Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

The act is cruel and sadistic. Because of his own unhappy life, he enjoys torturing small animals and watching them die in agony, only to eventually become prey himself. To convey the despair he felt before his death, he will relentlessly torture and kill any prey he deems worthy.

Xiangzi showed a slightly surprised expression.

This guy, I saw him on the 27th, the witch who was instantly killed by her heavy firepower, I didn't even notice her name, but she went back to the past and now she's blocking my way again.

However, this time Xiangzi didn't have the space to unleash the heavy firepower that could instantly kill it, nor did he have the time to deal with this guy. In this relatively confined space, this witch, whose power barely reached the Hard level, caused him considerable obstacles.

Incidentally, in terms of danger level, Deep Stone Lullaby is undoubtedly Safe, while the two witches protecting it, Soul of the Child and Bloom, are undoubtedly Hard.

These three witches are all under the control of the Ode to Praise faction.

Not to mention there is also the "Witch of This Shore" who reigns supreme over all other witches.

How did the Ode to Magical Girls come to have so many witches? What did they do to them?

More and more mysteries began to emerge in her mind, but now was not the time for her to ponder them.

Tsk.

Xiangzi clicked his tongue inwardly, then twisted his waist as if dancing, dodging the witch's scythe.

drop--

An XX-like pattern appears on the screen, indicating that the familiar terminal has been locked.

While dodging the attacks from the blooming flowers, Xiangzi retrieved the operator buff from the familiar terminal and continued running towards the nearest black terminal number three.

Thirty seconds was enough time for her to use the operator buff to shut down both familiar terminals.

However, besides the witch Blossom who has to play hide-and-seek with it, there are also many familiars belonging to the twin witches of the upper level who are blocking its way on the lower level.

A flash of light appeared on the Soul Gem embedded in the hidden blade, and a shock bomb landed in Xiangzi's hand—the familiar terminals downstairs were very fragile, and if they were destroyed, the witch's true form would self-destruct prematurely. In order to reduce the damage to the basement, Xiangzi tried his best not to use weapons with high destructive power.

jingle.

The pull ring landed, its shockwave sending it flying in an arc towards the blooming creature chasing behind.

Click.

At the same time, the bullet is pumped into the muzzle.

Gunshots and a piercing sound rang out simultaneously. A stun grenade exploded very close to the witch's head, the loud noise causing her to freeze in place for a moment. At the same time, the scattered bullets blasted away the familiar blocking her way, clearing a path.

Holding the operator buff, Xiangzi walked past the familiars blocking his way and slammed the buff into Black Number Three's familiar terminal.

The operator's permissions initiated the shutdown procedure.

drip-

The progress bar appears—fills up—and turns into an XX icon.

The second terminal has also been locked.

Xiangzi took out his operator buff and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

With thirty seconds remaining before the forced cooling trigger, the familiar terminal that was processing the data refreshed. Xiangzi glanced at the bloom behind him. This witch, who looked like an orchid mantis, was clearly not surviving the high temperature. Her beautiful carapace showed signs of charring, and she was moving much more anxiously than before.

"(The third round?)" Xiangzi asked as he ran towards the center of the field.

Returning to the center of the field allows you to go to any point at any time, avoiding situations where the point is too far for you to reach.

My clothes were completely soaked, and sweat dripped onto the ground with a sizzling sound as it touched the earth, leaving only a salty stain in an instant.

This temperature would be unbearable for a normal person without professional equipment. It seems that Xiangzi is not a normal person, but he wouldn't be much better off than a human with professional equipment.

Two seconds passed without any sound being heard.

"(Report the checkpoint.)" Xiangzi urged slightly.

"(The white room has no target.)"

The instant Xiaoyuan finished giving her number, a cloud of black smoke emerged from among the familiars, gathering around her and transforming into a wolf-shaped half-body, its gaping maw snapping at her.

The wolf-shaped half-body with the soul of a child is cunning, treacherous, and treacherous. When fighting it, Madoka must always be wary of its sneak attacks hidden among the familiars.

Especially when you're distracted by looking through the observation window, that's when you're most vulnerable to a sneak attack.

Fortunately, Xiaoyuan had anticipated this. She jumped up and narrowly avoided the wolf's bite, lightly stepped on it, used it as a stepping stone to jump towards the switch, and after landing, she smoothly rolled to get right in front of the switch and slapped the observer buff into it.

“(Little Flame, here’s the buff for you.)” Little Madoka said.

However, the yellow light on the switch did not disappear for a long time.

"(What about Homura?)"

Xiangzi took a breath, sweat dripping down his body like a waterfall.

The current high temperature is already terrifying; even the familiars operating on the lower level are finding it hard to withstand it, and their bodies, which are barely holding on, are beginning to melt.

Xiangzi urged again after five seconds, but there was no response.

"(Little Fire?)"

"(Wait, wait a minute!)"

The half-body of the sheep, resembling a goat, is enormous and runs like a semi-trailer truck, rampaging recklessly.

