Ordinary people can also be the protagonist in a comic strip

Shrine, home of the water god.

After dinner.

Fumiko Amakawa came to the back mountain alone and sat next to the waterfall. She sat there alone in silence and daze, not knowing what she was thinking about.

And the water god Xiaoye and Hualing Haruka, who were following behind, looked at her slender and frail back from afar, their eyes full of heartache and worry.

Over the past month.

Almost every time Fumiko Amakawa challenged her enemy again, they were actually watching from the sidelines.

They watched with their own eyes as their best friends constantly mustered up their courage and launched challenges... only to suffer repeated defeats and become slaves to each other's humiliation and manipulation, suffering all kinds of humiliation and ridicule.

But they could only stand outside the venue and watch the whole process, unable to do anything.

This feeling of frustration and humiliation.

It also tortured both of them all the time.

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Naturally, they all saw and heard the ultimatum from the evil organization today.

"Xunzi..."

Hualing Haruka wanted to go up and accompany her.

But he was stopped by the water god Xiaoye, who whispered, "This is the hardship that Xunzi must go through. She must learn to be strong and face it all alone."

"But, Xiaoye, I feel so sad... Xunzi has worked so hard, but why does she still have to be treated like this? This is not fair."

talking.

Hua Lingyao's eyes became moist again.

Shui Shen Xiaoye patted her shoulder and comforted her, "No matter what, until the last moment, I will choose to believe her. Now all we can do is to support her silently behind her. Among the three of us, Xunzi must be feeling the worst right now. Let's just let her be alone and calm down."

"I really want to help her, but I can't do anything. If I could also complete the transformation, maybe Xunzi wouldn't have to suffer so much."

"Xiaoyao, you are just too kind."

"Xunzi took all the responsibility on herself from the beginning, thinking that it was all her fault and that she had to work hard to make up for it, so she worked so hard... Even though she was toyed with and humiliated by the evil organization again and again, she did not choose to give up. Now... the evil organization has issued an ultimatum, I... I am really scared..."

"You're worried that Xunzi won't make it to the last moment, right?"

"If the evil organization really kills us, what about us? What should we do? Do we really have to watch our best friends being slaughtered in front of us? Do I have to watch all this happen?"

Listening to the crying and sobbing of the girl in front of me.

The water god Xiaoye clenched her fists. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something comforting, but in the end, she couldn't say it.

She could only say weakly.

"It's not the end yet, trust Xunzi a little more."

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at the same time.

Just above the waterfall, on the highest cliff on the top of the mountain, a man was also standing there, looking down at Amagawa Fumiko in the darkness below.

A cute white mascot landed on the man's shoulder.

Vaz's voice rang out.

"Lao Lin, do you really want to do that? Otherwise... let's just stop, okay?"

It begged, feeling uneasy.

But when the moonlight happened to shine on Lorraine's face, Watts' pupils shrank, because what he saw was... a pair of cold eyes emitting scarlet blood in the darkness.

There is no warmth, no emotion, not even any mercy or tenderness.

Lorraine's voice sounded slowly.

"Vaz, do you know what kind of people are most likely to die on the battlefield? Good people won't die, and bad people won't die either. The only kind of people who will die are those who pretend to be brave, but when they are really in danger... they are timid, hesitant, and neither advance nor retreat!"

"Kaoru is just not ready yet. She is a good girl and a brave person."

"When a war breaks out, will the enemy ask you if you are ready before raising their butcher knife to chop you down?"

The moment Lorraine looked back, his bloodshot eyes filled with murderous intent made Waz feel fear and trembling from the bottom of his heart.

Tears welled up in Vaz's eyes, and he replied with a trembling voice.

"I... I just think it's so unfair to that child."

"There is no such thing as fair or unfair, Miss Watts. In this era of great strife, people strife with strength. You have seen how big the changes are before and after the transformation. It is simply like heaven and earth. You may still be lucky enough to think that all of Enolumeda are mine, and we can still live in peace with each other like before, but have you ever thought about what would happen if another Enolumeda appears, or another magical girl organization that is completely out of your control?"

"This... shouldn't be the case, right?"

"Should? If that time really comes, everyone else will have truly melted, while we are still playing ridiculous games. By then, no matter how many of us there are, we will just be a group of weak and lowly rabble. Your indulgence and doting on them now is tantamount to sending them to the guillotine in the future."

"I……"

Waze looked aggrieved and almost cried.

Seeing this, Lorraine's expression softened a little, but he still stood firm in his position.

"Xunzi now has only two choices. Either give up the True Transformation Trial completely and declare failure, or disregard life and death, gamble everything, and face adversity without hesitation."

"What will happen if I give up the trial?"

"It's simple. Just ask her to hand over her Transformer and be honorably discharged."

"This……"

"Let her leave as soon as possible, and then select new magical girls to join. No matter what, it is better than losing her life on the battlefield in the future."

"Wow, if that happens, Xunzi will definitely be very sad."

Watts really couldn't bear it.

Lorraine replied.

"After she is honorably discharged from the army, as an ordinary person, she has plenty of time to feel sad, but it doesn't matter. As long as time is long enough, she will soon recover, gradually forget the sadness, and integrate into the life of ordinary people."

"What if Xunzi succeeds?"

Vaz asked anxiously.

When Luo Lin heard this, he smiled and replied casually, "Then give her an award, a certificate, and a nice and glorious title, so that she can keep up the good work."

"Ah??? This is too stingy."

"Then you can spend a huge amount of money to give her a trophy, or even build a golden statue of her in the city."

"Ahem, I think the award certificate is a good idea. Well, these are secondary. The main thing is that the thought is there, haha."

"Ms. Watts, you are really stingy. You don't want to spend a penny. What's wrong with you?"

"To make a living, Lao Lin, you don't even know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are since you are the head of the family."

"That's right. You haven't even paid me the salary I owe you yet. How could you be willing to spend money lavishly on other things?"

"That's not what I owe, it's what the government owes me!"

Vaz was gesticulating, trying desperately to explain.

Lorraine was too lazy to listen.

"Alright, alright, stop talking to me about this useless stuff. As expected, no matter what year it is, the one who owes money is always the boss. Sooner or later, I'll file a lawsuit and bring you to the military court, saying that you withheld military pay and intended to rebel. Your crimes are so serious that they will not be tolerated by heaven and earth!"

"Why is that so!!! Well, well, well... then I won't be the commander-in-chief of the magical girls anymore! I'll let you take over. I'll abdicate immediately and let you take the throne and rule the world."

"Ha, that's wishful thinking. You made a mess of it yourself, and now you want to give it to me after you're done with it, right? It's impossible, absolutely impossible."

……

Cliff edge.

One person and one mascot, they were arguing with each other and silently waiting for Amakawa Fumiko's final decision.

And not far from Amakawa Fumiko, in a dark corner of the woods, there was also a black mascot, ready to make a move with evil intentions.