Magical Girl Norei Arrives to Assist

The change came suddenly, yet it was also expected.

The moment the explosion rang out, Molis and Xia Ya both shifted into battle stances.

However, the crowd below did not react so quickly. Ceiling debris from the explosion was raining down on them, and only then did they realize what was happening.

Among them was Zhou Mo's deskmate. He had come to the event too, and by sheer bad luck, he was standing right where the debris was falling.

When he looked up and saw a dark shadow rapidly closing in on him, it was already too late to run.

His deskmate instinctively widened his eyes and was about to crouch down with his head covered, but the next moment, a gentle blue curtain of light lit up above him, blocking every falling fragment.

He stared blankly at the light before him, then turned to see Molis onstage reaching a hand in his direction, the same glow radiating from her hand.

As he looked at that light, something suddenly trembled in his heart, and he muttered, "The undying light in your hand is my..."

"Get out of here!"

The girl's shout immediately interrupted his wild thoughts, and he hurried away with the crowd.

Just then, the Witch Guno on the ceiling burst into unrestrained laughter.

"Ha! You Magical Girl, you reacted pretty quickly. You're far better than those idiots from a few days ago who just stood there watching their fans get hurt by falling debris."

She slowly rose to her feet, her red eyes turning toward the gathered crowd. In an instant, her lips stretched into a wide grin. Then Guno pushed off lightly with her legs, launching herself straight at the crowd.

Though she looked like a frail girl, she moved so quickly that crashing directly into the crowd would have been no different from a cannonball striking them.

If she hit them, there would surely be blood and flesh everywhere, limbs flying through the air.

But while she was fast, someone else was just as fast.

Just as she was about to fall into the crowd, her grotesquely twisted smile nearly pressed against someone's face, a blue streak of light had already reached Guno and collided with her.

The fierce blast from their collision sent the nearby crowd tumbling, but thankfully, no one suffered serious injuries.

At the same time, a pink-Bai curtain of light spread across the entire venue. Xia Ya's magical barrier had been completed.

Interrupted in midair, the Witch Guno landed back on the ground and curiously looked at Molis, who had landed at the same time.

"To think there are newcomers among the Magical Girls with battle experience like yours. No, there are two of you... How interesting."

She glanced at the pink magical barrier that had formed around them, excitement appearing on her face.

Molis held the Moonlight Spear diagonally behind her as she slowly circled the Witch, as though searching for an opening.

Then she pointed the spearhead directly at Guno.

"You're the Witch who's been causing trouble lately, aren't you?"

Witch Guno tilted her head and glanced at Xia Ya in the distance before turning back to Molis.

"So it seems you knew I would appear. Were you planning to get rid of me here? You don't really think you can pull that off, do you?"

Even while facing two Magical Girls, Guno showed no sense of danger. She did not take two mere newcomers seriously.

But Molis smiled faintly.

"We looked you up. You're Guno, the Witch who's been very active in the Twelfth District lately. You have around 460,000 fans. Under normal circumstances, someone with only 30,000 fans like me might not be your match. So..."

At that, Molis lifted her chin, pulled a phone from her pocket, and waved it.

"I called in reinforcements."

[Support request: accepted. Magical Girl has arrived at the destination.]

At that moment, a figure jumped down through the hole overhead, landing forcefully between the Witch and Molis.

As the dust settled, a girl with pale golden hair and a gunblade in hand stepped forward.

"Magical Girl Norei, here to provide support!"

Seeing her, Molis could not help blinking.

That name sounded somewhat familiar.

Just as she tried to remember which Magical Girl the other girl was, Norei slightly turned her head and smiled at her.

"Nice to meet you, Molis."

Looking at the girl's smile, Molis finally remembered.

Norei seemed to be the one Mo Li and she had used as the subject of their argument...

She responded awkwardly.

Without any further small talk, Norei turned to the Witch, her gaze sharpening.

Molis, Xia Ya, who had run over from the stage, and Norei, who had come to support them.

It was now three Magical Girls against one Witch. The advantage was theirs.

Just as the three prepared to attack together, Guno, the Witch standing in the open area, somehow had a phone raised in her hand and spoke exaggeratedly to its screen.

"Oh no, everyone! It looks like your streamer has been set up! If you don't want your adorable streamer to get beaten to death, send lots of gifts!"

After saying that, the girl flashed a peace sign at the camera.

"..."

Molis had to admit that this Witch was no less dedicated than she was.

Once the Witch finished speaking and looked back at the three of them, she gave them a mischievous smile.

"Three against one? I'm so scared!"

"But you counted the numbers wrong~"

Before the three could think further, the girl lightly clapped her hands. Suddenly, several different figures surrounded them from all sides.

Everyone was immediately startled and looked around.

Three black Monsters of different shapes slowly approached at the Witch's command.

Seeing this, the girls immediately became alert, each facing one direction.

"Three against four, yay! I win."

Guno raised both hands in celebration, as happy as a child.

At that moment, Norei moved closer to Molis and Xia Ya and said in a low voice, "I'll deal with this Witch. Help me hold off these three Monsters. What do you think?"

Hearing Norei's proposal, Xia Ya nodded without hesitation. "No problem."

Molis, meanwhile, glanced at the Witch in the distance and said, "Be careful."

Norei smiled slightly. "I will."

Once they had assigned their opponents, all three moved at once.

Xia Ya raised her staff and fired several light bullets at every enemy around them.

Norei and Molis headed in different directions, following the spheres of light toward their respective enemies.

Guno was still cheering when the light bullets arrived before her.

She reacted incredibly quickly, merely shifting slightly to the side to evade them.

But in the next instant, just as the girl made her dodging move, Norei's gunblade fiercely thrust toward her.

Norei's Magic Armament was a musket, though a blade roughly twenty centimeters long extended beneath its barrel, allowing her to fight at both close and long range.

Just as the blade was about to pierce the girl, a mass of thick black fog suddenly appeared, blocking the blade like a shield.

Their collision erupted with a sharp metallic clang. Norei's expression changed slightly as she swiftly pulled her weapon back.

The pitch-black fog hovered beside Guno, and she reached one hand into it before closing her fingers around something.

As though she had grasped something, the black fog dispersed in an instant, revealing an enormous black chainsaw nearly as tall as the girl herself.

The girl held the massive chainsaw in one hand and lifted it with ease.

Guno turned her head, staring fixedly at Norei with a smile.

"Sneak attacks aren't good behavior."