“Is this the end? Isn't it a bit too rushed?”
Later, on a rooftop in Sui City.
Hellcat sat on the edge of the rooftop, holding a cup of cola she had just bought from the burger shop downstairs, and said to the Golden Fox beside her.
For her, the grand drama of the rule-breaking incident at the Sui City Zoo seemed to end too abruptly—at least in the final battle, Hyacinth and the others could have joined in as support, and then the three of them could have engaged in a big battle with the Magic Girl.
That would have been more exciting.
“Hmm… I see… So that’s what you think, Jia Yu…”
Su Tianqing tilted her head and glanced at the Cat Girl beside her, revealing a charming smile.
“From a certain perspective, it was a bit rushed today, but if we had done that and gotten carried away fighting them, we wouldn’t have had this much fun today, you know.”
“Hmm… So it’s a long-term consideration, then.”
The Cat Girl fell into thought, as if contemplating another possibility.
Actually, this statement wasn't entirely objective; Su Tianqing had added a bit of her own agenda to it.
—If this fight continues, Ben Hu will be out of tricks!
Maintaining a Mindscape World is exhausting, okay! Not to mention custom-making a hero story for Mai Sui within a rule-breaking incident! She hadn't even thought about what the hero should do after defeating the Demon King!
Plus, Mai Sui was disappointing; even with all Ben Hu's efforts, there wasn't a single sign of Star Shadow, which is why she had no choice but to let Dandelion Fox Fox, who was on standby outside, break in and give her a manual boost.
But she didn't expect Dandelion Fox Fox to be so strong, directly boosting Mai Sui to a pseudo-Star Shadow level, and with the script for Bai Lili and the others also steadily progressing, it directly shattered the Cancer Witch.
That was the super Witch Ben Hu had specially customized! Max-level magic resistance plus super magic cannon resistance! And she was shattered head-on just like that?
This made Su Tianqing even more determined that in this classic story world, she absolutely could not continue to entangle herself with the protagonists in the script.
Last time it was Hyacinth and Iris, this time it's Mai Sui. Although she always manipulated the whole situation from behind the scenes, it seems Ben Hu's frontal combat power completely fails to live up to her theoretical strength.
So Su Tianqing chose to quit while she was ahead, getting her fun and then quickly running away, not getting herself dragged in just for the sake of watching the show.
“But today was quite fun; I saw some very interesting things.” After thinking for a long time, the Cat Girl couldn't come up with anything else and simply answered honestly.
Su Tianqing smiled softly.
Finding fun—that is the ultimate pursuit of a villain.
And today's fun was undoubtedly the richest in recent times:
Whether it was the Magic Girls exploring fear in the rule-breaking incident, or their brave fearlessness after breaking the rules, every aspect could bring a knowing smile.
“…Rabbit.”
“Hmm…”
Suddenly called by name, Xia Taotao shivered and timidly looked at the Golden Fox beside her.
“Did you have fun today?”
“…Very fun.” Xia Taotao was momentarily bewildered, then said softly.
She didn't quite understand why Fox Fox suddenly asked such a question, but as Cheshire Rabbit, she felt fully satisfied today.
She even resolved to follow Fox Fox's footsteps forever.
“Is that so? It seems everyone had a great time today,” Su Tianqing said with emotion.
“But I don’t think Hyacinth looked very happy,” Nan Jiayu replied.
“Hmm… Liza and Cang Er, they seemed quite scared today, and Lvlian and the others too…” Xia Taotao said with a wry smile, picking up the conversation.
Speaking of Lvlian, Xia Taotao remembered what happened on the small train.
Edelweiss and Violet boarded the train with anticipation, thinking they could escape smoothly, but because they violated the rules, they contributed a large amount of magic power to her, who had been following them the whole way, making all the animals they saw along the way turn into pink Rabbits.
Amidst screams of terror throughout the journey, as soon as the two jumped off the train, they ran straight into Hellcat, who was already waiting at the destination, and were immediately captured and locked in a small dark room.
“Hehehe… After all, we’re villains, so naturally, we have to derive this joy from them, you know.”
The Demon King Fox Fox grinned, making the two people beside her shiver.
Who would have thought that the usually bright and sunny Golden Fox was actually the great Demon King among the villainous Magic Girls?
But this huge contrast made her even more endearing.
The Cat Girl muttered to herself, quietly moving closer to the Golden Fox, sniffing the ethereal gardenia scent in the air.
.
“We played very late today, it’s time to go back and rest.”
Su Tianqing glanced at the time on her phone, her gaze falling on the distant scenery. The two people beside her also looked out at the silent Zhujiang River in the distance.
In a strange city, the familiar trio sat on a rooftop sharing a late-night snack, immersed in the night view before them.
It was already late at night; the Zhujiang River surface had long fallen silent. Even the night market had closed down at this hour, and it seemed as if only the three of them were still awake in the entire city.
Su Tianqing suddenly remembered a poem she had read before, recalling the solitary pride of fishing in the cold river snow.
Perhaps this was what the great Demon King in stories felt when looking down upon the world.
If she were a great Demon King, what kind of thoughts would she have in such an environment?
Wanting to destroy this world? Or wanting to rule it? Or not thinking about anything at all, just silently gazing?
Or… thinking about what big trick to pull next time she looked for trouble?
Never mind, she would decide after returning to Rong City.
“We should be going back to Rong City tomorrow,” Su Tianqing said to the Rabbit Girl beside her.
“Eh? So soon?”
Xia Taotao was a little surprised.
“Yes, the plane tickets are already booked. After all, we just came here for tourism. Who knew we’d run into that Red Rose business,” Nan Jiayu added.
Su Tianqing didn't say much more.
Actually, she came to Sui City specifically to find Red Rose. This one thing, she hadn't dared to tell Jia Yu.
But speaking of this, Su Tianqing felt that one day she would tell her about the secret codex, but before that… it was better to first satisfy their respective fun-loving natures.
“Do you two, Catcat Rabbitrabbit, have anything you want to do?” Su Tianqing suddenly asked, as if she had thought of something.
Although she had always tried to satisfy her two companions' wishes, it seemed she had never actually asked them what they truly liked.
The Cat Girl shook her head.
“I don’t care, as long as there’s a chance to fight, it’s good enough.”
“Me too…” The Rabbit Girl shrank her neck.
“Is that so? Well, I suddenly have an idea, I wonder if you two will like it.”
Saying this, Su Tianqing pulled out a few items she had bought from the secret codex shop from under her skirt, displaying them to the two beside her.
“Look! These are my latest items! 【Transformation Talismans】!”
“…Uh-huh?”
Nan Jiayu had already gotten used to the Golden Fox's habit of always pulling out curious little items from under her skirt, and she took one with interest.
“What is this? How do you play with it?”
“Heheheh… Just you wait and see.”
With that, Su Tianqing placed the talisman on her guardian star over her heart, and with a surge of magic, her form changed almost instantly.
In the blink of an eye, the Golden Fox was no more, replaced by the Magic Girl 【Dandelion】 with a cunning smile.
“?!”
“Wha… Dandelion…?”
“Don’t be surprised! This is the power of the Transformation Talisman, you know!”
【Dandelion】 said with a smile, then instantly transformed back into Xin Yuehu the moment she removed the talisman, causing the two to stare in shock.
“Do you think the ‘True and False Magic Girls’ activity… would be interesting enough?”