The sun was warm, the sky blue with white clouds. Today, the Tianqi Church was as calm as ever—at least on the surface.
The only unusual thing was how eerily quiet it was.
As a famous attraction in North Blossom City, the church was usually packed with visitors, but today, in anticipation of an invasion by the Divine Summon Order, the Archbishop had ordered an emergency evacuation of all tourists.
Xiao Keke was currently sitting outside the Tower of Commandments.
Although the Astrologer hadn’t allowed her to join the operation, she hadn’t told her to leave either.
So now she was waiting outside with the Astrologer for the results.
‘Sister and the others should be fine, right? After all, Senior Silverflame Dragon Princess and Sister Xinglan are both there. Even if something really happens…’
Xiao Keke was still worrying and letting her mind wander when a loud BOOM echoed.
A powerful surge of magical power suddenly erupted from the previously silent Tower of Commandments, causing the entire tower to tremble.
Xiao Keke looked up sharply and instinctively stood up to check, but the Astrologer beside her pulled her back down.
“Ast—Astrologer Ma’am, it sounds like something’s wrong inside the tower. Are you sure we don’t need to send other Magical Girls to reinforce them?”
The Astrologer just smiled mysteriously. “Don’t worry, Ke… Little Red Riding Hood. You have to trust Sirius and the others.”
The Archbishop, who had been pacing anxiously not far away, was also startled by the loud noise.
He was about to storm over and confront the Astrologer, but one of his subordinates hurried over and whispered something urgently in his ear.
“Ar—Archbishop, something terrible…”
The newcomer lowered his voice. Xiao Keke couldn’t hear what he said next, but she could see the Archbishop’s expression shift from initial confusion and shock to delight.
In the end, he even cast a smug glance at the Astrologer.
“What?! Judgment Scales… how…” The Archbishop also lowered his voice. “Forget it, we can’t worry about that now. We can’t let such a good opportunity slip by. Hurry up and go!”
Xiao Keke was a bit confused. The reactions of the Astrologer and the Archbishop, two of the Six Seats, were completely unexpected.
It was one thing for the Astrologer to remain so calm, but why did the Archbishop seem so happy?
Wasn’t it their own church’s Tower of Commandments that had been involved in the incident?
Xiao Keke couldn’t help worrying more about her sister.
She instinctively pulled out her phone to send a message asking about the situation, but accidentally came across something else.
Her eyes went wide, and she quickly held the phone out to the Astrologer.
“Ast—Astrologer Ma’am, look at this!”
On the phone screen, a livestream titled “Taking Everyone on a Tour of Tianqi Church!” was gaining popularity at an alarming rate.
The livestream was in the travel section, and it seemed to be a travel blogger doing an outdoor broadcast.
But the camera angle was strange. The phone used for streaming seemed to have been dropped on the floor, capturing the interior of the Tower of Commandments at an odd upward angle.
Xiao Keke guessed that the chaotic evacuation earlier had caused the blogger to accidentally drop the phone that was livestreaming… But that wasn’t the important part!
The key point was what the livestream was showing—it was incredibly bizarre.
The dropped phone had perfectly captured [Eternal Star] and [Judgment Scales] in the middle of a fierce battle inside the tower, while the Blood Moon Witch seemed injured, resting against a wall.
Xiao Keke’s brain briefly short-circuited. Putting aside why Senior [Eternal Star] had suddenly appeared in the tower fighting [Judgment Scales] …
Wasn’t Judgment Scales supposed to be dead already?! And Sister Xinglan looked seriously injured… Right! What about her sister? How was her sister doing now?!
Xiao Keke didn’t doubt the authenticity of the livestream for a second, because she could feel wave after wave of powerful magical power emanating from the Tower of Commandments.
The problem was, weren’t Sister Xinglan and the others supposed to be investigating the Divine Summon Order? How had it turned into a fight with Judgment Scales?
At that moment, inside the Tower of Commandments, Xiao Xi’s Starlight Staff came crashing down on Wange Yue’s magical barrier.
Their consecutive clashes sent out waves of magical fluctuation, and the interior of the tower had been reduced to a mess by the fierce battle between the two S-Rank Magical Girls.
Wange Yue retreated a few steps and raised her hand.
The ring floating behind her burst into blinding light, and several sharp beams of golden light shot toward Ye Xinglan.
Xiao Xi quickly dodged and blocked all the attacks.
When the dust cleared, Xiao Xi was “panting heavily,” lowering her Starlight Staff, looking very disheveled.
“Judgment Scales! I can’t believe you attacked us while we were weakened from fighting the Divine Summon Order! That’s despicable!”
“There’s nothing despicable about it. It’s merely a necessary measure to uphold justice. Let me ask you instead, Eternal Star—why are you protecting this remnant of the Divine Summon Order?”
Wange Yue’s tone was icy. Both women stared daggers at each other, as if the other was an irreconcilable mortal enemy.
“I already told you, the Blood Moon Witch was helping me deal with the Divine Summon Order that invaded the church. I can guarantee she’s on our side!”
“Heh, I won’t treat a remnant of the Divine Summon Order as an ally. I’ve been undercover in a fake death for so long just to catch her. Eternal Star, if you insist on blocking me, I don’t mind taking you down as well!”
Their conversation just happened to “inadvertently” reveal the current situation.
Then the two clashed fiercely again. As they fought, Xiao Xi heard the Astrologer’s voice in her ear.
“You guessed right, Miss Xiao Xi. It seems the church really thinks this is a big news story that can suppress the Association, so they’ve played an even bigger card than a secret recording—they’ve directly faked a livestream that would happen to capture you.”
Xiao Xi didn’t reply to the Astrologer. Instead, she felt a surge of joy.
She hadn’t expected the Archbishop to want to blow things up this much.
Even better—the bigger the uproar, the more favorable it would be for them.
She was more than happy to have the Archbishop do this!
As it turned out, a livestream of Eternal Star versus the supposedly dead Judgment Scales was indeed sensational.
The travel blogger’s livestream immediately drew in a massive audience.
The bullet comments were scrolling like crazy, as if on fast-forward.
“Just got here. Is this real? How did Eternal Star end up fighting Judgment Scales?”
“Look where this is—it’s inside the Tower of Commandments! What kind of fake could be set up inside the Tianqi Church? And they’re fighting so fiercely. S-Rank Magical Girl battles aren’t that easy to fake, are they?”
“I think it’s real. I just saw a news article saying the church evacuated all tourists. There must be something going on. Is some secret leaking out? We’ve stumbled into the den of lions, folks!”
“Idiot question, but is Judgment Scales that strong? She can actually take on both Eternal Star and Blood Moon Witch by herself?”
“Didn’t Eternal Star just say Judgment Scales attacked while they were recovering from fighting the Divine Summon Order? In that situation, one-versus-two kind of makes sense, right?”
“What? Blood Moon Witch is fighting the Divine Summon Order? Wasn’t she originally with the Divine Summon Order?”
Similar comments flooded in, dazzling to the eye. The livestream’s popularity shot straight to number one.
It just proved how astonishingly fast the internet spreads things.
Not just Xiao Keke—soon everyone else was also seeing this livestream.