Chapter 50: 99% corrupted! The price of a miracle! The Walpurgisnacht!!!
『 The speed of the truck, which was moving at a rapid pace, reached 120 kilometers per hour, and behind it was the black-haired girl whose figure flickered continuously!
"I can't let you all be like ordinary humans, with fragile bodies that fight witches."
"For you magical girls, your original bodies are just external objects. Your souls, which are your true selves, have been streamlined into a safe form that can more efficiently utilize magic power."
"My mission, who made a magical girl contract with you, is to extract your souls and transform them into Soul Gems." Kyubey's clear voice made Madoka's body tremble violently!
"Don't joke around!"
The hot-tempered Kyoko grabbed Kyubey directly and said angrily, "Wouldn't that make us like zombies?!"
"Isn't this more convenient?" Kyubey retorted,
"Even if your heart is pierced and all your blood is drained, as long as you repair your body with magic power, you can act immediately."
"As long as the Soul Gem is not damaged, you are invincible. Isn't it more advantageous for combat than a human body full of weaknesses?" 』
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〜Myriad Worlds livestream Chat〜
[ Yukinoshita Haruno (Oregairu): "How…how could this be! Magical girls are such wonderful beings, why would they become like this?! Without a soul, isn't this just a controlled corpse?!" ]
[ Kiritsugu Emiya (Type-Moon): "This is the incomplete form of the Heaven's Feel…the Third Magic, materialized soul?!" ]
[ Aizen (Bleach): "I can't refute it. Humans are indeed too weak." ]
[ Achilles (Type-Moon): "Although what you said makes a lot of sense, it…feels like my heel, an extra weakness." ]
[ Lain Sheyka (KonoSuba): "So, the Soul Gem is…the true body of a magical girl? That means if Mami-senpai was upside down at the time, she would have been fine, right?" ]
[ Kazuma Satou (KonoSuba): "As expected of you, Watson, and please don't repeatedly whip Mami-senpai's corpse in the future, thank you. We should give the deceased the respect they deserve." ]
[ Tomoe Mami (Puella Magi Madoka Magica ): "Hey! You guys are going too far! Even I would get angry! Also, Kyubey, you really hid a lot information from us!" ]
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〜Type-Moon World, Oath Under Snow Worldline〜
Ainsworth's indifferent calm.
"Legend has it that Pandora's Box contains hope and miracles, but once hope and miracles are realized, the disasters and calamities buried deep within will devour the entire world."
Kyubey? Is it a beautiful existence that grants magical girls' wishes, or is its essence also Pandora?
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〜Type-Moon World, Witch on the Holy Night Worldline〜
Clock Tower
Touko Aozaki's gaze changed slightly, and a hint of a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"Any hidden setting like this is the Third Magic, which everyone in our world yearns for but cannot obtain."
"Now I believe that perhaps, a true god might really be born here."
This world has five great magics. The First Magic is called "Negation of Nothingness," the oldest magic, which can be understood as creation from nothing.
The Second Magic is the management of different parallel worlds. The Second Magician has always been Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg, also known as the legendary Kaleidoscope, who once clashed with the Crimson Moon.
And the Third Magic is the soul, simply put, immortality, and also the reason for the existence of all heroic spirits.
This point is very compatible with her doll technology, but so far only the Einzbern family has a half-baked grasp of it.
She doesn't know the Fourth Magic, and as for the Fifth Magic, that's her cute little sister's business~
"It's getting more and more interesting,"
Touko Aozaki seemed to think of something and couldn't help but sneer.
If they were in this world, those old guys would probably seal all things.
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〜Puella Magi Madoka Magica World〜
"Kyubey…you didn't tell me anything?!"
Tomoe Mami's face was as dark as water.
Looking at the Soul Gem in her hand, and then at herself now, this stone is the real body?!
Waves of dizziness made Tomoe Mami's scalp tingle.
It seemed that besides signing the contract, nothing else was told to them!
And Homura…
Tomoe Mami's expression was a little pained.
Although she still didn't understand Homura's inexplicable actions from a God's perspective, recalling every battle, Homura would appear.
In the screen, before her death, Homura had repeatedly advised her, and the moment Sayaka's gem was thrown out, Homura chased after it.
All signs indicate that Homura is definitely not their enemy, and even protects them in the dark at all times! Or rather, did Homura see their future?!
Thinking carefully, it seems Homura's goal has never changed from beginning to end: to stop Madoka from becoming a magical girl!
"Really…we who wouldn't listen to anything you said and didn't trust you, are like incurable idiots."
Tomoe Mami smiled bitterly. She now wants to know even more what Homura is hiding!
Kyubey said nothing, just looked at Akemi Homura's figure with even more confusion.
If there were two exceptions among magical girls, it would be the terrifyingly talented Madoka and… Akemi Homura, who seems unfazed by anything.
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〜Type-Moon World, Fourth Holy Grail War Worldline〜
"If even death disappears, are they still considered human?! Idiots! Mongrels who don't even know what emotions are."
