Spurred to Separation Event Story Parts 3-4

Part 3:

Yachiyo: Oh, you came here properly and didn't run away, did you?
Kanagi: That's quite an attitude from the group that called me out here.
Yachiyo: Seems you're being quite unpleasant as well.
Yachiyo: Are you angry that things aren't going the way you want them to?
Kanagi: What? I can say the exact same to you.
Kanagi: Things aren't going the way you want to, either, and that's why you contacted me, isn't it?
Mifuyu: Now now, we've gathered here to have a discussion with each other, so let's leave that here.
Mifuyu: First of all, Kanagi-san.
Mifuyu: Thank you for answering our request to meet.
Kanagi: I am the Eastside's peacekeeper, after all. I have to think of the interests of the entire Eastside.
Kanagi: I must clearly take responsibility for this.
Mifuyu: Yes.
Kanagi: So then, how shall I pay back this debt?
Kanagi: I assume it won't be settled with an apology.
Mifuyu: That's right.
Mifuyu: The reasonable thing would be... an offering of grief seeds.
Mifuyu: ...and also negotiating rights to the area known as the Central Ward, I would say?
Kanagi: Ho ho, now this is getting big.
Kanagi: Your side seems to think they can afford to ask for quite a lot.
Yachiyo: That's right. At the very least, unlike your side...
Yachiyo: ...we aren't desperate enough to start attacking magical girls from the opposing side in neutral territory.
Kanagi: Wait. What do you mean by that?
Yachiyo: What, you say...?
Yachiyo: Momoko was attacked by an Eastside magical girl while in a witch's barrier in the Central Ward.
Mifuyu: That incident was also a reason that we arranged this...
Yachiyo: Perhaps you didn't know that?
Yachiyo: I wonder if there was some incompetent supervision at work there.
Kanagi: ......
Kanagi: One of our magical girls was also attacked by a Westside magical girl.
Yachiyo: Wha-?!
Mifuyu: Huh?!
Kanagi: ...By the looks on your faces, I'll assume that you didn't know that either.
Kanagi: I wonder who exactly has the incompetent supervision?
Yachiyo: I don't think that's something you should be saying.
Kanagi: You either, right?
Mifuyu: The two of you, please calm down.
Mifuyu: Now that we've advanced the conversation to the point where we know about these attacks...
Mifuyu: Let's take a moment to get things straight.

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Mifuyu: I see... so they were both attacks that happened in a witch's barrier in the Central Ward.
Mifuyu: And the attacker called herself a magical girl of the Westside, right?
Kanagi: Yes, that's what I was told.
Yachiyo: It's the same as us. The magical girl that attacked Momoko also called herself...
Yachiyo: "A magical girl from a ward that's against yours."
Kanagi: ...The circumstances are incredibly similar.
Yachiyo: If you doubt we're telling the truth, you can confirm it for yourself.
Kanagi: Ohh?
Yachiyo: We'll allow you to use your powers to read our hearts.
Yachiyo: If it's necessary, I'll call Momoko here, too.
Kanagi: I see, that's a good idea.

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Yachiyo: With that, you have proof, right?
Kanagi: Yes, the two of you aren't lying.
Kanagi: It's true that Togame was attacked by an unknown magical girl.
Mifuyu: That you understand that is what's important.
Yachiyo: So, how are you going to prove your story to us?
Kanagi: Wh-?
Yachiyo: Unlike you, we can't read your heart or anything.
Yachiyo: How will you prove to us that the attack on your side actually happened?
Kanagi: ...That's...
Kanagi: ......
Kanagi: ...I've been honest.
Kanagi: That's the proof.
Yachiyo: What is that supposed to mean?
Kanagi: I could have just faked what I read in your hearts.
Kanagi: Like "I read your hearts, and I know you're lying," or something.
Kanagi: But I didn't do that.
Yachiyo: ...You're saying that us believing you is connected to you believing us?
Kanagi: Yes.
Yachiyo: ...Mifuyu.
Mifuyu: ...I think we can believe her.
Yachiyo: ...All right, I wasn't planning on trying to take it that far anyway.
Yachiyo: Fine, we believe you, Kanagi.
Kanagi: ...Now we can continue with the discussion.
Mifuyu: Yes, so we have a situation here that neither side fully understands.
Mifuyu: If possible, I'd like to find a way to cooperate to...
Momoko: Yachiyo-san! Mifuyu-san! There's a problem!
Yachiyo: What is it? We were just about to reach a conclusion to this discussion.
Momoko: ...Maybe I shouldn't have shouted that so loud.
Mifuyu: It's an emergency, right? Kanagi-san, I apologize for this, but...
Kanagi: ...Don't make me wait too long.
Mifuyu: I'm very sorry.
Momoko: More of our magical girls were attacked!
Yachiyo: What?!
Momoko: A team of magical girls were attacked in their territory in Sankyou Ward.
Momoko: It's caused a bit of an uproar.
Mifuyu: Oh no... can we get persuade them not to spread the story?
Momoko: ...It's difficult.
Momoko: It seems the story's already spread throughout the magical girls of Sankyou Ward.
Momoko: Tsuruno's over in Sankyou Ward, but I'm not sure if she'll be able to stop things...
Momoko: But, if it's someone like Yachiyo-san saying it, they may actually listen to you...
Yachiyo: ...I'll go. Mifuyu, continue the discussion.
Mifuyu: Understood.
Yachiyo: Kanagi, it's rude of me, but...
Kanagi: This is the end of the discussion.
Yachiyo: Huh?!
Kanagi: I just received word that another attack from the Westside has come.
Mifuyu: ...I can tell you that it wasn't on our instruction.
Kanagi: I know that, since I read your hearts before.
Kanagi: But that's why I've concluded that this discussion is pointless.
Yachiyo: What is this about?
Kanagi: I don't think we can reach a conclusion when I'm negotiating with people who don't know what their side's magical girls are up to.
Kanagi: Time is precious, so I'm going to have to leave it here.
Mifuyu: P-please wait a moment!
Yachiyo: ...It's no use. When she gets like that, she's not going to listen anymore.
Yachiyo: Let's go to the Sankyou Ward and try to stop the situation from growing any worse.
Mifuyu: ...Okay.

