The villainous magical girl's daily mission is to find fault.

Hyacinth was filled with confusion.

Not only her, but Su Tianqing, who was watching the video using the Divine Stone, was also confused.

First, there was the conversation between the albatross and the meerkat spirit, which was fragmented and mixed with slang that only the two of them could understand. But judging from her actions in fighting the giant hydra, she was indeed on their side... at least she wasn't some weirdo or witch in disguise.

Then there was that exaggeratedly giant hydra.

To be honest, before seeing it in person from the video, Su Tianqing had imagined countless scenarios of monsters that might exist in other dimensions—

A more conservative interpretation is that it's a group of countless strange individuals, along with several new witches who have acquired Garuda magic. Their domain magic merges to form this fragile alternate dimension.

If we take a more radical approach, then it would be that countless freaks and witches are reveling in another dimension, constantly pulling people from the mortal world in to devour them and use their magic to further expand and grow stronger.

But I never imagined I'd see a giant jellyfish here that had grown to the size of Jormungandr without anyone noticing.

Jormungandr is the largest beast I have ever seen, bar none. Garuda is nothing compared to it. Its size, enough to engulf the entire port city, would not appear small even in Chengdu.

...Does anyone really think that giant beasts are insignificant? Su Tianqing couldn't help but wonder.

"Are you kidding me? What is that thing?"

Hellcat was the first to speak up.

The nightingale and the iris were naturally dumbfounded. The latter restrained herself slightly, but the fear and horror in her eyes still revealed her shock.

Not to mention them, even Su Tianqing herself felt that this giant hydra was a bit too outrageous. Just yesterday, Hyacinth cut down a hydra that was as big as the Hero Association headquarters building, and today an even bigger one appeared. Will something even more outrageous appear tomorrow?

Judging from the summoning magic specifications of the Heartmoon Wand, this giant hydra has at least a dozen special abilities and a three-digit enhancement level, roughly equivalent to... well...

After pondering for a while, Su Tianqing imagined the strange terms it might possess. [Gigantification] goes without saying, but a single gigantification wouldn't be enough for its size; it would need at least three or four [Super-Gigantification] combined to achieve that.

Of course, something of this scale cannot be simply explained by the term "summoning magic." After much deliberation and failing to reach a reliable conclusion, Su Tianqing decided to focus her attention on areas that were more easily overlooked:

The strange behavior of Chi Xue and Zi Dingxiang.

The two people in the alternate dimension are not two veteran magical girls who exist in the present world. They are more like another person who has stopped at that point in time, rather than two predecessors who exist in the present world.

Their unfamiliarity and curiosity towards hyacinths today caught Su Tianqing's attention, giving rise to a somewhat inexplicable thought—if a person forgets their past experiences overnight, what might they have gone through?

Concussion? From a medical perspective, this can indeed cause short-term amnesia, but the constitution of magical girls makes it difficult for them to experience this external injury symptom. Otherwise, Hyacinth would have long since become a silly child who can only say "Aba aba".

You're saying she's pretty silly now? Hmm, I didn't say she wasn't silly, she's actually quite clever sometimes.

Then there's some kind of magic that can erase memories... but that's less likely, and besides, there's probably not much chance of someone in the world being able to tamper with a magical girl's memories.

Finally, there are some rather outlandish speculations, without any evidence, based entirely on clues I obtained from the secret manual, pointing to a terrifying possibility:

Legendary Quest: The Cycle of Death

The mission name is quite interesting. As always, the secret manual demonstrates intelligence capabilities that resemble those of the ultimate mastermind, and even I, the fox, have become more and more like the mastermind behind the scenes.

If this is a hint from the secret manual, does it mean that the alternate dimension where Hyacinth and Moonheart are located... is actually a cycle of death?

Following this line of thought, Su Tianqing felt that she had grasped some clues, and quickly took out her notebook to jot down a few lines of shorthand.

The cycle of death, the immortal jellyfish, the bizarre behavior of the Crimson Snow Lilac, the stammering of the albatross, and finally, the grotesque dreamlike core of the entire alternate dimension.

Hellcat and the passing Arum looked at it curiously. The cat and dog stared at the doctor's handwriting on the notebook for a long time, which looked like an encrypted message. In the end, they could only make out the commas and periods.

After making a brief summary, Su Tianqing put down her pen and paper and threw them back into the magic space, continuing to watch the battle between the hyacinth and the giant hydra on the magic light screen.

To be honest, this hydra is actually quite weak.

It possesses neither powerful magic nor sophisticated attack methods; its attacks consist of simple physical attacks and tentacle entanglement, at most unleashing a rain of magical missiles and rays from its canopy.

In the early days before Hyacinth was blessed by Starry Night, she might have been a huge threat, but now she is one of the world's top magical girls, blessed by Starry Night, a new generation of the mainstream, and she transforms into a sky-blue dump truck, causing all the tentacled arms that have grown out of this giant hydra to fall over.

"Not bad, it's getting better and better."

Hellcat smiled and praised Hyacinth's invincible fighting spirit.

Just like yesterday, the rescue of the victims proceeded without any suspense:

Red Snow Lilac quickly adapted to the rhythm brought by Hyacinth's powerful support, from initially letting her stay at the rear to giving up the vanguard position and letting her charge forward, and then to the precise dissection and rescue after successfully locating the victim's position, the process was incredibly fast.

After handing the victim over to the Hero Association rescue team that had entered through the spatial rift, and watching them leave through the rift, "Red Snow" turned to Hyacinth and said to her:

"Wow, you're pretty good. What's your codename?"

Hyacinth was watching the collapse and cracking of the giant hydra—as the victim was rescued from the hydra's body, it collapsed and shattered rapidly as if it had lost its source of power, and its size began to shrink rapidly, transforming from an invincible monster into a monster that was still within acceptable limits.

Upon hearing what Akayuki said, Hyacinth turned to look at the senior who was both familiar and unfamiliar to her, and all the questions that had been suppressed during the battle suddenly came to mind.

She desperately wanted to ask her senior why she couldn't remember her. She had clearly fought alongside her just yesterday, so why did she act like a complete stranger today and not recognize her at all?

"My name is Hyacinth, and I'm the newly crowned magical girl of Chengdu last year."

"Senior Akashi, do you really not remember—"

Just as Hyacinth was about to ask the question, a shout interrupted her, drawing everyone's attention to what was above them:

"It's finally resolved. I didn't expect everyone to be able to get it back to its original state in one go. That's really great."

The albatross landed on the ground, looking very tired, but still managed a smile.

"You don't look well. Are you feeling unwell?" Akashi quickly stepped forward to greet her companion, and Hyacinth also took two steps forward, asking about Albatross's condition with concern.

"I'm fine. Something unexpected happened just now, but thankfully these two stargazers helped me manage to get the situation under control..."

In just a few words, Albatross's face turned noticeably paler. Chi Xue didn't dare let her say any more, apologized to Hyacinth, and then helped her companion to rest.

Hyacinth felt like she had punched cotton; she had energy but nowhere to use it, and no one to ask her questions.

Only after Bai Ling and Yue Tianxin, their faces grim, flew onto her shoulder and sat down did Hyacinth ask them a question:

"Bai Ling, Xiao Yue, what exactly happened just now?"

"Now is not the time to talk about this. Let's leave here first, and I'll tell you the details later." Bai Ling leaned on Hyacinth's shoulder and whispered in her ear.

Hyacinth silently pursed her lips and narrowed her eyes, sensing an impending storm.