Roni was sure she had done everything right. The moment she finished reading the rules, she had made the correct choice.
So she was certain this killing intent had nothing to do with her. That meant another trial-taker was here. They had entertained a negative thought, and that thought had become reality.
That person's negative thought was coming!
Roni realized it at once. She sprang up from the ice island and ran, wind rising beneath her feet.
But a moment later, she saw a door appear from thin air in the sky behind her, its reflection visible in the seawater. Nameless stepped out, expressionless.
"Idiot, idiot, idiot!!!"
Despair seized Roni. What kind of idiot had a negative thought about Nameless?
Gritting her teeth, she drew a staff. The instant Nameless came to kill her, she shouted, "Magical girl transformation!"
Pink mist filled the air around her. Nameless struck it with his palm, but the blow sank in like a clay ox entering the sea, leaving no trace.
The staff Roni used was called the Magical Girl Staff. After she said "Magical girl transformation," a ten-second transformation sequence would begin. Throughout it, she would be invincible.
She had sensed that Nameless's palm strike would kill her, so she had gritted her teeth and used the staff.
Inside the pink mist, white light covered her body. Her clothes vanished without a trace, revealing only her shapely figure.
Then a sailor uniform appeared and swiftly dressed her. Blue ribbons wound around her forehead and behind her.
Ten seconds could feel long, or they could pass in a flash.
In the blink of an eye, she became a magical girl—and Nameless struck her with his palm.
Pfft!
Blood sprayed from her mouth.
Roni flew backward. The clothes on her body dissolved into white light,