There's a big problem with dreams in this world.

After folding the flyers and stuffing them into their pockets, Lu Qing and her three companions continued walking towards the movie theater. Just after they left, Tang Yuanyi, a girl with long, light red hair, looked at the flyers in her hand, hesitated for a moment, and then quietly followed behind them.

Entering the movie theater, Lu Qing bought a chocolate bar, a bucket of popcorn, a bucket of French fries, and a large cup of cola at the counter.

If you're going to see a movie, how can you just sit there and watch without buying anything?

"Alright, let's go in." After everyone had bought the snacks they wanted, Fang Qingrou glanced at the time and said.

"Well, let's go."

Following the entrance into the cinema, Lu Qing and her three companions found their seats and sat down one by one.

"Bah!"

The lights in the theater went out, and as music began to play, "Magical Girl: Eternal Story" started playing slowly.

......

"......"

Inside the movie theater, Lu Qing was intently watching the screen with its interplay of light and shadow, her right hand unconsciously reaching into the cardboard tube filled with popcorn.

"Huh, they've already finished eating?" Lu Qing was slightly taken aback, then reached into her clothes.

She took the chocolate out of her pocket, deftly unwrapped it with her fingers, and then gently put it in her mouth.

The rich aroma of milk, accompanied by a moderate sweetness, washed over Lu Qing's taste buds. Her furrowed brows relaxed again, and she refocused her gaze on the screen in the distance.

The story of magical girls may not be as wonderful as imagined, but at least the sweetness of chocolate doesn't lie...

......

"This is outrageous! How could the scriptwriters of this anime go so far?" Fang Qingrou said indignantly as she left the movie theater, walking beside Lu Qing.

The original anime/manga didn't seem to have a good ending, and Fang Qingrou had originally hoped that the movie would have a happy ending, but unexpectedly...

"So this is what a magical girl is..." Hao Meng's expression was somewhat downcast, as if something had broken.

Muir seemed unaffected, but Lu Qing keenly noticed that her expression was different from usual.

"That's enough for today." Suddenly, Lu Qing noticed something and said to Fang Qingrou and the other two.

"Let's stop here then. My purpose for coming out has been fulfilled." Fang Qingrou said with a somewhat downcast expression, it seemed that the movie's influence on her had not yet faded.

"Mm." Hao Meng and Muir didn't speak, they just nodded.

......

"Hmm~ Let's go back!" After the three of them left, Lu Qing stretched and said.

"Come out. I've noticed you since earlier," Lu Qing suddenly said.

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Chapter Four: Duang!

Without any illusions, the red-haired girl hiding behind the wall turned and ran away without hesitation once she realized she had been discovered.

"what?"

Somewhat surprised, Lu Qing glanced at the girl's back. Although she knew someone was secretly following her, she didn't expect that the person following her was the red-haired girl who had handed out flyers before.

In short, let's catch up with them first and ask them why they are following us.

Thinking this, Lu Qing sprinted to the corner where the girl had disappeared and looked around.

"Strange, where is everyone?" Looking around, there were flat, wide streets on both sides, with nowhere to hide.

A faint golden light flickered in her eyes. Lu Qing took two steps forward as if by accident, then quickly stretched out her arm and slapped the air in front of her!

"Gotcha... Huh?"

Before a smug smile could even appear on her face, Lu Qing noticed that the figure she had photographed was slowly turning into a blur and disappearing.

"Is that a clone... or an illusion?" Lu Qing looked at the spot where the illusion disappeared with some doubt, a slight smile appearing on her lips.

"These petty tricks won't let you get away." Her tone was somewhat flippant, and it seemed that encountering such a situation made Lu Qing somewhat...happy?

"Come out, Wayne!"

Bright red blood dripped from her fingertips, and Vein, covered in jet-black wings, appeared from the void and landed on Lu Qing's shoulder.

"Find me a girl with long, light red hair and a pair of horns on her head. She shouldn't have gone far," Lu Qing instructed after summoning Wayne.

“Yes, little master.” Wayne nodded his bird head, then flapped his wings and flew into the sky.

Within half a minute, Wayne sent a message to Lu Qing.

“I found her, but she seems to be in some trouble…” Wayne’s voice echoed in Lu Qing’s mind.

After sharing her vision with Wayne, Lu Qing quickly found the red-haired girl. She was in an alley, surrounded by several tall men in front of a wall.

"Where did she suddenly appear from?" asked the man in the light gray shirt, whose two thick arms were exposed, looking at Tang Yuanyi who was surrounded by them.

“How the hell should I know?” said a man standing next to him, holding a half-burnt cigarette, in an unfriendly tone.

"Didn't you guys check the surroundings before you came?!" A man in a black leather jacket with a beard pointed at the man holding a cigarette.

"I already checked it before!" the cigarette-smoking man replied, clearly annoyed.

"Then tell me where she came from?"

"I have no idea!"

"Stop arguing!" the man in the light gray shirt said sternly, silencing the two arguing. "More important than why she's here is..."

The man didn't continue speaking, but the coldness in his eyes grew even stronger, and the others could also understand the meaning behind his words.

