Chapter 245

(To hell with those guys! All I want now is for all the bad guys to die and all the good guys to be safe and sound!!)

"After today, the Cheetah Gang will be history..."

Watching the plot unfold on the Sky Screen, Aurora crossed her arms and said softly.

Compared to the Crocodile Brotherhood, who didn't actually do anything on the Sky Screen, the Cheetah Gang's actions were clearly more excessive and more intolerable.

They lure homeless people from the neighborhood away and send them to large corporations to be used as experimental subjects, while also squeezing the living space of the homeless at the bottom of society... It's alright if this kind of thing isn't exposed, but once it is, destruction will become inevitable.

Not only the Cheetah Gang, but also the Americas District Federation, which condones this kind of thing, will probably be torn apart by the public.

Aurora could even foresee a large crowd of protesters gathering in front of the city hall tomorrow.

"Serves them right!" Chen Xiaoxia said angrily, "This kind of gang shouldn't exist! No... gangs shouldn't exist at all! Why are these organizations that bully ordinary people still allowed here?! In our hometown, these things would have been wiped out long ago!!"

Always straightforward and outspoken, unable to hide her feelings, Chen Xiaoxia continued to express her anger as always.

If the Cheetah Gang still exists tomorrow, not only will ordinary people be unwilling, but Chen Xiaoxia herself won't be either!

If the Federation doesn't make a move tomorrow, then she will!

Anyway, Magical Girls now have unlimited law enforcement power, so they can do anything that Chen Xiaoxia believes is just.

"After all... the world is Federation..."

Xiao Chun said softly.

Because of this system, the laws differ from continent to continent to region to region, and even from city to city.

There's no way to apply the laws of the Central Continent District here.

The only thing the Magical Girls can do now is use their power to cleanse these filths that shouldn't exist.

That's all.

[The scene changes, and we are now in a laboratory.]

Luna walked through the laboratory unnoticed, unnoticed, because everything there was a projection of Xilisi's memories.

These people wouldn't notice Luna until Xilisi became aware of Luna existence.

"Here it is..."

"It seems to be a memory of that child being experimented on."

Lien answered calmly.

She looked around at the buildings and said to Luna, "Follow that researcher ahead, yes... just keep going straight down this road."

The layouts of most of the Aurora Society's laboratories are actually quite similar.

Lien had worked in a laboratory before, so she was somewhat familiar with the environment and routes here.

Of course, this is neither a good thing nor something to be thankful for, but at least because of this, Lien can lead Luna to reach Xilisi without taking some detours.

I followed the man in the white coat in front of me.

The two walked through the long corridor, past several floors requiring verification, and finally arrived at the laboratory's 'final stop'.

That dark place where human bodies are modified.

"Aaaaaaahh..."

"Heart rate 180...190... and still rising!!"

"Body temperature 42.8 degrees Celsius... Activate the cooling device immediately!"

"Injecting an immune-boosting agent—no... the Magic Source within her body is resisting any injected medicine!"

As soon as Luna entered the laboratory, she heard the screams of Xilisi, who was lying on the experimental table and tightly locked up.

At this moment, Xilisi's body was showing some signs of becoming a white tiger, and her height, which was originally only 1.56 meters, was also increasing.

The researchers around her were busy injecting anesthetics into Xilisi's body, along with more sedatives.

However, the results were minimal.

The alarms of various testing instruments were blaring incessantly, and the entire laboratory was noisy and filled with voices.

"Doctor... should we continue? She seems... to be failing."

Outside the lab bench, the lab assistant reported to Avery had blond hair.

Avery looked at the data in his hand, a slight smile on his face, and said to his assistant:

"She's about to collapse? Didn't you see? Her magic power has already exceeded the threshold of becoming a monster, yet she's still managing to maintain her human form!"

"What... what does this mean?"

"This means she has a lot of potential!!!" Avery practically pressed himself against the glass.

He was admiring the scenery as if he were looking at a landscape, and the struggling Xilisi on the experimental table was the most beautiful 'scenery' in his eyes.

"Increase the amount of magic injected! Inject all the magic we have at this stage!" Avery didn't forget to give orders to his subordinates while 'appreciating' them.

"But... the rejection reaction is so severe now, her body will break down!"

"It's okay! I believe in her! She can definitely pull through! She absolutely can!! Because... we must believe in 'hope'!!!"

Avery spread his arms wide, like an actor performing in an opera, speaking loudly and in an exaggerated, strange tone.

Standing behind him, Luna could no longer contain herself. She changed the Magical Armament in her hand, and a few seconds later, a Gatling Gun appeared in Luna's hand.

"Disgusting, go to hell."

Luna spoke coldly, her voice still indifferent, but the Gatling Gun in her hand burst forth with a scorching blue light!

Da da da da--

The Gatling Gun fired at Avery, who was standing right in front of him. The spent casings from the magic bullets fell to the ground with a crisp, pleasant sound.

Avery's body was pierced through, cracks appeared in the glass in front of him, and seconds later, it was shattered by a Gatling Gun bullet.

The remaining bullets flew towards the laboratory personnel. Luna treated everyone equally, sparing no one except for Xilisi, who was undergoing experiments!

