Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

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The bullet pierced the glass curtain wall, shattered the glass, and passed through Yan's abdomen. The flowing blood instantly flowed back to the wound, which became smooth again after the bullet passed through.

"Three." Mami began the countdown.

"Senior Ba, it's me—!"

"Two, one."

"what----!"

Before Mami could pull the trigger, she heard Homura's scream.

Upon hearing the scream, the hand that was about to pull the trigger hesitated for a moment.

She closed her eyes, then opened them again.

Achieving justice... requires neither hesitation nor mercy.

boom--!

The second bullet pierced the glass curtain wall, repairing Flame's wound.

"One." Mami began the second countdown, reenacting everything she had just witnessed from behind the curtain.

"Wait a minute, Senior Ba!"

"two."

"three."

--"etc!"

Mami paused for a moment.

What did I hear on this shore just now? My own "lines," it must have been...

Mami sighed and put down her gun.

"It seems you're serious."

Flame, you take everything you do very seriously, even the way you try to lie to me is so serious, it breaks my heart.

"I really don't know what you're talking about!"

"You know perfectly well what I'm asking." Mami frowned.

Unfortunately, I already knew the outcome. What you went to great lengths to hide has already been obtained by me.

"What...what thing..."

"Where did you put it?" Mami looked at Homura on the other side of the glass, forcing herself to harden her heart. "If you don't tell the truth, I will show no mercy."

"Just answer my questions, understand?"

Yan could no longer hear her speak and had fallen into a coma.

She slowly walked out, signaling her men on this side to wake Yan.

The two magical girls on this side, who were supposed to be eulogists, picked up Flame and dragged her backwards to the outside of the warehouse.

She took the half-face mask handed to her by her subordinate, put it on, and together they passed through the airlock. She then led Flame, who had been dragged out from another door, toward the train that was already parked there. She jumped on with Flame, and four magical girls who had just come to the other side with Mami also boarded the train.

At the same time, Mami saw a magical girl from this side of the river, who was singing praises, walking backwards and sending the "flower" back to the train.

Once she confirmed that her own people had indeed taken the flowers, Mami started the train with peace of mind.

The train on the other side chugged along towards the "past".

After that, all you need to do is follow the steps, right...?

Asami stood on the car, thinking.

In that instant, she thought she was safe and let her guard down.

This is the moment.

Mami's pupils shrank to their smallest size in an instant.

There was a sharp pain in my chest.

She looked down and saw a gleaming silver blade pierce through her chest from behind.

The Tale of Reincarnation: The Forgotten Shore: Chapter 508 Toyokawa Shoko's Perspective

The black square box that Mayi threw to Xiangzi unfolded in her hand, spreading outwards from her chest until it covered her entire body.

Xiangzi stood in front of the full-length mirror that Mami had brought out, looking at himself in the mirror, which had become a blurry black shadow.

"So that's how it is," Xiangzi murmured softly, "...Just as I thought."

drop--

The airlock gradually opened, and Mami stood next to the switch, gesturing for him to proceed.

Xiangzi took a deep breath and stepped through the gate.

"Xiang, we'll follow the containers and wait for you in the container area of ​​the port," Mu said. "I wish you all the best."

Xiangzi, with his back to Mu, gave a thumbs-up, his figure gradually disappearing into the iron gate.

squeak--

The heavy iron gate closed behind me, the sync lights then lit up, and the gate in front of me opened.

Moonlight shone through the gate, illuminating the dark shadows.

Xiangzi stepped out of the gate and into the world of "this shore".

The blue room is completely enclosed and filled with the air of the other side, as well as various supplies transferred from this side to the other side. So, inside the blue room, Xiangzi only felt a little bit of the reality of arriving on the other side when he saw another version of himself coming out of the red room when he first went out. Otherwise, there was no difference.

After all, if everyone exists on the other side, it's equivalent to everyone being on this side.

However, things are different once you step out of the gate.

The world is this shore, only you are on the other shore.

The wind blew toward her from the direction of the gate; several seagulls flew overhead, flying backwards; the smoke from the battle was gathering on the ruins.

Xiangzi lifted his foot, and there was a small pond in front of him.

She looked down and saw the pool first ripple with water before her feet stepped onto it.

I am going against the flow of time.

As she continued walking, the sensation under her feet felt strange. Xiangzi couldn't quite put her finger on it. She was clearly moving forward, but the sensation in her body told her that she was moving backward... It was a bit like Michael Jackson's moonwalk.

Xiangzi tried to run a couple of steps, then took a step and stepped into the shallow footprints on the ground.

Scattered pebbles flew towards where she landed, eventually gathering at her feet. The soil beneath her feet rose with her landing, becoming flat ground again.

There are many, many, many different things she needs to adapt to.

This feeling... is wonderful.

