Lantian Zhu spoke in a low voice, her words already beginning to fill with confusion. "That's the unbeatable monster codenamed 'Snake Man.'"
"With a mere snap of his fingers, he can devour others... With the flow of magic, he can turn people he knows nearby into puppets."
"That isn't an existence we can rival."
"I heard he was headed for Wind City, so I came here to seek revenge... I thought I was brave enough."
Lantian Zhu could no longer keep her expression calm, and the bitterness on her face was plainly visible. "When I saw that monster with snakes for arms last night... I was almost too terrified to move."
"But afterward, I immediately got angry at myself for mistaking him... Like a cat puffing up all its fur to make itself look bigger."
"I realized that if I really met 'Snake Man,' I might not dare to take revenge."
In response to Lantian Zhu's words, Yaochuan Guang perfectly played the role of a listener. She quietly listened, empathizing with that contradiction.
There was an enemy she wanted to avenge herself upon.
Yet both reason and emotion told her one cruel fact—the other party was impossible to defeat.
At that point, did that kind of "revenge," that amounted to "throwing away one's life," still have any meaning?
"I became a magical girl because there was a senior magical girl I admired... She saved my life."
"But that day, all of us saw it with our own eyes."
"The entire Purge Squad had its formation scattered by the flying Giant Serpent. Then, the senior I admired... was swallowed on the spot, leaving not even a corpse behind."
"Little Guang... what should I do?"
Lantian Zhu asked softly.
"..." Yaochuan Guang dearly wished she were someone quick-witted and eloquent, so she