“Sirius! Protect yourself first, I’ll handle these monsters—”
Before Xiaohongmao could finish her sentence, she heard a sharp “whoosh” as Xiaoxi punched and shattered a Shandie Worm behind her.
Xiaohongmao’s lips parted, but for a long moment she couldn’t utter a word, feeling as if a red round ball had suddenly appeared on her nose.
She admitted that after being praised by Muxingge, she had been a little full of herself.
After all, Muxingge’s original words were, “In such a short time, to rise from a rookie to a C-rank Magical Girl, there are barely a few like that in the entire Association.”
After some time away, Xiaohongmao was still holding on to the little pride of “finally my turn to protect others” and wanted to act cool in front of Sirius, but before she could finish her line, she ended up looking like a clown.
Xiaoxi scratched her head. “Ahem… Well, I’ve made a lot of progress lately too, haha. My last evaluation result was C+…”
This was a result Xiaoxi had agreed upon with the Astrologer.
After all, now that she’d been transferred to North Blossom City, it would be troublesome to keep pretending to be a D-rank Magical Girl.
Blending in as a C+ was just right—strong enough to handle most sudden incidents without standing out, and most Magical Girls fell between C+ and B-Rank.
But just now, Xiaoxi hadn’t controlled her strength at all.
If it weren’t for Xiaohongmao’s lack of sensitivity to magic, any seasoned Magical Girl would have immediately realized that Xiaoxi’s punch was well above C+.
More and more Shandie Worms began to emerge from the Wasteland.
By now, people on the Train had noticed the monsters outside.
The fear and panic from the Passengers attracted the worms’ attention, and these creatures stopped focusing on the two girls, crawling instead toward the Carriages.
Tsk, what a pain to run into a bunch of group-type monsters…
Xiaoxi really wanted to just unleash a wide-range AOE skill to wipe them out, but the monsters were too close to the Train.
If the fight got too intense, the Train might get caught up in it, so it was better to stick to close combat.
Unlike Xiaohongmao, who was fighting with all her might, this level of battle was hardly any effort for Xiaoxi.
She only needed to make sure not to kill the monsters with a single punch.
But the trouble would start after the fight… Xiaoxi hadn’t expected that Xiao Keke, that brat, would be on this Train as well—and she’d even run into her!
Xiaoxi hadn’t told her mom she was going back to North Blossom City, and naturally hadn’t told her little sister either.
If Xiao Keke suddenly realized her big sister and Sirius were on the same Train, wouldn’t she start getting suspicious?
No, no, calm down. After taking care of the monsters, as long as she found an excuse to slip back onto the Train, it would be fine.
Xiao Keke wouldn’t randomly suspect that Sirius was her.
Right now, her identity was secret—she just had to avoid running into Xiao Keke when getting off the Train, and that silly girl would never suspect any connection between her and Sirius.
Yes, that’s the plan.
Thinking of this, Xiaoxi relaxed a little. Xiaohongmao beside her was still fighting with all her focus, clearly not thinking in that direction at all. It would be fine…
“Xiaoxi! I’ll help—mmph mmph mmph…”
But Xiaoxi’s confidence lasted less than three seconds before it was shattered.
As Ye Xinglan’s bold shout echoed from behind, Xiaoxi felt her confidence plummet into an icy abyss.
The moment Ye Xinglan began to speak, Xiaoxi dashed over at lightning speed and clamped her hand over Ye Xinglan’s mouth, wishing she could close her eyes and escape reality.
Come on, Sis! How could you sabotage your teammate like this? Why did you have to pop up at this exact moment?!
Xiaohongmao blinked in surprise. Sirius was so fast? Could a C+ Rank Magical Girl really be this quick?
Wait! If she wasn’t mistaken, the one who just jumped off the Train was Xinglan-jie?!
The realization hit Xiaohongmao a beat late. But why would Xinglan-jie appear on this Train out of nowhere?
Wait… if Xinglan-jie was here, did that mean her older sister was here too? Were the two of them heading back to North Blossom City together?
For a moment, Xiaohongmao was confused. Earlier, all her attention had been on the battle, and she hadn’t clearly seen the person’s face.
Now, when she tried to take a closer look, Sirius was already blocking her view.
Besides, Xiaohongmao didn’t have the energy to look closely now—without Sirius in the fight, she was starting to struggle against so many monsters on her own.
“This Passenger! There are monsters outside—it’s very dangerous to get off now. Please return to the Carriage!”
Xiaoxi deliberately raised her voice so Xiaohongmao could hear, standing in front of Ye Xinglan with a look of despair, trying to push her little girlfriend back inside.
All she could do now was pray that Xiaohongmao hadn’t clearly seen Ye Xinglan get off the Train just now.
“What are you doing? I’m here to help—mmph mmph…”
Ye Xinglan protested indignantly, but was once again silenced by Xiaoxi before she could finish.
Xiaoxi couldn’t say much, so she kept blinking at Ye Xinglan, desperately hoping she’d get the message.
Xiaoxi really hadn’t expected this variable—hadn’t she told Ye Xinglan to stay put on the Train?
Ye Xinglan had originally planned to behave, but after watching more and more monsters crawl out from underground through the window, she couldn’t sit still.
She was worried that Xiaoxi couldn’t hold out and might get hurt… After all, both Xiaoxi and the Magical Girl fighting beside her looked like rookies.
Seeing Xiaoxi winking at her just made Ye Xinglan more confused.
There wasn’t anyone on the Train or outside who recognized her, so she wasn’t worried about being exposed.
At worst, she just wouldn’t transform into the Blood Moon Witch and would use only her tentacles in battle.
Even without transforming, Ye Xinglan was confident she could crush these weak monsters.
But Xiaoxi kept pushing her back toward the Train, so Ye Xinglan could only reluctantly get on.
It was only after the Carriage door closed that Xiaoxi breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the fight.
Soon, no more monsters emerged from underground.
With the pressure eased, Xiaohongmao finally had the chance to think back on what had just happened.
If she hadn’t misheard, didn’t that person who seemed to be Xinglan-jie call out her older sister’s name just now?
The thing was, on this Wasteland, there were only her and Sirius.
If that person wasn’t calling Sirius, she couldn’t have been calling Xiaohongmao, right? So…
That suspicion that Xiaohongmao had long ago began to resurface.
She probed carefully, “Sirius, do you know that person just now?”
“…No, I don’t. Looked like just a Passenger who jumped off to help? What a troublemaker.”
“Really? Then… what did you think she looked like?”
“Why are you suddenly asking that? Well, I didn’t get a good look, but I think she was pretty ugly?”
Ye Xinglan: “?”
Ye Xinglan, who was hiding behind the Carriage door worried for Xiaoxi, secretly extended a tentacle of Black Mud to observe the situation.
When she heard this exchange, a big question mark popped up over her head.
666, is Haji Xi asking for a beating or what?
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