Chapter 499
"Your identities will be revealed here."
"I'd rather watch these humans die."
Please choose!
"I..."
Kazama Reiko turned her head and looked around.
In the amusement park where the Puppet Demon lived, everyone seemed to be suspended in mid-air as if pulled by threads.
Like a marionette.
Under the Puppet Demon's control, their gazes were all focused on the two Magical Girls. Some of them even held weapons, pointing them at their vital points. In just a second, these people could be manipulated by the Puppet Demon to harm themselves.
In fact... some of them have already hurt themselves.
In the corner, several young men had wounds on their wrists, from which blood was constantly flowing.
Fortunately, the injury to the wrist wasn't to an artery, otherwise someone might have died.
With these hostages here, Reiko and Shiori naturally dared not make any rash moves.
They were afraid that their reckless actions would cause these innocent people, who shouldn't have been harmed, to die here.
"How despicable!!!" Tottori Shiori gripped her two short swords tightly, glaring at the Twin Demons through gritted teeth. "Can't you fight us fair and square?!"
The seemingly adorable Twin Demons answered one after the other:
"This is a game."
"Since it's a game, we must abide by the rules."
"So we won't fight with you."
Hearing their words, Shiori could no longer hold back and roared in anger:
"You're unilaterally forcing us to make a choice! What kind of game is this?! If it's a game, then you can also fail, right? What are the conditions for your failure? Why don't you tell us?!"
"That's strange," said the girl with the left ponytail among the Twin Demons. "Didn't we already tell you the conditions?"
"What?" Shiori was stunned.
The other Twin Demons with a right ponytail said, "If you refuse to tell us, then we have failed."
"On the contrary, it will be your victory."
The Twin Demons sang in unison.
Reiko and Shiori were initially confused, but the next moment they understood what the Twin Demons were saying.
Reiko instinctively covered her mouth and muttered to herself:
"... This is outrageous."
"What the hell! This is all our failure!" Shiori directly confronted the Twin Demons, "Even if we destroy you, if we fail to save the people here... what kind of victory is this?!"
"These are the conditions," said the girl with the ponytail on the left, and the other Demons beside her echoed:
"Ignore these people, eliminate us, and our game will end... Simple, right?"
"You guys--!!"
The Twin Demons' flat, emotionless tone only fueled Shiori's anger.
Treating human lives as mere pawns, disregarding life to such an extent, Tottori Shiori finally understood what kind of beings these so-called Demons truly were.
They... truly are a species that should be completely eradicated!
Shiori was about to say something when Kazama Reiko stepped forward and grabbed her hem.
"... That's enough, Shiori, they... have no heart."
"... Reiko?"
Shiori looked at her friend in surprise.
Kazama Reiko was radiating an emotion she had never seen before, an emotion that...
It's called anger.
Yes, Kazama Reiko is very angry right now.
She was so angry, she felt she had never been so furious in her life.
Treating life like a toy is simply beyond Reiko's tolerance limit!
Kazama Reiko has always been somewhat insecure.
She worried that she wouldn't be able to become a qualified Magical Girls, and that she would turn around and run away when faced with danger.
However, at this moment, worry and fear were replaced by extreme anger.
She stepped forward, and perhaps sensing her intentions, a Weapon Card she desired most appeared in her palm.
"I absolutely... I will never... forgive you!"
Reiko suddenly looked up, inserted the Weapon Card into the slot, and a black samurai sword took shape in her palm, with magical light gathering in her hand.
It's the most powerful melee Weapon Card!
"I... kind of like this child."
Yu Muqiu suddenly spoke.
Kazama Reiko's performance in the Sky Screen perfectly matched her wishes, making Yu Muqiu feel as if she were seeing another version of herself.
At first, they all felt uneasy about their identities, but when faced with enemies who angered them, they all suppressed their unease with strong emotions and mustered the courage to fight the Demons.
Although their magic is different and their personalities are very different, Xiao Qiu feels that she Kazama Reiko are the same kind of people.
She also fell in love with this girl.
She wants to be friends with Reiko!
"That's true..." Chen Xiaoxia frowned and said, "But even if we mustered up the courage and wanted to fight the Demons, the victims haven't been rescued yet..."
