Red Ponytail looked at the four sleeping girls before her and felt utterly speechless.
Felicia was only the beginning. In fact, it was not just Felicia—Yachiyo, Tsuruno, and Futaba Sana all had similar psychological problems. This had left them in rather poor condition; one could even say that every one of them had fallen to the lowest warning threshold...
"The Magical Girls in this city need large-scale psychological rehabilitation."
Red Ponytail stared wordlessly at the data on her Personal Terminal, unsure what to say. In the previous Magical Girl world, only two or three of the first batch of contracted Magical Girls had ultimately chosen to sleep. Yet in this world, all five of these Magical Girls had almost instinctively chosen sleep... Kozue had managed to pull through, but if the other four continued like this, they would probably be beyond saving.
Even Tsuruno was the same—Red Ponytail had never expected that cheerful little girl to have such darkness within her. But now, there was truly no other way.
"Kozue."
As Felicia's mental readings gradually recovered, Red Ponytail breathed a sigh of relief and opened the communications channel.
"Looks like you did well. Still, I'll have to trouble you to take a look around Yachiyo, Tsuruno, and Futaba Sana's mental worlds too."
"Huh... Why?"
"These girls also seem like they won't make it through... From what I can see, you're the only one who can persuade them now. Do your best, girl. I'm rooting for you."
"Um... Okay, I understand."
Kozue was somewhat surprised to hear that, but her tone quickly turned resolute. Red Ponytail whistled, then lay back on the sofa with her hands behind her head, watching the scene before her.
Still, Kozue really did have a bit of a Protagonist Halo about her.
As the four girls'