Regarding the fact that my best friend is a magical girl

Zara, the maid Miss Sirius brought, is in the lounge next door; she'll surely be happy to keep the Golden Ship company.

The mother, however, defended the dog, replying, "It's alright, you see, it wasn't planning on running away, was it?"

"Wang!"

"Why do you spoil it so much..."

A series of sparse footsteps came from behind, and the execution team led by Spica officially entered the command room. These people were all elites of the Tactical Division, with the mind to make calm and correct judgments in times of crisis.

Just as we agreed, Ms. Spica did indeed bring the entire team from headquarters for my sake.

"Prepare to deploy the first batch of reconnaissance drones. Seruno, go to the hangar and prepare."

"Yes!"

Upon receiving the direct order, I couldn't help but feel nervous.

What exactly is the scene on the other side?

This long-standing question may finally be answered today.

Take the elevator down to the lowest level of the branch. Inside this huge underground cavity, more than ten meters high, is the largest wormhole generator to date, capable of allowing even behemoths like the Magic Giant to pass through smoothly.

"Antarctic Star, Miss Jizhen Haoyin... are you here to help too?"

The elevator doors opened, and inside the hangar, several familiar faces appeared. In addition to the magical girls from Changkong City itself, even "guests" like Nanjixing were brought over to work as laborers.

She explained, "We are responsible for adding magical effects to the weapons. The association has developed a technology that can encapsulate rapidly decaying magic, which allows conventional weapons to effectively kill monsters."

"Wow, magical encapsulation?"

If technology continues to advance, magical girls will only need to sit safely in the back and create magical bullets, right?

Miss Ji Zhenhao, who was standing next to her, shook her head.

“Cerunno, I know what you’re thinking, but the so-called encapsulation only slows down the decay process. It’s impossible to deploy it on a large scale to the troops. It’s only suitable for situations like today—encapsulating it before deployment and sending it over for free firing.”

"Serno, there's no time for small talk. Go and set up the protective shield for the reconnaissance drone."

Spica's command came through the headset again.

"Oh well!"

A total of ten reconnaissance drones.

It's the same model as the one that was abandoned on the beach of Naboo Island. It cost millions to build, which gave it some wormhole resistance, but it's nowhere near as good as my protective shield...

From this perspective, the association should also offer me a reasonable compensation for the bubble wrap.

"Huh? Miluno!"

Just as the drones were wrapped in bubble wrap, a familiar figure walked in from the elevator entrance of the hangar.

"I came with Yin Wei to check on the situation. Is there anything I can do?"

She was also wearing a walkie-talkie.

Spica replied in the channel: "Your magic cannot be encapsulated, but considering the different time flows in the two worlds, you may need to adjust the drone's time flow by touching the signal line."

Because of signal interference inside the wormhole, the drone was still directly connected by a signal cable, and my bubble wrap covered the cable. Even though the drone traveled through two worlds through the wormhole, it never actually left my bubble, so it was not affected by external factors.

"They didn't notify me beforehand, and then they assigned me tasks as soon as I arrived on site?"

"Anyway, as long as Seruno comes, you will definitely come too."

Milno glanced at me, did not deny it, and sighed as she walked onto the drone platform.

"Send the drone over before 10 o'clock, and start deploying the wormhole now."

hum-

The huge mechanical ring began to emit blue light, and ten large hexacopter drones soared into the sky, looking quite spectacular. Miluno was standing right next to me... Let's reinforce the bubble wrap on the drones a bit more.

"The drone is operating normally."

"The panoramic camera is working properly."

"The wormhole generator is operating normally."

"Alright, the artificial wormhole will be fully deployed in three minutes. Once the ammunition is loaded, we will begin warm-up. We will depart promptly at 10:00 sharp."

"Yes!"

The hangar began to bustle about, as heavy bullets loaded by the magical girl were stuffed into the body of the large black mealworm.

hum-

The buzzing intensified, and the wormhole fully opened.

