Magical girl? She got tricked into this!

"I see, you're just a troublemaker. Wherever you go, trouble happens."

Vita's words made Ando Meiko nod seriously: "You are right, I am a troublemaker."

Meiko Ando did not think that Vita was wrong. As early as when she was told that her so-called semi-etheric body was the body of destiny, and she recalled that she was forcibly pulled into the void world by the breath of the void beast, she knew that she could not escape her fate at all.

Ever since she became a magical girl, she seemed to be targeted by the so-called fate. No matter where she went, troubles would befall her and the people around her, forcing her to take the initiative in the end.

Returning to the real world, Meiko Ando glanced around.

Just as she thought, her final battle with the Dragon-level Void Beast was so intense that the destruction was fed back to the real world, causing great damage.

Although the battle with the Void Gorilla was quite powerful, in the real world only the houses were damaged. But now it was as if it had experienced a catastrophe. Except for some relatively sturdy high-rise buildings that were still standing, the rest collapsed directly.

It would take several years to completely recover from this level of damage.

Just as Ando Meiko ended her transformation, the cell phone in her original pocket began to vibrate continuously. She picked it up and found that the contact was Tamura Yuichi.

There was such a big commotion in Yamato City that the commander couldn't possibly be unaware of it, so as soon as she came out, she quickly received a call from headquarters.

"Hello? Commander?"

"You guys fought with that Dragon-class guy in Yamato City? How is it? Do you need support?" There was silence for a while on the other end of the phone, and then a familiar low voice was heard. This voice was not Yuichi's, but Principal Tamura Shizuka's before she transformed.

When Ando Meiko went to the headquarters, Shizuka had already taken over her brother Yuichi's job as the commander of the Tokyo branch, and Yuichi replaced her as the principal of Gensakura Academy.

Although Jing was very reluctant, this was the price to pay for asking others to help restore the damaged academy, so she had no choice but to endure it.

When she received the news from the Kanagawa branch, she immediately launched an investigation, but she couldn't help but feel doubtful during the investigation.

Each of the fifty-meter-equivalent dragon-level void beasts has power that is no less than that of a natural disaster. Under such a threat, why did the headquarters only send two teams over?

And the key point is that this team does not have a super-class magical girl leading it.

Even if a lot of people came from the Kanagawa branch, if they wanted to suppress the Void Lizard with just their strength, wouldn't that be a waste of their lives?

"No, it's over."

"it's over?"

Jing was a little surprised. How could a small group of them defeat a fifty-meter-equivalent Dragon? How was that even possible?

No, it's not impossible...unless Ando Meiko did something.

"You? What did you do?"

"I...burned the Origin Ether and severely injured it. But after I lost my combat ability, the severely injured Void Lizard was captured by the Skywalker."

Meiko Anten did not hide anything, but told the truth about what happened in the void world, including the story of the half-sacrificed magical girl.

This description made Jing frown. She thought that Ando Meiko must have used some means to get rid of the Void Lizard, but she didn't expect that she directly burned the original ether, nor did she expect that the big cadre would take action at the last moment to capture the Void Lizard.

"I see. Anyway, please come back first."

"No." Ando Meizi rejected Jing, "I have to go find my friends first to make sure they are safe. I won't be back for a while. If there is anything, please call me."

"In that case, you can handle it yourself." Jing was not angry at Ando Meiko's rejection. She replied casually and hung up the phone.

She put down the base's confidential landline and picked up her mobile phone. After thinking for a moment, she dialed a number.

Not long after the phone rang, the call was answered, and the lazy female voice coming from the other end of the phone made her eyes shine with a hint of nostalgia.

"Who is this? Calling in the middle of the day. Don't you know it's lunch break now?"

"it's me."

Hearing this voice, the girl on the other end of the phone seemed stunned for a moment, and then asked with some doubt: "Are you planning to leave the mountain?"

"I was tricked into coming back, and now I'm the commander of the Tokyo branch."

Jing's explanation made the girl's voice return to its previous lazy state: "I thought you would hide in your school forever, but I didn't expect you would have this day."

"You're still as rude as ever. Okay, let's stop here and reminisce about the past. I have something I want to ask you."

"If you have anything to say, just tell me now. Don't disturb my rest."

"We're about to have a feast, why are you still taking a break?"

Hearing Jing's sarcastic tone, the girl on the other end of the phone was not angry. Instead, she frowned slightly, and the laziness on her pretty face gradually disappeared, replaced by a rare seriousness.

"make it clear."

Volume 5: Light and Darkness: Chapter 25: Get Used to It

After Jing repeated what Anten Meiko had told her, the girl realized that something was wrong.

