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- Part 1:
- Momoko: Phew... that should be all the familiars around here cleaned up now.
- Momoko: But, how complex is this-...
- Momoko: Waaaah?!
- Momoko: Damn...! There're still familiars left...
- Momoko: Huh...?
- Momoko: You're...! A magical girl?!
- ???: That's right. I'm...
- Part 2:
- Yachiyo: Sigh... it's a problem big enough to make my head hurt.
- Mifuyu: It certainly is... it's a good thing that she didn't take any damage from the witch, but...
- (One year before Iroha arrived... order was kept in Kamihama City due to three magical girls.)
- (The first one... the peacekeeper of the East side who dealt with the magical girls living in the Daitou and Artisan Wards...)
- (Izumi Kanagi.)
- Eastside Magical Girl: ...Kanagi-san.
- Kanagi: ――?! Kanagi: Are you okay?!
- Kanagi: Those injuries look terrible... Could it have been... one of those Westsiders...?!
- Eastside Magical Girl: ...No, that wasn't it.
- Eastside Magical Girl: I'm very sorry to bother you at this time, but it's a dispute with another Eastside magical girl...
- Kanagi: ...Please give me all the details.
- Eastside Magical Girl: A neighboring team was about to go after a witch that appeared in our territory.
- Eastside Magical Girl: So then it turned into a dispute... may I respectfully ask you to mediate this?
- Kanagi: So that's what happened... be that so, then I shall lend you my power.
- Eastside Magical Girl: Thank you very much!
- (The second one... the peacekeeper of the West side who dealt with the magical girls living in the Mizuna, Sankyou, Shinsei and Sakae Wards...)
- (Nanami Yachiyo.)
- Westside Magical Girl: A-are you sure?!
- Yachiyo: Yes, our team has plenty of grief seeds stocked.
- Yachiyo: You don't have enough over there, do you?
- Westside Magical Girl: We don't... We're at the point where we're worrying about whether we should head all the way out to the Central Ward or not.
- Yachiyo: Then all the more reason...
- Yachiyo: Today you can also hunt witches in our territory if you like.
- Westside Magical Girl: Thank you very much!
- (And the last one... yet another peacekeeper who resided on the West side.)
- (Azusa Mifuyu.)
- Hinano: I may go to school in Minagi, but I'm a magical girl of the Central Ward.
- Mifuyu: Yes, I know.
- Hinano: Recently I've been seeing more magical girls from both the Westside and the Eastside appearing in the Central Ward.
- Hinano: ...the circumstances are how they are. I've warned the magical girls of the Central Ward as well.
- Hinano: I want you to promptly rein your side in, too.
- Mifuyu: Absolutely.
- Mifuyu: We have a pact between the West and the East.
- Mifuyu: We respect the territory of the Central Ward's magical girls.
- Mifuyu: We don't intend to break that promise.
- Hinano: ...I'll choose to believe those words.
- (When hunting witches, the Westside and the Eastside's community systems weren't just to complement each other's fighting styles and cover deficiencies.)
- (When grief seed supplies were low due to a decrease in witches, it was also a system that aimed to allow them to share witches in each other's territories.)
- (By doing this, the magical girls avoided unnecessary conflicts with each other and prevented causing injuries to each other.)
- (But... for Kamihama City, which had fallen into a severe witch shortage, this system was not able to be maintained, and the behind-the-scenes antagonism between the Westside and the Eastside was coming to a head.)
- Mifuyu: There's a problem in the Central Ward, too.
- Yachiyo: I understand their feelings. I'd like to win over the Central Ward to our side, too.
- Yachiyo: If we expand our territory, that means more grief seeds could be traded between us.
- Mifuyu: But...
- Mifuyu: "You both must respect the territory of the Central Ward magical girls as much as possible."
- Mifuyu: We must adhere to that pact.
- Yachiyo: I understand that, too...
- Yachiyo: I just thought, too, while we have their trust...
- (At that time, the Central Ward was not subject to either the Eastside or Westside's systems of cooperation.)
- (The Central Ward, which bordered each of the cooperation systems, became a neutral zone for the Eastside and Westside.)
- (In exchange for not following either system, each magical girl was guaranteed their own territory.)
- (But...)
- (Due to the witch shortage, securing grief seeds became more difficult, and magical girls from both the Eastside and the Westside began zeroing in on the Central Ward.)
- Central Ward Magical Girl: Thank you very much for helping me.
- Westside Magical Girl: It's fine, it's fine, don't worry about it! We helped each other, anyway.
- Westside Magical Girl: ...Ah, right! Can I come back again?
- Central Ward Magical Girl: Huh?
- Westside Magical Girl: Since I was happy that we got to fight together, I just thought it'd be nice if we could work together again.
- Central Ward Magical Girl: S-sure...!
- (There were girls who increased their grief seed supply by gaining goodwill with the Central Ward magical girls through cooperation...)
- Central Ward Magical Girl: T-this is my territory...!
- Eastside Magical Girl: Huh?! Don't think you can claim territory when you're not even strong enough to defend it!
- Central Ward Magical Girl: N-no way... but there's a pact!
- Eastside Magical Girl: ...Ahhh, so like... that's what I've been saying.
- Eastside Magical Girl: This area isn't anyone's territory, so it's not a violation of the pact.
- Central Ward Magical Girl: H-how mean! This has always been my territory, too...!
- Eastside Magical Girl: Quit whining! Just fucking go somewhere else!
- Central Ward Magical Girl: ...Uuu...
- (There were girls who increased their grief seed supply by coercing the Central Ward magical girls without any power out of their territory...)
- (They each had their own methods, but without the peacemakers of the cooperation systems knowing, magical girls who violated the neutral zone began to come in.)
- Yachiyo: I haven't heard anything about the Westside and Eastside clashing directly yet, but...
- Mifuyu: It might just be a matter of time...
- Yachiyo: Central Ward magical girls are losing their territory.
- Yachiyo: I sent Momoko and the others to confirm if there are locations that have been left void.
- Mifuyu: It's very probable that Eastside magical girls have been going there, too.
- Yachiyo: Yes, now's the time we should try and strike a bargain.
- Mifuyu: Yes, since we're all magical girls, we should be helping each other out, but...
- Yachiyo: It's complicated, isn't it.
- Yachiyo: Even if we may be able to get along as individuals, getting the Westside and the Eastside to become friendly...
- Yachiyo: That's a whole other conversation.
- Mifuyu: ......
- Mifuyu: ...Ah, what about trying to contact Kanagi-san?
- Yachiyo: Kanagi?
- Mifuyu: Since it's a matter of territory, going through the Eastside's peacekeeper would be logical.
- Yachiyo: ......Well, that's true.
- Mifuyu: And even though she is a quirky person, she does have reliable character.
- Yachiyo: ...True.
- Mifuyu: ...Could it be that you still hold a grudge from what happened the last time you met?
- Yachiyo: ...That's not true at all, though?
- Mifuyu: Fufu, Yacchan, you really hold grudges about weird things.
- Yachiyo: That's...!
- Momoko: Yachiyo-san...! Mifuyu-san!
- Mifuyu: Momoko-san?!
- Yachiyo: Those injuries...! What happened?!
- Yachiyo: ...No, first, sit down. I'll bring you some water.
- Yachiyo: Mifuyu, you take care of Momoko. We'll talk later.
