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

Su Tianqing rarely finds anything difficult to do.

When something makes you think, "This is really difficult," it often means that it may have extremely serious consequences.

This consequence includes, but is not limited to, the loss of entertainment, injuries, neighborhood destruction, and even the destruction of the city.

The ultimate problem facing albatrosses undoubtedly falls into the category of the most serious consequences; if not handled properly, it could even lead to the annihilation of the entire city of Chengdu.

Su Tianqing was once dedicated to finding out the truth, and the investigation was indeed progressing steadily. However, no one expected that even just the tip of the iceberg of the truth would leave her, upon realizing the truth, in a state of profound shock.

"You really found it?" Bai Lili said in surprise.

"Yes, even I didn't expect that," the hyacinth replied.

The Hero Association's Psionic Testing Center, one of the safest places in the world, was filled with magical girls and many heroes on duty, all gathered around the original testing platform. Countless eyes were fixed on the work area in the center of the venue where equipment was being debugged.

S-class hero [Iron] Frank personally took charge, using his precise and wondrous atomic-level metal control abilities to carefully examine the details of this terminal.

"The first step is to test the remaining power of the radioisotope nuclear battery inside the terminal."

Messiah sat to the side, explaining the scene to the magical girls who had never seen anything like it before.

"Once a nuclear battery is installed, it cannot be easily removed. Only Frank can safely dismantle it and determine the specific power supply duration by testing the content of radioactive materials inside."

"—Frank, how's it going on your end?"

After saying this, Messiah turned back to the work area and addressed his colleagues.

Just as the blond, muscular man was controlling a heavy metal block to peel off from the terminal, Qi Yun immediately raised her hand, and her invisible psychic powers firmly enveloped the metal block along with its outer shell.

Then, under Frank's superpowers, the tightly sealed outer shell crumbled into metallic particles, allowing the magical girls to see for themselves the cylindrical object cast inside.

"That is the core of the entire terminal's power supply, a single piece of plutonium that Frank personally and meticulously crafted with precise proportions."

Su Tianqing almost used teleportation magic on the spot to take her companions away from here.

That thing is extremely radioactive. Although it's uncertain whether magic can withstand the radiation from radioactive materials, no one has dared to conduct any experiments with it so far. Staying in the same room as that thing is practically suicide.

"Don't worry, relax."

Meteor shrugged and laughed, saying he wasn't worried at all.

"When Qi Yun is concentrating, her psychic abilities change to a certain extent. She is no longer limited to controlling [electromagnetic fields] and [electromagnetic forces]. She can control [weak interactions] and even [strong interactions] to a certain extent. This amount of radiation cannot escape her grasp."

"I remember Qiyun, didn't you try to develop in the direction of [gravity] last time? Did nothing follow up?" Moira, who was sitting to the side wearing gold-rimmed glasses and acting as a medical assistant, asked.

"...Don't bother me while I'm working," Qi Yun replied irritably.

Su Tianqing listened with trepidation, and was once again thankful that her psychic abilities could not break through the defenses of the astral magic, otherwise the magical girls would have been rendered unemployed in no time by the heroes' incredible stats.

After checking the remaining power of the radioactive battery, Frank carefully sealed it in a tightly protected radiation-proof metal coffin. Meteor then sent this dangerous device to the Hero Association's professional processing center, allowing everyone to continue deciphering the information hidden within the terminal.

"I just did a quick calculation."

Frank took off his work gloves, jumped off the worktable, walked to Qiyun's side, and took the bottled water she handed him.

"When I sent out the terminal, I installed a fully charged battery. Judging from the remaining power, it will probably last for 16 to 17 years."

"That's exactly the year the albatross and the astral jellyfish disappeared together," Bai Lili blurted out.

"Yeah... The terminal was only fully charged the day before yesterday, but when I saw it today, sixteen or seventeen years had passed... The ability related to time is really amazing."

At this point, Frank couldn't help but glance in the direction of Messiah, only to be glared back at by the white-haired, red-eyed girl.

"Why are you looking at me? All I can do is stop time."

"Using 'that' in this situation seems really strange," Meteor corrected in time.

Several encrypted documents appeared in the terminal's internal storage. The ciphertext found on the bronze statue could be arranged into many different password schemes, and a brute-force decryption operation officially began.

