Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

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"How long will it take?"

"The Empire seems to want to concentrate all its forces on Sky City. Its military strength is enormous, and it will be very troublesome to send them all to Sky City," Lin Hai said. "It will take at least twenty days."

"So you're saying we have another cycle of time?"

"Of the fragments we can get right now, there's still the fragment of the Greedy World that we haven't obtained yet. What do you plan to do?" Lin Hai looked at her. "Should we find the fragment of the Greedy World first, or stop the Empire, or split up and act separately?"

How to do?

Lin Hai's question hit the nail on the head. (The remaining text appears to be gibberish and unrelated to the preceding sentences.)

To save Su Shi, she needs to collect all the fragments of the Holy Grail and piece them together to recreate the original Grail. She originally thought her goal was the same as the Empire's, and that while searching for a way to save Su Shi, she could also stop the Empire's plan to invade the real world.

If that's the case, the Empire will have to focus its attention on them. Xiangzi, who holds more fragments, has the upper hand and the initiative, not to mention the "Fragment of the Divine Kingdom" whose whereabouts are completely unknown.

However, now that the initiative has been transferred, the Empire may have found a way to enter the real world without all the fragments, which is tantamount to forcibly advancing the entire situation.

Has it sensed an obstacle and begun to accelerate the incubation process?

Xiangzi thought.

Nirvana also has a similar period, so she was not surprised by the current situation.

But simply understanding the situation is not enough; what is always more important than "knowing" is "how to do it."

"Are there any other resources we can use?" Xiangzi answered Lin Hai's question with a question.

“Although the kingdom has been destroyed, there are still remnants of resistance. I can mobilize them in Gross’s name, as well as my comrades from Saint Hughia,” Lin Hai said. “There should be a few thousand of them.”

"Where is the Empire's army?"

"Hmm... a hundred thousand or so?" Lin Hai tilted his head. "I don't really have a concept of that."

"Burp~ Most people don't really understand." Tobacco let out a burp that smelled like butterbeer.

"..."

Xiangzi lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then nodded.

“You allocate a portion of your manpower to monitor the Empire’s movements, and then have the majority of the available armed forces converge on the Arrogant World,” she said. “We will continue to the gathering point in the Greedy World. As for the next steps, we’ll discuss them once we find Ai Yin and Su Shi.”

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As the situation within the barrier becomes increasingly urgent, some changes also occur in the real world.

"Damn it, what do you mean there aren't enough magical girls? I can't take it!"

Miaomeng raised the tablet in her hand, intending to smash it down. However, halfway up, she couldn't bear to do it, so she gently put the tablet back in its original position, then turned around and punched the wall.

This won't work either!

The magical girl's power made breaking down walls too easy.

Miaomeng reluctantly withdrew her hand, hugged her head, and twisted and contorted like a cat meme.

Oh no, how could this be?

Now you don't even have the guts to smash things to vent your anger? Yutenji Wakana, where did your former bravado of smashing, looting, and stealing go?!

These are all my own things, there's no grandeur about them!

Miao Meng sighed, lay back on the sofa, and casually picked up a sheet of music to cover her face.

In just a few days, the situation deteriorated too quickly. When Meow Dream was still making a living by taking on intelligence commissions, she had never seen so many witches appear. All kinds of witches sprang up like mushrooms after rain. For a time, the many magical girls in Reed Plains were unable to handle the frequent witch incidents in various places.

Miaomeng has been extremely busy these past few days.

What exactly caused this situation?

She doesn't understand.

It seems like the whole world has been on fast-forward ever since Xiangzi plunged into that so-called "Fairy Tale Town".

Typhoon "Whale," possibly the largest typhoon in history—or perhaps more accurately, Witch Night—has fully formed, with winds reaching level 18, and is expected to make landfall in three days.

International tensions suddenly escalated, wars spread globally, and the theory of the Doomsday Clock was revived.

what else?

Oh, and what about those "seniors" who went to Kamihama and then disappeared without a trace? What's the situation in Kamihama? It must be much worse than Ashihara.

What's wrong with this world?

drip-

Just then, Miaomeng's phone rang.

"Hello?" Miaomeng pressed the answer button.

"..."

"..."

"I see."

beep--

She hung up the phone, tore down the sheet music, and stared blankly at the ceiling.

The typhoon is moving faster than expected, and its landfall time is now early the day after tomorrow morning—this is what Rinrinko just told her on the phone.

besides......

Along with the impending typhoon came not only Witch's Night—this was the last message sent back from Kamihama.

Xiangzi, oh Xiangzi, when are you coming back? If you don't come back soon, I'm going to run away with my bucket!

