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

At first, Hannah would put on an air of senior and answer a couple of questions.

Later, he simply turned over, covered half his face with the blanket, and only used a nasal voice to appease her.

But Emma seemed to have obtained the most precious passport in the world, becoming more and more energetic the more questions she was asked.

The two chatted until late into the night before the girls' chatter gradually subsided.

Gradually, without even realizing it, they drifted off to sleep.

In her last moments of lucidity, Emma gazed vaguely at the pale moonlight reflected on the wall of the room.

A lot happened today.

Emma's eyelids were getting heavier and heavier.

'An incomprehensible god; experienced an eclipse; and got along well with senior Hannah...'

'I really want to tell my older brother everything. And ask him about it...'

Emma closed her eyes, her vision blurry.

……

……

Dark as ink.

Ikebukuro, top floor of the Cultural Center building.

Holding a glass of red wine, Baosheng Mag leaned against the edge of the rooftop, which resembled a cliff, overlooking the entire Ikebukuro area.

She had intended to take a small sip of the wine, which had a grape-like flavor.

But the wine glass was snatched away by a fair, delicate hand.

"Hey!"

Meruru threw the red wine into the ruins of Ikebukuro.

With a soft, cracking sound, the wine glass shattered on the ground, its liquid seeping into the ruins.

Marg turned her head and looked at Meruru with an expression that seemed to say, "Please give me an explanation."

Meruru shrugged, and tears welled in her eyes.

"No drinking alcohol for those under 20 years of age..."

Marg: "..."

Hearing such an outrageous reason, Marge laughed and rubbed her forehead.

"It's only a few years apart."

"In short, no means no!"

The cool night breeze blew between the two of them.

Marge had no time to care about whether or not to drink it.

"Tomorrow is crucial. Emma Sakuraba has left me with nothing... and I need to put pressure on Hannah Tono at the concert to trigger the Eclipse. This is being done under Emma Sakuraba's protection, so you have to give me a way to release that pressure."

“Well… Miss Baosheng, you can think of it this way.”

Meruru stood beside Mag, gazing at the Maple Syrup Girls' Academy, which was only partially visible in the distance.

"Once you complete one eclipse, I can request the power of the divine tree to restore the [Scattered Blossoms] part for you..."

"If you think about it this way, won't your motivation increase?"

Marg pouted.

"What I need isn't motivation, it's stress relief. Besides..."

Marg gazed at the horizon.

"What exactly is the Divine Tree? Why do you always talk about it, but never explain it in detail?"

"Hehe~ That's a secret."

Meruru also sat on the edge of the rooftop, swinging her legs, encased in white stockings, without any restraint.

"All you need to know is that the Divine Tree is the center of the world."

She looked at Marg beside her, but those warm eyes made Marg feel a little cold.

"You only need to understand the concept of 'completing the eclipse'."

"After the eclipse in Ikebukuro, everyone let their guard down. If another eclipse were to occur during this period, it would surely cause even more despair!"

"In that case, the day Meruru meets [her] won't be far off!"

Marg asked in a deep voice,

"【who is she?"

Do you need any assistance?

Meruru abruptly changed the subject.

Marg looked at her, pondered for a moment, and then sighed.

She knew that there was no point in pressing Meruru for answers to questions she didn't want to answer.

This girl, who looks like she could cry at any moment, is sometimes more stubborn than any witch.

"Bring out whatever you have."

"Ok!"

Meruru presented Mag with two types of [Echoes].

One type is the bubble gun that children often carry around. However, its surface is covered with a lot of black grime.

The other type is a small section of tree root.

The cross-section of the tree root was blackened as if charred, and there were countless small holes inside, like those caused by insects.

Even Marg, a witch, couldn't help but feel an instinctive shudder at the sight of that tree root.

It's not like a normal echo.

It didn't resemble the filth stripped from the wreckage.

It was more like the severed limbs left behind after something that was originally pure, sacred, and enormous was forcibly contaminated.

