An Unexpected Intruder

Tonight, we have to locate the giant egg Garuda plants in the Phantasm Dream Mindscape ahead of time and run an aggressive observation experiment. That'll let us confirm the true nature of Garuda's ability!

Those were the arrangements Inari had made.

Su Tianqing even thought Inari had sounded like she was saying, "Here's the plan. Take notes..."

The theory was simple enough, but putting it into practice... Su Tianqing suspected it would be harder than she imagined.

For one thing, nobody knew which Mindscape Garuda would invade tonight. The ones previously invaded had been restored to their original state with Red Rose's help, but there was no guarantee the Magical Girls on watch could quickly grasp their "rules."

After all, apart from the few Mindscapes this fox had made herself, the rest were mountains of spaghetti code lovingly produced by the two rookies, Marigold and Shasha. There was no telling whether the Magical Girls assigned to watch them could adapt to their chaotic rules and environments.

She did not even know which Magical Girls Shasha would pay attention to tonight. It felt rather like opening a mystery box.

Of course, the surprise might be a nasty one.

"Everyone's in position."

After dinner, confirmations came in from the others over the Divine Codex Stone's communication channel.

Besides one-on-one calls, the Divine Codex Stone supported large group conferences. It was still a somewhat inconvenient substitute for a smartphone, but its communications had improved considerably.

"So what do we do next?"

"Mm-hmm... I think we'd better wait and see."

The blonde fox girl sat in the lobby of the hotel attached to the Hero Association, looking steadily at the people before her without joining the conversation.

The one who had spoken was Red Rose. Everyone knew she was decades old, yet she still