The Terrible Blue Girl

There wasn’t much pain.

Even though her body was swatted away like a ball, crashing heavily against the wall, Raging Flame didn’t let out any cries of pain.

Out of mercy, to protect the fragile minds of the young girls, this shell made of magical energy could greatly reduce the pain caused by battle.

However, this practice also brought a hidden danger.

For a novice like Raging Flame, she couldn’t tell if she had suffered a fatal injury, nor could she choose her next course of action based on her own battle damage.

In her direction, Greatarm was closing in step by step.

This precious time that could have been used for healing and escaping was wasted in Raging Flame’s futile struggles.

“I- I can’t get up?”

Like a drunkard struggling on ice, Raging Flame tried to stand up again and again, only to fall back down without exception, a pitiful and comical sight.

By the time Greatarm approached, its massive shadow enveloping her, she was surprised to find that her right arm, which she had instinctively used to block the attack, had long since been twisted and deformed in a strange way.

“…No wonder I can’t support myself.”

Raging Flame complained in her heart, then leaned against the wall and slumped to the ground.

From the other side of the wall came the sound of rain.

The unbeatable enemy raised its arm expressionlessly, preparing to deliver the final blow.

At the last moment, Raging Flame finally cried. Just like all the young girls who had experienced, or were experiencing, pain and despair.

Guilt for implicating her senior; regret for her own powerlessness.

All her thoughts turned into teardrops, streaming from the corners of Raging Flame’s eyes.

But.

…‘I still don’t want to die.’

‘I don’t want it to end here.’

In the darkest years of You Xi’s life, the little girl discovered that no matter how many times she cried, no matter how many times she prayed, reality would not change; her mom and dad could never come back to her.

Thus, in despair and disappointment time and time again, You Xi gradually came to understand this truth:

—Tears cannot ferry the dead, and laments cannot save oneself.

So, when Lao Lin appeared before her, the young girl chose to take up a weapon.

“I will defeat that Sky Person… no, I will defeat all Aberrations and drive them out of this world!”

‘If I fall now, what will happen to my oath?’

‘No, I can’t.’

Raging Flame mustered her spirits and tried to stand up again.

With her battered body, with her already fractured and twisted arm.

‘Mom, Dad, Lady Sandalphon, Senpai Violet Lightning, Uncle…’

At this moment, the faces of the people she wanted to rely on flashed through her mind one by one.

“Anyone, please save me.”

…I can’t end here.

As the young girl prayed sincerely, the Aberration’s log-like wrist had already come crashing down.

She closed her eyes in fear.

However, one second, two seconds… the anticipated tragedy did not happen.

Because at this life-or-death moment, a blue figure rushed in from somewhere, and with a “bang,” kicked the Greatarm that was about to attack, sending it flying more than ten meters away.

After the shock, Raging Flame saw clearly the person who had saved her.

A pearl-white Lolita pannier skirt, with layers of blue, translucent light gauze sewn on top.

Mysterious, cornflower-blue long hair, neatly coiled at the back of her head like a budding flower, adorned with a fluffy bow hair tie.

On a porcelain-white, delicate face, there was an atmosphere as calm and mysterious as a lake after the rain.

Raging Flame couldn’t believe that the person who had just kicked the Aberration away with a simple and crude attack like a Dropkick from professional wrestling was this petite little girl in front of her.

This huge sense of contrast left her stunned for a moment.

“Are you alright?”

The little girl spoke.

In fact, when she asked this question, she had already confirmed the answer with her own eyes.

A body covered in wounds, and the exaggerated fracture of the arm… all the signs silently spoke of what Raging Flame had just suffered.

“…”

In that instant, Raging Flame read a deep killing intent from the girl’s indifferent expression.

“…I’ll be right back.”

At first, she walked.

Later, because she really couldn’t contain the anger of wanting to skin the enemy alive and pull out its tendons, You Dong—Magical Girl Tidal—took two steps at a time and rushed towards where Greatarm was.

“—You Dong, let me tell you something, Violet Lightning messed up.”

She recalled the conversation with Lao Lin in the car just before she transformed.

“I’m afraid Raging Flame really needs your help right now. Time is tight, there’s no time to teach you how to fight as a magical girl, but that’s okay. After signing the contract, a magical girl will naturally grasp how to use magic particles, turning it into an instinct like eating or drinking.”

