Sakura Emma, I'm going to control you fiercely!

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Naoya Kaori left a question:

Why... does Emma Sakuraba seem so anxious?

In the maze, she had assumed Emma was just running around aimlessly like a headless fly.

Despite her hurried pace, Emma accurately avoided several treacherous intersections.

Nanoha Kaori's gaze towards her was strange.

'A coincidence?'

Naoka thought silently, continuing to protect Emma.

Emma seemed to have a map in her mind, and without stopping at all, she ran through several winding intersections without any distraction.

When Emma was facing an extremely complicated Bagua intersection, her opponent didn't even pause for half a second. He slid in and squeezed into a gap in the vines that seemed like a dead end, and then took a shortcut through!

Nanoha Kaori: "Huh?"

Finally—she and Emma actually arrived at a door!

Nanoha Kaori shook her head repeatedly at this sight.

She glanced at Emma, then at the door that represented the exit, and then back at the intricate maze of paths...

"How exactly did they do that?"

How did you do it?

Yang Wen looked at the small map in the upper left corner of the screen.

The entire maze is shown on the mini-map.

Since it is not related to the task, there is no automatic pathfinding.

But it's okay.

He tossed the maze map to his "Miss Christina"—Gemini-chan—and she could figure out the correct path in a matter of seconds.

It's very simple.

He glanced at the time:

[Time remaining until end of eclipse phase: 55 minutes]

Five more minutes passed... I need to get out of this wretched area quickly. I need to find white and blue level monsters.

thumping!

Emma kicked open the exit door as always.

The two arrived at an open area.

【Familiar - The Incubator of Rumors Lv13】

In the center of the area was a huge egg, which was still trembling faintly.

The eggshell was covered with a dense layer of old newspapers—

Wow!!!

There wasn't even time for environmental and detailed descriptions before Emma unleashed her most ferocious magical flames to date!

The hard pink arrow pierced through the eggshell, smashing it into pieces along with the unhatched remains!

Amidst the collapse of the wreckage realm, under the gaze of Nanoha Kurobe, Emma Sakuraba left behind the words "waste of time" before leaping out of the window of the real world and continuing her journey through the skies above Ikebukuro.

Hurry up, hurry up...

Naoka looked at the black fragments and echoes left behind after the wreckage disappeared.

Regardless of the echoes, these black fragments can be purified by the Magic Bureau and used as a means for magical girls to become stronger.

Previously, Emma Sakuraba would always take the time to collect these spoils of war, no matter the situation, even when under enemy attack.

But why is she no longer concerned about her spoils of war?

Is something urgent?

Naoka had many questions she wanted to ask.

She quietly helped Emma put these things away before catching up with Sakura Emma.

The two floated in mid-air, one in front of the other.

Along the way, Emma would also deal with the debris. But as before, she would leave quickly without even bothering to collect the spoils.

Nanoha Kaori didn't know whether she should help her pick it up...

But anyway, I still picked it up.

Worried that the things would get in the way, she also put them in two plastic bags.

Gradually, Emma's speed increased, as if a bomb countdown was placed in front of her.

“This isn’t…” After finishing off the wreckage, Emma would say some strange things.

During this time, Nanoha tried to ask questions, but received no response, so she had to continue the extermination with Emma.

With such a rapid pace of clearing out, the two wiped out an entire block of servants in just a few minutes, including the remains of one of them.

【Lv19】

I'm still a little short of reaching the white level...

Looking at the remains, Emma's eyes betrayed her disappointment. She then continued her hunt for the remaining creatures.

Even Nanoha Kaori found it hard to withstand this intense attack.

The plastic bags she was carrying were already filled with black debris and echoes. She'd have to put them aside during the battle…

For a moment, I felt like I had become a boyfriend on a date with my girlfriend, tirelessly accompanying her as she wandered the streets with shopping bags...

Naoya Kaori even had some doubts: Was Emma always conducting her attacks at such a fast pace?

However, during the clearing of the second block, several henchmen launched a surprise attack from both sides, buying time. The sudden appearance of the wreckage then created the most dangerous situation:

At that moment, the wreckage almost reached Sakura Emma, who was a ranged unit.

Fortunately, Emma Sakura used some strange teleportation technique to barely dodge the attack and avoid being hurt.

Even though she and Emma safely survived the neighborhood raid, Nanoha Kaori found herself increasingly unable to understand her.

Even Naoya Kaori couldn't help but feel anxious:

Why is she in such a hurry? What is Emma rushing to do?

Finally, after Emma Sakura wiped out the wreckage that was causing trouble in the third block, Kaori Nanoha grabbed her wrist.

"Wait a minute. You'll get hurt if this continues—"

[35 minutes remaining]

"No, we won't wait."

Emma pulled her wrist away and ran off to the top of the building without looking back.

"Tsk..."

Naoya Kaori gritted her teeth and had no choice but to follow.

Why work so hard?

Isn't your life your own?

Only by surviving can magical girls bring more hope...

Doesn't Emma Sakura understand this?

Then, the instant she reached the fourth block, Emma Sakuraba suddenly unleashed an unprecedented speed!

It was as if she had finally found her predetermined goal!

Seeing that the other party was rushing towards a venue filled with a large number of servants, Naoka also sped up and rushed over.

But before Nanoha Kaori could arrive, a dazzling pink light burst forth from inside the venue!

In the light, the servants had nowhere to hide and turned into smoke.

When Nanoha entered the arena, she discovered that the wreckage had already been destroyed by Emma.

She had assumed Emma would be eager to leave the venue again.

But this time, Emma remained where she was, her eyes gazing unfocused in one direction.

Nanoha Kaori followed her gaze—

Only then did they discover a battered and unconscious magical girl slumped in a corner of the hall.

Nanoha Kaori's gaze froze, and she looked at Emma in disbelief.

Could it be...?

【剩余25分钟。】【已讨伐白级：5/5（完成）。蓝级：0/1】

Emma stared intently at the panel in the void, and her tension eased considerably.

Thank goodness... I have enough kills at the white level.

As for the blue level... actually, when we passed by Banqiao District earlier, Beibei smelled some clues and reminded her.

Therefore, Emma was not worried.

"call……"

Emma breathed a sigh of relief.

However, her relieved and even somewhat exhausted appearance was interpreted in a completely different way by Nanoha Kaori.

Nanoha looked at the unconscious magical girl who had been rescued in the corner, and then at Emma's relieved expression of "finally made it in time".

Her heart skipped a beat.

This further confirmed Naoka's guess:

I see……

Is Emma Sakura so eager to destroy the wreckage in order to protect as many magical girls as possible in this hellish eclipse?

He took on the burden of a large amount of wreckage, even at great personal risk... all to protect others.

Is that what Emma Sakuraba thinks?

If you take on more danger yourself, then others will face less risk...

A feeling of shame welled up in Naoka's heart.

Just now, I was only thinking about protecting myself, completely disregarding the danger to others.

Why did Kurobe Nanoha become a magical girl?

To survive?

She knew the answer perfectly well, but deliberately ignored it during her dangerous magical girl life.