Gilgamesh's eyes were full of disdain.
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『 Madoka shook Sayaka's body, crying and pleading for her to live.
"You've always been like this. After telling you the truth, you always have this fixed reaction. I really don't understand why humans are always so obsessed with the location of the soul," Kyubey's voice remained eternally unchanged.
And just as Madoka was crying, Homura gently placed the Soul Gem in Sayaka's hand. Her hollow eyes regained their luster, and Sayaka came back to life!
The bewildered girl looked around blankly. After learning everything, Sayaka angrily questioned Kyubey!
Why, why didn't it tell her any of this!
"Because you didn't ask," Kyubey stared with wide eyes and answered honestly,
"If you don't know, just continue not knowing. There won't be any trouble."
Humans never perceived the existence of the soul from the beginning. It's just a collection of nerve cells, just the center of the circulatory system. If life cannot be maintained because of this.
Then people would even lose consciousness, right?
To prevent such a thing from happening, the souls of magical girls were materialized and transformed into a form that could be well protected.
After all, Kyubey is thinking for humanity~ 』
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〜Myriad Worlds livestream Chat〜
[ Lady Avalon (Type-Moon): "Oh, that really makes so much sense! The logic is clear, and there's no way to refute it. But I guess it's Kyubey, isn't it? Devils don't lie, but they do hide parts of the truth~~ You're really interesting." ]
[ Zhuge Kongming (Type-Moon): "So, signing contracts must be done carefully, otherwise overwork and death are minor matters; you might even have to work for him in your next life!" ]
[ Leader of the Trisolarians (Three Body Problem): "Absolutely no problem. This is the optimal way to evolve. Life should abandon all trivialities and evolve towards higher forms." ]
[ Kurosaki Ichigo (Bleach):: "Pain is inherently a human self-protection mechanism. Can humans who lose pain truly be called human? Or rather, are so-called magical girls just combat machines?" ]
[ Shizuka Hiratsuka (Oregairu): "So, this lump of white creature never treated humans as humans from the start, right?" ]
[ .....]
『 Viewers of Myriad Worlds 』
Many viewers, after thinking about Kyubey's words, couldn't find a reason to refute!
From their perspective, this indeed seems to be for the sake of magical girls?
.....
『 Sayaka, now sober, no longer confronted Kyubey but fell into contemplation.
Always aspiring to be a magical girl, a symbol of beauty, yet she was merely a walking corpse. The girl's heart gradually began to waver.
Madoka also actively sought out Homura.
"Homura, did you know?" Madoka asked, gazing at the sky in a daze.
"Yes," Akemi Homura did not deny it.
"Then why didn't you tell me?" Madoka asked.
"Even if I had told them beforehand, no one would have believed me," Homura's thoughts were somewhat scattered. 』
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〜Myriad Worlds livestream Chat〜
[ Kaname Madoka (Puella Magi Madoka Magica ): "No, I would definitely believe Homura. Please, please tell me, everyone else will too!" ]
[ Fang Yuan (Reverend Insanity): "No, you won't. If you believed, Tomoe Mami wouldn't have died, and Sayaka wouldn't have become a magical girl? Your will has never been firm. Humans are creatures who only believe in themselves. You are too kind." ]
[ Monokuma (Danganronpa): "It feels like Kyubey is completing some kind of main quest~" ]
[ Paimon (Genshin Impact): "Homura might be very suitable to be a Traveler." ]
[ Sapphire (Type-Moon): "All of a sudden, Homura is overwhelmed by a deep sense of loneliness." ]
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〜Puella Magi Madoka Magica World〜
"Homura…-chan"
Madoka reached out, her eyes trembling slightly, a strange pang of sadness welling up in her heart.
〜Myriad Worlds livestream Chat〜
Even though their figures were so close on the screen… it felt so… so far away.
She was like an idiot who knew nothing…
She hasn't changed even now, because Homura is desperately trying.
Note, it says "believed," which means Homura has really tried many times.
Walpurgisnacht, Homura always stays there.
Homura must have made an attempt, but since it led to no outcome, she remained silent.
Akemi Homura looked at the bullet comments on the screen, her eyes trembling slightly, trying to find a solution to the problem on the screen.
Yes, as long as Walpurgisnacht can be ended, Madoka can be happy.
Even if Madoka forgets her then… it doesn't matter.
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『 As for Kyubey, no matter how outrageous things it did to magical girls, Homura didn't find it strange, because such creatures are not subject to human values.
It claimed everything as a just price for a miracle—
Madoka refuted it in a choked voice, but Homura thought it was natural. A miracle is something that cannot be bought even with human lives. As for Sayaka?
Once she became a magical girl, she could never go back.
"But…but, Sayaka saved us! If it weren't for Sayaka, Hitomi and I would have died then," Madoka sobbed.
