Magical Girls Exposed!

"Am I... dead...?"

Yu Muqiu murmured to herself.

She remembered clearly that the Demon King's black thorns had pierced through her body, and that she had closed her eyes before the Magical Girls.

As her consciousness gradually faded and darkness filled her vision, Yu Muqiu had thought she would never wake up again.

Yet when she opened her eyes once more, she found herself here.

"You are indeed dead."

A glowing pink figure suddenly appeared beside Yu Muqiu.

Yu Muqiu remembered her. During this time, this person had often appeared in Yu Muqiu's dreams.

Hearing the pink figure's words, Yu Muqiu froze for a moment before murmuring:

"I'm dead? Then... where is this?"

"Inside Hope Will. You may also think of this place as the gap between life and death. Every Magical Girl who dies ultimately ends up here."

As the pink figure spoke, she gave a slight wave of her hand, and countless bubbles appeared before Yu Muqiu.

Yu Muqiu looked closely and saw Magical Girls of different appearances and outfits floating within those pink bubbles.

Their eyes were tightly closed as they drifted inside the bubbles, their expressions peaceful, as if they were having a beautiful dream from which they would never awaken.

Among them, Yu Muqiu spotted familiar figures.

Reiko, Ayaka... and Aurora.

They were closest to her, and their expressions were more pained, as though they were trapped in nightmares.

"Little Red! Ayaka! Reiko!!"

Seeing familiar figures before her, Yu Muqiu wanted to rush over and confirm it for herself. But after only two steps, she crashed into an invisible barrier.

Thud!

"Ah—!"

Xiao Qiu let out a cry and fell flat onto the ground. Rubbing her forehead with tears in the corners of her eyes, she looked up at the pink figure. "S-Senior?! What's going