Something's off about this magical girl.

Chapter 64 Magical Girl - Prototype

083 Disaster Zone

Night fell over the street. Half of the residential building had collapsed, with steel bars spilling out like broken ribs. Light flickered in the puddles on the ground, illuminating the three people who had rushed over.

Perhaps Qi Xin judged that the trio would be able to solve the problem smoothly, so she did not arrange for the quasi-magical girl team to assist.

You can also sense that the beast horde isn't very strong; at most, it's only at the Silver level of difficulty.

Theoretically speaking, even a two-person team consisting of Dong Chun and Tao Zhuo would be more than enough to solve this problem, let alone adding Gu Bai.

However, reality is always full of surprises. Could every alien beast have an explosive bomb embedded inside it? If they all exploded at the same rate as before, the 083 Calamity Zone would probably be razed to the ground.

"That witch is really ruthless; she made improvements so quickly."

"Teacher, look at those little ones. Every one of them has a bulging belly, like a God of Wealth stuffed with red envelopes. They're probably carrying bombs inside."

Tao Zhuo and others stood on the top floor of their self-built house.

She sighed. Damn it, she hadn't expected the witch to act so quickly.

"The trigger condition is unknown. Let's try to solve it with long-range magic." Dongchun's eyes darkened, and magic power flowed within her body, a spot of light already appearing behind her.

Tao Zhuo wasn't very confident about Dong Chun's idea: "Last time, the bomb was triggered by sensing magic power. If the conditions don't change, I don't think even using ranged magic will work."

"I'll go take a look. You guys stay here and don't move. If there are any problems, just leave."

After saying that, Gu Bai leaped into the street.

The horde of beasts sensed the presence of humans and, driven by their predetermined instincts of destruction and slaughter, strode closer.

There were about twenty of them, and they were only a little over two meters long. Compared to the other strange beasts we had seen before, they were quite small.

With a thought, Gu Bai conjured a black sword from his palm, its dark blade gleaming faintly in the dim glow of the streetlights.

With a slight dip in his stride, he thrust his sword horizontally.

The beast in the front row was pierced through the side of its neck and pinned to the ground.

Gu Bai raised his hand and pressed down on the hilt of the sword, his gaze fixed on the spot where the sword tip had pierced the ground.

I could feel a foreign object embedded inside that was much harder than a normal organ. Its texture was not like flesh and blood, but rather like a core that had been forcibly inserted. Was it forcibly inserted by a witch and then released into the calamity zone?

But there was no explosion.

If the witch's goal is to kill the magical girl, does that mean she needs to trigger it with magic?

Gu Bai immediately shouted, "Dong Chun, long-range strike!"

"receive."

As Dong Chun finished speaking, a magic ball bombarded the remains of the strange beast, but there was still no reaction. Seeing this, Gu Bai spoke again: "Attack other strange beasts."

Dongchun's response was almost simultaneous.

The second magic ball shot down and landed precisely on a strange beast that was crawling across a puddle.

This time, a muffled roar came from the beast's body, as if a string had snapped. Gu Bai was already retreating.

Long——

The explosion was much weaker than expected, and it was completely incomparable to the bomb that was detonated in Area 051.

Magic attacks will trigger an explosion, while physical attacks will not cause any changes upon death.

Verification complete.

Gu Bai had no intention of holding back and was prepared to eliminate them all.

But Tao Zhuo had already landed beside him: "Oh, leave the rest to me, teacher. Why don't you find a place to enjoy a violent film starring the magical girl Tao Zhuo?"

"If you want to earn money to pay off your debts, then it's up to you."

Gu Bai didn't care; he was only worried about whether something unexpected might happen.

As for Tao Zhuo, she lacked the elegant demeanor of a magical girl in the public's impression. Magic flowed in her fists, and she used violence to deal with all the small monsters that approached her.

The foul-smelling grayish-purple substance inside the beast gushed out, and small explosions rang out one after another.

Fortunately, with the protection of the automatic magic barrier, Tao Zhuo, who was completely unaffected, was now fully engaged in 'destruction'.

They saw one after another strange beast being punched into the ground, head and neck vertebrae included, by Tao Zhuo.

"This physical ability is truly astounding..."

Gu Bai, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, couldn't help but sigh. However, Tao Zhuo seemed to have mentioned that body refinement was a succubus specialty. To be honest, he couldn't make that connection no matter how he thought about it. She was probably just talking nonsense.

Just then, Gu Bai's gaze inadvertently swept across the end of the street.

In the far distance, beneath the ruins of a collapsed building, there seemed to be the figure of a young girl crouching.

Are they injured civilians?

Just as he was about to speak up to remind her, Dongchun, who was on the rooftop, had obviously already seen it.

Her red eyes suddenly lit up, and in the next instant, the slender white figure stopped in front of the 'girl'.

"Are you alright?" Dongchun leaned down, her voice even softer than usual.

The girl slowly raised her head, her eyes unfocused, her gaze fixed on some nonexistent distance. Her lips parted slightly, and a series of strange sounds escaped her throat: "*(...￥*&矗@)?"

Dong Chun frowned slightly, noticing that the other person seemed to be in poor spirits, and chose to use a more advanced [Restoration Magic] to try to treat him.

It works, but it consumes mana too quickly!

Is this even human? To refuse to save someone just because you suspect them? Of course not.

Dongchun took out a booster from her storage bag and inserted it into her neck. This was as normal as drinking water, not to mention that a living 'life' was waiting to be saved right in front of her.

He was saved.

As long as they are saved.

I don't know how much time passed—

The girl in front of him finally came to her senses, but the first thing she did after regaining her senses was not to look at Dongchun. Instead, her gaze went straight to the strange beast in the distance.

Then, something seemed to rekindle in those dull eyes:

"Magical Girl - Prototype, Status Restored."

The lips open and close smoothly, uttering a synthesized sound without any inflection:

"Continue execution, clear command."

Upon hearing this, Dongchun's pupils suddenly contracted.

What?

The answer was already right in front of her, but she still couldn't believe it.

The girl in front of them walked towards the horde of monsters. Her performance seemed poor; just one of the monsters that pounced on her knocked her to the ground, and half of her head was then sliced ​​off, exposing the electronic components hidden inside.

It really is... a robot.

"[Explosion Magic]!"

Surprisingly, the girl who lost half of her brain can still use magic.

boom--

Long——

The first sound came from the magic she herself released.

The second explosion occurred when the bomb inside the monster's body was detonated instantly.

The shockwave also blasted the mechanical body into a rain of metal and circuit board parts, which fell all over the ground.

She didn't even have time to 'retreat,' or rather, the option wasn't on her command list.

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Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

The previous incident did not affect the overall trend.

When the battle ends, the three will inevitably reunite and begin discussions again.

"Is it a Qixin product?" Gu Bai's first thought was still Qixin.

"No, Qi Xin would never risk such a thing."

Tao Zhuo had a clearer understanding of Qi Xin. After all, she made money through the magical girl system, so how could she possibly slaughter the goose that laid her golden eggs?

After a moment, she touched her chin and murmured:

"I think it must have been Dawn Creative's doing, after all, their slogan is: 'The boundaries of technology are the boundaries of magical girls!'"

Looking at the wreckage of parts scattered on the ground with her crimson eyes, Fuyutsubaki had a premonition that this magical girl, known as the "prototype," might one day reshape the entire magical girl system.

"Report it to higher authorities."