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A Calculated Trap

Chapter 27 • 1,510 words • 13 min read

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With her eyes closed, Grey Moon soared through the sky, her entire being reveling in the exhilaration of flight, when suddenly, the cowlick atop her head shot upright.

Grey Moon’s eyes snapped open, and in mid-air, she parried an unexpected slash.

Adjusting her posture, Grey Moon hovered in the air, gazing at the tall, gaunt, and sinister monster before her, its body cloaked in absolute blackness.

Bloodlust flared in Grey Moon’s crimson eyes.

‘Had it specifically sought her out for an attack?’

“Roar…”

‘What audacity.’

Grey Moon prepared to teach the audacious monster a proper lesson, but instead, it glared back with its bulging, round eyes, then suddenly accelerated, fleeing into the distance.

‘Fleeing?’

Grey Moon instinctively moved to pursue, yet a glance over her shoulder revealed Magical Girl Tri-color locked in fierce combat within the office building, battling hordes of low-level monsters and combatants.

Weighing her options,

Grey Moon concluded that her direct intervention would likely not be of much help, as her abilities were indiscriminate, carrying a significant risk of collateral damage.

Moreover, with three members of Magical Girl Tri-color already capable of vanquishing monsters with their fists and swords, her presence was less crucial there.

In contrast, the monster before her, though appearing hunched as if afflicted by rickets, possessed astonishing speed and posed a far greater threat.

Furthermore, it had dared to attack her.

Grey Moon could not tolerate such insolence, and immediately accelerated, giving chase.

Magical Girl Grey Moon’s speed was far from sluggish.

Indeed, according to reliable data provided by forum members of the Magical Girl forum,

Her speed was only slightly less than that of Glimmering Yellow Magical Girl, renowned for her agility, and capable of leaving the slowest, Emerald Magical Girl, ten thousand streets behind.

Yet, despite this,

Grey Moon found the pursuit of the monster surprisingly strenuous.

Watching the creature leading the chase even pause occasionally to turn and sneer, a vein throbbed visibly on Grey Moon’s forehead.

‘I’m telling you, I’ve been in a foul mood these past few days.’

‘You’d best pray I don’t catch you.’

The two continued their back-and-forth chase for a considerable time until the diminutive, shadowy monster finally reached its destination, landing at C City’s Civic Stadium.

Viewed from above, the stadium, resembling a blooming bowl, could easily accommodate twenty to thirty thousand spectators.

Once inside, the hunched monster vanished from Grey Moon’s immediate sight.

‘However, it was merely a petty trick.’

Grey Moon reduced her altitude above the stadium, slowly descending onto the central lawn.

She looked up to see countless monsters, similar to the hunched creature she had pursued, clinging to the stadium’s expansive awnings.

These, however, were more robust, possessing four arms and long, flicking tongues.

They clung in a dense, teeming mass, tens of thousands strong, covering the awnings like a plague of cockroaches, obscuring their original color.

Magical Girl Grey Moon’s expression remained unfazed by the sight, though a faint chuckle resonated within her.

‘Oh, so this is your strategy?’

“Welcome, Magical Girl Grey Moon!!”

The voice emanated from an exit behind her, prompting Magical Girl Grey Moon to turn.

There, she saw Captain 19, identifiable by his familiar mask, speaking loudly, though today he was not at the forefront.

Leading the group was a tall woman with green hair, donning a white half-mask.

The woman produced a phone and lightly pressed a button.

To Grey Moon’s surprise,

The stadium’s overhead awnings began to retract and extend, slowly closing in like a bird trap designed to ensnare a Magical Girl.

They completely obscured the blue sky, while the four-armed, two-legged monsters, hanging upside down, swarmed to fill the newly formed ceiling.

Countless lights then beamed down.

“What is this, a trap?”

Grey Moon gazed at the sky, the last sliver of sunlight illuminating her flawless face before she squinted slightly under the sudden glare of spotlights.

Regaining her composure, she turned and spoke.

“Indeed! It is a trap,” Captain 19 explained with fervor to Grey Moon, “A trap specifically designed to kill Magical Girl Grey Moon!”

“Just these monsters?”

Grey Moon looked up at the monsters overhead, a thought forming in her mind: ‘Are there perhaps too few of them?’

The green-haired woman, standing at the forefront, kindly offered Grey Moon an explanation.

“A pleasure to meet you, Magical Girl Grey Moon. You may call me Doctor.”

