“What…!?”
“Why does she know we’re here?”
Nan Xiaofeng and Bai Ling were filled with astonishment.
Hua Ling, however, didn't grasp the deeper meaning of the question; she just felt like Xin Yuehu had discovered her.
It was easy to recall what happened that night.
But judging by Nan Xiaofeng's reaction… things seemed to be more serious…
“Hua Ling! Are you sure there’s no residual magic from Xin Yuehu on you?”
Bai Ling immediately turned her head to look at Hua Ling and asked.
Hua Ling shook her head blankly.
“No, really, I didn’t feel anything that day except for a dizzy head.”
“Then that’s strange. Since Xin Yuehu didn’t leave any magical traces on our side, how did she know where we were?”
“Tsk… It must be that guy’s detection magic. She probably mastered our magic characteristics, which is why she can pinpoint our location so accurately.” Nan Xiaofeng deduced.
“But didn’t we take the subway when we came here? There were no traces of magic use at all. How did Xin Yuehu…?”
Dull explosions rang out one after another, interrupting their discussion.
Magic missiles exploded on the evacuated road, sending countless debris flying everywhere, and the street was momentarily filled with dust.
“She’s starting to destroy the surroundings!”
Nan Xiaofeng said through gritted teeth, pulling out her guardian star from her pocket. In the blink of an eye, her transformation was complete, and she disappeared into the spreading dust.
The Bai Diao (White Sable) quickly followed her.
Hua Ling took a deep breath, trying to calm herself from the shadow of Xin Yuehu.
Calm down, Hua Ling, now is not the time to be conflicted!
Xiaofeng is your companion. What you need to do now is go support her quickly!
The guardian star fell into the girl's hand. Hua Ling opened her eyes, her gaze firm.
Magical Girl Iris—transform!
.
“Boom! Boom!”
The explosions of the magic missiles were strange and dull.
Su Tianqing maintained her obedient posture sitting on her magic staff, using only the tip of her tail to deploy magic missiles around her body, specifically targeting the empty street pavement.
Nan Jiayu floated beside her, not quite understanding why the Fox beside her was doing this.
Was she demonstrating her precise control over magic?
However, her magical power was truly terrifying… But her behavior of wantonly scattering magic missiles, in her opinion, was simply a waste of magic!
Why be so wasteful?
“I say, Xin Yuehu.”
“What is it, what is it? Cat Cat, did you find anything new?”
Su Tianqing stopped firing magic missiles and turned to look at the Cat Girl beside her.
“…You’re specifically attacking empty places, are you trying to deliberately lure out Hyacinth and the others?”
“Yes.” Su Tianqing admitted without hesitation.
Anyway, it was no secret.
“…But what’s the point of that?” Nan Jiayu finally couldn’t help but retort.
Exactly! Meaningless!
In Nan Jiayu's eyes, Xin Yuehu’s actions had no substantial effect whatsoever!
If a villain wanted to expand their influence, they should attack buildings more, so as to cause greater loss and destruction!
Only then could more people remember the existence of Xin Yuehu as a villain!
And not like this—giving advance notice, waiting for personnel to evacuate, and then attacking the road surface only after everyone had evacuated.
Unexpectedly, Su Tianqing just smiled lightly, and the tip of her tail continued to gather countless magic missiles.
Her characteristic mischievous smile was deeply imprinted in Nan Jiayu’s eyes, along with the words that came from her mouth:
“Because… it’s so much fun.”
Again, countless magic missiles flew out, exploding into a cloud of smoke and dust.
“Fun?” The unexpected answer made Nan Jiayu’s eyes widen in surprise.
“Although we are villain Magic Girls, the reason we chose to be villains isn’t just because it’s interesting, is it?”
“If innocent passersby were injured because of this, then it wouldn’t be fun at all.”
Interesting…
It was the first time Nan Jiayu had heard that word.
Actually, Nan Jiayu felt that she didn’t really like Magic Girls.
She couldn’t even clearly explain why she had persisted for two or three years.
Now, hearing the word “interesting” from Xin Yuehu’s mouth, Nan Jiayu for the first time began to seriously examine herself.
Is being a Magic Girl interesting?
—Actually, it’s still a bit interesting.
She could fly freely, secretly cheat on exams with magic, and even occasionally punish bad people she happened to see.
But Nan Jiayu also knew her position.
