Magical Girl? There's No Going Back! Chapter 3

"Oh? Looks like a skill that can create underlings? Not bad, not bad. I just wonder whether it works on magical girls..." Li Xuan grinned wickedly as he pried Xu Rou's mouth open and activated the skill on her.

Chapter 3: Does It Feel That Good in Front of Your Fans?

[Activation failed. Insufficient Evil Energy.]

The system's prompt sounded mercilessly.

"Uh..." Li Xuan awkwardly released Xu Rou. He had indeed thrown around a great deal of Evil Energy during the fight, and he had just summoned a whole bunch of tentacles. Adding it all up, the expenditure had been rather considerable.

Once the tentacles stopped moving, Xu Rou gradually emerged from her haze. Her eyes remained full of fury when she looked at Li Xuan—but this time, it was not because they stood on opposing sides. It was pure personal hatred.

"Oh! You recovered that quickly? You really are a magical girl."

"You... are unforgivable!"

Li Xuan's taunting drove Xu Rou's fury to its limit. Somehow, she found the strength to force her right arm free from the tentacles and cast magic at Li Xuan.

"Moonlight!"

With Xu Rou's sharp cry, a beam of clear light poured down from the ceiling. Li Xuan had not expected her to have the strength to retaliate, so he hastily coiled the tentacles above his head to shield himself.

Perhaps because Xu Rou was already extremely weak, the clear light merely left Li Xuan dizzy rather than inflicting any real damage. He quickly recovered, steadied himself, and gave Xu Rou a savage grin.

"It's wonderful to see you so spirited. Let's begin the second half."

This time, Li Xuan showed no mercy. He found ropes and other tools in the box, first tying Xu Rou's hands behind her back with a handcuff knot. Then, he used a dragonfly tie to firmly secure both arms behind her back. Her thighs were pulled apart to either side, with knots at her knees binding them to the rope loop behind her. Finally, he suspended her from the ceiling with a thick rope.

Considering that a magical girl's physique could not be compared to an ordinary person's, Li Xuan deliberately infused the remaining Evil Energy into the ropes to reinforce them.

This left Xu Rou unable to stretch her limbs, while Li Xuan's tentacles were freed from their binding duties and surrounded her, poised to strike.

"Come to think of it, there are places that aren't easy for tentacles to get into." After confirming that the knots were secure, Li Xuan circled back to the front and carefully examined Xu Rou's body.

"What are you going to do?" Xu Rou asked in a trembling voice.

"Help you relax." Li Xuan grinned wickedly and reached down to grasp Xu Rou's small foot, hidden inside her long boot.

"Ugh..." Xu Rou let out a sound instinctively, then immediately realized it was inappropriate and clamped her mouth shut.

Xu Rou's boots were tight. Even after loosening the laces, Li Xuan had to put in some effort to remove them. He then gently pulled off her stockings, revealing soft, pale little feet within. Her pink, flowerbud-like toes curled backward from excessive tension.

Li Xuan jabbed a finger hard into Xu Rou's sole. She felt a numb, swelling ache shoot from the bottom of her foot straight into her brain, and her toes spread open despite herself. Several tiny tentacles immediately wrapped around all ten of her toes, their fine granular textures rolling across her sensitive skin like beads. The sensation coursed through her body like an electric current.

Xu Rou gritted her teeth and endured it. She did not want to show another shameful expression in front of this monster.

But for Li Xuan, this was only the beginning.

A long tentacle covered Xu Rou's eyes. In the darkness, something slowly traveled up her calves. Xu Rou could tell that it was not a tentacle, but a pair of real hands.

A male scent drew ever closer. A hot whisper suddenly sounded beside her ear, uttering words too indecent to bear hearing. The tip of a tongue lightly brushed across her rounded earlobe while her sensitive soles were roughly kneaded. With her sight taken away, every physical sensation became extraordinarily acute. Not knowing which part of her would be touched next only intensified the stimulation she suffered.

At that moment, she could only grit her teeth and endure with the self-sacrificing resolve of a martyr, barely preserving a shred of reason amid the increasingly powerful sensations.

"Still able to endure it? You really are a magical girl." Li Xuan smiled, then lightly clapped his hands.

Xu Rou thought he had come up with some new trick to torment her, and she instinctively tensed her entire body. Yet what happened next once again exceeded her expectations.

