016 The Life of the Magical Girl Has Ended

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Qiqi Shen had been running all along.
The fear of pain, the fear of evil, the fear of death—
They followed her like a shadow.
Like a thick web that ensnared her, she was a butterfly with broken wings, unable to escape this world called fear.
“Waaah, it’s so scary, I want to go home, I want to go home...”
She desperately wished it was all just a nightmare, that she would eventually wake up in her warm bed.
Then everything would be as before.
But unfortunately, the presence behind her, ghostlike and ever-persistent, was clearly no ordinary dream.
How could she wake up?
The only thing Qiqi Shen could do was keep running—running until she awoke from this endless terror.
An invisible giant hand loomed above, watching the fleeing magical girl. With its master’s sinister smile, it slammed down hard.
“Bang!!!”
Dust flew, stones scattered, and after running so long, Qiqi Shen still fell short by a step.
“Waaah...”
The girl’s cries echoed; her left leg was a ghastly sight, the tattered, filthy white stockings glued to the grotesque wounds, bright red blood stark against them.
“It hurts... it hurts so much...”
Qiqi Shen could run no more.
“I thought that strike would shatter your leg completely, but it only broke it, huh?”
Luyuan strolled over leisurely. “The defense of just a pair of tights is surprisingly strong. Haha, this is what they often say in the two-dimensional world...”
“Less clothing means higher defense?”
He looked coldly at Qiqi Shen crawling on the ground, still trying to flee, shaking his head. “In that case, I won’t hold back anymore.”
“Let’s start by crushing your hands.”
The invisible hand gathered strength again, ready to begin its second round of cruelty.
“No, no...”
“Someone, please save me, anyone...”
The girl’s sobs didn’t soften Luyuan’s heart in the slightest. In the years he spent on the overseas Kings’ battlefield, he had witnessed horrors far worse than this.
Flames that burned thousands alive, turning whole cities into deep pits, curses that twisted the living and the dead into grotesque amalgams...
If you’re not cruel, then be prepared for others to be cruel to you.
Luyuan slowly stretched out his hand and clenched it.
Then, he saw it... oranges?
Where did those oranges come from?
Rotten oranges, no less.
Normally, no one would take a rotten orange thrown at them very seriously.
Luyuan was no different; faced with the flying rotten oranges, he merely moved his feet to avoid being hit.
But—
Does a bomb need perfect aim?
No, it does not.
Thus—
The explosion began to accelerate.
The rotten oranges, having missed Luyuan and touched the ground, swiftly underwent some transformation, unleashing a force capable of destroying the Mo family kitchen in an instant.
Rotten oranges are just rotten oranges.
Now, they were thoroughly rotten.

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“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
Explosions erupted in rapid succession. Sparks and smoke from the rotten oranges instantly cut off the space between Luyuan and Qiqi Shen. The invisible hand hurriedly retreated to protect its master.
“Eh?”
Qiqi Shen stopped crying and looked dazedly at Luyuan, now surrounded by explosions. Soon after, someone cautiously scooped up the injured girl.
It was Mo Bai.
He threw several more rotten oranges, emptying his supply, using the blasts to keep Luyuan at bay before fleeing with Qiqi Shen in his arms.
Mo Bai had just witnessed Luyuan tormenting Qiqi Shen and immediately understood he couldn’t win.
Better not provoke him and run away.
“Mo Bai!?” Qiqi Shen, held by Mo Bai as they fled, looked incredulous. “Y-you really came to save me?”
“Of course,” Mo Bai replied irritably. “I told you to come to me if anything happened. If I didn’t come, you’d be dead already, right?”
“Quick, say thank you to Brother Mo Bai.”
This time, Qiqi Shen was well-behaved, not retorting but softly saying, “Thank you, Brother Mo Bai.”
“Heh, you’re actually sensible.”
Mo Bai glanced at the magical girl component on Qiqi Shen’s head. The explosions wouldn’t hold for long; they still needed to harness the magical girl’s power to stand a chance of escape.
So, he began the therapy talk.
“See? This is the real world.”
Mo Bai said abruptly. “Being a partner of justice and an enemy of evil means facing things like this.”
“People die.”
Qiqi Shen fell silent.
She knew all too well about death.
“Do you want to give up being a magical girl?”
Mo Bai fanned the flames. “I can help you get rid of it.”
“You’d forget everything like the others and return to an ordinary life.”
Mo Bai only needed to find Mo Mo; Qiqi Shen had more to consider.
Lose her magical girl identity and become an ordinary person?
Qiqi Shen felt confused.
If she became an ordinary person, she wouldn’t have to fight such terrifying beings, wouldn’t get hurt, and wouldn’t die so pitifully.
Enjoying peaceful daily life—how wonderful that would be, wouldn’t it?
But...
But...
Wasn’t it because of love that she was willing to persist?
Hadn’t she sworn in front of the trash bin to inherit her senior’s magical girl legacy?
Hadn’t she promised to be a magical girl forever?
If she just gave it all up, what would be the difference from abandoning her parents who had abandoned her?
She hated that!
Qiqi Shen clutched at Mo Bai’s clothes. “No, I don’t want that!”
Death was terrifying, pain unbearable, but the fulfillment that came from being a magical girl was just as impossible to give up.
She especially didn’t want to lose her memories as a magical girl; they were her pride.
“Mo Bai...”
Qiqi Shen cried, tears running down her nose. “No matter what...”
“I still want to be a magical girl!”
Amidst pain and death, the girl fully understood her own will.

