The first recruitment of Madoka ended in failure.
"Teacher, have we failed?"
After signaling to Homura Akemi to send the people back, the "performance" naturally stopped temporarily. At this moment, Nanoha came over and asked with a little uneasiness, but Fang Zheng's performance was very calm.
"It's okay if she failed. It means that the other party has enough judgment. If she just agreed to it, it would be abnormal."
To be honest, Fang Zheng originally didn't take Kaname Madoka too seriously. Of course, in the eyes of Homura Akemi, Kaname Madoka must be a very kind, enthusiastic, and attractive girl. But Homura Akemi's words could only be taken seriously by 30%, after all, Kaname Madoka was "once" her savior, and she must have seen beauty in the eyes of her lover.
However, based on the few brief observations that Fang Zheng had made, he did not have a very high opinion of the girl, Kaname Madoka, because he felt that she was a little weak, just followed what others said, and did not have any opinions of her own.
However, Xiao Yuan's refusal to be recruited this time made Fang Zheng's eyes light up.
He found that although Xiaoyuan seemed to be a person with no ideas on the surface, she was actually very opinionated.
If we use the characteristics of the protagonist in online literature to describe her, then Madoka has the characteristic of "I will only do something if I like it, no matter how much I sacrifice. If I don't like it, I won't care even if you give me mountains of gold and silver."
It's just that because she looks a little too weak, most people don't pay attention to it.
This is indeed the case. According to Homura Akemi, in many reincarnations, even if QB had been tempting Kaname Madoka to sign a contract to become a magical girl, the other party was almost unmoved. She would only make a decision when she witnessed the situation develop to an extremely critical moment.
You know, for a Japanese, this is very difficult.
Fang Zheng has traveled through so many worlds and has a general understanding of the Japanese character. They are the type of people who "find it difficult to refuse" others in person.
Of course, this doesn't mean that the Japanese are puppets who will listen to whatever you say, but they will not directly tell you "This is not possible", "I don't want to do it", "I refuse", etc., but will answer very tactfully in a "Japanese style".
For example, when he doesn't want to do something, he will tell you "I will handle it properly", but in fact it is basically a synonym for no follow-up.
Of course, if you say "please let me think about it", it's probably the same.
And someone like Madoka, who had already come to the magical girl headquarters, met the magical girls and socialized with them, was able to hold back her anger and say directly that she had not thought about becoming a magical girl at the moment, instead of making excuses like "I'll think about it", which was enough to make Fang Zheng feel a little surprised.
At least in front of Fang Zheng, Xiaoyuan showed her ability to withstand pressure, which is very good.
Of course, in addition to this, Madoka also has the same characteristic as Sakura and Nanoha, which is responsibility.
After all, according to Homura Akemi, after knowing the truth about magical girls, the others either collapsed or turned evil, and only Madoka was able to grit her teeth and stay with Homura Akemi until the end. This is very telling, in fact, the same is true for Sakura and Nanoha. When they first became magical girls, they could never have imagined what kind of dangers they would face in the future.
However, when faced with those dangers, they never thought about things like “If only I hadn’t become magical girls before”, but faced them bravely.
Of course, for Madoka, she regretted it, but Fang Zheng could understand it. After all, the magical girls in this world would transform into witches, which would not only lead to death, but also bring suffering to others. Madoka was a kind-hearted child, and she certainly didn't want to bring disaster and pain to others.
"You can send her home directly, but don't forget to remind her about QB. Just do as we agreed before, okay?"
"certainly."
The voice of Homura Akemi was heard from the personal terminal. It was obvious that she had already had an idea about this.
That’s right, Fang Zheng’s “movie” is divided into two plots, the bright plot is the magical girls gathering together to defeat Witch Night, and the dark plot is the confrontation between Tiandao Palace and the alien civilization led by QB…
Fang Zheng has no intention of hiding this, because these are indeed the facts!
