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

Chapter 160 The Iris Flower Rescue Plan

Iris quit her job.

Upon hearing this from Bai Ling, Su Tianqing instinctively assumed that the unreliable stargazer was joking.

But upon closer reflection, although Bai Ling isn't very reliable, she's quite serious about these things and probably wouldn't make such a terrifying joke.

"Iris... doesn't want to be a magical girl anymore...?"

Su Tianqing said in surprise.

"Why? Karin wasn't...wasn't she here today..."

"Weren't you rescued by that Hellcat? Karin thinks the Hellcat kidnapped you, so... so she unexpectedly developed a form completely opposite to Star Shadow—"

"【The Dark Shadow of the Stars】".

Not far away, Fox, the stargazer who had been in self-discipline mode, emerged from the bedroom and spoke to the two of them.

Su Tianqing searched through the memories of the Stargazer Encyclopedia in her mind and quickly found the corresponding term.

It's hidden deep within a sub-category of magical girl's second transformation, yet it still occupies a significant portion of the page.

"Xiaoyue! You're here too!"

Bai Ling rushed to the Stargazer Fox as if she had found a savior and circled around her a few times.

"Xiaoyue, please help me! Iris won't even leave her bedroom today, I'm so worried!"

"Huh? Is it really that serious?"

"The fox spirit said in surprise."

Su Tianqing felt that she had probably missed a very exciting part of the story while she was unconscious, so she quickly reconnected with her familiar and synchronized her memories of that period.

Hmm... I see.

During this time, Karin suddenly gained a new form different from Star Shadow and chased Hellcat all the way. No wonder she acted as if she was going to kill me too.

But unexpectedly, Karin became withdrawn because of this incident, and even began to doubt her own magical girl identity...

"Is that so...?"

The stargazer, Fox, muttered to himself, stroking his chin as if deep in thought.

Su Tianqing silently switched the familiar back to automatic mode.

"So that means the iris is still in a shadowy state?"

"No, she deactivated the Shadow after Hellcat left, but things aren't that simple."

After speaking, Bai Ling remained silent for a few seconds, then shifted her gaze from the dazed golden fox to the fox stargazer, as if seeking help from something.

"Um... Xiaoyue... Miss Dandelion doesn't seem to understand what a shadow is. Look at this..."

Su Tianqing immediately understood Bai Ling's meaning, sighed, and began to explain to herself what "Shadow" meant.

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"Generally speaking, magical girls' power comes from the stars. Each magical girl has her own corresponding star or constellation. Even witches use constellations and stars to maintain their existence."

"If one receives the blessing of the stars in the transformed state and has enough faith and willpower to overcome it, then one can become the reflection of the astral plane in the mortal world, also known as the 'Shadow of the Stars'."

Su Tianqing sat listlessly on the sofa, while Bai Ling sat on the coffee table, listening to the manual transmission familiar lecturing on the opposite sofa.

"Yes, yes, Xiaoyue is right, that's how the Shadow of Stars came about." Bai Ling nodded repeatedly and said to the golden-haired fox behind her.

The golden fox really wanted to complain about the stupid, incompetent ferret in front of it, which reminded it of the dumb interns it used to work with.

"I see... Then what about the Starry Night Shadows?" Su Tianqing asked, pretending not to know.

"That's a long story..."

"First of all, since the astral plane can project its shadow onto the mortal realm, it must inevitably create a shadow as a result."

"Once magical girls develop an excessively strong obsession, and are not recognized by the stars, this obsession will draw power from the shadows of the stars, leading the magical girls into the dark side of astral magic—"

After a brief pause, the Stargazer Fox struck Darth Vader's classic chokehold pose.

"That is, briefly entering the shadow of the stars, transforming into the [dark shadow of the stars], losing all reason and self-control except for that obsession."

"Oh dear, Senior Bai Ling, please tell me about Iris's current situation! Didn't she break free of her Shadow Form? Why is she still locking herself in her room?"

"Ah... well, she cast a very strong defensive spell on the bedroom door, so I can't get in at all, so..."

Bai Ling timidly curled up into a ball.

