Reinforcements: Saiba

(Babaluno)

"Well done, Liu Jiang!"

As I withdrew from the corrosive, poisonous fog, I tapped on the Werewolf's rock-hard armor.

"Aww~ Heroes of justice always appear at crucial moments!"

He came with Miss Fenghua.

Having been observing from the edge of the battlefield, I switched to the telekinetic Simulacrum Factor at the crucial moment and steal three pocket watches from Miluno's arms without her noticing. Not stealing her underwear this time is still an improvement... Miluno should be wearing something, right?

To prevent the pocket watches from being taken back, Ryu left behind the "Present Moment" and gave the "Past" and "Future" to me and Sirius. If the pocket watches were scattered, even Miluno wouldn't be able to take them all back at once.

I put the pocket watch into the Crystal.

"The next step is to calm Miss Knight down, right?"

"Without these pocket watches, Miluno's strength will be greatly reduced. We just need to find a way to break free from Aldebaran's control."

Without her pocket watch and hourglass, she was simply faster than before.

But at this moment, they are trapped in place by various kinds of magic, and no matter how fast they go, they can't move an inch.

Finally, Aldebaran simply stopped moving.

"I'm telling you, this body belongs to Miluno, you know? I don't care if I have to endure your attacks, but are you going to maintain this pointless standoff? Well then, I might as well just give up and go all out!"

From this, it seems she intends to use Miluno's body to withstand the magic?

To fully restore Miluno's sanity, we need to find a way to destroy the device that emits Black Light...

"Phew, it's been so long since I've stretched my muscles."

Having regained his normal male physique, Ryu also donned a brand-new wolf-shaped armor.

Unlike the original angular design, the new armor has softer lines and less of a mechanical feel, but a stronger sense of technology. The streamlined lines are reminiscent of a supercar, and the all-black armor has a silvery sheen, as if it has embedded LED light strips.

It was still RGB... but now it's turned blue.

The iconic wolf-shaped helmet has also had its details simplified, making it look more like a tokusatsu hero;

In addition, the heat dissipation vents at the back of the shoulder armor have become larger, making the upper body look somewhat bulky;

But these are just superficial upgrades. Its greatest enhancement is that it can use the Monster's Simulacrum Factor with both hands, just like a dual-core magical girl.

"Let her out! I'll fight her!"

Liu flicked his wrist and took a few quick steps in place, like a boxer warming up before entering the ring.

The magical girls looked at Sirius, and seeing him nod, they all stopped their magic.

"It's you, kid. Is that the new armor Stratos made for you?"

Aldebaran seemed quite interested in his new look, and Ryuya replied while stretching his legs:

"SpiCa asked the professor to help me upgrade my armor, but the professor was initially unwilling, so the upgrade was handed over to Metal. Then the professor herself came over and started interfering, saying that I was the one she built, so she had to be in charge of it and so on."

Aldebaran, however, laughed.

"Ha! That old man is still the same! If you ask me, she wanted to take the job from the beginning, but felt it would be embarrassing to agree so easily, so she declined. Unexpectedly, SpiCa just dumped it on Metal, but she couldn't bring herself to ask for it back, so she could only act like a proud person and go to help under the guise of giving guidance."

Liu didn't delve into the matter further, but simply asked:

"You've stuffed your memories into my head, haven't you? Why did you do that?"

There's no particular reason; it's just to fulfill a hero's dream. You are the hero I created.

"Is that so..."

He replaced the electric whip on the back of his left hand with a sharp wooden dagger on the back of his right hand.

He flicked his wrists and struck a pose.

"Then let me defeat you as a hero."

For Miluno in this state, Ryu immediately uses the Burst Form, which surpasses the limits.

A red light flashed amidst the black afterimage. His speed did not rely on altering the flow of time, but on his own pure power. Therefore, when he went out, it was like an explosion, stomping a crater in the City School's floor tiles.

The rheological strength has increased.

But Miluno was stronger, and he was never able to gain the upper hand over Miluno.

"Can your bubble block that Black Light?"

Sirius posed a question.

"I'm not sure about that..."

My magic is tied to confidence, and this uncertainty is likely to lead to failure.

The barrier of the domain is similar in nature to a bubble, but the Black Light can pass through it... So what makes my magic capable of blocking it?

"Sister Ceruno, can you hear me?"

Xiao Yi's voice came through the walkie-talkie.

"SpiCa says the expected goals have been achieved, and she's decided to withdraw! She'll deal with the enemies who landed at the City School and then leave with Teacher Sun Ji!"

Miluno hasn't been saved yet, how can we just leave like this?

"And even if we were to retreat, would the enemy let us leave so easily?"

Thanks to SpiCa's ambush, we gained an advantage over Daddy, and at first glance, it seemed like we had the upper hand.

However, Aldebaran has not yet fully joined the battle, and neither the 'Great Hand' nor the Artificial Magical Girl army has appeared.

The Supreme Council, having become hesitant due to its previous defeats, is now standing by and watching.

If we really retreat, they definitely won't sit still. Even if there's a possibility of accidentally hitting Dad, they'll probably pull out the heavy weapons they haven't used before to deal with us, right?

Moreover, given the size of the wormhole opened by the Association, it would be quite difficult for the City School to Past...

"Huh? Where's Dad?"

When my dad was mentioned, I turned around and glanced back.

As a result, his father and Fomalhaut, who were supposed to be tied up behind him, were nowhere to be seen, which made Sirius spit on the spot in anger.

"Tsk, they still have the energy to run away?"

"No, it's... it's up there!"

A giant book soaring high into the sky, three braids, a witch wearing glasses...

It's Miss Viktorika!

She took her father and Fomalhaut away.

Her book flew away silently, drawing attention to the fight between Liu and Miluno, and no one noticed her approach.

The moment we discovered her, she opened the book and dropped Playing-Card Soldiers, but they were torn to shreds by Sirius's Light Scissor Mark before they even hit the ground. However, this did buy her some time, and the giant book flew a hundred meters away in the blink of an eye.

"Tsk, if she gets away, we'll have come all this way for nothing! I'll go after her, Miluno is yours!"

Without waiting for my reply, Sirius spread its wings and soared into the sky.

She was faster than Viktorika.

With Sirius gone, the scene lacked a commander, and the group of magical girls watched the fierce battle between Liu and Miluno, occasionally clapping along.

Even if you handed Miluno over to me, I wouldn't know what to do...

No, I can't be so insecure.

I'm the only one who can save Miluno!

"I can do it, I'm strong!"

He muttered to himself.

This is a self-deception that Ceruno often uses.

But the fight between the two was so fast-paced that I couldn't trap Miluno with my bubble.

But...

It's still possible to block the Black Light filtering in from outside the barrier, right?