Even if you're a corrupted magical girl, you still have to try to redeem yourself.

"I'll reiterate, transform immediately after you go out this window. All you need to do is determine if the target is a magical girl. If a battle breaks out, prioritize escaping. Once you're safe, don't worry about me, just go home. Even in the worst-case scenario, there's only one enemy, who can't protect both of us at the same time. Understand?" Yuuki Yui stepped onto the windowsill, slipped her shoes on, tapped them on the floor, and made her final preparations.

"Understood!" Baqi put on her shoes and made a peace sign at Yuuki Yuki.

"Transform!"

Two figures leaped out of the window, their red and black lights merging, their bodies shrouded in ominous demonic armor.

Yuuki Yuuki lived in a building that wasn't very tall. With her magical girl physique, she easily scaled the top floor and the two of them landed together on the railing on the seventh floor.

As the two landed, an arrow, as if sculpted from ice crystals, whistled past and embedded itself in the fence beneath their feet.

Chapter Fifty-Three: Waiting for a rabbit to run into a tree stump, but the rabbit is me.

The swift arrowhead sliced ​​through the air, grazing their bodies and piercing the metal railing beneath their feet.

Yuuki Yukino and Inuyama Tomoe turned around at the same time. On the rooftop opposite, the blue-haired girl with her bow drawn and arrow nocked was still in the shooting posture when the arrow was released from the bowstring, and was slowly lowering her hand.

Mizuno Yu?

Yuuki Yukino's heart tightened. She had deliberately waited until she and Baqi had dinner before taking action, just to wait for the two of them to leave.

Yuuki Yukino summoned Tomoe for another reason: she planned to act quickly. Determining whether Hayashi Mustard was a magical girl wouldn't take long, and once she obtained useful information, she could leave as soon as possible. That way, even if someone noticed, it would be too late to arrive.

but……

"Yo, Hino Yu, you were right after all. These guys really do have something in mind."

Another voice came from above their heads. A blonde girl, half-crouching, was carrying a massive square-headed hammer almost as tall as herself, perched on the railing of the eighth floor, grinning to reveal her sharp fangs.

Their presence here was indeed due to Mizuno Yu's keen insight; she knew this kind of insight would eventually backfire on her, but she didn't expect it to happen so quickly.

They really ran right into the line of fire.

If the transformation is seen, then we're completely doomed.

"My name is... never mind, call me whatever you want now." In Mizuno Yu's hand, frost once again condensed into a crystalline arrow.

"Leave that blond shorty to me, you find a chance to escape." Yuuki Yuen reminded Baqi beside her before the two launched their attack. If the other wasn't stupid, she should have already received the hidden identity information in those words.

"Who are you calling a blond dwarf?" Helica swung her giant hammer halfway through the air with increasing ferocity, bringing it right in front of the two men.

"no problem."

Baqi's answer was a little slow, but her evasive action was without hesitation. She lightly touched the railing with her toes and moved several meters to the open space beside her, dodging the hammer that was flashing with lightning.

Yuuki Yui reacted just as quickly, leaning back downstairs as the giant hammer swept past her eyes. The electric shock in the air made her face feel numb, but the blow also failed to hit her body.

"Tch." With the momentum of the hammer blow, Helica leaped down, gripping the handle and rolling half a circle in the air, landing steadily where the two had just stood. The giant hammer seemed weightless as she easily swung it onto her shoulder.

As Helica swung her hammer with tremendous force, Mizuno Yu also moved. This time, what shot towards the two from the opposite rooftop was not an arrow, but Mizuno Yu herself, which was even faster than an arrow.

"Don't damage the building, Yuki is still inside!"

The bowstring was taut once more in mid-air, and two ice arrows shot out from beneath Mizuno Yu, shielded by her body.

Boom, boom.

The projectiles and arrows collided violently, and two explosions, occurring in quick succession, halted the ice arrows' attack. The scattered ice flowers and dazzling flashes of light disappeared like fireworks.

Rather than crouching, Baqi was more like lying on the floor, with white smoke billowing from the muzzles of the two matchlock guns in her hands.

Wow, Baqi!

Yuuki Yukino could only praise Baki in her heart now, as Helica and the giant hammer in her hand fell down on her from above with a whoosh.

