Episode Three Begins!
"..."
"The current peace is just a facade. You all know very well that the Demons could come at any time, and no one knows whether we will win in the future."
"It's possible that Xiao Qiu and the others will create a miracle, but it's also possible that they will be completely wiped out by the Demons, just like the other Magical Girls."
"The latter outcome is something I cannot bear, nor can I accept."
"Therefore, even if there's only the slightest chance, I will become stronger."
It was quite unusual for Xiao Bai to talk so much in front of Kelly and Youyou.
Her tone was calm, without any discernible emotional fluctuation, as if she were stating something very ordinary.
Kelly thought Xiao Bai's thoughts were too dark and that Xiao Bai didn't cherish himself, but under the pressure from the Demons, how could Xiao Bai possibly have any bright thoughts?
Love and hope can ultimately triumph over despair; such things only happen in fairy tales.
In reality, it's different. In reality, they may not actually have the protagonist's halo, and they may not actually eliminate all evil.
Otherwise, why did those Magical Girls who signed with Kelly die in battles against Demons?
Sky Screen's plot is indeed geared towards children, but that's a change made by the production team of another world for the overall storyline. Even what the world will look like in the future third and fourth seasons is still unknown.
Magical Girls can't always be right, nor can they always defeat evil. Therefore, Xiao Bai must seize every opportunity to become stronger.
Even if Xiao Qiu and the others scold me for this, and even if Xiao Qiu disappoint them, I don't care.
Whether they were criticized or disappointed, at least they survived in the end.
As long as you're alive, there's hope.
When you die, you lose everything.
"... If you die, Dongdong will be sad."
After a long silence, Youyou suddenly uttered these words.
Kelly looked over in surprise. The relationship between Xiao Bai and Song Niandong didn't seem that close in season two, did it?
However, Kelly chose not to ask. She had seen countless Magical Girls, including those like Xiao Bai who always thought the worst.
These Magical Girls often have deep-seated darkness within them that is difficult to eradicate, and in the end, they all choose to sacrifice their lives to do what they believe is right.
These Magical Girls are difficult to deal with, so Kelly won't give up as long as there's even the slightest chance that they'll value their lives.
She echoed Youyou's words:
"Aurora actually likes you quite a bit too. If you disappear... she'll be very sad too."
"Yes," Youyou added, "If you were to truly undergo irreversible Demonization due to the Mutant Magic, do you think Aurora would really be able to bring herself to do it?"
"That's right, Yuan Bai, please cherish your life even more. These children care deeply about their companions. If you really leave..."
"... Please wait a moment."
Seeing Youyou and Kelly teaming up to persuade him to 'cherish life,' Xiao Bai's expression turned very strange:
"... I'm just preparing for the worst, not that I want to die immediately. I'm simply making contingency plans for the worst-case scenario..."
Listening to you guys makes it sound like I'm about to slit my own throat and die any second now?
Who wants to die when they can live?
Youyou and Kelly froze upon hearing this, their expressions turning awkward. Kelly disappeared back into her phone, while Youyou covered her embarrassment with a dry cough, steer the conversation back to where it all began:
"... In short, it seems that the Mutant Magic is not so easy to integrate right now. I'll separate the Mutant Magic from it first, and then you can try to use it."
"Okay, also... the flow of time inside and outside the dream..."
"That kind of magic requires the amplification of the mental will of hundreds of thousands of people, or it would require raising Nicole's strength to near the Upper Rank... In any case, it's not possible right now."
"All right."
The spirit and will of hundreds of thousands of people means that we need to find a town with hundreds of thousands of people and recreate the gameplay of Youyou.
Although Xiao Bai wants to become stronger, he is not so heartless as to actually gamble with the lives and mental health of hundreds of thousands of people.
She was indeed a bit radical, but not to this extent.
Xiao Bai was a little discouraged because his progress in strength had to pause for a while.
She picked up Youyou and placed her on her shoulder, preparing to go back and reunite with the Magical Girls.
However, suddenly the sky shone brightly, and the light from the Sky Screen shone down on the ground, illuminating the earth as if it were daytime.
Xiao Bai stopped and looked up at the sky.
The third episode of the spin-off has begun.
Chapter 211, Episode 3 Begins!
The appearance of Xiao Bai in the post-credits scene of the second episode caused a significant increase in the number of comments on the third episode.
Compared to the first and second seasons, the spin-off series received significantly less attention, perhaps because Xiao Qiu and Xiao Bai are not the main characters. The number of comments on the first two episodes was also less than that of the two main seasons.
The third episode was when things started to improve.
Seeing that the third episode had already appeared, Xiao Bai simply stopped in the wild, intending to wait until the third episode ended before returning.
Let's see what's going on with myself on the Sky Screen.
The third episode begins with a battle.
Magical Girls with short, azure hair and Magical Girls with long, red hair are battling within Magic Barrier.
At their feet lay the corpse of a Mutant Monster that had already been dealt with, but neither of them glanced at the body; instead, they continued chasing each other.
Or rather, it's the red-haired Magical Girls chasing after the blue-haired Magical Girls, who is merely retaliating passively.
"... Why."
Luna held the gun in her right hand, firing at Aurora intermittently, while simultaneously asking Aurora:
Why did you hit me?
"Because I don't like you!"
Aurora said matter-of-factly.
Last time Luna escaped, she couldn't catch up, which nearly caused Aurora, who had run out of magic, to fall from the sky.