Ten drones, dragging cables, entered the wormhole in pairs and disappeared behind the deep, dark curtain. Inside the wormhole, the reel spun rapidly, turning and releasing hundreds of meters of cable.

"We can already see the veil of the wormhole exit."

"The imaging is normal."

"All jets, standby. We are about to enter the gravity environment through the veil. Prepare for impact. 3, 2..."

The hangar also has a large screen used to display footage taken by reconnaissance drones. The swarm bursts out from the end of the twisted wormhole, followed by a dizzying, indistinct spin. Only after the jets stabilize the aircraft and restart the six-rotor propellers can we see the scene on the 'other side'...

Despite this, the entire hangar was unusually quiet.

"Gravity direction confirmed, low gravity environment, initiating flight attitude correction... This, this is..."

The images coming from the screen are astonishing.

Below is land;

But there is land above us.

The other side of the world is like a giant circular pipe, where even the direction of gravity points towards the outer wall of the pipe.

"A ring world."

Milno murmured.

Is this the true face of "the other side"?

It is completely different from Earth.

Even the structure of the world is different.

boom--

A dull thud as if struck by something.

All ten drones lost signal at the same time.

Chapter Thirty-One: Self-Destruction is the Romance of Robot Anime

(Sun Yao)

"Shot down at the same time?"

These ten drones are all covered with the protective film I applied!

"Where did this attack come from? Check the footage before the signal was lost; did you capture anything?"

Some were even specially reinforced, yet they were still directly penetrated by attacks of unknown origin, which must have been incredibly powerful firepower.

"No need to look anymore, that was Betelgeuse's sniping. Ten drones were shot down by ten clones at the same time... She is perfectly capable of doing that now."

Sirius's voice came through the channel.

I hadn't seen anyone yet, but I naturally joined the conversation.

He added, "Our time flows faster, which is why we have the opportunity to see the scene on the other side clearly. In fact, for Betelgeuse, that is already the fastest firing speed."

If there's a wormhole warning here, then there must be one on the other side as well.

However, there is a time difference between the two worlds; our time flows much faster than theirs, so they have much less time to prepare.

Even so, Betelgeuse solved the drone problem in a very short time.

"Wait a moment, Miss Sirius, I don't understand."

A magical girl whose voice was unrecognizable asked in the channel, "Even if our time flows faster, shouldn't the drones abide by the laws of the other side?"

You're wrong.

Sirius denied this, saying, "Before the drone was shot down, it didn't actually go to the other side. It's like... putting your hand in water while wearing rubber gloves. Even if you can feel the water temperature, your hand isn't actually in the water."

Miluno nodded knowingly at this.

"Do you mean Serono's bubble wrap?"

“That’s right, she is our hope. Her magic can help us turn the tide and reverse our passive defensive situation.”

Am I "hope"?

Looking at the fully prepared and ready-to-go magical giant, I felt a sense of confusion.

woo-

The hot air gushing from the exhaust vents on both sides of the giant magic weapon made a sound like a train whistle. According to the original battle plan, this unmanned nuclear-powered weapon platform was about to be deployed into the wormhole. Although no one knew what the final outcome would be, everyone in the hangar showed varying degrees of anticipation.

And Milno is the same in this respect.

"Sigh, throwing something like this over there feels like committing a crime."

I couldn't help but mutter to myself, but I didn't turn on the microphone.

But Miluno could still hear me even though she was standing right next to me...

"This is war. There is no right or wrong in war. In order to comfort those who died innocently, the living must make the other side pay a bloody price."

"I understand, it's just that I feel bad..."

Although the images transmitted back were brief, there were clearly traces of numerous buildings on the land of that circular world, suggesting that there might indeed be civilians there.

"Serno, put a protective shield around the Magical Giant God... the strongest one possible!"

"Yes!"

Now is not the time to let your mind wander.

I patted my cheeks, took out my ruby ​​wand, cleared my mind of all distractions, and unleashed a massive bubble wrap at the Archmage.