Give children a little self-destruction shock to their worldview.

But those eccentric people who show off in the outside world can't show off in this bizarre city.

Sure enough, they were discovered as soon as they arrived, and the Self-Defense Forces of Strange City immediately launched an arrest operation.

However, she just discovered a problem.

Hitomi Tono was puzzled: "Those weirdos aren't that strong, so why are we avoiding them?"

"That's right. In Hitomi Tono's opinion, the strange people under Ein's command are all quite weak."

Compared to the monsters she had encountered in the original timeline, the monsters under Ein's command were generally not very strong.

Kagura Yu is even less of a strike-type magical girl.

Her fighting skills were clearly unhoned, and her power output was relatively low, making her a different type of mage from Hitomi Tono.

"Wouldn't one magic cannon shot be enough to take care of all the pursuing enemies?"

"When Hitomi Tono asked that question, she was really serious."

Hearing her question, Kagura Yu stared into her eyes and, seeing that she truly didn't understand, scratched her head: "...Okay, it seems that in your timeline, there are no purple magical girls, right?" "While that's true, red, blue, and yellow all use different magical cannons."

"Tono Hitomi pointed at her finger."

Hitomi Tono's understanding is indeed rather limited.

Unlike magical girls of other colors, purple magical girls lack direct attack abilities and instead focus on support skills such as deconstruction and terrain arrangement.

If we're talking about roles, the purple magical girl is the "wise one" in the team; normally, combat duties aren't assigned to her.

Hitomi Tono carefully recalled the division of labor between Rika Sugiyama and Ayasa Terasaki during their magical girl days, and it really was true.

The purple gem beast, Little Snake Lena, traded its attack power for the ability of "Seeking Knowledge".

It can provide all the information a contractor needs to learn.

However, if the only magical girl is purple, then that's a bit of a headache.

Kagura Yu doesn't have the same outstanding attack ability as Tohno Hitomi, and her Jewel Beast's performance is far inferior to that of other magical girls. Naturally, she is at a disadvantage when she is wanted by the whole world.

Fortunately, after arriving in Strange City, the pursuit by outsiders was able to ease up a bit, and Kagura Yu was finally able to catch her breath.

That's why she so desperately wants to get strong support.

If there were another magical girl skilled in attack, the burden on her shoulders would be lighter.

Hitomi Tono realized that she really didn't know these things.

She scratched her cheek with her index finger, seemingly lacking any fighting ability right now...r8IMA But now is not the time to linger on the rooftop discussing these things, let's hurry up and run away, lest the Self-Defense Forces of Strange City track us down along Kagura Yu's magical trail.

While those people are still locked in combat, we should make a quick getaway.

Now is not the time to waste time on irrelevant people.

The Sad Bear has been a bit irritable lately.

The weirdos on Ain's side are always trying to infiltrate her Gotham... no, I mean, Weirdos City.

The Self-Defense Forces have increased patrols along the border, and are catching more and more spies spying on Strange City every day.

Those weirdos from the Ain side seem to have been brainwashed. Although they can still communicate normally, when it comes to things related to Ain and they try to get information from it, they start talking nonsense without any logic.

But they themselves didn't realize it.

That's really weird.

The sad bear sighed, and its round bear ears twitched.

As one of the current leaders of the weirdos in Weird City, and also a weirdo of the negative emotion series, Sad Bear's strength is beyond doubt.

After the Abyss Gentleman was unexpectedly defeated in battle and sealed by Ein, sadness, jealousy, and anger quickly awakened, and he fled to Strange City to settle down.

After all, as a monster with similar attributes and potential to the Abyss Gentleman, Ein would not show any mercy.

Miracle City is no longer a suitable place for these eccentrics to live, so they have to escape to Weird City.

Many strange individuals who refused to submit to Ein's rule also arrived in Strange City, and together they set up a barrier to prevent the city from connecting with the mainland.

