Chapter 143

Success! It's that simple! It's just too easy, hahahaha!

Chameleon Frog was so excited he was almost going insane, and he couldn't help but whip his tongue around several times.

A Magical Girl who cannot transform is no match for a monster! Although there are occasionally heroes who fight monsters with their bare bodies, there is almost no one who can truly defeat a monster with their bare body!

Therefore, Magical Girl Artemina is about to become his possession!

Bang!!

However, at the very moment Chameleon Frog was about to turn around to attack Tsukimiya Ran,

An arrow condensed from moonlight shot in from behind him with a roar, accurately piercing his right arm—blasting the entire arm into charred flesh and mincing even the bones into dust!

"Arghhhhh!!!"

Chameleon Frog screamed and turned his head in shock, only to suddenly discover—

…Magical Girl Artemina had already transformed, her bow drawn to the full. The light of the moon still lingered on the string, chillingly intense.

Her gaze was calm and sharp, her second arrow aimed at Chameleon Frog's glabella, and it would definitely not miss.

Isn't the magic transformation mirror in her schoolbag? How is this possible?! Wasn't it already crushed by a big truck?!

Now, even the monster was stunned.

But the truth is actually very simple.

Magical Girl Artemina had no intention of explaining it to the enemy, so here I can only explain it for the audience in front of the TV:

Ever since she was saved by Qi Xing a few months ago, Artemina had become a little fangirl of Master Leipu. She proactively looked up relevant files, studied Qi Xing's behavior, and gained insights and learned quite a bit of experience from it.

Since then, she had specially bought an ordinary little makeup mirror that looked very similar to her real magic transformation mirror, and she cleverly modified it herself. She usually kept it in her bag, using it normally to pass it off as the real thing.

—And the real magic transformation mirror, Tsukimiya Ran had been keeping it tucked inside her own chest with her sports bra the whole time!

After all, she was well-developed, so as long as she didn't say anything, it couldn't be seen from the outside at all! Sixteen-year-old girls these days are just that scary!

It's just a pity that Chameleon Frog would never be able to learn the truth of all this. At this moment, he could only be utterly bewildered, standing stiffly in place with cold sweat covering his head, locked in place by the light arrow aimed at his glabella, unable to move.

Why hadn't Artemina blown his head off immediately?

The Magical Girl spoke indifferently, her tone unhurried:

"You came to steal my transformation mirror because you know that Master Leipu has announced a complete crackdown on organized crime, right? So you dark forces are about to stop playing by the rules and launch an all-out war."

Although Chameleon Frog's face was full of panic, he still nodded obediently.

"Hmm, but you are just a very weak low-level monster. Although Master Leipu said there must be spies within the government, I don't believe that even you would hear intelligence directly from the Pluto, so it must have been a cadre-level superior who told you all this, right?"

Artemina continued calmly.

Chameleon Frog could only nod obediently once more.

"Then," she tightened the bowstring, narrowing her eyes, "I'll let you go, hurry back and find him."

Huh?

All the modified monsters in Magic City Tokyo basically originated from the Rise Mora Group.

This evil force, which uses miraculous dark sci-fi technology, is currently the one with the loosest structure and the most "free" management among the three major dark forces in Tokyo.

The leader, Dr. Dogenzaka Elio, "manages" a few cadre-level monsters in an extremely lax manner.

These cadre monsters, in turn, very casually lead their own subordinates—ordinary monsters—to commit evil and crime at will, while also being responsible for mass-producing lower-level combatants.

Every cadre monster has their own secret base and personal lair. As for their leader—where that crazy doctor is hiding—even the subordinate monsters might not know. Only those core cadres might hold relevant clues.

The loose structure means that each cadre monster can make autonomous decisions without needing to report up the chain or wait for orders. This makes their operations very flexible, allowing for independent combat.

The lack of a unified central hub seems like a weakness, but it is actually an advantage. Even if a righteous hero destroys one cadre's base, it is difficult to shake the foundation of the entire organization.

Because these varied monsters lack uniformity, it makes it impossible for heroes to reuse experience like "dealing with A also works for B" when facing them. Every battle is a brand new puzzle.

…But there is one thing, something that Gojo Masamichi also once said, that must be kept in mind.

Kanto Yatsufusa-kai is just a very tacky, traditional Japanese yakuza organization.

Musk Pavilion deals in mysticism; no one knows what they are actually trying to do.

However, the Rise Mora Group, from top to bottom, is entirely composed of perverts interested only in sexual desire.

That said, …what kind of person is the direct superior of the monster Chameleon Frog, one of the cadres of the Rise Mora Group? The answer is absolutely unexpected.

In an underground bar that had not yet opened for business, a young girl with the height of only an elementary school student was sitting on a pool table. She was wearing a black Gothic-style lace dress, her red eyes shifting, her expression indifferent, and her face full of boredom.

Beneath the layered, ruffled skirt, her slender calves wrapped in black pantyhose were exposed, along with a pair of black high heels that completely contradicted her age.

Perhaps because she was too bored, her heels were unconsciously tapping against the edge of the pool table, clacking away, sounding particularly harsh in the dim, quiet bar.

She is Princess Black Needle. She is one of the cadres of the Rise Mora Group.

In the Rise Mora Group, which is full of perverts, why is there such a cute dark Gothic loli? The answer is actually easy to think of.

—In this gang, those who can climb to the position of cadre are, of course, not "normal people."

The reason why such a cute dark loli can stand above many monsters is only one thing: she herself is a super pervert!

"Why hasn't Chameleon Frog returned yet?" Sitting on the pool table in the bar, Princess Black Needle asked somewhat impatiently, "I only sent him to scout and monitor; he wouldn't have acted on his own and been slaughtered by Artemina, would he?"