“I understand you must be feeling rather contemptuous right now, believing we have underestimated you.”

“However, that is not the case. The organization has always held Magical Girls of your caliber in high regard.”

The Doctor pressed her phone once more.

A two-long, one-short alarm blared through the stadium.

Then, a deluge of more four-armed, two-legged black monsters poured onto the lawn from every exit, but with a chilling difference: each monster clutched an ordinary citizen as a hostage.

Even more alarming,

Five distinct monsters emerged from the throng, among them the hunched black creature Grey Moon had pursued.

They bore striking resemblances, as if birthed by the same mother.

However, an aura of power emanated from these particular creatures, compelling Magical Girl Grey Moon to take them seriously.

‘Five monsters, at least A-rank, she mused.’

‘Especially the tallest among them, whose aura was but a hair’s breadth from that of the Great Demon Grey Moon had once vanquished.’

‘Now this is more like it.’

Just as Grey Moon was about to smirk, the five monsters vanished before her eyes.

Before she could even react, Grey Moon was violently struck in the abdomen, sent hurtling into the air like a boiled shrimp by the towering monster.

“Agh!”

‘What just happened?’

Grey Moon stabilized herself in mid-air.

In her perception, the five monsters now moved like high-ping players in a video game, their forms constantly flickering out of sight only to teleport to another location.

She considered deploying her abilities, but each of the five monsters was draped with ordinary civilians, using them as living shields.

Trapped in mid-air, she had no footing.

Grey Moon wiped a trickle of blood from the corner of her mouth with her silk-gloved hand, her crimson eyes betraying not a hint of surrender.

She attempted to predict a strike and counter, but the towering monster effortlessly seized her wrist, executing an Earth-Shattering Throw that sent the delicate, petite Grey Moon crashing into the lawn, carving a deep crater.

But it was far from over.

The towering monster had four brethren, and during her fall, they swarmed her, each landing a quick blow before retreating, leaving numerous fresh wounds on Grey Moon’s body.

By the time Grey Moon managed to rise, the towering monster’s relentless pursuit had resumed.

“Hahahahaha!”

Captain 19 roared with laughter, watching Grey Moon repeatedly stumble and seemingly fall into despair, finding no greater joy than witnessing his enemy’s suffering.

The Doctor, standing ahead, cleared her throat subtly, a gentle reminder that seemed to jar Captain 19 back to his script.

With a wave of her hand,

The monsters ceased their assault, granting Grey Moon a moment to catch her breath.

“Magical Girl Grey Moon!!”

Grey Moon hovered in mid-air, glistening with sweat and heavily panting, her peripheral vision fixed on Captain 19.

She wondered what new scheme the wicked organization had concocted.

“Allow me to deliver some good news.”

Captain 19, a wicked grin plastered across his face, gripped a microphone.

With a dramatic flourish, he gestured broadly towards the hostages, who were still held before the monsters as living shields.

“These individuals, you see, are not the innocent citizens of C City you might imagine them to be, are they?”

“No, no, no, ahahahaha! These very people are the ones who slandered and reviled you online!”

At his words, Grey Moon’s crimson pupils constricted.

Simultaneously, the hostages, used as living shields, shook their heads, tears that seemed to be of remorse streaming down their faces.

Some struggled desperately against their bonds, pleading for mercy from Magical Girl Grey Moon.

“Aieeee, Magical Girl Grey Moon, what we did, what we did was wrong, but you are a kind Magical Girl, a kind Magical Girl, aren’t you?”

“Spare us, save us, please save us!!”

More and more individuals broke free from the monsters’ grasp, frantically begging Magical Girl Grey Moon for mercy.

Yet, they weren’t truly acknowledging their wrongdoing; they simply knew death was imminent, and their words were born of sheer selfishness.

Magical Girl Grey Moon’s fists clenched involuntarily.

Seeing this, Captain 19’s delight only intensified, as if he could barely resist pressing his index finger to his temple in triumph.

“Excellent!!”

“These are the very individuals who called you a ‘carry-leech’ online, who claimed you were always too slow to arrive, and who deemed you unworthy as a Magical Girl!”

“Ah, yes, every single disparaging remark you’ve ever heard about yourself originated from these people!”

“If you simply eliminate these individuals!!”

“If you unleash your full power without reservation, destroying these troublesome monsters along with these very people~ Hahaha~”

“Consider it self-defense!!”

“Kill them,”

“Magical Girl Grey Moon—”

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