When a person is compassionate, sympathizes with those around them, and sacrifices their own interests to help them, they are called kind.
When a person's compassion is overflowing, sympathizing with almost everyone and sacrificing their own interests to help them, they are called a saint.
When a person's compassion is overflowing, but they condemn those around them and sacrifice their interests to help others, they are called a "saintly bitch."
Clearly, Madoka was by no means the last, but she wasn't the first either.
As a young girl who didn't know the cruelties of the world, she did indeed hold a basic sense of compassion and pity for everyone, and she would not sacrifice the interests of others to satisfy her own sentiments.
Homura could be said to both love and hate this particular trait of Madoka's.
The hate was obvious. As her friend, how could she bear to watch Madoka sacrifice her own interests to help others time and time again?
If it were small matters like money, it would be one thing, but when it came to major issues involving hope, life, and the future, Madoka still did not hesitate to give, which was a real headache.
As for the love, that was even more self-evident. After all, the reason she was saved in the first place, pulled back from the brink of suicidal despair, was because of Madoka's overflowing love.
Having been drawn in by that brilliance herself, how could she speak ill of that brilliance after recovering from her own breakdown?
However, while that may be true, Homura was still unwilling to see Madoka give too much for others. She knew Madoka had her reasons, but there were so many people in the world. Could she really save them all?
"I'm not trying to force Big Brother Su Mo to do these things. I just wanted to ask to what extent he's capable!" Madoka immediately explained to avoid being misunderstood.
The fact that Su Mo was willing to save them was already more than enough to be grateful for. No matter what, there was no reason to use this kindness to force him to save other magical girls. With Madoka's personality, she would naturally not do such a thing. Her question this time was born purely out of curiosity.
"Mhm." Su Mo didn't mind these trivial details. He understood Madoka's personality and wouldn't be swayed by anyone's request anyway, so there was no need to overthink it.
"Even with my power, if I'm just casually lending a hand, I can only alter the fate of all the magical girls and witches currently in the world. If I'm a bit more serious, I can save all the magical girls from ancient times to the future of this entire world, but that's it."
"..."
Hearing this, both Mami and Homura fell silent.
That's it?
When they heard Su Mo say he could only save a few, they thought his familiar quota was in the single digits and even felt a little guilty for taking up a spot.
Only now did they realize that when Su Mo said "a few," his starting point was all the magical girls and witches in the world. And with a little more effort, it became all the magical girls in this world from the beginning of time.
It was only at this moment that they had a clear understanding of the power Su Mo wielded. What magical boy? This was clearly God himself! If he could undo the tragedy of all the magical girls in this world throughout history, was there anything he couldn't do?
As if sensing their confusion, Su Mo quickly explained. "Using a complete world's entire timeline from past to present as a base unit, if I use my full power, I should be able to save all the magical girls from past to present in multiple worlds..."
"But, to save all the magical girls on all timelines in all worlds throughout the entire multiverse is currently impossible."
Limited to just this world, Su Mo could achieve what was effectively omnipotence. But if it involved the entire multiverse, his current power was not enough to cover it all. That was a realm only a single-digit, multiverse-level existence could reach.
"Is that so." Hearing Su Mo's words, Madoka nodded, a little disappointed. "If even Big Brother Su Mo can't do it, then I definitely can't save the magical girls in other worlds."
"...Other worlds."
It was only at this moment that Mami understood what Madoka was worried about.
That's right. In their earlier conversation, Su Mo had mentioned that more than one world had a Kyubey. As a gift from an unknown civilization to other universes, Kyubey was spread throughout various universes, cultivating magical girls in each one. Therefore, the number of universes covered by the concept of magical girls was far beyond what a person could calculate, reaching the level of a multiverse.
With Su Mo around, the tragedy of all the magical girls in this universe, past and present, had a chance to be averted. But other universes wouldn't be so lucky. Madoka was worried about the magical girls in those other universes.