“I’ve said it before, you have an exaggerated aptitude that I can’t explain. After you transform, you might become incredibly strong. So, don’t be confused, and don’t be afraid. Go and use this power to protect the person most important to you!”

…

‘Ah, I understand, this feeling…’

At this moment, the blood flowing through Tidal’s entire body had long been replaced by a torrent of magical energy.

The anger filling her chest had been ignited by something.

It was a flame below freezing point… quietly burning, releasing endless energy.

After her senses were amplified to a higher level, the night was no longer deep and silent.

What was rapidly presented before her eyes was, instead, a rather bright scene.

The scale of the wind’s sound, the texture of the moonlight.

All the details that were previously impossible to capture, impossible to perceive, were now vying to wave at her in an incredibly clear transparency, saying:

“Welcome to a new dimension.”

…‘This is amazing, is this the world of magical girls?’

‘With this kind of power, a mere Aberration… no, a mere prey, is not worth mentioning.’

The thoughts of killing and plundering rose in her heart, and Tidal continued to approach Greatarm.

“—Roar roar roar roar!!!”

At this moment, the Greatarm, leaning against the wall and gasping for its last breath, stretched out its hand, wanting to stop this little blue girl who was exuding a terrifying aura.

Facing that arm, which was a size larger than her own body, Tidal also stretched out her hand.

After transforming, her height had shrunk to just over 1.4 meters.

Therefore, although they were both humanoid creatures, if she and Greatarm were compared, it was like a cat and a tiger. This difference in physique could intuitively make the weaker party understand what was meant by insurmountable.

However, at the moment of contact with such a small, tender hand, Greatarm instead felt an unprecedented sense of pressure and despair.

Who was the insurmountable high wall?

“—Bang!”

After a loud bang, the answer was revealed.

Tidal pressed Greatarm’s arm heavily against the wall. In an instant, the wall shattered and stones flew, and cracks spread out like ripples.

“Bastard…”

Her eyes, filled with killing intent and madness, locked onto the prey before her, but in her mind, it was filled with her niece’s battered body.

After sealing the enemy’s means of attack, Tidal raised the weapon in her right hand.

It was a wand that was pure white except for its golden handle.

The other end of the wand was round, with a colorless crystal embedded in it, and on each side, there was a cute decoration like a little angel’s wing.

This was the extremely typical, almost stereotypical magic wand from people’s impressions.

So, how exactly was such a cute weapon used?

The answer was—

“—Thud!”

Imagine a monk in a temple striking a bronze bell with a log.

With incredibly brutal force, Tidal pushed the magic wand, a symbol of love and hope, into Greatarm’s mouth.

In an instant, all of Greatarm’s jumbled, sharp teeth were broken. The sensation of completely crushing the enemy’s jaw was fed back to her palm through the magic wand.

“Crack… crack… crackle…”

With the rough pushing of the magic wand, the broken teeth were rolled into the depths of Greatarm’s throat. The vocal cords were torn, the respiratory tract was pierced, and the flesh and blood made a terrifying noise as they rubbed against each other.

“…!!!”

It wanted to wail, wanted to roar in pain. However, only clouds of blood mist could be sprayed from its shattered throat.

That somewhat stupidly pitiful and miserable appearance made Tidal couldn’t help but laugh.

“Next…”

Lao Lin was right. After becoming a magical girl, she could naturally grasp how to use magic particles.

Although she wasn’t familiar with it yet, and didn’t know what she could do, if it was just activating this magic wand, Tidal was still confident she could do it.

…How to describe this feeling?

Tidal remembered the time when she played with a toy gun for the first time as a child.

She didn’t need to understand the structure of the gun, nor did she need anyone’s guidance.

Just by holding the grip and touching the trigger with her index finger, she could naturally shoot by instinct.

“…Go to hell, you beast.”

Tidal “pulled” the trigger of the magic wand.

A white light flashed, and with a dull sound, the part of Greatarm’s neck and above disappeared.

Then, its huge body convulsed powerlessly twice before being naturally decomposed into magic particles and disappearing between heaven and earth.

Just as the battle ended, an SUV suddenly burst through the factory gate, its bright high beams blinding Tidal.

“…Are you two alright!?”

After the car door opened, Lao Lin—the magical creature in the form of a giant lucky cat—jumped from the driver’s seat to the ground.