“Ah.”
The other students also saw the scene, and the teacher hurriedly rushed into the classroom, shouting loudly, “Everyone, follow the drill route!”
As she spoke, the school’s alarm bell began to blare loudly.
All around the hallway, terrified voices echoed.
From the sky above, the dark fairy laughed deeply:
Hehehehehehe……..
Magical Girl [Crystal], did you really think you defeated me? Foolish… a mere pure-hearted magical girl dares to challenge me?
In its eyes, madness was visibly seething.
You worthless humans down there—subpar creatures called mankind—the little scuffles before are over. Now, I want to conduct an experiment with you all.
Its voice was loud and piercing, almost the entire Mokudong City could hear its insane screech:
“That is, when this entire city descends into chaos, will your magical girls still be able to save you?”
As its words fell, the dark glow vanished, and then the situation between classes turned terrifying.
This time, it wasn’t just the school’s alarms ringing.
The whole city was engulfed in relentless sirens, screams of panic, and booming noises echoing everywhere, each sound intensifying everyone’s fear.
Lin Yu naturally felt afraid as well; her calves were trembling uncontrollably.
That was the fear every human could sense from the dark power.
For an ordinary high school girl, all of this was just too overwhelming.
Just as people feel warmth and comfort when they see a magical girl, humans are also stirred by unease and fear when facing dark magic.
Only a few who have undergone training, or those born with exceptional courage, can break through this spiritual rot.
Like Wen Yaquan back then—her inner chuunibyou made her overly confident, so no matter the occasion, she always charged headfirst at the magical beasts.
In a way, that was also a method of problem-solving.
Lin Yu’s fear was the same, or rather, it should have been.
But after witnessing that magical girl, and even believing she was her own mother, for some reason a different feeling stirred in Yu’s heart.
Call it dissatisfaction, call it disgust.
In short, it was a feeling of, “Why do these guys get to act so arrogantly here?”
Right now, she felt extremely annoyed.
The world had been running fine, but these dark creatures insisted on invading the human realm.
They had no intention of peace—only cunning deceit and despicable violence.
They wreaked havoc everywhere. Although humans had once been caught off guard, they had pushed these creatures back, yet now, they still acted so recklessly.
Why?
In her fear, Lin Yu felt a surge of anger.
Why should these creatures treat Earth like their playground, coming and going as they please?
Why must humans only watch helplessly as their peaceful lives crumble, fleeing for their lives?
Why must we rely solely on the already strained magical girls still fighting?
She was angry, but after the anger came helplessness, and she could only follow the others and leave.
However, what Lin Yu did not expect was that just as she reached out to pull Jiang Yao up, another angry voice rang beside her:
“Are you done yet?!”
Jiang Yao was repeatedly stepping on a stool, giving the outside a middle finger through the window, cursing in a way Lin Yu rarely heard from her.
“Weren’t you just chased off yesterday?! And now you’re out again?”
“Don’t you rest? Don’t you have injuries? Even at work, no one’s this dedicated! Who are you trying to kill with all this overtime? Take care of yourself first, don’t drag everyone else into it!”
“I’m telling you! I promised Mom we’d go have a feast tonight! I… I—”
“Jiang Yao! Lin Yu! Hurry up and move!”
The homeroom teacher, still guiding the students, noticed their commotion and shouted at them to catch up with the group.
Lin Yu snapped out of her stunned state caused by her friend’s behavior and hugged Jiang Yao’s waist from behind:
“Yao, forget it, forget it, let’s go, let’s go—”
“I’m so pissed off!!!”
“Run first, then get mad!”
And so, they hurriedly joined the group of students heading to the underground shelter.
Amidst the crowd, Lin Yu’s mood calmed down a bit, and Jiang Yao stopped making noise.
“What’s really going on…”
She quietly looked back and said, “You think my mom… she’s… where this time?!”
???
When Lin Yu turned her head, she realized that at some point, Jiang Yao had disappeared from behind her.
Her hand pressed against Jiang Yao’s palm, but all she felt was her own sleeve.
Looking back, she only saw the terrified faces of classmates and the jostling crowd.
Here, even though the teachers were doing their best to maintain order, they themselves were not immune to fear.
Last time, it was just a giant worm that emerged from the stage and was quickly dealt with by the magical girls.
That incident caused quite a commotion already, let alone this time, which was obviously much worse.
On the way here, everyone could hear the booming noises from all over the city, stirring their souls even more.
“Class rep?!”
Lin Yu’s fingers unconsciously clenched tightly; this time, she was truly scared.
“That’s how it was last time—why now again?!”
Among the crowd, Lin Yu vaguely caught sight of a figure moving toward the outskirts of the gathering.
Gritting her teeth, she pushed through the fearful students and followed, taking advantage of the teachers’ distraction.
“Let me out!”
At the Magical Girl Management Bureau, the usually cheerful Xiaobai had now spotted that proud, dark fairy from the sky that day.
It jumped excitedly up and down, even neglecting to eat, tearing open a package right away.
“Heretic! The great enemy of darkness! The vile dark fairy! You have sealed your own death!”
Staff tried to stop it, but Xiaobai blocked them with, “I want to fight alongside my magical girl!”
Moreover, as a fairy, Xiaobai possessed almost unlimited autonomy.
The officials and others in the bureau, rather than “managing” them, were more like bridges connecting fairies and magical girls with human society.
In truth, they had no real authority over them.
Therefore, when Xiaobai decided to leave, few could stop it.
Besides, there was no reason to try.
Everyone present thought that since that dark fairy had caused such a huge stir, Xiaobai had to be close behind.
So, after Xiaobai rushed out of the bureau, its excitement gradually faded as it flew in the air, and it suddenly thought of an awkward question:
“Uh… can I really beat it?”
Looking at its own claws and pondering, Xiaobai finally made up its mind.
As a great member of the fairy clan, and the most reliable partner to humanity’s magical girls,
it simply couldn’t leave the magical girl’s side at a time like this!
First, find Jiang Yao, then deal with everything else!
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