“So that's why Folsaria forbade the private use of magic”
”Yes. At first it was just to stop people from returning. However, because of that Darkness Rainbow became even more extreme and private use of magic was completely prohibited”
“But they went against that”
“Yes, they just couldn't give up”
At first, Darkness Rainbow simply acted to return to their true home. However, with Folsaria forbidding their activities, they armed themselves and continued by force. The confrontation between the two continued to intensify until they were finally at war.
“However, the intensification of the battles weakened their sense of purpose. And many joined for other reasons... just like me...”
In order to make up for their lack of combat potential, Darkness Rainbow began recruiting under the purpose of free use of magic. As a result, their sense of purpose for their original objective to return to their true home was weakened, and the darker side of the organization, to freely use magic to fulfill your own ambitions, was strengthened.
“The current Darkness Rainbow are just the ruins of their past ideal and dreams. They've lost their purpose and taken the wrong path, leaving only a shell of an organization. Our enemy are the seven... no, six, magical girls who represent that organization”
The current Darkness Rainbow had forgotten about their original objective. However, they continued under the purpose of allowing free use of magic. For that sake, they sought to overthrow the Folsarian government.
“You guys have a surprisingly heavy standpoint”
”Sanae-chan... I was recruited on the spot, so I didn't really understand. But that's a really complex standpoint huh...”
”Follow my directions and follow them well”
”Yes, I'll do my best”
Like that, Koutarou and the others began understanding Darkness Rainbow and their goal, and that was a hint at what the magical girls from Darkness Rainbow were doing.
“In that case, then their target is without a doubt the magical power in this room. They're gathering power to overthrow Folsaria after all”
That was the conclusion Koutarou reached. In preparation for their decisive battle, Darkness Rainbow was trying to steal the magical power pooled in room 106. Everything made sense if one imagined that they kidnapped the children as a means to obtain it.
“Koutarou, I think the situation is a little more serious”
”What do you mean?”
“They're using something that stands out like serial kidnapping. They are probably going to challenge Rainbow Heart to the decisive battle after this mission is over”
Kiriha felt that this situation was more serious than Koutarou thought it was. Up until now, the magicians had been keeping low in order not to stand out. They left no clues behind, if possible, erased the memories of those involved and cast a ward to keep people away. Their stance was that 'magicians don't exist'.
However, this time things were different. They had chosen to kidnap several children, something that horribly stood out. This would create a major incident, and a detailed investigation by the police would be performed, making it harder for Darkness Rainbow to act in this town in the future.
The only way they would chose to do something like that was if they were never going to make a move in this city again. In other words, it was likely that the decisive battle with Rainbow Heart was close.
“Looking at it from a strategical level, the even more troublesome part is that the enemy doesn't seem to have taken the outcome here into consideration”
Theia folded her arms with a strict expression. In the eyes of a genius at battle, there was also a different problem.
“They haven't taken the outcome into consideration? You mean they don't need to win against us?”
“That's right. Since there's no strategy that can guarantee victory 100%, any commander usually thinks of the scenario of what to do when they lose. In that case, the serial kidnapping becomes a problem”
”I see! Since they've been doing kidnappings, they can't retry this battle!”
If they raised the entire cities level of alert, they wouldn't be able to fully deceive the locals, even with magic. Even if they erased the memories of the witnesses, if people with memory loss showed up frequently, they would eventually have some kind of suspicion directed their way.