Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

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After going around in circles, the car finally stopped in front of a building in the port.

The building faces the railway tracks and is located next to the port's transport railway station. It has two side-by-side entrances separated by an iron fence.

Free trade port warehouse, that's what it says above.

However, it is clear that this warehouse is currently idle and has been occupied by the magical girls of the Ode to Joy faction, who are using it as a base.

"Here we are."

Asami got out of the car and walked towards the gate on the right.

The driver opened the car door for Homura—I forgot to mention, the driver was also a magical girl. Given the average age of magical girls, Homura had reason to suspect that they had been sitting in a car driven by an unlicensed driver the whole time.

Through the fence, Yan could vaguely see several... shadows, completely black, as if they were wrapped in something.

what is that?

Are those also magical girls of the eulogy school?

Flame met the gaze of one of the shadowy figures. She couldn't see the other's face, but the staring eyes and unnatural movements combined to make Flame feel a little... scared.

Are those normal magical girls, or is this what all the eulogist faction looks like?

Flame avoided eye contact, lowered her head, and followed Mami into the interior of the trade port warehouse.

As I walked down the corridor, I heard a groan behind me.

Homura turned around abruptly and found that the closed iron gate at the warehouse entrance was already shut. The driver who had been following behind her did not come in, and only Homura and Mami were in the space.

"Xiangzi's side will begin their operation in ten minutes," Mami said calmly.

click -

The world suddenly turned black and white, and Mami turned around in confusion.

“You know perfectly well that time stop doesn’t work on me…” Mami’s disoriented pupils focused on Homura.

Flame took a gun out of the small round shield and pointed it at his temple.

"What do you want to do?!"

Click.

Flame pulled the trigger.

boom!

The Tale of Reincarnation: The Shore of Oblivion: Chapter 493 A Failed Struggle

Homura has been trying to figure out how to break Mami's ribbon.

Xiangzi, Xiaoyuan, and others are all in faraway places, devising ways to defeat the Ode to the Party. She is a hostage, but being a hostage doesn't mean sitting idly by and waiting to die.

She can't do nothing.

You must also try your best in your own way.

Holding the pistol to his temple, he resolutely pulled the trigger the moment he saw Mami turn around.

"you--!"

boom--!

The trigger drives the double-action mechanism, and the hammer swings back to its limit before striking the firing pin. The pin pierces the primer of the bullet, and the small primer ignites the gunpowder, which explodes inside the cartridge case. The energy generated propels the bullet out, spinning along the rifling and flying out of the muzzle—originally, it was meant to pass through the flame's temple.

However, just as Homura pulled the trigger, Mami yanked hard on the ribbon on Homura's ankle.

The bullet veered off course, grazing Yan's temple, passing between his fluffy double braids, leaving a trail of scarlet blood that froze in mid-air, as if frozen solid.

Mami rarely showed a look of panic, and while tugging at the ribbon, she seemed to be trying to grab Homura's hand.

But all of this was within Flame's expectations.

Homura is gambling that Mami still has feelings for her.

She was right.

As expected, Mami will intervene to stop her suicide. The bullet will inevitably miss its target and be frozen in mid-air by time stop.

Using the force of her fall, Flame lifted her ankle, which was bound by a ribbon, and wrapped the ribbon around the bullet that had been stopped in time.

click -

The mechanism closes, and the time is stopped and then resumed.

The bullet continued flying forward along its original trajectory, tearing through the ribbon that wrapped around it.

click -

The mechanism unfolds, time stop is activated once again, and a black and white world covers the entire world, including Mami's.

The ticking of a clock emanated from within the continuously unfolding mechanism. Flame knelt on the ground, panting heavily.

My heart rate was definitely over 180 just now; I could feel the blood boiling inside my veins, pounding against the walls of my blood vessels.

Yan covered her forehead and shakily got up.

The bullet wound on his forehead was large, though not deep, but blood was gushing down like a waterfall, making almost half his face feel wet and warm, and half of his glasses were covered in scarlet blood.

She gasped for breath, clutching her bleeding wound, and stared at Mami, who had been frozen in time.

Asami remained frozen in mid-air, as if trying to grab Homura.

"Senior... I did it." Yan revealed a triumphant smile. "I... am not incapable of doing anything."

She raised her gun and pointed it at the Soul Gem between Mami's eyebrows.

The senior's soul gem is no longer worn as an ornament on her head, but has become a "flower" like the one her predecessor wore, set between her eyebrows.

She gritted her teeth, wanting to pull the trigger.

Pull the trigger, and it's over.

