Magical Girl Gone Mad? I Picked Her Up and Remade Her!

Whoosh!

However, Crimson Blade merely swept her right hand with an indifferent expression. Her magic-infused hand blade instantly sliced the Demon Crocodile Executive's twin swords cleanly in half!

"She's really gotten strong..."

Seeing this, the Demon Crocodile Executive couldn't help revealing a savage grin! It hadn't expected the magical girl who originally couldn't even defeat an ordinary executive to become like this!

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The Demon Crocodile Executive flung the two broken blades at her. Crimson Blade swayed her head left and right to dodge them in sequence, then stepped forward with her right foot and chopped off the Demon Crocodile Executive's entire left arm with a hand blade!

Whoosh!

Just then, a mass of black wind swept in! The Black Bear Executive's hands had transformed into black wind vortexes as it attacked Crimson Blade!

Sizzle—

Amid the sound of flesh rapidly regenerating, the Demon Crocodile Executive's left arm had already grown back! As a monster executive with immense vitality and regenerative power, it fearlessly reached out, intending to drag Crimson Blade underground—

Slash—

However... before the Demon Crocodile Executive's hands could even touch Crimson Blade, all ten of its fingers were severed just centimeters from her body! It was as though some sharp blade had cut them off in an instant!

"This brat..."

Left with no choice, the Demon Crocodile Executive could only retreat into the earth. The Black Bear Monster's attack followed immediately after, and a black cyclone instantly enveloped Crimson Blade's body—

Whoosh!

Yet the very next second, Crimson Blade forcibly burst out of the vortex and casually slashed apart the stream of poisonous liquid Meng Yue had spat at her!

"What is this?"

Retracting his hands, the Black Bear Executive frowned at the completely unharmed Crimson Blade. In the past, forget fighting the three of them—Black Bear alone could have defeated her!

Yet now Crimson Blade stood there with an indifferent gaze, as though nothing had happened at all. It was hard to imagine that just one or two days could bring such a transformation to a magical girl.

Come to think of it... Crimson Blade's magical attribute was [Blades]. Was turning her limbs into blades her new interpretation of those words? And it wasn't just her limbs. When the Demon Crocodile Executive tried to touch her earlier, its fingers had been cut off too...

Narrowing her eyes, Meng Yue focused her senses... She could vaguely feel a thin layer of magic spread across Crimson Blade's entire body, while the magic attached to her hands gave off an exceptionally thin and sharp sensation!

"But no matter what, it doesn't change the fact that you have little magic power!"

Crimson Blade must have developed a way to use magic power efficiently, allowing her to display immense combat strength despite having so little magic within her! What a shame~~~ No matter what, it was ultimately futile. The gulf in magical power couldn't be bridged through such petty tricks!

Whoosh!

The next second, enormous amounts of purple poisonous gas erupted from Meng Yue's body! More precisely... it was magic power in gaseous form. Converting the special magic within her body into gas and releasing it was one of the Purple Phantom Poison Cat's abilities.

And because this gas was fundamentally formed from her own magic power, Meng Yue could freely control the poison gas to avoid her allies. But Crimson Blade was now wearing a gas mask, so poison gas alone wouldn't be enough to take her down...

Then—

Meng Yue raised her cat paw. The purple poisonous gas that had originally scattered everywhere suddenly gathered around her, condensing into tiny needle-like thorns...

"Take this—"

With a wave of her cat paw, Meng Yue shouted powerfully, "Purple Poison Thorn!"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

In an instant, countless purple poison thorns flew toward Crimson Blade! Even Crimson Blade showed surprise at such a dense barrage. She raised both hands as though wielding two swift blades, and her magic-wrapped hand blades danced before her in an impenetrable blur—

Defending against the light bullets and thrown weapons of ordinary monster soldiers like this was barely manageable, but facing Meng Yue's Purple Poison Thorns was far more difficult... In less than a few seconds, several purple thorns quietly pierced into her red light armor.

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Black Armor

In an instant, Crimson Blade felt dizzy. The poison thorns fired by that female monster had actually pierced through her protective magic and red light armor, ignoring all defenses as they stabbed into her flesh!

