Chapter 371

Yu Muqiu stared intently into Xiao Bai's eyes. She stepped forward, preventing Xiao Bai from getting up, and asked Xiao Bai:

"Xiao Bai, where is your true form...?"

The screen almost froze, and the opening theme music started playing.

(So Xiao Qiu had such inner thoughts.)

(... Why include Fang Ming's image in this picture?)

(Don't you understand? That cousin of yours was probably a puppet too.)

(Huh? Huh!?)

(Oh wow, could the speculations online actually be true...?)

The memories in Xiao Qiu's mind finally made the audience understand why Xiao Qiu initially thought Fang Ming wasn't the real person.

This brings Fang Ming one step closer to being exposed.

But Fang Ming, who had already run away, paid no attention to it. He spat out the mouthwash and wiped his mouth.

Go ahead and expose yourself, go ahead and expose yourself. I've already run away, and now I'm like this again. None of you know who I am!

So be it!

Come on! Sky Screen! If you're so capable, then reveal that I've turned into a child right now!

Who's afraid of who!

[OP ends soon.]

Xiao Bai stared blankly at Yu Muqiu, her gaze gradually moving downwards until it landed on the hand that Yu Muqiu was holding.

"So that's how it is... Was this where I was exposed? Heh, I've been using this body all this time, I almost really thought it was my true form, I was so careless..."

Xiao Bai chuckled self-deprecatingly.

Because after this body was brought to life, it was almost indistinguishable from a real person, and Xiao Bai had been using this body to move around and had also used it to interact with the Magical Girls.

Nothing unexpected has happened so far.

Unexpectedly, Yu Muqiu discovered the clues here.

Xiao Bai's self-deprecating words undoubtedly confirmed Yu Muqiu's guess.

She stepped forward, grasped Xiao Bai's arms which were resting on the chair, and asked face-to-face:

"Xiao Bai! What's wrong with your body! Why won't you meet us in your true form? Is it... is it like Stella said, your body has already..."

"Xiao Qiu."

Despite the current situation, Xiao Bai remained calm.

She calmly gazed at Yu Muqiu, and as their eyes met, Xiao Bai softly said:

"Your task now should be to become stronger, right?"

"..."

"Don't worry about me, I'll be fine..."

"You always say that!" Yu Muqiu's voice suddenly rose a few decibels, then softened again. She gripped Xiao Bai's hands tightly and said to Xiao Bai:

"... You always say things like, 'Don't worry about me,' 'I'll be fine,' 'Do what you're supposed to do'... You always say that! But you never actually say what you're doing!"

"You've been fighting while burning your own memories, haven't you? I already know that from Dongdong and Stella! I also know your current situation is terrible! That's why I was relieved when you said you wouldn't continue fighting... But now..."

Yu Muqiu's eyes reddened as she gazed at Xiao Bai, her voice trembling with a hint of sobbing.

"... But now, you won't even let us see your true self! How can I possibly feel at ease!"

The Xiao Bai refuses to reveal her true form means that her situation must be extremely bad.

Yu Muqiu, who knew Xiao Bai very well, could easily guess this.

This is precisely why Yu Muqiu felt a deep unease.

She was worried that one day, this clone representing Xiao Bai would suddenly stop what it was doing.

But Xiao Bai himself... collapsed somewhere no one could find, departing alone.

Yu Muqiu didn't want to see this happen; she didn't want to see anyone she knew leave her!

Xiao Bai saw Yu Muqiu's sincere feelings.

The silver-haired girl looked up at the pink-haired girl whose eyes were slightly red, as if she was about to cry. She slowly exhaled, pulled one hand out of the other's hand, and then placed it on the back of the pink-haired girl's other hand.

The silver-haired girl patted twice gently, then raised her hand, grasped Yu Muqiu's hand tightly, and whispered:

"Xiao Qiu, look up."

"?"

Look over there.

As the silver-haired girl spoke, she pointed to the sea further out in the distance.

Yu Muqiu turned to look at the sea in confusion. Then, the silver-haired girl waved her hand again, and magical light flashed, with images of various cities appearing on the sea.

These are surveillance videos from different cities around the world. The silver-haired girl simply used a little magic to project them from her notebook onto the vast ocean.

She pointed to the cities, to the people in those cities, and said to the pink-haired girl beside her:

"This is our world."

The Xiao Bai finger traced across these worlds and continued:

"Our world is ordinary, mundane, without any extraordinary powers, and normally we don't need to worry about whether tomorrow will be the end of the world..."

"They don't know us, and most of them have no connection to us, but they exist in this world just like us."

"Although it's tough, and not everything goes smoothly, and some people's lives may be very unsatisfactory, at least they are still alive."

As Xiao Bai spoke, the sounds of laughter and joy filled the scene above the sea.

Yu Muqiu gazed at the people in the scene, listening to their voices and observing their joys and sorrows. Then, with a hint of confusion, he looked at Xiao Bai:

"... Why... are you showing me this?"

Xiao Bai didn't answer, but simply switched the screen.

All the laughter and joy vanished in an instant, replaced by the ruins left by yesterday's battle between the Magical Girls and the Demons.

