Card Games Might Save the World

The original idea behind using a chaotic Mindscape to hold Garuda back had been good.

And it had sounded pretty fun, too. Since she was recording what happened during this rescue with a camera Familiar for later investigation, maybe she could even edit it into some entertaining feature-length program afterward.

Something like Magical Girl☆Mindscape Battle Royale~Part One—it sounded like it would get great ratings.

But seeing it with her own eyes, Su Tianqing felt that this Mindscape was a little too bizarre. So bizarre that she almost did not dare to actually make it public—

[Congratulations to contestant Hellcat for winning yet another match! Let us give her a round of applause!]

Amid the cheers from the stands and the confetti raining down from above, the cat-paw race car pulled up at the edge of the track. The catgirl racer, clad in a fitted riding suit, stepped out of the driver's seat with a helmet and a card case in hand, waving to the crowd.

Only then did Su Tianqing notice that the car's engine was shaped like two abstract cats in deep-blue hoods. They looked strangely familiar, like something she had seen in a famous cooperative hunting game.

"...That was more or less what happened."

Back in the racers' lounge, the girls each poured themselves a cup of water. After listening to Heartmoon Fox explain the origins of this Mindscape, they looked at one another.

"So this is actually Garuda's Phantasm Dream Mindscape, not your proper Mindscape, Little Fox?"

The petite girl in a white racing uniform set down her paper cup. With one hand on the table, she opened her mouth slightly as if to say something, then immediately pulled back to gather her thoughts before finally speaking.

"Yes." Su Tianqing nodded, then looked somewhat puzzled. "But Miss