Since other universes also had Kyubey and followed its system of guiding magical girls, it meant that the magical girls in those universes were also trapped in Kyubey's lies, destined to fall into witchhood and become monsters that killed humans.
"Aren't you worrying about things a bit too far off?" Mami couldn't help but retort. Even if your compassion was overflowing, it shouldn't overflow into other universes, right?
"S-Sorry, I just feel that... magical girls shouldn't have to meet such an end," Madoka said, lowering her head in embarrassment. Her words, however, struck a chord with Mami.
That's right. Magical girls, who have always fought for love, hope, and justice, how could they live in such a vile deception, and in the end, even become the very monsters they hate the most?
"Even so, Madoka, you're thinking too much," Homura immediately interjected. No matter what, she had to dispel Madoka's idea and prevent this child from doing something foolish.
So, after some thought, she said, "...Other worlds probably don't even exist..."
Homura's attempt at reassurance might have been convincing to others. After all, no one could prove the existence of other worlds. However, saying this to Madoka had the opposite effect.
After all...
"Other worlds... don't exist?" Looking at the chat group, then at Su Mo, Madoka had a look of someone who wanted to say something but couldn't. If they really don't exist, where did Su Mo come from?
"That's right!" Homura, unaware of Madoka's thoughts or Su Mo's true identity, nodded and continued. "Even if you want to sympathize with those magical girls, you first have to consider whether other worlds exist, whether those magical girls exist... Besides, even if by some chance these universes do exist, even Big Brother Su Mo doesn't have a solution. That means it's impossible for us to save everyone. In that case, what's the point of even considering it?"
Homura's tone was one of earnest persuasion. Though she herself was still a loli, she was nagging like an old mother. The reasons she brought up were indeed very convincing.
Beside her, Mami was nodding repeatedly in agreement. Even Madoka was starting to hesitate. Although Homura was undoubtedly wrong about other worlds, her latter point was not incorrect.
If even Su Mo couldn't solve the problem, did she really have the right to consider a solution?
However, before Madoka could back down, Su Mo's sudden words left Homura completely dumbfounded.
"There is."
"There is what?" Homura asked instinctively.
"A way to solve the problem. A way to save all the magical girls in the multiverse, that is."
Under everyone's incredulous gaze, Su Mo spoke calmly, correcting what Homura had said.
"Big Brother Su Mo, didn't you just say you could only save a few universes at most?" Madoka asked, confused.
"If I were to rely solely on my existing power, that is indeed the extent of my interference," Su Mo nodded, then looked at Madoka. "But, if we use a certain special method, it's possible to leverage the power of the entire multiverse and create a single-digit, or multiverse-domain-level, godhood."
"If we do that, with the power of the multiverse, we can directly interfere with all the universes where Kyubey exists and rewrite the fate of all magical girls."
Being able to do this didn't mean it was the only thing he could do. With his current strength, Su Mo rarely needed to resort to schemes and plots. But when facing this particular goal, he still needed to use the inspiration from the original story to better achieve his objective.
"Gasp..." Hearing Su Mo's words, Madoka's eyes widened.
Perhaps Mami and Homura didn't understand what he was saying, but Madoka, who often lurked in the chat group and read through old messages, knew what a single-digit, multiverse-domain-level power represented.
That was a level that surpassed even the current Su Mo, a level that was unprecedented in the entire chat group—a Tier 8 existence.
Before this, among all the worlds in the chat group, only Little Garden, the paradise of gods and buddhas, had an existence of a similar scale, and that was the Wind of Decadence, a being without self-awareness.
But now, her own world's upper limit was actually on par with Little Garden? Madoka had thought Su Mo was joking before, but now that he had reiterated it, she realized he was telling the truth.
"M-Multiverse-domain-level power? How do we obtain that? Can we help?" Madoka asked instinctively. She was just concerned and didn't think she was qualified to help Su Mo.
She never expected...
"Of course you can," Su Mo's answer was beyond everyone's expectations. "In fact, Madoka, you are the best candidate... the best choice for the Law of Cycles."