This was pure magical power suppression. Meng Yue had poured an enormous amount of magic power into this attack. Moreover, quite a few poison thorns circled around in midair and came at Crimson Blade's back from behind—

As long as so much magical poison entered her body at once, no matter how strong Crimson Blade's willpower was, she would faint on the spot! Then I can capture her, and Master will definitely shower me with affection!

But just as Meng Yue was fantasizing about this, a black figure suddenly appeared behind Crimson Blade and used its body to block every poison thorn!

"Hm?"

Blinking, Meng Yue looked at this new enemy entirely encased in black armor. The Purple Poison Thorns she had driven with so much magic power should have had tremendous penetration and speed, yet in reality, Meng Yue's poison thorn attack couldn't even leave a single scratch on that armor.

Not only that, the armored person raised her left arm the next second. A circular opening with immense suction appeared in her left palm, sucking in every Purple Poison Thorn around her!

Then the mechanical helmet covering her face vanished in an instant as though it had been retracted, revealing a doll-like, exquisitely beautiful face beneath it. Her long black hair, which had been tucked inside the helmet, spilled down to her waist.

"Beginning support operations for Magical Girl Crimson Blade."

Parting her lips slightly, the black-haired girl spoke in an emotionless voice, then turned her red eyes toward Meng Yue...

"And executing all monsters on site..."

The girl's voice was mechanical and hollow, yet it carried an inexplicable sense of authority, as though she truly had the confidence to eliminate all the monsters present...

[Just like the old me.]

This was Meng Yue's first thought. She was far too familiar with the black-haired girl's manner of speaking. Wasn't this simply treating all of them as beneath notice?

Then she saw the black-haired girl raise her left hand and pull out a palm-sized card from the end of the gauntlet on the back of her hand.

This was—

A bad feeling rose within Meng Yue as she watched the black-haired girl insert the card into the slot of a black device hanging at her waist. The device immediately emitted a cold mechanical voice—

[Reading]

The next second, the black armor on the black-haired girl's body turned purple! Then vast amounts of purple poisonous gas burst from her body and condensed into tiny needle-like thorns in the air...

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

What followed was a barrage of purple poison thorns fired in every direction! A large number of monsters who failed to dodge were struck by the thorns and collapsed unconscious to the ground...

"This is..."

At this moment, the dizzy Crimson Blade unconsciously asked, "You can use monster powers?"

"Mm."

The black-haired girl merely responded, then pressed her palm against Crimson Blade's back. A massive amount of magic power surged into her body, instantly purging the magical poison that had invaded her earlier.

"Thanks."

Looking at this unfamiliar magical girl, Crimson Blade still thanked her. If it had been the old her, then seeing such a seemingly powerful magical girl, she definitely would have eagerly pestered her with all sorts of questions, right?

However... Crimson Blade couldn't summon up that kind of interest at all now. She merely glanced toward Meng Yue and said coldly, "That female monster is the strongest one here. Let's kill her together."

"Mm."

After giving that same reply again, the black-haired girl's little face was once more covered by the mechanical helmet. The pair of glowing sky-blue eyes on its visor locked onto Meng Yue's position as well.

"How irritating. It's like you don't even take me seriously!"

Just then, the Black Bear Monster grabbed an exceptionally heavy iron staff. Its enormous bear paws continuously spun the staff, while black cyclones rose around its body—

Whoosh!

Then, behind the black-haired girl, the Demon Crocodile Executive burst out of the ground! Its gaping jaws bit down on the black armor on the girl's back, pouring immense biting force into it... If it had been ordinary iron armor, it would likely have been bitten to pieces already!

Yet even as the Demon Crocodile Executive's teeth scraped sparks, the armor on the black-haired girl's body remained completely undamaged...

Bang!

Then the black-haired girl kicked the Demon Crocodile Executive away! She extended her left hand toward it, and a long iron spike shot out from the circular opening in her palm, piercing straight into the Demon Crocodile Executive's body...

"My magic power... is being absorbed?"

Feeling the magic power in its body rapidly drain away, the Demon Crocodile Executive was overcome by weakness. But that didn't stop it from shouting, "Attack me along with her while you can!"

After all, the black-haired girl was busy absorbing its magic power. That made her an obvious target, and the others' attacks should surely be able to hit her now!

"Meow!"

Rubbing her cat paws together, Meng Yue was just about to attack when... at that moment, a familiar voice came through the miniature magic arrays installed in her ears, as well as those of the Black Bear Executive and Demon Crocodile Executive.

