“Rosemary, do you think I’m just letting you walk all over me?! How many times have you tried to trip me up already!”
Forced back by the purple energy cannon, Dark Moth glared fiercely at the purple-clad girl floating mid-air.
The anger she’d been holding in finally erupted.
It had already been a month since their last conversation at the café.
In this past month, everyone’s lives seemed to have returned to their usual rhythms, with only one thing changed: every time Luo Shuangyue went looking for a Sealing Card, Xia Mo would stick to her like a shadow.
If it were just that, Luo Shuangyue could have treated Xia Mo like a harmless tag-along who wouldn’t get in her way.
But Xia Mo wasn’t like that at all!
Whenever a Sealing Card actually appeared, Xia Mo would rush over and try to snatch the card from Luo Shuangyue.
After breaking through to the Initial Bloom rank, Xia Mo was no longer losing to Luo Shuangyue by a landslide.
As she became more familiar with her new weapon, Xia Mo’s win rate against Luo Shuangyue had gradually closed in to a 30-70 split.
In terms of pure firepower, Xia Mo was even a bit stronger than Luo Shuangyue.
Her weapon was a set of Floating Cannons shaped like wings—a weapon clearly not meant for close combat, but for long-range fire suppression.
The most troublesome part was, Xia Mo was also undergoing special training tailored by Luo Shuangyue.
In just a single month, her combat strength had reached a whole new level.
Now Luo Shuangyue truly understood what it was like to raise someone who could outclass her.
“Moth, that’s not fair at all. If you really want the Sealing Card, why don’t you just come to my place and look for me? I’m the only one home, you know.” Xia Mo smiled at Luo Shuangyue.
“Who wants to go to your house?! Get lost!”
The two magical girls argued in the sky, while on the ground, a group of Evil Organization members pushing a large safe were utterly dumbfounded.
It was one thing for Lord Dark Moth to try to double-cross them, but why was Rosemary here too?
A double-cross on a double-cross?
But since the two of them were fighting up there, maybe they could…
Just as they considered taking this chance to escape with their loot, a slash of black-purple light and a blast from a purple magic cannon struck the ground in front of them almost simultaneously.
Looking up, they saw the two who had just been arguing now staring at them coldly and mercilessly.
Well, looks like the quarreling was just for show—their main attention was still on us…
A member of the Evil Organization cautiously said to their boss, “Boss, maybe we should just leave the stuff here and run?”
Dark Moth and Rosemary’s goal was clear—they wanted the Sealing Card in their hands.
So if they just tossed the card here and let the two fight over it, wouldn’t that be fine?
A card wasn’t worth dying for.
“Tch! Damn you, Dark Moth! Damn you, Rosemary!” The Boss slammed the safe to the ground and ran for the wide-open door with his subordinates.
Go ahead and fight over it—I’m done!
“They’re getting away, and you’re just going to stand there and watch them go?” Luo Shuangyue gripped her scythe tightly, her voice cold.
Xia Mo just smiled nonchalantly. “You think they’ll get away?”
She and Luo Shuangyue had been in a standoff here for several minutes, and their magical power was so obvious that there was no way the Magic Department wouldn’t notice something was up.
By this time, Luo Shuangxing and Xiao Mimi were probably already waiting outside the warehouse, ready to catch their prey.
No sooner had Xia Mo finished speaking than angry shouts erupted from outside.
“It’s an ambush! Everyone, qui—ah!”
“Why are there more magical girls?!”
“I’m bleeding out!”
The chaos quickly died down, and half a minute later, Luo Shuangxing and Siam entered the warehouse in their transformed states.
Glancing up at the two familiar faces still locked in a standoff, Luo Shuangxing sighed helplessly, “You two have already done this three times in the past month. Can’t you calm down a bit?”
The first time, Xia Mo, who hadn’t yet fully mastered her powers, was overpowered by Luo Shuangyue and lost the Sealing Card.
The second time, Xia Mo managed to hold Luo Shuangyue back, while Luo Shuangxing and Siam fought Jiu Ye and Hei Ting, successfully securing the Sealing Card.
And this time, Luo Shuangyue didn’t even bother bringing Hei Ting and Jiu Ye along.
She’d wanted to go for a blitz attack, but failed and got caught by Xia Mo yet again.
“Rosemary, you don’t even know how to use the Sealing Cards. What’s the point in you holding onto them?” Luo Shuangyue said helplessly.
It had never been this hard to collect Sealing Cards before.
Now it was clear she wouldn’t be able to get a single card anymore.
What was she going to do? The rest of Eternal Night just couldn’t keep up.
Even if she could suppress Xia Mo by herself, it was impossible to determine a winner quickly, and the others from Eternal Night would get taken out by Luo Shuangxing and Xiao Mimi in just a few moves.
And honestly, it wasn’t even entirely Eternal Night’s fault.
If Luo Shuangyue hadn’t trained the magical girls herself, Luo Shuangxing and Siam wouldn’t be so much stronger than the Eternal Night team now.
She hadn’t just raised one powerhouse—she’d raised three!
Especially Luo Shuangxing.
This girl’s rate of improvement was downright terrifying.
In just over a month, she was already about as strong as Xia Mo had been before.
If there’s such a thing as a born magical girl, this was it!
“Then just tell me how to use them! It’s not like I’m unwilling to cooperate—you’re the one refusing, aren’t you?” Xia Mo put her hands on her hips, looking completely innocent.
How was this her fault? She trusted Luo Shuangyue, but she didn’t trust Eternal Night. That was the problem, right?
If Luo Shuangyue came to her with the method to use the Sealing Cards, it’s not like she’d refuse to share them.
But Luo Shuangyue wouldn’t do that—she’d rather fight than cooperate.
Was she really that untrustworthy? Xia Mo thought viciously to herself.
“You…” Luo Shuangyue was so frustrated she couldn’t speak.
Mainly, she didn’t know how to use the cards either!
Eternal Night collected the cards, first to keep them from falling into the hands of other villains, and second because Monice’s research required the magic energy inside.
But now, all the cards Luo Shuangyue brought back were basically locked away in Monice’s safe, so there wasn’t much difference if Xia Mo took them instead.
“Senpai, we got the card!” As the two argued, Xiao Mimi had already picked up the Sealing Card that the group had dropped.
Seeing this, Luo Shuangyue glared at Xia Mo in frustration, then turned and left the scene.
There was no way she’d get this card now, so what was the point of staying here in the cold?
“Oh, right, Dark Moth, come to my house tonight. I have something to discuss with you.” Seeing Luo Shuangyue about to leave, Xia Mo quickly called out.
She still had something important to talk to Luo Shuangyue about.