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Chapter 1201 Transformation (To be honest, it’s hot during the day and night now)

Although Tomoe Mami would take the initiative to stand up, it is a bit surprising, but if you think about it carefully, it is actually not surprising.

 Judging from Duanmu Huai’s understanding of Ba Mami, there is only one core factor - fear of death.

 At first, Tomoe Mami signed a contract with QB to become a magical girl because she didn’t want to die.

Of course, she must hope that she can survive, so of course she will not be willing to accept the ending where the magical girl will eventually become a witch.

 This is the same as for cancer patients. If you continue the current chemotherapy, you will die sooner or later. But with new treatments, the chances of recovery and deterioration are 50-50 - which is at least better than now. After all, if we continue now, the outcome is certain.

 If you use the new method, then there will be at least half a chance that you will not become a witch. In other words, from 0 to 50, the probability has increased by half!

 For other people, they might consider it, but for Tomoe Mami who is eager to live, this is her only choice.

　　Or she has no other choice.

So after dinner, everyone went to a hidden place on the roof of the hotel, ready to start the ceremony.

"I still don't understand...how to do this?"

 Sakura Kyoko looked at An who was drawing a magic circle on the rooftop floor, frowned, and asked with suspicion. Duanmu Huai didn't answer this, just shrugged his shoulders - in fact, he couldn't understand it, so he had to let the experts explain the process.

Soon, under the gaze of everyone, An started to explain in detail while drawing the magic circle.

"Well...according to our research, QB's system compresses everyone's destiny and future, and condenses them into existences like soul gems, which are separated from the body and placed separately. To be honest, We think this is likely to be the QB family's insurance against the magical girl rebellion."

"Insurance?"

"Yes, after all, the soul is the core of life, so the body is like a piece of armor for the soul, which can protect the soul from being destroyed. But when the soul is taken out, the body loses its role as armor. And everyone Everyone has experienced a lot of battles, and they should also understand that the risk of damage to the soul gem is very high if it is placed outside. "

 “Ah, that’s right…”

Hearing this, Huan Caiyu said timidly.

“Actually, I have also thought about hiding the soul gem, but to be honest, I don’t know where to hide it at all... I also thought about hiding it in a more inconspicuous place before... But..."

"but?"

“After each transformation, the soul gem will return to its place, so I gave up..."

That's right, if the soul gem will return to its original position after each transformation, there is no point in hiding it.

“In short, the existence of the soul gem increases the risk of your death - you can imagine that the soul gem is your heart. If a heart beats outside the body instead of the chest, you will definitely feel very uneasy.”

 “Ugh…that’s natural.”

Just thinking about it makes me feel uncomfortable, as if I am going to die in the next moment.

“So what we do is to decompose the soul gem that was originally solidified into a solid state, return it to its original posture, and then integrate it with the body again – just like a séance.”

“Ah, you’re talking about that kind of psychic, right?”

 Thousands of "snap" claps of palms.

“I have seen in many horror movies that the medium will perform some kind of ritual to summon the soul of the deceased, and then the soul of the deceased will attach itself to the medium’s body and speak…”

"That's pretty much it. It's just that if the soul is attached to another person's body, the risk is very high and it won't last too long. But the body here is originally your own body, so even if the soul goes back, theoretically there won't be any problems. right."

 “Theoretically?”

As the only college student here, Nanami Yachiyo was keenly aware of the meaning of An's words.

Hmm, it seems that I didn’t go to college in vain.

"Yes, before you signed the contract with QB, you were just ordinary girls. After signing the contract with QB, you gained the ability of a magical girl. Although according to our research, this is because the QB family has distorted it through some means. The hidden power of your future can only be activated by merging its cause and effect with destiny and soul. However... from our experience, this method of forcibly stimulating power usually has some hidden dangers. "

"Is there such a thing? QB has never told us!"

“After all, it’s just a consumable, and QB doesn’t care about your life or death.”

Duanmu Huai sneered.

"What the QB family needs is the huge emotional energy that bursts out the moment you transform from a magical girl to a witch. In other words, in their plan, there is no need to consider giving the magical girl a pension to die - you will all die sooner or later. In this case, it’s okay to have some flaws, right? You won’t have the time to give it a bad review anyway, right?

 “Damn it!”

Hearing this, Sakura Kyoko punched the wall angrily.

“That **** thing, if I see it, I will stab it to death!”

 Compared to Sakura Kyoko and Tamaki Iroha, Tomoe Mami herself seems very calm.

“So, the problem is the soul itself?”

"Well... that's right. No one knows what consequences the incomplete soul will have when it returns to the body. Originally, according to Miss Xueli's opinion, this requires long-term observation and return visits..."

It’s not about treating the T virus, so why do you do it so professionally?

 Although strictly speaking, this is indeed related to Sydney’s major.

 Cure illnesses and save lives...

“AAA will be responsible for the investigation in this area.”

Yutong Ayano, who had been standing silently beside him, also spoke at this time.

“We have the leading treatment center in the country. If Tomami is willing, we can make an appointment for you to have a comprehensive body examination later.”

 “Then it’s up to you.”

Looking at Tomoe Asami bowing and thanking Yugiri Ayano in front of her, Duanmu Huai could only sigh.

 This person is really afraid of death. “Okay, done!”

 At this time, An also finished drawing the magic circle and clapped his hands.

 “Please come in, Miss Tomoe Asami.”

"………good."

