Give children a little self-destruction shock to their worldview.

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Although the Abyss Gentleman looked somewhat disheveled at this moment, he remained elegant and proper.

He dusted himself off and, after seeing the little bear land, turned around to find Sugiyama Rika weaving magic into a net, suppressing the black dragon to the ground before it could fully regenerate.

Sugiyama Rika had assumed that, with her abilities, pinning Mayumi to the ground wouldn't be too difficult. But was she overestimating herself...? She found it surprisingly strenuous.

Without administrator privileges, the maximum potential for the magical girl Akane might only be suppressing Mayumi for ten minutes.

“Be prepared to fight again in five minutes, if not ten minutes,” said the rational Mayumi beside him. “The [Power] is highly adaptable; the more times it regenerates, the faster it grows. We can’t go on like this. We must merge myself back with desire and restore me to normal.”

At first it was ten minutes, then seven minutes, five minutes, three minutes, one minute... until the body completely adapted to the magic and completely ignored its power, then even Sugiyama Rika would be useless.

As soon as the rational Mayumi spoke, she attracted the attention of the little bear and the abyss gentleman.

The little bear looked at the black dragon over there, then at the rational True Bow over here: "Huh? Huh?!"

The Gentleman of the Abyss asked in bewilderment, "Why are there two Yuga Mayumi?"

"Actually, there were three, but they were separated by that guy who's causing trouble in this world," Mayumi explained calmly. "The remaining one, lacking both fighting ability and fighting will, was placed in a safe place."

In fact, Desire Mayumi also came down, but because the battle was too dangerous, she let the little guy and Terasaki Ayasa hide in the distance and did not approach rashly.

The black dragon will only attack any life form it senses first, and it will not find the two people over there until the battle here is over.

All we need to do is take care of Black Dragon before it causes trouble for Desire Mayumi and Terasaki Ayasa.

The best approach now is to fuse the three True Bows back together. To that end, Sugiyama Rika just tried to use her superb flying skills to throw the Rational True Bow onto the Power True Bow to see if they could make contact and fuse back together.

It turned out that it didn't work.

That means we must find Yoko Sugiyama, who is holding that dividing needle.

But given the current situation, where should we go to find Yoko Sugiyama...?

Rational Mayumi turned to the two strange men who were most likely to know Yoko Sugiyama's whereabouts and asked, "Belle, Gentleman of the Abyss, have you seen anyone else here?"

"Others? You mean the phantom thief who kidnapped us?" the Abyss Gentleman said.

Then he was told that the phantom thief's real name was Yoko Sugiyama.

Yoko Sugiyama used a divine artifact capable of splitting the world to transform Haga Mayumi into this form, causing the black dragon to appear and attack indiscriminately.

If we want to restore the Black Dragon to normal and end this farce, we need to obtain the divine artifact from Yoko Sugiyama and the method to fuse the three Haga True Bows.

In this way, Mayumi Haga, who has returned to normal, will take everyone back together, and Rika Sugiyama will bring Yoko Sugiyama, who recklessly kidnapped the strange man, to justice.

The problem is, given how badly this place was damaged, the first person to face Mayumi's rampaging power might have been Yoko Sugiyama.

I hope I don't actually get blown away or killed...?

Fortunately, the Abyss Gentleman seems to know something.

Although the strange man's face was expressionless, Mayumi and Sugiyama Rika could still tell from his subconscious "Eh?" and his subconscious turning to look at the bear that he was surprised.

Of course, the Gentleman of the Abyss had no need to hide Yoko Sugiyama's whereabouts.

Rather, he would definitely be eager to report Yoko Sugiyama to end this torment.

He just wants to go home as soon as possible and stop wandering in this dirty world.

So, the Abyss Gentleman called out to Little Bear, asking him to release Yoko Sugiyama.

Sugiyama Rika peered curiously, while the rational Mayumi realized something after seeing that the bear was in the form of a teddy bear rather than a human.

The little bear unzipped his shirt, looking a bit shy and fidgeting.

Meanwhile, Sugiyama Rika poked her head out and stared at it with wide, curious eyes.

This scene is indeed a bit strange.

All that could be seen was the little bear unzipping his mascot costume, revealing a pale face inside that was in a coma.

When Sugiyama Rika's gaze fell on Sugiyama Yoko's face, her breath caught in her throat.

The moment I saw the other person's face, all the lost memories came rushing back.