- Mifuyu: O-okay...!
- ------
- Yachiyo: You were attacked by an Eastside magical girl while inside a witch's labyrinth in the Central Ward, huh...
- Yachiyo: Are you completely sure?
- Momoko: I'm sure. She said it herself.
- ???: That's right. I'm...
- ???: ...a magical girl from a ward that's against yours.
- Momoko: That's what she said!
- Yachiyo: Just to confirm...
- Yachiyo: The Central Ward magical girl who was supposed to be in that territory wasn't there, right?
- Momoko: Of course! I got involved since nobody was there.
- Momoko: I hesitated a little bit, but I wasn't about to let the witch get away.
- Mifuyu: This is also just to be sure, but was anyone there before you?
- Momoko: I don't think so. If they were, I would have left it to them.
- Yachiyo: ...Momoko didn't really do anything wrong.
- Mifuyu: Yes, if the Central Ward magical girl isn't in her territory, then it isn't against the pact. She can hunt witches at her own leisure.
- Yachiyo: ......
- Mifuyu: ......
- Mifuyu: ...Yacchan.
- Yachiyo: Yes... it's finally begun.
- Yachiyo: Momoko, did you tell this to anyone else?
- Momoko: No, just the two of you. I haven't told Rena or Kaede, either.
- Momoko: ...it's not like I want to aggravate things either.
- Momoko: Same with you two, right?
- Yachiyo: Sorry about this...
- Momoko: Please don't be so reserved. We're teammates, aren't we?
- Momoko: But saying that, it's good that I was the one who got attacked.
- Momoko: Since it's Yachiyo-san and Mifuyu-san, this should still be able to be settled in a good way, right?
- Mifuyu: ...Yes, that's our intention.
- Mifuyu: Yacchan...
- Mifuyu: Before this incident spreads, shall we try to settle it for the better?
- Mifuyu: In the worst case, either side could use this as a reason to start a big conflict...
- Yachiyo: ......
- Yachiyo: Before we start imagining the worst case, let's do what we can do.
- Mifuyu: Having a conversation with Kanagi-san, right?
- Yachiyo: Yes, and... you could call this a chance, too, in a way.
- Yachiyo: We've got a just cause. That could prove advatangeous to us in negotiations.
- Mifuyu: ......
- Yachiyo: Mifuyu, I'm going to steel myself for the worst. You should, too...
- Mifuyu: ...Okay. I'll be ready for anything, as well.
- ------
- 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.
- ------
- 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.
- -------
- 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.
- ------
- 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?
- ------
- Part 5:
- Tsuruno: .......How should I say it...
- Momoko: The atmosphere...
- Meru: ...is tense.
- Central Ward Magical Girl 1: .......
- Central Ward Magical Girl 2: .......
- Yachiyo: ...Hm? We're being watched. By those girls, perhaps...?
- Mifuyu: Yacchan, those two are probably magical girls, wouldn't you say?
- Yachiyo: Seems so. Central Ward magical girls, maybe?
- Yachiyo: ...Let's go talk to them.
- Yachiyo: It's a good chance to hear the opinions of Central Ward magical girls directly.
- Mifuyu: Momoko-san and everyone else, please wait here.
- Mifuyu: We don't want to spook them by surrounding them with a big group.
- Momoko: Understood.
- Mifuyu: I apologize for asking so abruptly, but you're magical girls of the Central Ward, aren't you?
- Central Ward Magical Girl 1: ......Er, what should we do...?
- Central Ward Magical Girl 2: ...I-I'm sorry, but we're in a hurry, so...
- Yachiyo: That's odd, because you were watching us pretty closely?
- Central Ward Magical Girl 1: ...That's, well...
- Mifuyu: We're not upset or anything.
- Mifuyu: We just want to hear from you about the state of the Central Ward right now.
- Central Ward Magical Girl 1: .......
- Central Ward Magical Girl 2: .......
- Mifuyu: It'll be short, so could we please have a moment of your time?
- Central Ward Magical Girl 2: .......
- Central Ward Magical Girl 2: ...Y-you're bothering us!
- Mifuyu: Huh...?
- Central Ward Magical Girl 2: You're the peacekeepers of the Westside, Azusa-san and Nanami-san, right?
- Central Ward Magical Girl 2: If someone from the Eastside sees us talking to you, then...
- Central Ward Magical Girl 2: ...they'll think we're backing your side up... and then we'll catch their attention...
- Central Ward Magical Girl 1: U-um...! It's not like we're with the Eastside, either...
- Central Ward Magical Girl 1: We're not part of either, so... this is a bother...
- Central Ward Magical Girl 1: That's why... um...
- Central Ward Magical Girl 2: Please, don't get us involved in this...!
- Central Ward Magical Girl 2: I beg you, please go away...
- Yachiyo: ...Shall we head out, then? I apologize for disturbing you.
- Mifuyu: Yes. Pardon us...
- Central Ward Magical Girl 2: ......
- Central Ward Magical Girl 2: The West and the East are the same.
- Central Ward Magical Girl 2: All they want is to get hold of grief seeds for themselves...
- Central Ward Magical Girl 1: ...Yeah, they only think about themselves...
- Central Ward Magical Girl 1: They don't think about the magical girls of the Central Ward one bit...
- Central Ward Magical Girl 2: I mean, we require grief seeds, too, you know...
- Central Ward Magical Girl 2: It doesn't matter which, both of them just want to exploit us...
- Central Ward Magical Girl 1: ...Hey, don't you think we should go talk to Miyako-san about this...?
- Central Ward Magical Girl 2: Yes, you're right, the two of them coming here is something to tell her about...
- ------
- Meru: How'd it go?
- Yachiyo: ...No good, they were too guarded. I don't think they trusted us.
- Mifuyu: I thought we'd be able to talk to them at least a little bit...
- Tsuruno: ...I see.
- Tsuruno: Then do you think we should look for the barrier where Momoko got attacked?
- Yachiyo: I do. If we start trying to ask random people, their impression of us will just get worse...
- Mifuyu: ...Yes. Let's do what we can do for now...
- Momoko: I remember the magic signature, so I'll take care of the navigation.
- ------
- Part 6:
- Momoko: Found it! It's definitely this barrier.
- Yachiyo: ......
- Mifuyu: What's wrong, Yacchan?
- Yachiyo: I can't really put it into words, but... this barrier... something's different.
- Momoko: What?!
- Momoko: ...Yeah, now that you say that, I get that feeling, too...
- Meru: What could it be? Shall I try a fortune?
- Yachiyo: Please don't... why would you want to add more trouble to this situation?
- Meru: Whaaa...?!
- Meru: That's a rude way to say it!
- Tsuruno: Hmmm... what is this? It feels like... it's paused, or something?
- Mifuyu: ...Paused... it really does feel that way. There's no indications that it's going to attack.
- Yachiyo: ...We won't learn anything by just thinking about it, will we? Let's go on in.
- Mifuyu: ...Okay, let's proceed with extreme caution.
- Yachiyo: Yes, we have no idea what could be there. Be mindful that we stay together and don't get separated.
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- Mifuyu: ...Tsuruno-san and Meru-san aren't here...!
- Yachiyo: ...I even told them not to get separated...
- Momoko: And they went and got themselves lost quite nicely...
- Mifuyu: What trouble... I think they're probably okay, but...
