Today, the temperature in the City of Qingshui was unseasonably low.
Heavy clouds pressed down upon the sky above the city, nearly blotting out the sunlight. The only way for people to receive warmth from nature was completely blocked by the clouds.
“Troubled again?”
“I thought you wouldn’t invite me out again before taking care of your big plans. Are you really so lonely that you want me to use my fingers to help you unwind?”
Luo You’s tone was teasing, her words boldly flirting with the alluring woman before her.
It was Xingyue.
Her own identity was not that of the Magical Girl Golden Scale at the moment.
She was the Aurora Witch, Herrera.
The first thing Xingyue said upon meeting her was—
“Herrera, I don’t want to try anymore.”
“??”
“Use your fingers to break the deadlock for me, will you?”
Luo You wasn’t sure what this woman was scheming, but she felt her own dignity was being insulted.
Was this your so-called ‘final arrangement’?!
“Oh my, oh my… Is this really… The illustrious Number One Magical Girl, Xingyue, reduced to using such suggestive words to convey that her body can’t endure its thirst any longer?”
Luo You hooked her index finger at her lips, her nimble little tongue climbing up the finger, radiating a sultry vibe.
Was this the result of her flirting in the hot spring? Was it? Was it!?
I knew it, how could a hentai like you possibly resist the temptation of the warden! A mere Xingyue can’t possibly withstand the instinctual urges of a true woman!
All this time, Luo You had wanted to string Xingyue along until she took the initiative to ask for a 3.0, trampling on her pride, but now, even if Xingyue didn’t mention it, Luo You couldn’t wait any longer.
The thirst was real!
Facing Xingyue as the Aurora Witch, Luo You even felt she couldn’t wait for the Tides of the Boundary Sea to end.
Yet, the confident smile on Xingyue’s face never faded. “I’m inviting you into the game.” “Into the game? What game? The police station? I think you should be the one going in, you know.” “It’s also a request for help, I hope you’ll join me in putting on a play.” “…Is it a risqué play?” Luo You was silent for a long time before she asked.
“?”
As expected, Herrera’s train of thought always took wild turns—even Xingyue sometimes couldn’t make sense of her vocabulary.
So she just wants to shoot a love scene?
“If that’s what you want, it’s not impossible.”
Xingyue took a deep breath, and when she opened her eyes again, she was calm and fearless.
“I want to challenge you to a duel, Herrera.” “Alright then, let me find a good place…”
Luo You pulled out her phone, ready to search for the nearest love hotel.
“No need. Right here is fine.”
“Eh?” Luo You looked at the empty rooftop of the office building. There were even taller buildings around. “Isn’t this… not so great? Someone might catch us, you know.”
“That’s not the kind of duel I meant.”
…!
The phone she had just opened to search quietly slipped back into her pocket.
Luo You brought her hands together in front of her, lowering her head and staying silent for a moment.
Then, words poured out of her mouth like a string of beads.
“Is there something wrong with your head?”
“With such a powerful enemy before us, instead of saving your strength to deal with the Black Candle Colossus, you’re seriously here to challenge me to a duel?”
“The one who challenged me to a ‘Duel Before the Throne’ upon our first meeting is now seriously asking me for a formal duel?” “Oh, I get it, you want to try something new, right? What’s it called again… Defeat Play? You want to experience what it felt like for all those magical girls you defeated to be humiliated by me?”
Xingyue nodded, facing the somewhat out-of-control Luo You with composure.
Well, she probably just can’t understand.
It’s like a friend who always asks you to game suddenly inviting you to study together—anyone would wonder if their brain had been cracked open and forcefully messed with.
“Don’t make me say it so bluntly, Herrera.”
Xingyue said, “You’re a volatile threat right now, don’t you know? While everyone else is working together to prepare for the coming enemy, you alone keep doing as you please. One moment of your whim could destroy everything we’ve sacrificed so much for. That’s not something we want to see.”
“So, at least for now, I need to make sure you won’t threaten the bigger picture.”
Luo You burst out laughing, “And your method for that is to defeat me, lock me up, and make me serve your Star Fury day and night?”
Her voice had become icy cold, devoid of all warmth. “.Do you really think you can beat me?” “I should be asking you—do you really have the right to say that?” Luo You was on guard.
Could there be other magical girls nearby?
If there were several of the Ten Seats here, and they formed a Zero Rank magic, she might really be in danger.
But this was the middle of the city! Would she really risk so many innocent lives?
“Don’t bother looking. I’m alone.”
“Yeah, right.”
Luo You used her Crimson Authority to probe, and sure enough, it was just Xingyue.
Fine, let’s do it.
No need for a signal gun, no need for any other cues—the two of them rose into the sky at the same moment.
At that instant, the thick cloud layer shrouding the city sky suddenly parted without warning, revealing a clear blue expanse. Down below, the passersby were bent over by the sudden gusts of wind.
On the cloudless blue sky, like a blank canvas, everyone below could see the scene above with perfect clarity.
That afternoon, a piece of news set the entire society ablaze.
“Lady Xingyue has been defeated and taken away by Herrera?!”
Luo Zining slammed her hand down and shattered the table.
The teahouse owner, seeing this, collapsed to his knees, tears and snot streaming down his face. “M-my table… passed down from my grandfather, worth half a million…”
“Ah, sorry, I’ll make it up to you.”
Luo Zining scratched her head awkwardly. Her aunt had a valuable wooden tea table at home; she’d bring it over for the owner later…
…No, wait! A tea table isn’t important right now!
“What on earth happened?!”
How long had Xingyue even been gone, and now she was already Herrera’s prisoner?
Luo Zining could already picture a fanfic of Xingyue’s defeat over 100,000 words long.
“Little Red, calm down. F-f-f-first contact Lady Golden Scale! Maybe she knows some—something!”
“You’re the one who needs to calm down, Qiuyu!” Xingyue is the faith of magical girls!
Even if Seats Two through Ten had all slept with her, that was nothing—but Xingyue must not fall. This would mean magical girls had been utterly defeated by the Aurora Witch Herrera, and from then on, magical girls would be like flowers in a garden, harvested and sown at Herrera’s whim!
“Where did this news come from?” “It’s all over the internet, and there’s even a video!” “Let me see!”
The incident took place in the southern part of the City of Qingshui—a dazzling pink meteor fell from the sky and crashed right in the middle of a main road, completely destroying it. In the center of the crater, the Aurora Witch Herrera was still standing, while Xingyue had been captured by Herrera, powerless to resist.
And the place she grabbed her… was wickedly suggestive—no one could believe it wasn’t intentional.
“Is that really Lady Xingyue? Not someone in disguise?”
Luo Zining couldn’t believe it. She bit her nail, wondering what to do.
Herrera… Lady Xingyue… Herrera… Oh, right! Herrera’s my dad! Why not just go ask her myself?
“You all keep working on stability control! I’ll go find out what’s going on!”