"Big sister... Why are you here? And why are those tentacles putting you in such a strange pose..."

A childish voice reached Xu Rou's ears. She recognized it as the girl who had been taken hostage. Clearly, the girl had woken up and witnessed her being toyed with.

"Monster! Let go of big sister! Big sister, don't worry about me! Run away!" The childish voice came again. The girl had clearly realized her circumstances and guessed that Xu Rou had been captured for her sake.

"Don't look at me... Don't look at me like this!" Xu Rou cried out in a voice on the verge of collapse. She was supposed to be a role model, yet now she had appeared before her fan in such an unbearable pose. The overwhelming shame elicited a response from her body, and Li Xuan chose that moment to intensify the stimulation as the tentacles became active across every inch of Xu Rou's skin.

"Your body is much more honest than your mouth. Does being played with by tentacles in front of your fan really feel that good?"

"Don't be ridiculous... This much... This kind of thing won't—won't make me feel anything at all!" Xu Rou loudly refuted him, but the panting mixed into her voice made it sound like she was merely trying to reassure herself.

Given Xu Rou's figure and looks, she naturally had no shortage of admirers. But she had devoted herself to slaying monsters and had never shown interest in anyone. Forget dating—she had never even touched a boy's hand.

And now, her chastity was about to be taken by a monster. Not the person she loved, not even a human, but a monster she hated to the bone!

Xu Rou could not accept such a reality. Yet something that had been suppressed within her for a long time was swelling, surging in like a tidal wave, until it finally swallowed her consciousness whole.

[Failed to unlock new CG. The maximum number of CGs unlockable from a single defeat has been reached.]

"There's actually a restriction like that? Is the system afraid I'll exploit a bug to farm points?" Li Xuan was slightly disappointed, but when he turned to admire his "masterpiece," he could not help growing excited again.

After everything that had just happened, Xu Rou's eyes had gone vacant and her face was flushed red. Her fragrant sweat mixed with the tentacles' mucus, soaking the short skirt that symbolized her magical-girl identity. Not a trace of the heroic bearing she had displayed upon first appearing remained.

"Since I can't fill up the CGs in one go, I might as well forget about being practical and just enjoy myself."

Thinking this, Li Xuan once more forced some liquid down the noisy little fan's throat to put her back to sleep. Then he lowered Xu Rou and lifted her legs into a completely defenseless position.

"No reaction at all anymore?" Li Xuan patted Xu Rou's cheek, intending to wake her. But perhaps he had gone too far earlier; Xu Rou was already barely conscious and showed little response no matter how he called to her.

"Fine, I'll just treat her like an inflatable doll." Li Xuan smiled and stepped forward to make use of the first magical girl of his career.

After the series of humiliations she had just endured, Xu Rou's heart was still resisting, but her body had already been thoroughly prepared. Li Xuan's movements went extremely smoothly. Aside from breaking through a small obstacle in the process, he encountered virtually no resistance.

"First blood! The Sleeping Dragon emerges from the mountain!"

Afterward, Li Xuan imagined the system prompt for himself. Seeing that Xu Rou seemed to show signs of waking, he calmly pulled up his pants, preparing to enjoy the magical girl's expression when she regained consciousness.

But at that moment, the Hunting Radar suddenly issued a warning.

[Two magical girls detected nearby.]

[Distance: 50 meters, 45 meters, 40 meters...]

[Detailed information can be displayed after visual lock-on.]

Chapter 4: Sister, You Smell So Good!

"Xiao Rou, are you in there?" An urgent shout soon came from outside the door.

Li Xuan frowned. This basement was an abandoned warehouse belonging to a garment factory, located deep in a remote suburb where even buses did not pass. It seemed magical girls possessed the ability to sense their companions' locations, or they could not possibly have found this place so quickly.

Although he really wanted to see Xu Rou's expression after she woke up, Li Xuan could still tell what mattered more. Most of his Evil Energy had already been depleted, and he had finished what he came here to do. Running was clearly the best option now.

He immediately let Xu Rou down, used the tentacles to grab the camera, opened the ventilation duct in the ceiling, and crawled inside.

"Let me!" An impatient voice sounded outside. The warehouse's main door was immediately blown open by an Explosive Flame, and a magical girl with red twin tails leaped inside. She wore a bright gold-and-red long dress, its side slit exposing a section of snow-white thigh adorned with a golden thigh ring. Two flowing satin ribbons like flames were tied around her wrists, making her attire look as extravagant as though she were about to perform on stage.