While waiting for the device to produce the results, the girls began discussing Hyacinth's legendary experience of finding the terminal—deliberately omitting the crucial element of "the sofa at home."

"It was very late at night, and a few of us were eating out when I suddenly heard the detector in my pocket start beeping!"

"""oh!"""

"Then we split up to search, but after walking around the area, we couldn't find anything."

"""oh……"""

Suddenly, Iris got a little tired and sat down on a chair in the hotel, and the detector suddenly started beeping again!

"""oh!"""

With a mix of embellishment and deception, the magical girls who had come specifically to participate in the new event hosted by Heart Moon Fox were convinced of Hyacinth's legendary story.

However, Bai Lili did not express any opinion while listening in; she squinted her eyes as if she was thinking about something.

As the girls happily left after receiving their rewards, Bai Lili quickly approached Iris and pulled the junior, whose color scheme was similar to hers, aside to launch into a rather earnest interrogation:

"Iris, tell me honestly, where did this hyacinth's terminal come from?"

"Well... Senior Bai Lili..." Iris said with a wry smile, looking slightly embarrassed.

But since they were all companions who had met each other in their original forms, and Lily, as a senior, had indeed helped her a lot, Iris quietly relayed this to the pure white girl beside her.

After listening to everything Iris said, Bai Lili stared blankly at the terminal that was still running the decryption program not far away.

Hyacinth found the terminal on the sofa in her own living room.

In the past, Bai Lili would have thought this was nonsense if it happened to anyone else; there must have been some misunderstanding or pure coincidence. But it was only with hyacinth...

"Hyacinth doesn't seem to realize something yet," Iris said softly. "If nothing unexpected happens, I think Albatross is most likely..."

"Shhh."

Bai Lili made a shushing gesture, exchanged glances with Bai Lili, and gently shook her head.

Some things are better left unsaid.

The two remained silent in tacit agreement, both looking at the azure-blue magical girl who was laughing and chatting with her companions not far away, as if they could see the countless threads of fate wrapped around her.

Heartmoon Fox watched the two pure white magical girls from a distance. No one noticed the expression on the golden-haired fox girl's face, nor did they notice the tail that was slowly swaying behind her.

"Ding-dong~"

A crisp electronic sound rang out.

The girls stopped laughing and playing at the same time. Xin Yuehu, Bai Lili, Feng Xinzi and the others arrived at the terminal one after another. The first two used short-range teleportation magic, while the latter was a little slower, but the power was great.

"The decryption is complete!" Bai Lili exclaimed first. "Hyacinth, you found the item! Come and hear what we finally got from the albatross after all that trouble!"

"Um!"

Hyacinth nodded, and Heart Moon Fox didn't say anything, just stood calmly to the side.

With a nervous heart, the azure-clad magical girl clicked on the output folder after decryption on the terminal interface and opened the first audio file.

[...Ahem, just a sound check, one, two, three, one, two, three, can you hear me? Hmm? Is this pause or stop?]

The clear recording came through the loudspeaker and then stopped abruptly.

The second recording will play automatically.

[…Recording will now officially begin]

Hyacinth, by the time you hear this recording, I... will probably already be dead.

Everyone's heart skipped a beat, especially Hyacinth, who felt as if an invisible hand had gripped her throat.

I used to think time travel was an incredible thing... but for some reason, in this stagnant world that I can never leave, everything seems to have become possible.

I don't understand why this is, but it's quite interesting.

In this wondrous world, it seems I can do anything. I can try to send a soccer ball to the distant future, or even receive this amazing little gadget from you in the future.

[Later I thought—since I have countless chances to start over, why don't I try?]

It cannot be completely "killed".

Su Tianqing frowned, and her swaying fox tail suddenly stopped.

Death is the ultimate destination of everything, but the concept of "death" does not exist in it.

I really like this poem.

[In this forgotten land filled with smoke and dust, the dust of time drifts away with the wind, while the Möbius strip called death remains eternally immortal.]

Therefore, I will construct a perfect, flawless cycle of reincarnation, and with my own freedom... nail it firmly to this eternal tomb, bringing it an artificial demise.

[Until eternity]

The scene was deathly silent, but the recording continued.

This is probably the last sound I'll leave in this world. Thank you for giving me this opportunity...

The albatross took a deep breath and said softly:

Forget about me.

【hyacinth】