Facing the goat that was growing larger and larger in his eyes, Flame took out a high-explosive grenade from the small round shield, pulled the pin, threw it into the air, and then, like hitting a baseball, used the shotgun as a baseball bat to hit the goat charging towards him. The grenade exploded with a bang when it hit the goat's half-body.

The force of the explosion swerved the sheep off its trajectory, sending it grazing the edge of the flames before crashing into the wall, with stars appearing above its head.

"call......"

Panting heavily, her face pale, Yan dropped the shotgun she had been using as a baseball bat and stumbled toward the switchboard, grabbed the observer's buff, and moved toward the nearest observation window.

"(Number Five, Black Number Five! The rest of me—)"

Boom-!

"(Homa-chan—!)!"

Flame crashed into the wall, feeling completely stunned. The whole world seemed to shake, and his mind was buzzing.

what happened?

Flame thought to himself, somewhat bewildered.

Under her clothes, a large bruise appeared on her right side from her waist to her chest. A dull pain throbbed in her brain, constantly disturbing Yan's mind. Her glasses fell to the ground, and she could not see anything clearly. She could only curl up on the ground like a shrimp, making weak dry coughs.

She didn't know how much time had passed, but Xiangzi's voice vaguely appeared in her mind.

"(I turned off Black Five, there are 18 seconds left, I can turn off one more... Wait, did something happen up there?)" Xiangzi's worried voice came through, "(Yan? Yan, are you alright?!)"

"(I...uh...I'm fine...)"

Yan gritted her teeth, forced herself to get up from the ground, and groped to pick up her glasses.

The right side of my body is so painful that it's numb.

However, now is not the time to complain of pain.

The sheep-shaped half-body was even more cumbersome than it looked. After charging once, it took a lot of time to turn around. Flame got up from the ground, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, looked up and adjusted his horns, aiming at his sheep-shaped half-body once again.

thump.

The hoof slammed into the ground with a dull thud.

Flame took a step, striding towards its direction.

Such behavior was tantamount to provocation, so the momentum of the charge became even more ferocious.

But that's exactly the effect Flame wants.

The faster you go, the harder it is to adjust your direction while running. She never intended to confront the other party head-on.

A witch, as big as a semi-trailer truck, crashed into her. Flame, her face pale, leaped to the side, her two fluffy braids swaying in the air.

A rumbling sound brushed past him, and Flame landed right on the nearest observation window.

"(Black—Black Number Three, very close!)"

"(Black No. 3, received.)"

Xiangzi wiped the sweat that had gotten into his eyes.

The sizzling sound of sweat evaporating instantly upon touching the floor continued to ring out, and Xiangzi's sweat never stopped, gushing out like a waterfall from every pore on his body.

The body's thermoregulatory system dissipates heat by expelling water, which is why she can barely stand here now.

At this point, Xiangzi felt that Kyubey's so-called "body is just a peripheral for magical girls and is not important at all" was pure nonsense. The mouse and keyboard are peripherals, and the monitor is also a peripheral. Without peripherals, the computer can still run, but the user can't use it either - except for mining machines.

This is her own body, not some mining machine to be used as a consumable.

Xiangzi bit his lip to try and get used to the discomfort of sweating profusely. He ran to the nearest No. 3 Familiar Terminal in a few steps and connected to the Operator Buff.

She bit her lip tightly, her eyes wide, staring intently at the progress bar on the screen. The first half of the progress bar was rising very quickly, reaching halfway in about two seconds.

almost done.

Xiangzi blinked and wiped the sweat from his eyes.

70%.

Thirteen seconds remaining.

80%.

Twelve seconds remaining.

90%

Eleven seconds remaining.

95%.

Only ten seconds left.

99%.

Nine seconds remain.

Is it getting slower and slower?

Xiangzi bit his lip so hard it almost bled.

99.5%.

Eight seconds.

No? Order cancelled?

100%

drop.

The symbol XX appeared on the screen.

Seven seconds.

Xiangzi breathed a sigh of relief, pulled out the operator buff, turned around, and ran away.

She had seven seconds left to reach the isolation gate. The soles of her feet were already burning hot, so hot they were throbbing painfully. She hadn't noticed it before, but now, as she ran, she felt like an ant on a hot pan.

Four seconds remain until forced cooldown.

Turning the corner, she could already see the isolation door. The entire basement level had turned completely red, and coolant nozzles were protruding from their hidden locations.

three seconds.

Suddenly, Xiangzi knelt on the ground, maintaining a backward lying position, and slid forward with his knees touching the ground.

Zzzzz!

The sickle materialized from the air, its blade flashing past Xiangzi, grazing her nose but not touching her at all.

two seconds.

Zhanfang turned around and chased after Xiangzi.

one second.

Mu, who had been keeping the isolation door open at the entrance, closed it in advance, leaving Xiangzi just a small gap to slide through.

"arrive!"

Boom————!

The flower slammed into the isolation door with a loud thud.