Although it was somewhat unexpected that Mami Tomoe would step forward of her own accord, thinking about it carefully, it actually wasn't surprising.
Based on what Duanmu Huai knew about Mami Tomoe, she had only one core trait—she was afraid of dying.
At first, Mami Tomoe had contracted with Kyubey and become a Magical Girl precisely because she didn't want to die.
Naturally, she definitely hoped to stay alive, so of course she wouldn't be willing to accept the outcome of Magical Girls eventually becoming Witches.
It was just like a cancer patient. Continuing the current chemotherapy would mean certain death sooner or later. But with a new treatment, the chances of recovery and deterioration would be fifty-fifty—at least that was better than the current situation. After all, if things continued as they were, the outcome was already certain.
With the new method, at least there would be a fifty-percent chance that she wouldn't become a Witch. In other words, the odds would go from zero to fifty. That was a fifty-percent increase in one stroke!
Other people might still have hesitated, but for Mami Tomoe, who longed to stay alive, this was her only choice.
Or rather, she had no room to make any other choice.
Thus, after dinner, everyone went to the hotel rooftop, a secluded place where they wouldn't attract attention, and prepared to begin the ritual.
"I still don't understand... How exactly are we supposed to do this?"
Sakura Kyoko watched Ann draw a Magic Circle on the rooftop floor, frowning as she asked suspiciously. Duanmu Huai didn't answer. He merely shrugged—in fact, he didn't understand the details either. When it came to explaining the procedure, it was better to leave it to the expert.
Soon, under everyone's watchful eyes, Ann began explaining in detail while