Staring at the magic circle in front of her, Tomoe Mami hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded resolutely, and then walked to the middle of the magic circle. At this moment, other people were standing aside curiously, watching the scene in front of them uneasily - after all, although they were all magical girls, it was quite rare for them to actually perform magic like this.

 “Well, let’s begin!”

Seeing Tomoe Mami standing in the magic circle, An also took off the magic book in his hand, and then the magic circles emerged from An's side, completely wrapping Tomoe Mami in them, and they seemed to be densely packed. It's like a cage composed of countless circular magic arrays.

 “Wow…”

Seeing this scene, Qian Shu couldn’t take his eyes off him and his eyes widened.

 You must know that this is magic, real magic!

Of course, this does not mean that other people's magic is not powerful, but in Qian Shu's opinion, the magic used by the magical girl is different from the magic she imagined.

On the contrary, it’s An’s magic—well, it’s very much like that fantasy!

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 In the magic circle, Tomoe Mami was seen frowning slightly at this moment, showing a slightly painful expression. At the same time, the soul gem in her hand began to emit a hazy golden light. At first the light was as weak as a firefly, but gradually it became more and more dazzling, and then - the light in the soul gem seemed to have turned into liquid, pouring out from it and flowing down Mami Tomoe's fingers. It disappeared into her body like this!

　　“Wow————!”

Seeing this scene, the other magical girls also screamed in surprise. Qian Shu even took pictures with her mobile phone... Well, I don't know if I want to post it on Moments.

 After a moment, the magic circle surrounding Tomoe Mami disappeared, and Tomoe Mami's legs weakened and she collapsed on the ground.

 “Hey, Asami, are you okay?”

Seeing this, Sakura Kyoko hurried to Tomoe Mami's side, grabbed her and asked, and upon hearing Sakura Kyoko's question, Tomoe Mami opened her eyes, then closed them again, and then shook her head.

 “It seems...there’s nothing particularly strange??”

 “How it is, you will know after trying it.”

 If Sayaka Mishu is a free-range guinea pig and cannot be interfered with manually, then Duanmuhuai doesn't have to worry so much about someone like Tomoe Mami who comes to her door on her own initiative.

 Others also wanted to know the consequences of doing so, so with everyone watching, Tomoe Mami also began to try one by one.

Each magical girl’s abilities are related to their wishes, and Tomoe Mami is no exception. In fact, Tomoe Mami's ability is not to summon weapons. Her magic is essentially a long ribbon, and Tomoe Mami will use magic to turn the ribbon into a gun to launch attacks... Well, as for why it is a gun and not sword?

 That's another question.

After the soul returns to the body, Tomoe Mami can still use this magic, but she cannot transform again. Moreover, according to Tomoe Mami, after using magic at high intensity for a period of time, she will feel Very tired.

 In An’s view, this is a normal phenomenon, but Tomoe Mami said it is not the case. After signing a contract to become a magical girl, she would almost not feel tired at all. Unless the soul gem became more turbid, which would make the magical girl feel painful and uncomfortable, otherwise you would not be tired even if you ran a 100,000-meter marathon.

 But now, Tomoe Mami only maintained her usual fighting frequency for one-third of the time, and she felt very tired.

 “I think this is normal.”

An was not surprised by this.

"After all, I have seen Miss Tomoe Mami's magic. Under normal circumstances, such a large-scale fire coverage attack, even from a magic point of view, is completely regarded as the most advanced magic. Even for a kingdom mage, Casting a similar spell will also exhaust the magic power. It seems strange to me that Miss Tomoe Mami can continue to use such large-scale magic without any backlash. "

“Perhaps this is why magical girls’ soul gems tend to become cloudy?”

 Duanmu Huai also nodded. After all, he also knew that magical girls were technically considered psychics. This level of psychic pollution... well, it was not impossible.

"maybe."

"I see………"

 Hearing the exchange between An and Duanmu Huai, Nanami Yachiyo, who was next to him, also looked serious and spoke.

"But, at this level, there is no way to fight against the witch..."

"That is not something that one person can fight against, at least for most people... If it were Manalia, a threat like the witch would have to be dispatched by the Magic Guards to solve it." To be honest, in my opinion, it is incomprehensible that the magical girl here can face such a dangerous object alone. "

“Because each witch only drops one Seed of Lament...”

Huan Caiyu also said in a low voice that a weak magical girl like her can best understand the difficulties involved. Why do magical girls fight alone instead of forming a team? The reason is very simple. There is only one witch, and there is only one Lament Seed that explodes. Therefore, if a magical girl fights against the witch, as long as she wins, she will at least break even.

But if several magical girls team up to fight a witch and encounter a powerful one, then more than half of the soul gems of the three of them will be blackened. Faced with a witch who only revealed a Lament Seed, they might not be able to The pinch started inside.

So the most common thing among magical girls is mutual information exchange, and there is rarely any such thing as forming a team to fight witches.

 “But you shouldn’t have to worry about this problem now.”

"Why?"

"Because the soul gem is gone, it won't be contaminated..."

"ah."

 Hearing Duanmu Huai's reminder, everyone suddenly realized.

Yeah, in the past, magical girls were afraid that the soul gem would be contaminated, so they fought alone. And now that the soul gems are gone, although the time they can fight has been reduced, it is more convenient if the part that needs to be purified is omitted!

“In short, let’s take her for a full body checkup first.”

 Duanmu Huai turned to Yugiri Ayano and spoke to her.

 “No matter what, you still have to believe in science.”

“…To be honest, I think magical girls are already very unscientific.”

 Everyone was speechless in response to Qian Shu's complaint.