Chapter 125.

She was facing the greatest crisis of her life.

"Haa… Haa… Haa…"

More than ten combatants in black lay scattered at her feet. She stood amidst the unconscious enemies, her breathing ragged, gasping violently.

"It's not over yet… A hero of justice… won't fall in a place like this…"

She gritted her teeth, her tone carrying a stubbornness amidst the exhaustion.

Unfortunately, reality was far crueler than the lines from a morning children's show.

In this dark, mottled, abandoned factory, she was still surrounded by over twenty combatants in black, who were closing in step by step to encircle her.

Since she was a boy, why was she called a "Magical Girl" instead of a "Magical Boy"?

The answer was actually very simple.

Because—after a boy who formed a contract with a fairy transformed into a Magical Girl, he became a genuine "girl" on a physical level.

That was precisely why she was currently wearing a light green skirt, and her hair had turned a fresh mint green. The layers of her skirt were like foam, as light as soda on a summer afternoon.

The transformation form of a Magical Girl was by no means just a simple costume change.

After transforming, their bodies actually underwent real changes, and the constructed combat suit possessed both physical and spiritual protective capabilities, allowing them to significantly enhance their physical fitness while maintaining a "girl's appearance"—even the arm strength of an ordinary child could be strengthened to the point of smashing a concrete wall.

This was the power granted to them by the Magical Girl contract, a powerful magic that human mages could not imitate.

Unfortunately, just as there was nothing perfect in this world, no matter how powerful the magic was, it inevitably had flaws.

Not only for Magical Girls, but all such transformation spells basically had the same major flaw.

—The shortest transformation lasted only three minutes,

and the longest was no more than a few tens of minutes to an hour.

"How pathetic, Magical Girl."

The villainous monster [Jet-Black Muscle Stud], who led the large group of combatants in black, was currently standing on a dilapidated iron pillar on the second floor of the factory, looking down from above at the Magical Girl below.

His figure was burly, dressed in a black bodysuit, his steel-like muscle lines glistening with an oily sheen under the dim lights, with four arms crossed together, his face wearing undisguised arrogance and delight.

"Twenty minutes! A mere twenty minutes of wave attacks, and your transformation time is exhausted!"

That's right!—Just as [Jet-Black Muscle Stud] said, the combat suit of the Magical Girl Mint Bubble was already crumbling, slowly peeling away. Bit by bit, like soda evaporating under the scorching sun, it was melting off her body surface and dissolving into the air.

Particles of magic light were like gleaming dust, scattering in the air.

"Whoa! Wait a second!"

Although Mint Bubble screamed in fright, hurriedly trying to grab those drifting magic bubbles, these things were, of course, impossible to catch, and even if she did catch them, it would be useless!

"Checkmate! Magical Girl Mint Bubble!"

[Jet-Black Muscle Stud] pointed his hand, ordering the remaining combatants to surround her.

"Kee!"

The combatants in black responded immediately, moving quickly. Dozens of boots stepped out simultaneously, their pace as orderly as a wall of black advancing, closing in on her from all directions!

Well-trained, closely coordinated, and advancing in an interlaced formation, they instantly sealed off all her possible escape routes!

When she tried to retreat, two combatants were already blocking her path behind her; when she threw a punch to struggle, three more lunged forward!

"Don't touch me! I—wait, don't grab my skirt, ahhh!"

One, two, three, five! Eight! More and more combatants swarmed up, like fierce dogs pouncing on prey, pinning her down with all hands, mercilessly!

Soon, Mint Bubble's body was forcibly pressed to the ground, her arms restrained, her ankles immobilized, and her melting skirt was pulled out of shape.

She twisted desperately, trying to break free, but her gradually dissipating strength was completely unable to contend with the combatants!

Click! Handcuffs that prevented the Magical Girl transformation from ending were already clamped tightly onto her wrists!

"Hahahaha! A Magical Girl whose magic has dissipated is nothing more than a fleshlight!"

