New Face

(Bai Ziye)

The fact that UI-31, which should have been on Nabu Island, is here is most likely Sirius's doing.

This Werewolf has a peculiar obsession with Ceruno.

"Yezi, what should we do? Sirius said we can't give it to Miss SpiCa, right? Should we take it home?"

Why ask me, an ordinary person?

However, judging from Ceruno's bewildered state, she clearly didn't know what to do next.

"We already have Goldie at home, we don't need a second dog."

I scratched the Golden's head and thought for a moment, then said, "We need to find a way to repair his armor first, otherwise he won't stand a chance against Monster, witches, or magical girls sent by the Association to capture him; he'll just be a sitting duck."

"We can't handle this..."

"Ceruno, isn't there a magical girl who manipulates metal in D4 District?"

"Oh, you mean Miss Metal? I ran into her last week when I was traveling through the wormhole, but she seems to be quite close to the Association. I wonder if she'll help keep UI-31's identity a secret?"

"Sirius is also a member of the Association; she knows what to do."

"But I don't know where Miss Metal usually lives."

"You don't know, but someone else does. Just go ask them."

"... Um, Miss Luer?"

Actually, what I wanted to talk about was Yin Wei. The other twin always seemed like a big mouth, and she exuded an unreliable aura.

Reminded by me, Ceruno took out her phone.

"Then I'll call Miss Luer."

I instructed, "Don't mention UI-31. Just say you want to see Metal, get her contact information, and we'll talk to her in person."

"Oh, okay! I remember Miss Metal said she has a shop in the D4 District, and that we're welcome to visit... but I don't know which shop it is?"

Ceruno muttered to herself as she walked out of the bubble, phone in hand.

Actually, I had a vague idea of where Metal usually hung out.

The battle with the Shark Princess Witch wasn't the first time I'd seen Metal. I'd seen her once before, right after I became a magical girl, and I'd most likely seen her before her transformation...

I looked down at the Werewolf.

He had finished eating his cold noodles and was looking up at me, probably trying to figure out who I was.

"Take off your mask and let me see."

"Ouch..."

The visor flipped up, revealing a face that resembled mine.

"Can't you just use telekinesis to grab something off the street?"

He reached behind him and pulled out a wig.

"... I'll go get it for you."

I stepped out of the bubble and said to Ceruno, who was on the phone, "I'm going to buy some more food."

"Oh!"

The riverside path was quite lively, rivaling even established night markets, attracting many locals who came specifically for it. I transformed into Miluno in the shadows between the bridge piers, vaulted back over the railing, and then hurried through the crowd...

Another characteristic of the evolved Star Crystal is that I can break through thirty times the speed limit using only my physical body without the support of Ceruno's magic.

Although I didn't inherit Xiao Yi's magic, I did become stronger.

But which one should you choose?

In the accelerated world, I'm looking for a good-looking face for UI-31. That guy has a lean physique; a face that's too strong won't suit him. A sharp, handsome guy would be better... Got it.

Like a gust of wind sweeping through the night market, I brushed a stray hair from a clean-cut man's shoulder before queuing up at a stall to buy hot dry noodles.

"Oh! You must be Miluno!"

The smiling middle-aged woman who ran the stall actually recognized me. Although I'm unknown worldwide, I'm still quite famous in this D3 District!

"Hello."

Although she was secretly very happy, she only showed this level of reaction on the surface.

As the older woman mixed her hot dry noodles, the older man in line behind me said, "Many magical girls from other cities have been transferred to Skyreach City recently, but we haven't seen you fight. We were worried something had happened to you."

Those were all personnel transferred here specifically to hunt down UI-31, but they ended up taking over the work of the local magical girls. From the perspective of the citizens, this creates a sense of antagonism. They would prefer that the "local magical girls" could defeat the "foreign magical girls," but magical girls can't fight each other, so the result is a contest of who can kill more Monster.

Are you worried about me?

The old man, fanning himself with a palm-leaf fan, replied, "You are the rising star of our D3 District."

"Thank you everyone, but I'm fine. I'll step in if there are Monster people that others can't handle."

"Miss Miluno is quite confident. Here's your noodles, no need to pay. You can eat whatever you want on this street without paying."

"Okay, then I won't stand on ceremony."

Refusing this bowl of hot dry noodles would only upset the old lady, but I didn't plan to browse the other stalls either; it would be troublesome if I caused a commotion and Ceruno noticed.

I carried the noodles and quickly left the riverbank, circling back to the bubble from the other side of the bridge arch.

Of course, it has changed back.

"Yezi, I found Miss Metal's hideout! She told us to go to C4 Area... Why isn't your hot dry noodles hot at all?"

Because of the sprint, the hot dry noodles had gone cold.

However, I still tossed the plastic bowl to UI-31. Of course, the noodles still had some of that random male passerby's hair mixed in, and UI-31 wolfed them down.

"So, where is Metal?"

"Here."

Ceruno used an address to start navigation, which appeared to be an old factory area.

Surprisingly, it wasn't that clothing store?

"Mr. UI-31, could you please deactivate your armor? We can't get a taxi dressed like that..."

"Ouch."

He wiped his mouth... actually, he was wiping the peanut butter off his mask.

Immediately, the wolf-shaped armor was completely absorbed by the unique Simulacrum Factor in its chest.

Wow... I never knew you looked like this...

Ceruno was dumbfounded, and I was also somewhat stunned.

"A handsome young man?"

To be precise, it's feminine.

Who would have thought that the stray hairs on the shoulders of that ordinary office worker weren't actually their own?

Is she a girlfriend? A wife? Or perhaps a mistress?

Thinking about all this is pointless. At this moment, UI-31 has an unusually delicate female face, but with messy, tousled hair, and his body is still that of a muscular, strong man. These elements seem out of place on one person.

Moreover, it left an impression on Ceruno, making it inconvenient to replace her later.

"UI-31... No, Mr. Liu, please put on some clothes first."

"He doesn't have any clothes, he's not some magical girl who carries a wardrobe around with her."

She had clothes on when she was on the island, but now she's only wearing her underwear.

What's going on? Did this person have exhibitionism before being modified?

"That..."

Ceruno took out several unisex women's clothes from her Star Crystal.

"... You can use this for now."

"Hmm--"

UI-31 looked rather unwilling.