- Yachiyo: ...Let's at least hope that they stayed together.
- Familiar: ......
- Mifuyu: A familiar...!
- Yachiyo: First we'll deal with this.
- Momoko: All right! Let's clean up here and then go meet up with them!
- Mifuyu: Yes!
- ------
- Part 7:
- Mifuyu: I've got your back! Yah!
- Familiar: ......
- Mifuyu: (I'm not doing anything to it...!)
- Mifuyu: Once more! Yah!
- Familiar: ......?!
- Yachiyo: Momoko! Follow up!
- Momoko: Leave it to me! Haaaah!!
- Yachiyo: Reach!
- Familiar: ......?!?!
- Yachiyo: Phew...
- Momoko: Now we can take a moment.
- Mifuyu: ...Haaaa... this is a harder fight than normal, huh?
- Yachiyo: You think so?
- Mifuyu: Yes, like I couldn't use as much magic as I thought or something...
- Yachiyo: It felt the same as always for me, though.
- Momoko: Yeah... that one wasn't really any different than what we normally fight, was it?
- Mifuyu: Huh...?
- Mifuyu: (I felt like I couldn't use the magical power that I normally do...)
- Mifuyu: (But that was only me?)
- Yachiyo: Now then, let's investigate this barrier and go collect Tsuruno and Meru.
- Tsuruno: Ah, there they are! Yachiyo-shishou! Mifuyu! Momoko!
- Meru: Geez! How terrible of you to get separated from us!
- Momoko: No, no, you were the ones who got separated!
- Yachiyo: Seriously...
- Mifuyu: Hehe, in any case, I'm glad we were able to meet back up.
- Yachiyo: We didn't find anything worthwhile. What about you?
- Meru: ...Nothing here, either.
- Tsuruno: This barrier is way too complex. We couldn't even find the inner sanctum...
- Tsuruno: It's almost like it's a whole world of reflecting mirrors.
- Yachiyo: As I thought...
- Mifuyu: What's up? Shall we exit for now?
- Yachiyo: ...Yes, we couldn't get anything out of here, anyway. Let's exit.
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- Part 8:
- (A few days passed after Mifuyu and Yachiyo's group went and investigated the Central Ward.)
- (In that time, the story that Westside magical girls under Mifuyu and Yachiyo's group and Eastside magical girls had fought in the Central Ward continued to spread.)
- Yachiyo: ......
- Mifuyu: ...You seem annoyed, Yacchan.
- Yachiyo: I'm not ann-...
- Yachiyo: ...No, you're right. This deadlock has me irritated.
- Mifuyu: I'm not surprised. There's also the matter of yesterday.
- Yachiyo: ......
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- Mifuyu: How was it?
- Yachiyo: Not good. Everyone's becoming desperate to get a hold of grief seeds.
- Yachiyo: There aren't many teams feeling like they can afford to give up witches to other teams.
- Mifuyu: And the team I met with was the same.
- Yachiyo: ...This is a bad situation.
- Mifuyu: Yes, if it's like this, there's not even a point to having a cooperation system...
- ???: Shut up! I don't need a reason to bother you anyway!
- Mifuyu: --?! I-is it a fight?
- Yachiyo: ...I don't like the sound of this. Let's go take a look.
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- Westside Magical Girl 2: If you need a reason for me to bother you, I have one.
- Westside Magical Girl 2: It's because you guys are going to the Central Ward.
- Westside Magical Girl 2: Do you realize that you're causing trouble for everyone on the Westside by doing that?
- Westside Magical Girl 1: That's...b-but...!
- Westside Magical Girl 2: No buts! It's a rule.
- Westside Magical Girl 1: ...But I...!
- Westside Magical Girl 2: ...Sigh, you don't seem to understand what happens when you break the rules, do you?
- Westside Magical Girl 2: You were warned about this before, too, weren't you? I wonder if you even know what the phrase "reflecting on your actions" means?
- Westside Magical Girl 1: W-what's with your attitude! Are you making fun of me?!
- Yachiyo: As I thought, they're magical girls.
- Mifuyu: I recognize them, too. They're from Sankyou Ward and Sakae Ward.
- Yachiyo: Let's stop them.
- Mifuyu: Okay!
- Westside Magical Girl 1: Enough! If you obstruct me any more, I'll have to resort to force!
- Westside Magical Girl 2: ...That's fine with me. That's easier to understand, anyway!
- Yachiyo: Stop!
- Mifuyu: If you still want to pick a fight, you'll have to do it with us.
- Westside Magical Girl 1: Stay out of our business!
- Westside Magical Girl 2: That's right! Don't get in our way!
- Yachiyo: ...Then we're out of options. Mifuyu, cover me.
- Mifuyu: All right, let's be careful to avoid getting hurt.
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- Westside Magical Girl 2: Haa... haa... S-so strong...
- Westside Magical Girl 1: Haa... fuu... I couldn't do any damage at all...
- Yachiyo: Have you calmed down a bit now?
- Mifuyu: ...Please tell us what the reason for your fight was.
- Westside Magical Girl 2: ......
- Westside Magical Girl 1: ......
- Yachiyo: You... if I remember right, we gave you a warning last time.
- Westside Magical Girl 1: ...Y-you did, but since then, nothing's changed at all, has it!
- Westside Magical Girl 1: You won't even say if the Central Ward will join the Westside...!
- Yachiyo: ...That's...
- Westside Magical Girl 2: Since I've got the chance, I'd like to tell you something as well.
- Westside Magical Girl 2: I've got a problem with your leadership, Yachiyo-san, since you can't even decide on a clear plan.
- Westside Magical Girl 2: It's making me wonder whether you're still fit to handle this?
- Yachiyo: ......
- Mifuyu: ......
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- Yachiyo: I understand that.
- Yachiyo: That we need to hurry up and think of a plan.
- Mifuyu: And yesterday, too, our objective was to gather information from each team.
- Mifuyu: ...The results were disappointing, though...
- Yachiyo: Yes... whatever we do plan to do, I'm sure someone will come out with objections to it.
- Yachiyo: At this rate, it's possible the Westside could just collapse from the inside.
- Mifuyu: ...I agree; there aren't any defectors right now, but...
- Yachiyo: It might just be a matter of time...
- Yachiyo: Since that case of the attack in the witch barrier happened...
- Yachiyo: Even the girls who were hesitant to fight before are starting to get into it.
- Mifuyu: They think that the Central Ward should become part of the Westside.
- Mifuyu: Saying "Don't let those Eastsiders who are cowardly enough to pull a sneak attack into the Central Ward!"
- Yachiyo: ...Hypothetically, if we did what they asked and incorporated the Central Ward into the Westside...
- Yachiyo: Those girls would settle down, I imagine.
- Yachiyo: You could say that incorporating the Central Ward would be useful in a way just to suppress those girls, but...
- Mifuyu: The Eastside definitely wouldn't stay quiet would it... would they?
- Yachiyo: Yes, it's inevitable that it would cause an even bigger conflict than we have on our hands now.
- Yachiyo: And then, the site of that battle... would no doubt become the Central Ward.
- Mifuyu: And if that happened, the magical girls of the Central Ward would lose further trust in us...
- Yachiyo: Right, and the result would be just adding more fuel to the fire.
- Yachiyo: I can't say that it would be a good move to make.
- Yachiyo: Having said that, standing by doing nothing while the Eastside swarms the Central Ward is harsh.
