Magical Girls Exposed!

"Xiao Bai is over there."

Just as Xiao Chun was about to lose control, Yu Muqiu finally spoke.

She raised a hand and pointed toward the Black Sun in the sky. "Look."

Everyone looked up at the Black Sun.

After absorbing countless Nightmare Seeds, it had finally stopped its relentless devouring.

It still hung high overhead.

And it radiated a crushing Despair Power.

"Xiao Bai was pulled up there," Yu Muqiu added.

Chen Xiaoxia breathed a sigh of relief. "So Xiao Bai is all right? You scared me! I thought something had happened to her again. Then Little Red and the others must be—"

"Aurora sacrificed herself," Luna said calmly.

Chen Xiaoxia's smile froze. She turned to Luna and forced out a laugh. "...Xiao Lan, don't joke about—"

Luna met her eyes, expressionless. "She. Sacrificed. Herself."

"..."

"Reiko too," Shiori said, hugging herself and looking away. "But she helped us take down an Overlord Demon..."

"Ayaka..." Kanon spoke up. "Ayaka too..."

Chen Xiaoxia's expression went rigid as she heard them.

Her smile vanished. Her face went blank, and a hollow look crept into her eyes.

The blue-haired girl turned toward the Black Sun hanging at the peak of the sky and whispered,

"...Oh. I see. They sacrificed themselves."

"Xiaoxia?"

Sensing something was wrong, Xiao Chun stepped forward to take Xiaoxia's hand.

But the next instant, Xiaoxia leaped toward the Black Sun!

"Xiaoxia!" Xiao Qiu and Xiao Chun cried out, trying to call her back.

Someone else moved faster.

A flash of light streaked past. Chen Xiaoxia, who had been flying skyward, was back where she started. A girl in a black Lolita dress stood before her.

She gripped Chen Xiaoxia's shoulders. Red flashed through her eyes as she shouted,

"Calm down!"

"How am I supposed to calm down?!" Xiaoxia's eyes