Pei Keke arrived at the residential building Nero had pointed out.
It was indeed not large, only three stories, and the first floor seemed to be a warehouse cluttered with many miscellaneous items. Only the second floor was livable, and she had just checked—there was only one sick person inside the building, currently lying in the innermost bedroom on the second floor.
That is to say, as long as she lit a fire, let it grow just enough to attract sufficient attention, then bravely rush in to rescue the person inside, this would not be a difficult task for her.
As for the cause of the fire, she could just frame that Flame Monster later, and she would be able to stay out of it and enjoy the credit and fame.
The chance to prove herself was right in front of her. Pei Keke took a deep breath, went to the storage room on the first floor, poured some gasoline on the ground, and then lit a match.
The flame of the match flickered in her eyes. Even she couldn’t help feeling conflicted and scared at this moment, but after thinking it over, she gritted her teeth and threw the burning match onto the gasoline.
The moment the flame touched the gasoline, the sudden blaze made Pei Keke stumble back three steps before she came to her senses. Although there was a flash fire, the flames weren’t too big at that point. Pei Keke looked at it and couldn’t help but sigh in relief.
Then she withdrew from there and hid in a corner.
Now she just had to wait for the fire to grow little by little. However, because it had rained yesterday, the air was still a bit damp, so the fire didn’t spread quickly, but it did attract the attention of some onlookers, and more and more people gathered around.
“It’s on fire! Holy crap, it’s on fire!”
“Is there a fire extinguisher?! Where is a fire extinguisher?!”
“No, the fire is too strong, we can’t put it out!”
“There’s still someone inside, right? I can see the air conditioner on the second floor is still running!”
They tried to put out the fire, but without any tools—not even a basin of water—they could do nothing.
More and more people arrived, the fire grew larger, and people kept calling the police during this time.
But the problem was, it was rush hour after work, so the fire trucks couldn’t get there in time. All they could do was watch as the flames engulfed the entire first floor, completely cutting off the path upstairs, and even most of the second floor was ignited by the fierce fire.
Faced with this situation, ordinary people had no way to deal with it anymore.
In the shadows, Pei Keke observed all of this coldly, the corner of her mouth curling into an imperceptible arc. She knew it was about time for her to step in.
She pressed the Transformation Device and rushed out from the shadows without a word, saying to the gathered onlookers.
“Move aside!”
Her clear voice instantly overpowered all the noise.
“Leave this to the righteous Magical Girl!”
Her flashy appearance and blinding light immediately attracted a lot of attention. Seeing a Magical Girl, the ordinary people felt completely relieved.
After all, in this world, Magical Girls were equivalent to superpowered beings. With them on the scene, nothing was impossible.
As everyone’s gaze focused on her, Pei Keke couldn’t help but feel a sense of pride and satisfaction.
Now all she had to do was rush into the sea of fire, rescue the person inside, and then pin the blame on the Flame Monster to absolve herself.
Everything was going according to plan. Next, she just had to go in and rescue them.
So, Pei Keke raised her Magic Shield and charged toward the fire.
However, as she got closer to the fire, all her excitement and elation vanished completely.
Because the first floor was a storage area for miscellaneous items, the fire there had exceeded her expectations. Everywhere she looked was engulfed by the fierce flames.
The fire was so bright it was blinding, and even more terrifying, even through the Magic Shield, she could feel the scorching heat.
She didn’t know if her Magic Shield could withstand such a fire, but at that moment, fear had taken over her mind. She had been running forward but suddenly froze in place.
The onlookers behind her thought she was about to use some magic to put out the fire.
But even if she wanted to extinguish it, Pei Keke couldn’t. Her magic was light beams, not water. How could light put out a fire?!
“Boom!!”
The fire burned something until it exploded. The deafening blast made Pei Keke instinctively step back.
‘I’ll die if I go in…’
‘I’ll definitely die, right?!’
Her legs trembled uncontrollably, and cold sweat kept pouring from her forehead.
The expectant gazes behind her now felt like needles, stabbing her so she didn’t dare look back, but the fire in front also made her completely afraid to advance.
“Keke… Keke?” Just then, voices of two girls suddenly sounded behind her. Pei Keke turned to look.
It was transformed Yi and untransformed Liang standing not far away, calling out to her.
“Keke, come back! This fire is more than our Magic Shield can handle!”
Yeah… This fire was indeed more than a Magic Shield could handle.
So if she withdrew and waited for the fire to die down a bit before going in, it should be fine, right?
As if finding an excuse to back down, Pei Keke retreated tremblingly, but she still reminded them.
“There’s someone inside.”
At the reminder, Liang and Yi also noticed that the air conditioning unit on the second floor was still running.
“Can you fly?” Pei Keke quickly asked the two Magical Girls. “If you can fly, hurry up and fly up to rescue that person inside!”
But facing Pei Keke’s words, Liang and Yi only slowly shook their heads.
Each Magical Girl’s Spiritual Outfit granted different abilities. Just as Liang was good at tracking, Magical Girls with built-in flight capability were not many.
Or if they were strong enough, they could directly brute-force fly.
But the problem was, all three present were C-level Magical Girls, so of course they didn’t have the ability to fly.
Hearing this, Pei Keke fell completely silent.
What should she do?
Should she still rescue that person…
Looking at the fierce fire in front, she had no desire to step into it anymore.
The fire grew more violent, almost about to swallow the entire second floor. Just as everyone was at their wit’s end, a monster in black and red armor landed in front of the three Magical Girls.
“A monster!”
“I… I know!”
The moment she saw the monster, Yi immediately raised her Magic Staff.
Even the crowd began to panic and stir.
But the monster ignored the commotion. Under everyone’s stunned gaze, it faced the raging flames and charged straight into the fire.