- Yachiyo: ...It's a stalemale.
- Mifuyu: Shouldn't we try talking to Kanagi-san again?
- Mifuyu: We should at least try to cooperate so that magical girls aren't hurting each other.
- Yachiyo: Talking to Kanagi... won't work.
- Yachiyo: If we knew the identity of the original attacker, we could negotiate, but...
- Yachiyo: Talking to her as it as now would just mean a pointless argument.
- Mifuyu: ...Can't we cooperate with her?
- Yachiyo: I also don't want to have to humble myself before her any more than necessary.
- Yachiyo: Because I'm the peacekeeper for our cooperation system, I've got to think about what's best for everyone.
- Yachiyo: At the least, it'd be different if we had an official reason to contact her...
- Yachiyo: But just saying I want to cooperate with her would be impossible...
- Mifuyu: ...Then let's at least get out the warning to the Westside magical girls...
- Mifuyu: ...and tell them not to go to the Central Ward.
- Yachiyo: ...Yes, I don't expect it to be effective, but let's at least convey it as a policy of the Westside.
- Mifuyu: Okay. I hope with this, at least, fewer magical girls will get hurt.
- (However, Mifuyu's wish was fruitless...)
- (The situation continued to worsen from this point on...)
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- Part 9:
- Mifuyu: ...Let's get out the warning to the Westside magical girls and tell them not to go to the Central Ward.
- (A few days had passed since Mifuyu and Yachiyo had given the warning "not to go to the Central Ward"...)
- Eastside Magical Girl: Get out of here before you get hurt, you sheltered little prisses!
- Westside Magical Girl: You're the one who'd better get out of here.
- Westside Magical Girl: This area is controlled by our team now!
- Eastside Magical Girl: Don't think you can just decide that for yourselves!!
- Eastside Magical Girl: Oraa!!
- Westside Magical Girl: Ow! Don't think we're just gonna stand by and take this!! Haaaa!!
- (However, the magical girls causing conflicts in the Central Ward ignored the warning...)
- (And the conflicts between the Westside Magical Girls and the Eastside Magical Girls grew more and more violent by the day...)
- Tsuruno: This is big trouble! There's been another casualty!
- Tsuruno: Not just on our side, but on the Eastside as well! And I heard the Central Ward girls are getting involved, too!
- Yachiyo: Again?!
- (Thud!)
- Tsuruno: Wah!
- Yachiyo: What is it this time?! Even though we warned them so much not to go to the Central Ward...!
- Mifuyu: Yacchan, calm down. We've got to stay composed.
- Yachiyo: ......
- Yachiyo: I'm sorry. I'm going to go cool off for a bit.
- Mifuyu: Yes, I think that's smart.
- Tsuruno: ...I've never seen Yachiyo so upset like that before... is there a hole in the desk?
- Mifuyu: The desk is fine. I'm more worried about Yacchan's hand.
- Tsuruno: Oh...
- Mifuyu: ...I understand Yacchan's feelings.
- Mifuyu: There's nothing we can do...
- Mifuyu: Even I didn't think they'd ignore our warning so completely...
- Tsuruno: ...Say, would it really be so hard to cooperate with Kanagi?
- Mifuyu: Yes... we don't have anything to negotiate with...
- Mifuyu: It'd be good if we at least knew who perpetrated the original attack...
- Tsuruno: ...The original attacker, huh?
- Tsuruno: If that attack hadn't happened, this conflict wouldn't have gotten out of control as fast as it did.
- Tsuruno: Which means it could be someone who stands to benefit from fanning the flames like this.
- Mifuyu: Someone who stands to benefit...? From magical girls hurting each other?
- Tsuruno: Or from deepening the conflict so that both the West and East collapse, maybe?
- Tsuruno: We keep thinking about someone from the inside...
- Tsuruno: But could it be someone not from Kamihama City? Like someone who wants to have Kamihama!
- Tsuruno: Maybe that, or... it could be the doing or a witch or something!
- Tsuruno: Well? Well? Isn't that an incredible deduction?
- Mifuyu: ......
- Mifuyu: ...Heh heh, you're right.
- Tsuruno: Mifuyu, I think it's better if you smile.
- Tsuruno: ...Though with this situation, that's probably something I shouldn't be saying.
- Mifuyu: That's right, though. I can't let my spirits sink.
- Mifuyu: ...Tsuruno-san, I'm going to head out, so I want you to take care of Yacchan.
- Mifuyu: Please listen to her.
- Tsuruno: Wha-! Where are you going?
- Mifuyu: To the Central Ward, because I've been called out by a certain person.
- Tsuruno: ...Will you be okay going alone?
- Mifuyu: Yes, she's a reasonable person, so it's not going to turn into some sort of showdown or anything.
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- Mifuyu: ...Huh?
- Mifuyu: T-that's...!
- Central Ward Magical Girl: ......
- Mifuyu: Are you okay?! Keep it together!
- Central Ward Magical Girl: ...Uuu...
- Mifuyu: (She's unconscious, but she's still breathing...)
- Mifuyu: (What terrible wounds... and her soul gem is so dirty...)
- Mifuyu: (She needs to be tended to and purified...)
- Mifuyu: ...Haa, now she just needs to regain consciousness...
- Mifuyu: (I haven't seen her around, so that means she's either an Eastsider... or a Central Ward girl.)
- Mifuyu: (...What's happened...? I hate to say it, but...)
- Central Ward Magical Girl: ...Uuu... I-I...
- Mifuyu: Thank goodness. You're awake.
- Central Ward Magical Girl: Kyaaaa?! A-Azusa Mifuyu?!
- Mifuyu: Huh? P-please take a moment to calm down!
- Central Ward Magical Girl: I-it really is...!
- Central Ward Magical Girl: The Westside really is coming to drive the Central Ward magical girls out!
- Mifuyu: ......
- Mifuyu: Please calm down. I didn't come here to add to your problems.
- Central Ward Magical Girl: Liar! I was just attacked by a Westside girl...!
- Central Ward Magical Girl: I'd just found that territory, too, and I was driven out of it...
- Central Ward Magical Girl: I hate this... I've had enough of this... nobody is honoring their pacts!
- Central Ward Magical Girl: Why does all of this have to happen to me...?!
- Mifuyu: (So Westside magical girls really are breaking the pact and doing this to the Central Ward girls...)
- Mifuyu: (Even though I came here to have a discussion, I've got another problem big enough to give me a headache here...)
- Mifuyu: (No, first I've got to calm this down girl and get her to go back home.)
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- Hinano: ...So you've come.
- Mifuyu: I apologize for being late. I ran into a bit of trouble...
- Mifuyu: I'm glad you decided to meet with me again, Hinano-san.
- Hinano: ...I didn't want to meet you like this.
- Mifuyu: ...It's about the Central Ward, isn't it?
- Hinano: Yeah, when we met before, you said...
- Hinano: "We respect the territory of the Central Ward magical girls," didn't you?
- Mifuyu: ...Yes.
- Hinano: I believed what you said. I believed you!
- Hinano: But what's the situation now?
- Hinano: We've got people injured after being caught up in battles, and we've got people driven out of their territories, as well!
- Hinano: Where's the respect you talked about...?!
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- Central Ward Magical Girl: I'd just found that territory, too, and I was driven out of it...
