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Chapter 574 The Night of Shooting the Witch
"See the Takihara City Government's public address vehicle report—At 7:00 AM this morning, the city government issued an evacuation order due to a sudden weather anomaly. Residents in the vicinity are requested to evacuate to the nearest evacuation center as soon as possible…See the Takihara City Government's public address vehicle report—At 7:00 AM this morning…"

Police sirens blared throughout the town, and buses repeatedly traveled through the streets and alleys issuing evacuation warnings.

As the wind gradually picked up, the once sunny day was suddenly shrouded in rolling dark clouds that obscured the sun. Everyone realized that this impending, out-of-season typhoon was not to be underestimated.

The wind was howling and the rain was pouring down.

Dark clouds filled the sky, and lightning flashed and thunder roared.

The entire city's streets and alleys trembled under this unusual situation; the greenery on both sides, billboards, cars parked on the roadside, and pedestrians struggling to walk...

Rain pelted down from the sky, weaving into a dense curtain of rain, as if the heavens and earth were swaying under this power, just as if thousands of sharp, dagger-like winds and rain were raging endlessly, and it was unknown when they would suffer a catastrophic disaster.

Faced with a world-destroying catastrophe, humanity realized that it could do nothing to change it, and the best course of action was to hide itself.

An uneasy atmosphere enveloped the entire Mitakihara.

However, a faint light appeared in the torrential rain, a light that even the downpour could not obscure.

—On that street, the houses with the "Long Live" sign still had their lights on, and customers were still coming and going despite the terrible weather.

That's a Chinese restaurant that just opened in Mitakihara a week ago.

According to a self-proclaimed, anonymous, and occasionally curious lunch diner, Hiroshi Noboru, who considers himself a typical office worker and a notorious killer—

"Although the owner has done his best, to be honest, whether it's ramen or fried rice, it only deserves a maximum of 50 points!"

The food is mediocre, the location is awkward, and the restaurant doesn't fit the city's style at all...

Due to various factors, "Wanwansui" has not had a high customer flow and can be said to have no competitiveness. It is just a hobby and will soon go out of business. It is the kind of store that will be secretly ridiculed by its peers.

However, in a city where over 90% of the residents have already sought emergency refuge in places like the stadium in the city center, the fact that this restaurant still stands says it all...

The reason is simple: this place is actually one of the bases of "magical girls".

"Snapped"

The television, which was incessantly broadcasting evacuation warnings, was turned off.

A girl with standard pupils and brown hair, who looked to be about the age of a high school student, slumped limply on the coffee table where guests were being entertained, and sighed dejectedly.

"This is an ominous sign!"

Yui Tsuruno, aged seventeen, attends Kamihama Municipal University Affiliated School and is also the current head chef of the Mitakihara branch of the "Banbanzai" Chinese restaurant, which has been run by her ancestors for generations.

She's the kind of girl whose first impression, judging solely from her appearance, would make you think, "This girl is an idiot."

"This wind is strange; it doesn't seem like something that could arise naturally... And lately, things have been very strange—Kyubi, and everyone else..."

The one who spoke was a "girl" who, judging from her appearance, shouldn't be here.

With a delicate face, a pointed chin, beautiful eyebrows, a small nose, and moderately straight blue hair, she looks older than Yui Tsuruno and has a more mature temperament. She is a tall and slender beauty with an elegant and graceful Hime-style haircut.

She nodded with a slightly serious expression, gazing intently at the sky outside the window with a penetrating gaze.

The chef is a magical girl, and so are the guests. Something terrifying seems to lurk within the rolling dark clouds above. Massive amounts of water vapor rise from the ocean surrounding this long, narrow island nation, and, under the manipulation of some will, slowly move towards the city.

"It's almost as if the target is right here..."

The unprecedented torrential rain and gale-force winds, the seemingly living blackness, were a natural disaster filled with resentment.

Neither the "guest" nor the "shop owner" spoke. As the wind and rain outside the window grew louder, the atmosphere in the air became even more agonizing.

The longer they waited, the stronger their ominous premonition became. A nameless fear surged within them like the tides, a chilling, sticky, strange, and perilous feeling...

Finally, the blue-haired woman made up her mind, stood up first, and walked outside.

"Stay here and don't go out unnecessarily. I'll go check the situation and come right back."

"Okay, Master Yachiyo~"

Yui Tsuruno lacked her usual energy, and it's normal for her to feel down under such a tense atmosphere.

Swish, swish, swish, swish!

The moment the door opened, a torrential downpour that could have disrupted the entire room rushed in. The magical girl named "Nanami Yachiyo," now clad in a magnificent platinum-gold half-body armor, moved even faster than a gust of wind. In a flash, she arrived at the rooftop.

This is the location with the widest view in the area, and also the best place for observation.

It was a scene straight out of the apocalypse.

However, to her surprise, thanks to her magical girl's dynamic vision, she could see many figures like herself on the surrounding rooftops, observing the situation under the thick, dark clouds.

And the only ones who could stand firm in such a terrifying storm were, of course, those who were also magical girls.

Among those figures were magical girl juniors that Yachiyo knew well and who were active in the same city, as well as some magical girls she had only heard of through rumors, such as the "Pleiades Holy Order," and some magical girls she only learned about after arriving in Mitakihara.

She had never seen so many magical girls as she did at this moment; if she had to describe them, they were beyond a sparse squad, but rather a massive army.

A chill ran down her spine, a feeling of walking on thin ice washed over her as a trident gleaming with magical light appeared in Nanami Yachiyo's hand.

Although she herself had little desire to fight with other "colleagues" under such adverse conditions, as a veteran magical girl who had been under contract for seven years and was still active, she still needed to be vigilant.

"coming."

A magical girl's voice pierced through the rain and reached everyone's ears, and then they all realized the same thing.

"—It's coming!"

……

Afterwards, one of the witnesses… Nanami Yachiyo (19 years old), a first-year student at Kamihama City University, gave this dry description.

"Something ominous emerged from the dark clouds, but something even more ominous, as if determined to perish with it, also emerged."

"Then... nuclear missiles rained down."

(End of this chapter)