Serving her tea and water on the side were three enhanced combatants. Their appearances were unremarkable; they were just wearing black bodysuits and masks.

However, unlike the ordinary combatants from the night before yesterday, they were taller and more burly, with muscles all over their bodies.

Incidentally, the fetish of the three of them was that they loved being whipped, insulted, poked with needles, and stepped on with high heels by Princess Black Needle—they could even be moved to tears just to exchange for a cold scolding from Princess Black Needle.

"Just received word, he is almost back." Enhanced Combatant No. 1 replied respectfully, "Once we confirm Artemina's whereabouts, we will attack her house directly tonight!"

"Very good." Princess Black Needle nodded with satisfaction, "The Pluto has finally relented, allowing us to use any means necessary… Everyone will definitely be targeting the top-ranked female heroes, we must not miss this opportunity to capture Artemina!"

Imagining the scene where the number one Magical Girl hero in Tokyo was about to be defiled by her, a sadistic smile, unlike that of a young girl, appeared on Princess Black Needle's seemingly petite and cute face.

"Letting Magical Girls engage in yuri among themselves is too wasteful!" She proudly declared, "Yuri has no productivity! Only futanari that can conceive is the answer to the world!"

The three enhanced combatants immediately praised their mistress: "Long live Futanari Fundamentalism! Everything follows the Princess's teachings! Samen!"

What a crazy scene!

Fortunately, Chameleon Frog finally pushed open the door of the underground bar at this moment, clutching his severed right limb, covered in blood, stumbling in, and collapsing to the ground.

Seeing his disheveled state, Princess Black Needle immediately guessed a little and frowned immediately: "You really acted on your own?"

"Ha… ha… Artemina… I… I failed…" With fear of both sides, Chameleon Frog stammered in explanation, "She… she put a fake magic transformation mirror in her schoolbag! And she set a trap!"

"Stupid thing, you underestimate heroes too much." Princess Black Needle didn't get angry, but sneered, "Even for a child, after so many battles, it's normal to know to prepare a fake transformation makeup mirror."

After speaking, she slid down from the pool table, stepping on her thin, high-heeled black shoes, and paced in front of Chameleon Frog.

She slowly squatted down, gently lifting Chameleon Frog's chin as if coaxing a pet, and said again: "Underestimating a Magical Girl, acting without permission; now the whole group will know I've targeted Artemina, and other cadres will definitely come to compete with me—do you know how troublesome that is?"

The look of fear in Chameleon Frog's eyes increased, but he couldn't even say a word of rebuttal.

The next second, between Princess Black Needle's slender fingers, a pitch-black, long, thin needle had quietly condensed.

"Let this be a lesson to you." Before the words fell, the black needle had silently pierced into Chameleon Frog's cheek.

There was no bleeding, no external injury, only a creepy burning sensation rapidly spreading throughout his body—like a thousand fiery threads crazily entangling in his nerves. Chameleon Frog's body instantly became crazily numb and itchy, his muscles shaking uncontrollably as if electrocuted.

He opened his mouth to scream, but couldn't make any sound at all.

"This needle has modified the nerve connections between your tongue and cerebellum. For one day, you won't even be able to hum a single word—so you don't use that mouth to lose face for me again."

This is the biological ability of the Rise Mora Group cadre monster, Princess Black Needle… part of it.

Her black needles don't just cause severe pain. Any biological entity she pierces with her black needles can be modified by her at will—though the extent to which this modification can reach is another matter.

…But just as she stood up, preparing to turn away gracefully, Princess Black Needle suddenly noticed something unusual.

She narrowed her eyes, looked down again, and looked back at Chameleon Frog, who was still lying on the ground.

His mouth seemed to be… actually… glowing?

Frowning, Princess Black Needle immediately reached out and roughly pried open Chameleon Frog's jaw—immediately, she saw that deep in Chameleon Frog's oral cavity, near his throat, there was actually a faint, silver-blue light, slowly pulsating and rotating.

"What is this thing?" Princess Black Needle asked coldly.

This was neither something she had left behind, nor any device or technology used within their Rise Mora Group.

"…When were you tampered with?"

However, Chameleon Frog himself was also completely confused and could only shake his head in terror.

The light in his throat, that color, Princess Black Needle seemed to have seen it somewhere before—this seemed to be the same as…

…the color was exactly the same as the portal spell that Magical Girl Artemina usually uses.

But it was already too late to realize it now.

"—Oh no!"

Boom!!

With a muffled sound, that silver-blue light cluster suddenly expanded!

Chameleon Frog couldn't make a sound, his body had been forcibly torn apart by the expanding portal, his whole body exploded, and flesh and blood splattered everywhere!

The next second, an arrow transformed from moonlight had already broken through the air from the bursting portal and shot over rapidly!

"?!"

Princess Black Needle didn't have time to defend, and in an instant, she was hit directly by the arrow light, and her whole body was blasted away, smashing hard against the bar wall, causing countless wine bottles to shatter!

"Did you think only you could launch a surprise attack?"

A clear, young girl's voice sounded in the bar.

A beautiful figure in a blue dress with a bright bow had already leaped out from the silver-blue vortex!

"The silver moonlight that illuminates the night sky arrives as promised tonight—Arrow of the Moon Goddess, Magical Girl Artemina!"

"Don't underestimate 'all-out war'! Rise Mora Group!"

Moonlight surged, and magic power vibrated.

Before the words fell, she raised her hand and shot the head of an enhanced combatant to pieces!

"Otherwise, there's no need for Master Leipu—I will kill you all!"