As I was watching the swarm of familiars entering the room an idea came to me, an idea about how to defeat Charlotte. I may not be able to fire rockets one after another now but I still have a weapon with high fire rate of fire and destructive force; minigun. If Oriko doesn't come I will deploy a tripod here and place the minigun on it and fire upon the Charlotte I am going to throw down there, next to the door, and surely kill her. Even if Oriko comes to the room while I am firing at Charlotte she will be only exposed to hundreds of bullets as soon as I turn my aim at her.

But these thoughts got interrupted by yellowish beams I recognized from the memories of Homura. Oriko carved her path through countless familiars by shooting beams from those flying spheres of hers. She must have acted in order to stop the future I was thinking about. This made me grin; if she was acting according to the future I choose then that means I have got the control, the initiative here. I don't even need to use magic.

' So, you finally managed to come. I hope your journey didn't get you exhausted. We still have one final game to play. ' as I welcomed her, still holding my position.

" If you are talking about the cat and mouse game we have been playing, we have unfortunately reached the end of that game. You got nowhere to run away to now. " said Oriko boldly, so sure of herself.

' Oh, have you managed to win then? '

" Isn't that obvious? You can no longer run away. As soon as I get you out of the picture I won't have any problem eliminating the girl you have been protecting as well. "

' Running away? Me? From the likes of you who think they can touch Madoka? I was simply too disgusted to crush the pest standing on my way with my bare hands. I just went on a short detour to get a pesticide. Why don't you try to see the future of the pest I am talking about. ' I made a hair flip.

' That's all this story is about, a pest daring to challenge a human and a human trying to get rid of the pests to protect her happy home from them. ' I jumped down, to the same platform she was standing on.

' I have no doubt that countless pests like you will dare to stand on my way to happiness. All I have to do from now on will be crushing them under my heels. '

Oriko didn't seem to be baffled from my words. She probably thought of my confidence as mere insanity. She looks so sure of herself now that I can't use my magic.

" There was such a difference of power between us huh? It's amazing how you lived up until now with that courage. It is time to wake you up from your dreams. You won't have such a future. "

Two spheres of Oriko flew to my sides. Oriko is underestimating me, I can simply dodge two of these. But what about the remaining ones? The ones Oriko keeps by her side? So she is aiming at me from three sides now.

I pointed Charlotte towards her.

Oriko raised her eyebrows. She was surprised by my move. This means my actions guarantees my future. She doesn't know about Charlotte. She probably doesn't live long enough to face her. Oriko is fighting against a future in which she loses. She will lose against me and she is trying to prevent that.

' I was expecting this but even so, I am enjoying this. '

" What are you talking about? "

' Now now, no need to be shy. You know what I am talking about. I knew I was going to win but your confirmation made me happy nonetheless. '

" What the! " Oriko let out, faintly showing her fear.

She finally shows her true face huh. That confidence of hers was but a farce. She might have believed herself a little bit too much as well. She thinks she can change the future just because she knows what is going to happen. Hmph, what arrogance.

I threw away my pistol and pulled out a Skorpion vz61 with silencer instead. Oriko was calculating my moves. More spheres started to surround me in all directions. Only two spheres were left by Oriko's side. Oriko must have understood that I could dodge beams coming from only three directions so she covered all my area of movement. I can no longer dodge this many of them, nor can I use Charlotte as a shield.

So this is your solution huh Oriko? You are predicting my dodging pattern to make a perfect attack now? But I can't let you predict the final future, I won't give you that time.

I start shooting at Oriko, who has two spheres left to protect herself.

' You better act quick or I will eventually shoot you. '

This was no bluff, She can't protect her whole body with only two spheres.

' Now, beam me up, Scotty! '

" So noisy, just accept your death already! I have predicted all your dodging patterns! ORACLE BEAM! "

All spheres started firing their beams to my possible positions, preventing me from moving perfectly.

' And this is why you are nothing but an insect compared to me. '

I looked at my trump card, Charlotte. The solution to my problems was simple.

I threw Charlotte to the ground and pinned her down with my heels, crushing her. I shot her in the head.

I was looking at Oriko's face the whole time, to amuse myself. She was shocked, probably saw what was going to happen but it was too late now. If I gave her a little more time she could have foreseen all these; but of course, I am not that naive.

Charlotte revealed her true form, a giant snake-like creature, and spiked upwards, swallowing me in the process. But unfortunately for Charlotte, she won't be able to swallow me all the way. All the beams Oriko fired will hit her huge body and she will lose every single life she has.

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Oriko: " How can this be!? When did she think of this? "

Using magic to see the future was now pointless. If she stayed there, Oriko was going to be gunned down by Homura Akemi.

Just as he was going to start running away, a premonition struck her. Kirika was going to die.

" Now what? "

She immediately went out of the now changing room to find Kirika. She has used up too much magic today and if Kirika also dies she will never be able to recover.

She ran away before Homura got out of Charlotte's corpse.

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I changed my weapon to FAMAS as I was falling through Charlotte's corpses that are full of holes. Oriko should not be able to fire the " Oracle Beam " again in such a short interval.

I immediately jumped out of a hole, aiming at where Oriko was. Alas, she wasn't around here anymore.

This made me laugh uncontrollably. Everything went better than I could ever imagine.

' Yes, run away now Oriko. Preserve the hope and live for a potential victory. I have better plans for you than dying in this place. '

Oriko was not important now that Charlotte is dead. I took the griefseed and immediately purified my soulgem.

' Mami can have the rest. '

I release the killing intent I was trying to surpress. Now that I can use my time stop ability again I am something akin to a god. Nothing can stand in my way anymore, except for Walpurgis Night.