- Central Ward Magical Girl: I hate this... I've had enough of this... nobody is honoring their pacts!
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- Mifuyu: (There's nothing I can say in response...)
- Hinano: Here in the Central Ward right now, there are many on both the Westside and the Eastside...
- Hinano: ...thinking only about how they can exploit the Central Ward.
- Hinano: Everyone can't stand being caught up in the battles between the West and the East.
- Hinano: At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if there were people willing to start going kamikaze...
- Mifuyu: That's...!
- Mifuyu: That's terrible!
- Mifuyu: To have become so desperate that they'd consider such a thing...
- Hinano: ...We're expecting it at this point.
- Hinano: Those who have been cornered...
- Hinano: If they're going to keep being tyrannized like this, then they may be thinking...
- Hinano: ...it might be preferable.
- Mifuyu: Hinano-san, we'll definitely reach a resolution to this situation.
- Mifuyu: So please wait just a little bit longer!
- Hinano: And what do you accomplish by telling me that? I'm not the one who can't wait.
- Mifuyu: ...Ah...
- Hinano: ...Besides, I have no proof that I can just believe you.
- Hinano: ...Mifuyu-san, you've got more experience than I do.
- Hinano: I know well that you're someone who understands the pain of others.
- Hinano: But you've got no way to settle this, do you?
- Hinano: So no matter how much we wait, this situation won't get resolved.
- Hinano: Am I wrong?
- Mifuyu: (I've got nothing I can say to her pointing that out... but...)
- Hinano: Frankly, I'm tired of waiting. I told myself if it's Mifuyu-san, it'll work...
- Hinano: When your team came to the Central Ward and asked to talk...
- Hinano: I honestly expected to hear you ask us to join your cooperation system.
- Hinano: Speaking personally, that it was coming from the West...
- Hinano: I was confident...
- Hinano: That you'd treat the magical girls of the Central Ward as equals.
- Hinano: ...And yet this is the result!
- Hinano: Even though I don't rely on anyone...
- Hinano: I... as a veteran, I should have been more reliable!
- Hinano: ...... ...I apologize for speaking carelessly.
- Hinano: ...It's not like there's anything I can do about it either...
- Mifuyu: (Hinano-san... I've ended up betraying your trust...)
- Mifuyu: (...Whether or not I win back your trust, I've got to take responsibility for this.)
- Mifuyu: (...I can't depend on the good graces of others; I'm a peacekeeper after all...)
- Mifuyu: ...We will handle this situation.
- Mifuyu: We will definitely do it... before anything happens that can't be undone...
- Hinano: ...... ...You've got no basis for that belief, don't you?
- Mifuyu: I don't.
- Mifuyu: But I...
- Mifuyu: ...As a peacekeeper of the Westside, it's something that I've got to do.
- Hinano: ......
- Mifuyu: I don't blame you if you can't believe what I'm about to say.
- Mifuyu: But please lend me your assistance.
- Hinano: ......
- Mifuyu: Please stop the Central Ward magical girls from going berserk.
- Mifuyu: The end of this will come soon, so please handle it until then.
- Mifuyu: Please stop the Central Ward girls from ruining themselves.
- Hinano: ...That was always my plan.
- Hinano: I'm not a peacekeeper or anything, so I don't know how much I'll be able to do.
- Hinano: But I'm a magical girl of the Central Ward. I'll do what I can do.
- Hinano: That's something I've got to do as well.
- Mifuyu: Thank you very much.
- Hinano: ...Please give me actions instead of words.
- Hinano: Because... that's what I'll be doing, too.
- Mifuyu: Yes, definitely.
- Mifuyu: (As a peacekeeper of the Westside, my top priority should be the welfare of the Westside.)
- Mifuyu: (Yacchan, I understand that.)
- Mifuyu: (But before that, I am a magical girl of Kamihama.)
- Mifuyu: (A magical girl of Kamihama must think of the welfare of all of the magical girls of Kamihama.)
- Mifuyu: (I just pray that there are no more injuries from these pointless battles...)
- Mifuyu: (As a veteran and as someone with power, I can't let myself depend on others.)
- Mifuyu: ...Kanagi-san's cooperation will be essential.
- Mifuyu: (This is a problem that both the Westside and the Eastside have in common, after all...)
- Mifuyu: (This isn't the time for the people at the top to be quarreling.)
- Mifuyu: (I'll discuss this with Yacchan, and we'll try to find a path toward being able to cooperate.)
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- Part 10:
- Yachiyo: ...I see. So Miyako-san said that...
- Mifuyu: Yes, and we don't have a moment to lose.
- Mifuyu: We need to get the Central Ward in order at least before any more casualties happen.
- Yachiyo: And, to do that...
- Mifuyu: Yes. Cooperating with Kanagi-san will be essential.
- Meru: Nanami-senpai! Mifuyu-san! Listen!
- Yachiyo: Meru! You're here early... we're in the middle of a very important conversation right now and...
- Meru: But! Kanagi-san is being awful!
- Meru: She wouldn't believe me! She said I attacked someone!
- Yachiyo: What?
- Mifuyu: ...Can you please tell us the story from the beginning?
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- Kanagi: Anna, may I have a moment?
- Meru: Er, will it take long?
- Meru: I want to go over to Nanami-senpai's today.
- Kanagi: Did you go to the Central Ward yesterday?
- Meru: The Central Ward? No, I didn't.
- Meru: I had supplemental lessons yesterday, so I couldn't leave Daitou Ward.
- Meru: And really, it's awful!
- Meru: Just because I missed a few days of school means I have to spend all my time after school in supplementary lessons.
- Kanagi: ...Is there someone that can verify that?
- Meru: You could ask the teacher, and he'll tell you.
- Meru: He was standing guard over me the whooooooole time so I wouldn't run away.
- Kanagi: ...Come with me.
- Meru: Wha-?! What is this about?!
- Kanagi: We're going to the teachers' office.
- Meru: I wanna go to Nanami-senpai's!
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- Kanagi: ...So it was true.
- Meru: Um, I'd really like an explanation for this about now...
- Kanagi: Hm?
- Kanagi: Ahh, right...
- Kanagi: There's a magical girl that says you attacked her in the Central Ward yesterday, Anna.
- Meru: Whaaa-?! I-it wasn't me!
- Kanagi: I know that.
- Kanagi: It's just that the girl who was attacked...
- Kanagi: ..said she saw you and you said "I'm your enemy!"
- Meru: It wasn't me!
- Kanagi: I know!
- Kanagi: If it was, I'd be punishing you right now.
- Meru: Err! W-who was it?! Who was this coward who used my name!
- Kanagi: If I knew that I wouldn't have a problem.
- Kanagi: ...Really though, this situation has become way more complex than I thought...
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- Part 11:
- Mifuyu: ("Your enemy"...)
- Mifuyu: (It could have just been a roundabout way to say it, but...)
- Mifuyu: After hearing that story, I've realized something.
- ???: Is Anna Meru here?!
- Yachiyo & Mifuyu: --?!
- Meru: Huh?!
- Meru: Me...? W-what do they want?!
- Mifuyu: She's definitely not quiet about it...
- Yachiyo: I don't think having her see Meru would be a good idea...
- Mifuyu: I'll talk to her. There's something that's bugging me about this, anyway.
- Yachiyo: ...You're quite popular today.
- Meru: I'm not happy about that...