[Jet-Black Muscle Stud] laughed loudly.

"…Huh? What kind of joke is this?!" Mint Bubble finally realized, unable to help but be terrified, "Pervert! I'm a boy!"

However, this only drew roars of laughter from the monster and even the combatants.

"What is this brat babbling about? There is clearly a █ █ between his legs, and he still considers himself a boy?"

"After all, he's a perverted boy who became a Magical Girl just to be █ █!"

"You didn't know, right? As long as you're cuffed with the 'Unchanging Handcuffs' invented by our [Rise Mora Group], a Magical Girl won't end her transformation even if her magic is exhausted. And while cuffed, the magic will maintain the transformation, so you can't recover, oh!"

"Making TS girls █ is the best!"

The perverted combatants chimed in one after another, immensely proud.

And as for [Jet-Black Muscle Stud], he still stood on high, looking down at the small figure below, surrounded and gradually losing the strength to resist, the smile on his face becoming even more arrogant!

"Eek! No! No, ahhhhh! Stop it! I'm a boy, I'm a boy, ahhhhh!"

This was bad!

If this continued, Magical Girl Mint Bubble would be stuffed into a Magical Girl cream puff!!

"Go! Boys!"

[Jet-Black Muscle Stud] waved his large hand, his voice full of cruel excitement.

"Thoroughly [corrupt] this trashy little—"

He didn't get to finish his sentence.

Because in the next instant, a silver-white arrow of light tore through the night and arrived, carrying bone-chilling cold, aiming straight for his brow!

"Ahhhhh—?!"

In the nick of time, the instinct of [Jet-Black Muscle Stud] drove him to raise his arm to block! In an instant, his upper right hand was blasted to a charred stump, causing him to clutch his smoldering severed limb and scream in pain! The pungent smell of burning had already permeated the abandoned factory, nauseatingly!

For a moment, the combatants in black who had been busy with their amusement also stopped, turning their heads vigilantly yet blankly toward the direction from which the light arrow had been shot.

"What!? You, you are…"

They saw—

In the night, a slender yet dazzling figure walked over, stepping on the rubble.

It was a girl.

She wore a light white pleated skirt, the hem dotted with tiny ribbons, swaying slightly with her steps. Her long light blue hair shimmered with a faint silver glow in the dark night, and on her head was a pair of small, lively dog ears that were twitching incessantly.

In her hand, she held a short bow with a strange design that looked like a plastic toy, but the light gathering on the bowstring was so blinding that one couldn't keep their eyes open, and her posture of drawing the bow was full of heroism, revealing a composure inconsistent with her age.

Her figure and bow, in the past six months in Tokyo, no villain would mistake.

"The silver moonlight that illuminates the night sky, arrives as promised tonight!"

Raising her bow and arrow, the girl declared her name in a clear, bright voice,

"The Arrow of the Moon Goddess, Magical Girl Artemina!"

In this chaotic ruin, her appearance was the moonlight illuminating the dark night!

"It's actually Artemina!"

"W-what do we do!?"

"Don't be afraid! Even if she is the strongest Magical Girl in Tokyo, she is just a—Gwahhh!"

Before the words fell, without waiting for the villains to whisper to each other and finish speaking, Artemina had already fired first!

BOOM! BOOOM! BOOOOOM!! The heads of three combatants exploded like ripe pomegranates! Fortunately, [Jet-Black Muscle Stud] dodged in time, otherwise, this monster's head might have shattered along with them!

"You actually opened fire without waiting for others to finish speaking!" He shouted angrily, "Is this what a Magical Girl does!?"

"There is no etiquette that requires waiting for you to whisper nonsense after finishing the introductions!"

The Moon Magical Girl was merciless! Shooting arrows! Continuing to shoot arrows! Half of the combatants were quickly turned into headless corpses by her! The abandoned factory instantly turned into a bloody fish market!

"Aieeeeee!"

The remaining combatants in black could no longer bear this terror, turning to flee in fear, rushing crazily toward the gate of the abandoned factory like a tide.

