Regarding the fact that my best friend is a magical girl

The giant bullet that pierced through the chain net struck Bai Ze in the chest, almost sending him flying with the force of the impact, nearly dragging the Heavenly Lock behind him with it.

"I'm fine...cough cough..."

Bai Ze's magic should be related to defense.

Although the bullet caused her internal injuries, it didn't even penetrate her combat gear.

Despite saying that, he still coughed up a mouthful of blood, indicating that his internal injuries were quite severe.

"Tian Suo, take Bai Ze and leave."

A magical girl, dressed in an indigo kendo uniform and holding a katana, stood before them with her eyes closed.

Behind her followed a pair of twin magical girls dressed identically, but with different battle outfits – one red and one blue – their petite stature resembling that of elementary school twins.

"Leave the rest to me!"

"Sister, don't forget me."

The older sister is very strong-willed, while the younger sister is weak-willed—are they twin magical girls with completely opposite personalities?

That's really strange.

The five magical girls each have their own distinct personalities, but...

"I have a question."

I stood behind them and asked, "Besides the magical chains of the Heavenly Lock, do you have any way to hit your opponent on the glass curtain wall?"

I have absolutely no way to deal with it.

Even with a good pebble, it's impossible to throw it accurately to such a high position.

Tian Suo explained with a bitter face, "Although Sister Bai Ze's 'Iron Shell' magic can harden, as you can see, it is not shockproof. If the impact is too great, you will still get hurt... She was injured while saving me, so I have to stay and continue fighting!"

The magical girl holding a katana closed her eyes and said, "Fuuka, although my magic is wind... I can't attack from that high."

A ronin samurai who rides the wind?

Is your ultimate skill called "Whirlwind Slash"?

I looked at Gemini with a last glimmer of hope.

"And you two are...?"

“Warren!” the older sister exclaimed, patting her chest.

“Haite,” the younger sister said politely, bowing her head.

"My magic is heating!"

"My magic is cooling down."

"We are magical girls in pairs!"

"We are using the same Star Crystal."

"However, we lack the means to launch long-range attacks!"

"Our magic requires contact to take effect."

They spoke in a neat, orderly fashion, one sentence at a time, but it still didn't help.

Only the magic of the Sky Lock can attack those who can reach high places; everyone else is a melee fighter.

While close-quarters combat within the stairwell was indeed advantageous, who would have thought they would actually climb up the glass facade of the treatment facility building?

how did you do that?

Being shrouded in invisibility magic and unable to see anything, could it be that he's using Ange's bloodline as Spider-Man?

They were climbing the shaded side, and Serino's mother's invisibility magic was still in effect. They knew nothing about the situation within that invisible range. It was extremely dangerous to rush in rashly when the enemy was in the dark and we were in the light—even if we didn't rush in, bullets that could be fired at any time were impossible to defend against.

That wasn't all. Accompanied by a buzzing sound, a blue wormhole opened above the treatment facility, likely reinforcements sent from "the other side".

It takes time for a wormhole to open.

"Don't just stand there! Get to the cell! I and Tian Suo-chan will take care of the outside!"

Sirius still uses laser rays to block the invisible semicircle. Because of this unexpected route, she, who calls herself the decoy, has become the only one who can restrain the other party.

She can block invisibility barriers, but she cannot stop teleportation magic.

With the interference of invisibility magic, we don't know what the people inside did, or even if they are still there.

boom--

Another shot rang out.

Standing in front of everyone, Feng Hua deflected the large-caliber bullet with her blade. She didn't use magic, or even open her eyes... but her hands were trembling a little, probably from the shock of the bullet.

“I’ll stay too. It’s not good for me to work indoors, and I’ll get in the way of other people.”

She remained standing before Tian Suo, eyes closed and knife in hand.

The only ones left who can come in with me are the twins.

"let's go!"

"Let's go upstairs."

They stood in front of me.

"Time is of the essence, so please excuse me."

I picked up the twin girls, one in each arm, and they instinctively hugged my neck tighter... The children's bodies were so soft, and they smelled so sweet and milky.

Gathering my courage, I rushed into the treatment facility building at five times the speed.

"Take the stairs!"

"The elevator is slow."

Even if you work hard, you still get bossed around.

Sprinting upwards, thanks to my enhanced physical abilities and the fried noodles I had just eaten, I carried the twins and reached the nineteenth floor in the blink of an eye, without much effort.

This is also the location marked out by Sirius using a light circle.

But through the glass curtain wall, I could sense that something invisible had disappeared.

"Sirius, they've already teleported away!"

This kind of area-of-effect invisibility magic is more troublesome in actual combat than imagined.

Sirius's wings evolved into jets, and it flew toward the floor where the cell was located.

"Hold on tight, it might be a bit bumpy."

The twins hugged me tightly.

It's a magical girl story, after all; surely you can accept it being shown at 10x speed?

Time-freeze!

They charged straight towards the top.

The security door was locked, and when I couldn't open it, I kicked it...

They couldn't kick it open.

It's an important research level, after all; isn't it not so easy to make a breakthrough there?

I turned on my microphone to communicate.

"Spica! Open the door!"

"The door is closed? There's no smart lock over there! Instead of waiting for someone to open it, why don't you ask those two next to you to come up with a solution?"

"Warren? Haight?"

Warren, the older sister, nodded and placed her hand on the safety door.

Within seconds, she heated the heavy door panel until it glowed red.

Winter, the younger sister, wasn't afraid of getting burned; she put her hand on the red-hot door panel.

The metal door is quenched in an extremely short time by cooling it down; if this process is too rapid, it may crack...

The twins repeated this operation several times within ten seconds. Although the door did not actually crack, its texture had become quite fragile.

"Kick it, Sister Miluno!"

The two of them said in unison that they hadn't been able to use their full strength while carrying them. I stomped the ground and kicked out with thirty times the speed.

boom--

I smashed the door panel to pieces. I remember the structure of this research floor, which consisted of concentric rings of areas like a walled city, with the prison cell standing majestically in the very center of this walled city.

Spica's voice: "They're in the cell. The cage itself is the last line of defense; we can't let them open it."

"Sister Miluno, please go ahead!"

"We can't hold you back here."

Since the twins said so, I didn't intend to be coy. After wandering around the maze-like top floor for a while, I finally found the way to the central cell.

Just as Sirius had said before, the cell entrance, made up of concentric walls, had appeared, but there was nothing at the end of the passage.

I can't even see the cage where the Mermaid Witch is imprisoned.

"Spica, are they still around?"

The walkie-talkie lost response at this time; is this signal interference?

Was it the enemy's tactics? Or the function of the prison itself?

It's invisible again.

Rushing in would involve taking a huge risk.

I don't like taking risks, but right now I can't worry about that... if I can go fast enough...

Fueled by a sliver of hope, I gritted my teeth and rushed into the passage.

"Miluno-chan! Don't come in yet!"

Sirius's warning echoed from the empty passageway.