I'm a magical girl in the future

Chapter 46 Magical Girl's Compassion

Shen Zixin recalled that when she first met Noah, Noah said that in the future, she had mastered a method to artificially awaken magical girls.

Noah even demonstrated this method of triggering awakening, causing him to awaken as a magical girl.

So... was the experiment at that time successful?

"If we can artificially and stably stimulate the awakening of magical girls, it would undoubtedly be a good thing for protecting human society and fighting against the threat of monsters."

Although Lu Yue said that, judging from her expression, she still had some objections to this approach.

From a moral standpoint, doing so was indeed the right thing to do, but the thought that I would have to be the test subject and pay the price made me feel uneasy.

"But..." Shen Zixin frowned, another question arising in her mind, "Even if such a plan exists... how do they select the test subjects? How do they know who possesses the 'magical girl potential'?"

"It's very simple," Lu Yue said with a wry smile. "Earlier research has already proven that the offspring of magical girls have a higher chance of inheriting this trait."

"Wait a minute, does that mean... no, this is too absurd!"

Shen Zixin stood up. "Our parents... would they really agree to send their children into a laboratory to be used as experimental subjects?!"

Lu Yue shook her head: "I also think it's impossible. No normal parent would do such a thing. So, after a long investigation, I've come to a... somewhat chilling conclusion."

"What?"

"Have you ever wondered why so many children 'voluntarily' underwent those experiments in the lab back then?"

"Huh?"

Shen Zixin was stunned.

Yes, looking back carefully, although the researchers tried to be as gentle as possible during the experiment, the so-called "tests" and "adjustments" did not cause any physical pain.

However, children's playful and mischievous nature cannot be completely suppressed.

However, in his memory, none of the children in the laboratory, including himself, ever had... even the slightest thought of escaping, or even complained about the monotonous life day after day.

That bizarre coordination, looking back now, seems utterly abnormal.

"I think I know why," Lu Yue said, looking at the beer can in her hand. "Our childhood laboratory had the involvement of 'Magical Girl Compassion'."

"Magical Girl Compassion" - she was arguably the most controversial and legendary figure more than a decade ago.

The power of compassion is an almost unsolvable form of mental control. She can easily brainwash others, alter their perceptions, and turn them into puppets who only obey her commands.

Although in publicly available records she is always portrayed as a righteous magical girl whose mission is to save humanity, the methods she uses to achieve her goals are often quite extreme.

During the period when she joined the Civil Defense Bureau and gained considerable influence, she used her abilities to forcibly brainwash and "recruit" a number of unofficial magical girls who were unwilling to obey the Bureau's orders, bringing them into the united front against the disaster beasts.

According to her, this was to gather all available forces to protect the "necessary sacrifices" and "acts of compassion" that humanity had to make.

Although her capacity for compassion was incredibly powerful, she never used this power for personal gain.

All her actions revolve around the core goal of "fighting against the monsters and protecting humanity".

Just like her code name suggests, what she embodies is "compassion" for the human race as a whole.

At the height of the Compassionate Movement, those unofficial magical girls who were previously wandering the streets either chose to register with the Civil Defense Bureau and accept unified management, or they were brainwashed by Compassionate Movement and involuntarily became members of the Civil Defense Bureau. Or, they could only hide and flee from Compassionate Movement.

That period was the golden age when the Civil Defense Bureau was at its most powerful since its establishment, and also when it had the strongest control over magical girls.

However, what goes up must come down, and later, Ci'ai was sacrificed in that catastrophe known as the "unjust natural disaster".

After Ci'ai passed away, the merits and demerits of her various actions during her lifetime truly began to be discussed on a large scale.

Some condemned her actions as a trampling of individual will and another form of atrocity. Others argued that a certain degree of ruthlessness is understandable when faced with the interests of humanity as a whole, and that she is a true savior.

This debate continues to this day.

"Compassionate sacrifice in an 'unprovoked natural disaster'... the one that happened in Gwangyang City, where we used to live. Do you think this is just a coincidence?"

"You mean..." A terrifying thought popped into Shen Zixin's mind.

"Yes, I saw the magical girl Ciai in the lab when I was a child—"

"So, the only possibility I can think of is that she manipulated those magical girls with children, making them 'voluntarily' send their children to the laboratory. At the same time, she also brainwashed us test subjects, making us 'voluntarily' accept those experiments."

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Heart-Eating Sacred Sound

Category: Mindset

Level: S

Holder: Compassion

description:

It possesses the ability to rewrite a person's cognition, mind, and personality. In short, it has the ability to brainwash and hypnotize.

The principle behind this mind-body manipulation is to fundamentally and forcibly overwrite and reshape the target individual's "self-cognition," thereby making them subjectively and "voluntarily" act according to the user's intentions. The resulting mental control effect is highly persistent and solidified. Therefore, it is an extremely powerful method of brainwashing and deep mental control.

It is important to note that this mental image cannot be altered from memory; it can only be used to influence personality, cognition, and spirit.

Once cognition and personality are rewritten, the impact will be deeply imprinted on the soul unless there are special means of equal or stronger effect to undo it.

Even if the holder of this mental state no longer exists (e.g., due to death), the distorted mental state and personality perception will continue to exist and will be difficult to disappear or reverse on their own.

Of course, the degree of this rewriting can be adjusted depending on the situation. For example, it is also possible to modify only one's perception of a certain thing (such as not resisting a certain thing) without changing one's original personality.

The brainwashing is extremely coercive; unless there's a specific mental construct or Mystic Code, even a mentally strong magical girl cannot resist it. It's safe to say that willpower alone cannot withstand this kind of brainwashing.