Magical Girl Double Kick

(A few minutes ago)

(Bai Ziye)

"Sirius, cut off her escape route!"

Ignoring all pretense of composure, I steadied the nearly collapsing Shark Princess Witch and kicked the Betelgeuse behind her.

At the same time, Sirius's high-energy laser had blocked her retreat and was sweeping towards her.

It seemed dangerous, but before our attack could hit, Betelgeuse disintegrated its clones on the spot, turning into a wisp of green smoke and disappearing before my eyes.

The hunter's true form is always hiding " on the Other Side," and we're only dealing with her puppets. What's worse, these puppets can be taken back into the background at any time, and then put down again after the danger has passed... What kind of hunter is this? Let's call her a puppeteer.

However, my only goal was to get rid of her.

Sirius understood what I wanted to do, and its laser beams formed a protective barrier of light around me and the Shark Princess Witch.

"... Hey, are you still alive?"

Despite having her chest pierced and warm blood staining the ground beneath her, she was a witch, and even such a fatal wound wouldn't kill her instantly; at least her dilated pupils were still moving.

He was seriously injured and collapsed, but he was still alive.

But death was only a matter of time.

"To make a long story short, I was fortunate enough to have met Fomalhaut and even exchanged a few words with her. I know what kind of beings you witches are, and I also know that you and the former Chuanlang Bojiang are not the same person... But if I want to save her, I must save you first. So I'm not asking for your opinion; these words are just an explanation. You must do your best to stay alive."

The Shark Princess Witch didn't react; I don't know what she was thinking at that moment.

But since the witch possesses the memories and knowledge of a magical girl, it's impossible that she wouldn't understand what I'm saying.

I flicked the hourglass at my waist, and the inverted white sand began to fall, while the hot blood on the ground began to flow backward. Three minutes of "Rewind" would be more than enough to save the Shark Princess Witch, but it would consume a lot of my magic power.

In those few short seconds, Betelgeuse reappeared beside Ceruno's father, holding a pistol, and repeatedly pulled the trigger at me.

However, she wasn't very lucky; the power of her revolver wasn't enough to penetrate the materialized light barrier. Sirius, on the other hand, still had the strength to deal with her, and the situation turned into a chase again.

The confined space is not a good place for Betelgeuse to perform its duties; there is no room for maneuver, and it is impossible to use large-scale weapons of mass destruction.

The Shark Princess Witch's time was still Rewind; she stood upside down in an illogical posture, her chest, pierced, shredded, exposed, and bloodied by daggers, was rapidly healing.

Betelgeuse clearly didn't care about one failure. She threw away her pistol, materialized several round grenades, pulled the pins, and threw them this way.

How can a lethal grenade be used in such a confined indoor space?

However, it was a smokescreen.

For a moment, apart from the small space within the light barrier, the entire cell was shrouded in an impenetrable gray-white smoke.

It has to be said that the smog-proof laser weapon is real; Sirius's usually invincible laser magic couldn't penetrate this excessively thick smog.

The Shark Princess Witch's wounds have been restored from time reversal.

I didn't try to recall her memories, but she naturally hadn't forgotten being stabbed in the back by Betelgeuse. She looked visibly shaken and touched her healed chest.

"Why?"

Not only did she not attack me, she also initiated a conversation with me.

So she can talk?

However, her voice was indeed unpleasant, and her serrated teeth looked rather unsettling when she spoke.

I countered, "Why what? Why would I be targeted by the anti-rightist cadres?"

"Why did you save me?"

"I've already explained the reason, and I don't intend to repeat it."

"The magical girl you know can't come back; she's become a part of me."

"I know."

"That..."

"There must be a way to recover. Until then, you can't be harmed. I'm not saving you, I'm saving our compatriots inside you."

The exhaust fan in the cell started running at full speed, and SpiCa was watching this scene through the cell's surveillance camera.

"Miluno, top floor, they've gone out using teleportation magic!"

The previously interrupted communication was reconnected at this moment.

"I understand. What should we do with the Shark Princess Witch?"

"Of course, he'll stay in the cell."

"Betelgeuse might come back to deal with her."

"The twins will protect her. You and Sirius go up first..."

So, were Hualun and Haite also within this smokescreen?

"Ceruno is upstairs too."

"That idiot..."

Before the smoke had completely cleared, Sirius hugged me from behind, and the photon propulsion on her back started working at full speed, carrying me out of the fire escape window.

Price surge.

"There!"

On the top-floor helipad, Ceruno was bound by crimson Bloodline. Although a protective membrane shielded her from injury, she was unable to move.

Even so, she shouted something at her father, but the man just stood behind Betelgeuse and Secretary-General Anjie, embracing his wife, unmoved.

It's infuriating to look at.

That idiot has felt guilty about this kind of person for so many years?

Sirius, let me go.

"Now?"

"I'm fine."

"I trust you."

Sirius generously released me, and a feeling of weightlessness crept over me, but...

--Time-Freeze!--

Thirty... forty times!!

Mahou-Shoujo

Kick!!!

Adjust your posture.

Gravity accelerates the speed.

I don't know how much power my evolved body can withstand. This kick might break my bones, but with Betelgeuse's reaction speed, I definitely wouldn't be able to dodge it, and probably wouldn't even be able to disintegrate my body.

If they can kill him, Anjie will be no match for Sirius.

The robot's hard, inorganic head deflated halfway like a flattened soda can, followed by an explosion of electrical sparks and an unidentified blue fluorescent liquid...

The momentum of the flying kick came to a halt.

This level of damage is not enough for the robot.

I turned the hourglass.

--Rewind!--

Kinetic Rewind!!

Mahou-Shoujo

WKick!!!

My right leg was a little numb, so I switched to my left leg and continued kicking at the Betelgeuse doll.

When she fell to the ground, all that remained beneath my feet was a pile of scrap metal.

"Call--"

As time returned to normal, Anjie finally came to her senses, but when she saw the remains of Betelgeuse, an unconcealable fear appeared on her face.

She has very poor mental fortitude.

But my situation is actually quite bad; after all, my clone is a lump of iron, very hard.

I can't walk a single step with either leg; if I lift either leg, I will immediately fall to my knees.

That won't do; my authority won't allow me to do that.

Fortunately, there was Sirius. She jumped down and looked at Secretary Anjie. Although the latter was afraid, it was unlikely that she would surrender in front of Father Ceruno.

"It's time to end this."

The Bloodline were burned off by the laser.

Ceruno also freed from this predicament.

"A-Ji, it's regrettable that things have come to this... but you've lost."

"..."

The man remained silent.

"How can we draw conclusions about winning or losing until the very end?"

The voice came from behind Ceruno, and a human figure materialized from the void.

"... Betelgeuse?!"