The minor conflict before the convention began had not caused any substantial impact. As the event officially commenced, the throngs of hardcore otaku began enjoying the feast. The Magical Girl Festival, one of the convention's main attractions, naturally drew considerable attention and proved quite popular. There were even girls from overseas cosplaying magical girls to compete, which was quite the gimmick.
Of course, there were also some light-tank, medium-tank, and heavy-tank-class individuals cosplaying magical girls... Fang Zheng was immensely grateful that he had not agreed to Eriri's request to let Sakura and the others compete. Otherwise, the moment Nanoha saw that scene, she might have picked up Heart of the Rising Sun and torn the entire venue apart.
The competition consisted of preliminaries, semifinals, and finals. Although that sounded lengthy, it did not actually take much time. Each contestant basically only had a few minutes to appear onstage, strike an iconic pose or say a famous line, and then leave.
Incidentally, although Flandre had merely waved at the otaku from the stage, her mere presence had made them scream about how adorable she was. The "moe attribute" concept gathered in an instant had nearly exceeded Flandre's limit, so Fang Zheng had no choice but to excuse her from the semifinals on the grounds that she was unwell and needed rest.
Come to think of it... the Chaos of an entire galaxy could not even withstand the resentment of several thousand otaku at a convention...
Yeah, otaku were terrifying.
In the end, the Magical Girl Festival concluded successfully. The championship went to a girl named Kurusu Kanako. She had played a local anime character from a Game World and looked exactly like the real thing. If Sakura, Fate, and Nanoha had come to compete, they might have been able to contend