"Save me, save me! Madoka!" As Yoshino used Void Flash to move quickly, Kyubey's voice continued. Hearing Kyubey still crying for help, Yoshino frowned. She knew that Kyubey was, in some sense, an immortal creature. How could it ask for help from others, especially from the ordinary girl Madoka Kaname? This meant that from the very beginning, Kyubey was acting!
"Oh dear, oh dear~ An emotionless creature actually knows how to gain others' sympathy. It really played a good game of chess. Thinking about it, Mami Tomoe's sacrifice and Sayaka Miki's witchification were all part of its plan. It's really trying hard to make Madoka Kaname a Magical Girl." Thinking about the original story, even as an enemy, Yoshinon couldn't help but praise it. This kind of planning is too deep, this three-episode effect trope is too profound.
When Yoshino arrived at the scene, she indeed saw Madoka Kaname holding Kyubey, looking at Kyubey in her arms with a worried expression.
"Hmm~ We're here now, but is it okay for you to go out like this, Yoshino? Don't forget that the 'you' right now is buying ingredients for dinner! Mami Tomoe will also appear later, and if you're discovered, how will you explain?" Yoshinon asked curiously. "You must have some idea, right?"
But what it saw was Yoshino with sweat on her face. Seeing Yoshino like this, it knew that Yoshino had rushed over without thinking of anything.
"Alright, alright. Let me appear now. Although my power isn't too strong yet, dealing with Kyubey is easy." With a helpless sigh, Yoshinon prepared to transform into her human form to interfere with the plot's development. But Yoshino suddenly reached out to stop her, not letting her use her transformation ability.
"Yoshino? What's wrong? There's not much time for you to hesitate now. Madoka Kaname and the others have already left with Kyubey. If we don't catch up quickly, it will be too late." Looking at Madoka Kaname and the other girl running away with Kyubey, Yoshinon said somewhat anxiously.
"No, Yoshinon. I suddenly thought of a way to appear without being discovered. Now I can use this method to appear while hiding our identities." Then she took out her contract card, transformed into that Familiar dimensional cellphone, and began to operate it.
"dimensional cellphone? Isn't this thing for you to talk to people from other dimensions? Are you going to summon others to help?" Looking at Yoshino operating the phone, Yoshinon asked with some confusion. "Or have you discovered some other way to use this phone?"
"Yes! During the Magic of Darkness test, a new way to use this phone suddenly appeared in my mind. But I've never used it before. Now, it seems I have no choice but to use it." Finally, she tapped on the phone, and a dazzling light enveloped Yoshino, though Madoka Kaname and the others who had left couldn't see this scene.
Madoka Kaname and the other girl, fleeing with Kyubey, suddenly arrived in a strange world. In this distorted world, they seemed to hear laughter.
Then they saw black butterflies flying everywhere, surrounded by faceless men, and withered trees lying in a city of the dead, sadly raising their heads.
This was no longer the concrete buildings they had just seen; it was like a nightmare world. There was no sense of direction here, the paths constantly changed, turning into a shattered and unstable space.
Somewhere, the clang of metal sounded, and the laughter continued. The metallic sound was incessant, that sound was, the sound of chains being violently cut somewhere—and then the clamor of children came again. Joyful, sorrowful, broken; listening to these sounds, the two in their midst had their minds in a whirl. A sound like counting surrounded them, a chilling sound. The sound passed through their armpits and scurried beneath their feet.
"Sa… Sayaka-chan…" A frightened Madoka Kaname trembled as she hugged Sayaka Miki's arm, her voice shaking. As an ordinary girl, her first reaction to seeing such unscientific things was fear, especially since these unknown objects were emitting malicious emotions towards them.
"You're kidding, right? I… I must be having a nightmare, right? Right, Madoka!" Looking at the dandelion-like things around them, but with beards, approaching them. Even the usually energetic Sayaka Miki felt she had reached her limit.
The sound of huge chains rattling came, and the next moment, the sound of the ground collapsing was heard. They saw the ground around them collapsing, and countless gravel constantly destroying everything around them. The two, who had been worried about being caught in it, found that the gravel did not target them, and soon the Familiars around them were completely annihilated.
"Tch! How troublesome! Having to fight while protecting others is really a buzzkill!" As the two girls looked confused, an annoyed yet arrogant female voice came. They turned around and saw a strange girl with white hair and red eyes, a slender figure, a strange device around her neck, and a staff in her hand appear before them.
"Oh? How interesting, is this what I have to deal with? It seems like a great time to take care of it, isn't it? Ah haha~" She turned and saw Kyubey in Madoka Kaname's arms, her red eyes flashing brightly as she let out a piercing laugh.
"Could you please give me the creature in your hand, little girl? Otherwise, I might have to use a rather crude method to take it. Like this…" The girl lightly tapped her staff on the ground, and the ground seemed to be lifted by an invisible giant hand, sending countless gravel flying behind her. The Familiars that tried to attack her vanished under the gravel attack.
"Ah ah!!!" Seeing the other party's actions, Madoka Kaname let out a frightened cry, but she did not hand over the Kyubey in her hand.
"You're not allowed to bully Madoka! You strange person! We won't listen to you!" Reaching out to block Madoka Kaname, Sayaka Miki said firmly, though her legs were trembling with fear, she would not leave her friend's side!
"Hmph oh~ Such touching friendship! Let me show you what punishment disobedient children receive! Hmm?" Just as she was about to do something, several attacks suddenly appeared from above and shot towards her, but they were strangely deflected when they hit her, crashing into the wall and causing a violent explosion.
