Clear-Eyed and Honest

Hyacinth Squad conducted a carpet search of Mountain City.

The Hero Association considered this a good thing. After all, Mountain City's residents knew relatively little about Heartmoon Fox's rather unusual Villain Magical Girl squad, so having Hyacinth conduct the investigation was the most appropriate choice.

At the very least, people would not start thinking, "Are they about to launch an attack?" simply because they did not understand Heartmoon Fox's methods. It could effectively ease any unnecessary anxiety the public might feel.

"But do you really think the locations Heartmoon Fox gave us are legitimate?"

Maintaining her Flying Magic, Hyacinth weaved between Mountain City's buildings and spoke to Nightingale, who was closely following beside her.

Nightingale shrugged and spread her hands as she answered.

"I don't understand Mindscapes, and I don't know which locations might actually have entrances or exits. We might as well trust Heartmoon Fox and the others."

"Hmm... even you're saying that, Nightingale..." Hyacinth pinched her chin in thought.

If even Nightingale, the team's key tactician with the greatest mastery of magic, said so, then this really did seem troublesome—especially since they had to follow Heartmoon Fox's pace and search step by step. Nan Xiaofeng found that particularly frustrating.

Still, she truly had no better options. Even knowing that Heartmoon Fox might have set a trap in all this, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and walk into it. That was the enormous disadvantage of being out in the open while the other side hid in the shadows.

Especially when the two of them followed the location marked on the map and landed in a small garden deep within a park, looking at the pavilion and benches that had fallen into disrepair and become overgrown with ivy and moss, Hyacinth's conflicted hesitation was plain to