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"Sister! You skipped class again to participate in magical girl activities!" Yoko Sugiyama complained to Rika Sugiyama, who had arrived home earlier, as she carried Rika Sugiyama and her own schoolbag home.

The latter made a last-minute attack on the monster during the last class, leaving his schoolbag in the classroom for his younger sister to retrieve after school.

Yoko Sugiyama complained, puffing out her cheeks.

The two sisters share a striking resemblance in their features, being sisters born only a year apart. The difference lies in their eyes: Sugiyama Rika's eyes appear rounder, while Sugiyama Yoko always seems to have droopy eyes, constantly complaining about her older sister, and doesn't seem as energetic as Sugiyama Rika.

After learning that Sugiyama Rika is the magical girl Aka, Sugiyama Yoko agrees to keep it a secret for her sister. However, in return, Sugiyama Rika can no longer make up excuses to answer the questions she wants to ask, just like before.

You must answer questions about magic properly and not make things up.

Because her younger sister has a strong interest in magic, but she herself is more of an intuitive person and can't offer much theory, Sugiyama Rika's explanations are mostly abstract.

"The magic cannon is... well... it's a bit like holding in the toilet, and when you feel the time is right, you just fire it out with a bang." Sugiyama Rika was explaining to Sugiyama Yoko how to fire the magic cannon today.

Yoko Sugiyama: "...Sister, this analogy is awful, I don't want to hear it."

The guy's face showed very direct disgust, and he even sighed.

Why would such a carefree person be chosen by such a powerful Gem Beast?

Yoko Sugiyama was extremely puzzled by the gem beast's taste.

However, if it were her, she wouldn't be able to keep up with the strange people's bad deeds with such energy all day long.

There are so many troublesome oddballs in this city, and there are only two magical girls so far, so my older sister can't get a proper rest or study properly.

I hope I can help as well.

Lost in thought, Yoko Sugiyama was somewhat absent-minded. Rika Sugiyama noticed this and carefully moved closer, nuzzling Yoko's shoulder with her own: "What's wrong, Yoko?"

“You’ve been skipping a lot of classes lately,” Yoko Sugiyama said.

"Oh, that's because..."

"She didn't eat with me or my parents either."

“…I can explain this…”

"She still hasn't gone to and from school with me." Yoko Sugiyama sighed at the end.

Sugiyama Rika was so ashamed she almost knelt on the ground: "I'm sorry! I will reflect on my actions!"

"It's alright, isn't the matter of the magical girl more important?" Yoko Sugiyama wasn't really angry, and quickly said, half-jokingly adding, "Besides, if you're a magical girl, I'll be safe from now on. If anything happens, I can just call your name, right?"

“Of course!” Sugiyama Rika smiled and made a pinky promise with Sugiyama Yoko. “If Yoko is in danger, I will definitely be there to save you immediately.”

"No matter where I am?" Yoko Sugiyama was a little surprised by Rika Sugiyama's seriousness, but she went along with it.

Sugiyama Rika laughed heartily and agreed, "No matter where Yoko is, I'll come right away!"

However, Sugiyama Rika lied to people.

After that, Yoko Sugiyama, by chance, gained the approval of the golden gem beast and became a magical girl.

She and her classmate Rika Hanaya joined Rika Sugiyama's team and became a very close pair.

until that day.

The spiritual vein turned into fireworks, and my sister, Sugiyama Rika, also disappeared on the day the explosion ended.

Yoko Sugiyama followed him inside without a second thought, and Rika Hanaya beside her didn't even have time to stop her.

It's not entirely the latter's fault, since everyone's magic power was almost completely depleted, and they didn't even have the strength to lift their hands. Only Yoko Sugiyama, seeing Rika Sugiyama being swept into the explosion, somehow mustered the strength to follow her in.

But her fate was completely different from that of Sugiyama Rika.

Sugiyama Rika was largely assimilated by the spiritual veins, achieving a significant leap in her identity, while Sugiyama Yoko was blasted into the underworld to await her death.

She bled to death in the other world, but never received the promise from her sister that she would come to save her no matter when or where. The dividing line for self-salvation became a tool for splitting her personality.

Furthermore, because the flow of time between the surface world and the inner world is extremely chaotic, everyone's memories of her are also exceptionally confused. After returning to the surface several times, Yoko Sugiyama completely suppressed her weak personality after the magical girls' final gathering and chose to come to the inner world.

