Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

Just the act of wiping away sweat brought down several flower petals.

Her entire body was almost completely covered in red flowers.

The voices in my mind have become unbearable; memories from people of different ages are transformed into images and play in my mind.

Renate didn't understand, she didn't understand, they didn't understand. At this point, her sense of self should have been diluted by these noisy memories, so why? Why could she still maintain such a clear sense of self?

They had seen through her entire life and her memories, yet they couldn't find a reason why Xiangzi could persevere.

This is nothing short of a miracle; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a divine intervention.

Even so... the miracle should end here.

Xiangzi's figure finally came to a stop.

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A laser beam shot from the tip of a lance, severing the ribbons behind the dancer. The fleshy ribbons quickly regenerated, and the dancer swirled them around, lifting monsters from the audience and using them as weapons to slam into the magical girl covered in pale pink horny armor.

Rumbling--

The monster thrown out by the dancer exploded upon hitting the ground, its bones turning into highly lethal shrapnel, driving Xiangzi step by step toward his doom.

Until the very end, when Xiangzi had nowhere left to retreat.

The violent explosion completely engulfed her.

锔——!

Suddenly, a laser beam shot out from the smoke and dust of the explosion, aiming at the dancer's swaying tentacle ribbons. The next batch of bombs, which had not yet fallen, lost their support and fell towards the dancer's own head, only to be detonated by the next laser beam before they could even touch the witch.

But before it could be fired, another tentacle ribbon had already flung the about-to-explode ball of flesh toward Xiangzi.

A louder explosion filled the entire theater, and even the resonant singing disappeared at this moment.

As the smoke from the explosion cleared, the girl with tattered armor knelt in the center of the stage. The siren sang a mesmerizing hymn, her feet moving with unique dance steps, and approached Xiangzi.

She shook her deformed head and reached out her hand to Xiangzi, as if inviting him.

She was inviting him, inviting Xiangzi to join her.

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Xiangzi's body is covered with flowers, but he still hasn't found Mu's figure. Let's stop here and come into our arms.

This is how collective consciousness thinks.

However, the body covered in flowers still began to move.

She started walking again, crawling forward through the sea of ​​flowers, inching forward in what she believed to be the right direction, leaving a long trail in the flower field.

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Snapped!

Xiangzi slapped the siren's hand away.

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Xiangzi got up from the sea of ​​flowers, straightened up, and ran in what he believed to be the right direction.

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She raised her lance and aimed it at the siren's deformed eye.

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A bright yellow cucumber flower came into her view.

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She pulled the trigger.

The Tale of Transcendence: Stars and Us: Chapter 818 The Shining Miracle

The laser beam fired from the lance pierced through the dancer's skull, destroying her only eye.

That eye was actually a Soul Gem, the Soul Gem of the Sirens themselves. The laser pierced through the gem, completely killing her as a magical girl. The dancer's body, having lost its power source, crashed heavily onto the stage.

吭。

The spotlight that had been shining on the dancers went out, leaving only one spotlight on the stage. Xiangzi stood under the spotlight, leaning on his lance as if simply standing there had exhausted all his strength.

puff-

The armor, made of keratin, opened up like cheeks on the outside of the forearms, the sides of the waist, and the back of the neck, from which white hot air spewed out.

The rising heat covered almost half of the stage.

After the heat had completely dissipated, Xiangzi dropped his rifle and limped toward the dancer's body.

The dancers' bodies were inlaid with all sorts of soul gems. These magical girls, who had also been absorbed into the collective consciousness, had lost their own selves. The soul gems were merely a means to preserve the magic that belonged only to them.

But Mu is different; she still has a self, and there is still hope for her.

Find Mu's true self... and rescue her.

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Amidst the uniform sea of ​​red, Xiangzi spotted a splash of bright yellow. The small, bright yellow flower swayed in the breeze, standing out starkly yet delicately against the orderly red backdrop.

Xiangzi, dragging his body covered in red flowers, stumbled and ran toward the little yellow flower.

That's enough, stop.

Don't go any further.

