After school, on a street outside the campus.
Zhou Mo, An Xia, and the others stood in a row, silently watching the traffic stream past them.
"So, what exactly are we standing here for?"
After waiting for quite a while, Zhou Mo finally couldn't help asking Mo Li, who stood beside her in a daze.
Mo Li wore a serious expression as she said flatly:
"Didn't I tell you? Today's outing is to interview independent Magical Girls who own Transformation Devices."
"Then where are the Magical Girls?" Zhou Mo asked again.
"Wait."
"How is waiting going to help? Are Magical Girls just going to pop out on their own?"
"Quiet. I'm sensing something."
Mo Li raised a hand to cut Zhou Mo off and closed her eyes, as though sensing her surroundings.
"My instincts as a professional independent content creator tell me there's a Magical Girl nearby."
"Seriously...?"
Before Zhou Mo could continue snarking, Mo Li's delicate nose twitched, and she lifted her head to sniff a few times.
Then her eyes flew open, and her lips curved into a grin.
"Found her."
With that, Mo Li sprinted off in one direction.
Seeing this, the others hurried after her.
After rounding a few corners, Zhou Mo and the others followed Mo Li to a stop in front of a small plaza.
"Looks like something's happening over there. Let's hurry over and take a look!"
Mo Li excitedly pointed toward the center of the plaza, running forward as she spoke.
A crowd had gathered in the center of the plaza. Zhou Mo and the others approached from behind and stood on tiptoe to peer inside.
In a large open space within the crowd, two girls stood facing each other, wearing differently colored combat outfits. Each had a star-shaped Transformation Device, either