Tokyo: Magical Girl Shatters My Dream of Going Public

The regeneration rate of flesh-eating humans is also astonishingly fast.

The flesh and blood tissue at the edge of the large hole that Qianxia kicked out immediately began to writhe wildly, and in just two or three seconds, the new flesh membrane was mostly repaired.

Chika gave the other party no chance to breathe.

She began running and pulling around the fleshy figure, using her speed, far exceeding its turning speed, to repeatedly cut into its blind spots, and then—

Kick the other person hard with your foot.

Each strike was powerful and heavy, carrying the kinetic energy accumulated from running, tearing open wounds of varying sizes on the flesh-and-blood body.

The battle scenes were utterly unwatchable.

There were no exquisite fighting techniques, no graceful movements, and not even any rules or strategies.

It's the most basic process: accelerate, approach, attack, pull away, and then accelerate again.

But it actually works.

Thanks to the speed and strength advantages granted by her combat suit, as well as her almost instinctive premonition, Chinatsu managed to gain the upper hand briefly in the initial entanglement.

The members of Kanzaki's squad have recovered from their initial shock.

They are all seasoned veterans with sharp eyes.

After watching several rounds of attack and defense, the clues were immediately noticed.

"Captain," the vice-captain said in a low, strange voice, "this girl... has she really received combat training?"

Kanzaki stared intently at the battle, his brow furrowed slightly, and slowly shook his head.

His movements were clumsy, his power generation techniques were rough, his evasive maneuvers were straightforward, and his offensive choices were entirely based on intuition...

This is a complete rookie who has strength and speed but no combat experience whatsoever.

No, he wasn't even a recruit.

But ironically, that strange uniform gave her "stats" that were enough to crush F-rank vengeful spirits.

Speed, strength, reaction, defense... every stat is ridiculously high.

This battle possesses a simple yet indescribable... numerical beauty!

It's fair to say there are no tricks involved; it's all about numbers!

However, the good times did not last long.

The "meat man" seemed to have gradually adapted to Chika's straightforward attack style.

It no longer obsessively pursued that excessively flexible target with its own body, and the dark red fleshy membrane covering the walls and ceiling began to writhe more intensely.

More fleshy tentacles split out from those membranes, like a slowly closing deadly thicket of thorns, surrounding Chika's activity space from all directions.

Chinatsu's room to dodge was rapidly compressed.

She can still "see" the attack trajectory of most of the tentacles in advance, but there are just too many of them!

He was caught off guard and his previously effortless dodging began to turn into a hurried affair.

Several times it barely grazed the tips of the tentacles.

Just as she was fully focused on dealing with the tentacles attacking from the front and both sides—

From the shadows beneath his feet, a dark red fleshy spike, no thicker than a finger but incredibly sharp, suddenly pierced out from what appeared to be just ordinary bloodstains on the ground!

The timing was ingenious, and it happened without a trace!

"—!"

Chinatsu's senses gave a frantic warning at the last moment, and she was so frightened that she almost screamed. Driven by instinct, her body sprang to the side with all her might.

scoff!

The hem of the skirt was ripped open by a sharp point, leaving a tear about an inch long.

When Chika landed, she stumbled back several steps, her back hitting the wall before she could barely regain her balance.

How...how insidious!

This thing... it can even ambush and attack?!

She glanced down at the tear in her skirt and became even more dissatisfied.

What a despicable guy!

This is her first combat suit!

She almost wanted to rush up and take revenge immediately.

But the flesh-and-blood fighters retaliated faster and more intensely.

Numerous thick tentacles split off from the main body, lashing and thrusting from the front with a whooshing sound.

What's more troublesome is that more delicate yet cunning secondary tentacles are constantly branching out from the fleshy membranes covering the surrounding walls and ceiling.

They would silently pierce out from Chika's blind spots, her side, or even behind, specifically targeting the gaps in her vision when she tried to dodge.

Chika, who could have relied on her speed to maneuver around the enemy, was suddenly put on the defensive.

She dodged left and right, her movements becoming hurried and strained. Several times she narrowly avoided the attacks, but she could no longer find a clean and efficient window for close-range attacks as before.

To make matters worse, she caught a glimpse of an inconspicuous miniature display screen on the inside of her left wrist out of the corner of her eye.

The remaining power of the magic battery is displayed above.

The numbers are rapidly decreasing:

[76%]

[75%]

[74%]...

Energy is being used up much faster than expected!

If this continues, let alone defeating the opponent, I might lose the ability to move due to exhaustion of energy.

