Chapter 939: The Snack Witch is About to Appear

Inside the faculty office, Lingyun gently closed the book in his hand.

"Ruoxi, if you calculate the time, it should be about right now!"

"Yes, Brother!" Ruoxi jumped out from the Void and sat down opposite Lingyun. Although there were quite a few teachers in the office, they clearly failed to notice Ruoxi, who had lowered her presence.

"Today is the day Tomoe Mami becomes the headless senior; it's time for me to make an appearance!" Lingyun stood up and began to pack his things.

"According to the surveillance I've mastered, Kaname Madoka and Sayaka Miki have already left the school; their destination should be the hospital." Several light screens floated beside Ruoxi, displaying surveillance from different locations.

This ability was borrowed by Ruoxi from Yui, and it was one of Ruoxi's special abilities. As long as she could obtain permission, she could borrow the ability of anyone in the Cloud Realm and push it to the limit she could master.

"It really does look like a very convenient ability." Lingyun put away the last item, grabbed his coat, and walked outside.

When Akemi Homura arrived at the faculty office, she was met with the news that Lingyun had already left; as for where Lingyun had gone, she did not know.

"This makes things a bit difficult. However, judging by the teacher's behavior, he should also be able to detect the fluctuations of a Witch Barrier; he will likely rush over there as well." Akemi Homura muttered, then hurried toward the hospital.

On the roof of the hospital, Lingyun's figure slowly emerged from the Void. Looking at the hospital with people coming and going, Lingyun frowned slightly.

To be honest, a place like a hospital contains too many people with weak bodies; if a Witch were to wreak havoc here, it would be very easy to cause large-scale casualties.

"Ruoxi, do you think there might be some connection between Tomoe Mami's death and Kyubey?" Lingyun asked Ruoxi, who was licking a lollipop beside him.

"Eh, why does Brother say that?" Ruoxi asked with some confusion.

"This is just a guess of mine. The wish Tomoe Mami made in front of Kyubey was to survive. But when she made this wish, she didn't include her parents, which is also her greatest regret. After becoming a Magical Girl, Tomoe Mami was always very lonely, which is why she tried so hard to recruit Kaname Madoka and the others to become Magical Girls and be her companions," Lingyun said slowly.

"But what connection does this have?"

"Have you forgotten? In the original World Line of this world, Kaname Madoka successfully moved Tomoe Mami, letting her put down her emotional baggage and say that dangerous line about having nothing to fear anymore?" Lingyun said. "At that moment, Tomoe Mami already had her own companions and no longer feared loneliness. In a sense, it was impossible for her to turn into a Witch out of despair; this situation is definitely not something Kyubey would want to see!"

"So, Brother, you think there is Kyubey's hand behind Tomoe Mami's death?" Ruoxi stopped licking her lollipop.

"I'm not sure, and I don't have evidence. But as long as it's in this world, when it comes to the blame for Magical Girls, even if you pin nine out of ten cases on Kyubey, there will still be omissions, won't there?" Lingyun said slowly.

"That is really not a funny joke!" Ruoxi was silent for a moment, then said slowly.

"Perhaps, this is the reason why we came to this world, isn't it?" Lingyun looked down and saw two familiar figures.

Sayaka, who walked out of the elevator, let out a long sigh, her expression carrying a trace of disappointment.

"Eh, didn't you see Kamijou-kun?" Kaname Madoka, sitting on a chair, looked at Sayaka who had come out so early, a trace of confusion on her face.

"It seems it wasn't convenient to have visitors today." Sayaka's tone carried undisguised disappointment.

Kyubey, standing beside Kaname Madoka, stared at Sayaka with its red eyes, an obscure light flashing in them.

"It seems an interesting breakthrough has been found!" This was perhaps what Kyubey was thinking at the moment.

Having not seen the person she wanted to see, Kaname Madoka and Sayaka could only start their journey home.

Just at this moment, Kaname Madoka suddenly froze; she saw a strange thing on a pillar.

"Ah, it's a Grief Seed!" Kyubey suddenly shrieked at this moment.

"Grief Seed?" Kaname Madoka and Sayaka's expressions changed simultaneously.

"Oh no, this Grief Seed is about to hatch, the Barrier is about to form!" Kyubey's voice carried a trace of anxiety.

"Madoka, do you know Mami-senpai's phone number?" Sayaka suddenly thought of Kamijou Kyousuke, who was still receiving treatment in the hospital, and asked Kaname Madoka beside her.

Kaname Madoka took out her phone and only then realized that she didn't have Tomoe Mami's phone number at all.

Facing this situation, Sayaka made a prompt decision: "Madoka, you go find Mami-senpai first! I'll monitor this thing!"

"This, how can you do that?" Hearing Sayaka's words, a look of surprise appeared on Kaname Madoka's face, and even Kyubey showed an expression of rejecting Sayaka doing so.

But now in Sayaka's heart, the matter of protecting her childhood friend had surpassed everything else.

"If the labyrinth is completed, we won't know where this thing is! We can't just leave it alone in this place!" Sayaka said, clenching her fists.

Hearing Sayaka's words, Kyubey jumped down from Kaname Madoka's shoulder and stood beside Sayaka: "I will stay too, and monitor this Grief Seed together with Sayaka; if Mami comes later, I can also guide her!"

Seeing that both Sayaka and Kyubey had made their decisions, Kaname Madoka also knew that the situation could not be changed, so she could only drop her schoolbag and leave the hospital at top speed to find Tomoe Mami.

Not long after Kaname Madoka left, the Grief Seed suddenly emitted a dazzling light, instantly enveloping Sayaka within it. After the light vanished, Sayaka and Kyubey were nowhere to be seen, leaving only two schoolbags behind on the spot.

However, neither Sayaka nor Kyubey noticed that when the Grief Seed emitted its light, a faint glimmer landed on Sayaka's shoulder. This light was not conspicuous, and under the cover of the Grief Seed's light, it was even less noticeable.

"The insurance has been set; this way, even if Sayaka encounters something inside the Witch Barrier, she won't be in danger. Now, we just wait for the others to make their entrance." Lingyun clapped his hands, a mysterious smile appearing on his face.