"You can't confuse responsibility and gratitude. You have no means to save her. You want to return the favor because you don't want to feel indebted."
"Throw away that kind of thought."
"…Why is Homura always so cold?" Madoka lowered her head.
"It must be because I'm no longer human…maybe," Akemi Homura reached out and murmured. 』
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〜Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend World〜
"That's right! That's right! It's precisely this kind of excessive kindness, even to an annoying degree, that perfectly highlights the images of other characters!"
Saint Madoka Kaname!
On the road, Aki Tomoya excitedly perfected the character image, completely unaware of the rapidly approaching mud truck in the distance…
"BANG—!"
The boy's head exploded like a tomato~
( Translator-kun: Wait WUT??? )
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『 The girl named Miki Sayaka upheld her sense of justice.
She never mentioned her wish to Kamijo Kyousuke. The naive Kyousuke only thought that a miracle had descended upon him.
Even after becoming a magical girl, Sayaka never truly understood her wish, whether she wanted to help Kyousuke or wanted his gratitude.
But ironically, she was no longer human, how could she face Kamijo Kyousuke? And was such an impure thought truly righteous?
The girl chose to close herself off, but the shouts in her ear somewhat surprised Sayaka.
Kyoko invited Sayaka out. Kyoko believed Sayaka was too similar to her, so she intended to help Sayaka out of her predicament.
She told Sayaka her story.
Kyoko's father was a pastor but couldn't gain the trust of his followers. Gradually, the main church expelled him, which led to the family struggling even for basic necessities.
So, Kyoko made a wish that everyone would seriously listen to what her father said—
The wish was very effective, and life got better day by day, and her father's followers grew.
But little did they know that the one who protected everyone every night and fought against the eerie and terrifying witches in the darkness was not some so-called god, but this petite girl!
Such days were happy. Although she was tired, Kyoko was content, until one day, overly exhausted, Kyoko forgot to dispel her transformation. Her father, who knew all the truth…
Angrily denounced her as a witch, then took her mother and immolated himself.
Sayaka, who knew everything, also understood something, and the shackles in her heart gradually loosened.
Everything should have been like this… 』
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〜Myriad Worlds livestream Chat〜
[ Lola Stuart (A Certain Magical Index): "Hehe, Kyoko's father believed in Christianity, right? We Christians are like that~" ]
[ Deadpool (MCU): "An incompetent father, a hardworking mother, a young sister, and a desperate one?" ]
[ Aizen (Bleach): "Miracles are not free. If you pray for hope, an equal amount of despair will emanate. Only when they cancel each other out can the world's balance be established." ]
[ Enoshima Junko (Danganronpa): "That's right~ Creating miracles requires paying a corresponding price." ]
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『 "For a long time… I've admired Kamijo Kyousuke-kun," Shizuki Hitomi said seriously, looking at Sayaka.
A bolt from the blue—
And Hitomi even gave Sayaka a whole day to confess. If Sayaka wasn't willing, then she would!
But Sayaka, having become like this, couldn't face Kyousuke at all!
How could she, who could no longer be called human, say "I love you"?! 』
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〜Puella Magi Madoka Magica World〜
"Sayaka…"
Madoka's face was filled with heartache. She never expected such a thing to happen!
And… Madoka looked at the screen full of green barrage comments.
"This is too much!"
At the same time, the barrage comments for Homura also turned into a green ocean. Homura's mouth twitched slightly, but she said nothing.
Sayaka's fate was already sealed.
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『 Fight, fight, fight—
Kill, kill, kill—
Hitomi was saved by herself, Kyousuke was also cured by her wish, she was here first!
Why did they all betray her!
The color of justice gradually became mottled, and the girl's figure became increasingly distorted!
Indulgent killing, joyful killing, mad killing, collapsing killing—
Distortion, distortion, distortion—
Chaos, chaos, chaos—
Madness, madness, madness—
At this moment, it was even impossible to distinguish who was the witch!
Madoka didn't want Homura to become like this, but Sayaka felt her wish had been betrayed.
The despair in her heart was something no one had ever experienced. Besides hunting witches, there was no longer any meaning to her existence!
"Sayaka…"
"Don't say anything. If you want to say something like that, stand on my side first. You can do everything, but you do nothing. I'm suffering for you. Ignoring all this, you pretend to understand everything."
"Wait until you become the strongest magical girl Kyubey talked about before saying such things!"
"Impossible, right? It's impossible to give up being human just out of sympathy, right?" The heavy rain washed over the two figures and the city.
Tears mixed with rainwater flowed freely, and the despair hidden in their hearts spread further—
And in a strange space, Akemi Homura revealed a shocking piece of news to Kyoko.
Walpurgisnacht is about to descend—! 』
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〜Type-Moon World, ????? Worldline〜
Somewhere in an unknown place
"If it were a game…"
Lady Avalon covered her chest, her eyes overflowing with pleasure!
"Sayaka's blackening level has reached 99%!"
So, where is the last straw now?
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