"Oh no, oh no, we have to take care of this guy quickly!"

Just then, Chika caught a brief opening when the fleshy human body retracted one of its tentacles, creating a vacuum between her and the vengeful spirit.

opportunity!

Without almost any hesitation, Chika lowered her body again, her leg muscles tensing, ready to thrust forward and cut in—

"Retreat now!"

Kurokawa's stern shout rang in her ears.

Chika's body reacted much faster than her brain, abruptly stopping her forward momentum. She pushed off the ground with both feet and retreated rapidly to the side!

Just as she stepped back—

"Pfft!"

Three dark red fleshy spikes, each as thick as a finger, shot out like lightning from a shadow above and to the side of her original sprinting route, embedding themselves fiercely in her path!

This guy actually set a trap!

But something even worse happened.

Even though Kurokawa's reminder was very timely.

The tip of one of them grazed the outside of her forearm as she pulled back.

scoff.

After the sound of tactical fabric tearing.

Then came the faint sound of flesh being cut open.

A warm liquid flowed down my forearm.

Chika staggered back two steps and looked down.

A wound about an inch long on my arm was bleeding, and I only realized it was stinging afterward.

Her heart pounded, and her back was instantly soaked with cold sweat.

Despite successfully saving Chinatsu from a fatal blow, Kurokawa's expression did not ease; instead, it became even more grave.

He stared intently at the bleeding wound on Qianxia's arm.

The smell of blood...

The information provided by Kanzaki mentioned that flesh-eating people are extremely sensitive to the smell of blood...

Almost at the same moment that the scent of Qianxia's blood spread, the massive body of the fleshy man suddenly froze, and all the waving tentacles also paused for a moment.

Immediately afterwards—

"babble--!!!"

A piercing scream, far sharper than before and filled with a kind of yearning and violence, exploded from the direction of the flesh-man!

All of its constantly opening and closing pores turned towards Chika's direction!

The next second, several of the thickest tentacles shot straight at Chika with speed and precision far exceeding what they had seen before!

Chika felt a chill run down her spine and instinctively dodged to the side.

However, something strange happened.

Those tentacles actually changed direction mid-air!

laugh!

Despite Chika's best efforts to twist her body, the tip of a tentacle still grazed her arm on the same side where she had just been injured, tearing the wound open even more.

More blood gushed out.

The strong smell of blood quickly spread.

Kurokawa's pupils suddenly contracted.

He finally figured out the characteristics of the enemy in front of him!

track!

It's not simply a matter of being "sensitive to blood," but rather a targeted and tracking attack based on the smell of blood!

Just as the patrolling vengeful spirits' rule is "to accelerate upon seeing an accelerated target," this fleshy man's rule is probably "to attack and track if he smells blood!"

"Its rule is to target blood!" Kurokawa shouted a warning. "You're bleeding, and its attacks will now track the scent of your blood! Regular evasion will be much less effective!"

"ah?!"

Chika's heart sank to the bottom in an instant.

The opponent's attacks were already very frequent, making each dodge increasingly difficult for her.

Her wound was constantly aggravated during exercise, causing it to bleed even more...

The more blood is shed, the more accurate the enemy's tracking will become.

She seemed to be trapped in a vicious cycle with no way out.

Energy is decreasing, wounds are bleeding, attacks are unavoidable...

Wouldn't that mean complete failure?

Just as despair began to spread—

Kurokawa shouted again, "Use the plug-in! Use absolute speed to completely break free of its lock-on!"

Plugin?!

Chika was taken aback at first, then her spirits lifted instantly!

correct!

And the plugin that the president gave me!

Without the slightest hesitation, as she dodged another tentacle piercing, she reached with her right hand for a thin tactical lanyard hanging from her neck.

A thin black sheet, about the size of a playing card, with shimmering edges, was threaded onto the rope.

[Patrol Speed-Up Plugin]!

She ripped off the thin sheet and, with her left hand, precisely slapped it into a specially designed slot on the side of her magic battery at her lower back, which had just been slid open!

"Click".

A soft, satisfying sound.

Immediately afterwards—

Buzz—!!!

A torrent of energy, far more turbulent than when the combat suit was activated before, surged out from the slot interface and rushed through the hidden pipes inside the combat suit to every part of the body!

The faint light emanating from Qianxia's body suddenly surged, almost transforming into a tangible flame that enveloped her body!

A notification flashed on the status screen on the inside of her left wrist.

[Patrol acceleration plugin, activated!]

In her eyes, the world had completely "slowed down".