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Mo Bai showed a look of relief.
[Magical Girl Component Concentration Increase Complete]
[Acquired Purple Concentration Magical Girl Ability]
Yes, just like Kamui Nagare’s Tears jumping straight from two commas to a kaleidoscope, Qiqi Shen’s magical girl concentration leapt from green to purple.
Mo Bai directly gained the purple concentration magical girl ability.
Your essence, I Mo Bai recognize!
It was time to go back and take revenge!
Just as Mo Bai was about to see what ability he had obtained, he suddenly felt something warm on his hand.
Like hot water... huh?!
No, wait, where the hell did this hot water come from?!
Mo Bai abruptly looked down and saw Qiqi Shen’s face, flushed bright red with shame.
Like a dragon fruit.
Mo Bai quickly realized what had happened; her broken leg must have affected some nerves, and with her earlier emotional outburst, she had lost control—
She had wet herself.
“Qiqi Shen, you...”
“Don’t! Don’t say it out loud!”
Qiqi Shen screamed bitterly, covering her face and sobbing loudly. “Waaah, it leaked out, it really leaked out, my magical girl life is over, waaah...”
The already dirty white stockings now bore an even more embarrassing stain. Qiqi Shen, her feet turned inward, leaned against the wall, no longer holding any hope for this world.
Just after declaring she wanted to be a magical girl, she lost control. Ha, ha ha, perhaps she could never truly be one—only some strange thing...
“I just want to die... I just want to die...”
No, she was already dead—socially dead.
An abnormal death.
“Alright, stop crying. It’s normal; I don’t care.”
Mo Bai expressionlessly took off his wet jacket and hung it on the wall. “I won’t tell anyone; no one will know.”
“You’re a true magical girl. I promise.”
Qiqi Shen sniffled and looked up at Mo Bai with tear-filled eyes. “Really?”
“Really, really. If I were lying, I’d be a Blue-Eyes White Dragon.”
Having comforted Qiqi Shen, whose resolve nearly shattered, Mo Bai glanced toward their escape path, puzzled. “Hiss... my bombs held that long???”
“Could it be a glass cannon that I blew up instantly...”
At that moment, where Mo Bai had thrown the bombs—
The explosions had ceased long ago, but Luyuan stood silently, unwilling to advance, gazing at the girl before him.
In the air, countless threads bound something—a huge claw was discernible from its outline.
The tangible threads had captured the invisible hand.
“Is it fun to bully a girl who knows nothing and an otaku who throws oranges?”
“International terrorist, responsible for tens of thousands of deaths, bounty of ten million—Mr. Luyuan?”
Momo drew a small pistol, chambered a bullet, and the sound was ominous.
“Now.”
“I’ll fight alongside you.”