The villainous magical girl's daily mission is to find fault.

Chapter 178 Saving the Magical Girl Mai

If you were to rank magical girls by popularity, who do you think would be number one?

"Heart Moon Fox".

"I see... It's definitely first place without any doubt. Even in other cities, that kid has many fans."

"So who do you think will be in last place?"

After a long silence, a name was spoken:

"...[ears of wheat]".

This is the Hero Association's Information Department. Qi Yun is sipping a warm cup of coffee and chatting with the white-haired girl in front of him who is flipping through documents.

S-class hero [Electromagnetic], and S-class hero [Messiah].

"What's the reason?"

"Do I need a reason?"

Qi Yun grinned and casually waved her hand, and the phone screen on the table suddenly lit up with a video app.

The video showed a scene of a strange attack on Suicheng, where a wheat-colored magical girl bombarded the strange people on the ground with magic cannons from the air, blasting up countless pieces of rubble.

"This is a weirdo that the Wheat Squad defeated in February this year. The entire square was razed to the ground by her firepower, and the surrounding roundabout was also destroyed. It took at least a week to barely repair it."

"A week? Just how badly did they bomb the square?"

The white-haired girl picked up her phone with a puzzled look, raised an eyebrow, and revealed a hint of shock in her blood-red eyes.

"Was this place hit by a meteorite?"

"Unfortunately, that's not the case. What you saw was the destruction caused by Mai Sui's overwhelming firepower against the monster all by herself."

The white-haired girl remained silent for a long time before shaking her head helplessly.

"No wonder you said that earlier. I think anyone would find her annoying if she ignored her surroundings like that."

"Then you should take a look at this next one."

Qi Yun snapped her fingers, and the image on the screen switched, revealing a petite, golden fox-girl.

Good morning, everyone!

"Oh wait, today's line should be... Good morning, Chengdu!"

The barrage of comments was filled with "Good morning, Fox" and "Today's video is also very early," but there were also warning comments.

"You all probably don't know why Fox Fox is releasing a video at this time, right?"

"Well then, viewers who watched last night's live stream, you can now type your comments on the screen!"

The barrage of comments was so dense that it made the phone lag a bit, so Qi Yun had to quietly turn off the comments so that Messiah could see the video content clearly.

The wheat-colored magical girl was bound by chains, surrounded by countless slime monsters, each with a feather tucked into its tentacle, groping around the wheat ears.

The girl's cries and wails blended together.

"Ta-da~ This is the magical girl I just captured!"

"I'm sure everyone in Chengdu has seen Miss Hyacinth and Miss Iris's videos many times, right? Yesterday, Fox caught Miss Wheat Ear, who just came from Guangzhou!"

"If there's anything you'd like to see, feel free to leave a comment below. Maybe I'll pick it for you soon!"

"Whether it's a slime, a tentacle monster, or even a blindfold and cold water... as long as it's not too outrageous, it might appear in the video~"

The golden fox laughed as it left the camera, leaving only the crying and screaming wheat ear and the slime monster wriggling towards her in the frame.

The video ends, the screen lingering on the moment the slimes pounce on them.

"Have you finished watching?"

"...I've finished reading it." Messiah's eyes twitched as he replied.

"This video was released at nine o'clock this morning. Based on Xin Yuehu's usual practice, she should have filmed it around ten o'clock last night."

"We still haven't found the exact location of the wheat ears. Hyacinth and the others are trying to rescue them, but..."

The two looked at each other in silence.

"Did you ask the shooting star?"

"I asked her, and she said it was impossible."

"It seems we can only wait for Xinyuehu to have a change of heart and offer up the wheat on her own initiative, or let Fengxinzi and the others think of another way."

"Speaking of which, why did Mai Sui suddenly come to Chengdu?" Messiah asked, seemingly sensing that the atmosphere was getting a bit too serious.

Qi Yun shrugged.

"What else could I do? I had a big argument with my teammates, and then I felt bad and wanted to go on a trip, so I came to Chengdu."

"...I see."

The two of them sighed at the same time and didn't say anything more.

……

Evening, on the villain's rooftop.

The wheat stalks opened their eyes in confusion.

Hunger, thirst, weakness, and a depletion of magical power—each of these caused her immense suffering.

The wheat instinctively wanted to ask for help, but in this almost other-dimensional space formed by powerful magic and barriers, any cry for help would be in vain.

...Probably no one will come to save me, Mai Sui thought.

Hanging for a whole day, aside from enduring the tickling torment of the slime monster and the tentacle monster, Mai Sui had a rare moment of reflection on her recent life.

A week ago, I dealt with a strange man who attacked the train station in Guangzhou.

Although the Hero Association evacuated everyone from the train station and skillfully dealt with the monster, the teammate seemed quite dissatisfied with the extent of the damage to the train station.

"What... as long as we kill the monster, isn't that enough..." Mai Sui murmured to herself, her eyes lowered.

However, what Xin Yuehu said last night made her feel somewhat uneasy.

"Miss Wheat, you don't even have a friend to have a late-night snack with, do you?"

"This incompetent person dares to call himself a senior? Mai Sui, you really have no self-awareness whatsoever."

I have no friends.

That's why I got angry because of that sentence.

But in the end... why should I be angry? If I don't have a friend, so be it! At least I still have Iris, a junior who's willing to talk to me!

"—Shh shh shh."

suddenly.

A rustling sound rang out, and the wheat ears instinctively tensed up.

Wheat Ear was initially surprised when the golden-haired fox peeked in from outside, thinking it was another slime monster.

"Ah, Miss Wheat Ear. She's right here, come quickly."

Following closely behind was a golden figure, but it was completely different from Xin Yuehu.

Upon seeing the wheat ears suspended by chains, Dandelion waved her wand to shut down the nearby camera, then unleashed her magic, freeing herself from all the chains binding her.

"Hey!"

The golden fox nimbly stepped forward two steps and steadily caught the falling ear of wheat.

"You...you are...Miss Dandelion...?"

"Shh, keep your voice down! I'm here to save you!"

The dandelion stretched out its tail and used the tip of its tail to make a shushing gesture.

Wheat looked blankly at the tense, stealthy golden fox in front of her, her lips slightly parted, but then tightly pursed.