Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

"I--"

Before the White Queen could refuse, Aine was thrust into the girls' view.

"......Why."

She rubbed her forehead and sighed.

After adjusting her expression, she realized that, for some reason, despite having lived for hundreds of years and reincarnated twelve times, she couldn't remain calm when facing these children.

she......

"Are you short of photographic paper? I have a few sheets left in my Polaroid camera, I can take some for you."

"Eh?! Thank you, big sister!" The girl in the lead exclaimed, her eyes lighting up.

"Stand still and don't sway. I'll count to three."

""""good!!""""

"one."

"two."

"three!"

“Cheese~~~~!”

...I feel so sorry for these children. Not just them, but also all those who sacrificed themselves for this project.

Click.

Ten minutes later, the successfully developed photograph relieved the White Queen.

She handed the photo to the girl in the lead.

"A group photo of you."

"Thank you sister!"

"I should be thanking you."

"Eh~ Why?"

"Hmm." The White Queen gently shook her head. "It's nothing."

After saying that, she picked up the Polaroid camera and went back to Ai-yin and Xiao-su-shi, and left with them.

The girl in the lead watched the White Queen's disappearing figure and bit her lip lightly.

I feel like I know her so well.

......

A moment later, Xiaosu led everyone to the castle located in the very center of the theme park, where the terminal storing the data for this area was located beneath the castle.

Beneath the castle lies a large hollow, where a square-shaped terminal stands, its surface shimmering with a yellowish-brown light, like a monument recording people's memories of their lives.

The terminal's switch is so simple it's almost crude.

It's just a switch.

Pull it down, and it's gone.

If Su Shi still had the leisure to stop them from setting up their formation, he would definitely have deployed some defensive forces here, which would have inevitably led to a fight and wasted time. However, now, the switch to shut down the terminal is within reach; all it takes is raising his hand and making a decision.

"I really will miss this amusement park," Aine sighed.

“But it’s something that has to be done,” Lixi said.

"Hmm." The lamp nodded. "The inhabitants of the divine kingdom, whether in the real world or this world, are destined to die. Doing this is actually..."

"...to see them off." The White Queen walked to the switch, opened the transparent plastic cover that prevented accidental activation, and said, "Let me handle this switch."

No one else had an opinion.

The lamp looked into the White Queen's eyes, as if cheering her on.

The White Queen took a deep breath.

"I'm sorry..." Her eyes welled up with tears, and her voice trembled uncontrollably. "And goodbye..."

This is a sentence she says every time she is reincarnated.

Now, she's going to say it again.

Pull the switch all the way down.

Damn——

It was as if the power had gone out; the monument, which had been streaming data one moment, went dark the next, along with the surrounding lights.

The surroundings were plunged into complete darkness.

"Let's go." The White Queen blinked, swallowed back her tears, turned her head, and said to the others with a calm expression, "Time to move on to the next one."

The lamp clutched the notebook tightly and nodded.

Stepping outside felt like entering another world. The sky, which had been shimmering with golden light, became dim, the bustling amusement park became deathly silent, and all the lights that had been on went out, revealing the dark gray undertones of the brightly lit buildings and the ground.

The air became nothing but pure cold.

At this moment, the lamps finally felt the reality that they had truly "killed" the eternal people.

However, in this bleak world, one thing remained.

a photo.

The lamp went over and picked it up.

That was the photo the White Queen had just taken of the girls. The girls were all smiles in the photo. Perhaps there was a problem with the development of the photo, because the overall tone of the photo was an inconspicuous pale yellow, as if it had been sitting for many years.

Objects that you, as living beings, have come into contact with may remain because they have formed a "connection" with you. That's how Xiaosushi explained it.

She said that since there wasn't much left anyway, she would just treat it as a memory.

"Xiaobai, this photo..." Deng turned his head to the side.

"Here you go. Aren't you collecting materials?" The White Queen brushed past her without turning her head. "Perhaps it's more meaningful for you to keep it than for me."

"Yeah......"

The lamp looked down at the photo, put it into its notebook, and murmured softly.

"Now, only seven are left..."

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"There are only eight hours left."

Xiangzi stood on the empty street, looking up at the clear blue sky. The sky before the storm is the clearest.

She had already made arrangements for everyone she brought out of the barrier. Apart from Lin Hai, who voluntarily stayed inside the barrier, all the girls who had mistakenly entered Fairy Tale Town had returned to their respective homes to prepare for the approaching typhoon.

