Akame ga Kill World, Night Raid Headquarters.
'She's just a Little Girl, but she looks really reliable—so gentle,' Tatsumi remarked.
He was practicing swordsmanship; the whole of Night Raid was now training in Water Breathing. The so-called Water Breathing—and its Total Concentration Breathing—proved highly useful to the squad.
At present only two members could sustain Total Concentration Breathing: Akame and Bulat.
As Night Raid's strongest fighters, their strength had jumped dramatically after mastering Water Breathing and Total Concentration Breathing.
Everyone else had improved to varying degrees as well.
'Mm.'
Akame, dressed in something like a bikini, nodded, an ordinary katana in hand.
'Magical Girl—sounds like a beautiful term.'
Mine sat nearby, the most relaxed of the lot; she needed only to practice breathing, not swordplay.
After all, she wasn't a sword-user but a 'master gunner.'
'How is a Little Girl fighting beautiful?' Akame didn't see it. Mami fought ruthlessly against foes yet gently toward friends, but this was still battle; girls that age should be home living peaceful lives, not on a battlefield.
Mine found herself with no retort.
Tatsumi gave a wry smile and kept swinging his blade—he was the weakest of them all.
Still, he eyed the title: a shocking twist? Where would it come?
Inside the video.
The scene shifted. After a white flash the trio ran on.
Behind them stood a door, a field of red flowers, and those earlier abstract stick-figures frantically waving petal-like objects in a looping, maddening dance.
'Keep going—we're almost at the heart of the barrier,' Kyubey said, clearly familiar with the place.
Snip-snip!
With the sound of sharp scissors Mami leapt, landing as a ring of flintlocks appeared behind her and fired, wiping out every foe.
When the smoke cleared, only a playing-card-shaped door remained.
Bang!!
The card-door burst open, then another door inside it opened as well.
Beyond it stepped a fairy-tale enemy.
She looked like a storybook Monster, surrounded by scattered roses. This was Rose Witch, Mami's target.
Mami, Sayaka, and Madoka regarded her with different expressions.
Sayaka looked wary.
Madoka was plainly scared.
Mami herself remained calm, seemingly unmoved.
At that moment the BGM began.
BGM: Magia (one of the author's favorites).
The focus settled on Rose Witch, who now appeared terrifying—like gazing at something indescribable.
The Witch noticed the trio and jerked her head toward them.
'That's the Witch,' Mami said evenly.
Sayaka stared, a wave of nausea rising. 'Gross.'
Madoka Kaname hugged Kyubey, worry written across her face. "We have to fight that thing?"
"It'll be fine." Mami Tomoe smiled, radiating utter reliability as she looked at Sayaka Miki and Madoka. "How could I possibly lose?
With that, Mami tossed the rod in Sayaka's hand to the ground. Countless ribbons rose from the floor, forming a protective cocoon around Sayaka and Madoka.
Mami herself leapt down, landing neatly—and casually crushing a seemingly harmless foe beneath her heel.
"!!!"
The Rose Witch, her face a bloom of roses, turned her gaze toward Mami.
"~~~~" Mami gave an elegant smile and lifted the hem of her skirt just a little.
Bang-bang—!!
Two flintlock pistols dropped from beneath her skirt.
Shhk—!!
The Rose Witch heaved a huge object into the air and hurled it straight at Mami.
Bang! Bang!
Mami snatched one of the pistols from under her skirt and fired at the incoming mass.
"Aaaaaaa—!!!"
The Rose Witch let out an eerie shriek and charged, wings beating.
"~"
Seeing the witch rush her, Mami whisked off her hat and flung it forward; a cluster of flintlock guns spilled from it and clattered to the ground.
She set the hat back on her head, eyes steely, raised a pistol, and opened fire on the swooping witch.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
With each shot she discarded the spent pistol.
Under that withering barrage the Rose Witch could only flap desperately to evade.
"Hm?!"
Suddenly Mami found her feet rooted. She glanced down: the tiny creature she'd crushed earlier had company.
Several of them clung to her boot, then linked together and snaked up her body.
At last they fused into vines that seized her and hauled her into the air.
Suspended, Mami kept fighting, firing her pistols at the witch.
Bang-bang—!!!
The bullets missed the witch and sparked off the ground.
Enraged, the Rose Witch hurled Mami against the wall with the vines.
Thud!!!
Pain flashed across Mami's face; the witch dragged her forward.
"Aaaah! Mami-oneechan!!!" Sayaka and Madoka cried, seeing her at a clear disadvantage.
If this continued, she could die.
"!!!!!!"
Viewers from other worlds stared. Was this the twist?
The gentle, powerful senior might actually lose?
Was this the fate of a Magical Girl?
Or the promised reversal in the video's title? Would Mami die?
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