- Mifuyu: So you were attacked by someone who looked like Meru-san.
- Mifuyu: And she called herself "a magical girl from the ward you hate," right?
- Westside Magical Girl: Yes! That girl has to be a spy for the Eastside after all!
- Mifuyu: ......
- *flashback*
- Kanagi: But the girl said the attacker looked like Anna and called herself "your enemy."
- *flashforward*
- Mifuyu: ("A magical girl from the ward you hate." ...I thought so.)
- Mifuyu: (I thought it was just a joke to cheer me up, but...)
- Mifuyu: (Tsuruno-san might just have hit the nail on the head.)
- Westside Magical Girl: Mifuyu-san? What's the matter?
- Mifuyu: ...Nothing. Thank you for this valuable information.
- Mifuyu: Now I know that something is trying to fan the flames between the Westside and the Eastside...
- Mifuyu: ...and aiming to destroy both. The evidence points that way.
- Mifuyu: Now we can finally deal with it.
- Westside Magical Girl: Huh...?
- Mifuyu: Ah! I was just talking to myself... this is still a secret, so...
- Mifuyu: Please keep this conversation between the two of us.
- Mifuyu: Now then, I've got to get going.
- Westside Magical Girl: ...There's something trying to fan the flames of this conflict?
- Westside Magical Girl: And by fighting we're playing right into their hands?
- Westside Magical Girl: ...I know she said to keep it a secret, but I've got to tell this to my team...
- Mifuyu: ...Bad news travels fast.
- Mifuyu: What an apt phrase.
- Mifuyu: If this spreads enough to stop some of this fighting, that would be wonderful...
- Mifuyu: ...But now I've got to gather evidence with Yacchan and everyone else.
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- Yachiyo: It was just as you thought, Mifuyu. Well done.
- Mifuyu: Heh heh, it was thanks to Tsuruno-san as well, but I'm feeling a little bashful.
- Yachiyo: Let's contact Kanagi, shall we? I think we have plenty to negotiate with now.
- Mifuyu: Yes, the sooner we talk to her the better.
- Mifuyu: If it's possible to meet with her tomorrow, it'd be nice if we can deal with it all then.
- Yachiyo: Indeed, and we have things to investigate to that end.
- Mifuyu: In all the ambushes up to now, they were "inside a barrier"...
- Mifuyu: ...and introduced themselves with suggestive wording such as "a magical girl from an opposing ward."
- Momoko: What are we going to do?
- Yachiyo: You, Tsuruno, and Meru will be waiting on standby. We're going to most likely need you at a moment's notice tomorrow.
- Momoko: Okay! We'll be ready to roll.
- Tsuruno: You can count on me, the strongest magical girl, Yui Tsuruno!
- Meru: I'm going to make them regret framing me!
- Yachiyo: And I'll want you with me, please, Mifuyu.
- Mifuyu: Yes, let's settle this, shall we?
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- Part 12:
- Kanagi: I investigated what you asked me to.
- Kanagi: Everyone who was attacked in the early days of this confirmed it...
- Kanagi: It was "in a barrier in the Central Ward" and by something that called themselves...
- Kanagi: ..."a magical girl of the opposing ward."
- Kanagi: And after that, with the exception of Meru's case, nobody knew who their attacker was.
- Mifuyu: As I thought...
- Yachiyo: It's a perfect fit...
- Kanagi: ...What have you learned?
- Mifuyu: None of these attackers have said they're "Westside" or "Eastside" at all.
- Mifuyu: We've just been assuming on our own that they're from the opposite side.
- Kanagi: --?!
- Kanagi: We're being manipulated!
- Kanagi: How cowardly! Who's behind this?!
- Yachiyo: ...We don't have confirmation yet, but...
- Yachiyo: When you think that it's happening inside a barrier, it makes you think that it's the act of a witch.
- Kanagi: You mean that a witch is manipulating them to attack?
- Mifuyu: I don't think that's a very likely possibility.
- Mifuyu: Because Meru-san wasn't even in the Central Ward.
- Kanagi: That's certainly true...
- Mifuyu: When Momoko-san was attacked...
- Mifuyu: ...we went to investigate the barrier of the witch we now think is behind all of this.
- Mifuyu: This time, we intend to go there to solve this problem.
- Kanagi: ...You were the ones who discovered this first. If you tell us not to get involved, we'll stay out of it.
- Yachiyo: ...No, in fact, we'd like your assistance for this.
- Kanagi: What?
- Yachiyo: Frankly, when we went last time, we weren't any match fo rit.
- Yachiyo: The barrier is so incredibly complex that we couldn't even make it to the witch...
- Mifuyu: And also there's one more reason.
- Mifuyu: It's so that we don't make the magical girls of the Central Ward even more nervous.
- Mifuyu: If our side goes alone, it may cause more misunderstandings...
- Mifuyu: But, if you were with us, Kanagi-san, they'd know it wasn't about territorial battles, but...
- Mifuyu: We'd be calling attention to the fact that we're here to resolve a problem.
- Yachiyo: Would we be able to get your help for this?
- Kanagi: ......
- Kanagi: ...If you're going that far, I'd lose face were I to refuse you here.
- Kanagi: Besides, this isn't just a problem of yours anymore.
- Kanagi: This is a problem of magical girls from both the Eastside and the Westside.
- Kanagi: I ask you as well to please fight alongside me until we resolve this problem.
- Yachiyo: We will...!
- Mifuyu: Thank you very much!
- Kanagi: Well then, let's not delay in facing it.
- Yachiyo: Wait, let me call Momoko and the rest.
- Yachiyo: Do you have any magical girls you'd want to call for reinforcements as well?
- Kanagi: ......
- Kanagi: ...I have some good magical girls at my disposal, but I think getting their cooperation in this current situation would be difficult.
- Kanagi: Due to that, please rely on me for your assistance.
- Mifuyu: Yes, we'll be counting on your help.
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- Part 13:
- Momoko: The barrier's... here, but...
- Meru: It's gotten quite a lot bigger, hasn't it...!
- Kanagi: ...Just by that it means that a lot of people have been taken by it...
- Mifuyu: While we've all been fighting...
- Yachiyo: ...While we've only been concerned with what's happening to us...
- Yachiyo: As magical girls, no... as people, we've forgotten what's truly important.
- Tsuruno: ...Hmm... wait! Wait! Everyone, don't get so depressed!
- Mifuyu: But this is something we really should reflect on.
- Tsuruno: True, this definitely wasn't the time for territory battles or anything...
- Tsuruno: But, the reason this barrier's gotten bigger...
- Tsuruno: ...and this is just a maybe, but it's because of the magical girls that have been fighting each other.
- Mifuyu: Huh?
- Tsuruno: The victims of the misfortune that the witch spread...
- Tsuruno: This time, it was us magical girls.
- Tsuruno: In other words, we were its food.
- Kanagi: ...And that's why it wanted us to fight?
- Tsuruno: Yeah.
- Kanagi: ...Then that means we've been nothing but fools.
- Yachiyo: There's nothing I can say to that when it's had us dancing in the palm of its hand...
- Kanagi: Aye... but we'll have our payback.
- Mifuyu: There's so much we should reflect on.
- Mifuyu: But before that, we've got to do what we came here to do.
- Mifuyu: Yacchan!
- Yachiyo: Yes, let's go! Everybody stay sharp!