Over the years of development in Strange City, the series of strange characters representing negative emotions, represented by Sad Bear, have basically become well-known and respected figures.

Even in the eccentric city of Strange City, they are among the top-ranking eccentrics.

Over the years, Sad Bear has gradually become an important leader of the Weird City Self-Defense Force.

It wasn't obvious on the surface, but she had indeed been seriously considering the possibility of bringing that arrogant and conceited Ein down from his pedestal, and had been planning for this for many years. Unfortunately, the time was not yet ripe.

In a timeline without the protection of the Abyss Gentlemen, the once timid Sad Bear grows at an unimaginable speed, a stark contrast to the other timeline.

But upon closer examination, her "sadness" attribute and her inherent potential mean that she will never be just another ordinary person.

Adversity did indeed accelerate her growth.

Now, Sad Bear is leading the Self-Defense Force to capture the intruders who are trying to invade Strange City.

She easily subdued those weak, strange people from Ein—to be honest, these guys were so weak it was as if all their magic had been drained—and tied them up with ropes.

Just as they were about to clap their hands and call it a day, something unexpected happened.

Despite not sensing any magic, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a dark figure out of the corner of her eye, and the next second, she was slammed to the ground!

An idol competition?!

Sad Bear never expected that among all the weirdos, someone would choose to deal with her first, since she was the most difficult to deal with.

She was even right in the middle.

Generally speaking.

Anyone with a modicum of sense wouldn't choose the toughest bone to crack, right?

But that's exactly what they did.

Moreover, it was very successful.

The sad bear instinctively tried to use its shield to resist the opponent's attack, but the opponent's powerful punch landed on the invisible magic shield, producing a tooth-grinding sound of bones shattering.

"--? No magic, but fists?! Wait, wait, this sound is ominous?"

!

Is there a broken bone?

!

Generally speaking, the shields of magic users are initially transparent cocoons that cover their entire bodies.

However, changing its shape is not impossible. With just a little study of the principles of the magic shield, the shield's form can be transformed in an instant.

For a weirdo of Sad Bear's caliber, using such a basic trick is second nature.

Even if the enemy's arm were twisted into a terrifying arc right in front of him, it wouldn't affect his almost instinctive action much.

She tried to use the shield to stop the sudden attack, instead of using it to protect herself... Please, one punch from that person and her bones would shatter, that's really terrifying!

However, at the very moment she changed the shape of her shield, something incredible happened.

Cracks have appeared on what should have been an incredibly sturdy shield.

The Sad Bear knew how fragile the human body was, so when she realized that the other party was most likely just a human who didn't use magic, she subconsciously changed her counterattack strategy to [forbidden sawing of the opponent].

After all, humans are very fragile creatures, and their bodies are easily injured by the slightest bumps and knocks. Ordinary people who cannot use magic and magic users are basically two different species.

But at that moment, the shield cracked, and a terrifying force burst forth from the crack.

The sad teddy bear, even pushed by this powerful force to lose control of its flight: ?

!

What is this?

A humanoid Gundam?

!

Although she's not the type to excel at defense, this is definitely not the kind of power an ordinary person could unleash, right?

!

Before the sad bear could even think, she lost her buoyancy and plummeted to the ground like a cannonball.

She stared in disbelief as a stranger descended from the sky, his entire body wrapped in a tattered gray-black cloak, revealing only a pair of bright, golden eyes that seemed to have been tempered by fire.

The other person flicked off the orange liquid that had somehow gotten on their arm, reached out and grabbed the Sad Bear by the collar, coldly lifting the strange man, who had only accumulated a little dust after falling from the sky, from the ground.

Sad Bear, as a high-level monster, is actually very close to human. To the naked eye, she looks about the same as a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, with soft, long flaxen hair and beautiful violet eyes.

However, it also retains features such as bear ears, a bear paw on its left hand, and a bear tail, making it easy to identify as a monster.

