The good guys on the Villain Rooftop

Late at night, Rongcheng lay silent.

Only a handful of night markets remained open, but with the Hero Association's hastily organized nighttime patrols, even the city's nocturnal residents seemed to sense something ominous and retreated to their homes.

Three faint trails of Flying Magic crossed the night sky, stopping beside an office building's rooftop fitted with an enormous, complex array.

From a distance, this rooftop looked no different from any other, but as soon as the three drew close, two witches emerged from thin air and blocked their path.

"Whoa, witches? Two at once?"

Qiu Baiyang exclaimed in shock, instinctively raising her wand, only for Scarlet Snow to lift a hand and stop her.

"Neither of you move. Especially you, Lilac."

Scarlet Snow immediately warned them, giving an extra glance to the purple Magical Girl beside her, who was already preparing an attack spell.

The purple girl's face remained expressionless. At Scarlet Snow's warning, she obediently dismissed the spell she had ready to fire, but her wary gaze on the witches never changed.

"Heartmoon Fox asked us to come."

Recalling what Heartmoon Fox had said over the Divine Codex Stone call, Scarlet Snow addressed the two witches.

The witches suddenly froze. After a brief pause, both stepped aside to clear a path, finally allowing the three to pass safely through the rooftop's outermost defensive barrier.

After floating through the area that obscured their vision, they saw the illegal rooftop structures Heartmoon Fox had extensively remodeled—a streaming studio, a reception room, a lounge, and two Fox Fox Wonder Houses of unclear purpose. The violations were enough to make the building department let out a piercing shriek.

Dismissing their Flying Magic and landing smoothly on the broad balcony, the three veteran Magical Girls surveyed the buildings Heartmoon Fox had painstakingly decorated with