Regarding the fact that my best friend is a magical girl

She paid readily, but the jewelry store owner was startled by her red eyes; even though she was wearing sunglasses, a closer look revealed a red glow.

I touched the hair clip in my hair.

"Now is not the time to play around, is it?"

"It didn't take much time, I can just walk faster from now on~"

"Then why don't you start running now!"

This is such a careless work attitude!

“I stopped because the ‘longing’ I was tracking also stopped—Serno’s mother was also buying small jewelry here.”

It's understandable that someone who has been in a coma for nearly ten years would be curious about all sorts of things after waking up.

but……

"Can't you fast forward a bit?"

I refuse to believe that the record of longing can only be played at normal speed.

"Fast forward makes it easy to lose sight of your target; the density of longing on this pedestrian street is much higher than outside..."

Seeing me standing there with my hands on my hips, not saying a word, my mom finally said, "Okay, okay, I'll speed things up a little, alright? You're just like your dad."

She muttered to herself, but quickened her pace, still stopping and starting frequently.

As a result, she led me into the women's clothing store's fitting room, and when we came in, she had brought a lace short-sleeved striped cardigan.

She shoved the clothes into my hands and ordered, "Try them on, and oh! No Star Crystals allowed!"

Does she think this will embarrass me?

It's just a women's clothing store's fitting room. I've been through countless battles with it, and I'm not going to blush over something as small as this.

I unbuttoned my shirt and put on the sky-blue blouse in front of my mother, then turned around in front of the dressing mirror.

The clothes are loose and comfortable to wear.

Mom said, "I have to say, those two really do look alike... Little Leaf, how come you're a magical girl but still don't resemble me at all?"

Actually, there are still some similarities...

For example, the fact that certain parts are very barren.

“If I were as unreliable as you, my dad would be so pitiful.”

"So that's how you see your mother. I'm so sad~ (fake crying)."

My stomach is aching slightly.

But since she has something on me, I can't do anything about it.

"Huh? Wait..."

However, she seems to have made some new discovery.

She lay down in the dressing room without any regard for her image, and then pried out a small card from under the wall panel.

"what is this?"

"A business card, but the business card itself has no meaning, yet it still says something..."

[If anyone finds this business card in time, please inform the Changkong branch immediately. The target is a medical facility.]

The date was left below, but it's irrelevant now.

This is a clue left to us by Seruno's mother.

"I'll contact the Tactics Division."

"Then, I'll head over there first."

I turned to leave, but my mother grabbed my wrist.

Are you worried about me?

I reassured him, "It's alright, your son is quite strong."

"Do not."

She pointed to the blouse I was wearing.

"This one hasn't been paid for yet."

Chapter Forty-Six: Infiltration

(Albinocotyledon)

A sea of ​​heads.

The underground pedestrian street is extremely crowded during holidays.

If I were to run at full speed, any ordinary person I touched would either be killed or seriously injured. Therefore, I had no choice but to return to this relatively spacious ground and run wildly along the city highway.

Yes, I meant the driveway.

The city has speed limits, so most vehicles can't keep up with me. Traffic jams and traffic lights are no problem for me, and there are no pedestrians to bother me. This track is surprisingly suitable for me.

However, time is moving at a normal pace for me; it's still quite a distance to get from here to the treatment facility.

"Sigh, they want to release the Mermaid Witch."

Therefore, I don't think about things.

According to her mother, the business card with writing on it in the dressing room was slipped in an hour ago. No matter how much Serino's mother shopped and delayed, they were almost at their destination.

I might not even make it in time. Although the cell was as sturdy as a Swiss bank vault, it was useless against the black-robed magical girl who had mastered teleportation magic.

If Falcon were here, it would be much faster to fly over from the air.

The Changkong City treatment facility building is not as tall as the branch building, but it occupies a larger area and is surrounded by parks and green belts. The fact that the association has acquired such a large piece of land in the heart of Changkong City, where land is extremely valuable, demonstrates the association's strong financial resources.

Just as I was about to see the building, my phone rang with a drawn-out ringtone, which forced me to slow down.