"I believe they will definitely find a way!"
Yu Muqiu said earnestly.
Chen Xiaoxia said helplessly, "No, Xiao Qiu, they don't seem to have any solutions... It's no use even if you believe them."
"I believe they will definitely find a way!"
"No need to repeat myself! I heard you! Honestly..."
The interaction between Xiao Qiu and Xiaoxia brought a knowing smile to Fang Ming's face.
He looked up at the Sky Screen and softly responded to Xiao Qiu's words:
"Yes, Xiao Qiu is right, they'll find a way."
A katana appeared in her hand, and orange flames seemed to ignite beneath Reiko's feet.
The katana in her hand, as Reiko swung it, drew beautiful orange flame trails in the air.
The orange flames transformed into a long line, seemingly heading towards the Twin Demons.
Upon seeing this, the girl with the left ponytail in Twin Demons immediately said:
"If we were to eliminate us directly, we would kill most of the people here... You should know that, right?"
"Of course I know that, so... my target isn't you!"
"Kazama Reiko shouted, and the figure enveloped in orange flames darted swiftly among the victims."
Where the flames burned, these ordinary people, like puppets on strings, were Severing and burned.
Reiko was incredibly fast; in her anger, she unleashed a speed far exceeding her normal limits!
In just a few seconds, countless people were rescued by her, fell to the ground, and fell unconscious.
But even as the Twin Demons witnessed this, their puppet-like faces remained expressionless.
The woman with the right ponytail even offered her opinion:
"A reckless decision."
Left ponytail continued, "Even if you try to save them like this, how many people can you actually save?"
"Saving even one person is saving a life! At least...! No matter what, I've done my best!!"
Kazama Reiko shouted loudly.
Perhaps she isn't very smart, perhaps she's timid, perhaps she's not as strong as Aurora or the other Magical Girls seniors.
Even so, Kazama Reiko is still Magical Girls!
Having chosen to become Magical Girls and stand here, she must fulfill her duties as Magical Girls!
Destroy the Demons and save humanity!
No matter what kind of messy game it is, or the threat of the Twin Demons, as long as she can save one more person, it's a victory for her!
"Hypocritical," the Twin Demons suddenly judged coldly.
At that very moment, all the humans she controlled uttered the same words in unison:
"You clearly had a way to save everyone, but because of your selfishness, you chose to use such a foolish method. Magical Girls... what a hypocritical species."
"!"
The sheer power of thousands, even tens of thousands, of people saying the same thing in unison was so overwhelming that Kazama Reiko stopped her rescue efforts.
At the same time, these words from these people made her freeze in place.
Yes, these people are right.
The way to save these people was actually told to Reiko and Shiori by the Twin Demons from the very beginning.
That is to reveal their identities, to tell everyone in the city who they really are.
If they were willing to talk, the Twin Demons would let the group go.
But...
As Aurora- senpai also said.
While the Aurora Society is searching for Magical Girls, these Magical Girls must protect their personal information and not let any unrelated people know about it, especially not the people of the Aurora Society!
If they were to be accidentally exposed, not only would the Magical Girls be harmed, but their families would also be hurt!
That's why Reiko chose this more strenuous method to save people.
And perhaps... this is what the Twin Demons meant by 'hypocrisy'.
Compared to these unrelated ordinary people, Reiko didn't want her family, friends, or any of the people she knew to be harmed.
"I..."
Reiko paused, and the anger that had just risen within her dissipated.
Her body was trembling, and her face was turning pale.
The Twin Demons continued, "If you truly care about this world..."
"For these humans."
"So all you've done is reveal your identities, right?"
"So..."
At this moment, the Twin Demons once again manipulated these ordinary people, causing them to utter the same sentence in unison:
Tell us who you are! Tell us your identities!
"Only in this way can you save us!"
Volume 5 Side Story <Magic Mystery> Season 2: Chapter 537 I'll Take Responsibility for All of This!
(Damn it, if you can't beat them, you resort to moral blackmail, huh?)
(Don't believe them, Reiko! Even if you reveal your identities, they might not release you!)
(So, what credibility does the Demons have left?)
(But Reiko seemed to be starting to believe it...)