Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

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She succeeded!

The moment the trigger was pulled, the Seed of Lamentation within the magazine was activated. Through the core of the blade, the Seed of Lamentation of the Witch Reinhardt transformed into a fierce flame, forming a brief pillar of fire along the sword.

boom!

"This time it's for Flame!"

calm.

Xiangzi told himself to stay calm.

But the Soul Gem cracked again, almost allowing Nirvana to escape. She was then forced to stand against her predecessors in Reed Plains, with a gun pointed at her weak point...

Xiangzi hadn't been this angry in a long time.

The anger had been suppressed until the moment the trigger was pulled, at which point it became uncontrollable.

It was as if a lion had broken free of its cage. The bursting flames seemed to ignite the anger in Xiangzi's heart. Her pupils constricted, and several prominent blue veins bulged near the corners of her eyes. Her knuckles gripped the sword hilt so tightly that they turned white.

"This time it's for myself!"

Xiangzi pulled the trigger again.

boom!

not enough!

boom--!

boom----!

Pulling the trigger twice in succession, the explosion of the Seed of Sorrow as ammunition was like Xiangzi venting his anger. The wound on Mami's chest, pierced by the blade, grew larger and larger, turning into a charred and hideous hole.

The moment Xiangzi pulled the trigger, her blood boiled, and the surge of adrenaline made her exceptionally excited. This physical state even affected her soul, and the Nirvana sealed deep within the Soul Gem was stirred at that moment.

Just then, Xiangzi was about to step on Mami's back and kick her off the train. She felt her heart suddenly skip a beat, and her whole body paused for a moment.

How come she's still alive after all this!

"Tsk!" Xiangzi gritted his teeth, just about to try again.

It was in this instant that Mami found an opening to retaliate.

She grabbed Xiangzi's wrist, which was holding the gun blade, and lowered her waist, trying to throw him in front of her with a heavy over-the-shoulder throw.

Unfortunately, the expected thud did not come. Xiangzi reacted just as his feet were about to leave the ground, grabbing the handle of the gun blade with his other free hand. Using the force of Mami throwing him away, he pulled the gun blade out.

"Pfft—!" Mami spat out a mouthful of dark red blood.

The dark red blood had completely ruined her white clothes. Her once pristine white dress, which resembled that of a saint, was now completely devoid of any white color. Her entire body was covered in blood and dust, making her look like a white lion covered in blood.

The moment the gun blade was pulled from her chest must have been very painful. Mami trembled violently and naturally lost the strength to hold onto Xiangzi's wrist. The action that was originally meant to slam Xiangzi to the ground turned into throwing him forward. Before hitting the ground, Xiangzi regained his balance using his core strength and landed steadily on the other side of the train.

Before Xiangzi could even catch her breath, almost the instant she and Mami separated, several other magical girls from the Ode to Joy faction bypassed Mami and surrounded Xiangzi.

Just now, Mami and Xiangzi were so close that they didn't dare to make any rash moves. Now that they finally had their chance, they immediately surrounded Xiangzi.

Ta-da!

When objects on opposite sides collide, the resulting air currents reverse.

The clanging of metal against metal was deafening. A single person, armed with a spear, stood unfazed by the combined attack of four magical girls.

The weapon that Mami gave her was originally intended for her to use against RAS and PasPale, but now it has become the blade that Shoko uses to kill her.

Holding the gun blade called "Lionheart," Xiangzi's emotions were as turbulent as a hunting lion.

Normally, Xiangzi's main fighting method is firepower coverage, and he has never felt that a melee weapon could be so easy to use.

She grinned, her lips curving slightly upwards amidst the flashing blades.

Perhaps Mami gave her a weapon that was most suitable for her.

brush--

The gun blade grazed the first magical girl's nose, nearly slicing her face in two. This magical girl was already wary of Xiangzi's swing; she reacted instantly, leaping aside as he swung his knife.

She dodged the first blow, that's right.

A normal person swings their sword once, waits for the momentum to dissipate, and then raises the sword again to make a second strike. This magical girl believed she had time to dodge Xiangzi's second strike.

However, Xiangzi did not use conventional weapons, and the fighting methods she figured out had nothing to do with the word "normal".

boom----!

