Ugh, I was caught alive X﹏X

The Shadow Trickster Nana, full name Nangong Nana.
She was one of the top generals under Xingyue when she was still Xing Yue.
With her skilled and powerful shadow magic, she was invincible.
Xingyue: ‘If I lose, I’ll be captured alive by Nana…’
Xingyue knew that the purple-haired girl before her had, in fact, deeply admired her former self.
And because of that, from her perspective, Xingyue had been killed by magical girls.
If she went out to fight her now, it would surely trigger a blood rage, making her even harder to fight.
‘As for revealing my identity to her… that’s even more impossible.’ (´-﹏-`；)
Xingyue had already tried that when she went to find Ellie. The result was that this loli body couldn’t gain their trust at all and might even infuriate Nana.
But…
Xingyue looked at the monster tentacles continuously pouring out of the rift. ‘It looks like a very terrifying monster in there…’ Xisitina’s warning of “only five minutes left” echoed in her ears.
Xingyue remembered that she had never ordered them to release such a powerful monster.
Nana had probably become even more insane after Xingyue left.
‘If that’s the case…’
Xingyue: ‘I guess I have to choose B after all…’
‘If that’s the case, Xingyue has a responsibility to stop her from becoming even more insane!’
“The three of us together, we can do it,” Nami said seriously.
“Wait a minute, Nami.”
Just as Nami gripped her flame short blade, ready to charge forward, Xingyue suddenly grabbed the cat girl’s wrist.
“Her shadow magic can devour all conventional magic except for light magic, but it takes time to devour,” Xingyue said, pulling the star badge from her neck, ready to transform.
“When the time comes, Tina, you use your ice magic to kite her. I’ll be responsible for drawing her fire. And Nami, you…” Her gaze locked onto the swirling sphere of dark matter in Nana’s hand, “You’ll be responsible for sneaking in close to destroy the spatial rift!”
“You… how are you so good at this?” Nami blinked.
“Emm, because I’ve fought her before,” Xingyue said, feeling a little guilty.
“Anyway, let’s go! I’ll start!”
The moment she finished speaking, Xisitina’s ice wall shot up from the ground.
Then, her sapphire staff emitted a dazzling light.
Xingyue’s star badge and Nami’s short blade followed suit.
“In the name of the stars, shine and purify!”
“In the name of the raging flames, burn away evil!”
“In the name of ice, freeze the darkness!”
In the brilliant glow, Xingyue’s pink two-piece swim dress transformed into a shimmering, silver-white, midriff-baring battle dress. The stars embedded in the skirt twinkled with her movements, and a gossamer cape flowed behind her like a cascading river of stars.
At the same time, Nami’s nine flame cat tails exploded outwards. Her scarlet furisode kimono burned with faint, flickering flames, and her original short blade transformed into a burning tachi.
Xisitina’s white one-piece swimsuit, on the other hand, changed into a magnificent ice-blue gown. The hem was adorned with flowing ice crystals, and her magic staff morphed into a longbow of crystalline ice, giving her the majestic air of an ice queen.
The three of them stood before Nana.
“Hmph, I knew you’d show up, magical girls.”
Nana sneered, as if she had known all along that the magical girls would come.
“Today, I will fulfill Boss Xing Yue’s last wish! And capture you all alive! (╬◣д◢)”
Xingyue: ‘Uh… did I have a last wish like that?’
‘I think I might have…’
“Enough with the big talk.”
Xisitina conjured an ice crystal arrow. The arrow flew at high speed, transforming into an ice dragon.
“I can eat as many of those as you can throw at me.”
Nana sneered contemptuously. The shadows around her coiled around the arrow like living things, directly swallowing the ice dragon and turning it into a black shadow.
Xisitina: ‘My ultimate move was just—?!’
‘This is tricky…’
“Overconfident ants.”
Nana’s fingertips swiped through the air, and dozens of dark matter blades slashed towards Nami like scythes.
The cat girl somersaulted nimbly, her flame tachi splitting the stream of blades, but the flame on the tip of her tail sizzled the moment it touched the dark matter.