In Fang Zheng's opinion, the way Homura Akemi gave Madoka advice in the past was too evasive and not straightforward at all. So this time he directly added a line setting for Homura Akemi, asking her to tell Madoka that in addition to their Tendou Palace Magical Girls Management Office, there is also an organization called QB, which will lure girls into signing contracts with them to become magical girls by fulfilling their wishes, but - these magical girls will eventually become witches!
This also makes up for the previous scene where Homura Akemi chased QB in front of Madoka Kaname. After all, from Madoka's point of view, that part of the action was obviously more like Homura Akemi bullying a small animal...
But under Fang Zheng's guidance, the situation changed immediately after it was elevated to a struggle between two forces.
This also shows the difference between Homura Akemi and Fang Zheng.
Even though Homura Akemi has been reincarnated countless times, she has not made much progress in dealing with people. In fact, because she fails almost every time, she has become a little self-destructive.
From this point of view, Homura Akemi's emotional intelligence is really not high. She can't even persuade others, let alone form a united front. In the end, she can only go on stage by herself and get hurt. So Fang Zheng had to personally design the lines for Homura Akemi.
Fortunately, she stopped sometimes, otherwise it would be too awkward to read her lines every three minutes!
Fang Zheng didn't intend to convince Xiao Yuan, but it was enough to leave an impression deep in her heart and let her know that the white thing was not a good thing.
As for the rest...we'll talk about it later.
"teacher!!"
However, shortly after Fang Zheng finished talking to Homura Akemi, Nanoha hurried over.
"That little sister is awake!"
"oh?"
Upon hearing the news, Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows and then stood up.
"Let's go and take a look."
When Fang Zheng brought the girls to the room at the back of the library, he saw the white-haired girl sitting uneasily in the bed, looking around. Her expression was full of confusion, fear and uneasiness, and she looked like a lost kitten.
That's right, this girl is the one that Fang Zheng used the "time and space reversal" to forcibly transform from a witch back to a magical girl. However, after Fang Zheng transformed her back to the form of a magical girl, the girl has been sleeping, and now it seems that she has finally woken up.
When she saw Fang Zheng and his group coming in, the girl was obviously a little nervous.
"Where is this place? Who are you?"
"Hello, my name is Fang Zheng."
Facing the girl in front of him, Fang Zheng showed a gentle smile.
"May I know your name?"
Perhaps it was Fang Zheng's smile, or perhaps it was his title that played a role. After seeing Fang Zheng, the girl gradually calmed down. Then she hesitated for a moment and nodded.
"My name is... Baijiang Zhu..."
"So, Xiaozhu, do you remember what happened to you?"
"I……"
Hearing Fang Zheng's question, Bai Jiang Zhu recalled carefully for a moment, and then her face began to turn pale and ashen.
"I remember... Mom died of illness, I know... Mom... I shouldn't have made that wish! I should have saved Mom, but I... Oh, my soul gem was tainted, and I became a witch... And then..."
As he spoke, Bai Jiangzhu's petite body curled up into a ball and began to tremble. Seeing this, Fang Zheng quickly reached out and touched Bai Jiangzhu's little head.
"Okay, don't get excited, it's all over..."
With Fang Zheng's whispered soothing words, Bai Jiangzhu finally calmed down. She hugged Fang Zheng tightly without saying a word.
"I, I...was that a dream? Big brother? Did I have a nightmare?"
"That wasn't a nightmare..."
Facing Bai Jiangzhu's question, Fang Zheng thought about it and decided to tell the truth.
"In fact, you have indeed become a witch, but we have transformed you from a witch back into a magical girl..."
"So, will I still become a witch?"
Hearing this, Bai Jiang Zhu suddenly became nervous, but in response to Bai Jiang Zhu's question, Fang Zheng looked at her with a smile on his face.
"Xiao Nagisa, you don't want to become a witch, right?"
"Of course, I don't wish to hurt anyone, I just want to make my mother happy...but..."
"So……"
After hearing Xiao Zhu's answer, Fang Zheng touched her little head again.
"Would you like to join us?"
"……Why?"