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- Mifuyu: (That was careless...)
- Mifuyu: (Now that I remember last time we came, some of us got separated.)
- Mifuyu: (That should have been so easy to predict...)
- Mifuyu: But now I'm all alone... Yacchan...
- ???: Oh hoho, could you be a teeny bit scaaaared?
- Mifuyu: Huh... that voice?
- Mifuyu?: Ohhhhh, of couuuuurse. Because you're losing your powers, duh.
- Mifuyu: It's me?! Why...? What are you saying...?!
- Mifuyu?: Mifuyu, y'know...
- Mifuyu?: It ain't good that you can't use the powers you did before because of your magical power dropping.
- Mifuyu?: At this rate, you're just gonna be a burden on everyone, aren't ya?
- Mifuyu: T-that's... not true! Don't say such arbitrary things!
- Mifuyu?: It was so, so painful, but...
- Mifuyu?: To think that in the end, you'll drag down your friends and kill them!
- Mifuyu: Stop...! That's not true...! I...
- Mifuyu?: Poor Yacchan! To be killed by Mifuyu, who she trusted so much!
- Mifuyu: No... that's not true...! My powers aren't failing me!
- Mifuyu?: Buuuut, y'knoooow... that's reaaaally what it seems like~
- Mifuyu: Enough!!
- Mifuyu?: Mifuyu will kill Mifuyu for Mifuyu, k?
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- Mifuyu: Haa... haa... I won... I was able to beat her...
- Mifuyu: It's fine... my powers aren't failing... it's fine...
- Mifuyu: And what's more, with that I now understand the enemy's method.
- Mifuyu: Fake versions of us...
- Mifuyu: I've got to tell Yacchan that they're something like a copy of us.
- Kanagi's voice: Gu... aaaaa!! What are you trying to do, Nanami?!
- Mifuyu: That voice is...!
- Yachiyo?: What, you say... what is it... I dunno...
- Kanagi: Guh... was this a trap?
- Kanagi: Were you all planning to eliminate me from the start...?
- Yachiyo?: Won't you fight back...? This is boring... I'm so bored...
- Kanagi: ...No, you're very weird. Are you being manipulated?
- Yachiyo?: Let's do something... painful!
- Kanagi: Grr... this is tricky!
- Mifuyu's voice: That's enough!
- Mifuyu: Haa!
- Yachiyo?: Kyah!
- Mifuyu: Kanagi-san, are you okay?
- Kanagi: ..Azusa.
- Mifuyu: You're not okay, are you... you've got some pretty rough injuries, and your magical power...
- Kanagi: ...No, it was an embarrasing defeat, but it's nothing serious.
- Mifuyu: Please use this.
- Kanagi: --?!
- Kanagi: Grief seeds are so precious, though. Are you sure?
- Mifuyu: It may only be temporary, but right now we're teammates fighting together.
- Mifuyu: It's an obvious thing to help my teammate in trouble.
- Kanagi: ...It is a help. I'll definitely pay you back for this.
- Mifuyu: Heh heh. Please don't worry about it so much.
- Mifuyu: More importantly, let's exterminate this fake Yacchan.
- Kanagi: Fake?
- Fake Yachiyo: ...It hurts... it really hurts... heh... heh heh... it hurts so good!
- Kanagi: ...No, you can explain it afterwards.
- Mifuyu: Yes, let's beat what we need to beat first.
- Fake Yachiyo: Hey... hey... let's do more... painful things...
- Kanagi: ...What a tasteless person. I'll make you pay dearly for that surprise attack.
- Kanagi: Azusa, you said we were teammates, right? Watch my back!
- Mifuyu: Yes, leave the cover to me.
- ------
- Part 14:
- Kanagi: ...I see, I understand your story.
- Kanagi: In short, that tasteless Nanami from before was merely a copy and not the real thing.
- Mifuyu: Yes.
- Mifuyu: I met a copy of myself as well. I think there are copies of everyone here.
- Kanagi: ...and we learn the true colors of the attack perpetrators, now.
- Mifuyu: That's one more piece of info for us. This explains the source of the attacks.
- Kanagi: I think while we try to link back up with Nanami and the others, we should try to find the inner sanctum at the same time.
- Kanagi: What do you think?
- Mifuyu: I think that's a good idea. Yacchan and others are probably also doing the same thing, too.
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- Momoko?: ......
- Yachiyo?: ...How about that? Is that enough to convince you that we're the real ones?
- Kanagi: ...Aye, I can safely say you're the real Nanami and Togame.
- Yachiyo: As long as you understand that, good.
- Mifuyu: Haa... thank goodness... we were finally able to meet up with the real ones...
- Momoko: Your magic comes in very handy, Kanagi-san. I wish we'd met up with you quicker.
- Kanagi: It's hard to read someone when they're resisting it, though.
- Mifuyu: Now all we need to find are Tusruno-san and Meru-san.
- Yachiyo: ...Seriously, this is the same thing that happened the last time we were here...
- Kanagi: Shall we continue to look for the inner sanctum while we're searching for those two?
- Mifuyu: Yes, but let's be careful not to get separated...
- ???: Please stop! S-somebodyyyy!!
- Mifuyu: That voice... Meru-san?!
- Kanagi: Is she being attacked...?!
- Yachiyo: Let's go!
- Kanagi: Aye!
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- Tsuruno?: You're so stubborn... hurry up and die!
- Meru?: Please stop, Tsuruno-san! What's gotten into you?!
- Yachiyo: Meru!
- Meru?: Please help me, Yachiyo-senpai! Tusurno-san's acting very strange!
- Mifuyu: ...Huh?
- Yachiyo: That Tsuruno is a fake! We'll help you now!
- Yachiyo: Everyone, don't hold back just because it looks like Tsuruno!
- Momoko: It's a bit difficult... but I understand.
- Mifuyu: (Something's strange...)
- Kanagi: Are you okay, Azusa? If it's too difficult for you, you can fall back.
- Mifuyu: ...No, that's not it. Something's... making me uncomfortable about this...
- Kanagi: Uncomfortable?
- Fake Tsuruno: Ha! More people who are gonna let me see what their blood looks like have shown up... this is fucking great!
- Yachiyo: Mifuyu, Kanagi! Quit spacing out! She's coming!
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- Fake Tsuruno: Damn...
- Yachiyo: ...I'm putting an end to......
- Kanagi: I'll put her out of her misery.
- Kanagi: Even if her personality is completely different than the original, she still looks like your teammate, so...
- Yachiyo: ...I appreciate it.
- Kanagi: Haa!
- Fake Tsuruno: Guaaaaah...!
- Mifuyu: (Something... something... is still making me uncomfortable...)
- Kanagi: Anna, are you okay?
- Meru?: Yes! ...Huh? My legs gave out...
- Kanagi: ...Nothing for it, give me your hand.
- Meru?: Thank you very much! "I" (watashi) am grateful for the help.
- Mifuyu: --?!
- Mifuyu: Look out! Kanagi-san!
- Fake Meru: And for letting me deceive you.
- Kanagi: You...
- Fake Meru: Aha! You can't get away from me at this distance.
- (tl note: The real Meru uses "boku" to refer to herself instead of "watashi".)
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- Part 15:
- Meru?: Thank you very much! "I" (watashi) am grateful for the help.
- Mifuyu: --?!