Simply put—

—He turned evil.

If Mayumi Haga knew this, she would slowly type out a question mark.

No, why would you children's world have this kind of plot?

Is it really permissible for a ally on the side of justice to betray the cause?

But thinking about it carefully, the biggest mess Yoko Sugiyama has made so far is that she kidnapped two unlucky weirdos who didn't know anything about her, and before she could even steal anything, they were blown up.

The so-called conspiracy to merge the two worlds was actually dealt with by Mayumi's rampaging power.

On the other hand, Yoko Sugiyama herself was blown to bits by Mayumi Haga and was still unconscious.

that is.

Isn't this a bit too frivolous?

Now that you've turned evil, can you come up with actions that are more in line with the principle of "three times stronger when evil, three times weaker when whitewashed"?

Even though the world can be wantonly damaged, Yoko Sugiyama never tried to push down everything that was blocking her way; instead, she walked obediently on the sidewalk.

They lured the little bear here and even made her an identical house to live in. As for the Abyss Gentleman, who was tricked by his own magical contract, he was essentially using him as a laborer.

The worst thing I could do was sneak into the real world and steal some food.

Isn't this a bit too rule-abiding?

Does the "darkening" of magical girls mean they've failed to do something bad?

Of course, for Yoko Sugiyama's dark side, these things were a bit too much.

After all, the circumstances surrounding her birth were out of necessity, mixed with resentment towards Sugiyama Rika for not coming to her rescue.

She even knew she couldn't blame Sugiyama Rika for not coming to save her, because anyone who fell here would have their sense of existence swallowed up.

Of course, that doesn't stop her from being unhappy.

Upon hearing the noise outside, Yoko Sugiyama quietly opened one eye.

When she saw Sugiyama Rika's silly face appear in her line of sight, she closed her eyes again, unwilling to accept reality.

“Yoko! Yoko…! You’re Yoko, right?” Sugiyama Rika shook Sugiyama Yoko’s shoulders, using her powerful magic to maintain her vital signs and quickly treat her. Holding her long-lost sister, she was almost in tears. “I’m sorry! I shouldn’t have forgotten you…”

Yoko Sugiyama was shaken twice. She should have felt pain, but a large amount of magic power poured in like it was free, and her body quickly returned to its peak condition. Her blood even started to overflow, and she felt a little bloated...

She opened her eyes, and at the same time, blood gushed from her mouth. Her eyes, nose, and ears also felt hot and began to bleed dramatically.

"Wow! This treatment is too much!" Sugiyama Rikka exclaimed.

Yoko Sugiyama, with blood streaming from her seven orifices, stared silently at her.

Sugiyama Rika said ingratiatingly, "How are you feeling, Yoko? If you're not feeling well, please tell your older sister."

Yoko Sugiyama did not answer, but silently turned her face away, seemingly not wanting to talk to Rika Sugiyama.

The latter was greatly shocked, thinking that he had seen wrong, but no matter how close he got, his sister, whom he had lost and found again, would turn her head away with a sour face.

Sugiyama Rika... Sugiyama Rika felt like she was about to cry.

Her fragile heart shattered instantly, and she looked at the rational Makoto with teary eyes.

Rational Mayumi: "..." Enough, she didn't want to endure this farce any longer.

Rational Mayumi walked over and pushed Sugiyama Rikka aside, telling her not to get in his way.

She walked up to Yoko Sugiyama, stood in front of her who was sitting on the ground, looked down at the pale-faced phantom thief, and said calmly, "How do you merge me back into the original body?"

"I don't know." This time, Yoko Sugiyama finally answered. Her gaze drifted casually to the side, and it didn't seem like she didn't know, but rather that she didn't want to answer.

The rational Mayumi could see that she was resisting answering her question, and she didn't want to deal with this guy in a gentler way anymore: "If you don't talk, we might all die here."

Yoko Sugiyama closed her eyes again, and this time she simply lay down to the side, turned over, and childishly turned her back to everyone.

It was obvious that she was in a bad mood and didn't want to talk.

Rational Mayumi looked at this tantrum-throwing brat and sighed.

She looked at Sugiyama Rika beside her, signaling her to bring out her secret weapon for dealing with this situation.

Seeing the rational Mayumi's command, Sugiyama Rika realized what was happening and quickly took out the thing she had prepared at the beginning.

With this, she was convinced that Yoko could still keep her composure!

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