"This is a good thing~ It's about... full bloom."

Meruru smiled innocently.

As Meruru explained, the sky gradually turned a pale white.

……

……

Two days later, at Maple Syrup Girls' Academy.

The students chatted and laughed as they entered the music hall.

"Did you hear? Hannah Tohno is going to perform this time!"

"Oh! I know, I know! The piano is secondary, I heard she was seen walking with a pink magical girl..."

"Pink magical girl? I've seen that on Instagram!"

"By the way... don't you think that magical girl on Instagram looks a lot like Emma Sakuraba?"

"Sakura Emma? The one who was isolated?"

"Over there, over there..."

Several nosy students secretly pointed at the "strange person" who was the only one standing in the crowd.

And this pink-clad oddball was currently looking at the pop-up window that suddenly appeared on the screen:

The time has now moved forward to the day of the concert.

[Loading the current area: Maple Syrup Girls' Academy - Music Hall.]

Yang Wen, who had been doing his homework for two nights straight, yawned, looked at the huge and glaring red exclamation mark pop-up window in the center of the screen, and pressed [F5] to save.

"Has the final battle of the first chapter finally arrived?"

He controlled Sakura Emma, ​​who was already at the blue level and whose backpack was full of Echoes, and planned to "add points" to all the black and pink filth first.

Yang Wen first opened the character status bar to check the amount of black filth.

[Black Filth: 169]

Current level: 30. Next level requires 300 Black Filth.

Very well, Yang Wen will ignore the lack of experience points for now.

Instead, they turned their attention to [pink filth].

[Pink Filth: 254]

What's going on with this in-between number?

Yang Wen murmured.

Compared to the approximately 100 points required to upgrade a minor skill, he currently has far too many 250 points.

Compared to the 300 required for the ultimate skill [Witch's Execution], this 250 is not enough.

Driven by obsessive-compulsive rage, Yang Wen went on a spree, searching through all the existing CGs.

[Parting Ways (Transformation Device), Silent Withering (Soul-based Skill), Graceful Sunset (Mercy Mode), First Victory (Adds CG Equipment Slots), Surrounded by Stars (Execution Mode), The Princess's Defeat (Ultimate Skill), Bathing with Hannah (Bond Room)]

The only option now seems to be to upgrade [First Victory] and add an equipment slot.

Currently, he has 3 equipment slots, which isn't enough.

Using certain skills requires switching between cutscenes during battle, which is very time-consuming...

At this moment, Yang Wen exclaimed "Eh!" in surprise.

He discovered that the [Parting Ways (Transformation Device)], which was originally not upgradable, is now upgradable.

The so-called transformation device is the "Heart Gem" that Emma uses to transform.

It can be considered the "foundation" of all CG.

After all, without transforming into a magical girl, many skills cannot be used.

Yang Wen clicked on "Part Ways" and tried it.

【Parting Ways Lv0: Requires 200 Pink Filth to reach the next level.】

This string of numbers was just right, and it made Yang Wen feel comfortable.

The current value is 254 - 200 = 54 – the remaining number is also an amount that is easy to accumulate.

Yang Wen – Click to upgrade [Parting Ways]!

From Emma's perspective.

She was idly observing her classmates when she was occasionally met with unfriendly stares, which made her shrink back in fear.

Although she is popular in the magical girl world, she is actually quite unpopular at school.

The whispers were like tiny needles, pricking her shoulders so much that she unconsciously hunched over.

The next second, a faint pink light suddenly appeared on the chest of her sailor uniform!

Moreover, and...

Emma's face gradually turned red.

The [Heart Gem] hidden deep within the chest of her sailor uniform was heating up... The heat spread from her chest to her limbs and down to her lower abdomen.

Emma let out a gasp uncontrollably.

Yang Wen: "Huh? How come I suddenly got an attack speed buff?"

Emma: 'Ugh, ugh! Anyway, you must have done something to my body again!'

It made me make such strange noises...