The first strike grazed the magical girl's nose. Xiangzi flipped the blade and pulled the trigger. The Lament Seed in the magazine was fired, and the witch named Reinhardt roared like an internal combustion engine, completely negating the momentum of the swing and even applying more violent force in the opposite direction—after the first strike, the gun blade spewed flames, and the silver blade, gleaming in the moonlight, swung out, curving in the air in a "V" shape before rebounding back to the magical girl.

brush--!

A flash of silver light swept across the magical girl's skull, splitting her head open. Splattered brain matter and blood fell onto the gravel ground beneath the train, and the magical girl's body slumped to the ground.

Even if the Soul Gem hadn't shattered, her magic wouldn't have been enough to heal this level of injury.

Xiangzi raised his eyes and looked at the remaining three people.

His golden eyes reflected a chilling light under the moonlight. His boiling blood made Xiangzi forget how many people he was facing, forget the magic he couldn't use because of Mami, and forget about Nirvana.

The combination of gun and sword seemed perfectly natural in Xiangzi's hands.

She found her own "style," just like Hailing, which did not rely on magic, but only on the swordsmanship of one person and one sword, which was a perfect unity of the two.

Xiangzi flung aside the magazine and quickly pulled out six Lament Seeds from his left pocket, stuffing them into the magazine.

The rebellious rustling of grass and trees—the normal sound of a train—the rebellious gasp—the normal gasp—

“Ahhhh————!”

The second magical girl's eyes flashed with fear as she raised her heavy, massive saber and slashed down at Xiangzi.

She was incredibly fast; in a mere 0.2 or 0.3 seconds, she traversed the distance from one end of the locomotive to the other, and her powerful, heavy sword precisely targeted Xiangzi's body.

But fear still clouded her judgment. Xiangzi took a step back with her right foot, her body and the hand holding the gun blade tilting to the right. The opened magazine snapped shut with a crisp "click," and the blade swung back with a "whoosh!" towards the magical girl's elbow and cheek.

Just as the blade was about to touch his opponent, Xiangzi pulled the trigger.

boom--!

The flames sliced ​​through the air, producing the roar of an internal combustion engine, drawing a complete circle with Xiangzi as the center.

After the knife made its cut, Xiangzi heard two people scream in agony.

The third magical girl with the spear was trying to attack Xiangzi from behind. She happened to be in the same circle as the girl with the large sword and the cement block that had just passed by. Flying pebbles hit Yan on the head, and both figures collapsed limply, tumbling off the vehicle and disappearing into the night.

A fourth person lunged at Xiangzi from directly in front of him after they fell off the train—she had barely taken a step when her ribs and the Soul Gem hanging on her chest were severed in two. Burning flames completely engulfed her upper body, her head and hands drooping limply, her legs supporting her lifeless body like a torch, taking two or three steps...

Xiangzi flung aside the magazine and took out three Lament Seeds from his left pocket to replace it.

Now only I, Homura, and Mami are left in the car.

Flame was the only one on this shore. She clutched the flower tightly. A piece of gravel that had been thrown during the battle hit her forehead, "awakening" her from her slumber on this shore.

Xiangzi and Yan's eyes met for a moment. She saw herself covered in black mist in Yan's eyes, and the gun blade in her hand was still stained with the blood of the enemy magical girl. She looked like a demon that suddenly emerged from the night.

Maybe she really is an evil spirit.

Xiangzi chuckled self-deprecatingly and turned his gaze to the other end of the locomotive.

Mami stood there, clutching her chest, staring intently at Xiangzi.

Severely injured by Xiangzi's attack, Mami's body was on the verge of death. The hole in her chest almost completely covered her heart, and her spine was broken. Mami was still able to move because she was supporting her body with ribbons, as if she were manipulating her body like a puppet on strings.

"Cough-cough-"

Mami coughed up a clump of black blood.

"You... you actually caught up with me..."

"It is thanks to you that you gave us the passage to the other side that I have this opportunity."

"This must be your first time entering the other side, how could you be so... skilled..." Mami looked at the dark figure in front of her in confusion.

The mask's translation function allowed her words to be translated into a language that Xiangzi couldn't understand, even after she spoke them.

“Maybe it’s talent.” Xiangzi shrugged, picked up the gun blade, and slung it over his shoulder. “You will pay the price for what you have done.”

This action of carrying things on her shoulder was not in line with the education she had always received—it was not an elegant posture.

