On the way back to Huahai City, Luo You received a call from Li Yun.
“Youyou, I heard from Sis you’re back? Where are you now?”
“I just got into a luxury car worth several hundred million.”
There was a pause on Li Yun’s end.
“Youyou, which rich lady have you seduced this time? You can’t keep doing this! Rich ladies who can afford luxury cars worth several hundred million play really perverted games!! You’re so delicate, you’d never survive it!”
“I’m on the Harmonious Electric Train, damn it.”
“…Oh.”
Even through the phone, Luo You felt uncomfortable from the awkward aura radiating from her big sister.
Besides, there really aren’t any luxury cars worth several hundred million, are there?
With that much money, you could buy a small private jet.
Big sis’s intelligence is honestly a bit concerning.
“Youyou, don’t forget what I said…”
“Hm? What did you say?”
“The thing we talked about at night…”
“Oh~~ you mean that night when we were in bed together?”
“That never happened! Youyou, you really, really—! Watch out or you’ll catch the attention of someone truly extreme and get taken away for some weird stuff!!”
Not bad, at least she’s a little better than that rebellious girl at home, knows how to be reserved, and doesn’t casually mention bad words like Starfury Power.
“Just remember, never give up on that kid. Try looking from a different perspective once in a while. You might see things differently.”
“.Oh.”
Honestly, Luo You didn’t take it to heart.
No matter what, as long as Xue didn’t cause trouble for her right now, that was the top priority.
If she crossed the line, Luo You’s response would depend on how things developed.
“If she turns out to be someone promising, I guess it’s okay to hold some expectations for her…?!”
A rapidly approaching object outside the window suddenly crashed into the Harmonious Electric Train, which was traveling at nearly 200 km/h.
The tremendous centrifugal force instantly flung Luo You into the air.
“What!?”
Instinctively, Luo You used the Pure Land of Three Lifetimes and Ten Directions to protect herself.
Otherwise, if the centrifugal force didn’t kill her, she would’ve been crushed by flying passengers or luggage.
The violent tremors and deafening roar lasted for almost a minute.
Luo You crawled out from under a pile of luggage and surveyed her surroundings.
The train seemed to have derailed, lights flickered, and all around was a hair-raising darkness.
“Help, help me…”
Next to her, a middle-aged office worker whose legs had been crushed wailed for help.
His condition was dire, his eyes almost sunken, half his face covered in dark blood, and blood constantly leaking from his mouth.
Luo You only glanced at him, then pretended to try to help a bit before decisively ignoring him.
He could probably be saved, but saving him and getting him out were two different things.
He was pinned under something extremely heavy.
To get him out, she’d have to use her special abilities, which was out of the question.
Forget it.
Luo You climbed over the pile of corpses and train debris to check the situation outside.
“Whoa… Where is this?”
The train was now in a terraced field, the entire set smoking, with a few other people who, like her, had escaped the carriages.
She remembered something had crashed into the train, causing the derailment…?
Suddenly, Luo You shrank back into the carriage, hiding herself.
Gunshots echoed from outside, mingled with the sounds of powerful energy colliding.
This was clearly no simple train accident.
Scarlet Authority–
With eyes observing everywhere and ears listening in all directions, Luo You quickly gathered information about her surroundings.
“Fusion warriors, armed gangs… seems like they’re fighting each other?”
“Some are foreigners.”
“Oh… Looks like foreign forces are after those traitors colluding with the Realmsea. They’re making a move across borders… Seems like they’ve caught some big fish…”
It was known that the group colluding with the Realmsea had strategic means that could only be countered with Zero-Tier Magic.
All nations coveted this, so much so that they’d launch armed operations even inside other countries.
It was probably during their capture that her train got caught in the crossfire.
“No way? Am I really this unlucky?”
Luo You curled her lip.
Still, in a way, she was sort of lucky.
Luo You was quite interested in the methods that forced Xing Yue and the others to use Zero-Tier Magic against that group.
In other words, she could totally play the mantis stalking the cicada, only for the oriole to catch them all.
“Hehe, let’s see what happens…”
***
Meanwhile–
“Yang, aren’t you making a move?”
“They’re just regular people. What’s the point in killing them? Have you found the target?”
“The guy disappeared after crashing into the train. He probably got crushed—maybe part of him is in that pile of meat paste.”
“No way. Once he activates the Fusion Warrior form, his body is super tough. Crashing into the train wouldn’t do that. He must be hiding in the pile of corpses. Find him! We’re not the only ones after this group, and the magical girls will be here soon!”
A team of a dozen armed men crept through the night.
If they came across a survivor begging for help, they’d shoot them dead and keep searching.
Luo You heard every word of their conversation.
[No way, if this keeps up they’ll find me in no time, won’t they?]
Better transform first.
She looked around, then quietly slipped to the connector between train carriages.
Transform—!
Magical Girl, Golden Scale, makes her grand entrance!
“Found her! Over there!”
The armed men suddenly sprinted over, obviously headed toward Luo You’s position.
But their real target wasn’t Luo You—it was a figure that had just burst from the pile of corpses and was running outside.
Luo You’s pupils contracted sharply as she saw the figure.
[That guy… was in the same carriage as me? …Wait! Isn’t that the one who just asked me for help? He actually managed to evade my Scarlet Authority’s detection?!]
Not sure if the other party saw her sneak out to transform, Luo You’s killing intent instantly rose.
Time to die.
Second-Tier Magic
Great Shockwave
In an instant, the earth shook and the skies rumbled.
The escaping figure was instantly reduced to ashes.
“Who?!”
“It’s a magical girl! Open fire! Surround her!”
The armed men behind her immediately pulled the trigger, some even morphing into Fusion Warriors, attacking her from her blind spots.
In today’s world, where Fusion Warriors had replaced psykers as the top combat force for every faction, magical girls were no longer invincible—at least not the lower-level ones.
In their eyes, this magical girl seemed tough, but as long as she wasn’t one of the super-elite, they still had a chance.
Besides, there were plenty of hostages here—all could be used.
Luo You raised her hand, curled her middle finger, “You all get a Great Shockwave, too.”
Pop!
She flicked her finger as if lightly snapping someone’s forehead, but the resulting shockwave was earth-shattering.
The armed men, along with the ground beneath them, were obliterated, leaving a crater several meters deep.
“This is bad! She’s a super-elite!”
Two Fusion Warriors flanking her immediately sensed danger.
A super-elite magical girl could go toe-to-toe with King-class Dimensional Beings, but King-class Fusion Warriors were still extremely rare—there might not even be twenty worldwide.
Clearly, these two weren’t in that league.
“Take hostages!”
The Fusion Warrior called “Yang” yanked two dazed civilians out of the train and held them in front of himself, shouting: “I don’t care who you are, just stop—”
“Great Shockwave.”
A blast of force swept over him.
Yang slowly looked down to find that the two hostages in his hands, along with his lower body, had already vanished into thin air.