Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

Xiao Yuan stood there, stunned.

The Mu and Xiangzi before her eyes were quite different from what she remembered. Xiao Yuan even wondered if she was sleepwalking.

Mu looked at Xiaoyuan expressionlessly. Semi-transparent threads, barely visible, floated out from behind her and formed a shushing gesture in front of her lips.

"Shh..."

His expressionless face put a lot of pressure on Xiaoyuan. She swallowed and nodded.

"I didn't see anything," Xiaoyuan said softly.

Mu nodded in satisfaction, picked up Xiangzi and went up to the attic, leaving Xiaoyuan alone in the place.

......

After returning to the attic, Mu put Xiangzi back on the tatami and covered her with a blanket.

At this moment, Xiangzi turned over and smacked his lips. His face, which had been tense all day, finally relaxed completely, like a defenseless baby.

Mu knelt to the side, gazing at Xiangzi's sleeping face for a long time.

Xiangzi was fast asleep.

In Mu's memory, Xiangzi had been sleeping only lightly for a long time, easily awakened by the slightest noise. But tonight, Xiangzi slept exceptionally deeply, seemingly dreaming, and no noise around her seemed to wake her.

Is it because she has someone by her side who makes her feel at ease?

After confirming that Xiangzi would not wake up, Mu took out the Soul Gem.

Then, she pulled out a pistol and a corresponding silencer. She picked up a pillow and turned her gaze to Xiangzi.

"..."

Mu stood up quietly, took the pistol with the silencer attached, and walked to the stairwell.

The sound of a door closing came from downstairs. Xiaoyuan must have finished using the toilet and gone back to sleep. Now, I'm the only one left conscious in the entire villa.

Mu continued carrying the pistol and pillow down the corridor and down the stairs to the living room on the first floor.

She opened the magazine and checked that it was empty.

Then, I walked to the foot of the wall.

In the most inconspicuous corner of the living room wall, there was a bullet hole. Because its location was so inconspicuous, and because this part was not the responsibility of the whole house inspection, no one had discovered the bullet hole until now.

However, it won't be noticeable after tonight.

Mu sat down against the wall and rolled up the sleeve of his right arm.

Xiangzi wasn't mistaken; the wound on his arm had indeed almost healed, leaving only a faint scar—a wound inflicted by something from the other side shouldn't be like this. The future of the wound's healing lies in the past; it shouldn't have healed in the first place.

I was still clinging to a侥幸心理 (a sense of侥幸, or a belief that I can get away with it), and I can't do that again.

Mu covered the scar with a pillow, pressed the gun barrel against it, looked up at the ceiling, mentally prepared herself, and took a deep breath...

Then he pulled the trigger.

——Whoosh!

The bullet embedded in the wall flew into the barrel, returned to the magazine, and destroyed everything that prevented it from returning home.

The pillow was instantly stained crimson. Mu's pupils contracted sharply. He clenched his teeth, put down the gun, and simply bandaged it with the bandages he had prepared beforehand.

That way... the injury is correct.

Mu stood up, carrying the blood-stained pillow, walked outside the villa, and threw the pillow inside.

The bullet holes in the wall disappeared, his arm "returned to its original shape," the pillow was gone, and Mu left no trace.

The Tale of Reincarnation: The Forgotten Shore: Chapter 479 The Doorbell

The next morning, Xiangzi got up, stretched, and yawned contentedly.

Sunlight streamed in through the window, making Xiangzi feel warm all over—though the air conditioning was also too cold.

Overnight, his body seemed to have completely recovered from the pain caused by Nirvana. Although the price was that his senses became much duller, Xiangzi felt it was worth it.

At least now she can move freely and unleash the speed and power a magical girl should have, instead of the useless body she used to have that was even worse than an ordinary person.

People should learn to be content.

Xiangzi put his hands on his hips and nodded.

The blankets beside him shifted, and Mu, with his head full of silly hair, crawled out from under the covers.

Good morning... Xiang...

"Good morning, Mu." Xiangzi bent down and stroked Mu's fluffy hair. "Thank you for last night."

Her last memory was of soaking in the bathtub, so it's obvious why she woke up in bed.

Mu Zhen has done a lot quietly.

Xiangzi was quite moved.

"Hmm..." Mu nodded groggily, yawned, and asked, "...What are we going to do today?"

"You've asked me that right." Xiangzi rubbed his temples.

The museum incident has come to an end, but the real story is just beginning.

Mami Tomoe is a flower magical girl, or even possibly a flower witch, and she also wields the deadly witch of this world. The enemy is stronger than ever before. Even in her prime, she would have difficulty resisting a sneak attack from the future, let alone in her current state.

What should we do...?

"How about..." Mutsu said weakly, as if dreaming, "we should go ask Miss Yachiyo first."

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knock --

Xiangzi knocked on the door of the neighboring Mikazuki villa, stood there with his arms crossed, and waited for a while.