After walking a few more steps, she felt that she was gradually mastering the skill of walking on the other side.

When Yachiyo first took her to the ruins of the Kamihama Magical Alliance, she saw many traces of the Other Shore. With her innate "inspiration," Shoko quickly found a way to coexist with the Other Shore. Now, it's just the complete opposite; she is from the Other Shore and needs to learn to live peacefully with the rest of this Shore.

"That should be about right."

Xiangzi calculated the time and figured it should be about right.

She saw the container carrying everyone being loaded onto a semi-trailer that was moving backwards and being transported away—from this perspective, it was this container that was being transported over at this moment.

From this shore's perspective, they disappear into thin air after entering the passage; conversely, from the other shore's perspective, they appear out of thin air. The later they enter the passage, the earlier they appear on the other shore.

Therefore, Mami, who entered the passage to the other side earlier than them, did not exist in the time interval between Xiangzi entering the passage and Mami entering the passage. During this period, they were safe.

However, in order to save Yan, they followed Mami into the passage to the other side shortly after she entered, and this safe time was very limited.

In about five minutes, Mami will emerge from the passage on the other side.

Xiangzi walked up to the train on the other side of the river, looked up, and gazed at the train parked outside the warehouse.

Where did this train, which is completely on the other side, come from?

A more distant future?

It's better to give up thinking about these things and just feel them, instead of trying to understand them.

Xiangzi boarded the train and searched it thoroughly, but she couldn't find the flower that Yan had left behind... As she pondered this, she raised her hand, and in the corner, a bullet casing she had left on this shore flew into her palm, turning over and over between her fingers.

I glanced down at my watch.

It's almost time.

Xiangzi rummaged through his pockets and pulled out a seed of lamentation.

[Witch's Name: Bloom]

That's the guy.

It can become invisible; when it is completely still, even Xiangzi didn't notice it until it started moving.

She inserted the lament seed of the witch, which possessed a Hard-level quality, into the magazine of the gunblade.

Once a witch's power reaches the Hard level, the seeds of sorrow she leaves behind have special effects. These special effects can be applied to weapons, like Xiangzi's Reinhardt—and can also be brought into play through special means.

He raised the blade and pulled the trigger into the air.

boom!

The blade did not emit any flames, but the surrounding air was distorted.

Xiangzi took a step forward and stepped inside before the distorted air dissipated, his blurry black figure disappearing into the air.

Next, all you have to do is wait.

Xiangzi squatted on the roof of the car and waited for about ten seconds. Then he saw himself and the others on this side retreating from the warehouse. The magical girls who had died in the battle also came back to life.

Xiangzi watched them come back to life like watching a movie played in reverse, watching himself walk backwards out of the warehouse, and then... it was Mami.

In a world where everything is the opposite of her own, Mami, who seems perfectly normal, walks out of the warehouse with a regressing flame.

At the same time, out of the corner of his eye, Xiangzi caught a glimpse of a magical girl from another direction walking backward toward the train.

Asami drew closer and closer, so did the magical girl from this side of the river who seemed to be holding something.

Finally, as Mami boarded the train, the magical girl on this side placed the flower that Shoko had been searching for for a long time back into a very hidden corner of the train.

Xiangzi swallowed hard.

Mami and Homura, along with the flower that had been put back in the car, were less than five meters away from him.

She really wanted to just reach out and take the flowers.

But that won't work. The invisibility effect weakens considerably once she moves. If she moves, Mami will definitely notice her. Her only chance is to wait until Mami's vigilance is at its lowest before making her move.

Therefore, Xiangzi could only watch helplessly as the flower flew back into Yan's hand.

Then the train started moving, heading towards the point where it would meet Xiangzi on this side of the river.

At that moment, Mami thought she was safe and lowered her guard.

This is the moment.

Xiangzi moved.

Mami's pupils shrank to their smallest size in an instant.

Xiangzi thrust the gun blade through Mami's chest. Her invisibility vanished due to the violent movement, and in that instant, she saw Mami's astonished expression.

"This knife is for Flame."

Xiangzi whispered in Mami's ear.

He then pulled the trigger.

The Tale of Reincarnation: The Shore of Oblivion: Chapter 509 Lionheart

Perhaps due to their accustomedness to the information advantage brought by the Other Shore, the magical girls of the Ode to the Song always use time-pincer operations to ensure the stable execution of missions, which has led to a sense of dependence on the Other Shore. Including Mami, all the magical girls of the Ode to the Song are prone to letting their guard down when they are in the Other Shore.

Generally speaking, even if there is a threat, it comes from this side and can be detected in advance.

However, Xiangzi is now on the other side just like them. All the advantages that the eulogists have are completely gone when facing Xiangzi, who is also on the other side. The slackness caused by over-reliance becomes the perfect opportunity for Xiangzi to strike the key blow.