Kryptonians: Man of Steel

Chapter 1554 Magical Girl Transformation!

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She rolled around awkwardly, the hem of her bathrobe getting caught on a protruding steel bar. With a tearing sound, it ripped open at her calves, the fabric curling up and hanging on her legs, causing a pulling sensation with every movement.

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Sweat soaked his forehead hair, sticking stickily to his cheeks.

My lungs felt like they were on fire, and every breath I took carried a metallic, bloody smell.

My body felt as heavy as if it were filled with molten lead, making each dodge more difficult and inevitably slowing my movements.

The goblin seemed to sense her exhaustion and its attack became even more frantic, tightening the web of death woven from its blades.

What terrified her even more was that the savage killing intent in the monster's murky yellow-green eyes was rapidly transforming into a more primal and greedy heat at a nauseating speed!

That gaze was like sticky tentacles, clinging tightly to the more skin she exposed as she moved so violently—her collarbone, arms, calves, and even the curves of her thighs faintly visible beneath the tear in her bathrobe…

Hiratsuka Shizuka suddenly recalled those chilling legends—goblins, those filthy and vile monsters, with their most heinous habits…capturing females of other races…elves, humans…as tools for reproduction…

A chill colder than a blade instantly froze her limbs and bones!

Fear gnawed at her heart like a venomous snake, while the overwhelming shame that followed was like boiling magma, almost burning her to the bone!
She could even feel her skin, exposed to the cold air, instantly become scorching hot, and her cheeks felt as if they were being roasted by fire.

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The notification sounds in my mind were frantically piling up, and the cold, mechanical voice sounded like a countdown to hell.

She tumbled over again in a pathetic manner, her back slamming heavily against a cold precast concrete slab, the shock making her vision go black and forcing the air out of her lungs.

The goblin's heavy footsteps pounded closer, its massive shadow looming over them with an oppressive force.

It didn't seem to be in a hurry to kill its prey that dared to offend it. Its huge mouth, full of fangs, opened wide and emitted a low, lewd "ho ho" sound, and the pungent, hot breath sprayed onto Hiratsuka Shizuka's sweaty face.

Its rough, enormous claw, stained with filth and blood, reached out with a nauseating, cat-and-mouse-like slowness toward the tattered, ripping collar of her bathrobe!

That thick, dirty finger, with a suffocating sense of oppression, was only inches away from her bathrobe!
"Do not--!!!"

A desperate scream got stuck in his throat, turning into a silent whine.

Deep in her consciousness, the message that was completely stained red with shame and throbbing wildly instantly occupied her entire mind!

Do you want to transform? Do you really want to shout that...that...

"Magical girl transforms!"

Just imagining shouting those five words made Hiratsuka Shizuka feel all the blood rush to her head!
My cheeks felt like they were melting, and my ears were ringing.

A 30-year-old single female teacher, in the dead of night at an abandoned construction site, wearing a bathrobe that's almost shredded to shreds, faces a giant goblin drooling... and then, like a ten-year-old girl, shouts "Magical Girl Transformation!"?!

This is more than just a simple matter of losing face!
This is practically a public execution on a spiritual level! It's the ultimate form of social death!
It's like throwing all her self-respect and pride from the first half of her life to the ground, only to have this disgusting goblin trample on her!
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The notification sound rang out sharply, as if cheering for this extreme sense of shame.

However, out of the corner of my eye, I could see that the goblin's filthy giant claws had already touched the edge of the torn bathrobe, and the sticky, slippery touch seemed to have penetrated the thin fabric!
On the other side, a child huddled in a corner, his small body trembling like a leaf in the wind, his lifeless eyes staring blankly, tears streaming down his dirty little face, leaving two white streaks.

The child let out a faint, almost inaudible sob, like a dying animal.

“Ahhhh——!!!”

All reason, all shame, all adult restraint, were utterly shattered in the face of the monster's filthy touch and the child's desperate sobs!

Hiratsuka Shizuka suddenly let out a roar that was a mixture of endless shame and anger and a willingness to risk everything!

With the last of her strength, she kicked off the cold cement floor and rolled backward, her tattered bathrobe leaving a trail in the dust as she narrowly escaped the goblin's claws once again.

In the instant she created a distance of several meters, she didn't even have time to steady herself. She practically used her hands and feet to get up from the cold mud in an extremely disheveled manner.

Stepping barefoot on sharp, pebbly stones was excruciatingly painful.

She suddenly stood up straight, her hands clenched into fists, her nails digging deep into her palms, her heavy breathing causing her thin chest to heave violently.

She closed her eyes tightly, as if trying to shut out the hellish scene before her, but her eyelashes trembled violently uncontrollably. She bit her lower lip hard, a metallic taste of blood filling her mouth.

Those five words, like a red-hot branding iron, were stuck in her throat, burning her soul to the point of screaming.

"—Magical Girl Transformation!!!"

Finally, she used all the power of her soul to roar out this ultimate shameful curse!

The voice was hoarse and distorted, filled with desperate despair and reckless madness, echoing mournfully over the desolate ruins!

Just as she uttered the last syllable, closed her eyes, and braced herself for an even more overwhelming wave of shame or being cleaved in two by a cleaver—

"Om-!"

An indescribably brilliant light suddenly erupted from the void above her head without warning!

Like the core flare of a supernova, it is pure, intense, and carries a sacred aura that cleanses all impurities!

It instantly devoured Hiratsuka Shizuka's figure, turning the surrounding twisted steel bars, broken concrete, and flying dust, along with the huge and ferocious goblin, into a deathly white!
Time seemed to freeze at this moment in absolute light.

The goblin's massive, blood-stained cleaver, poised to strike with deadly force, was less than an inch from Hiratsuka Shizuka's nose.

The chilling aura of death had even touched her skin.

However, the violently swung blade seemed to have struck an invisible, absolutely solid wall of sighs, and was abruptly and eerily suspended at the edge of that pure, blinding light, unable to advance even an inch further!
(End of this chapter)