The other person's voice came from under the cloth covering their face, and it was surprisingly pleasant: "Sad Stranger?" However, the Sad Bear did not react quickly.

She just stared at him blankly.

But then another question came out: "Is your hand alright...?"

"...?" The Sad Bear sensed that the other person seemed to be silent for a moment before releasing her.

Contrary to expectations of a hoarse and unpleasant voice, the other person's voice, though indeed somewhat cold, was quite deep and pleasant: "It's nothing."

The other party breathed a slight sigh of relief.

She had come here with the group of weirdos that Ein had come prepared for battle.

After all, she was currently an unregistered resident in this world, and she didn't want to get into trouble, so she naturally didn't want to cause a commotion as soon as she arrived in Strange City.

Fortunately, among this group of strange locals from Weird City, there were familiar faces.

She noticed the little bear who seemed to be doing quite well in this timeline. Given the bear's personality and his position as a member of the Abyss Gentlemen's family, it was highly unlikely that he was an informant for Ein.

So she took the initiative to find the little bear.

She pulled down her mask, revealing a sharp and heroic face, her golden eyes shining even with her back to the sunlight: "There's no time for nonsense now, so, do you have that ticket?"

The little bear's eyes widened.

Meanwhile, the two magical girls, unaware of the cause of the battle behind them, began searching for Arisu Akari's residence within the city.

"In a situation like this, you definitely can't just ask anyone on the street for their address."

"Hitomi Tono said she was a little worried, "If I had tried to wait for her after school at Strange City Middle School, I could have always found her, but it's summer vacation now."

Kagura Yu tugged at her sleeves, wearing long sleeves despite the sweltering heat, just to cover the little snake bracelet on her wrist that she used to transform.

She wasn't in a particular hurry to find Arisu Akari, but instead carefully examined her surroundings.

The colors of Strange City are much richer than those of Miracle City, where she lives. The streets are full of strange people living with humans, and everyone has a lot of smiles on their faces.

Even though they live inside a large, transparent dome, cut off from communication with the outside world, the citizens of Strange City still live happily.

This is such a nice place... Kagura Yu was thinking this when she suddenly heard what sounded like a few very faint explosions overhead.

Immediately afterwards, papers fell from above.

She grabbed one of them, which prominently displayed an advertisement for a large-scale event that was about to be held in the city center.

Hitomi Tono, standing next to him, spoke up first: "The World's Number One Idol Contest preliminary rounds!"

"What is this?" She knew about idols and talent shows to some extent, having heard her peers talk about them at school, but she wasn't that interested in the entertainment industry, so that was all she knew.

Although she is a high school student in her teens, Hitomi Tono is definitely not the kind of person who pays attention to the entertainment industry. After arriving in this world line, she also found that everyone in this world seems to lead a rather dull life, and the entertainment industry is not that developed.

But this idol competition is...?" "Contestants from every city can participate in the auditions...including the City of the Strange?" Kagura Yu was a little surprised.

"What kind of fun is Ein looking for this time?" Compared to Hitomi Tono, who was unfamiliar with this strange person Ein, Yu Kagura knew much more about him.

That weirdo could easily organize such a competition just for fun.

Akari Arisu aims to become number one in the world!

The World's Number One Idol Contest...? What kind of chaotic direction is this? Just as Hitomi Tono and Yu Kagura were looking at each other, clearly dumbfounded, a familiar voice came from the side.

Even though it's summer vacation, the blue-haired girl with a ponytail and glasses is still carrying her schoolbag home from her cram school, staring blankly at the flyer that fell from the sky.

Her eyes were glued to the flyer, as if something on it had opened the door to a new world for her: "An idol?" This person was none other than Arisu Akari, whom Tono Hitomi and Kagura Yu were searching for.

In this timeline where she didn't become a magical girl, she was a model student through and through.

Since there was nothing else to do, I decided to focus on my studies.

Her parents also valued her grades.