Seconds ticked by.
The battle against Night of the Witches had lasted even longer than Fang Zheng had expected. By his estimate, they had encountered Night of the Witches at around one in the afternoon, but it was already eleven at night, and there was still no sign of the battle ending.
"Tell me, can this thing really be killed?"
Kyoko stepped back and wiped away her sweat. Madoka hurriedly handed her bread and water. Kyoko quickly took the bread, wolfed it down in a few bites, then drank a bottle of cola as she stared gravely at the distant shadow.
"Doesn't this thing feel immortal? No matter how many times we kill it, it comes back. Is there some trick to it?"
Kyoko had every reason to ask. By now, they had destroyed the witch nearly fifteen times, yet it still kept reviving.
Even in a game, if a boss died that many times without clearing the stage, there had to be something wrong.
"Keep it occupied."
Yet Fang Zheng's expression did not change in the slightest.
"Even if we can't kill it, we can keep it from entering the city this way. And have you noticed something?"
"What?"
"It's turning."
"???"
Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Kyoko looked at him curiously.
"What do you mean?"
"Watch its body."
Fang Zheng activated his Personal Terminal, enlarged the display, and showed it to Kyoko and the other Magical Girls resting nearby.
"While it was fighting you earlier, it was rotating its body as it fought, like a clock. Look, its head was originally pointing at six o'clock, then it slowly turned toward three o'clock—if its entire body faces forward, what do you think will happen?"
"...What will happen?"
"I don't know either."
Fang Zheng shut off his Personal Terminal and looked