- Mifuyu: Look out! Kanagi-san!
- Fake Meru: And for letting me deceive you.
- Kanagi: You...
- Fake Meru: Aha! You can't get away from me at this distance.
- Kanagi: That goes for you, too, fake.
- Kanagi: Haaa!
- Fake Meru: Ah... uuu... w-why... did you know...
- Kanagi: Because Azusa said she "felt uncomfortable", I was being observant.
- Kanagi: I didn't even have to read your heart to know.
- Kanagi: Anna doesn't say "I" (watashi), she says "I" (boku).
- Fake Meru: Aha!... Tooo baaad...
- Mifuyu: Thank goodness...! For a moment I thought you were in trouble...
- Kanagi: If it weren't for your words, Azusa, I may have been.
- Kanagi: You've helped me out once again.
- Yachiyo: I wasn't prepared... since she was being attacked, I thought she was the real one...
- Momoko: Me too... I didn't question it at all...
- Tsuruno?: There! They're over there! Meru, over there!
- Meru?: Everyone, are you okay? We're totally worn out...
- Momoko: Meru and Tsuruno again?!
- Yachiyo: ...Do you think these two are fakes as well?
- Tsuruno?: Oh, could it be that you're doubting us?
- Meru?: How rude! I'm the real Meru!
- Meru?: Ah! Since you say that, how do we know you're not the fakes?!
- Momoko: ...They seem real.
- Yachiyo: ...They sure do.
- Kanagi: I'll read their hearts. That'll be a lot faster.
- Meru: Like I told you, I'm real!
- Kanagi: Don't get all huffy. This is just to make sure.
- Meru: No! I'm mad! I *am* huffy!
- Yachiyo: ..For being so exhausted she's quite full of energy, wouldn't you say? Even though we're in a barrier...
- Momoko: When you think how Meru acts, this is definitely how Meru acts...
- Tsuruno: She was really the tense the whole time we were looking for you...
- Tsuruno: So I'm sure she's very relieved!
- Kanagi: More important, what shall we do now?
- Yachiyo: Meaning should we continue or should we withdraw, right?
- Mifuyu: I... think we should withdraw.
- Mifuyu: Everyone's exhausted, after all.
- Mifuyu: And more than anything, we haven't found any clues how to get to the witch.
- Mifuyu: Since we've learned the source of the attacks, so I think we should end our investigation here.
- Kanagi: ...Mmm, if we overpursue, none of this will matter if we're defeated.
- Yachiyo: ...That's right. Let's evacuate.
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- Part 16:
- Meru: We're out! It's completely dark, but it's somehow really refreshing!
- Tsuruno: Haaa, it's like the air has a nice flavor to it, doesn't it!
- Mifuyu: Heh heh, it does, huh?
- Momoko: But still, not even being able to reach the witch with a lineup like we had...
- Momoko: That's pretty bad.
- Yachiyo: ...It's just going to take a ton of time to explore this barrier.
- Yachiyo: Fortunately, it seems to be pretty benign if nobody goes inside, at least.
- Mifuyu: We've got a new issue, but we've achieved the main goal we had.
- Kanagi: That's right. We've clearly discovered that the culprit of the attacks was a witch.
- Kanagi: It'll be quite tricky to get the magical girls to accept that as fact, though...
- Mifuyu: True... but let's be patient and persistent about it.
- Yachiyo: Yes... but a basic settlement will still be difficult.
- Yachiyo: There's nothing we can do about the fact that there aren't enough witches... aren't enough grief seeds.
- Yachiyo: If we're unable to figure that out, we won't even be able to hold our own sides together...
- Kanagi: There's unrest in the Westside, eh?
- Yachiyo: ...It's the same on your side, isn't it?
- Kanagi: ...I can't deny it.
- Mifuyu: But at this rate...
- Mifuyu: More magical girls will try to take over territory in the Central Ward.
- Mifuyu: I can't accept any more being done against the magical girls of the Central Ward.
- Kanagi: That's certainly true...
- Yachiyo: But if all we do is prohibit it, there'll be more girls who just break that prohibition...
- Kanagi: ...What about putting some kind of condition on it?
- Mifuyu: Condition?
- Kanagi: To negotiate with the Central Ward.
- Kanagi: But something difficult enough that not just anyone could waltz in and do it.
- Mifuyu: ...If that's the case, what about defeating the witch that was the cause of all this?
- Yachiyo: Defeating that witch?
- Yachiyo: ...That certainly wouldn't be easy.
- Mifuyu: Yes, and it's also "the source of this current conflict."
- Kanagi: ...Mmm, whoever takes out the source of the problem gets the rights to negotiate here.
- Kanagi: It makes perfect sense.
- Mifuyu: We also will need to get the people of the Central Ward to accept it...
- Kanagi: To be clear, it's the right to negotiate, not the right to control.
- Yachiyo: I think all we'll need to do to get them to concede that is to talk to them.
- Mifuyu: ...Indeed. And also, until the witch has been exterminated...
- Mifuyu: We should guarantee the security of the Central Ward magical girls.
- Mifuyu: And we will also need to decide how to pay reparations for damage that was done during this.
- Mifuyu: And also... we will need to come up with an agreement to clearly define punishments...
- Mifuyu: ...for anyone who breaks the pact regarding the rights of the Central Ward.
- Yachiyo: ...You're being awfully proactive about this, Mifuyu.
- Mifuyu: I'm trying to make it up with my actions to someone whose trust I betrayed.
- Kanagi: ...I have no objections. We have a deal.
- Yachiyo: All right. We'll leave the details to another day.
- Yachiyo: Since we're going to need to hear and consider the opinion of the Central Ward, as well.
- Mifuyu: ...We should also all think about one more thing.
- Mifuyu: How we can prevent something like this from happening again.
- Mifuyu: By deciding, as magical girls, what we ought to be...
- Yachiyo: ...You're right.
- Kanagi: ...Aye, let's learn from our mistakes on this.
- ------
- (Later, the witch behind all this was led to an abandoned building on the Eastside using its nature of being attracted to mirrors.)
- (A supervisory role was created to keep regular people from getting too close.)
- (By doing this... while people still had gripes over various things, it ended this series of uprisings.)
- Kanagi: Azusa, may I have a moment?
- Mifuyu: What is it?
- Kanagi: You really helped me out inside that barrier.
- Kanagi: First off, I'd like to restate my gratitude to you for that.
- Mifuyu: Please, don't worry about it so much.
- Kanagi: Obligation is obligation. Leaving it unpaid isn't in my nature.
- Kanagi: Is there any specific way you want me to repay you for your help?
- Mifuyu: Eh... you really don't have to go that far...
- Mifuyu: ...No, that's the kind of person you are.
- Kanagi: Aye. I told you I'd definitely pay you back, didn't I?
- Mifuyu: ......
- Mifuyu: Then, if... if there's a time I'm no longer around...
- Mifuyu: I want you to help Yacchan if she's ever in trouble.
- Kanagi: Help Nanami?
- Mifuyu: Yes. Please and thank you.
- Kanagi: ...I understand. It's a promise.
- Mifuyu: ......
- (I don't want to acknowledge it, but... my powers may be weakening.)
- (If, in the future, I no longer am able to fight, if I am no longer able to be by Yacchan's side...)
- (...If there's someone who will be able to lend her powers to Yacchan, then...)
- END
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