But tonight, she's already captivated by the lion's heart.

Elegance was left behind; her disheveled blue hair, shrouded in black mist, swayed in the opposing wind, making her look from afar like a wild beast poised to pounce.

"I've already paid the price...cough cough..." Mami clutched her chest, barely managing to conjure a few floating flintlock pistols beside her with ribbons. "You...don't you understand...becoming a magical girl is the price we pay..."

"That's the price to pay for fulfilling a wish," Xiangzi said calmly.

She reached into her right pocket, took out a Lament Seed, and put it into the magazine.

The left pocket contained the most basic ammunition, enough for a repeating sword that could only fire the blade.

However, the right pocket is filled with high-grade ammunition, especially those of Hard difficulty, which often have special effects.

Pulling the trigger, a Hard-class Witch's Lament Seed was gone. All the Lament Seeds Mami gave her were low-class Witch Lament Seeds, and now she could count the Hard-class ones on one hand.

Xiangzi twitched the corner of his mouth, feeling a pang of unease.

"If I had known it would turn out like this, I would have preferred to have died!" Mami's calm, fake smile crumbled, and she shouted at Shoko with a distorted expression, "Don't you regret it?! Kyubey lied to us. The wish we made back then will only lead you down a path of even greater despair!"

"So you want to take revenge on the world?"

"I am saving it! I am achieving ultimate justice! All the suffering we are experiencing now is the price of achieving justice, and it is worth it!"

"Is your so-called justice just preaching ideas like 'death is happiness' like a cult leader? Is your so-called justice just shooting your once-cherished junior twice without hesitation?! Is your so-called justice just using a witch's abilities to wreak havoc throughout this city?!" Xiangzi glared furiously at Mami, his eyes wide with rage. "I've seen people like you before. Is your so-called justice something you figured out yourself, or did someone tell you about it?"

"Of course it's me—"

Mami stopped there.

What was the justice she once upheld, the justice she believed in? It was defeating the witch, saving the weak, and protecting the world from harm.

How did she become like this?

Ugly, depraved, hysterical.

Because of the truth about magical girls, because she was in despair, because...

"Yeah... how did I become like this..." Mami covered her head, staring blankly at her toes. "I wasn't like this before... It's all the fault of magical girls, it's all Kyubey's fault... No, that's not right... I was desperate, why should the whole world be dragged down with me? What kind of justice is this?"

Mami Tomoe suddenly felt lost.

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The severe, life-threatening injury seemed to awaken something in Mami's mind.

Her eyes focused again, and although it was only for a moment, she seemed to have temporarily regained her clarity.

Unfortunately, Xiangzi won't be able to see it.

Xiangzi is very irritable now. She doesn't know why, but Mami's words seem to be contagious, making her irritable as well.

They stirred up conflict, harmed their comrades, shattered the once-prosperous Shinhama Magic Alliance, and plunged the entire Shinhama region, including surrounding cities, into strife.

She's done so many infuriating things, she'd be no exaggeration to call her a beast, so why is she suddenly going to confess now? Does she think that will make her sins forgiven, will give her fallen soul some solace? Ah, the church teaches us that as long as we sincerely pray and ask for forgiveness, any sin can be forgiven.

Even Mari Ono, who worked at the church, had never done anything like this. At least she had self-awareness and knew her sin.

"enough."

Xiangzi gripped the gun blade tightly and walked towards Mami step by step.

“I am not a nun, and I have no right or intention to listen to confessions. Your confessions will only bother my ears. No matter who you are confessing to, or which religion’s deity you are speaking to, if that religion has hell, you will definitely go to hell.”

"I know......"

Asami seemed to be having a fierce internal struggle; she covered her head, her pupils constantly dilating and constricting.

"I know I deserve to go to hell!" She suddenly raised her head, her bewildered eyes staring straight at Xiangzi. "But I really don't understand... when exactly did I...?"

When Xiangzi saw those bewildered eyes, he truly realized that Mami was genuinely baffled. She was terrified, not because Xiangzi was approaching her, but because she had suddenly lost the motivation to do these things.

Xiangzi suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

It's really illogical to suddenly start reflecting at this time, to reflect sincerely and earnestly.

Xiangzi couldn't understand what Mami was thinking.

The doctrine of the eulogists is to lead the world to its end, a very nihilistic doctrine, and not uncommon. But why?