She has shut herself off; no one can open her closed heart. She won't respond to you.

I'm not lying to you.

Even if you find her, it won't help. Even so, will you still keep going?

Stop! Can't you understand human language?!

Xiangzi completely forgot about the noisy noise; in her eyes and in her world, there was only that delicate and fragile cucumber flower.

Almost there, I'll be able to touch it.

Xiangzi reached out his hand toward the cucumber flower.

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A hand covered in calluses reached inside the dancer's body and pried out a Soul Gem.

This one is not.

Xiangzi knelt before the dancer and carefully removed the soul-scarring stones from her body one by one.

This one isn't it, and this one isn't it either.

Mu's soul gem was pale green with a hint of gold. To be honest, Xiangzi didn't remember it very clearly, but that was at least his impression.

She can only rely on her vague memories to search through the pile of soul gems.

Her hands were shaking.

The flesh inside the armor continued to cycle between regeneration and destruction. She endured indescribable pain and itching, but the physical pain was not the reason for Xiangzi's trembling hands; it was more due to excitement.

We're almost there.

We're almost there.

My heart was beating faster than ever before, pounding in my chest as if it were about to burst out of my chest.

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Xiangzi took a deep breath and swallowed back the tears that were about to spill out.

She carefully separated the cucumber flower from its roots on the ground, picked it up, and placed it in her palm.

"...Mu."

The cucumber flower did not respond to me.

When she touched other red flowers, she could instantly sense their emotions and memories, but when she touched this fragile little flower, she didn't feel that way.

We've already told you what she can't hear.

She maintained her individuality during the previous fusion, but as the price for helping you, she has had too much contact with us. Now she must shut herself off to ensure her consciousness is not merged with ours.

Therefore, she cannot hear anyone calling her.

"......"

Give up.

Not everyone is like you, an embodiment of miracles.

“She heard it.” Xiangzi held Xiaohua to his heart and closed his eyes. “I believe she heard it.”

[Impossible, absolutely impossible.]

She's cut herself off from all communication with the outside world, how could she possibly sense you?

—"Hmm..."

【How can it be? ! 】

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Xiangzi's searching hands finally stopped. In her palm lay a soul gem, pale green with a hint of gold.

This doesn't seem to be emerald green; it's much, much paler than I imagined.

but......

Xiangzi grasped the Soul Gem and activated his magic. In an instant, the light from the activated magic enveloped the entire theater.

It's definitely her.

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"Xiang...is that you...? What...is wrong with me...?"

The tiny cucumber flower let out a soft whimper, seemingly unaware of its surroundings.

"It's me, it's me." Xiangzi finally couldn't hold back his tears, which streamed from his teary eyes and slid down his cheeks. "It's me... I've come to find you... I'm sorry... I'm so late..."

[What exactly happened to her—what did you do?! You must have done something! She's not like you, she's just an ordinary person—]

“It has nothing to do with me.” Xiangzi said, biting his lip and trembling. “It is Mu’s own will, it is the miracle Mu created.”

Her trembling was an excited trembling.

[What miracle? Are miracles so cheap?! What makes her different from other magical girls? Maintaining self-awareness after being absorbed is already a miracle; how could there be more—]

"It's not more... it existed from the very beginning."

Who can understand what you're saying?!

"Don't you understand? It's because of wishes. The wishes of magical girls are miracles in themselves." Xiangzi hugged the little cucumber flower in her arms tighter. "We pay the price, sell our souls, and exchange our lives for the chance to make miracles happen."

When did she find out? Harmony's wish.

It seems like she discovered it a long time ago, but Mu didn't know that she knew, and she never took the initiative to talk to her about the wish.

This girl, who had always followed him like a little sidekick, who had grown up with him, wished to become a magical girl so that she could always be by his side.

Compared to the wishes of other magical girls, it was an ordinary wish.

At this moment, it shines with its own unique light.

The Tale of Transcendence: Stars and Us: Chapter 819 I Miss You Too

"......"

"......"

"......"

Mu slowly opened her eyes.

The ceiling was... pitch black, and seemed to be half-covered by something.