Regarding the fact that my best friend is a magical girl

With a wave of her hand, red, thin wires shot out from behind her, precisely destroying the cameras and cell phones of the reporters present.

Forcibly using the power of the crystal?

Doing something like that is probably even harder than becoming a magical girl!

"Don't resist, and I won't take your lives..."

Her red hair, now loose and wildly flowing, drew her attention to me. Yang Yan immediately raised her right hand, and a defensive line of fire and phosphorescence blocked her path.

"Holy crap, you're planning to detonate your bomb in a confined space like an air-raid shelter?"

"I can control the power; only you will get blown away."

"Then let's give it a try!"

"...What exactly do you want to do?"

The destructive power of Yang Yan's magic is astonishing, and it is absolutely impossible for it to be detonated in this sealed air-raid shelter. Everyone knows that what she said was just bluffing.

But the other party clearly understood this as well, so they didn't seem worried at all.

What should I do in this situation?

Seruno and the others are still waiting upstairs in the library for the monster to arrive; right now, I'm the only one they can rely on...

"What we need is you, Kagerou."

Who are you?

"You don't need to know. Just come with me and I promise no one will get hurt. Maintaining a wormhole with my own magic is also very strenuous for me."

I think it's pretty absurd that someone could open a wormhole with just one person's magic.

This woman's magic is a mess; what do those red lines and wormhole aura have in common?

I can't understand it, but...

"In that case! We just need to stall until you run out of magic!"

While I was still hesitating, Xiao Yi stood in front of Yang Yan, holding only a mop handle in her hand.

"Hey! That's too dangerous!"

I reached out and pulled her behind me. She was no longer a magical girl. What could such a small body do?

To insist on taking the lead is simply reckless.

"Little Yi, let me stall for time."

I took the mop handle from her hand.

"Huh? You are..."

But I'm different.

Since the crystal of the Morning Star has completely merged into my body, even though I have turned back into Bai Ziye, my physical fitness is still stronger than that of an ordinary person.

Although it's far from being as good as "Miluno," it's still possible to "buy time" from the magical girl. Hopefully, the higher-ups will notice the anomaly here soon.

result.

The red thread wrapped around my ankle, hanging me upside down from the ceiling...

The red line was moving very fast. I tried to dodge it at three times the speed, but I still couldn't avoid it.

"Young hero, you're quite handsome! But unfortunately, I'm attracted to older men. If you want to mess with me, you'll have to wait another ten years or so!"

I threw the mop handle in my hand, but it was chopped into wood chips in mid-air by the red line.

"You'll be an old lady in another ten years or so, right?"

"As long as the Star Crystal remains under my control, I will never grow old... Sigh, don't you understand what I'm saying? Humanity doesn't need to be subservient to the Star Crystal. If we want, we can not only make the crystal submit to our will, but also create new crystals. This power can lead all of humanity into an immortal civilization! The threat from 'the other side' will also be easily resolved!"

Although it wasn't explicitly stated, their identities were quite clear.

It's a third-party organization that conducts illegal research, which is what my parents have been working with all along.

This is definitely not a "magical girl," this is a "magical terrorist"!

An ominous red thread wrapped around Yang Yan's wheelchair and was pulled away from Xiao Yi's hand.

Oh no, they're running away!

What should I do?

Chapter Twenty-Five: Contagion Panic

(Albinocotyledon)

The unusually strong red thread dissipated along with the disappearance of the wormhole, and I, who was hanging upside down, was thrown to the ground.

In the end, I did nothing. Like a clown trying to stick his neck out, I watched helplessly as Yang Yan, bound hand and foot, was carried into the wormhole by that crazy woman.

They clearly had the ability to stop it, but...

Click—click click—

The heavy air-raid shelter door was forcefully pried open by a giant arm of light.

Hey! Are you guys alright?

Falcon was the first to fly in, taking in the mess inside the air-raid shelter and the wheelchair overturned on the ground.

"Kagerou...Where's Kagerou?"

Xiao Yi replied, "Sister Yang Yan has been taken away."

"By whom? Kidnapped? From where did you get out?" Sirius pressed.

"Wormhole...they opened a wormhole inside the air-raid shelter."

I dare not look into Sirius's eyes.

Because only she understands my identity.

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Back in the auditorium, of course, there were no more media reporters.

However, there were more spicas coming from headquarters.

"The wormhole was fake; nothing was actually sent through it. It was just bait to lure away the 'magical girl'... I thought the target was Seruno-chan, but it turned out to be Kagerou... Is there anything special about that child?"

Sirius was pondering with his chin in his hand when Spica slammed his hand on the table.

She angrily demanded, "Sirius, why did you take her out of the treatment facility on your own initiative? Why did this happen with you present? Can you give me an explanation?"

"...This incident was indeed my oversight."

Spica was unusually excited, and Sirius was unusually unable to lift its head.

I can't lift it either...

Seruno crouched down beside me and asked in a low voice, "Ye Zi, what exactly happened?"

"Xiao Yi already said that."

She lowered her head and said, "Those people were probably sent by Father, Miss Spica."

Spica replied, "There is currently no evidence to prove that Aji is involved in this kidnapping incident."

"But the red-haired woman is none other than Secretary-General Anjie!"

When it comes to his own father, this idiot is even more flustered than I am.

Sirius said, "The other party has already mastered the association's exclusive wormhole technology... If this was leaked by Aji... then this is a serious crime."

"Do you also think he did it?"

"If there's no evidence, even if he did it, there's nothing we can do, right? As long as it's done cleanly enough..."

Sirius looked at me.

"...Mr. Bai Ziye, do you have any clues?"

Clues...

The leak of wormhole technology...

Wait, a while ago...

"Geneva."

Geneva? Why mention Switzerland?

“My parents are the Association’s ‘secret police.’ I don’t know what to call them, but they’re in Geneva investigating a mole within the Association who seems to have leaked wormhole technology.”

"...I know about that, but why do you always tell your family about things like that?"

Spica rubbed her temples and said, "I'll contact those two prosecutors. Sirius and I will go back to the branch. The rest of you can leave for now."

"Disband?"

“Gathering together like this won’t make any progress; it’s more efficient for me to act alone.”

Seruno raised her hand.

"...Actually, I have a question?"

"What."

"The magic that Xiaoyi mentioned... the magical girl... is it really about creating wormholes?"

I don't understand Seruno's intention in asking that question. To me, that halo clearly looks like a wormhole.

But Spica rested her chin on her hand, seemingly lost in thought.

"I see. Those two ordinary bodyguards also passed through the wormhole... so it was probably just a short-distance teleportation spell that looked like a wormhole."

"Hmm! I think they should still be in this city, or even near this library. We should launch a thorough search as soon as possible, and maybe we can find Yang Yan before they leave Changkong City."

Seruno's analysis is not without merit.

The wormhole generator, which requires an independent power supply, cannot be sustained by the magic of a single magical girl.