Chapter 946: I Found You a Teacher
"It seems my contingency plan has been triggered!" Lingyun, busy in the kitchen, said softly.
After Momoe Nagisa appeared, Lingyun already had a premonition that something was likely to happen to Tomoe Mami. After all, among all the Magical Girls, Tomoe Mami was, in a certain sense, the most fragile at heart.
Now it seemed his previous preparations were not wrong; trouble had indeed occurred on Tomoe Mami's end. As for Kaname Madoka and Sayaka, Lingyun was not worried. After all, Kyubey had always been wanting to trick them into becoming Magical Girls; before it succeeded in tricking them, Kyubey would, in a certain sense, protect their safety.
"Click—"
The world turned gray-white in an instant. Within this gray-white world, a figure suddenly appeared, and Akemi Homura slowly walked up to Lingyun. When she saw Lingyun busy in the kitchen, a trace of surprise could not help but appear on her face.
"Teacher, what are you doing?" Looking at Lingyun dressed as a Chef, a trace of surprise could not help but appear on Akemi Homura's face.
"This? Just preparing some food for a gluttonous little one," Lingyun said with a smile.
"A gluttonous... little one?" Akemi Homura's tone carried a hint of hesitation. "Could it be that girl from just now?"
"That's right, it's her," Lingyun nodded.
"But, Teacher, how did you know what she wanted to eat?" Akemi Homura walked to the kitchen entrance and saw the young girl lying on the bed, not yet awake.
"You have time stopped like this, so of course you don't know what she's saying!" Lingyun said. "She said it while talking in her sleep."
"It was actually sleep-talking?" A trace of surprise could not help but appear on Akemi Homura's face.
"By the way, how have you considered the matter I mentioned before?" Lingyun put down the things in his hands and asked Akemi Homura.
"What matter?" Akemi Homura was confused for a moment.
"It's about me finding you a teacher to teach you Time Power!" Lingyun said.
"Is there really someone who can teach me the use of Time Power? I haven't heard of any Magical Girl having such ability!" Akemi Homura asked with some confusion.
"I never said the person teaching you Time Power was a Magical Girl!" Lingyun said.
"Not a Magical Girl?" Akemi Homura was even more confused.
"That's right. Kurumi, come out and say hello to your student!" Lingyun said.
"Who is it?" Just at this moment, Akemi Homura suddenly felt a figure appear behind her, and her heart couldn't help but jump in fright.
One must know that she was still in a state of stopped time, and it seemed this person who suddenly appeared was clearly able to be immune to her Time Stop.
Akemi Homura turned around and saw the person standing behind her clearly; it was an exceptionally beautiful girl. The girl wore a black and blood-red gothic outfit, and bangs like a waterfall covered the left half of a face possessing astonishing charm. The wine-red right eye not covered by the bangs looked at Akemi Homura, flickering with an unclear light. The person who had arrived was none other than Tokisaki Kurumi, who had returned from the Date A Live World.
"This is the person you found to teach me Time Power, Teacher?" Looking at Tokisaki Kurumi before her, alarm bells rang in Akemi Homura's heart.
Although she did not know who this person in front of her was, she could feel the dangerous aura released from the girl. The girl in front of her was like a dangerous vortex, capable of sucking everything in.
Having returned from the Date A Live World, the aura on Tokisaki Kurumi had undergone a huge change compared to the past. In the Date A Live World, she not only resolved the massive disaster caused when Takamiya Mio first appeared in the world, but later, during Takamiya Mio's actions to resurrect Takamiya Shinji, she saved all the girls chosen by Takamiya Mio as vessels, which included her former classmates.
Because of Tokisaki Kurumi's active role, she even held the title of Savior Saint in her original world. Through repeated cycles of time, she successfully fused the Pocket Watch Lingyun had left her into her own Zafkiel, giving it even more powerful strength.
In a certain sense, the current Tokisaki Kurumi, when exerting her full power, could even reverse the timeline of the Date A Live World. While it might be weakened in other worlds, it would not be weak by any means.
However, this world could not withstand Tokisaki Kurumi's tossing; if Tokisaki Kurumi used her ability to reverse time, it might lead to the complete collapse of this world.
"Truly an interesting child. Her soul is not in her body, but instead imprisoned in a gemstone. I heard this world is a world of Magical Girls; shouldn't a world of Magical Girls be a happy and relaxed world? How is it that this world looks so absurd!" Tokisaki Kurumi chuckled and said.
"You..." Akemi Homura could not help but widen her eyes; she had not expected that Tokisaki Kurumi could see through her true nature at a glance.
"Hmm, there is also the aura of time on your body. Just how many times have you reversed time!" Tokisaki Kurumi leaned in front of Akemi Homura, as if she had discovered something interesting. "However, this reversed time seems to have huge limitations! No wonder Lingyun wanted me to teach you how to use Time Power; it has huge limitations, but at the same time, it also has huge potential, right?"
"Teacher, who exactly is she?" Akemi Homura was somewhat unable to handle the Tokisaki Kurumi before her.
"A person? I am not a person, oh; I am a Spirit!" Tokisaki Kurumi said mysteriously.
Watching Akemi Homura retreat repeatedly, a trace of helplessness appeared on Lingyun's face: "Alright, Kurumi, don't tease her."
Hearing Lingyun's words, Tokisaki Kurumi appeared beside Lingyun in an instant, reaching out to hook her arm around Lingyun's.
"Hee hee, isn't it an interesting thing to make an ice-cold girl break her composure?" Tokisaki Kurumi said with a chuckle.
"You!" Lingyun tapped her head, annoyed.
Seeing Tokisaki Kurumi's actions, Akemi Homura's heart could not help but tighten. She dared to be certain that the behavior of Tokisaki Kurumi appearing beside Lingyun in an instant must have used the power of time. To be able to use time abilities within her Time Stop world—this level of ability was something she was far from matching.
"Wait, you, what is your relationship with the Teacher?" When she saw Tokisaki Kurumi intimately hooking her arm around Lingyun's, a trace of astonishment could not help but appear on Akemi Homura's face.
"It's exactly the relationship you see!" Tokisaki Kurumi gave Akemi Homura a smile and stood on tiptoe to kiss Lingyun on the cheek.
Seeing this scene, a flush of red could not help but rise on Akemi Homura's face. Although she had experienced countless Cycles, she was essentially still a student; when had she ever seen such a situation? For a moment, she was somewhat afraid to look, but another voice in her heart was urging her to watch this scene properly.
Seeing Akemi Homura, who had a tendency to turn into a "steam girl," a trace of a smile could not help but appear on the corner of Lingyun's mouth.
Just as Tokisaki Kurumi said, watching an ice-cold beautiful girl change her expression was truly a quite interesting thing. However, this kind of thing should have a limit; Lingyun signaled to Tokisaki Kurumi with his eyes to let her stop while she was ahead.
Tokisaki Kurumi chuckled, then let go of Lingyun's arm and stood beside Lingyun like a lady.
End of Chapter
