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

Everything is ready; we are just waiting for the planned moment to arrive.

After checking the trigger barrier of the Death Cycle one last time, Su Tianqing thought to herself.

All preparations are complete—the albatross's mental world has been fully taken over by itself, and every fatal flaw has been repaired in the way it can, ensuring that the entire mental world will not fall apart due to unexpected situations during the albatross's thinking process.

...Actually, this step takes the most time; almost the entire day is spent on it.

Keep in mind that this is a mountain of top-tier historical artifacts accumulated over sixteen years!

A magical girl who entered the profession halfway through her life, completely ignoring the existing magical systems, forged a unique path entirely different from astral magic, using her powerful ingenuity to carve out a completely new theoretical route for magic—

Su Tianqing called it the Albatross's MAAAGIC route.

Then she followed this very unreliable route, tinkering and pondering, and actually succeeded in developing [Death Cycle], which in practical application surpassed all existing magic.

This is absolutely MAAAGIC!

But Su Tianqing felt that in the context of magical girls, which emphasizes "the heart of belief is your magic!", the albatross's behavior of creating all sorts of ancient junk with the power of my imagination actually seemed quite classic.

There was even a thought that popped up out of nowhere: could it be that the Albatross's power of thinking was at work that allowed me to patch up the loopholes in this top-tier history in a single day?

Imagine this scenario.

As the fox directed her familiars to run around busily, the albatross played a claw machine with her magical hands. Looking up and seeing herself working so diligently, she had this thought:

"This little fox seems to know magic exceptionally well! Giving her control of the mental world was definitely the right decision; she'll surely be able to complete the rest of the plan!"

Hey, then the MAAAGIC magic and my power of thought came into play, and under the mysterious effect of this magic, I actually managed to complete the almost impossible task of repairing the giant Mount Shi!

later.

In Chengdu's Tianfu Square during the millennium, a magical bonfire licked the bottom of a cooking pot, emitting a soft, magical hum.

As the lid was lifted, chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns peeked out from the boiling red oil, while meatballs, sliced ​​beef, and pork belly tumbled and stirred in the pot, bringing tears to one's eyes.

"Wow..." "We actually got to eat authentic hot pot one day..." "..."

"I specially asked the dog to buy some special seasoning from the mountain town. Just tell the knife-wielding familiar over there what kind of vegetables you like to eat, and it will cut some for you right there."

The snow albatross and hyacinth sat around the magic campfire, expressing their amazement. Only the hyacinth stuck out its neck, looking as if it would rather jump off the fire than eat the food.

"It smells so good."

As a result, Hyacinth ate the most during the meal.

After a satisfying meal, the task of cleaning up the pots and pans was left to the familiar dishwashing team. The final battle meeting then commenced at a table in a fast-food restaurant in the plaza:

"Now that all the tasks have been successfully completed, let's discuss the next course of action."

The golden-haired fox girl unfolded a map of present-day Chengdu and drew a large circle in the mountainous area to the west of the city.

"According to the plan, after the mental image successfully merges back into the real world, we will release the future version of the jellyfish into the site here."

"The future end?" Akashi asked curiously.

"Yes, if the theory holds true, at the moment the Möbius strip breaks, the astral jellyfish used as magical material will simultaneously present both the [past state] and the [future state] on the timeline. This will greatly weaken its immortality and even prevent it from returning to its hydra state."

"We will gather all our strength to destroy the jellyfish in the future, as for the Kraken in the past..."

Xin Yuehu patiently explained, and in doing so, gave Chi Xue a deep look.

"Miss Akashi, you should be quite familiar with the Kraken of the past."

"Me?"

After a brief moment of surprise, her brows relaxed, and Chi Xue stared blankly for a while, as if she had suddenly understood something.

"—You mean, the Astral Jellyfish of the [Past End] have actually been destroyed by me??"

"That's right." Su Tianqing nodded with a smile.

The crimson-haired girl raised her hand to stop the golden-haired fox girl from continuing, pinched her Qingming acupoint, closed her eyes, and tried to sort out this established fact in her mind.

"You mean, we actually received news of the Kraken's complete annihilation as early as 16 years ago, but we only found out today?"

"That's one way to understand it," the golden-haired fox girl nodded again.

Chi Xue stopped talking and put on an act as if she had fully understood, discussing the next steps with Xin Yuehu in front of her.

But this fact undoubtedly gave everyone a great boost.

Before undertaking a major task, people are often most concerned about whether it will succeed or its success rate. They then repeatedly weigh and agonize over the possibility of failure and success, and may even miss the path to success and lose huge sunk costs because of this agonizing.

Knowing in advance that something has "already succeeded" means that you can invest all your energy into it without worrying about sunk costs, because the returns are already a fait accompli, and there are no worries about the future.

"We'll start the next cycle tomorrow morning and launch the final offensive tomorrow night."

"Using the Messiah's time-stopping signal, I simultaneously severed the cycle of death, integrated my mental image into the present world, and released the jellyfish into the uninhabited area of ​​the western mountains."

"After that—"

After a brief pause, Su Tianqing frowned.

"...That's what we need to discuss now: who should lead the attack?"

"I'll do it!!"

Hyacinth was the first to raise her hand and volunteer.

Then he got a sharp rap on the head from an albatross.

"What do you mean 'you'? Stay put and don't go anywhere unless there are special circumstances!"

"But……"

"No, I disagree."

The albatross was very firm in its stance. No matter how much the hyacinth tried to persuade her with reason or even rolled on the ground in protest, it absolutely refused to let her take the lead.

"Well, actually, Miss Hyacinth, you really aren't suited to be the first one to rush in," the golden-haired fox girl said with a wry smile, trying to comfort her.

"This jellyfish has very unique adaptability. As our trump card, how can you be the first to play it? Of course, you should wait until the end or a critical moment to go up and cover for us."

"But what if everyone gets into danger..."

"It's alright, it's alright. Miss Bai Lili is here, isn't she? If something really happens and you can't come to the rescue in time, it might actually make things more complicated."

The golden fox girl's patting and soothing had temporarily calmed the hyacinth, but it still harbored a natural fear of albatrosses.

In this way, the team is stratified and formed:

Red Snow and Lilac will act as the breakthrough force, while Iris, Autumn Osmanthus, and Lily's team will reinforce the defense. Once the Jellyfish's condition is weakened to a certain threshold, the rested Shuo Ye will lead Hyacinth in a full-speed attack to decide the outcome with a single blow from Shining Star.

Albatross also volunteered to join the Iris's firepower team, which made the Magical Girl on the other end of the communication terminal feel apprehensive and she started preparing autograph books and selfie cameras overnight.

Everyone was satisfied with this arrangement... except for the members of the villain team.

"Don't we have anything to do?" Hellcat asked curiously in the internal communication, and Cheshire Rabbit echoed in agreement.

But then a row of foxy, mischievous grinning emojis appeared on the communication channel, followed by a short line of text:

"With them holding the line at the front, you cats have more important tasks to do."

"What mission? I have a bad feeling about this," Fenrir replied.

"We're the villains, so naturally we have to do what villains do."

Su Tianqing said,

"Make the most of every minute and replicate the millennium in my mental world exactly as it was."

"I'll use this thing; it's sure to bring me a lot of fun!"