"It didn't work? I thought you would dodge or attack, but I didn't expect my attack to be deflected by you. Who exactly are you?" Mami Tomoe's calm voice came, and as a Magical Girl, she stood in front of Sayaka Miki, vigilantly watching the other party.
"How could such an attack have any effect on me, the young lady! Looking at you, you also have special abilities. Hmph oh~" Stroking her smooth chin, the girl's gaze moved over Mami Tomoe.
"Oh? What strange decorations, are you cosplaying? Or are you some chuunibyou who thinks she's a Magical Girl who slays tentacle monsters? Don't you feel ashamed in those strange, cosplay-like clothes? Or is that your special hobby?" Ignoring Mami Tomoe's wariness, the girl continuously provoked Mami Tomoe with her words.
"###" Mami Tomoe's anger rose, and she lowered her face with a gloomy expression, but her inner self kept warning her to be gentle! To be elegant! Not to show the slightest wavering because of the other person's words.
"Heh heh~ Looking at you not speaking, I, the young lady, must have guessed correctly! Don't those flimsy clothes always expose your panty during big movements? No, your skirt is so short because you have an exhibitionist tendency, right? Your previous attack seemed to be launched from high in the air, which means many of your attacks are from above. I think from that height, people below should easily be able to see your panty, right? It seems you do it on purpose, don't you get excited every time someone sees your panty?"
"####" Covering her skirt with her hand, Mami Tomoe looked at the other party with a flushed face. The girl was right. In order to better utilize her long-range artillery capabilities, she would jump high into the air when attacking. Although she paid attention to this issue at first, over time she forgot about it. Plus, she had always fought alone, and no one would see her panty, so being pointed out this time was a bit embarrassing.
"No matter what you say! I won't let you take Kyubey! This child is a very important friend to me! I absolutely won't allow you to do this!" With a wave of her hand, a large number of guns appeared behind her, aimed at the girl. "I will use all my strength to stop you!"
"Friend? You actually consider this thing a friend? Ah hahaha~ That's hilarious! This is the funniest joke I've ever heard! If you knew this thing's true identity and still held that thought, I would truly admire you!" Clapping her hands, as if she had heard a funny joke, the girl let out a wild laugh. "Thank you for letting me hear such a funny joke, I'll make an exception and let this guy go. But I can't pretend I didn't see your disrespect towards me!"
The girl's crimson eyes narrowed, and a terrifying killing intent emanated from her. "Do you really think I'm just some little girl like you? I can kill people."
'Boom!' The air in the witch's barrier condensed at this moment, and an increasingly strong wind pressure made everyone gasp for breath. The girl raised her hands, and the surrounding wind gradually gathered above her head. The wind was concentrated, emitting intense high heat.
"When wind is concentrated at a single point, and air is compressed at an ultra-high compression rate, it forms a superheated sphere exceeding ten thousand degrees Celsius, forcibly breaking down the 'atoms' in the surrounding air into 'cations' and 'electrons,' forming what is known as plasma. I didn't expect there to be enough wind in this place for me to perform this technique."
"Now, this is a very scientific technique. Let me see how you escape from this high-temperature plasma sphere!"
"…" Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki huddled together, their legs weak, collapsing to the ground, looking at the girl with pale faces. Although the killing intent was not directed at them, as ordinary girls, they had never seen such a scene before.
'Oh no, she's stronger than me. She doesn't look like a Magical Girl, what should I do? Can I beat her?' Mami Tomoe's face was very grim. Could she really deal with this girl whose strength was terrifying and about whom she had no information?
"Hmm? The wind direction has changed. Is it going back to the original scene?" The arrogance on the girl's face suddenly disappeared, and the ball of light above her head vanished within a few seconds.
At this moment, the surrounding space transformed into an ordinary basement, and the girl's figure began to blur.
"Tch! Is time up? I wanted to experience this novel feeling, but it turns out I only had a few minutes." Looking at her hand, the girl said unhappily.
"Never mind, there will be other opportunities to meet anyway. Let's look forward to our next meeting, Mami Tomoe~ And the very close Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki~ Ah hahaha~" The girl left words that made everyone's faces change, then left the place as if her feet had springs. "Remember! My name is Suzuya Yuriko!"
"...Damn it!" She didn't choose to pursue; there were still things for Mami Tomoe to do.
After a certain distance, Suzuya Yuriko emitted a dazzling light. Then Yoshino's petite body appeared there. Seeing that Sister Mami hadn't chased after her, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's a good thing Sister Mami didn't chase after me, otherwise I really wouldn't know how to explain this to her. And I think I said some very harsh things, really, I didn't expect Sister Yuriko's attitude to be so bad."
Thinking of what she had just said to Mami Tomoe, Yoshino felt like covering her face. After transforming into Suzuya Yuriko, her personality was completely influenced. She would never normally say such harsh words.
"Ya haha~ But I captured some good stuff, Yoshino. The exhibitionism and those vulgar words, I recorded them all properly. I didn't expect you to be like this, Yoshino, I've truly gotten to know you again. Mami Tomoe's indignant look just now, I really wish she could see it herself!"
"Stop messing around, Yoshinon. If I show it to her, wouldn't I be exposed? I originally just wanted to intervene in this plot, but it ended up turning into an enemy situation. It seems I should use this ability less often." Putting her phone back, Yoshino quickly rushed towards home. She had to get back before Mami Tomoe took Madoka Kaname and the others home.
'However… what Sister Mami said about Sister Yuriko every time she attacked, could she really… Hmm~ (shakes head) Can't think like that! Sister Mami isn't that kind of person!'
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