The seniors wouldn't need to antagonize the magical girls of Reed Plains to gain the trust of the Ode Faction, and no more people would be sacrificed in this civil war between magical girls.

Once you pull the trigger, it's over.

Flame told herself this.

But a voice inside her kept telling her, "Is it really okay to just kill your senior like this? We've been through so much together, just like that..."

The reflection from her glasses obscured her eyes.

He raised his right hand, placed it on top of his left hand holding the gun, pressed it down slightly, aimed it at Mami's abdomen, and pulled the trigger.

boom!

The bullet left the barrel and then hovered in mid-air, clinging tightly to Mami's clothes.

Such an injury could absolutely, absolutely deprive her of all mobility.

That's enough.

Flame closed her eyes and turned off time stop.

click -

The ticking of the clock stopped, the mechanism closed, and time resumed its flow.

The bullet pierced Mami's abdomen, making a sound like a balloon exploding.

Wait, the balloon exploded?!

Flame's pupils shrank to an extreme size in an instant.

Mami Tomoe in front of him burst open like a balloon, transforming into a ribbon-like tornado that enveloped Homura's entire body.

"ah----!"

Everything was so dazzling that Yan didn't even realize what was happening.

When she came to her senses, she found herself, like a butterfly caught in the center of a spider web, bound with a ribbon and hanging in mid-air.

Mami, who should have been seriously injured by her, walked out unharmed from the side.

"You think I didn't guess? Your sneaky little tricks."

Mami stepped onto the ribbons she had created and walked up to Homura, like a spider waiting for its prey to fall into its web, slowly crawling towards the struggling creature.

She knelt down, lifted Yan's chin, and wore that mask-like smile, as if she wasn't the one who had shown a look of panic when Yan tried to commit suicide.

Mami's face was reflected in her violently trembling pupils.

Is it really her?

"Flame, you may not know this, but you are the most special one among everyone."

Asami stroked Homura's face, staring intently into her eyes. Her face was so close that her breath, carrying a faint fragrance, brushed against Homura's face, sending shivers down her spine.

"Someone as special as you should be a witness, a caged canary, watching everything unfold from afar, detached and indifferent, instead of being here—"

Mami suddenly grabbed Homura's hair, pulled her up, and held her in her hand.

"—Trying to pull a fast one on me!"

"Uh!"

Flame whimpered softly in pain.

However, seeing Mami's obvious emotional state, she still managed to force a smile, revealing a hint of mockery and relief.

The fact that Mami was so angry means that she was really frightened just now.

"It seems that Senior Ba isn't as... indifferent to me as she seems..."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Mami's face immediately darkened.

She gritted her teeth and threw the flame on the ground.

At that moment, the loudspeaker above their heads emitted a hissing sound:

"—Your Holiness, it begins."

drop--

The door leading deeper into the warehouse opened, and Mami gave a soft hum, lifted her foot, stepped over Homura, and walked into the darkness inside the warehouse.

"Remember to keep me updated on the situation."

--"clear."

As she left, she instructed her subordinates to close the door tightly.

Yan struggled to get up from the ground; the ribbon that held her braids had long since fallen off, and her cascading black hair was scattered everywhere.

She watched Mami's figure disappear behind the door, biting her lip lightly.

Turns out, I'm still so useless.

The Tale of Reincarnation: The Forgotten Shore: Chapter 494 Bullet Train

At exactly 10 p.m., Xiangzi weaved through the crowd, hurrying past the local specialty shops and newsstands. She climbed a flight of steps, passed through the ticket gate, and arrived at the electronic display board, confirming the departure platform for the "Swift Wind" train.

"Let's go, Mu."

Mu nodded, picked up his suitcase, and followed Xiangzi to the platform.

This is a fully enclosed bullet train with a top speed of 500 kilometers per hour (although it doesn't usually go that fast). The first stop is Ashihara, and it passes through Kamihama and Mitakihara. It only takes about half an hour to travel from Kamihama to Mitakihara.

The train will stop once at Kamihama West, and then go directly to Mitakihara.

They are currently at Kamahama East Station. RAS will board the train with them at this station, but he doesn't know their exact location.

While on the platform, Xiangzi looked around, but he didn't see anyone who matched his impression.

In Xiangzi's mind, RAS's existence as a commercial band was more important than their identity as magical girls. He had watched several of their performance videos, and he felt that these five distinctive girls should be able to see them.

"Did you see him?" Xiangzi asked.

Mu shook his head.

“Strange…” Xiangzi frowned. “This shouldn’t be the case.”