Regarding the fact that my best friend is a magical girl

"Little girl, would you like to buy a serving of fried noodles?"

"Auntie, I'm here to get..."

"I'll buy a serving of fried noodles first!" she shouted even louder.

"…………Then one is fine."

After I paid, the quick-handed auntie fried me a bowl of noodles, but inside the opaque brown paper bag, besides the fried noodles container, there was also a small walkie-talkie.

I stuffed it into my ear, the front of the earphone went deep into the ear canal, and expanded to fix itself in place... Ugh, it still feels so uncomfortable.

"Yo, Miluno-chan~ We're on our way to you. This time we have plenty of manpower, so we definitely won't let you fight the witch alone!"

Sirius was playing in my headphones...

"Miss Moonlit Gale from District D3? Nice to meet you! I'm Bai Ze, the magical girl from District F3! I'm your fan!"

...and the voice of a magical girl that sounds troublesome.

Chapter Forty-Seven: Emerging from the Cave

(Albinocotyledon)

While waiting for the other magical girls, she ate stir-fried noodles with lots of oil and salt.

The liaison lady probably didn't expect me to eat this; it was extremely salty.

The sweltering heat of summer made even steaming hot fried noodles hard to eat, but my empty stomach made me disregard all that. I opened the lunchbox and wolfed it down without any regard for appearances... cough cough cough.

I was indeed hungry.

Thinking about it carefully, I haven't eaten anything since last night, and running all the way from the underground pedestrian street has taken a lot of toll on my physical strength.

Although I ate it, it still tasted awful.

There were still five minutes until the shift change time that Spica had mentioned, but the organization had not made any move.

"Speaking of which, is it possible that this is a diversionary tactic by the enemy? Deliberately releasing false information, while their real target is still the branch building?"

I heard a question coming through my earpiece, but I didn't know who it was. Since this was a temporary team, there were magical girls among the members that I didn't recognize.

"impossible."

Another magical girl said, "What's impossible? The person we're dealing with is the president of the association! The president of the Magical Girl Association is actually colluding with a witch from 'the other side'. I really can't understand how things have turned out this way. I don't think I'd be surprised if something else happened."

"Tian Suo, say less."

The Heavenly Lock is...

Oh, I vaguely remember that name.

The magical girl from area E4, because we are nominally in a defensive relationship with area D3, we had a few interactions when she first became a magical girl... Newly appointed magical girls all have seniors to guide them, just like how Kagerou and I were initially watching over Seruno.

However, "Tian Suo" grew quite quickly and was soon able to complete the subjugation independently. The person who was responsible for guiding her at that time should have been Bai Ze from the F3 region.

I don't remember her, since our areas of responsibility are not adjacent, so we've never crossed paths.

But she actually said she was my fan...

Tian Suo, who also had a short temper, was still yelling, "I can't stand receiving a mission like this! Sister Bai Ze, don't you think the association is untrustworthy?"

"That association president was just a figurehead. As magical girls, all we need to do is trust Director Spica and Miss Sirius."

I turned off my microphone and didn't join their discussion.

But I don't trust the association either.

When an organization becomes too large, internal resistance arises, and Seruno's actions have confirmed what I've always feared.

Finished the fried noodles.

My stomach is satisfied, but I'm starting to get thirsty. I wish I had an ice-cold drink...

"Miluno-chan has found it!"

I threw the empty lunchbox into the trash can, but something fell from the sky and landed on my back. My first instinct was to throw it over my shoulder, but then a striking blonde flashed past my eyes.

Sirius.

The world's number one idol exuded the scent of perfume, but his warm body made it difficult for me to feel any enjoyment.

"Hmm, here you go."

She held a bottle of chilled juice in her hand and pressed it against my face, giving it a tingling sensation.

I glanced behind her.

Why are you all alone?

"The other girls are waiting in the small shops on the street, making a lot of noise, so I came out to find you by myself and even brought you water. You should praise me with gratitude."

"Thank you."

"I certainly accept your thanks! So, have you noticed anything unusual?"

