Although Homura Akemi's Time Reversion is somewhat like traveling to other parallel worlds, Yoshino, possessing the entire kabbalah tree of life, enhanced this ability, allowing her to connect her consciousness with her other selves in other parallel worlds.
Looking at Yoshino's expression, it was clear that she had already connected her consciousness with her other selves encountered in Homura Akemi's countless timelines, otherwise her expression wouldn't be so pained.
Although Homura Akemi had experienced countless timelines, her loops had also created countless parallel worlds. And Yoshino, through the Ninth Bullet (Tet) ability, learned the memories of what her other selves had seen and thought in those parallel worlds. These memories intertwined in Yoshino's mind, as if Yoshino had experienced the loops alongside Homura Akemi.
The scene became somewhat silent; neither of them knew what to say. Around them, there were only people coming and going, those people curiously looking at Yoshino. Because Yoshino's attire was somewhat conspicuous, the large straw hat completely covered her face, but from Yoshino's appearance, it was clear that Yoshino was a cute Little Loli.
If there were so many people looking at Yoshino normally, she would definitely be very nervous, but now she was completely immersed in the emotions she had felt in other timelines, and her mood gradually became somewhat sad.
"What did you see? Can you tell me?" After a long time, Yoshinon couldn't help but ask. She didn't have the same ability as Yoshino, and she needed Yoshino to share many things with her to know. But Yoshino hadn't shared the memories from other timelines with her, so she could only ask directly.
"...Mm." Yoshino lowered her head in thought, then finally nodded, agreeing with Yoshinon's assessment, and slowly began to tell her about the events that had transpired in other timelines.
When Yoshino first arrived in this world, it was during the time before Homura Akemi became a Magical Girl. At that time, Homura Akemi still had her braided pigtails and black-rimmed glasses. The two of them met in a hospital, and their similar personalities quickly led them to become friends. Later, when Yoshino was discharged from the hospital, she followed Homura Akemi to Mitakihara Municipal Middle School to study. In another accidental encounter, she met Madoka Kaname, who had just become a Magical Girl.
Yoshino had originally wanted to change the course of events at that time, but she was stopped by the individuals within her. They had received information about this world from gaia and knew that Madoka Kaname had already become a Magical Girl. No matter how much she wanted to change the plot, it was futile.
Most importantly, Homura Akemi was still a girl with a very weak constitution; she had not yet become a Magical Girl. Changing the plot at this point would have no effect. For the sake of the final HAPPY END, although she felt a pang of reluctance, she still endured.
Later, facing Sayaka Miki's witchification, Mami Tomoe's death, and Kyoko Sakura's sacrifice, all these events caused her immense pain. But she did not show these emotions. Afterward, Homura Akemi, in order to save Madoka Kaname, went through cycle after cycle of reincarnation, becoming somewhat deranged.
Her original love for Madoka Kaname also gradually began to change, but even so, Yoshino would help Homura Akemi in each reincarnation, always staying by her side. After initially using the power of the Ninth Bullet (Tet) to learn what happened in previous reincarnations, she suppressed the sadness in her heart and accompanied Homura Akemi through one reincarnation after another.
In the last reincarnation, when Yoshino failed to fight Walpurgisnacht using Ice Binding Puppet (Zadkiel). Seeing Homura Akemi's powerlessness to resist, Yoshino recalled the magic she used when facing world-destroying magic. After transforming into her strongest form, she forcibly perished together with Walpurgisnacht, who possessed the power of the world's origin.
And this was Yoshino's last memory in other timelines of this world. After learning Homura Akemi's memories and her own feelings from other reincarnations, Yoshino's desire for a HAPPY END grew stronger and stronger.
"...That truly is cruel news. To some extent, these are all our fault, we who fanned the flames. We only knew the process of the plan and didn't consider Yoshino's feelings, never realizing that you harbored such painful emotions behind your smile."
Unlike Homura Akemi, who appeared cold and unapproachable on the surface, she was actually just using that exterior to hide her inner gentleness. Yoshino, on the other hand, appeared fragile and gentle on the surface, but her heart was actually filled with sorrow. This sorrow stemmed from the previous reincarnations, the grief of knowing how things would unfold yet being unable to intervene.
"Alright. Since you want a HAPPY END, I will strongly assist you. What is our plan now? Is it to find Oriko Mikami and the others hiding in Mitakihara, or to find Kyoko Sakura?" After all, Kyoko Sakura's combat power is indispensable when dealing with Walpurgisnacht.
"Mm. I originally wanted to find their hidden location by sensing the magic I left in Kikura's body, but I found that I couldn't locate my own magic. This leaves two possibilities. One is that their whereabouts are not in Mitakihara, but in another city."
"But that's impossible, because there have still been Magical Girl casualties recently. So I lean more towards the second possibility, which is that someone is helping them hide. If I'm not mistaken, that person is very likely..."
"Kyubey... that beast." Thinking of that smiling face, Yoshinon wished she could tear it to shreds. This guy saw that its true identity had been exposed, so it ran off to hide with Oriko Mikami.
"Mm. So I can only go find Kyoko. According to the developments in past reincarnations and the information sent back by my clones, Kyoko has been moving around with Chitose Yuma here recently." She looked left and right; the surroundings were filled with snack shops and amusement facilities. No wonder they would appear here.
"But how are we going to find her? Are we just going to expect her to appear in front of us?" Yoshinon asked with some impatience.
Just then, a strong gust of wind blew, sweeping away Yoshino's straw hat. Yoshino's delicate face was exposed, causing passersby to freeze in place after seeing her features.
Just as Yoshino was about to chase after her hat, a figure jumped up and caught the hat that had been blown away.
She came up to Yoshino, a Pocky stick in her mouth, and placed the straw hat back on Yoshino's head before patting Yoshino's head.
"What a cute Little Loli. Next time, you need to keep a close eye on your hat. Otherwise, if it flies away again, no one will pick it up for you."
Yoshino looked at the figure calmly, and softly said,
"She really appeared."
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