Magical Girls Have to Work Together Too

Su Tianqing didn't yet know how Shuo Ye had found the rooftop she'd chosen.

What she did know was that Shuo Ye had flown over only after she'd finished setting it up. The Familiars had spotted no sign of her tailing anyone. Besides, she didn't have the absurd invisibility magic of a certain Bunny Bunny. An owl that big flying between city buildings in broad daylight was hard to miss.

"Hmm..."

"So you came to ask us what we know about Qiu Gui and the others?"

Heartmoon Fox sat beside the coffee table, looking at the Eagle-Owl Girl seated stiffly on the opposite sofa. Surprise showed on her face, with a trace of resignation in her eyes.

"Yes. I'm a fast flyer, so even if I got caught, I could escape quickly. That's why..."

"Then why didn't Hyacinth come herself? Why send you to us?" Hellcat asked sharply. She flexed her fingers, cracking her knuckles so ominously that the Winged Folk girl hunched up like a bird on a perch, afraid to move.

"Um, actually, I decided to come on my own... Hyacinth didn't ask me to..."

Shuo Ye was plainly nervous. As though terrified they'd misunderstood, she shook her head and hurried to explain once she recovered from her instinctive fright.

"She was going to come herself, but Nightingale and Iris both thought she wasn't very good with words. They said she'd definitely end up fighting you, so I volunteered instead..."

And then Sagittarius caught this Little Bird, Su Tianqing thought.

Sagittarius was practically Shuo Ye's natural enemy. With invisibility like Cheshire Rabbit's, precise long-range sniping, and unmatched reconnaissance, she could keep Shuo Ye locked in her sights no matter how the girl maneuvered in the air. Every advantage she had countered Shuo Ye's high mobility and low defense.