The people in the laboratory were shattered by Gatling Gun bullets, but they didn't bleed; they just fell to the ground, their bodies broken.

It looked like a group of clay figurines, scattered all over the ground.

Even so, the 'plot' seems to continue.

Luna could still hear the voices of the researchers around her; their experiments were still ongoing, and they were still injecting Pain drugs into Xilisi's body.

A different expression finally appeared on Luna's face.

She gritted her teeth, anger flashing in her eyes. Even though she knew it was all just a scene from her memory, she still rushed forward and rescued Xilisi, who was bound to the experimental table.

But as soon as Luna touched Xilisi and carried her on her back, Luna heard Xilisi mutter to herself:

"Did I... do something wrong...?"

Xilisi's voice was very soft and faint.

Upon hearing this, Luna stopped in her tracks, her eyes reddening.

Volume 3 Side Story <Magical Girl Aurora>: Chapter 271 Don't Give Up Hope

[Xilisi never did anything wrong.]

Becoming an orphan was not her fault, nor was scavenging for scraps in the ruins to survive.

Even if she applied for the "high-paying job" that the Cheetah Gang talked about in order to improve herself, that was not her fault.

There's nothing wrong with wanting to live, and there's nothing wrong with wanting to become better.

So... why did it turn out like this?

Xilisi didn't understand.

"... Humans are such contradictory species, capable of harming each other," Lien murmured.

"I want to... take her away," Luna whispered.

"This is her dream. Even if you take her away, she won't be able to leave the area confined by the dream..."

"Then I'll take her with me."

Luna was very determined.

Even if this is a dream, she doesn't want Xilisi to Pain.

Even just a little bit, Luna hoped that Xilisi could have a beautiful dream that wasn't so sad.

Lien stared at Luna for a few seconds, then pointed ahead of the laboratory and said, "Let's go out this way. Perhaps... we can find an exit."

"Um."

Luna nodded, and carrying Xilisi on her back, ran in the direction Lien had pointed.

There is no way out in this world.

Little Xilisi, leading Xiao Bai, headed towards their camp.

She whispered to Xiao Bai, "When those strange powers entered this world, this world was already on the verge of destruction."

Little Xilisi was talking about the world of dreams.

She sentenced herself to 'death'.

"Who are you?"

Xiao Bai followed the other person to the established camp. Looking at the young men and women in the camp who resembled Xilisi, and the other travelers, he asked Little Xilisi in a low voice.

"I'm Xilisi, sister~"

Little Xilisi put her hands behind her back, turned around and smiled at Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai was silent for a moment, then said, "Xilisi's memories... aren't they already..."

"Magical Girls's memories don't disappear so easily, but... you're right, sister." Little Xilisi raised her hand and placed it on her heart, her movements gentle. "I am Xilisi, but I am not her."

"I am the embodiment of her memories, the last line of defense in her subconscious, the manifestation of her beautiful memories, which is why... I am here."

Little Xilisi opened her arms wide, and behind her were travelers happily having a picnic.

She said, "This is the best time in my memory. My dad and mom were here, along with the uncles and aunts from next door. We were having a picnic here and talking about the future."

"Having good friends, a warm room, beautiful clothes... these are things I will never forget."

But after she finished speaking, Little Xilisi lowered her hands, and the background behind her began to change. The forest turned into buildings, the time changed to night, and a raging fire burned behind her.

"But... that's all in the past."

As Little Xilisi spoke, the surrounding scenery transformed into a projection of the past.

Another Little Xilisi... Little Xilisi is slightly older than the one in front of Xiao Bai, crying and trying to rush into the fire, but is held back by a neighbor.

"... The flames took away Xilisi's parents, took away Xilisi's home, took away... everything that shouldn't have been taken away, leaving only ashes in the end."

The flames died down, the building was reduced to ruins, and the firefighters who arrived too late searched in vain among the rubble. Xilisi knelt on the ground as if she had lost her soul.

After that, Xilisi was sent to an orphanage.

She should have grown up peacefully here until adulthood, but due to the inaction of the orphanage, she almost starved to death there.

In order to get enough to eat, she and some of her 'companions' escaped from the orphanage and began their lives as homeless people.

"The world is not kind to Xilisi, but she always smiles and believes that the world will get better... However, optimism and resilience cannot change her situation."

"That's why she's standing in front of you."

All the scenes vanished, and in the shattered ruins, the corrupted white tiger-like Xilisi stood behind Little Xilisi.

The spectacles on her helmet glowed red, and she exuded a fierce and bloodthirsty aura.

Little Xilisi then said to Xiao Bai, "... as a 'monster'."

"..."

"So you understand now, right, sister?" Little Xilisi smiled and said to Xiao Bai, "It's all too late. When the last hope in Xilisi's heart vanished, 'I' was already a monster. So what you need to do is not stay here doing meaningless things, but... do what Magical Girls should do."

"Are you trying to make us—give up on you?!"

Xiao Bai's voice grew louder. She stepped forward and questioned Xilisi, "Are you trying to give up on yourself?!"

Little Xilisi lowered her eyes, her gaze shifting to the ground. Her smile remained, and she said softly: