Male, 30 years old, Magical Girl (Part 2)

“Senpai!”

Using both her hands and feet, scrambling and crawling.

Raging Flame ran back towards Violet Lightning, who had been swallowed by the swarm of Ragmen.

The bodies of over a hundred Ragmen were already piled three or four meters high on the ground, forming a black wall of flesh. And beneath that constantly writhing, rubbing wall of flesh, where could Violet Lightning’s figure be seen?

The bodies of Ragmen were soft and tough, very elastic.

A single one could at most hold a magical girl for a few short seconds before being shaken off and torn apart by their accumulated magical energy. But now, over a hundred of these monsters were layered on top of each other, transferring and applying their combined strength to a single point, that is, to Magical Girl Violet Lightning. Even though she was a seasoned expert, at this moment, she was trapped in a helpless state.

—I must save Senpai!

Although Violet Lightning’s last command was for her to run, Raging Flame would absolutely not do so.

She also understood in her heart that running away might be the result with the least loss. But, understanding in her heart and putting it into action were two completely different things.

‘Choose to fight, and then what will happen?’

Honestly, Raging Flame didn’t have the slightest bit of confidence.

She only knew that if she chose to run, she would spend the rest of her life in regret and self-loathing.

With her conviction firm, You Xi began to sprint.

When she was a few steps away from the wall of flesh, she leaped into the air.

At the same time, the Soul Gem on her chest seemed to sense its master’s current mood. After a flash of red light, the two-handed greatsword appeared in You Xi’s hands.

“—Hyaah!”

A jumping slash.

The most simple, and also the most powerful attack.

Almost grinding her teeth to dust, You Xi, with the resolve to dislocate her joints, swung her sword down at the wall of flesh made of Ragmen.

After a muffled sound, she discovered with despair that her sword had struck Greatarm’s remaining arm.

No, it should be said that Greatarm had actively rushed over and blocked the blow for the wall of flesh behind it.

“—Roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar!”

Greatarm let out a painful roar.

This time was different from before. You Xi’s blade had split open Greatarm’s skin and muscles, embedding itself deep in its arm.

‘No, it will heal!’

Having learned from the previous experience, Raging Flame, still suspended in the air, changed her attack and very timely kicked the enemy’s chest with both feet.

In a flash, using the recoil from the kick, she successfully pulled her weapon out of Greatarm’s arm and flew backwards.

After landing on the ground, You Xi quickly got into a stance, her eyes locking onto the enemy, her body ready to move.

And a few steps away, Greatarm shook its injured arm, and then, the gruesome wound began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Through the gaps in the dilapidated walls, a bolt of lightning illuminated the dim space of the factory, outlining the silhouettes of the two facing off.

After the thunder roared, the battle entered its second round.

“—Calm down, calm down.”

Raging Flame warned herself in her heart.

Indeed, this was a life-or-death situation. But when she became a magical girl, she had already anticipated that this day would come, hadn’t she?

Although the enemy was a C-rank Aberration that was currently difficult for her to defeat, it had already lost one arm, and its combat power was greatly reduced.

She, on the other hand, was in perfect condition. As long as she followed Senpai Violet Lightning’s teachings, defeating Greatarm was not a pipe dream.

“—The connection between the shoulder and the arm is still very weak, isn’t it?”

Violet Lightning’s voice seemed to still be lingering in her ears.

‘…The connection point.’

Raging Flame moved her gaze to Greatarm’s shoulder joint.

And the latter seemed to have also caught her clearly intentional gaze, slightly adjusting its stance.

Both sides understood the other’s weakness, and both were trying to figure out the other’s next possible move. The nature of the battle had turned into a contest of composure. Whoever made the first move, the opponent could counterattack.

Finally, it was Raging Flame who couldn’t hold back.

After all, her combat experience as a magical girl was too little. As soon as she saw a glimmer of hope for victory, she would rush forward recklessly.

Raging Flame’s idea was very simple. It was to follow Senpai Violet Lightning’s teachings, to attack Greatarm’s relatively weak shoulder joint, cut off its remaining arm, and make it lose its ability to fight.

However, what she didn’t know was that if Violet Lightning were not restrained at this moment and was guiding her in battle, she would have said this:

“A piece of advice from your senior. Xiao Flame, when fighting against an Aberration with thinking ability and combat intelligence, it’s best not to use the same combat strategy twice.”

By the time she realized this on her own, it was already too late.

“—!?”

Effortlessly, Greatarm dodged Raging Flame’s overly obvious slash.

—’I screwed up.’

The moment she realized this, in Raging Flame’s despair-filled pupils, Greatarm’s arm had already come from far to near, from small to large, smashing towards her.

“—Bang!”

You Dong slammed his fist on the steering wheel of the Quadrifoglio.

At the same time, thunder flashed, and the rain fell incessantly.

Doing something like this at a speed of 160 KM/H, apart from being suicidal, there was no other reason to explain You Dong’s behavior.

Fortunately, the Quadrifoglio, with its excellent handling, quickly brought the situation under control with its traction control system after the car veered from a straight line, thus avoiding a car accident.

Just now, on the way to You Xi’s location, perhaps in the passion of speed and the thin line between life and death, You Dong felt as if he had suddenly awakened, like the Buddha under the Bodhi tree.

He hated how stupid he had been before, stupid enough to overcomplicate a simple matter, worrying himself for no reason, unable to find a solution.

‘No right to deny her conviction?’

Then go into action, go and stand in the same position as her.

‘The adults do nothing, so the children have to fight?’

Then I’ll transform, I’ll go and fight, won’t that solve it?

‘…No, do these questions really need to be thought about?’

You Dong suddenly realized that some things elementary school students could figure out easily, but adults couldn’t.

So, what exactly was he hesitating about before? Was he afraid of fighting? How could that be!?

‘…Damn it, coward.’

After thinking of this possibility, he began to curse himself.

You Dong suddenly remembered five years ago, remembering the time when he had just learned of his sister You Huimei’s death.

At that time, his mind was filled with thoughts of revenge.

He had thought about poisoning, and had also thought about strapping bombs to himself and taking the Aberration down with him.

If measured by the thinking of a “mature adult,” that was indeed laughable and foolish, right?

—’How could a mere human fight against an Aberration, and an A-rank one at that? It’s no different from suicide.’

It was precisely because he had figured out the above logic that You Dong was still alive now.

All that had died was the young man who sealed himself in a dark room every day, sitting in front of the computer searching for “can ordinary people kill Aberrations?” and “methods for ordinary people to kill Aberrations,” and then opening a document and starting to seriously plan.

And now, at this very moment, he wanted to resurrect that young man.

He wanted that reckless, brave, foolish, and sincere heart of a child to beat again in this rotten body that had been disciplined by this society to only care about gains and losses, to only weigh pros and cons.

The Quadrifoglio was still speeding along the elevated bridge.

Soon, the exit was in sight.

Through the thick curtain of rain, You Dong could see that industrial park.

You Xi was there.

The time was ripe. He pressed the call button.

“Lao Lin, I want to fight.”

“Hmm?”

“Let me become a magical girl!”