Upon seeing Xu Rou's disheveled state, the red-haired girl was consumed by rage. She waved a ball of flame and looked around in every direction, clearly eager to locate Li Xuan.

[Magical girl locked on.]

[Name: Wu Yan]

[Magic Power Level: C]

[Type: Fantasy Type]

"Flame Dance! Don't be so hasty. Watch out for traps or anything else nearby!" A magical girl with short golden hair hurriedly followed her in. She wore a pale-yellow Lolita cake dress, its layered folds as elegant as yellow roses. Flesh-colored stockings covered her legs, and she held a bright-yellow staff in her hand. Based on appearances alone, she fit the traditional image of a magical girl better than either of her companions.

The blonde girl rushed to Xu Rou the moment she entered, helping her up despite the mucus on her body. Then she waved her staff, creating a barrier to protect her within it.

[Magical girl locked on.]

[Name: Qi Mo]

[Magic Power Level: C]

[Type: Sealing Type]

"A classic red, yellow, and blue three-person squad." As Li Xuan was musing over this, Wu Yan had already discovered his location. With a flick of her ribbon, a streak of fire shot toward him.

Li Xuan hurriedly released black mist to obscure their vision, casually placed Hunting Marks on both magical girls, and then crawled upward through the duct.

"You turned Xiao Rou into this, and you think you can just walk away?"

Wu Yan seemed to have climbed into the duct as well, but the tentacles' flexibility made Li Xuan extraordinarily agile in the cramped space. Unless Wu Yan could turn into a loach, she had no chance of catching him.

"Flame Dance! Stop chasing him! Saving people comes first! We found an ordinary person here!"

"Leave me alone! I'm going to burn him to ashes!"

"The terrain here is complicated. Be careful, it could be a trap!"

Qi Mo kept trying to persuade her from behind. By the time Li Xuan climbed out through the exit to the surface, the two magical girls' voices had faded beyond hearing.

"Experience +3. Farewell!"

After running some distance and seeing no sign that the two were pursuing him, Li Xuan found a quiet spot and slowly drew the Evil Energy back into his body. From the outside, he now looked completely like an ordinary human, without the slightest trace of a monster's aura. Because of the cognitive barrier, magical girls could not identify him as the monster either.

Seeing that evening was approaching, Li Xuan called a taxi home and lay in his bedroom organizing the intelligence he had gathered.

Although he was annoyed about being interrupted at the end, today's gains had already been quite substantial. Moreover, the Hunting Radar's marks had not disappeared even from this distance. Li Xuan could still see three glowing dots in blue, red, and yellow. Judging from their positions, all three magical girls had returned home, and all three lived in this city.

As he watched, Li Xuan suddenly noticed that the marked dots seemed clickable. He tried touching the blue dot, and a window actually popped up on the interface, displaying the sights and sounds around Xu Rou as though it were a live broadcast.

Li Xuan glanced over the skill description and only then realized that, due to his level-up, the Hunting Radar had gained the ability to view the audio and visuals surrounding marked targets.

"System bro, you're awesome!" Li Xuan immediately grew excited. With this ability, they would be in the light while he remained in the shadows. With such a massive intelligence advantage, would he still have to worry about finding opportunities to strike?

Of course, he could also use it secretly to watch some other things...

Li Xuan enlarged the image and saw that, after undoing her transformation, Xu Rou's clothes and hair color had become ordinary again. After returning home, she had only hurriedly taken a bath before exhaustedly going to bed. There was nothing else worth watching afterward.

So Li Xuan opened the red mark's view. The magical girl named Wu Yan was on a rooftop, viciously kicking and punching a sandbag as if venting her anger. Her movements were clean and precise, and her thighs were powerful and springy. One glance was enough to tell that she had received specialized training.

Compared to Xu Rou's slender build, Wu Yan's body was more athletic, yet lacked the heavily muscled appearance of an athlete. It struck a subtle balance between the two.

"Just wait, Xiao Rou. I'll avenge you. I'll tear that monster who humiliated you to pieces!" Wu Yan roared, sending the sandbag that had been fixed to the ground flying with a spinning kick.

"Looks like a dangerous one. I'll need to be extra careful when dealing with her."