Whoosh!

After receiving that command, the Black Bear Executive fiercely swung its iron staff! A black gale surged toward the black-haired girl's back—

"I'll block this attack!!"

Crimson Blade stepped forward at that moment! Now fully recovered, she raised her hands, intending to block the attack for her new companion—

Whoosh!

However... what she hadn't expected was that the gale seemed to possess a will of its own. Under the Black Bear Executive's control, it veered away from its original trajectory toward the black-haired girl's back and swept toward the Demon Crocodile Executive lying on the ground instead!

Before Crimson Blade could react, she watched the enormous black tornado bypass her and slam into the Demon Crocodile Executive behind her—

Crack!

The black-haired girl clearly hadn't expected the Black Bear Monster to attack its own fallen ally either, so she froze for a moment... As a result, the iron spike extending from her palm snapped as well. Then she watched the Demon Crocodile Executive get swept into the air—

"Damn it—they got away!"

Crimson Blade's furious voice came from beside her! Hearing this, the black-haired girl glanced at where the female monster had been standing and discovered that she had indeed vanished.

Was this... attacking their own ally so openly just to secretly prepare for an escape?

Looking toward the Black Bear Monster again, it had indeed disappeared after launching its attack. As for the Demon Crocodile Executive that had just been swept away by the gale, who knew where it had landed and burrowed underground by now.

PS: My computer lagged... The chapter didn't get uploaded before six, sorry. This one counts as yesterday's! There'll still be another update today.

It's Broken~~~

"Confirmed. No monsters remain on site."

The mechanical helmet vanished again, revealing the girl's beautiful face. She then asked in the same emotionless tone, "Lord Papi, do you have any further instructions?"

At that moment, Papi appeared beside the black-haired girl. With this magical girl protecting him, he had become much bolder and even dared to come to the battlefield personally.

"Review the battle data. Try not to let them escape next time."

Papi gave this instruction, and the black-haired girl nodded before replying briefly, "Understood."

"Um... who exactly are you?"

Looking at the black-haired girl in black armor before her, Crimson Blade blinked and asked in confusion. After all, she had never seen—or even heard of—a magical girl with this kind of mechanical style before!

"Magical Girl Judgment. Considering that... you're the only magical girl left here, she will be your partner in protecting Starry Sky City and eliminating the Monster Organization in the future."

Papi explained, "If it hadn't been for Judgment just now, the other monsters would have already begun attacking civilians while you were fighting here!"

"What? Are they okay?!"

At that instant, even though Crimson Blade's heart was filled with hatred, she still asked that question instinctively. Papi answered, "Don't worry. Judgment stopped it from happening. Of course, it's not your fault either. After all, no magical girl can possibly handle everything alone."

Indeed... even magical girls like Meng Yue had been restrained by the Monster Organization through methods like this many times. Back then, because Xinghua and Crimson Blade had been around, the three magical girls together could handle most situations.

But things were different now! Of the original three magical girls, only Crimson Blade remained. Asking her to fight the Monster Organization while protecting everyone in the city was indeed more than she could manage alone, so it was only natural for Papi to find reinforcements elsewhere.

"Mm... you're right."

Crimson Blade nodded. Although she felt uncomfortable about teaming up with someone else so soon after her sister had been killed, she naturally couldn't reject a new partner over such emotional reasons. So Crimson Blade extended her hand toward the black-haired girl in greeting. "Hello, I'm Magical Girl Crimson Blade! My real name is Ling Nai. Nice to meet you!"

"..."

Facing Crimson Blade's outstretched hand, the black-haired girl looked at her hand, then at Crimson Blade's face... Then she tilted her head, showing a faintly confused expression.

It was as though... she didn't know how she was supposed to respond at this moment.

"This child isn't very good at expressing her emotions. You don't need to mind it. Just know that she bears you no ill will."

Papi broke the awkward silence in a cheerful tone. "But there's no doubt about her strength! She's naturally very skilled with swords too, so Crimson Blade, you can spar with her more often from now on!"

"That's great!"

At these words, excitement immediately appeared on Crimson Blade's face! If the black-haired girl was truly a swordsmanship expert, then Crimson Blade could undoubtedly improve her own strength through sparring with her... and become even stronger!

"Then please teach me well!"