The Breeding Facility was divided into upper and lower levels. Most of the time, the two levels were not connected.
The upper level had originally been a barracks set up in case the Breeding Facility was invaded, while the lower level housed the Breeding Facility's core—the "Black Pool"...
The Magical Girl with the backpack called out to the two guards:
"Then I'll head in first. Want to stroll around the shopping district after work? I heard a drink shop opened there, run by a group of Special Monsters... Negative Variants!"
A bar? Could it be...
I hadn't expected those guys to move so quickly. It had only been a few days, and they had already gotten everything set up.
"Sure. We switch shifts in two hours."
"Honestly, we could sneak off early and no one would notice. There aren't any enemies here that need guarding against, and the Association bigshots don't come to the moon often..."
The Magical Girl with the backpack entered the spiraling downward passage. The upper level was structured somewhat like a subway station, only deeper and far simpler than an ordinary one.
If I had to say what made it simple, the greatest difference between Lunar City and Earth was the complete absence of commercial advertisements, making everything look clean.
The Magical Girls' activity area seemed limited to the underground first-floor hall. There were tables and chairs for resting, water dispensers, mobile whiteboards, and similar furnishings. It was supposedly a duty room, but it looked more like the back room of some shop. The duty roster was written on the board.
"I'm back~"
While the patrolling Magical Girl set her backpack down on the table, I clung to the underside of the tabletop, waiting for a chance to use the passage leading deeper underground.
But there