"How can it be……"

"Asahina, please don't tell me you don't know."

"I really don't know. These things are not my business."

Kamijou Asahina is indeed the highest manager of Aegis, but she is not in charge of all matters, big or small. After all, not all of her subordinates are incompetent. So when Jing mentioned this to her, she was also in a daze.

"You're really going backwards as you get older. Even if you don't want to care, you should at least spare some time for such important matters."

"It's not that I don't want to, but I no longer have the heart to focus on it, because I've already wavered..."

Hearing this, Jing frowned slightly. She glanced around the entire command room and whispered, "What happened? Is it a witch?"

"No, I still don't know what's going on, so I can't get away. But don't worry, I'll have someone check it out."

After hanging up Jing's phone, Asahina sighed softly, "This traitor is really going to cause me trouble. If I don't figure it out soon, I'm afraid I'll be in a mess."

She ordered her maid to check the dispatch record, and soon the record was retrieved from the database and presented to her.

However, she only took a quick look to notice something was wrong.

In fact, after the Void Beasts reach the Dragon level, their strengths are also differentiated. Except for the 40-meter ones which are called the newborn dragon level, those that evolve every ten meters are called the first evolution, the second evolution, and so on when they are 50, 60, and 70 meters respectively.

When the dragon level evolves to the equivalent of eighty meters, it will become a god-level void beast.

However, Japan has not seen the existence of a god-level void beast for hundreds of years, and the most recent one dates back to the end of the Edo period.

Of course, these are just digressions.

Because according to the description of An Teng Meizi, the dragon-level void lizard is fifty meters equivalent, which means it is a first-evolved dragon-level.

However, the data clearly showed that it was a 40-meter newborn dragon-level creature, which was completely inconsistent with the descriptions of Anten Meiko and Jing.

With the power of a newborn dragon-level Voidmon, the two teams of advanced magical girls plus the existing combat power of the Kanagawa branch can completely repel or even kill it even without the addition of Anten Meiko.

But if it's a Dragon Class that evolves at once, then a Super Class or four teams of Advanced Magical Girls are necessary to fight with the least casualties possible.

Through her daughter's personal contact and the bond of being bound by the same destiny, she also had some understanding of Meiko Anten's character.

These two points may seem a bit preconceived, but Asahina will choose to believe that what Meiko Ando said is not false.

But if her description is correct, then what went wrong?

Did the headquarters modify the information and report the planned Dragon-class as the Newborn Dragon-class, or did the Kanagawa branch report the Newborn Dragon-class when requesting support from the headquarters?

Although Asahina thought it might have been done by a mole in the headquarters, this does not mean that there is no mole in the Kanagawa branch.

Asahina covered her forehead and whispered, "This is really troublesome. When that girl comes back in a couple of days, I must throw this problem directly to her."

"Yezi, you're finally back. How are you? Are you okay?"

"You only came back a few hours ago, and we were worried to death."

As soon as Meiko Anten returned to Fuzi's house, the two girls sitting in the garden raised their heads at the same time as if they had sensed something and cast worried glances at her.

"I'm fine, the matter has been resolved...but..."

"But what? Speaking of which, Senior Yu went back after being cured by me. She...should be fine, right?"

"Fog and rain are fine...it's just..."

After looking at Ruoxue and Fuzi who were in confusion, Anten Meizi could only sigh and tell them the truth about what had just happened.

After all, truth will come out sooner or later. Fuko is also a member of the Kanagawa branch. It is impossible for her not to know about the deaths of so many compatriots in their branch at once.

So instead of letting her be shocked and disappointed when she heard the news, it would be better to let her adapt to it early. After all, Ruoxue and I are by her side now.

Perhaps because she was used to seeing her companions sacrifice themselves, Ruoxue's expression did not change, except that her bright eyes became a little dim.

But just as Anten Meiko had expected, Fuzi was so surprised that she seemed to have forgotten to breathe. Her body was shaking constantly, and finally she staggered two steps and fell to the ground.

Her tears gushed out like a broken reservoir, soon soaking the hem of her skirt: "How could this happen... If... If I were there, I wouldn't be in this situation..."

"It wouldn't have been any use if you were there." An Teng Meizi sat next to her and patted her shoulder gently. "They were killed almost instantly. Even I didn't react, let alone..."

In that emergency situation, perhaps only a super-class magical girl could react and save all those people, but she alone wouldn't be able to do it even if she used the Star Flash form.

Meiko Anten originally just wanted her not to blame herself so much, but this kind of comfort obviously did not have much effect on Fuzi, because after hearing Meiko Anten's explanation, she turned around and threw herself into her arms and burst into tears.

