Chapter 323

Therefore, Xiao Qiu did not doubt Xiao Bai's memory problems.

But now she knows.

Xiao Bai's memories... weren't burned by herself, but by the person opposite her!

This person is impersonating Fang Ming's brother!

"Yes." Fang Ming sighed again.

"Because I didn't want her to cause trouble, and since she had burned some of her memories herself, I used a little trick to seal her memories and change her perception of her own identity..."

"But first of all, let me state that I did this not out of malice. You probably don't know what Xiao Bai has been through, do you?"

"I did this so that she could rest for a while and so as not to disrupt my plans, and it turns out I was right."

"After all, you guys had a lot of fun these past two days, didn't you?"

Call out--!

A pink beam of light, like a shooting arrow, flew from the tip of Xiao Qiu's wand and grazed Fang Ming's cheek.

The pink beam of light interrupted Fang Ming's words.

He reached out and touched the unblemished wound on his cheek, then looked at Xiao Qiu expressionlessly.

"You... what have you been doing with other people's memories?!"

Even if Pain, even if it's hard to remember, it's still the most precious thing about being a person!

"Tampering with other people's memories without permission, and unilaterally claiming it's for our own good... People like you... people like you are the most detestable!!!"

Xiao Qiu suddenly looked up, a blush of anger appearing on her face. Her magic began to surge wildly, and the surrounding air was whipped around wildly by the magic, causing the clothes of the people present to flutter loudly.

An even more frenzied magical power emerged from the tip of her wand, bound by a magical Energy-Binding Rings. It seemed that with just a thought, this cannon, brimming with magical power, would fire from the tip of her wand and engulf 'Fang Ming' before her.

Fang Ming lowered his hand from touching his wound.

He sighed again, deeply and repeatedly.

"... I knew it would be like this, but... Xiao Qiu."

Fang Ming looked at Xiao Qiu meaningfully, then suddenly snapped his fingers:

Are you sure... you want to attack me?

A crisp snap of fingers rang out, and the air behind Fang Ming rippled like waves on the surface of water.

As the ripples subsided, a silver-haired girl dressed in a thin veil appeared on the magic circle node behind Fang Ming.

The girl lay on the magic circle, where chains formed by magic bound her hands and her legs, which were pressed together.

Viewed from above, the girl appears to be on a cross.

When Xiao Qiu saw the girl, she stopped instantly and murmured the girl's name:

"Little... Xiao Bai...?"

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"Little... Xiao Bai?"

Xiao Chun's consciousness momentarily froze.

She turned to look at Xiao Bai behind her and saw the same bewildered expression on Xiao Bai's face.

Why is Xiao Bai appearing at the node of the magic circle?

If the Xiao Bai at the magic circle node is the real her, then who is the Xiao Bai behind Xiao Qiu...?

Xiao Qiu, who was originally determined to defeat Fang Ming, was stunned when she saw Xiao Bai on the magic circle node.

Her thoughts were in a state of confusion, and she couldn't make sense of them for a long time.

Fang Ming, on the other hand, very considerately said to Xiao Qiu:

"You haven't figured it out yet, have you? That's normal."

He pointed to Xiao Bai behind Xiao Qiu and said, "She is indeed Xiao Bai, but... the one behind me is also Xiao Bai, only the difference is that the one behind me is Xiao Bai's body, while the one behind you is just a puppet carrying Xiao Bai's consciousness."

"What's the meaning...?"

"Let me tell you a story." Fang Ming paced in front of Xiao Qiu, and took out his hand from behind his back. In his hand, one could see a headband that emitted a strange light.

This was clearly prepared for Xiao Qiu, but since Xiao Qiu didn't fall for it earlier, he simply stopped hiding it.

Fang Ming walked casually in front of Xiao Qiu and said to Xiao Qiu:

"There was a girl who chose the Erosive Power in order to protect her companions and to pursue the power to catch up with them."

At the very beginning of the story, Xiao Qiu realized something. She turned around and looked at Xiao Bai, who was still confused, and silently took her hand, holding it tightly.

The story of 'Fang Ming' continues:

"She is lucky to have the power to resist the erosion, but she is also unlucky because, due to some accidents, the erosion is still corroding her body."

"Then a series of accidents caused her physical condition to deteriorate, and she began to be unable to exert her full power, because she had to use the power of Magical Girls to fight against the corruption."

"Strange things began to appear on her body; corrosive lines spread across her body, and an aura of despair permeated her being."

"She began to lose her composure, and her complexion became so bad that it was almost immediately obvious that something was wrong with her body."

"'This won't do.' 'This will make them worry.' The girl thought to herself, and so she made a decision: she asked a companion who could create bodies to create a body for her that was exactly the same as her old one."

"She poured her consciousness into this body, and then a version of herself appeared, completely normal and without any abnormalities."

"No one noticed her condition, no one realized the Pain she was enduring, and everyone was happy, everyone was happy."

Fang Ming paused here.

Xiao Qiu stood frozen in place, as if struck by Lightning Strike.

Tears streamed down her face as she gripped Xiao Bai's hand even tighter.

Joy?

Where is the joy?

Clearly... clearly nothing has changed, has it?