Su Tianqing sighed.

Hana Rin's situation is more complicated than she thought.

Just the fact that she stays locked in her bedroom and won't come out is enough to give me a headache.

In my opinion, it's quite normal for Karin to be in this situation.

Arriving too late led to "Su Tianqing" falling into the hands of Hellcat. Coupled with the fates of Hyacinth and Nightingale, this is probably what drove Hualing to the other extreme of Starry Night Shadow.

But her subsequent unfamiliar black form... even she felt a strong sense of unease.

Putting everything else aside, just looking at Razor Man's fate is enough to prove Karin's berserk destructive power in that form:

One shot instantly kills the Razor Fiend who has no added magic resistance.

Su Tianqing figured that even if she added magic resistance to the Razor Fiend, it would probably only mean he'd take a few more hits.

Not to mention the firepower of her two twin magic cannons, which would definitely be able to melt the Razor Man despite his magic resistance.

"We need to think of a way to help Iris Flower recover as soon as possible," Bai Ling sighed and said.

"Yes, otherwise Miss Dandelion will have to fight Xinyuehu and the others by herself," Stargazer Fox interjected at the opportune moment.

A brief silence.

"It seems we'll have to go check on the irises," Su Tianqing said.

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Later.

The magical girl dandelion quietly landed and slipped into the apartment through the window.

"This is the place. Karin usually lives here."

Bai Ling turned on the living room lights and introduced the two foxes.

Su Tianqing glanced at a family photo frame not far away, then looked at the slightly dusty living room.

The house still seemed to resemble a home for a family of three, but there was a strange sense of unease about it.

This lively atmosphere was intentionally maintained by someone who didn't want the traces of "someone living here" to disappear, so they regularly maintained the layout of the living room.

"It must be Hua Ling maintaining it herself," Su Tianqing murmured to herself.

Hua Ling's mental state seems to be more broken than I thought... But that's normal, after all, her parents suffered such a terrible disaster, who can really let go?

"Hualin is inside."

Bai Ling floated to the door of a tightly closed bedroom and turned around to speak.

Su Tianqing stepped forward and glanced at the bedroom door.

The door was enshrined with powerful defensive magic, preventing everyone from entering. Even Bai Ling couldn't bypass the door by transforming into a spirit.

Ugh... this is so awkward.

The golden-haired fox stepped forward and knocked on the door.

"Knock knock knock".

"Little Flower Bell, are you inside?"

"If you have a moment now, could you talk to me?"

silence.

But soon, the lock opened from the inside, and the dejected girl peeked out from the crack in the door, glancing at the two foxes and the weasel outside who looked worried.

"Sister Tianqing...are you feeling any better?"

"I'm much better now, I'm not hurt."

Su Tianqing quickly answered,

"I heard from Hakurei that Karin... you don't want to be a magical girl anymore, is that true?"

Hua Ling paused for a few seconds, then nodded gently.

"……Yes."

"I...I don't have the talent to be a magical girl...I can't protect anyone, I'll just destroy the surrounding buildings indiscriminately...and even bring danger to everyone..."

"But Hualing, didn't you protect so many people? You protected me and Xiaoyu on the Ferris wheel, and you also protected the hyacinth that was knocked down. Didn't you do all of that?"

"It's no use... I... I can't do anything... I might even bring you, Sister Tianqing, into great danger..."

"As long as I am a magical girl, all I can do is bring destruction... I can't protect anyone."

Su Tianqing pouted.

This conversation is so boring! Hua Ling is so awkward that she can't listen to anything anymore. Her mind is full of the scene where she almost got me executed by cannon fire today.

"What about Hyacinth and Nightingale? They've been kidnapped by Heart Moon Fox. Are we just going to stand by and watch them get kidnapped?"

A long silence followed.

The girl seemed to want to say something, but couldn't bring herself to say it.

Su Tianqing was about to say something more when Hua Ling spoke first:

"Let me be alone, Sister Tianqing."

"……Good night."

The bedroom door closed, and the magic lock locked again.

No matter how much the golden fox knocked on the door, there was no response from inside.