She was a villain and had not received the favor of the stars.
But why did the guardian star acknowledge her?
And why did it turn her into a villain Magic Girl?
Nan Jiayu remembered the day she first absorbed magic from a magically talented girl.
She also remembered the day she first ambushed a legitimate Magic Girl and then abducted her for an hour.
The frightened reactions of those girls, and the astonished expressions of those legitimate Magic Girls—
And their shy blushing expressions, and the sounds they made during the magic replenishment process—
“…Hehe.”
Unbeknownst to her, Hellcat’s lips curved into a smile similar to Xin Yuehu’s.
“Interesting.”
“Right? It’s really interesting.”
Xin Yuehu smiled sweetly.
But just as she was about to continue supplementing with a few more magic missiles to clear the area, the sky-blue figure that rushed through the smoke immediately attracted their attention.
Magic Girl—Hyacinth!
“Get out of the way!”
The Cat Girl reacted extremely quickly, swinging and pushing with her strong tail, pushing Xin Yuehu several body lengths to the side, and she herself quickly dodged!
“Clang! Whizz!!!”
The greatsword blade, imbued with powerful magic, tore through the air, and the sword wind howled.
Su Tianqing’s heart tightened with a pang of lingering fear.
No matter how many times she saw it, Hyacinth’s movements were so fast!
Such swift speed, coupled with her extremely powerful sword strikes, meant she would have to guard against this kid’s close-quarters combat in the future.
The Golden Fox seized the opportunity to flip off the magic staff, flying out to the left and right with Hellcat. Hyacinth was momentarily unsure who to pursue first.
But in any case, first focus on this sly Fox!
“Xin Yuehu! It’s you again!”
“Oh, it seems Miss Hyacinth isn’t happy to see me, Fox Fox.”
Su Tianqing smiled lightly, lightly tapping her finger to her lips, and said to Hyacinth,
“Is it because I, Fox Fox, haven’t given you enough attention? So you’re jealous, Miss Hyacinth~”
“Who would be jealous of you!!”
Hyacinth was fuming, and she swung her greatsword, charging at Xin Yuehu at full speed!
She had to teach this arrogant Fox a lesson!
But just as she accelerated and charged out,
Hyacinth only heard a strong gust of wind by her ear, and her magic perception made her instinctively turn to block!
“Crash! Boom!!!”
The greatsword blocked a cat paw gauntlet several times larger than a head, and a fair, slender arm held it up.
Although their sizes were extremely disproportionate, an unprecedented terrifying force came from this gauntlet!
Hyacinth barely managed to block it with all her might!
“Oh?”
A small head poked out from behind the gauntlet, and a pair of dark blue cat ears twitched twice on her head.
“You’ve got some skill, to be able to block my punch.”
“You are Hyacinth, the Magic Girl of Rong City.” Hellcat said softly.
“Damn it… Who are you again! Are you with that Xin Yuehu?!”
Barely blocking one punch, Hyacinth quickly dodged to the side, questioning the dark-blue Cat Girl who had reset her stance,
“I remember you! It was you who ambushed me from behind at the train station yesterday! Despicable!”
Her attack dodged, Hellcat turned in mid-air, her cat paw gauntlets on both hands slowly opened, then re-clenched into fists.
“Yesterday?”
“Hmph, that sky-blue kid from last night with movements full of flaws? So it was you.”
Hellcat said coldly.
Suddenly, the atmosphere was tense!
But just as the two were about to start fighting, an inconspicuous light spot suddenly lit up on the ground.
Hellcat reacted extremely quickly, retreating swiftly to dodge, narrowly avoiding the magic cannon beam!
Both of them simultaneously looked down at the ground.
The pure white Magic Girl raised her magic cannon, looking up at the sky.
“Fire support, huh? The timing of the support is quite precise.” Hellcat praised softly.
“But… isn’t it a bit too biased…?”
—Behind the pure white girl looking up, a fluffy tail quietly revealed a tip.
Hyacinth shouted in alarm:
“Iris!! Behind you!!”
But Hua Ling, focused on aiming at Hellcat, wouldn’t notice what was behind her.
By the time Hyacinth’s warning escaped her lips, her vision was already enveloped by a golden figure.
“Hello there, Miss Iris!~”
“Eh? When…?” Iris only had time to utter a confused murmur.
Fox Fox on her face!
Binding Magic! Activate!