Bai Lili felt like she was dreaming.
She had dreamed like this before:
Traveling to another place with friends, encountering a giant Monster there, rising up to resist but being powerless, only to be woken up by the alarm clock at the critical moment.
The dream Monster was defeated by the Magic Alarm Clock—such a boring ending.
But Bai Lili had never imagined a scene like this:
Coming to Hong Kong City, fighting alongside Hellcat against a Familiar Witch, and her opponent was a Star Realm Giant Beast capable of leveling Hong Kong City.
But just as she was about to strategically retreat and regroup, she saw her former comrade, who had been missing for ten years, in a mysterious magic rift.
"Inari? ...No, is that Inari? Is it really her?"
Bai Lili was a little disoriented, speaking incoherently.
Cheshire Rabbit was also stunned by the scene before her, even rubbing her eyes to make sure she wasn't mistaken, then shouted loudly:
"—Inari!?"
Such exclamations rose and fell across Hong Kong City.
Red Zircon pulled her spear from the remains of a Monster, and along with Zi Ying Shi, whose magic wand had transformed into a sniper rifle, looked up in surprise at the Red Fox Girl who had appeared from the rift.
No one in the world was more familiar with Magic Girl Inari than the Hailanshi Team.
She was the direct senior of the four Hai Lan Shi, and except for Zi Ying Shi, who entered the profession later and didn't receive much guidance from Inari, the other three had more or less dealt with Inari.
Ten years.
Since Inari suddenly announced her retirement, she had not appeared even once in ten whole years.
People speculated widely about her whereabouts—some said she had gone on a Star Realm wandering journey like Mercury, while others said she was seriously injured and recuperating under the protection of the Hero Association,
and some held a pessimistic view, believing that Inari had passed away, and the news was kept secret simply to avoid upsetting her fans.
However, all these conjectures vanished at this moment, everything became irrelevant, the familiar Red Fox Girl in the sky was enough to explain everything!
Inari was alive, and she was still protecting Hong Kong City, protecting the city where she had been active for more than ten years!
"Senior Inari..."
"She really came back... Inari..."
Zi Ying Shi was full of questions, but still felt an indescribable excitement.
As for Red Zircon, who knew everything, she was speechless at this moment.
Nan Gong Qian Sui, Zi Xuan's older sister, the true identity of Magic Girl Inari,
she had written a large batch of timed emails ten years ago, answering all the emails and greetings Zi Xuan had sent her during those ten years.
And today, ten years later, she fulfilled her promise in those emails!
She returned to Hong Kong City as Inari, directly confronting this incredibly powerful Star Realm Giant Beast!
But.
The excitement slowly faded, and Red Zircon gradually calmed down, her gaze serious.
Even Senior Inari, she was absolutely no match for that Star Realm Giant Beast.
The magic on that giant snake was unprecedentedly powerful, and Inari didn't even have Star Shadow, so how could she talk about confronting it?
"...There will always be a way!"
Red Zircon shook her head, saying firmly.
At this point, there was nothing left to question about Senior Inari.
Believe in her, she will definitely be able to do it!
Su Tianqing gazed at the Red Fox Girl floating in the air.
With the new form of the Xin Yue Magic Wand, her magic was recovering at high speed, and the brief symptoms of magic emptiness had completely recovered.
"We meet again, Miss Xin Yuehu." The Red Fox Girl looked down at the Golden Fox on the ground, smiling as she spoke.
This sentence made everyone present pause.
Only Su Tianqing smiled and nodded in response:
"Yes, we finally met, it's quite moving."
"Although for me it was only a moment... Well, let's talk about reminiscing later, we need to find a way to deal with it."
After a brief greeting, Inari turned to face the giant snake, which had already half-emerged from the ground.
Even with only this part of its body, it still caused extremely widespread destruction—
Buildings collapsed, streets were ruined, prosperous office buildings and commercial areas turned into nothing, just like the destruction of the old Kowloon City back then.
However, the residents of Hong Kong City had all evacuated long ago,
under the unremitting efforts of the Hero Association and the Magic Girls, plus the Monster army released by Su Tianqing to block Jörmungandr's Monster army, even with destruction of this scale, there were no casualties!
A miraculous response!
But everyone knew in their hearts that the key factor was still to come.
If Jörmungandr could not be defeated, allowing it to escape into the sea or return underground, it would inevitably cause an even greater disaster in the future!
It must be defeated here!
"Hoo-wong!!"
Inari raised the red magic wand in her hand.
Magic flowed around her, the rift in the barrier behind her suddenly closed, and the residual magic transformed into countless magic missiles, shooting towards Jörmungandr!
【Missile Storm】
The scene was grand and magnificent.
But these magic missiles couldn't even tickle Jörmungandr; they were just a diversion.
When the Cat Girl and Golden-haired Fox Girl flew to her side, Inari's next magic followed closely, firmly covering Jörmungandr's line of sight towards them.
"What do we do next?" Using the magic's fire cover, Nan Jiayu asked Inari.
The latter, while maintaining a brief suppressive fire, quickly replied:
"The magic of the current world cannot break the Star Realm barrier on Jörmungandr; we still need to use the Star Realm Magic of Greedy Wolf Star."
"How is Miss Ye Lan's condition? Can she handle the upcoming battle?"
The three looked together at Fenrir, who was ganging up on the last Snake Woman Witch with Cheshire Rabbit.
"…Doggy looks quite lively, I think she can do it," Su Tianqing said.
"Hmm… Isn't she a wolf?"
Inari tilted her head, her fox ears twitching twice, and Su Tianqing's ears twitched twice in response. The two Fox Fox exchanged glances, understanding each other without further words.
"In short, our battle plan remains unchanged: find a way to send Miss Ye Lan to Jörmungandr's side, and she will guide the magic of Greedy Wolf Star!"
"Will it really work?" Nan Jiayu felt a little uneasy.
It doesn't seem very reliable!
After coming to Hong Kong City, she and Xia Taotao often specially trained Fei Yelan, but her current strength doesn't seem sufficient to guide Greedy Wolf Star!
Look, it took a lot of effort to fight a Familiar Witch even with full magic!
The Golden Fox's gaze moved from Fenrir's battlefield towards Dandelion and Bai Lili.
Because she had switched to automatic mode at the last moment, Dandelion and her magic were not shared, not to mention Bai Lili was assisting, so Dandelion's brief magic emptiness quickly recovered, and she was now lively strengthening Xia Taotao and Fei Yelan.
With the strengthening, she could indeed hang a Familiar Witch and beat her, but is this...
"At this point, we can only trust Miss Ye Lan," Inari sighed, saying.
No matter how unreliable she was, she was currently the only Magic Girl with aptitude for Greedy Wolf Star, the one most likely to connect with Greedy Wolf Star.
But Xin Yuehu's eyes rolled, and she suddenly thought of something.
"—No, I think Ye Lan is very reliable! She can definitely do it!"
The Golden-haired Fox Girl said with unwavering determination.
There was no need to worry about whether Fei Yelan could gain the favor of Greedy Wolf Star; the only thing to consider now was how to send her to Jörmungandr's side!
Because... she had an absolute trump card!
—A magic item from the mercury codex, the ultimate trump card she had obtained with free exchange points:
【Star Realm Connection Magic】!