Magical Gang (Part One)
Inside an upscale buffet restaurant on Commercial Street.
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"Huff, huff..."
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"Slow down..."
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Zhou Xingxing looked at Xu Youyou beside her, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
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"Mmph! (I won't!)"
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Xu Youyou glared fiercely at Zhou Xingxing before continuing to turn her grief into an appetite, rapidly wiping out the food on the table.
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What did she mean, Love had come to the Association to complete the test while Xu Youyou was sleeping?
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What did she mean, everyone had held a little tea party while she was still asleep, chatting and getting to know each other better?
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What did she mean, everyone had only remembered that someone was still sleeping at the Association after they had already arrived at the dining location?
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She was the Magical Girl—Ranger! Her ability was Absolute Evasion! It wasn't lowering her own presence!
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She felt so wronged... She wanted to cry...
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"Ahem..."
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Xu Youyou had eaten too fiercely and suddenly choked. Clutching her throat, she struggled to ask for help.
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Li Qi hurriedly handed her a drink from beside her.
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Xu Youyou grabbed the drink and gulped it down, swallowing the food stuck in her throat along with it.
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"I'm alive, but I won't forgive you that easily, Senior Li Qi."
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Hearing this, Li Qi actually felt a little guilty.
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After all, they had lived and fought together for some time. Yet she had only remembered so late that they had forgotten to wake Xu Youyou up.
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"Ah, no... That's not what I meant."
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"Don't worry, I'm not blaming you, Senior Li Qi... It's all Zhou Xingxing's fault!"
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Seeing Li Qi's expression change, Xu Youyou panicked a little and hurriedly changed her words.
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She had almost forgotten. Li Qi was serious by nature and easily took jokes seriously... Of course, that wasn't saying Li Qi couldn't take a joke. It was that she cared too much about her companions, to the point that she placed great importance on every word they said.
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As long as the situation was appropriate, Li Qi could still tell when someone was joking.
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It was just that Xu Youyou had only just been forgotten and had said something like that, so it was hard for Li Qi not to take it seriously.
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"Yes, it's all my fault... I wonder who it was. I called her when I got up this morning, but she insisted on sleeping a little longer and even got angry with me."
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Zhou Xingxing poked at the dessert on her plate, her face full of speechlessness.
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"Hmph!"
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Xu Youyou snorted petulantly, her eyes landing on Yang Cheng.
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At this enormous dining table, the only person who looked particularly tall was Yang Cheng. Most of them hovered around 1.6 meters, with only Yang Cheng nearing 1.7 meters. Next came Li Qi and Chen Qianqian.
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"She really is such a motherly figure."
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"Ahem..."
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Caught off guard by Xu Youyou's suggestive remark, Yang Cheng failed to hold it in and nearly sprayed all the food in her mouth out.
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"What makes you say that?"
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Xu Youyou tilted her head and thought for a moment.
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"Look... Aren't you always taking care of us? Especially Li Qi, right?"
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"You cured her mother, and your help was indispensable to the success of the concert. Besides, you were the one who guided Li Qi to resolve the knot in her heart during the concert."
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"You've always protected everyone in silence, treated each person gently, and responded to everyone's love."
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"Isn't that exactly what a motherly figure is?"
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"Look..."
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Xu Youyou opened a forum, where there was an extremely popular thread.
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※ Magical Girl Love is a woman who could become my mother! ※
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"Commander? When did you get here?"
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"What an embarrassing fellow.jpg"
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Looking at the thread, Yang Cheng awkwardly covered her face.
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"Oh~ Little Chengcheng really is popular, huh? She's barely appeared a few times, yet she's already this popular."
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Beautiful Sound leaned over, her eyes shining uncontrollably.
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Her name was Beautiful Sound. Like Ben Xiangmeng, she was an exchange student from an affiliated country who had come to study abroad.
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"Indeed. When we first debuted, we didn't have nearly so many fans."
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Electric Sound sighed as well.
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She had never told everyone her real name, seemingly because it was somewhat too abstract.
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Besides, when they said they hadn't had many fans before debuting, they were referring to the period before they became Magical Girls and formed their girl band.
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After dispelling their transformations, the two looked completely like well-behaved girls. The contrast with their transformed appearances was enormous.
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"By the way, Qianqian, are you two together now?"
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Ben Xiangmeng had been watching everyone chat without saying much when she suddenly remembered something.
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Chen Qianqian, who had also been pressed against Yang Cheng without saying much, was suddenly called out. Her face immediately flushed red.
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"Ah... Um... I..."
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"Of course."
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Seeing that Chen Qianqian was too shy to speak again, Yang Cheng immediately admitted it.
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After all, there was nothing shameful about their relationship.
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Seeing Yang Cheng acknowledge it so openly, Chen Qianqian became even more embarrassed and buried herself directly in Yang Cheng's arms.
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In a small alley somewhere on Commercial Street.
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A disheveled person in tattered clothes, looking like a beggar, staggered into the depths of the alley and leaned against the wall.
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"Damn Magical Girls..."
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"Clearly... Clearly, I'm only ever a little short of succeeding. Why do you always show up to stop me at the critical moment!"
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"I refuse to accept this..."
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With the Harvester captured, there was no longer any value in rescuing her.
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The higher-ups of the Liberation Faction had already decided to send someone new to this city, and that new leader definitely wouldn't employ old members like him.
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If he couldn't demonstrate his value, the only thing awaiting him in the end would be abandonment.
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That kind of thing...
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He had worked so hard for so long and sacrificed everything he had. Was he really going to end up with nothing but abandonment?
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From inside his clothes, he pulled out a pitch-black crystal.
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"No... Even if there's only a one-percent chance, I can't give up. Things have already reached this point anyway."
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He had finally obtained the news that the Magical Girls had gathered at the Association's Branch this morning.
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It would take time to reach Commercial Street.
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This time, he wouldn't hold back.
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After all, his purpose this time wasn't to follow orders, lure the Magical Girls over, and defeat them.
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This time, he was only here to destroy! To take revenge!
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The man took a deep breath and violently stabbed the crystal in his hand into his chest.
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In an instant, the crystal erupted with black mist. However, the roiling black mist didn't disperse. Instead, it drilled toward the wound in his chest.
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The man felt a piercing pain, but he didn't cry out. He merely bit down hard on his own arm, blood pouring freely.
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He had to endure it! Otherwise, they would discover something was wrong and the Magical Girls would arrive ahead of time.
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It would be over soon... Not a single person on this Commercial Street would escape!
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Powerful hatred and resentment gradually fused with the crystal.
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At last, the crystal slowly merged into the man's body.
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The man gradually felt his power growing stronger, while his field of vision slowly rose higher.
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Then, the pain vanished.
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The feeling of being filled with power made the man let out a roar of pleasure.
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"Die, all of you!"
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He was... invincible!