch's Night event.

Besides, what was his purpose in borrowing the weapon?

To safeguard human security and protect world peace.

Anyway, those weapons are useless sitting there, and even if they were useful, they would probably be used for invasion or other bad things. Now that he has such a legitimate reason, why not borrow them?

He believed that even if those people found out, they certainly wouldn't blame them.

After all, dead people don't think.

Once Witch's Night arrives, those people will most likely not survive a day.

Homura Akemi, having acquired new weapons, appeared extremely excited and became quite enamored with the guns and cannons.

Even so, he still didn't think he could defeat Witch Night.

After all, aside from his relatively strong combat ability, Mami Tomoe's potential is far from enough to harm Witch Night.

Nagisa Hyakue's abilities are almost entirely supportive. Aside from inducing some familiars to turn against her and adding some negative buffs to Witch Night, her own offensive capabilities are practically negligible.

I really want Madoka Kaname and Sayaka to become magical girls too, so they would have two more fighting forces.

But the thought of becoming a magical girl, and ultimately ending up as a witch, stopped him from pursuing the idea.

Cupid could be born without emotion, but he cannot be.

He felt guilty about inducing and deceiving underage girls.

Magical girls are a huge pitfall; we can't let any more people fall into it.

He asked Kyubey if when despair fills the entire Soul Gem, or when magic is exhausted and cannot be replenished, an equal amount of hope will be transformed into despair, turning one into a terrifying witch.

After more than a year of exterminating witches, he discovered that witches were not endless.

There are as many witches as there are magical girls, and some familiars can grow into witches, but their numbers are very small, and they are basically eliminated by him before that.

After the Seed of Lamentation is used up, Kyubey will throw it back into the city, where it will absorb the despair of passersby, silently incubate, and quietly wait for the next magical girl to visit.

Whether she is killed again or encounters a newcomer who successfully turns the tables, the witch becomes even stronger, and in the end, she can convert even more energy.

In other words, given the limited total number of obtainable Seeds of Grief, a city can only support a very limited number of magical girls.

It's not surprising that magical girls fight over territory, and even allow their familiars to devour humans, using this 'domestication' method to obtain more Seeds of Sorrow.

But Bai Yu couldn't do that.

Therefore, apart from Mami Tomoe, almost no other magical girls were born in this city, and Mitakihara monopolized the magical girl business.

No one can become a magical girl without his permission.

Unless it's the other party's own choice, he'll always let them experience the feeling of combat up close beforehand.

When they were all trembling and some even accidentally urinated, Bai Yu knew that he had achieved his goal.

Being a magical girl is not a good profession, nor is it an easy job that can be done by playing around and eating and drinking.

He wouldn't have a good temper with someone who was so reckless with their future.

That's why he won't let Madoka Kaname and Sayaka become magical girls again, unless they are very determined to do so.

Just like Mami Tomoe knowingly made a contract despite the risk of becoming a witch, he will no longer try to stop her.

As the time for Witch's Night drew ever closer, a heavy weight seemed to press on everyone's hearts, and their brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

Bai Yu continued fighting, trying to increase his power as much as possible. He had almost defeated all the magical girls around him, but even so, he still couldn't break through 100,000 horsepower.

But time won't stop and wait for him.

The day has finally come.

At seven in the morning, the sky was like a canvas stained with gray and black, with layers of dark clouds hanging low, as if they might fall to earth at any moment. Occasionally, a few faint flashes of lightning would appear between the clouds, adding a few eerie bright spots to the gloomy sky, only to be instantly swallowed by the endless darkness, like the fierce eyes of a giant beast flashing in the shadows, extremely ominous.

The once bustling streets were now deserted. Office workers and students alike had been notified that a severe storm was approaching and that everyone near the harbor was to evacuate to designated locations for safety.

Of course, Bai Yu and the others were already waiting on the seawall.

"coming."

As the shadow suddenly appeared in the sky, a huge figure gradually became clear.

Like a doll in a tuxedo hanging upside down on a giant gear floating in the air, her enormous size surpassed that of any witch ever seen before, and the oppressive feeling she brought upon her appearance was unparalleled.

Just looking at it from afar, Mami Tomoe felt her cheeks sting from being scraped, and her chest tightened, making it hard to breathe. An indescribable sense of fear instantly overwhelmed her, as if telling her... this was an invincible existence.

"Get ready, the battle is about to begin."

Bai Yu reminded everyone again, briefly dispelling their panic. His magnetic field power surged beneath his skin, and ninety thousand bolts of electricity exploded into tiny blue light in his meridians.

