Only this City is Different Part Two

Chapter 2
Part 2: Ripples of Doubt

Rena: ...Gu, zeeee...haaaaa...! I, I guess I managed to lose them...! (...Sheesh, that Momoko... Doesn't she know that it's not fair to recruit outsiders to help her capture me like that?)
...It's not like Rena's...
---!! A magical energy reaction...!
Is a witch...!?
(...Now that I've found it...it's not like I can just leave alone or anything...)
.........
...It's not like Rena's okay being by herself either...
Mami: (A reaction of magical energy...! Over here, right...!? Once again, it's been a while since I've last fought a witch... Again... I'll just have to brace myself and go...!)
(The entrance to the barrier is in disarray... It seems like there's already someone fighting in there...Could it be a magical girl from this city?)

Mami: ...!
Rena: Nnnhaaa!!
Witch: xwa&(#@$!rlllixsho!!
Rena: Gu...! Uuu... I... told you I want a time out, didn't I...!?
Witch: |!@#li*#$@#w!@*$&q
Rena: W, Wait!! (When I'm fighting alone like this...I don't have enough time to get into position...!)
Witch: |!@#li*#$@#w!@*$&ptliwa
Rena: Noo...! Stop it already...! (Dummy...! Dummydummy...! This is seriously, the worst... Why did this have to happen now...? Even Rena knows... that she's useless by herself...)
Witch: x@1#q#)*$@#slishi#$aka
Rena: Uu...!
Mami: That's enough!
Witch: 1@$qli!#@*(!#@$sho?!
Rena: ...! Ehh...Who...!?
Mami: You haven't finished the witch off yet. Can you last for just a bit longer? While this witch is still flinching...let's finish it off together.
Rena: Eh...! Ah, ueeummmm... Yeahh...!!

Mami: (It's no surprise that she was having such a tough time fighting it by herself... that was an awfully powerful witch...)
Rena: Ah, umm....! Thank you...!
Mami: ...! ...Aah, fufu. No, you're welcome. Are you... a magical girl from this city?
Rena: Yes...I am, but... Wait...! Could it be that you're doubting Rena!? Since Rena almost lost to that witch earlier!? It's not like that! It's not like that soo!! They say that the witches in Kamihama are stronger than the witches outside of here but...
Mami: ...?
Rena: But usually Rena's not at all...! Up until now... Rena's defeated many of them and...! Soo...! Rena is a proper "Kamihama" magical girl, so...!
Mami: Ah... y, yes... So this is... "Kamihama" City, right?
Rena: Yes... it is, but...
Mami: I was wandering around, looking for witches...and I guess I must have crossed the city limits before I knew it. I don't know the name, but... so this was Kamihama City, isn't it?
Rena: Eh...! W, What's with that... In other words, you're... not from Kamihama...?
Mami: Yes, that's right. My territory is in a different city.
Rena: W, What the...That really makes Rena feel like she's a disgrace even more...since Rena had to be saved by a magical girl outsider...
Mami: You don't need to put yourself down that much...
Rena: But... this time... your timing was bad or how should Rena say this... Rena's managed to make it by as a magical girl in this city... Usually Rena wouldn't do something stupid like tackle them head on by herself...If it was like always...where Rena is together with the other two...
Mami: So you're always with your friends.
Rena: Ehh! ....Ahh....well..... Ahh! B, But...! Even by myself...! Rena can defeat at least one witch and...! This time just happened to be...! Rena wasn't feeling well today or uh...!
Mami: Yes. Your last hit was powerful after all. That one hit was more than enough to let me know how skilled a magical girl you are.
Rena: Eaaahh...! I... (...If you reply like that... Rena feels like it just makes her feel more pathetic but... What's up with her? This person's...this composed...)
Mami: ..........

Mami: This is the end! Haaaa!!

Rena: (...Besides, that attack earlier...could evenly compete with Yachiyo-san's. It was that incredible.... Her experience as a magical girl...is it about the same as Yachiyo-san's...? Her age too... it's gotta be about the same as Yachiyo-san's... Yeah.. probably around a college student's...that's about right...)
Star~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~e...
Mami: ...Um....
Rena: ...Ha! N, No, it's nothing...!
Mami: ...?
Rena: ...! That's right! The grief seed! Here, this one's from the witch from earlier.
Mami: You're going to give it to me?
Rena: No, it's not like I'm giving it... I mean, it's the witch you defeated.
Mami: But it looks like you've lost more magical energy than I have...
Rena: Heh? Aah... soul gem? Well, it is pretty tainted but... But it's totally fine. Rena has a stock of grief seeds and all.
Mami: ...!
Rena: Even if she loses one, it's not like, there's still as many as she...
Mami: That many...? Where did you get a hold of so many?
Rena: ...Heh? 'Where'... but it's not like... around here...and around there...all over Kamihama...?
Mami: You girls...don't have to do things like chase after witches and search for them by going to other cities...?
Rena: Ue? No, not really...They're basically swarming just inside this city... so there's no reason why we'd even think to go out of our way to look for them in other cities.
Mami: ---!? ...Is that... true even now, is that what you're saying...? Lately... the number of witches here hasn't decreased or anything?
Rena: As if! Not at all. Actually, it's to the point where there's too many of 'em so... seriously, we're super busy every day....More like, lately, there might even be more of them here than before.
Mami: More of them...!? No way...
Rena: Ehh... I, Is that really something that shocking...?
Mami: ...Ah, I'm sorry... It's just...in my area, the situation is slightly different so...
Rena: Hmmmm...
Mami: ...Anyway... I should get...going soon...
Rena: Eh...! Wait a sec...! ...Rena forgot... to ask her name...

Kyuubey: At least, even in a city far away from your territory...from Mitakihara, there's definitely fewer witches.

Mami: (So that wasn't the case for all cities...)

Rena: They're basically swarming just inside this city...

Mami: (Here... this city... only in "Kamihama" something's different....I need to investigate... why this city is the only one that's different...)
--!! Another reaction of magical energy is...! (What exactly in the world...is going on here...!?)

Mami: Haa... They're really making me work a lot, aren't they? (Even though lately... there haven't had many chances for this soul gem to be very active...)

Rena: Actually, it's to the point where there's too many of 'em so... seriously, we're super busy every day...

Mami: (It seems that the things that girl said were true... And...)

Familiar: !@$dsxbeta!!
Mami: Wha...!? Are you still trying to put up a fight!? What an incredible amount of endurance you have, for a familiar...!
(...It was awfully powerful for an ordinary familiar...That in particular...To the point where you can't even compare it to the ones in Mitakihara...)
This city is... ...! Another... reaction of magical energy... is it another barrier...!? ... No, this is a different...these are traces of magical energy. But...
(...Compared to a witch's, these are different... If so, then what exactly are these...)

I didn't have to go look for
the extraordinarily powerful witches and familiars
as there were barriers all over the place

And
the unknown source of the traces of magical energy
This Kamihama deviates from the common sense of outsider magical girls like us.

What exactly... is in this city?