Xiao Bai is clearly still Pain, but they know nothing about it. What's there to be happy about in that?!

Xiao Qiu was crying; she couldn't speak, and even her hand holding the wand was trembling.

Fang Ming's smile faded slightly. He turned his head slightly to look at the crying Xiao Qiu, and continued:

"Because her health was already very poor, it wasn't very difficult for me to erase some of her memories and bind her true self to that body."

"Only in this way will the Erosive Power on her body not affect her consciousness."

"Only in this way can I save her."

Fang Ming spoke, he turned to look at Xiao Bai in the magic circle. "Everything I'm doing now is to save her, to save myself, and even more so to save this world. So... even so, will you still stop me?"

(Was Stella trying to save Xiao Bai?)

(You know what, you really can't believe it! It's actually possible!)

(But why is Stella so concerned about Xiao Bai?)

(I don't know, I lack information, and I can't understand Stella's actions at all)

(I have a feeling there's something fishy going on here...)

(Of course there are plot holes. Look at the runtime, it's not even two hours yet! There are still at least sixty minutes of plot left!!)

(Holy crap, I just realized! So Stella isn't the final boss?)

The total runtime of the theatrical version is three hours, or 184 minutes.

However, only one hour and forty minutes have passed so far, which means that the current plot of the movie is not yet at the climax of the entire story.

What Stella said might be true, or it might not be true.

She might just be trying to buy time so that Xiao Qiu wouldn't stop her from summoning the Witch.

"So, what do you want to do to me?"

Xiao Bai asked Stella.

Stella for a few seconds, looking at herself controlling Fang Ming's body on the Sky Screen, and said softly:

"I want to create 'companions'."

"Companion..." Xiao Qiu exclaimed in surprise, "Is... is she Witch?"

"That's right, Magical Girls corrupted by the Erosive Power are born with the qualifications to become Witch, and if... Xiao Bai also has the aptitude to awaken her Shining Form, then she will definitely become Witch!"

Although becoming Witch would completely solidify her body, preventing any further changes, meaning Xiao Bai would only ever be Xiao Bai and could never become Fang Ming.

But... in the face of power, these costs are nothing at all.

That was Stella's goal.

Therefore, she didn't even explain the true relationship between Fang Ming and Xiao Bai to Xiao Qiu, because once Stella succeeded, this matter would no longer matter.

Xiao Bai will always remain Xiao Bai.

"So, in other words, another necessary condition for becoming Witch is having the 'aptitude for Shining Form '?" Xiao Chun noticed the condition Stella had mentioned earlier.

Kelly pondered for a moment, "I've never heard of that before, but... that also explains why only the first and fourth generation of corrupted Magical Girls didn't turn into Demons..."

Apart from the first and fourth generation Magical Girls, all Magical Girls throughout history who are corrupted will undergo an irreversible Demonization.

Furthermore, since the first generation of corrupted Magical Girls eventually disappeared without a trace, everyone believed that only the fourth generation of corrupted Magical Girls was an exception.

But they never considered the key reason behind it.

But now, after hearing Stella's explanation, Kelly understood why Stella valued Xiao Bai so much.

There are actually three essential conditions for becoming Witch.

First, she's Magical Girls.

Second, even when Erosive Power, one can still maintain one's original nature.

Third, possess the qualifications to activate the Shining Form.

Only when these three things are met can Witch be born.

"So, does that mean you also have the aptitude to activate the Shining Form?"

Xiao Bai looked at Stella.

Stella didn't answer immediately. She looked at Aurora and Luna and said:

"It's not just me, they all have the aptitude to unlock their Shining Form."

"!?"

Aurora and Luna were both startled.

Kelly exclaimed in surprise, "How is this possible!?"

After her initial gasp, Kelly quickly said to Aurora and Luna, "I'm sorry, it's not that I don't believe you, it's just... it's just that Shining Form are so rare, it's already unbelievable that three of them have appeared in this world, how could this be..."

"Because the shackles have been broken." Stella looked at Yu Muqiu this time. "The shackles of the Shining Form have been broken, the upper limit has been raised, and in addition... you are the last Magical Girls, so you are destined to unlock the Shining Form, regardless of your aptitude."

Stella paused for a moment, then continued:

"In the East, there is a very special theory called 'luck'. If we use 'luck' as an analogy, it means that the overall luck of Magical Girls has fallen on the last Magical Girls. So as long as someone becomes Magical Girls, she will definitely activate her Shining Form."

"This is the Magical Girls's overall luck acting as a form of 'self-salvation'."

Stella seems to have read quite a few books; she even knows about the Eastern concept of destiny.

Although it's a bit strange to talk about 'luck' in the Magical Girls world, it does explain why all existing Magical Girls have the potential to unlock their Shining Form.

Because they are the last Magical Girls, and they are also the last hope for Magical Girls.

If even they can't activate their Shining Form, then Magical Girls are probably doomed.

"... I don't want to become Witch."

Understanding one of Stella's purposes, Xiao Bai's gaze deepened.

Stella gave an awkward laugh, "There's nothing we can do about it. After all, your situation on the Sky Screen really isn't good..."

Xiao Bai's physical condition is so bad that if she cannot transform into Witch, she will be transformed into Demons by the Erosive Power.