Superman Termination Manual - Chapter 412

Chapter 412: Chapter 224: The Witch and the Comet, Xizi Yue and Ke Mingye

“Xizi Yue asked me to stay by Bai Zini’s side to prevent her from turning into a witch… so, what exactly is the Witch Church, that even Xizi Yue, one of the top three leaders, lacks confidence in stopping her transformation into a witch?”

“Does that mean I might have a chance to see heroes from the Round Table Council in action during this event? In such a high-level battle, Father and Zeus would probably show up.”

“Also, according to what Xizi Yue said… can a Magic Girl really be restored to her original state after falling into witchcraft?”

Xiaohongmao pressed the brim of her hat, somewhat baffled by the thought.

She knew very little about the term “Witch,” despite the rampant rumors and discussions on the internet, the credibility of which was frustratingly low–amounting to nothing more than facepalming and sighing, and involving reports that witches were Magic Girls who had indulged excessively in debauchery, or that witches were Magic Girls possessed by evil Contracted Beasts.

But having browsed so much information, she had never heard that Magic Girls could revert to their original forms after becoming witches…

After all, some even claimed that not even the coming of the Qiyamate Comet could take away the fragmented pieces from the witches because the fragments within them had been contaminated and the Qiyamate Comet had no interest in reclaiming such tainted pieces.

Just like Magic Girls: the power of witches also comes from comet fragments within them; as long as those fragments are not reclaimed by the comet, the power of witches will not wane.

Supporting this view was the documented existence of a legendary witch named “Lost,” whose presence was captured by a foreign friend 22 years ago and made the front page of international newspapers.

However, 19 years ago after the arrival of the Qiyamate Comet, there continued to be online sightings of the Lost Witch, with photos uploaded to the internet under the headline ‘Witches Truly Exist,’ which were suppressed by the authorities to low relevance in an obvious attempt to conceal something–a tactic that inadvertently increased the credibility of the photos and information.

Taking both pieces of information together, if they were true, it meant it was very likely that the Qiyamate Comet would indeed not take away the powers of a witch.

Therefore, even a year from now, when the comet returns in its twenty-year cycle past Earth, witches will not transform back into ordinary girls like Magic Girls do, but instead, will maintain their current form.

This meant that if Magic Girl Ash became a witch, then even if the Qiyamate Comet arrived before the system’s final deadline next year, she would not lose her powers like other Magic Girls but would continue to exist as a witch–as a “Superhuman.”

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In that case, Ke Mingye would unavoidably have to battle with Ash transformed into a witch–a confrontation that was inevitable.

And within the system’s rankings, “Witch Ash” was rated S-class, meaning she would be stronger than the Black Judge, Qing Ya, even the three leaders of the Magical Girl Alliance, and most of the superheroes of the Superhero Round Table…

In Ke Mingye’s current awareness, only two mysterious individuals he met in a coffee shop, his alien mother, and Divine Communicator Zeus might be able to arm wrestle Ash once she becomes Witch Ash, a formidable adversary.

“But then again, since the comet can’t take away the power of a witch, what could possibly restore them from being a witch back to their original state?”

As she pondered, Xiaohongmao asked, “Teacher Xizi Yue, you hoped I would stay by Ash’s side to lend her a hand after she falls into witchcraft, but I want to know… is it really possible for a witch to turn back into a normal person, or even revert to a Magic Girl?”

“It is possible,” Xizi Yue said calmly, “in historical records there was a Magic Girl who, after falling into witchcraft, found her true heart again and thus became a being between a witch and a Magic Girl… Some say she was even stronger than the progenitor of Magic Girls, for she possessed the powers and traits of both a witch and a Magic Girl.”

“But that’s just a rumor, isn’t it?” Xiaohongmao hesitated, “Since it’s a record, that means it happened many years ago, and nobody can verify it, right?”

“That’s true, but the credibility of this record is still very high because it comes from the Magic Girl chronicles passed down through generations within the Alliance,” Xizi Yue explained, “Each recorder of the chronicles was the most outstanding Magic Girl of their era in every 20 cycle period of the comet. I don’t believe that the best Magic Girls of generations would leave such vague, untraceable information in the chronicles.”

Xiaohongmao fell silent for a moment.

“Setting aside these discussions, I’ve always wanted to ask, what changes occur after one becomes a witch?”

Upon hearing this, Xizi Yue popped a chip into her mouth and replied unhurriedly:

“First off, the worst parts within their hearts will become extremely amplified, so they will lose their original personalities and will likely turn into someone nearly mad, or in the best scenario, they may lose their ability to speak, become withdrawn, and world-weary.”

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