However, just as they stumbled out of the ruins, attempting to escape to safety,

the thing that stopped them was a second light.

On the dusty old road outside, another radiant figure stood.

Her blonde hair danced in the night wind like molten gold from the sun.

The magnificent white skirt with gold trim lifted in the wind, layered, like a wave of morning light.

"The golden dawn that disperses the darkness, casting the blessings of the morning sun!"

Compared to the cold Moon Magical Girl, her face showed more confidence,

"The Spear of the Sun God, Magical Girl Soleia!"

Accompanying the declaration, blinding golden light burst forth from her body, as if dawn were rushing in from all directions. A phantom sun rose behind her, illuminating the entire suburb.

"There's another Magical Girl!?"

"Th-this is the Sun Magical Girl—she is even more… even more—"

"Disappear, you trash."

Before the combatant could finish his sentence, the Sun Magical Girl had already raised her hand:

"Now is the time to deliver divine punishment—[Sunbath]!"

Light.

Light, radiance, accompanied by light so bright it could burn through the retina, the combatants rushing in the front row didn't even have time to scream before they were blasted away by the intense light, slamming heavily into iron walls and piles of scrap, falling unconscious.

Then, a second golden light wave arrived almost seamlessly, sweeping across from another direction, knocking the remaining few over in unison.

Unlike Artemina's precise and cold sniping, the Magical Girl draped in morning light fought by relying on overwhelming firepower for one-sided annihilation.

In just a dozen seconds, the dozen or so combatants who had fled the factory were all lying on the ground, their bodies burned by the light beams, foaming at the mouth and unconscious.

However, she did not kill. Although all the combatants were unconscious, none of them died.

Nodding in satisfaction, Magical Girl Soleia then stepped into the abandoned factory.

Meanwhile, [Jet-Black Muscle Stud], having lost all his subordinates and even one arm, was covered in sweat on his forehead.

"…To deal with a monster like me, you actually used the strongest Sun and Moon Magical Girl duo in Tokyo; it is truly… an honor."

With a dry laugh, while guarding against and dodging Artemina's Moonlight Arrow, [Jet-Black Muscle Stud] pulled a small Alchemy capsule from his belt.

"But one against two, I'm not playing along! Remember this, Artemina, next time I will definitely screw you!"

He still managed to force a sneer at the corner of his mouth, but it was devoid of confidence, just the final bluster of a loser about to flee the battlefield.

Before he finished speaking, [Jet-Black Muscle Stud] had already slammed the capsule onto the ground.

Snap—!

The Alchemy potion exploded instantly, and in the silver steam that poured out, a ripple-like small portal quickly unfolded on the floor. Magic patterns wound like snakes, spreading outward into a circle, waiting only for the monster to jump into it and escape—

"Kazama Fukao."

—However, before [Jet-Black Muscle Stud] could jump into the portal, a single sentence from the Moon Magical Girl forced his steps to stop abruptly.

"Physical education teacher at Tokyo Metropolitan Wakamiya High School, thirty-six years old, lives alone, unmarried, parents currently living in their hometown in Nagano Prefecture."

Artemina spoke slowly, her voice as calm as if she were reading a report,

"Ten years of teaching, good reputation at school, colleagues all say he has a steady personality, but relationships are relatively distant, no close social circle. No marriage or dating records. Possibly due to long-term sexual repression and extreme self-discipline, his psychology is twisted."

Three sentences, unhurried.

But every word and every sentence she spoke was like a nail, pinning [Jet-Black Muscle Stud]'s feet, making him dare not run—never dare to run again.

The teleportation array was still running under his feet, but he could not move.

What was the point of escaping now?

"You f*ck…"

Although it was hard for outsiders to see his expression because [Jet-Black Muscle Stud] was wearing a tight combat mask, his current demeanor, as well as his uncontrollable voice, were clearly filled with immense terror,

"You, you f*cking doxxed me?"