She felt Fuzi's body trembling, and there was nothing she could do except reach out and gently stroke her head.

Ruoxue, who was standing aside, spread her hands helplessly at Anten Meiko who was looking at her, but she moved her lips slightly to say a word.

Although there was no sound, An Teng Meizi still understood it: "Just let her get used to it."

Then she lowered her head and a bitter smile appeared on her face.

Fuzi needed to get used to it, so why didn't she need to adapt? But compared to Fuzi, this wasn't her first time experiencing a battle where people had died.

She had a psychological struggle with herself, so her ability to withstand it was a little better than Fuzi's.

When Fuzi's crying gradually subsided and turned into only sobbing, Anten Meizi finally spoke: "Fuzi."

"Ok?"

"You are naturally more gentle and kind than others. This may be the reason why you have acquired healing magic. But you must know that sacrifices like today's are not the first, and they will definitely not be the last."

Fuzi's delicate body trembled slightly.

Sensing her strangeness, Anten Meiko continued, "This is why I have been trying to avoid you when we met, and why I didn't let you become a magical girl."

Volume 5: Light and Darkness: Chapter 26: Warp Boundary

"Fuzi, she's right. Magical girls are like this. They're not as beautiful as they appear in anime. Their essence is a cruel struggle for survival."

Meiko Anten, gently stroking Fuko's hair, nodded slowly.

Void beasts are those free alien species that try to destroy the void world and enter the real world to slaughter humans and occupy human living space.

The magical girls are equivalent to the group of people on the human side who take up arms and fight tenaciously against the alien species in order to protect their homes and their own kind.

This is an invasion, but whoever wins has a chance to survive. Living in this world is a struggle for survival, isn't it?

"I entered the industry earlier than any of you. I was once surrounded by a horde of Void Beasts while out investigating a special Ghost-level Void Beast. All my companions who protected me were trapped there forever, and I was the only one who managed to escape."

"Sister Ju..." Fu Zi raised her head weakly, blinking her big red, watery eyes as she looked at Ruoxue beside her.

Ruoxue couldn't help but feel distressed when she saw Fuzi's delicate face, but she still changed her tone to a stern one: "Now you should also know the cruel side of magical girls, so do you still plan to continue fighting as a magical girl?"

"Tachibana...I just want to walk side by side with you."

"Then cheer up. If you can't do that, then quickly hide your identity and live comfortably. Stop dwelling on these trivial matters." Ruoxue's expression became extremely serious, and she almost growled as she spoke the second half of her words. "If you become depressed when you see your companions sacrificed on the road ahead, then you will always be stuck in the same place. How can you catch up with us and stand shoulder to shoulder with us?"

Fuzi's trembling stopped. She slowly stood up and wiped the tears from her face. She looked up at Anten Meizi and Ruoxue, gritted her teeth, and seemed to have made up her mind: "Give me some time... okay?"

After saying this, she rushed back into the house as if she was escaping, leaving An Teng Meiko and the other person looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Sister Ju, are you going to irritate her too much?"

Ruoxue nodded and said, "That's my purpose. Fuzi is too kind. If I don't give her a little stimulation this time, she might continue to be depressed because of the self-blame she feels for not being there."

"Then don't be so decisive. You almost negated my intentions."

She shrugged and continued, "I've been through this, so I know that overly strong negative emotions aren't good for a magical girl. So, rather than letting her become depressed, it's better to shatter her illusions and let her stand up again after she's broken her doubts."

"That sounds nice." Meiko Anten shrugged helplessly.

Things have come to this point. Since everything that shouldn't be said has been said, all they can do is stay by Fuzi's side and spend this time with her.

Ruoxue moved closer and gently leaned on Ando Meiko's back. She looked up at the sky. The dazzling light made her squint her eyes slightly. The sunlight that should have been warm now seemed to have an indescribable chill.

Neither of them had any intention of getting up and going into the house. Instead, the two of them sat back to back in the garden, not talking about what had just happened, but just quietly thinking about their own things.

Ando Meiko closed her eyes, as if she was asleep, absorbing magic power to recuperate her body which was damaged by the burning of the original ether, while sinking her consciousness into the space of consciousness.

"Master, you are here." There was a trace of tiredness on Ruby's face, and at this moment she felt deeply guilty because Meiko Ando was forced to hurt her body to fight the enemy.

She is the magic wand that signs the contract, but what she does is insignificant due to her own limitations. Even if she says nicely that she wants to be the master's weapon, in reality, she is the one who holds them back.