However, as a magical girl, and the only remaining and most powerful magical girl in Ayashihara, Shoko still has a lot to do.

"(Meow Dream, have you found it?)"

"(No! That country road guy is moving too fast. I just caught its tail, it'll take a while to pinpoint its location!)"

"(Then you continue, I'll go clear out the ordinary witches that appear around here.)"

"(Xiao Xiang, Hai Ling and I are here too.)"

"(good.)"

“(Xiang...)”

"(Mu, you can't do this. You need to rest. Four consecutive all-nighters are too much for you.)"

"(I can do it.)"

"(If I say no, then no. A well-rested you will be a greater help to us.)"

"(......good.)"

Xiangzi finished reciting and rushed toward the nearest magical reaction.

The situation in the real world is even worse than what Miaomeng described. It's almost to the point where there's a witch on every street. Perhaps only when Nirvana had just successfully hatched did such a situation occur. But compared to that time, the origin of these new witches is completely untraceable; it's impossible to find out where they came from.

The rural roads, which posed the greatest threat, were still moving around in the city. Fortunately, because the typhoon was approaching, the streets and alleys were cleared, so the rampage on the rural roads did not cause more chaos.

————!

The surrounding environment became distorted. Unaware that she was about to die, the witch dragged Xiangzi into the barrier and lashed out at him with her scorpion-like tail.

"It's really nothing to worry about."

Xiangzi nimbly dodged the witch's attack, and a crimson fragment reappeared in his palm.

After she came out, she discovered that the things she had preserved inside the barrier could still be used outside the barrier. Moreover, when facing enemies who were also witches, the spells used through offerings were more effective than the reproduced weapons.

If weaponry is considered physical damage, then all of Xiangzi's spells are attacks that simultaneously deal physical, magical, and true damage.

"Light the match, Little Red Riding Hood."

hum-

By replacing the step of making a wish upon the Holy Grail fragment with his own magic, Xiangzi completed the process of using the artifacts of Fairy Tale Town to cast a spell in the real world.

The fragments transformed into a crimson spear.

Offering: The Possessed Man's Spear

Power: S+, Attribute: None, Duration: A, Rarity: S+

Wolf Knight's greatest pride lies in his spear skills. The Possessed Spear is the weapon he uses most often and is stained with the most blood as he conquers all sides.

Offering: Fire-fire cotton wool

Spell combos.

Xiangzi gripped the flaming spear and swung it at the crazed witch.

The Tale of the Lost: The Lost Child - Chapter 435 The Tower of Flowers (Part 3)

The "grand spectacle" of Nirvana bringing forth witches throughout the city was over in just one month. Before the typhoon arrived, Reed Plains once again fell into the same, or even worse, situation.

It's as if the hatching of Nirvana was just a rehearsal for tonight. The number of witches ravaging the Reed Plains far exceeds the original limit. Basically, you can see one or two from one end of a street to the other. Even if all the existing magical girls were to transform into witches at the same time, it wouldn't be that exaggerated.

The magical girls who are still determined to eliminate the witch are now in dire straits.

A magical girl carrying a staff was blocked at the crossroads by a witch that looked like an enlarged version of an orchid mantis. The orchid mantis had a human head and a mantis body, with a pair of mandibles extending from the chin of a human brain, as if the human face was just a mask to it.

The weak fireball struck the mantis's face, leaving not even a scorch mark.

"—!"

The girl's legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground.

She is a newcomer who recently became a magical girl. To be precise, it was the day before yesterday that a creature named Kyubey said that the number of "witches" who are threatening humanity has increased abnormally recently, and more magical girls are needed to protect humanity.

She agreed.

But I never expected it to turn out like this.

Her teammates were all dead, killed by this mantis; she was the last survivor. But she probably won't live much longer.

According to the Gathering Hall's classification, they should be Nobody-level magical girls, capable of dealing with witches ranging from Safe to Normal strength. However, the witch in front of them wiped out almost all of their teammates in an instant.

The pair of sickles were so sharp they were almost invisible to the naked eye, and the jaws used for gnawing still had the flesh of their teammates hanging on them.

This... is definitely far beyond the Normal level!

This is definitely not something they can handle!

Tears streamed down the girl's face as she watched in despair as the mantis drew closer and closer, blocking her path and raising its gleaming scythe.

"Someone please save me... I don't want to die..."

It's likely that someone overheard the girl's prayer.

"Get down!"

A roar came from behind, and the girl instinctively covered her head and fell to the ground.