Yuuki landed a moment earlier than Helika, and that brief difference of less than a second was enough for her to forcibly change direction.

The impact of falling from the seventh floor was fully absorbed by Yuuki Emi's slender ankles. Even though magic could enhance her physical abilities, she still felt intense pain. Yuuki Emi forcefully pushed off the ground, sending her body toward the busy intersection.

Deflecting two arrows and dodging two hammer blows cannot change the outcome of this battle. She, who cannot even summon a magic wand, is not worthy of fighting Helica. It is a pipe dream for Bachi to fight two against one.

Threatened by two magical girls, he swaggered into Lin Jiezi's room, punched her twice to see if she could transform, and then walked away? No way!

Yuuki Yukino raised her voice and gave instructions to Tomoe at the loudest she could.

"Plan is off! Run!"

"Run? I'll let you run!" Seeing that the hammer falling from the sky would miss, Helica gripped the hammer handle tightly with both arms and spun half a circle in mid-air like a windmill, dissipating the impact of falling from the sky, and landed steadily on the ground with her legs curled up.

Then, the giant hammer was released from his hand, and he was faster than Yuuki Eri could escape, catching up with her in an instant.

"Hiss—" Feeling the unfriendly wind behind her head, Yuuki Yuuki gasped and bent down on all fours, lying face down on the ground.

The static electricity from the swirling lightning caused Yuuki Eri's hair to stand on end, barely allowing the hammer to glide past the back of her head.

A hammer shouldn't be a big problem.

Yuuki was still congratulating herself on her quick reaction when Helica had already transformed into a bolt of lightning, appearing in the blink of an eye above Yuuki's head—between the giant hammer and Yuuki.

She didn't even look at the location of the giant hammer; she simply stretched her right hand behind her back, and the hammer handle fell steadily into her grasp.

Yuuki didn't even need to think about what would happen after Helica regained control of her wand. Now, not caring about exposing herself, she simply kept lying on the ground and rolled away from Helica.

The giant hammer fell a little too late, but the force of the impact that shook the earth sent Yuuki Yuu flying. The intense impact almost made her brain boil, and Yuuki Yuu's vision was immediately plunged into darkness.

Fortunately, Yuuki Yuki's body had already rolled away, barely escaping the range of that hammer blow.

Yuuki Yuki struggled to her feet. The aftereffects of the intense tremors had not completely subsided, but it was enough for her to see clearly what was happening in front of her.

The screeching of brakes filled the air as cars came to a stop just before hitting the fallen Yuuki Eri, forming a circle at the intersection.

Yuuki Yukino immediately realized that the person they were avoiding was not herself.

A huge spiderweb-like crack with a radius of ten meters appeared in the very center of the intersection. The blonde girl, holding the hammer handle, stood with one foot on the hammer head that was stuck in the ground, where everyone's eyes met.

"Look?"

Herica beckoned to Yuuki Yuuki with a dismissive gesture.

"Not using a wand? You look down on me?" Helica released her wand, her hands clenching so tightly they cracked.

Helica is very excited right now; it's clear that this battle has given her plenty of an outlet for her emotions.

"Sorry, my wand is a bit capricious." Despite being chased and covered in dust, Yuuki Yuuki still put on an indifferent look, dusted herself off, and stood up again.

"Is that so? Is that so?" Helica seemed to be talking to herself, but her voice was so loud that everyone present could hear her clearly.

"Then don't blame me!"

Herlica's figure vanished along with the giant soldiers on the ground, and a shadow fell over Yuuki's location. Herlica reappeared in mid-air, holding her wand above her head.

This time, Yuuki Yukino truly has no way to avoid it.

If I really can't hold on any longer, I might only be able to post one update in the morning today.

However! I'll still try my best to update tonight!

Chapter 54 Do magical girls always have their clothes ripped off during battles?!

Yuuki Yukino looked up as the hammer, which was twice the size of her own head, drew closer and closer.

Given Helica's explosive speed, this hammer blow was absolutely unavoidable.

If there's no way to avoid it, then just don't try to avoid it.

Yuuki Eri is not yet proficient enough at concentrating magic power. In previous experiments, she would always unconsciously allocate too much magic power.

