Magical Girls Should Look Like Magical Girls

Lin Xiao calmly watched the lights fly into the depths of the starry sky.

"The future can be changed. It can become better, or worse. And what decides that is you."

"But the future of the universe should never be borne by the tears of children."

At that moment, billions of golden streams of light effortlessly shattered the barriers of time!

They crossed the limits of dimensions and flew into the closed loops of causality Kyubey had ordained!

Across countless parallel timelines repeating death and despair, the girls who were about to transform into Witches were all gently enveloped by this Miracle Light in their final second...

"From today onward, the fate of magical girls should disappear."

Lin Xiao's domineering yet gentle declaration rang out.

"Crack..."

A sound like some heavy shackle being completely shattered echoed from the deepest reaches of the universe.

That cruel "causality," painstakingly woven by the Incubator Clan over countless centuries and used to turn magical girls into fuel, was, at this moment, utterly erased from the source of the river of time... by this unreasonable Light of Gaia!

"No... This defies logic... This is completely wasteful..."

Watching the golden light in the sky completely vanish, Kyubey collapsed to the ground. Its hyper-rational superbrain simply could not comprehend why anyone would give up power enough to become the universe's sole true god just to save a group of insignificant human girls.

In midair.

As the final trace of golden brilliance flew toward the past and future.

As the tragic causalities of every magical girl were completely erased.

The blue stripes on the Supreme Form giant, which had once radiated terrifying pressure, gradually faded away.

Under the soft morning sunlight.

A fifty-meter giant in red and silver, with an azure timer set in his chest, stood quietly at the center of the city.

That was Ultraman Gaia's most basic initial form—V1.

Though the power had dissipated, that mountain-like, solid back appeared even taller and more sacredly inviolable than before in the eyes of everyone present, every group member.

Within the Myriad Worlds Chat Group.

The group members fell silent.

If the [Shining Supreme] displayed just now had let them experience what "invincible combat power" capable of crushing the universe meant.

Then this act of voluntarily dispersing that light and returning to V1 form showed them what the bearing of a true god truly was.

[Dark Knight of Gotham]: "He gave up absolute power enough to rule the universe... merely to give girls he had never met a future without curses."

Bruce Wayne leaned back in his chair in the Batcave. Looking at the red-and-silver V1 giant on the screen, he closed his eyes, weary yet reverent.

[The Boy Who Wants to Be a Hero]: "Is this true justice...? Not sacrificing oneself, but using the gentlest power to cut off every tragedy."

[The Underdog Who Wants to Be Hokage]: "Big Brother Lin Xiao... You're so cool! Sob, I'm so moved I want to cry!"

[Smile Under the Wisteria Flowers]: "My... Meeting Mr. Lin Xiao in this group truly is the greatest fortune of our lives."

In the real world.

Ultraman Gaia slowly faded away, and Lin Xiao appeared on the ground, stretching lazily.

Although he had exhausted the gathered light and used up some of his own power as well, an immensely satisfied smile hung on Lin Xiao's lips.

He glanced at Kyubey, sprawled on the ground as though its CPU had completely burned out, then walked over and casually kicked it.

"Hey, white-haired salesman." Lin Xiao crouched down, mischievously poking Kyubey's fluffy head as he deliberately said in an extremely tempting tone:

"I'm not in that Shining form with infinite energy anymore. I'm very weak now, you know. So? This is your chance. Aren't you going to take it?"

Hearing that dangerous bait, Kyubey, lying on the ground, stiffly rolled its red eyes, which had lost all their shine:

"...After extremely rigorous calculations by the central network... we are not stupid."

"Tch, what a pity." Lin Xiao clicked his tongue regretfully and rubbed his chin. "I was thinking that if you dared resist, I could reasonably roast a Kyubey with a beam and see what it tasted like. I heard that fur color means the meat would probably taste rather like rabbit when grilled."

"..." Kyubey's tiny body trembled uncontrollably on the ground, an extremely rare occurrence.

Just as Lin Xiao was viciously threatening the alien, Madoka Kaname, Sayaka Miki, Mami Tomoe, Homura Akemi, and Kyoko Sakura hurried over and surrounded him with concern written all over their faces.

Seeing Lin Xiao's slightly pale complexion, Homura Akemi's eyes were full of heartache and reverence. She looked at the gradually brightening sky, hesitated, then asked softly:

"Mr. Lin Xiao... Will there no longer be magical girls in the future?"

At that question, Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki's gazes dimmed as well. Though they knew it had been a scam, their longing for "magic" had still been beautiful.

However, Lin Xiao decisively shook his head.

"Of course there will still be magical girls!"

With his hands on his hips, Lin Xiao loudly announced, "From now on, they'll be perfectly normal magical girls. They'll just wear pretty little dresses and spread love and hope! Magical girls should look like magical girls!"

At this point, Lin Xiao suddenly turned with a resentful look and stared fixedly at Mami Tomoe beside him.

"You have no idea..." Lin Xiao took a deep breath, his tone carrying the weathered grief and indignation of someone who had crossed through time and space:

"When I saw Mami Tomoe's head get bitten off in one bite by that caterpillar... what a huge childhood trauma it caused little old me back then!!!"

The moment he said that, the wind over the ruins suddenly stopped in an incredibly eerie fashion.

Mami Tomoe, who had been standing nearby with tears of emotion in her eyes, instantly froze. Bewildered, she raised her hands and felt her perfectly intact neck and head from top to bottom, left to right.

"?????"

"Um... Mr. Lin Xiao?" Mami Tomoe's face was full of question marks. "My head... is clearly still attached to my neck, isn't it?! What kind of bizarre dream did you see me lose my head in?!"

"Ahem, don't mind those details." Lin Xiao naturally coughed twice, ignoring the upperclassman who was completely frazzled in the wind and frantically touching her neck.

He turned around, and his gaze instantly became cold as he looked down at Kyubey on the ground. "You know what to do from now on, right?"

"Understood." Kyubey lay obediently on the ground.

"Magical girls should look like magical girls."

"Good, you know better." Lin Xiao stood up in satisfaction and dusted off his hands. "All right, now that everything's settled, it's time for me to return to my own world and deal with those troublesome everyday matters."