Fang Zheng had said before that this method could not guarantee success one hundred percent. There was simply no such thing as a one-hundred-percent certainty in this world. Even code could throw errors, so what else could anyone expect?
Even if you had done nothing wrong, it could still be the artist's fault.
But sometimes, trial and error could cost lives.
Just like now.
Mami Tomoe was still asleep on the bed. The same glow that had surrounded Tomoyo shone from her body, but upon closer inspection, it was now faint and intermittent, like a candle guttering in the wind.
"...It looks like they're unlikely to break free from that illusion with their own strength."
Fang Zheng sighed at the sight.
He did not want to do this either, but there was no other choice. Fang Zheng's process of "creating" Magical Girls was the reverse of QB's process. After granting a girl's wish, QB would form a contract with her and turn her into a Magical Girl. To reverse that process, the girls who wished for something had to see and accept reality through their own strength, become stronger, and thereby actively "reverse" the process.
In the end, this was their own problem. Fang Zheng could lend them divine power, but he could not help them take that step. If they themselves were unwilling to move forward, then everything would be in vain.
"I can understand how Mami feels."
Kyoko leaned against the nearby wall, her expression complicated as she looked at Mami.
"She and I used to be partners. To be honest, she took care of me quite a bit back then, and I heard some things about her. Sigh, her whole family died, and she was the only one who survived... You might not know this, but Mami