Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

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The black dots appear to be arranged in clockwise order. There should have been twelve in total, but now only nine remain. The ninth dot is slowly drifting towards the eighth dot in a counter-clockwise direction.

The Witch of This Shore has been divided into twelve flowers, representing the power she once possessed from twelve flowers. Now, these divided powers are gradually merging into one under the guidance of a ritual.

When the slowly moving flower has swallowed all the floating flowers and returned to the twelve o'clock position, the witch on this shore will be fully resurrected.

Xiangzi lowered his head and shifted his gaze to Mami Ba.

"You've come." Mami opened her eyes.

"I'm here." Xiangzi took out six Lament Seeds from his pocket and loaded them one by one into the magazine in front of Mami. "I brought the little gift you gave me."

She tapped the cracked Soul Gem on her wrist lightly with the handle of the gun blade.

A small gift with a double entendre.

"This is the very last time. Is there anything you'd like to say to your descendants?" Xiangzi stepped aside slightly to let Xiaoyuan come forward.

When Mami saw Madoka, a slight tremor appeared in her numb and cold eyes.

She opened her mouth, as if trying to make a sound.

But it was unsuccessful.

“Mami-senpai—” “—You killed a lot of people to get to this point, didn’t you?”

Mami finally blurted out her words.

She looked at Xiaoyuan, and at Xiaoyuan's hand holding the bow.

“You killed someone. You weren’t a witch, you were a human,” Mami said.

"Using language to pressure your juniors, Mami Tomoe? So that's the kind of person you are." Shoko grinned disdainfully.

“I didn’t ask you.” Mami glanced at Shoko, then turned her gaze back to Madoka. “I’m just stating the facts.”

Xiangzi rolled her eyes, her gaze drifting around the circular area, exchanging brief glances with Hemu. She looked up at the countdown above her, watching it slowly decrease.

"Even if we killed someone, we only killed bad guys." Sayaka couldn't help but step forward, clench her fist, and wave her hand forcefully. "We did nothing wrong! The mistake was betraying you, our righteous senior!"

"What is justice?" Mami asked. "Is the law justice? Is moral concept justice? Is majority rule justice? What about those who die because of unreasonable laws, those who die because of outdated ideas, those who die because of the violence of the majority? Are they the opposite of justice? Are they evil?"

Mami raised her hands.

“If this is how justice is defined, then I can also say that the disappearance of humanity is the ultimate justice; I can say that nothingness is justice; I can say that I will define what justice is.”

"...That's sophistry!" Sayaka's face flushed with anger. "You never used to say things like that!"

“I’m asking Madoka.” Mami ignored Sayaka and continued looking at the person directly in front of her. “You killed someone. You killed someone who had a wish that couldn’t be fulfilled.”

“There is no such thing as justice or evil, senior.” Xiaoyuan raised her head. “I know what I am doing, and I know what I should do.”

Xiaoyuan was fully aware that she was killing someone.

Even if the other party is a magical girl who has transcended the realm of humanity, even if the other party is a nihilist who wants to take the whole world down with them, even if these people have countless evils, they are still "human".

They are capable of listening, speaking, reading, and writing; they can feel joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness; and they can fall into nihilism because of despair. They are undoubtedly human beings.

Killing them means that I am killing people.

Kyoko might not think that much, and Sayaka might use "justice" to help herself get through the crisis, but Madoka knows very well what she is doing. She deeply reflects on her actions and comes to a final conclusion.

She will bear the sins brought about by this "killing".

My hands are dirty.

She knew it.

She raised the longbow, which resembled a tree branch, drew back the bowstring, and a pink arrow rested on her finger.

“It’s time, senior.”

Whoosh-!

An arrow flew out.

Mami simply tilted her head to avoid it.

but--

The arrow had no hope of hitting Mami; it continued to fly backward, tightening the silk threads that Muku had arranged around the area while they were talking, and a large, semi-transparent net enveloped Mami.

The Tale of Reincarnation: The Shore of Oblivion: Chapter 555 Justice Without Mercy - Baroque

The semi-transparent net was pulled tight by the arrows and quickly contracted towards Mami in the center of the field.

Xiangzi wasn't that kind of martial arts enthusiast. He would first engage in a verbal battle with Mami, then bow twice, then bow three times, and finally bump fists before actually fighting. His arguing with Mami was part of the plan to stall for time, in order to give Mu a chance to set up the venue.

The translucent silk threads intertwined and twisted into thicker ropes, enveloping Mami and blocking all her escape routes.

"on!"

Xiangzi grabbed the gun blade and charged towards Mami.

However, Mami didn't seem surprised at all; it was as if she already knew Shoko and the others would do this. After all, the characteristics of ribbons are very similar to silk threads, a trick she herself often used—how could she not have thought of it?

The hemp rope made of silk threads encountered an unprecedented obstacle. Countless yellow ribbons appeared in the air, tightly intertwined with the silk threads, hindering the trend of the large net covering the area. Instead, due to their mutual contact and entanglement, the entire space was instantly transformed into a terrain full of ribbons and silk threads, like a spider's web, with obstacles everywhere.

Mami jumped backward and onto the stock of the floating flintlock musket. Her whole body floated up with the open flintlock musket, hovering in the middle of the spider web-like structure.

Mami looked up at the eight World-Destroying Flowers that had been reduced to eight in the sky.

She stood on the silk threads, searching for a foothold, and spread her five fingers towards the crowd jumping up above. The flintlock muskets made of silk ribbons formed a wall behind her.

then.

Mami gripped her wrist expressionlessly and rotated it, placing her thumb against her middle finger.

Snapped.

