Fang Zheng had discovered that the Magical Girls in this world all seemed to have a habit of eavesdropping. Akemi Homura was one of them. When they had first arrived in this world, she had come to listen in every few days. This time, for some reason—perhaps she had finally made up her mind—she had followed them back.
Although Sakura Kyoko had immediately found an excuse to leave afterward, she apparently also came by now and then to eavesdrop.
As for Mami Tomoe... if she had not been eavesdropping just now, she would not have joined the conversation so quickly.
Anyone who knew better would know they were Magical Girls. Anyone who did not would think they were all secret agents.
Mitakihara was not small, but finding a witch was not difficult. After wandering around for a few hours, the group found a witch's barrier.
"Are you sure this is a witch? Not a familiar?"
Looking at the childlike scribbled scenery around them and the strange paper-cutout-like objects scattered everywhere, Fang Zheng frowned and turned to the three girls beside him.
"It's a witch."
Sakura Kyoko answered first, and Akemi Homura nodded as well.
"That's right. This is a witch's barrier."
"..."
In contrast, Mami Tomoe remained silent. She had impulsively insisted on coming with Fang Zheng and the others, but now that they had truly entered the witch's barrier, she seemed to be having second thoughts. Still, with people everywhere around her, it was clearly impossible for her to leave alone.
"Gah-roar—gah-roar!!"
At that moment, sensing intruders in the barrier, the witch's familiars emerged one after another. These familiars looked like marshmallows this time. Of course, they appeared completely harmless, but they were obviously anything but harmless.
Otherwise, no one would have died inside a witch's barrier.
Watching the