Chapters 131 – 124 (4)

“Has it gotten stronger… ?”

I knew that there was a change from before when I saw the appearance of wings and a tail that had not been seen before, but it seems that changes beyond what I can see have occurred inside Esther.
Resisting before hypnotizing… I’ve never seen anything like this besides Ash doing it in a video.
The light leaking from overhead gradually becomes stronger, and the light gradually gathers to form a ring.

There is no time.
Esther must be hypnotized before he regains consciousness.
Even in the midst of my urgency, I rolled my head to the point where I had a headache, thinking about what kind of hypnosis I could use.

I don’t know how many times I can hypnotize, but since I’m already resisting, I’m sure I can’t use many.
This means that it is impossible to limit behavior by stacking several hypnosis or to induce behavior according to one’s wishes.
You should simply walk in the order of the most urgent hypnosis and the most necessary hypnosis.

“First… Whoa, you can’t attack me.”

First of all, put the most important hypnosis on.
I bet it, but I can’t be completely relieved yet.
Grape also showed resistance to hypnosis, so Esther seems to be more resistant than Grape… This fragmentary hypnosis, which has not been properly built up one by one, may not be enough.

What is important to me now is not to restrain or manipulate Esther.
You have to buy time.
But for some reason, he suddenly started playing quizzes, so there’s no need for another hypnosis to induce him to do something worth buying time.

This quiz is different from the previous Esther quizzes.
I have to say that the level of difficulty is much higher considering that the confusing contents came out from the beginning.
What kind of hypnosis should I use to make it easy for me to answer such a quiz, and to make sure that I do not get any of the quizzes wrong?

Recall in your head the experiences you have accumulated while being hypnotized.
Thought control that takes one’s own behavior for granted, common sense modification that changes the structure and direction of thought, and manipulation that disturbs behavior or senses.
Keep it simple and concise.

“When giving a multiple-choice question, it wags its tail loudly the number of times equal to the number of correct answers.”

If you give it as a multiple choice question like now, you will be able to know all the correct answers only with this hypnosis.
If it’s number 1, the tail once, if it’s number 2, twice.
However, this hypnosis does not work if the question is presented as a non-objective type.

“From now on, all quizzes will be given only in multiple choice… Ugh?!”

So, limit the action to give the quizzes only multiple choice.
As soon as she was about to say the next hypnosis thing out of her mouth, the ring of light above Esther’s head started to make a crackling, popping sound.
The hook, sprung like a thorn, bounces on the floor and is torn to shreds.
The hypnotic state was over after only three attempts.

“Ha… Can you speed up the search or something?”

Esther, who came to her senses, passed over her momentary loss of consciousness as if nothing had happened.
He frowns for a moment, but he only lightly touches his forehead and says nothing much.
It’s fortunate… It’s a strange reaction.

“No, stop… I just wanted to look back on the old days because I couldn’t remember a little… I remembered.”

I quietly swallowed my saliva on the spot and confidently put the vision phone in my pocket.
After covering her mouth and clearing her throat, she carefully asked the laughing Esther.

“Could you repeat the problem again?”
“… Not the reason I got infected. Number 1 was because Ash didn’t rescue me on purpose, Number 2 was malicious to Rapid and Ash and I infected myself to become an enemy, Number 3 was because I was defeated by the mind controller’s brainwashing.”
“Your answer is a little different from before? What… It’s not that important, but…”

It doesn’t matter to me that the answers to the questions have changed slightly or become more detailed.
The important thing is how many times Esther’s tail wags.
Esther’s tail moves up and down like a whip.
Once, twice, three times…

Esther wasn’t infected… 3 times.
… 3 times?
That is, number 1 and number 2 are the reason Esther fell.
Why is it 3 times… ?

The reason for the infection that Esther thinks is different from what is known to the public.
According to Esther, Esther was not infected because she was defeated by the brainwashing of the mind controller.
It’s true that he was defeated and taken away by the mind controller, but… Are you saying you weren’t brainwashed?
Are brainwashing and infection separate?

“Ten, nine, eight, seven…”
“… Number three.”

It was the only answer to the question.
However, Esther did not give her time to think long about the question and started counting as if it was time.
As soon as I told her the answer, Esther’s mouth fell shut and her wagging tail stopped.

“… Why do you think so?”
“Why?”
“Do you know what I mean when I say number 3 is the answer? Now you’re talking about the strongest magical girl abandoning her teammates.”

Even if you ask me why I chose number 3, I don’t know why.
Esther taught me, so he only answered number 3.

“Number 124, are you going to pretend to be on my side? I don’t intend to give the correct answer, but I will just think about what answer I like from my point of view?”
“Why isn’t it right… ? This is the correct answer.”