Helicopters circled in the sky, search and rescue operations were underway on the ground, children were crying by the roadside, and paramedics were pulling victims, whose fate was uncertain, into ambulances.

Sadness, despair, grief, and resentment... these became the dominant emotions in this city.

Yu Muqiu looked at the city and could see the traces left by the battle between the Magical Girls and the Demons. She could see the 'scars' on the city.

What Yu Muqiu saw made him hold his breath and instinctively cover his mouth.

Xiao Bai's voice then came:

"The arrival of the Demons will reduce everything to ashes. There will be no more joy, no more hope. The world will be filled with despair and Destruction, and everything we cherish will become ruins, just like what we see before us."

"..."

"In this situation, tell me, am I more important, or is the world more important?"

"No... that's not how it's calculated..." Yu Muqiu said with difficulty, "Everyone... everyone is equally important! Xiao Bai... you are, and so are they..."

You can't save everyone.

Xiao Bai interrupted Xiao Qiu.

Xiao Qiu stared blankly at Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai said, "In war, someone always has to sacrifice. I am, and so are you. There is no way to solve everything without sacrifice. As long as it is war, there will inevitably be sacrifices."

"And now, Xiao Qiu, we've been drawn into the war between Magical Girls and Demons. It's a war of life and death, where no one can back down. We can no longer play house like before; we should grow into qualified warriors."

"So, Yu Muqiu... you understand, right?" Xiao Bai looked at Xiao Qiu with a complicated expression. "... How my body is is not important at all."

"In these final moments, what can I do for you, for this world...? This is the most important thing, and it's what you need to consider most."

"This kind of thing... this kind of thing is... too... too cold-blooded..."

Yu Muqiu couldn't accept this for a moment, because Xiao Bai's words had almost implied one thing.

That's Xiao Bai; she really doesn't have much time left.

This was an incredibly cruel thing for Yu Muqiu.

Volume 4 <Magic Autumn> Movie and Season 3: Chapter 402 "Come on, don't be a coward!"

"That's how the world works, Xiao Qiu."

Xiao Bai looked at Yu Muqiu, who was half-squatting down, placed his hand on the other's head, gently patted it, and said:

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry for telling you this now, for making you realize this now... But now that you know, you can't be as naive as before."

"Whether it's you or Xiaoxia and the others, you all need to grow up quickly, because we really don't have much time left."

"The Blood Demon could arrive at any moment, and it's very likely that not only one Blood Demon will arrive, but many more, in an endless Demons, will be heading this way."

"The peaceful days of the past are gone forever. From now on, we will face more, stronger, and more difficult enemies."

"So you shouldn't be thinking about me anymore. What you should be thinking about is how to become stronger, how to drive these Demons out of this world, and so on..."

Xiao Bai raised her hand, pointed to the ruins in the picture, and whispered, "... I won't let the world become like this."

"But, Xiao Bai, you..."

"Don't you understand what I'm saying!" Seeing that Yu Muqiu was still concerned about Xiao Bai's question, Xiao Bai's voice rose a few decibels as she said to Yu Muqiu:

"To this world, to the countless lives in countless worlds, I am utterly unimportant!"

Or has your vision become so narrow that you can't see anyone else and can only see me?

"No... no..."

"Since that's not it, then go back to training!"

Xiao Bai pointed to Chen Xiaoxia and the others who had entered a dream world not far away, and said to Yu Muqiu word by word, "Go train, become stronger, stronger... stronger than anyone else! Only in this way... can you save this world, and even... save me!"

Xiao Bai's words left Yu Muqiu stunned, unable to recover for a long time.

(... Xiao Bai is right, this is no longer the time for playing house.)

(So, you want Xiao Bai to sacrifice himself? I can't accept that!)

(What else can we do? Sacrifice ordinary people?)

(Actually, if sacrificing some ordinary people can save Xiao Bai's health, then it should be a very worthwhile deal...)

(What are you talking about?)

(Even if it were possible, Xiao Bai would never do it!)

(Alright, let's discuss these topics in the discussion thread. You'll all behave yourselves once Sky Screen bans you.)

(There should be hope for Xiao Bai, right? There should be hope for her???)

(I guess so...)

Fang Ming couldn't find fault with what Sky Screen Xiao Bai said.

She's right, this is definitely not the time for playing house anymore.

The Blood Demon could arrive at any moment, so worrying about one's own life at this point is meaningless.

As long as the seed of hope can be preserved, it doesn't matter if we have to sacrifice Xiao Bai.

Sky Screen Xiao Bai thought so, and Fang Ming had the same idea.

After all, by now, everyone understands that the war between Magical Girls and Demons is a life-or-death struggle.

War... there are always deaths.

However, Fang Ming always felt that Sky Screen Xiao Bai had said so much just to prevent Xiao Qiu from continuing to focus on him, after all... Fang Ming and Xiao Bai were the same person.

Sky Screen Xiao Bai probably doesn't want to reveal this relationship to Yu Muqiu right now.

Perhaps, if she could, she would take this secret to her grave.

Because time flows differently inside and outside of a dream, what may only take a short time outside can feel like a long time inside a dream.

Therefore, Magical Girls will occasionally leave their dreams and come to reality for a short rest.