"No, there's been no sound at all. At least the shady fire escape that Spica mentioned hasn't been opened at all."

I wasn't so focused on eating that I didn't pay attention to anything else.

“The shift change is coming up soon, so keep an eye on things. Ah Ji is a very cautious person. He won’t act until the right time, and he won’t make a move if there’s any sign of trouble.”

"Then why did you fly over here directly? Aren't you afraid of being seen?"

Sirius winked at me and laughed, "Hmph, don't you understand? I just want him to see me. In a little while, I'll continue to increase my presence so he thinks my trump card isn't inside the building. That way, he'll be more likely to sneak in."

"What do you mean? You're going to use yourself as bait?"

"That's not wrong. You can just take the elevator to the top floor, and someone will open the way to the cells for you. Then you can wait for them inside."

"The Mermaid Witch is dangerous enough, and then there's that black-robed man of unknown strength... How many reinforcements did you bring for me?"

"Five of them have arrived. Spica has gathered all the magical girls from the area surrounding the branch."

“When dealing with guys like those from last night, numbers aren’t that useful…”

Falcon was of little help, but that wasn't her fault.

Hawaii has few weirdos but many magical girls, so she severely lacks combat experience. Against an opponent of the Sword Witch's caliber, she has no room to even display her strength...

Sirius scoffed.

"What, you think you can't win? You've fought the witch several times already, why are you getting scared at a time like this?"

“It’s different. That girl last night was on a completely different level from any of the enemies I’ve ever faced before… She’s too strong.”

The oppressive aura of the half-human, half-deer form is chilling just to recall.

Sirius remained unconvinced, saying, "If Beiluo Shimen becomes a witch, it's not surprising that she would have that kind of strength. That guy... isn't he the strongest among us?"

Is she stronger than you?

"At least within the realm of magical girls, she's better than me."

"But as an idol, I'm not as good as you?"

Sirius paused for a moment, then frowned and snorted, "...Don't say such ridiculous things so seriously. Can idols increase fighting power? The reason I'm stronger than her is because I'm not just a magical girl, but also the world's largest Star Crystal..."

She was speaking when the security guards at the treatment facility left their posts and began lining up before their shifts.

"It's started, Spica. Is there anything unusual?"

"There was nothing unusual about either door, and the surveillance cameras inside the cell were all working properly."

"Really? Girls, wait for the right moment to go inside the building~ I'll go attract your attention!"

Sirius unfurled its enormous and conspicuous wings of light and began to circle the building of the medical facility. Unless it was in the underground parking garage, Seruno's father should have noticed it as well.

"The snake hasn't come out of its hole yet, hiss—(imitating the sound of a snake flicking its tongue)"

"I think the target is indeed the Party branch."

"Were you scared off by Miss Sirius?"

The magical girls in the squad channel were all talking at once.

"It can't be that bad, Ah Ji is..."

Spica was halfway through her rebuttal when, without warning, the glass curtain wall of the building, which was several stories high, collapsed.

Without anyone's prompting, an extremely fast high-energy laser swept towards the glass curtain wall in mid-air, but the laser seemed to have come into contact with something and disappeared without warning.

No, it's invisible!

Is it invisible in an area where even light disappears?!

Sirius hurriedly adjusted the laser's path, drawing a semi-circular sphere within the boundary that would not disappear.

"Heavenly Lock!"

A punk magical girl in a black leather jacket stood below the building, raising her hand and throwing out a matte chain. As the chain approached the area circled by the laser, it suddenly exploded into a large net made of chains.

She is Tian Suo.

Her straight, short black hair was adorned with purple highlights on her forehead, exuding rebellion and unruliness.

"Good! Got it!"

Celebrating victory prematurely is always dangerous.

A gunshot pierced the sky.

Large-caliber bullets were fired from behind an invisible veil.

The magical girl, dressed in a heavy dress, stood in front of the Heavenly Lock, then staggered and fell backward...

"Sister Bai Ze!"

Chapter 48 Magical Girls

(Albinocotyledon)

The sudden gunfire plunged nearby residents into panic.

Then, evacuation signs lit up around the treatment facility.