As before, Iroha opened the door for them, but this time Yachiyo was already waiting in the living room.

The college student was wearing a pair of stylish glasses, holding a phone in one hand and watching videos, while taking a sip of a cup of black coffee in the other. On the table was a bacon toast with eggs that he had just finished eating.

"Have you had breakfast?" Caiyu asked.

Xiangzi shook his head.

She came over after she finished washing up.

"Then I'll go make one for you."

"No need for that trouble..."

“It’s no trouble at all.” Caiyu shook her head, tied on an apron, and walked into the semi-open kitchen. “I still have some leftovers that I haven’t cooked yet.”

Since the other party was being so proactive, Xiangzi couldn't refuse. He shrugged and pulled out a chair to sit down opposite Yachiyo.

Yachiyo's attention was still on her phone. After hearing Shoko sit down, she turned the phone volume up to the maximum.

Yesterday afternoon at 4 PM, the Kamihama Museum of Art suffered a terrorist attack, destroying artworks worth tens of billions of yen. No one was injured. The possible stolen items are being investigated. Was this a premeditated terrorist attack, a covert robbery, or both?

"..."

Yachiyo raised her eyes, her tone flat.

"What did you do?"

Xiangzi did not inform Yachiyo before taking action; Yachiyo only found out after the incident occurred.

"Ah."

"You're not planning to inform me at all?" Yachiyo raised an eyebrow.

“I think we can handle this ourselves,” Xiangzi said.

"And then they got beaten so badly they were pissing their pants?"

"..." Xiangzi frowned, but still nodded in acknowledgment, "Something unexpected happened. (The rest of the text appears to be unrelated and possibly machine-generated gibberish.)

"Mami Tomoe".

"Ah."

“Yesterday, all the magical girls in the city saw her fall from the sky, but no one knew where she went. I never expected her to be at the art museum.” Yachiyo put down her phone, took off her glasses and placed them aside. “Let’s get straight to the point. What did you see at the art museum?”

“One familiar, two enemies,” Xiangzi said, counting on his fingers. “One is on this shore, and the other shore. Unfortunately, we’ve lost track of both of them.”

When the topic turned to this shore and the other shore, Yachiyo immediately frowned.

"Did they appear at the same time?" she asked.

"Correct."

Xiangzi nodded.

Then, she held up her finger and, together with Yachiyo, gave the answer.

“They are the same person.”

"How did you know?" Yachiyo asked, looking surprised.

"Just a guess." Xiangzi's fingers tapped rhythmically on the table. "What exactly is the familiar of the Witch of This Shore used for?"

"If you can conclude that the person on this side and the other side is the same person, shouldn't you have already guessed it?"

"I want a definite answer."

"'The Passage to the Other Shore' means that the familiar's function is to take you from this shore to the other shore."

"Just as I thought." Xiangzi stopped tapping his fingers. "I know how I lost."

It turns out it was so close.

After Mami exits the barrier, she can directly enter the passage to the other side and be transferred there. The whole process takes less than a few minutes.

As for the person from the other shore and the person from this shore who appeared out of nowhere at the same time, Xiangzi had already figured out why they were the same person and why they appeared at the same time.

This is a phenomenon where people from the other side transfer to this side through a passage on the other side.

The person from the other shore came to this shore through the "passage to the other shore". So, the arrow of time, pointing to the past, experienced a turnback after passing through the passage to the other shore. The arrow of time came to this shore and pointed to the future. If this point of turnback is placed on the timeline, from the perspective of this shore alone, there is no past. That is why the phenomenon of appearing out of thin air occurs.

“The Ode to the Other Shore has placed a passage to the other side in the art museum…” Yachiyo murmured. “It’s a pity, it’s probably impossible to take it down now.”

Have you tried it?

"It was successful."

"what?"

"In fact, we had a passage to the other side two weeks ago, but it was taken back by the eulogists. It was around this time that Maruyama Aya was injured."

"Why didn't you tell me about something so important sooner?" Xiangzi slammed his hand on the table and stood up.

"What's the use of saying anything? The past is the past, do you still want to change it?" Yachiyo said calmly.

"If there were a passage to the other side—"

“What’s done is done. If the eulogists take it back, it means that no matter what we do, it will be taken back.” Yachiyo also stood up. “You’d better remember that, or you’ll never get used to it.”

“...Um, I’ll leave the breakfast here…” Caiyu timidly placed the two plates of breakfast she had prepared in front of Xiangzi and Mutsu.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome," Caiyu smiled.

- Ding dong.

"Hold on, I'll go open the door." Caiyu said, slipping away between Xiangzi and Yachiyo with a bewildered smile, and ran towards the door.

A few seconds passed.

A scream came from the doorway.

"Felicea—!"

The Tale of Reincarnation: The Forgotten Shore: Chapter 480 The Past of Kamihama

"Felicea!"

A scream came from the doorway.