Arrival from the Star Realm

"Has it started?"

"Yes. Miss Qi Yun at the Hero Association has complete control of all Shasha's network devices. No matter what site she visits today, she'll only see what we want her to see."

"Good. With Marigold taking her around the city alone, she won't have much chance to learn about anyone else. In theory, this should give us some control over who gets pulled into the Phantasm Dream Mindscape tonight."

After dinner, on the roof of an office building in central Rongcheng.

The Magical Girls had taken their places in their respective Mindscapes. Red Rose stood calmly on the roof, waiting for word that a giant egg had appeared in one of them.

Heartmoon Fox waited quietly beside her. According to the plan, once Garuda invaded a Mindscape, Red Rose would immediately take control of it. She would enter, find the giant egg, and hatch it as its sole "observer," facing Garuda alone.

After that, they would decide whether to let Garuda out of the Mindscape or fight it there.

It was a tremendous gamble.

They were betting that Garuda had not seen through the trap, that it did not know Inari had deduced its precise location, and, most importantly, that it would descend into the egg in its true form.

Success would give them a once-in-a-lifetime chance to face Garuda in physical form. But if they failed, Red Rose would bear the brunt of its furious assault. If even a veteran like her fell before Garuda...

I really do need a few backup plans.

As Su Tianqing thought this, she directed her Familiar to open the vault deep within her magic space and moved an unremarkable-looking Monster Capsule into a ready slot.

If they truly ran out of options, she would pile every enhancement and special ability