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

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Marg actually found Emma Sakura's blunt use of the word "cripple" to be adorable all of a sudden.

If only I could see Emma Sakuraba and Hannah Tohno break up, and the two girls crying and accusing each other of their hatred...

That was so adorable that it made Baosheng Mag eat three bowls of rice in a row.

A light, fleeting smile appeared on her lips.

After leaving the Demon Bureau, she returned to her usual activity area—Banqiao District.

From the top of a building, Baosheng Mag gazes out at the city.

Just then, she heard footsteps behind her.

Mag looked back and saw that it was the clone he had sent to participate in the [Eclipse], who had already returned.

The clone smiled gently at her, then turned into purple-black magic fragments and returned to its body.

After the magic was recovered, Baosheng Mag silently took out a crystal ball.

"Echoes - The all-encompassing crystal ball".

Inside the crystal ball lies a wrecked remains.

Looking at the smoke rising from Ikebukuro in the distance, Baosheng Mag couldn't help but think of his time with Sakura Emma before the start of [Eclipse].

Although the child's personality was so bad that it was surprisingly cute, Hosho Mag still sensed a sense of crisis from Sakura Emma.

This intuition for crisis has always been a source of pride for her as a Yellow-rank magical girl.

Baosheng Mag's intuition told her that Sakura Emma seemed to know something.

In addition, when interacting with her, Emma Sakura always manages to precisely disgust her...

Baosheng Mag had to prepare for the worst:

Emma Sakura already knows some of her information and will take action in the near future.

There's even a small chance that Emma Sakura will take direct action tonight.

Although Margot wasn't worried about what a white-level magical girl could do to her, she still asked her "higher-ups" for some assistance just to be on the safe side.

She gazed at the slumbering remains within the crystal ball:

"Blue-level Remains - The Void-shaped Mourner".

Although this wreckage isn't very strong in combat, it's enough to deal with that little white-level girl, Emma Sakura.

Moreover, as the name suggests, these remains can complement her abilities as the [Phantom Witch].

All that's needed is for Emma Sakura to attack her, or for her to reveal her identity and attract the magical girls' encirclement. At that time, Mag will use this remnant to transform it into herself, thus deliberately being killed and staging the most successful "fake death"!

After "Baosheng Mag" dies, he will completely disappear into the background...

At that time, I will have plenty of time to pursue the ultimate goal of my plan:

[Artificially induced erosion phase]

To achieve this goal, Mag created countless plans.

First, there's the [Hanna Tono] whose music can trigger an eclipse – this is the plan that Mag is most optimistic about.

Hannah Tohno seems to be a promising magical girl. However, recently, due to some reason, she has been under increasing pressure, and her witch factor has become restless, causing her magical girl characteristic of "pride" to gradually decline into "inferiority." Therefore, the music that symbolizes her emotions has acquired a special magic: it can trigger an eclipse.

If it fails, it's okay. Mag has backup plans.

She hid this "alternative plan" underground in an unknown construction site on the edge of Banqiao District.

There, there is a blue-level wreckage.

That blue-level wreckage was particularly special. If activated by a high-level witch factor, it could also trigger an eclipse.

The plan was perfect.

Although she thought it was impossible, Marg still had a "last resort" if all the above plans failed.

However, the final solution came at a high cost. It was a last resort when all other options were exhausted.

"But if the plan succeeds... [that person] can help me return to normal!"

She looked at her legs, which had been ravaged, and stroked her ears with a fervent gaze.

The idea that Sanhua could be restored—though it was a pipe dream—was Mag's last lifeline.

She had no choice but to try.

No matter the cost... Baosheng Mag wants to return to "normal".

Margaret planned to go to the underground parking lot first to take a good look at the results of her work over the past few days.

However, the next second, her feet, which were about to take flight, landed on the ground again.

Marg closed her eyes, sensing the subtle sensations.

Then she raised her hand and stretched it out into the air in front of her—a witch's kiss mark made of violets glowed on the back of her hand.

Then, she suddenly opened her eyes and looked towards the east of Banqiao District.

Marge smiled slightly.

"Alone? Here's my chance."

……

A residential area on the east side of Banqiao District.

It was the dead of night, and every household had their doors tightly shut, with only the streetlights still shining.

Hannah Tono, meanwhile, wandered alone here.

She was dressed in a white dress, her blonde hair flowing freely, walking alone in the cool breeze of the residential area, holding a very strange doll in her arms.

The streetlights and the cold wind filled the entire road with her shadow.

This was the first thing Mag saw when he arrived here.

Marg landed above a house and saw Hannah's back in the distance.

She slightly raised her fingertips and used the magic of the [Phantom Witch] to slowly "transform" the entire residential area without anyone noticing.

At the same time, using the [witch's kiss mark] left on Tohno Hannah, he gradually made her fall deeper and deeper into it...

After doing all this, Marg thought to himself:

"It's safe."

…………

Even though the roads were a bit too cold at night, Hannah still didn't dare to hug the doll in her arms too tightly to keep herself warm.

She looked anxiously at both sides of the road, calculating how far it was from home.

Noticing the vending machine by the roadside, she put two hundred-dollar coins into it.

"So expensive..."

After the "thud!" sound of the drink hitting the ground, she continued walking home and took a sip of warm corn chowder.

The two rows of unchanging streetlights shone with a stark white light, and the occasional crackling of electricity could be heard. Moths hovered between the lights.

Hannah, who was walking straight ahead, suddenly stopped.

"No way……"

She looked at the vending machine ahead of her, then at the corn chowder in her hand.

Weren't we already here?

Hannah started walking again, and without realizing it, she quickened her pace.

Two rows of streetlights kept passing by her shoulders, and the corn chowder in her hands gradually grew cold.

And Tono Hanna passed by that vending machine for the third time.

Her face turned pale.

"...Why does this kind of thing always happen to me?!"

His tone was somewhat self-deprecating, as if someone had overheard him.

Gradually, Hannah saw an unknown white mist rolling ahead of the road.

Her hands and feet grew increasingly cold, and she quickly looked behind her. She found that the road behind her was also shrouded in thick fog.

Hannah trembled slightly, slowly backed away, and finally leaned against the cold wall, only able to watch as the thick fog completely enveloped her.

Then, Hannah saw a fleeting human figure in the thick fog.

The humanoid figure was like a phantom, its color blocks scattered, and the edges of its body were thickened in the mist, dispersing into colorful particles of light.

Hannah immediately realized:

That's a witch!

She instinctively wanted to run behind where there was no one, but then she discovered that there was another phantom behind the road.

Two phantom figures seemed to surround Hannah from both sides, completely locking her in a corner.

Hannah couldn't help but crouch down, covering her head in defense.

"No, no!!!"

Hehe~

Then she heard a flippant laugh.

Hannah looked up and saw that the two phantoms surrounding her had merged into one.

After the phantoms merged, they were no longer elusive, but their faces were obscured by a large expanse of messy black lines, making their features unclear.

"Hannah Tohno..."

The phantom softly called her name.

The witch's hickey on Hannah's collar suddenly glowed, and her emerald eyes gradually lost their luster...

As Marge watched this scene, her smile grew even brighter.

Success!

She reached out her hand to Hannah Tono—

"Ow~"

But then a strange cry drifted into my ears.

Then, Hosho Mag noticed that the mouth of the doll in Tono Hannah's arms suddenly opened, and the remains of a "snake" sprang out.

"what--"

The wreckage opened its mouth, which was at an angle of almost 180 degrees, completely engulfing Baosheng Mag.

A large shadow covered her entire body.