Why are the magical girls in your area male?

"Well!"

She let out a muffled groan as she was violently blasted away by the overwhelming force. Like a kite with a broken string, she tumbled several times in the air before crashing heavily into the invisible barrier that Shiori Shiomi had erected, and then slid to the ground in a disheveled state.

"Oji-san!"

"Senior Red Sparrow, are you alright?"

Xuexiao and Danzhu simultaneously surrounded them with concern.

Red Sparrow knelt on one knee, panting heavily. The light on the flaming spear had dimmed considerably, but the spear itself continued to hum and tremble.

"I'm fine, I'm just a little numb from the shock of my own strength."

She gave her two juniors a reassuring smile, then looked at Shiori Shiomi, who was still gazing at the tower not far away, and said:

"Young guild leader, it seems my attack is ineffective. What are you planning to do?"

"Don't worry, someone's coming. It's really lively tonight. Even the mysterious and gloomy man has been attracted here."

Shiori Shiomi said with a mocking expression.

Uh......

A mysterious, gloomy man?

Just as Yuan Xun was wondering about this, a tall, thin figure suddenly appeared at the street corner not far in front of them.

The man had a stubble beard and messy, disheveled hair that partially covered his eyes, giving him a rather颓废 (颓废 is a difficult word to translate directly, but it implies a sense of decadence, listlessness, or apathy) feeling.

The visitor was none other than Zhongtang Wu.

He was wearing the same wrinkled suit he'd worn during the day, his dark circles were so heavy they looked like smoke, and he walked with a weak, listless gait, as if he might fall asleep at any moment.

"Go to the back... stay away from that jinx."

Nakado Go raised his hand and waved it casually in the direction of Red Sparrow and the others, as if shooing away animals.

Red Sparrow's eyes sharpened, and he immediately understood the guy's plan.

"Step back, you two come with me."

She put away her flamethrower, raised her right arm slightly, and a pale red light instantly enveloped Minamoto Kaoru and Tsukishiro Yuki, carrying them rapidly backward.

The wind howled, the scenery blurred, and in the blink of an eye, the three of them landed on another relatively intact rooftop platform 500 meters away.

Yuan Xun steadied his breathing, which had become disordered from the rapid movement, and looked at the silhouette of the giant tower in the distance, which had shrunk to a blurry black dot. He couldn't help but speak:

"Senior, we're so far away, and the guild leader isn't with us. Is it really alright..."

"call......"

Before the words were finished, a very light and gentle breath, like the thawing of a stream in early spring, rang out at the edge of the platform.

She looked in the direction of the sound and saw that Zhongtang Wu, looking dejected, had already appeared at the edge of the platform not far from them.

The dim, yellowish light of the crescent moon fell upon him, giving him an air of unfathomable mystery.

The next second, Yuan Xun's eyes widened suddenly.

She sensed an extremely powerful magical force erupting from the other person's body!

A pure and flawless life force, containing the vibrant green of spring, envelops the other.

A vibrant green light, symbolizing new life, suddenly burst forth. As the light faded, a maiden, like a goddess of spring, gracefully descended.

Her eyes were bright and lively, her features were beautiful, and her waist-length hair was like the new leaves sprouting in early spring, showing a vibrant dark green color. Several emerald-shaped leaf hair ornaments were slanted in her hair, with wisps of light shimmering among them.

The emerald green, leaf-like corset skirt clung tightly to her slender waist, which was covered with exquisite nail-shaped leaves woven from jade pieces.

The skirt is made of several layers of gradient green tulle, and the train extending from the middle resembles the tail feathers of a kingfisher, moving and swaying gracefully even without wind.

If mortals are merely ink stains left behind by the gods, then she is the only drop of light washed clean by the gentle breeze, an ethereal spirit untouched by worldly concerns.

I finally saw it again...

"Azure Phoenix in the Azure Sky"

Even though she's been a magical girl for almost half a year, this is only the second time that Kaoru has seen her.

She's hailed as Tokyo's strongest magical girl...!

If it were her, would she have a way to deal with this mysteriously appearing magic tower?

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Volume 1: Chapter 24 A World-Shaking Arrow!

Just as Yuan Xun was pondering, Qing Luan had already made her next move.

Magic flowed like threads, and a light bow outlined in green light appeared in her hand.

She gently raised her slender, jade-like finger and placed it on the flowing emerald bowstring.

Without any overly fancy movements, her index finger and thumb lightly plucked the bowstring, as if brushing away dewdrops—

"Zheng!!"

A clear and melodious string sound, powerful enough to pierce through the heavens, resounded throughout the world in an instant!

The azure arrow, imbued with unparalleled sharpness, vanished the instant it left the bowstring!

No, it didn't disappear, it just moved too fast, so fast that even a magical girl like Minamoto Kaoru could hardly capture it with her eyes!

She only saw the space distort slightly, for an extremely brief moment, at the spot where Qingluan flicked her finger.

Before she could even react, a streak of emerald green meteor, carrying pure destructive power, had already torn through the darkness, streaking across the dying night sky and shooting straight toward the demonic tower with a terrifying power capable of piercing the stars!