The corners of his mouth, hidden beneath the sheet music, curled up in a self-deprecating smile.

Where can you run to?

Miaomeng opened her phone, looked at Fairy Tale Town (a game) that she had downloaded long ago but never opened, and fell into deep thought.

Xiangzi had previously asked her to do something related to Fairy Tale Town—to find the real location of Fairy Tale Town.

Meow Dream is now complete.

“There’s no time to play house with little girls anymore, Xiangzi,” Miaomeng murmured. “This world still needs you to save it.”

She lowered her eyes and opened the game app.

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吭哧吭Chi——

One evening, the carriage stopped not far from its final destination.

"Hey, Xiangzi, something seems off." Lixi patted the wooden planks of the carriage. "It's so quiet up ahead."

"Is there an ambush?" Xiangzi poked his head out.

"It's hard to say," Hailing replied. "There's a strong smell of blood left here; a very fierce battle took place."

"How long ago was this left?" Xiangzi sniffed, but didn't smell the strong bloody smell that Hailing was talking about.

However, Hailing's sensitivity to blood far exceeds that of normal people. Since she says she can smell it, then she must be able to smell it.

“A few days...at least a week ago,” Hailing said.

what happens.

Xiangzi got off the rickshaw, summoned the screw gun in his hand, and cautiously walked forward.

"I'll go check it out. Lixi, you keep an eye on the carriage."

Could it be that Aine and Xiaosushi...?

The further Xiangzi walked, the more he noticed he could smell the faint scent of blood that Hailing had mentioned. The smell mingled with the earthy aroma, carried by the high-altitude winds, and was inhaled into his nostrils. It was subtle, yet carried a lingering, ominous quality.

Was the decision to let them stay a mistake?

If Lin Hai went with them, would everything be alright? After all, Lin Hai is so strong... No, we can't think like that. He has no obligation to protect them, and without him, we can't return to the starting point through the Rainbow Bridge. It would be too despicable to push the problem onto Lin Hai.

As expected, it was still my own problem.

Xiangzi gritted his teeth, gripped the screwdriver tightly, prepared himself for the worst, and walked into the village.

Crackling...

A faint popping sound came from not far away, like the sound of something burning.

Is it someone, an ally or an enemy... or... a monster?

Xiangzi's heart tightened, and he exchanged a few quick glances with his companions behind him.

She prepared for battle and rushed out of the cover.

Just as she rushed out of the cover and her gaze locked onto several figures near the campfire, the reflection of those figures in her eyes caused Xiangzi's brain to suddenly freeze for a moment.

With short gray hair and amber eyes, he looked like a little penguin warming himself by the campfire.

"lamp?!"

Xiangzi stared wide-eyed at the person in front of him in disbelief.

"Xiao Xiang?!" Deng shouted, "Watch out!!!"

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"lamp?!"

When Xiangzi's machine crashed, the other side was also surprised by her appearance.

"Xiao Xiang?!"

The lamp paused for a moment, then shouted again.

"careful!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiangzi felt a chill run down her spine from the back of her head. Driven by a sense of danger, she raised her screw gun and instinctively blocked it with her head.

when----!

The threaded gun and the cat's paw collided, producing a loud spark.

However, the opponent's attack was not that simple.

After the first strike, the second strike followed from an unexpected angle.

"Uh!"

Xiangzi's eye was scratched by another cat's claw, leaving a bloody mark. The enemy that appeared from behind her without warning was completely different from any she had ever encountered before. Its attack was completely haphazard, as pure as a wild beast.

But that seemingly chaotic attack, amplified by extraordinary speed and combat instinct, became an unpredictable and unexpected assault for the enemy.

Xiangzi blocked the first claw strike, but it was too late to avoid the second. He could only turn his head as far as possible, and three claw marks appeared on the side of his head, extending from the corner of his eye to the back of his head.

"Xiao Xiang!"

It wasn't until the opponent's second attack hit that the people around them reacted.

Hailing was the first to react. In the instant the mysterious enemy appeared and injured Xiangzi, her katana was drawn like a bullet and slashed at the attacker.

brush--

The katana's strike missed its mark.

The girl had disappeared without anyone noticing, and no one even realized how she vanished; it was as if she had simply blinked and disappeared.

No.......

It really was just a blink of an eye.

There was a brief window, and the girl's location was conveniently hidden by Xiangzi.

Xiangzi, however, was not looking in her direction.

Then, she just disappeared.

In the next instant, Hailing unexpectedly swung her katana back behind her.

when--!

The cat's paw clashed with the samurai sword.

The other person's eyes widened, seemingly not expecting their location to be found.