Having finally encountered Luna, Aurora was determined to do everything in her power to keep her here!
As for why Luna was kept, it was, of course, because of Kelly.
Kelly is eager to know what's going on with Lien and Luna, and also wants to find out about the other Magical Creatures, but because Lien exudes the aura of Demons, and Kelly herself carries the hopes of Magical Girls, she cannot easily reveal herself.
So Kelly simply told Aurora to find Luna and find out what was going on with them.
However, Luna is naturally aloof and taciturn, and although Lien is Luna's mouth double, it's impossible for her to reveal her own situation to a strange Magical Girls.
If you just ask them directly, Luna and Lien definitely won't say anything.
Then Aurora had a flash of inspiration.
Hey! Why don't we just defeat them first, and then ask them questions?
It just so happens that this guy pointed a gun at her last time, which annoyed her. Although Luna did apologize... Aurora still wants to fight this guy!
Forget all that nonsense, let's fight! We'll talk business after we've beaten them to submission!
That's why Luna and Aurora fought inside the Magic Barrier.
Luna's Magical Armament seems to be the gun in her hand. This gun is not simply in the shape of a pistol; under Luna's magical transformation, it can transform into almost any weapon shape that Luna recognizes.
At this very moment, Luna is fighting Aurora using a tranquilizer rifle.
Unfortunately, the 'syringe' bullets fired from the tranquilizer rifle were completely unable to penetrate Aurora's surface defenses in her 'Power' form.
Using other bullets would be too lethal, so Luna doesn't seem to be planning to use high-powered bullets on people.
Thus, the battle remained deadlocked.
Aurora, like a reckless brute, ignored the hail of bullets and charged towards Luna despite her Magical Armament.
Luna fired shots intermittently, each shot landing precisely on the parts of Aurora not covered by armor.
But each time, Aurora reacted in time and raised her hand to knock the 'anesthesia bullet' away.
"Don't run!!"
Luna's figure gradually receded into the distance during the chase. Seeing that she couldn't catch up, Aurora decisively activated her Lightning Form and continued chasing after Luna.
But when they got closer, they discovered that Luna hadn't run far at all. Instead, she had transformed the pistol in her hand into a hand cannon, which she then aimed at them.
"...?" Aurora was taken aback.
Luna whispered, "Don't bother me."
Boom!!!!
A violent burst of magical energy erupted from the hand cannon, engulfing Aurora and sending her flying.
The small red dot struck the building projection within the Magic Barrier. When the energy from the bombardment dissipated, Aurora lay sprawled on the ruins inside the building. A second later, with a loud bang, all the debris on her body was blown away.
"It doesn't hurt at all!!!"
With red eyes, she cried out, only to realize something afterward.
Luna has disappeared again.
"..." Aurora, who had been bombarded and lost her target, not only had her eyes red, but her cheeks were also flushed.
The veins on her forehead throbbed merrily as she roared into the distance:
"You bastard blue!! You just wait!!!! Next time we meet! I'm going to beat your face to a pulp!!!"
The opening theme music started playing amidst Aurora's furious roar.
(Aurora)
(Luna looks a lot like Xiao Bai. I'm looking forward to Luna and Xiao Bai meeting.)
(If those two met, they probably wouldn't exchange a single word all day, lol)
(Just kidding, at least Teacher Yuan Bai can say a few words, well, just a few words lol)
(Luna's weapon is a gun? Last time she used a gun, I thought she had borrowed it from somewhere, but I didn't expect it to actually be her weapon...)
(Just like 'Homura', right? www)
(Yeah... but speaking of Homura... I have to condemn Fang Ming here!! What kind of Magical Girls did you write?! Do you even know anything about Magical Girls? You're just writing nonsense! Magical Girls aren't like that at all!!!)
(... Don't even mention it, just thinking about that novel gives me a stomachache, and the thought that the ending might be bad makes my stomach hurt even more.)
Xiao Bai: "...(curls up)"
Yes, that's exactly what I want to see!
Why did I bring Puella Magi Madoka Magica into this world? Besides alleviating my own embarrassing past, what I wanted most was to see your reactions after being 'Healing'!!!
Because I got caught in the rain, that's why I'm tearing all the umbrellas apart!
I not only want to write the novel, but also create anime and games so that you can deeply experience the despair and Pain I once felt!
The sadder you are, the more excited I get!!
The reactions of readers who had read "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" in the comments section made Xiao Bai very excited.
However, what was shown on his face was merely a slight upturn of the corners of his mouth—a very minor change.
If Fang Ming were standing here in his current form, Fang Ming probably wouldn't be able to contain his mischievous grin.
"Hmm, this scene in the Sky Screen is a little different from what Aurora experienced."
Just as Xiao Bai was secretly delighted, Kelly's voice came from behind.
She commented on the events depicted on the Sky Screen, saying, "Because of the Sky Screen, I knew about Nino and Youyou's existence, so I didn't let Aurora chase after Luna too much. During their several encounters, they only had verbal arguments and didn't actually fight."
The closest they came to a fight was before they met Fang Ming.
But that night, Sky Screen was showing episodes of season two, so Aurora and Luna surprisingly chose to stop fighting and watch Sky Screen together.
Unlike the spin-off of "The Legend of the Sky Screen Heroes," they don't seem like a pair of bickering lovers.
Xiao Bai said softly, "In other words, the Sky Screen becomes different from reality from here on out."
They already knew that if the rumors continued, they would definitely differ from the real world.