While Li Xuan considered how to handle Wu Yan, he opened the yellow mark's view and saw Qi Mo...

Holy shit. Qi Mo was lying on her bed, pressing a piece of blue-and-white-striped women's triangular fabric over her face and inhaling deeply! As she inhaled, she repeatedly murmured Xu Rou's name. Her legs clamped around the protruding bone at her wrist and rubbed in small motions, while an expression of absolute intoxication filled her face.

"Ma'am, why is your art style completely different from everyone else's? Can a pervert like this really be a magical girl?" Li Xuan was deeply shocked, yet he could not stop himself from continuing to watch.

The tiny piece of fabric from Xu Rou seemed to stimulate Qi Mo intensely. By merely clamping her thighs together, Qi Mo shuddered and released herself from her desecration of her companion.

Only after a long while did Qi Mo remove the fabric from her face and sit up. Looking at the moonlight outside the window, her gaze became hollow and vacant, as though she had seen through the truths of all creation. Everything in the world seemed utterly dull to her, and she could not help contemplating the meaning of existence.

After the sage time passed, Qi Mo picked up a sealed bag from beside her bed and carefully placed the fabric inside.

Then she opened a locked drawer and put the bag away. Li Xuan noticed that the drawer contained many more sealed bags like it. They held accessories, photographs, and some girls' intimate clothing. There was even a five-nut mooncake with a bite taken out of it. Each bag bore a label with a different date, presumably the time when the items had been collected.

"Unbelievable."

Li Xuan was mildly stunned. Who would have thought that the mature, reliable big sister who seemed the most dependable of the three was secretly such a pervert?

Still, this might be an opportunity he could exploit...

Chapter 5: The Battle Plan and Stuff

Inside a private room at a cold-drink shop sat three high school girls dressed for the summer heat. Various cold drinks were arranged before them, while the air conditioner maintained a perfectly comfortable temperature. It should have been the ultimate enjoyment in the sweltering summer, yet none of the three wore even the faintest smile.

"Xiao Rou, I'm sorry to call you out so soon. I originally wanted to give you some time to recover, but this monster truly is unusual..." Qi Mo apologetically pushed a cup of lemonade toward Xu Rou.

"Don't worry about me. From the moment I became a magical girl, I was prepared to go through things like this..." Xu Rou forced herself to smile, but the gloom in her eyes made it difficult not to worry about her.

Seeing Xu Rou like this, Qi Mo secretly felt heartbroken. But she knew they had more important matters to address. "Then, please describe what happened when you encountered the monster that day. There may be important intelligence in it."

"Before that, I want to know how the girl captured by the monster is doing."

"She wasn't injured, but she suffered a severe psychological shock. To keep it from affecting her future life, I sealed that part of her memory before taking her home," Qi Mo answered.

"Thank you. Then I'll begin." Hearing that the girl was all right eased Xu Rou's heart somewhat. She gave a complete account of everything that had happened before and after her encounter with Li Xuan. However, when she reached the part after being taken to the warehouse, she blushed and claimed that her consciousness had been hazy, so she could not remember clearly.

Qi Mo knew Xu Rou did not wish to recall that humiliating experience, so she did not press her further and merely wrote down the available information in detail.

"It seems we are facing a rather cunning and unscrupulous enemy. We need to formulate a proper battle plan," Qi Mo said, looking up.

"A plan? What the hell is a plan good for? If you hadn't stopped me, I would've burned him to ashes yesterday!" Wu Yan said dismissively.

"If I hadn't stopped you, you would have used Explosive Flame in that narrow space. Whether you could have killed the monster is uncertain, but you probably wouldn't be sitting here unharmed right now," Qi Mo calmly reminded her.

"Tch..." Wu Yan crossed her feet on the table and leaned back, supporting her entire weight on only the chair's two rear legs. She knew Qi Mo was right, but she was too embarrassed to admit her mistake just like that.

"Flame Dance, isn't it bad to put your feet on the table? The table is for food..." Xu Rou could not help reminding her.

"If you want to eat them, that's not impossible." As Wu Yan spoke, she opened a can of cola and began gulping it down.

"That's not what I meant..."

"Enough, enough. Wu Yan, how can you still be joking at a time like this? We should be discussing how to deal with the enemy." Qi Mo tried to persuade her.