The power of this arrow caused the moon to lose its luster and the stars to wither. Wherever it passed, even space itself was left with blue cracks like tear stains!

In the next instant, the sharp arrow had reached the invisible barrier surrounding the Demon Tower.

The instant the light arrow made contact with the barrier, a blue dot resembling a black hole suddenly appeared!

The space seemed to collapse downwards like a lake where a giant rock had been thrown in!

A destructive suction force suddenly erupted, frantically pulling in the rubble, dust, and even the pervasive black mist on the ground, forming a visible, rotating spatial vortex!

The earth cracked silently, and the distant ruins groaned under the weight of the earth!

Even though they were more than 500 meters apart, Yuan Xun could feel his heart being gripped by an invisible force!

She desperately tried to keep herself from being affected by the impact; the feeling of weightlessness made her feel like the whole world was collapsing towards that blue dot!

The blue dots spread wildly, leaving behind a spatial rift hundreds of meters long on the invisible barrier in an instant, a rift that could pierce through heaven and earth and twist endlessly.

"It's working!"

Seeing this scene, Yuan Xun's heart skipped a beat!

Is this the power of an S-class magical girl...?

If this power were applied to reality, the entire artificial island would probably be torn to pieces in an instant!

Yuan Xun sighed inwardly.

But the next second, her expression suddenly froze.

After a brief period, the devastating blue mark silently merged into the invisible barrier surrounding the Demon Tower.

There was no explosion, no shockwave, and the space did not continue to tear apart.

Like ice and snow melting into water, silently and without a trace.

The cracks that were devouring everything just a second ago have vanished without a trace in the next.

The rubble, dust, and black mist that had just been sucked up and swallowed up reappeared out of thin air, scattering all over the ground.

The Azure Phoenix's attack couldn't even create a tiny gap in the barrier.

The earth-shattering arrow that had just struck the city left no trace, as if it were just a dream witnessed by everyone.

The green aura quickly dissipated.

As the last glimmer of light faded, the peerless beauty of the Azure Phoenix vanished.

At the edge of the platform, only Zhongtang Wu's dejected figure remained.

He was still wearing that wrinkled gray suit, his hair was messy, and he had huge dark circles under his eyes, making him look completely different from the spring-like elf he had been before.

"It's troublesome."

Nakado glanced at the still-standing Demon Tower and uttered these hoarse words.

Then, as if his bones had been removed, he slumped to the ground, pulled a pack of cigarettes from his crumpled suit pocket, and lit one without waiting for anyone's reaction.

Upon seeing this scene, Yuan Xun's lips twitched uncontrollably.

Recalling the noble elf who had just shot the world-destroying arrow, it was as if that memory was merely an illusion in her mind.

Shiori Shiomi rested her chin on her hand, head bowed in thought.

After a brief silence, she nodded and said, "Understood. Let's leave this matter for now. I will contact the Tarot Association and try to investigate the origin of this tower and the reason for its appearance."

"Let's go search for Mr. Zongye and the other missing persons. If we encounter any Shadow Beasts, we'll deal with them while we're at it."

Her orders were issued with such decisiveness that even Yuan Xun found it hard to believe.

However, Yuan Xun wouldn't ask such a stupid question as "Is that all?"

Even Qingluan's attacks are ineffective; continuing this stalemate will only waste time. It's better to do more of what we can.

"The president is really decisive and efficient."

Yuki Tsukishiro appeared beside Kaoru Minamoto at some point.

Watching Shiori Shiomi lead the group away, she smiled slightly at Kaoru Minamoto: "Shall we go too?"

The latter nodded slightly: "Mmm..."

"By the way, don't you think the student council president is pretty mysterious?"

"what happened?"

"She is clearly an A-rank magical girl, but it seems that both Qingluan and Hongque, our seniors, follow her orders. Moreover, we have never seen her transform since we joined the team."

Ah, is it possible that the student council president's current appearance is her transformed form?

"You mean, she's been maintaining her magical girl form and moving around in the real world? That must consume a lot of magic power, right?"

"Well, I'm just guessing. Although I arrived a few months earlier than you, I still have no idea how things work out here."

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"In short, we have to be careful in everything we do. Don't be too nervous. We just need to stick close to the seniors. If the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up."

Yuki Tsukishiro patted her shoulder reassuringly, then followed Shiori Shiomi and the others as they left.

"...I don't want to be a fledgling that always needs to be protected."

Yuan Xun murmured softly, then couldn't help but sigh.

Subsequent search operations yielded no results.

In fact, they knew very well that for ordinary humans entering the lunar etch, the chances of survival were slim, and their search and rescue efforts were nothing more than a gamble with the mentality of "what if we can save them?"

It sounds cruel, but that's the reality.

As long as the lunar etch remains, there will be more and more disappearances like this.

But now, they don't even know the cause and origin of the lunar etching, let alone how to shut it down.

Soon, the lunar etching will be completed.

Although the fruitless result left Yuan Xun disappointed, it was too late to stop the operation that night.

The magical mark left on her brother did not produce any abnormal feedback, and she quickly returned home before the lunar etching ended.

Then I started arguing with my brother, who was sitting on the sofa late at night and acting crazy.

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