"What bad luck..." Tang Yuanyi looked at the dozen or so people surrounding her, her feelings were complicated.

Thank goodness, she didn't hear anything at all. While Lu Qing and the others were watching the movie, she had prepared a spell that could teleport her away instantly using the elements she had painstakingly collected over the past few days.

The teleportation location of the spell was originally fixed, but at the very moment she teleported, due to some operational errors, she teleported to the wrong place and ended up here.

Perhaps all of this is to blame the god of misfortune and bad luck. When she first came to this world, it was that god who interfered with and suppressed all her power, making her just like an ordinary mortal with extremely bad luck!

Thinking about all the unlucky things that had happened to her these past few days, Tang Yuanyi wished she could grab the true form of the God of Misfortune and give that ever-smiling face a punch.

But that's impossible; I simply can't beat them...

"Hmph, you small fry, if you know what's good for you, get out of my way. I'm not someone you can mess with." Tang Yuanyi looked up at the burly man standing in front of her, hands on her hips.

"..."

The alley suddenly became very quiet. No one spoke. The burly man in the light gray shirt and the man smoking cigarettes next to him exchanged a glance, guessing that the other was thinking the same thing.

"Excuse me, miss, are you a dream summoner?" The man with the cigarette stepped forward and asked respectfully.

"...That's right, I am a Dream Summoner." Tang Yuanyi said after a slight pause.

Although she had only been in this world for a short time, she knew exactly what a Dream Summoner was. It would be best if these people could misunderstand her identity and let her leave, since she was just a delicate and frail young girl.

"Hahaha, I knew I was right. I could tell from the horns on your head that you must be a very powerful Dream Summoner to have obtained a special bloodline."

"Oh dear, it's all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding." The man with the cigarette had a gentle smile on his face, then turned to the thugs around him and said, "Get out of the way, what are you doing surrounding Miss Dreamweaver here?!"

"..." The thugs looked a little strange, but they still obediently made way for each other.

Tang Yuanyi glanced at the man smoking cigarettes, then at the man in the light gray shirt.

"You're smart enough to let it go. I'm in a good mood today, so I won't punish you." Tang Yuanyi smiled faintly and continued to pretend to be a Dream Summoner as she walked out of the alley.

Watching Tang Yuanyi's departing figure, the man in the shirt and the man smoking a cigarette exchanged a glance.

"call!!"

The sound of a steel rod whistling through the air rang out as a fat man in light blue jeans gripped the rod and brought it down hard on the back of Tang Yuanyi's head!

"boom!"

The steel rod struck the ground. Tang Yuanyi turned around and looked at the thugs who had surrounded her again, saying, "I knew you had bad intentions. I was going to hand you over to the police, but it seems that's no longer necessary."

Although her current strength is no different from that of an ordinary girl, she can still easily deal with some ordinary mortals.

"Go!" the man with the cigarette threw down his cigarette and shouted in a deep voice.

At the command of the man with the cigarette, the thugs who had surrounded Tang Yuanyi rushed forward.

"I can only mobilize a little bit of the elements in the air... Tsk, what a nuisance." Tang Yuanyi thought to herself, feeling very annoyed by the obstruction of the ominous and unlucky power.

"Snapped!"

A faint fluctuation of spiritual energy gathered in Tang Yuanyi's palm, and she struck a thug in the abdomen with her palm, instantly causing his abdomen to cave in.

In the blink of an eye, before he could even let out a scream, the thug fainted.

With a kick to the steel rod that had slipped from the opponent's hand, Tang Yuanyi gripped the rod and swiftly and fiercely knocked down the thugs who approached her.

A crisp yet slightly muffled sound rang out continuously, and before long, more than a dozen thugs lay on the ground. The remaining men looked at each other, but no one dared to go any further.

"A bunch of useless trash." The muscular man in the light gray shirt walked out. After observing for a while, he had roughly confirmed Tang Yuanyi's strength.

"You're a white-level Dream Summoner, right? Let me have a go at you," the muscular man said in a deep voice, holding a silver baseball bat in his hand.

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Chapter 5: Don't think you've won just like that!

"......"

She pursed her lips and stared intently at the massive man in front of her. Sweat from the intense exercise she had been doing in a short time had soaked through her clothes.

The sweltering heat and sweat made the girl's mind go blank, and the ominous force within her seemed to be stirring.

Without much hesitation, Tang Yuanyi rushed forward first, swinging the steel pipe in her hand quickly, and struck the muscular man on the left side of his right knee!

"boom!"

The steel pipe collided with the muscular man's strong leg, producing a dull thud. The muscular man groaned, raised the baseball bat in his hand, and slammed it down hard, showing no mercy to the girl.

The whistling wind blew across her face, and her light red hair fluttered with Tang Yuanyi's movements. She twirled the steel pipe in her hand and then slapped it hard across the muscular man's face!

"You son of a bitch..." The muscular man was getting annoyed after being hit twice in a row.

He gripped the baseball bat tightly with both hands and swung it at Tang Yuanyi as if he were hitting a baseball.