Esther’s words stop when she confidently refutes the words as if she’s going to give her a chance to change now.
He doesn’t say anything and just stares at me.
There is no need to worry that this may be the right answer, so the heart does not beat fast and the sound of breathing becomes calm.
There is no way you can be wrong because the answer was taught by the person who gave the problem.

“… Second problem. What do I want to eat the most after becoming negative?”

Again, of course, the answer is correct.
Esther placed her hands on her hips and, turning her head to the side like a displeased person, brought up the next question.
Seeing Esther start to ask the second question without saying anything, I proudly folded my arms with the attitude of asking her to come up with whatever question she wants, so I continued to glance at Esther’s tail as she listened to the question.

“No. 1, despair. Number two, pain. Number three, pleasure. Number four, anger.”

The tail… It doesn’t shake.
The tip of its black heart-shaped tail stood stiffly standing still, showing no reaction.
… It means there is no right answer.

“Is the problem strange?”
“Ha, I don’t know, have you seen it? I am not the old magical girl Esther. An ugly monster that humans fear and fear, a negative executive, a jealous witch… What I eat is not food, but emotions? Don’t you know this?”
“No, negatives eat emotions… I know…”

Even while talking, something is strange and the words stop.
Why am I expressing that I eat emotions?
I think the news said that it absorbs emotional energy… The word “Eating emotions” Feels so natural.
… Now is not the time to ponder these things.

“Not that… Do you really have the right answer? I don’t think there is?”
“… What?”
“What Esther wants to eat… Isn’t that the cake party’s Red Velvet Strawberry Cake?”
“Now, wait… How do you know?”

When I answered the correct answer that I wasn’t even told, Esther, her eyes wide open, came forward and tugged at me roughly by the collar.
Apart from hypnosis, this was really a thought I came up with on my own.
I took a picture just in case, but I didn’t know it would be the right answer.
To come up with a trap problem with no right answer… Vicious

“I just thought it might be… That, Rapid bought it during the last broadcast, so he said he would eat it when he comes back…”
“Well, I just said that I buy and eat my favorite cake there!”
“I’ve said on the air before that of all the cakes that Rapid buys, I like it the most… ?”

Esther’s eyes trembled as they met up close.
One side of her eyes, which were both red before infection, is shining gold, possibly due to the negative effect.
As I stared at her eyes, Esther’s hand that was holding her by the collar slowly loosened.
Esther removed his hand from me, turned him sideways, then crossed his arms again and turned his head so that his face was not visible to me.

“Third problem! What food do I hate the most?”
“Ah, shrimp.”

I know this even without the power of hypnosis.
Esther is allergic to shrimp.
I like seafood and shellfish, but I am allergic to shrimp only.
Fortunately, the third was a service problem.

“Now, wait… Why do you think so?”

Esther looked at my face in bewilderment, probably because she had guessed right before I could even tell her choice.
His face is so red that you can see it even in the dark.
I wondered if I had answered too hastily, so I carefully asked the question.

“Uh… ? Are you allergic to shrimp? Are you not there now?”
“There are still… I’d be tempted, but that’s… Something I never really said on the air…”
You’ve never eaten shrimp on a show before?”
“I never said it on air, but when Rapid was eating shrimp chips, he didn’t even shake hands. Tell me not to come closer After seeing that, I saw that I had never ordered anything with shrimp in it.”
“You, what are you?”

Even if you ask what it is, this was not a very difficult problem for me, so I have nothing to say.
To me, who had been gathering information about Rapid by watching the broadcasts every day and checking every single thing he said, this was just trivial information that was good for digging into trivial things.
I just looked at it a little harder, and I doubted if it was like that, but I was sure.
That’s it.

“Fourth problem! My habit after becoming negative! 1, touch the tail, 2, stretch the wings when they feel stiff, 3, trim the horns!”
“Is it number two?”
“All, fifth! Among the views, in which part have you changed recently? 1, hair. Number 2, nails. Number three, horn!”
“Number 3… ? Uh… Looking at it now… Have you ever trimmed the tips of the horns? The surface is a bit more shiny than before.”

There is nothing wrong with me even if I keep giving problems.
I combine the information I know and guess the problem before asking it, and I find out the answer to the question that I don’t know through hypnosis to Esther.
Facing me, Esther’s eyes widened, her breath grew hot, and her tail waggled, making it difficult to recognize her.

The more the problem goes on, the more I think it’s a very strange problem.
Esther’s fan club people are only problems that can never be solved.
Changes after becoming a negative, information about Esther that is not known in the broadcast, content that can only be known by endless thinking as well as watching Esther, and problems that cannot be solved unless you pay great attention even after becoming a negative.

“Nonsense…”