Miluno.

It was Yin Wei calling again, but the voice on the other end was...

"Spica, is there any new development?"

“Prosecutor Lü Linxi told me about your findings, and in fact, Seruno reached the same conclusion… Where are you now?”

Oh, did that idiot discover something too?

"I'm almost at the treatment facility. I would have arrived by now if you hadn't called."

I wiped the sweat from my forehead.

Spica replied, "Very well, then don't go in yet."

"……Why?"

She seems to have some plans.

"In 26 minutes, at 6 p.m., it will be the time for the security shift to change shifts at the treatment facility. At that time, the senior security personnel will withdraw first, and the shift security personnel will not go up so quickly. Aji will most likely seize that opportunity to launch an operation."

"Aren't there surveillance cameras on the upper floors?"

You don't know about Moonfrost... Seruno's mother's magic, do you?

"I don't know."

"In layman's terms, it's invisibility, a range of invisibility. It's speculated that it's activated in places where there's no direct sunlight, but it could also be invisible when the brightness is below a certain level. The exact extent of its effectiveness is still unknown, but surveillance will definitely be ineffective. They will most likely use this magic to infiltrate the treatment facility and free the Mermaid Witch who is imprisoned in the upper cells."

Invisibility is also a rather tricky ability for me.

"They actually plan to rescue the witch? Has Seruno's father truly betrayed her?"

I don't understand. His wife, whom he's been longing for, has woken up. Why continue doing this? If all else fails, he should go to jail. That would at least show some responsibility.

Spica replied, "I'm afraid it's to repay the Sword Witch. The technology to extract and forcibly control the Star Crystal, as well as that short-range wormhole that even magical girls can use, are clearly aids given to him by 'the other side.' These aids certainly weren't free... He violated his principles, which is a serious betrayal, both to us and to himself."

The Sword Witch also insisted on calling Chairman Sun "my friend." Although Seruno was their previous target, they only attacked me and Falcon in last night's battle, without harming Seruno at all.

It's strange how a "human" and a "witch" with a strange mind could become friends.

Could the strange person who made Liu protect Seruno also be the Sword Witch?

While thinking, Spica continued, "However, this matter must be handled with caution. If the existence of witches is exposed, then the association will be truly helpless in the battle of public opinion... Even those magical girls who are unaware of this may stand against us because of this... Milno, I know you have opinions about the association, but this society cannot be without the association."

Because of the previous media reports, the association was already in the eye of the storm. Now that the witch incident has been exposed, the situation is really out of control.

"I know about that kind of thing."

I answered, then asked, "So what should I do now?"

"You stay put for now. Sirius has gone to provide support with the other magical girls. Before they make their move, you'd better not enter the treatment facility to avoid alerting them."

I'm wandering around the perimeter of the green belt, trying to find an angle where I can observe the entrance of the institution without being in the sun.

"No problem, but the treatment facility is so big, how do you know where they'll enter from? Since they can also turn invisible, you wouldn't even know if they've entered at all, right?"

"There are two places: the fire escape in the shaded southeast direction, which is the most suitable entrance for them; and the direct elevator in the underground parking garage. Both places are monitored. If there is a situation where the door is open but no one enters or exits, then it is most likely the place."

"Only two places?"

“There are only two entrances. Unless they climb the ventilation ducts like you did before, but it’s daytime now. It’s impossible for them to go unnoticed if there are sounds coming from inside the ducts. And once they’re inside, it will be very difficult for us to pinpoint their location.”

However, once Mom gets here, we'll have a way to track it down.

Even if you remain invisible, you'll still leave behind memories.

"That's the general plan. Miluno, go to the nearby liaison officer and get a walkie-talkie. I'll add you to the action team's channel first."

"……I see."

I've said it many times before, I hate the uncomfortable design of the association's walkie-talkie, but it is indeed not easy to fall off when you're using it, at least it's much more convenient than a mobile phone.

The latest contact person...

Spica sent me photos and location information.

"dining car?"

Who would have thought that the middle-aged woman selling expensive fried noodles at the entrance of a medical institution was actually the association's liaison officer?