The distant skyline began to distort, like a crayon drawing maliciously crumpled by a child. The clouds were torn into flakes by an invisible hand, and the windows of the entire city shattered almost simultaneously, emitting a faint, mournful sound.

Suddenly, Hyakue Nagisa grabbed the hem of Shiraha's clothes, causing her cream-colored long hair to rustle in the wind.

"It looks terrifying..."

"Don't worry, I'm here. Everything will be alright." Bai Yu turned around, gently patted the girl's head, and comforted her with a smile.

"Yes, I believe in Brother Baiyu!"

Baijiang nodded, picked up his weapon, and got into position to prepare for the operation according to the designated plan.

"We will be divided into three groups as planned."

Bai Yu's deep voice sounded so faint in the hurricane, yet it was exceptionally clear to everyone's ears.

"Xiaoyan first probes with firepower, then Mami blocks her movements and uses Finale to hit her first."

"Roger that!"

Dozens of golden rings instantly appeared behind Mami Tomoe, and an equal number of flintlock muskets floated behind her, working in conjunction with Homura Akemi's RPGs and mortars to unleash their firepower on the slowly moving witch high in the sky.

At the very moment the time stop ended, the entire street collapsed in purple flames, and countless cannon fire instantly reached the witch in the air. As the lower half of Witch Night was engulfed by the smoke, the giant bubble blown by Nagisa Hyakue also arrived above Witch Night's head.

With a 'click', amidst the crisp sound of the Soul Gem resonating, the bubble suddenly expanded into a transparent cage.

"It's now!"

Mami Tomoe's ribbons wove into a golden spiderweb in the storm, connecting to Witch's Night and binding it in place.

Bai Yu shattered the asphalt road and soared into the sky, stepping on ribbons as he sped towards Witch's Night. Magnetic energy condensed into a blue-white sun at the peak of his fist, and ninety thousand bolts of power tore through the air, emitting a roar like a dragon's cry.

The punch landed squarely on Witch Night's abdomen, and the gears immediately emitted a harsh, tooth-grinding sound as they turned.

It worked!

Bai Yu smiled and was about to throw another punch, but the smile quickly froze on his face.

His fist sank into the folds of the witch's night dress, and the seemingly soft fabric suddenly gleamed with a metallic sheen. He heard the cracking sound of his knuckles breaking, not from the recoil of the attack, but from the pressure of the witch's hardened skin.

"Damn it! I'll beat you to a pulp today, or I'll die!"

Bai Yu forcefully pulled out his fist, and an all-powerful healing green light bloomed on it, instantly restoring his hand, which had been torn and bleeding, to its original state.

With his fist regaining its strength, he pounded at Witch Night like a raging beast, each strike unleashing his full power.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! I'm shaking! My heart aches! But I'll still blast you scum to pieces!"

As if his mind was completely dominated by the magnetic field, he was completely immersed in the exhilaration of the bombardment.

What an exhilarating battle! What a satisfying battle!

Haha! Even if I die this time, it'll be worth it!

But his power is not inexhaustible, and the Witch's Night will not allow him to attack so casually.

It was as if countless pale arms stretched out from within Witch Night's body, gently enveloping his fist as if welcoming a wanderer home. Witch Night let out a laugh like a baby crying, and a sticky, low sound echoed directly in his mind.

"Welcome...home..."

In an instant, his mind began to race with memories, past or future, all blurred like through frosted glass, impossible to see clearly.

"boom--!"

Just as he stopped attacking, and his entire body was about to be absorbed into Witch Night's body, he saw Mami Tomoe's Finale's beam cannon pierce through Witch Night's body, the very spot he had been bombarding.

In the golden torrent, Homura Akemi's anti-tank missile, launched from the time-stop, struck the blasted wound, sending him flying into the department store building.

"Cough cough..."

He coughed up blood amidst the rubble, temporarily relieving his overexerted mental energy.

He was somewhat surprised that Witch's Night could also use mental attacks, and he almost fell victim to it.

He had a premonition that if he were to be absorbed into her, he would definitely die, or even become a controlled slave, controlled like a familiar to fight for her.

"Baiyu-kun!"

In the distance, Mami Tomoe, Homura Akemi, and Nagisa Momoe ran towards the spot where he had fallen, their faces showing tension and anxiety.

"How are you doing?"

Mami wanted to reach out and comfort him, but the boy was covered in wounds, and she was afraid that her movements would hurt him. Her outstretched hand hovered in mid-air, and she dared not move forward.