But now this opportunity is perfect.

Under Yuuki Yuuki's control, all her magical power was concentrated in her left hand. Yuuki Yuuki gritted her teeth, raised her powerful fist, and met Helica's attack head-on.

At the moment of impact, all Yuuki Yukari could hear was the deafening roar of thunder. Snake-like currents surged through her arms and spread throughout her body. Her shocked mind went blank for a moment, and the magical armor covering her arms was torn to shreds by the raging lightning. Half of her shoulder, along with a small portion of her genitals, was exposed to the air. Fortunately, a few pieces of fabric held her together, preventing the scene from escalating into something inappropriate for children.

But this is already quite a mess.

His entire arm was numb from taking that powerful blow. His once fair arm was now stained red with blood and covered with tiny burn marks from the heat of the lightning. He could no longer lift his arm, and even moving a finger was a luxury.

Fortunately, the hammer blow was actually caught.

Herlica's pupils contracted sharply. Her seemingly invincible attack was deflected by the scantily clad magical girl in front of her with her arm. The impact forced Herlica to stagger back several steps before regaining her balance.

There is only one possible explanation for being able to catch one's own attack without using a wand.

This corrupted magical girl's magic must be stronger than mine.

Herlica glanced at the other person's almost useless arm, then her gaze shifted to the black magic runes below the navel, half-hidden by the black silk fabric, shimmering with a dark purple light. Her breathing became heavy with tension.

This guy might be much more difficult to deal with than I thought. I underestimated him just now. It's better not to make any rash moves before he takes action.

As Helica thought this, she gripped the giant hammer even tighter.

On the other side, Baqi, who was exchanging wand blows with Mizuno Yu from a distance, was also at a disadvantage.

The ice powder created by the arrows shattering upon impact with the projectiles flew everywhere in the setting sun, like broken diamond stars, which were swallowed and evaporated by the burst of firelight before falling, refracting into streaks of seven-colored light.

As one of the creators of this scene, Baqi had no mood to appreciate this strange landscape at the moment. Dealing with the ice arrows shot from all sorts of tricky angles had already exhausted all her energy.

Baqi was constantly trying to escape the battlefield, but Mizuno Yui, who was pressing her relentlessly, gave her no chance at all.

Clearly, Mizuno Yuu could hear what Yuuki Yuu shouted to Tomoe when she separated the battlefield, so holding off Tomoe became Mizuno Yuu's top priority.

Fifty-eight shots—that's the number of shots Baki has fired so far.

She remembered that when she and Yuuki Yuki were testing together, her limit was seventy-three bullets, which meant that she would run out of magic power after fifteen bullets.

Compared to the matchlock gun, which can only fire once, Mizuno Yuu's creation of ice arrows would definitely consume less magic power than Tomoe's. If they were to fight by shooting, Tomoe would ultimately lose.

Whether it's combat experience or proficiency in using wands, they're not on the same level. Right now, Baki is so busy summoning new wands to defend against attacks that she's overwhelmed and doesn't even have a chance to release a binding trap, let alone escape.

No matter how much Baqi tried to widen the gap, those subtle differences would be instantly made up by Mizuno Yu's nimble movements, clinging to her like a tail.

While Bachi was struggling with this decision, the number of matchlock guns she had used had increased to sixty.

Mizuno Yu was unusually quiet today. Even though she was usually obsessed with giving away freebies, she could still tell what was important and what was urgent at this crucial moment. If Yuki Yuki were there, she would definitely exclaim that this was hellish difficulty.

Two more ice arrows struck the flames spewing from the gun barrel, and the explosions blinded the two men.

Baqi is consistent inside and out, but she is not a complete fool. While fighting, she is also actively thinking and looking for a way to break the deadlock.

If you can catch the blind spot in the instant the flames burst, you might have a chance to escape.

Baqi continued to fight and retreat, having already made up her mind.

Boom, boom, boom, boom.

Four explosions rang out in succession, and Mizuno Yu's relentless attack continued. Including the few arrows that Tomoe barely dodged, the number of arrows fired by the opponent had approached three digits, yet the opponent still showed no signs of fatigue.

Baqi has seven bullets left to use, but that's okay, she's starting to get the hang of it.