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Part 4:

Westside Magical Girl 1: Yachiyo-san! Let us Westside girls enter the Central Ward, too!
Westside Magical Girl 1: It's because we've been obedient that those Eastsiders have gone too far.
Westside Magical Girl 2: If we don't give them a little taste of their own medicine, they won't learn!
Westside Magical Girl 3: And besides, if we hand over the Central Ward to those girls who rampage through it doing whatever they wanted...
Westside Magical Girl 3: ...wouldn't you feel bad for the Central Ward girls?
Westside Magical Girl 3: Even now there are girls who are being oppressed.
Westside Magical Girl 3: And also the girls who are being forced from their own territory!
Mifuyu: ...Yes, we certainly can't forgive the invasion of territory.
Westside Magical Girl 3: So then...!
Yachiyo: But why do you girls know so much about this?
Westside Magical Girl 2: Huh?
Yachiyo: Have you been going to the Central Ward yourselves?
Westside Magical Girl 1: ...Well, that's...
Westside Magical Girl 3: My friend lives there, so...
Westside Magical Girl 3: In the beginning, I thought we would just be on good terms and split up the witches, but...
Westside Magical Girl 3: Now it's different...
Westside Magical Girl 3: That girl doesn't have much experience, and she's not very strong, so I figured we need to protect her...
Westside Magical Girl 1: A-and we're not exploiting them like those Eastsiders are!
Westside Magical Girl 2: Sometimes she fights with us, too, so that girl is practically our ally already!
Yachiyo: Allying with magical girls of the Central Ward...
Yachiyo: ...strictly speaking, that's also a violation of the pact that the Westside and the Westside agreed to.
Westside Magical Girl 1: ...That's...
Westside Magical Girl 3: I was the one who originally did it, so I'll take the punishment.
Yachiyo: ......
Mifuyu: If you can promise to avoid making a further uproar about this...
Mifuyu: Then we can close this matter here.
Westside Magical Girl 3: ...Huh?
Mifuyu: But I want the three of you to think hard on your actions.
Mifuyu: And what happened as the result of those actions.
Westside Magical Girl 3: ...Yes, I'm sorry.

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Momoko: I'm glad that things got settled somehow yesterday...
Yachiyo: Yes, it's not like I didn't understand the feelings of those girls, though.
Yachiyo: Wanting to help your friends if they're in trouble is a normal thing...
Momoko: The discussions with Kanagi-san broke down as well, but...
Momoko: Was there any movement toward having the Central Ward join the Westside?
Momoko: If they're being tyrannized by the Eastside magical girls, wouldn't they want to join us?
Yachiyo: ......
Mifuyu: ...To be honest, I don't know.
Momoko: Huh? Why's that?
Mifuyu: ...We can't guarantee that the Westside magical girls won't do the same thing the Eastside magical girls are doing.
Yachiyo: ...It's unfortunate, but they are.
Yachiyo: People who are cornered and desperate can only think about themselves.
Momoko: No way...
Mifuyu: So our biggest problem now is that we don't exactly understand the current situation in the Central Ward.
Mifuyu: If they're suspicious that we've had incompetent supervision, then there's really not much we could say in our defense...
Yachiyo: I'm suspicious whether Kanagi fully grasps the situation or not...
Yachiyo: In either case, it's a problem for me as a peacekeeper...
Momoko: ......
Yachiyo: So first, of all, we need to understand this situation as much as we can.
Yachiyo: For the sake of resolving this situation as well.
Momoko: That's right! If there's something you need help with, you can ask me for anything.
Yachiyo: Thank you.
Yachiyo: There's also the cases of these attacks, so I think we should go to the Central Ward to investigate.
Yachiyo: I'd at least like to confirm with my own eyes the reality of the situation there.
Mifuyu: I've certainly had my fill of hearsay...
Mifuyu: For this, Yacchan and I will...
Meru: I'm going, too!
Meru: I'd feel ashamed if I just left this alone!
Mifuyu: Hya?! W-when did you...
Tsuruno: I'm here, too!
Yachiyo: Ah, you've come.
Tsuruno: If it's problem-solving, then leave it to Yui Tsuruno, the strongest magical girl!
Momoko: If you're looking for the barrier where I was attacked, you're going to need me there, too, huh?
Yachiyo: ...I suppose so.
Yachiyo: There's a battle with the witch we need to think about, too. Shall we all go, then?