Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Fu You arrives at school late and reunites with Huali, who is relieved to see him. Fu You says he simply slept in.
• During class, an explosion shakes the area. Smoke rises over the Factory District, and reports soon confirm that Fierce Beasts are attacking.
• Huali receives a message from Huang Xing and leaves school, transforming into a Magical Girl to join the fight. Fu You secretly senses his magic and watches him go.
• News coverage reveals that the attackers are arriving in coordinated waves, suggesting a planned assault rather than the usual isolated transformations. The Special Incident Response Department and armed forces respond in force.
• Fu You asks Black Card for information and learns that an out-of-town Witches’ Society is behind the surprise attack, apparently testing the waters.
• Fu You keeps an eye on the battle from the rooftop. The fighting appears to center on Huang Xing and Green Yi, while Huali supports them with healing. The explosions eventually subside, and no alarming update arrives.

Character developments and interactions

• Fu You remains outwardly detached, sleeping in class and dismissing his classmates’ questions, but his actions show concern for Huali: he watches him leave, checks on the battle, and asks Black Card for updates. He denies that he is worried.
• Huali is eager to prove himself as a Magical Girl and hopes strong performance might earn more instruction from his senior. He leaves class without hesitation to join the response team.
• Black Card teases Fu You about caring for his junior, prompting Fu You to insist he is not worried.
• Huali and Fu You share a quiet moment before class: Huali’s excitement at Fu You’s arrival contrasts with Fu You’s casual manner. Their relationship is also reflected in Fu You’s discreet vigilance during the battle.

Significant themes

• Care beneath indifference: Fu You’s words deny concern, but his attention and requests reveal it.
• Duty and ambition: Huali’s decision to fight is driven both by responsibility and by a desire to prove himself.
• Escalating danger: The coordinated attack hints at a larger conflict involving outside forces and suggests the incident may be a test rather than a random outbreak.

Key plot points and events

• While Huali remains absent after the battle, Fu You sees a brief message saying that he and the others are at the hospital. The news confirms the Fierce Beast was defeated but offers little detail about the Magical Girls’ condition.
• Fu You hears that two visiting Magical Girl squads were badly hurt, with one member unconscious. He learns nothing about Huali and considers going inside, but leaves because Huang Xing and the others are there.
• He wanders to the Money-Coming Ice House, where Yuan Xiaofang offers him her first homemade ice cream. Though its heavy cocoa topping initially tastes bitter, the ice cream turns out unexpectedly good, and she happily gives some to the other customers.
• Yuan Xiaofang recognizes that Fu You is troubled and guesses that he is worried about Huali. Fu You denies caring, but admits Huali is in the hospital and that he does not intend to visit because he cannot heal him.
• Yuan Xiaofang urges him to visit someone he cares about while he still can. The conversation ends with Fu You noticing her old photograph from her days as a Magical Girl.

Character developments and interactions

• Fu You tries to hide his concern for Huali. He avoids the hospital despite worrying about him, insists they did not fall out, and dismisses Huali as “just a junior.” His evasions and discomfort reveal more affection than he admits.
• Yuan Xiaofang is warm, perceptive, and gently teasing. She draws Fu You into conversation, offers him comfort through food and drink, and challenges his excuse for not visiting Huali.
• Fu You and Yuan Xiaofang share a familiar, affectionate dynamic: she treats him like a younger friend, while he is candid enough to humor her, even when her guesses unsettle him.

Significant themes

• Care expressed through denial: Fu You’s words claim indifference, but his actions and unease show that he is worried about Huali.
• The value of showing up: Yuan Xiaofang argues that visiting someone matters even when you cannot fix their situation.
• Memory and change: The old photograph of Yuan Xiaofang as a Magical Girl hints at her past and contrasts with her present life at the ice cream shop.

Fu You took Yuan Xiaofang’s advice to heart and visited Huali at the hospital as a Magical Girl. He found Huali injured and Huang Xing unconscious, and stayed when Huali asked him not to leave.

• Fu You reflected on Yuan Xiaofang’s lost teammates and admitted to himself that hiding his concern for Huali might be unnecessary.
• Fu You left the Money-Coming Ice House and decided to visit Huali at the hospital in his Magical Girl form.
• Fu You found Huang Ying waiting outside Huali’s room and entered despite her warning that the doctor was still inside.
• Fu You saw Huali injured in bed and learned that Huang Xing had been badly hurt protecting him from a Fierce Beast’s attack.
• Fu You started to leave, but Huali asked him to stay, and Fu You agreed.

Fu You visited the injured Huali after a squad of Magical Girls survived an ambush by five Fierce Beasts, while an outside Witches' Society assessed Jiangyang City's defenses. The group behind the operation decided to expand its objective from seizing the Witches' Society to occupying the city.

• Huali told Fu You that the squad had killed five Fierce Beasts, including one that ambushed them underground after they had undone their transformations, leaving everyone injured.
• Fu You reassured Huali that surviving mattered most and listened as Huali described how his close-combat training had helped during the fight.
• Fu You reflected that the outside Witches' Society had caused trouble in Jiangyang City and lost to the local Magical Girls, while keeping what he knew from Huali.
• Fu You received an unexpected call from Black Card as the scene shifted to a dark room where an operation assessment began.
• The assessment judged the Magical Girls' resistance weak and Jiangyang City occupiable from the High-Tech District, prompting the group to revise its objective to occupying the city.
• The group mocked the local Witches' Society and anticipated another bloodbath.