“Ugh—”
The force of that impact sent Nami flying into the water.
“She really is amazing… as expected of you, Nana.”
Xingyue gulped.
Then she quickly released her charged-up star magic.
However, just as the stars touched the hem of Nana’s clothes, she suddenly vanished.
“Eh… ahhh!”
The next second, a dark magic rope had wrapped around Xingyue’s ankle, slamming her hard against the nearby wall.
“Did you think I wouldn’t be on guard against you? Naive,” Nana chuckled.
“Xingyue! Ugh…?” The moment Xisitina was distracted, a shadow rope shot out like lightning and wrapped around her wrist.
“Let go of me… what?”
The blue-haired girl discovered with horror that this rope seemed to be sealing her magic.
The surrounding ice walls all dissipated, and Xisitina could no longer sense her own magic.
“Naive little sisters, it’s time for the game to end.”
“You’re a far cry from Magical Girl 【sunshine】!”
Nana raised her hand and waved lightly. Dozens of shadow ropes shot out, flying towards Xingyue and Xisitina.
“Ngh, ahhh…”
Xingyue struggled, but the cold rope instantly wrapped around her neck, restraining her.
Then, several shadow ropes bound Xingyue’s hands behind her back, tying them tightly.
“Aah! No!”
Xisitina’s magic staff slipped from her hand and fell into the pool.
Then, several more ropes came over and tied up Xisitina as well.
“I can’t move… This is bad…”
Xisitina struggled, but her power had been sealed.
“Ah… my transformation is?” Xingyue’s eyes widened.
The magical girl outfits on her and Xisitina disappeared, and they changed back into their swimsuits.
“Looks like it’s about… hm?”
Inside the nearby pool, nine cat tails swirled into a vortex of fire.
Nana frowned at the churning water. “You little thing hiding in the shadows—”
Before she could finish, a dazzling burst of fire erupted from the bottom of the pool!
“Red Lotus: Karma Fire!”
Nami burst out of the water, her tachi wreathed in flames that could burn through anything as she slashed at the spatial rift.
Nana’s expression changed drastically. She wanted to stop her, but it was too late.
Amidst the wails of the monsters, the rift began to shrink rapidly, the monster tentacles retreating at a visible speed.
“To actually close the rift while I wasn’t paying attention… you damn cat!” Nana roared in fury, a giant hand formed of dark magic slamming down towards Nami.
“Ugh—so strong…”
The cat girl hastily defended herself, but her fire magic quickly dimmed under the corrosion of Nana’s dark magic.
“Nami, watch out!”
“Eh?”
In a moment of carelessness, a shadow rope released by Nana had already wrapped around Nami’s stomach.
Her power sealed, Nami could no longer hold on. She fell to the ground in a shower of starlight, returning to her loli form in a sukumizu.

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“You’ve ruined my plans.”
After being tightly bound by the shadow ropes, the three girls were thrown at Nana’s feet.
Although they had succeeded in closing the spatial rift, in this situation, they had been captured alive…
Nana squatted down and looked at Xingyue. “For a frail loli like you to think of such a tactic, I have to say, it’s beyond my expectations… But, are you three ready for the consequences of angering the Shadow Moon organization?”
Xisitina: “Don’t you dare touch Xingyue!”
Nami (hissing): “Meow!”
“My, my, this loli is quite popular.”
Nana’s gaze swept over the defiant eyes of Xisitina and Nami, and she let out a cold laugh.
“Don’t come crying to me after I take you back to the base.”
“Wait!” Xingyue suddenly looked up. “Can you just listen to me for a second…”
“Oh? Does this little fool have some last words?” Nana tilted her head with interest. “Go on, maybe if I’m in a good mood, I’ll wait a week or two before I punish you.”
[Time for a Choice!]
[What will you say to Nana?]
[A. “Don’t you remember me? I’m your boss, Xing Yue, wahh QAQ”]
[B. “Please let the other two go. You can take me…”]
[C. “Can you tie it a little tighter? I love it~”]
Xingyue: ‘…What’s with this third option?!’ ( ﾟДﾟ)
Xingyue decided…