Excruciating Pain, Miluno

(Miluno)

It hurts so much.

Although I can't control my body, my feelings will still faithfully reflect back to me...

This also includes the pain of being beaten.

Fearless, the Honey Pot charged at the brown bear, which was several times its size, time and again, only to be slapped and torn apart by the bear's paws.

I tried to outrun her, but the "Great Hand" was too strong.

So big it's unimaginable how it happened.

She didn't even need to directly hit "me"; the shockwave from the impact was enough to blast "me" away, shattering my internal organs. And "I" couldn't use too much force to fight her...

The only good news is that after being bounced back several times by that special ability, the mad dog finally realized that it couldn't use brute force to deal with the "Great Hand".

As a pure Dark Aggregate, none of my three pocket watches had any effect on her. She could only watch "me" get beaten up and had to experience the beating along with her... If I were in control, I would definitely turn around and run away right now, and just kill Aldebaran on the other side of the Black Light. This is also the biggest weakness of the "Great Hand" as a puppet.

"Well~ I'm not playing with you anymore. It would be a huge loss if I killed you... Miluno- chan, do you need me to bring you to your senses?"

Aldebaran's voice emanated from within the "Great Hand" once more.

Not only that, she also stretched out her huge hands and pressed "me" to the ground. "I" could not break free, nor could I directly absorb her Dark Energy.

So, is it really impossible for a small fish to eat a big fish?

"Don't make too much noise. Do you want to demolish this city? We still need this flying fortress."

A familiar voice.

Sun Ji climbed up from the western edge. He had been severely injured by me before, but now he was back in front of me.

Behind them followed a group of witches, including Fomalhaut, some of whom were Artificial Witch with Crystal embedded in their chests. There were quite a few of them, more than a hundred at first glance. Add to that the low-level soldiers still besieging the city and the ordinary Monster, and their army was indeed capable of annihilating the magical girls who were exhausted from fighting.

As Sun Ji's witch power grew stronger, the "Supreme Council" faced only two choices.

Huairou was incorporated into the parliament;

Or perhaps eradicate...

But eradication is impossible; in order to achieve their "great cause," they need someone like her.

Therefore, we have no choice but to absorb them.

If this operation succeeds, it will become the most powerful stepping stone for Sun Ji to join the "Supreme Council"...

"Oh dear, I just finished playing with Michan~"

Aldebaran, speaking in a nonchalant tone, did not make the "Great Hand" release me, but simply asked, "So, A-Ji, you're planning to lead the Witch Legion in and storm in?"

Playing with her long, straight pink hair, Sun Ji answered casually:

"Ah, we're almost exhausted. The remaining magical girls don't have much magic left to fight us, plus that thing you invented... Everyone, listen up, capture as many alive as possible; we need to replenish our forces."

"Call out--"

Aldebaran whistled.

"That's quite your style. Does the 'Supreme Council' have no intention of participating in the war?"

"They only provided the long-range artillery fire from before. The previous defeat has damaged their morale, making them hesitant and timid. They probably won't send their troops to be cannon fodder again until they recover their strength."

"Hmph, you're scared after only a few deaths? When they were sending my daughter to her death all over the world, did they ever consider my feelings?"

Aldebaran expressed his dissatisfaction bluntly, but Sun Ji did not respond to her.

Just asking:

"And what about you? Are you planning to come and help?"

"Of course! Did you think I deployed 'The Great Hand' here just to get a seat close to the audience? I'm waiting for you, and also to intimidate Sirius. Just wait and see me take down a magical girl with one punch!"

Aldebaran's enthusiasm, Sun Ji shook his head.

"They said they wanted to capture him alive, and you've made too much noise; we could hear you even before you came up. This City School us; it has large spacecraft capable of traversing wormholes... This will become our outpost."

I see...

She brought the City School over to occupy it, no wonder the enemy only dared to use light artillery to cover the Central District. Let alone Annihilation Bomb, any firepower with greater power could have blown the City School, which had been ravaged by the wormhole, to pieces.

The outpost that the "Supreme Council" failed to capture, Sun Ji intends to offer up with both hands, using this City School...

Ugh, disgusting.

"I know~ But now that I've caught this guy, I don't need to use the 'Great Hand' anymore."

Aldebaran spoke, he picked "me" up and waved me around in front of the witches, like a hunter showing off his spoils to his companions.

She then provocatively said, "Aurora -chan, you boasted earlier that you'd be fine, but you still couldn't win and ran away, right? Is this all the strength the mighty Seaheart Sword? Should I give you another boost?"

"You..."

The white-haired girl gritted her teeth with a cold expression, but couldn't utter a word in rebuttal.

Because she really messed up with "me".

Aldebaran then explained.

"Look at this girl, everyone. She's already surpassed the level of a witch and become something similar to the 'Great Hand,' only mixed with impurities... If I tamper with her a bit and throw her in as a weapon, wouldn't that further reduce the magical girls' fighting power without damaging the City School?"

Her words were chilling; what was she trying to do?

Sun Ji only asked:

"Can you control her?"

"Of course, Stratos has only a superficial understanding of this technology, but I'm different. It's impossible to awaken the 'Great Will' at this stage. He can only borrow some power like I have, otherwise it will end up out of control."

Sun Ji looked at me, a fleeting hesitation in his eyes, but finally nodded and gave me some instructions:

"Leave as many survivors as possible."

"I know, I know! You don't need to repeat yourself like that. You're my mom, aren't you?"

Aldebaran seemed impatient and said, "Then I'll take her back first. A-Ji, you can proceed according to your plan!"

The enormous hands of the "Great Hand" grabbed "me" and lifted me into the air, flying towards the other end of the Black Light.

That was Aldebaran's old lair, the Second Research Institute.

Aldebaran's laboratory had a balcony, and the "Great Hand" flew in from there. She grabbed my legs with one hand and my hands with the other, as if she were putting me on a fire to roast.

The short guy stood in front of me with his hands on his hips.

"Welcome back, Michan~"

Does she think I have a way to answer her?

All I can do is roar like a wild beast at her.

"Hmm? Lacking intelligence, he's no different from an animal... Is the amount too small to develop consciousness? Or is Stratos's catalyst inadequate?"

She muttered something I couldn't understand, then jumped off the "Great Hand" control panel, leaving only one thorny tentacle stuck in the control panel. The remaining three Golden Thorns approached me and circled around behind me.

The tips of the tentacles were terrifyingly sharp needles.

"Well then, Mi-chan, let me give you a check-up..."

A sharp pain, like I'd seen it before, shot through my back!

Pierced by three needles as thick as fists, blood gushed out, and even "I" let out a scream.

"Ha, it might be a little itchy?"

You only told me after I'd already been pricked?

Immediately afterwards, my consciousness was forcibly pulled out of my body...

Although I no longer feel it inside my body.