A crisp snap of fingers.

Then came a shower of golden raindrops.

The raindrops encountered a familiar obstacle in mid-air. Mu gathered all the surrounding threads above the six people's heads and wove them into a large net. Mami's own ribbons were mixed into the net. The golden rain of bullets fell on the net and tore it apart in just a second or two.

However, a second or two is enough.

The net not only served a protective function but also blocked Mami's view. By the time the net was torn apart by the barrage of comments, the six people had already disappeared without a trace.

"Senior, I'm here!"

Anzu's voice came from the right.

"And here too!"

Sayaka's voice came from the left.

One in red and one in blue stepped on the silk threads that Mu had set up, pulling the threads to their limit like drawing a bow, and then suddenly released them, springing towards Mami.

The speed was too fast and the time too short; there wasn't enough time for a large number of flintlock muskets to be generated. Mami had no choice but to hold a short gun in one hand and pull the trigger in two different directions.

but--

"And here!"

A black shadow appeared above Mami's head.

Flame's ankles were suspended by silk threads, hovering directly above Mami, while an RPG, poised to fire, was slung over her shoulder and the trigger was pulled.

Despite being attacked from three directions, Mami remained calm and composed.

The rockets were traveling much slower than Sayaka and Kyoko, giving Mami ample time to develop a more accurate flintlock pistol to detonate them.

Boom——!

The rocket exploded in mid-air, and Sayaka and Kyoko had to defend themselves against Mami's large-caliber double-barreled shotgun, raising their weapons to block it.

The attacks from three directions were neutralized simultaneously, and just when Mami thought it was her turn to counterattack.

click -

Time stood still for a moment.

"Your mechanism is still wrapped in ribbons, how could time stop possibly work on me?" Mami raised her head disdainfully, looking at Homura who had activated time stop.

But Mami only saw Homura's smug expression.

Immediately afterwards, a chilling silver light tore through the sparks from the rocket explosion.

That was the silver light that had pierced through his chest; it was the only time since he had been given the flower that he felt death was so close.

Back then, Reinhardt's wrath pushed Mami down the path of no return, making her the Flower of Destruction.

This time, another figure appeared without warning, pointing a blade at her center. Although the invisibility of the blooming flower weakens with movement, the explosion created by the flames compensated for this weakness. Taking advantage of the sparks and smoke from the explosion, and the moment when Mami Chenzha's attention was diverted by the time stop, Xiangzi broke through her defenses.

Asami used all her strength to turn her body to the side.

boom--!

Xiangzi pulled the trigger twice in succession, and the two Seeds of Lamentation were fired at the same time. The blade tip cut through the air, creating a tiny vortex and producing a piercing explosion.

Om-!

The gun blade, so fast it was invisible to the naked eye, sliced ​​through Mami's right hand without any resistance, severing the hand she was using to block.

Mami stared wide-eyed at Xiangzi, who had once again landed a successful blow.

"When did you arrive?!" Mami clutched her severed arm and glared at Xiangzi.

"You're too bold to fall for the same trick again." Xiangzi took out a Lament Seed from his right pocket and stuffed it into the magazine in front of Mami. "You've raised quite a few Assimilation Clones, don't you remember?"

Since Bloom has more than one assimilation clone, isn't it only natural that Xiangzi has more than one Seed of Lamentation with the same effect?

Not to mention the security system they encountered at the port, there were several identical-looking witches in the square outside.

Yan casually bought one for himself, which gave Xiangzi another chance to get close to Mami.

For Mami, who is just as skilled at long-range firepower suppression as herself, her biggest weakness is being ambushed at close range.

However, only one Seed of Lamentation remained, and Xiangzi could no longer launch a sneak attack with the same effect.

"Could it be that it has turned into a world-destroying flower or that's all it's capable of?"

Xiangzi stood on the silk thread that Mu had set up, beckoning to Mami from afar with a smug look that said, "Is that all? Didn't you eat?"

Although she personally disliked such flamboyant behavior (she really disliked desuwa!), it was the way she knew best to provoke the other party's anger.

Only by making Mami lose her composure can we get her to use more of her backup plans, or even—

"I've had enough of you, Toyokawa Sho!"

Whoosh-!

A pink arrow pierced Mami's head, and only then did Madoka emerge from behind Homura, lowering her longbow.

"Senior...you've really changed completely from before." She sighed regretfully.

However, what happened next made it clear to everyone that the matter was not over yet.

When Mami's head was pierced by an arrow, what was exposed was not a white brain matter, nor splattered blood.

It is hollow inside.

It's just an empty shell made of ribbons.

Only seven of the World-Destroying Flowers remained, and Mami revealed her true colors.

A white castle decorated in Baroque style descended from the sky, severing all the ribbons and threads that were attached to Mami's body, and landed heavily in the center of the venue.

The Tale of Reincarnation: The Shore of Oblivion: Chapter 556 There is still a second stage.

A white castle fell from the sky and crashed towards Xiangzi, the area covered by the dark shadow growing larger and larger centered on Xiangzi.

"coming!"

Mu straightened the silk thread that Xiangzi was using to land, propelling him out of the ever-expanding shadowy area. The massive castle crashed down, severing all the silk threads and ribbons suspended in the air, which then fell to the ground along with it.

Mu's original silken network was attached to Mami's ribbon network. Now that the support was gone, everyone felt a sense of weightlessness and fell downwards.

At this moment, the castle had landed in the center of the circular arena and began to stretch and deform. Several cannons with Mami's signature Baroque style emerged from the unfolded belly of the castle, aiming at everyone who was falling.

A bright yellow light shone from the muzzle of the cannon.

"careful!"