My Superpower Is Piloting Magical Girl Corpses?

Tang Keren planted her hands on her slender waist, staring straight into Lin Guang's eyes. "Even if you were really confident, you should have discussed a tactical plan first in that situation, tested the waters a bit!"

"You didn't say a word and just charged in—what if you'd misjudged? What if it had some extra ability? Were you trying to make us watch you get turned into meat paste?!"

Even though she was scolding fiercely, her ragged breathing and slightly reddened eyes betrayed the emotion behind her words.

But that was quickly followed by a jarring, strange laugh.

"Kuku kuku!"

Zihan, who hadn't canceled her transformation yet, also stepped out from the shadows, adjusted her eye patch, and looked at Lin Guang with an extremely satisfied gaze, a sinister smirk curling at the corner of her mouth.

"Good, very good, excellent!"

"As expected of thee, to so thoroughly enjoy this waltz with death! Thy dance was most exquisite! I must give thee hearty praise!"

"Without thy performance, this battle would not have ended so easily!"

Tang Keren grabbed a keyboard and smacked her right on the head with a sharp crack, nearly making her protective force field flicker into visibility. Fuming, she snapped, "You idiot, why are you still pouring fuel on the fire! You almost died just now too—I'd say you two are cut from the same cloth!"

"Well, of course, fellow travelers are like that."

"But..."

Zihan rubbed her head and suddenly turned serious. "Thy suggestion just now saved my life."

"As a fellow warrior against the Demon Lord, I hope thou wilt also heed our counsel."

"..."

Lin Guang fell into thought, silently letting Su Fang bandage her wounds.

After a moment of consideration, she finally spoke:

"Since I can keep up with its speed and handle its attacks, and since I don't have any particular strength in long-range combat, of course it should be me who holds it off."

She glanced at Airwen, then turned back. "Besides, aside from me, none of you would be able to stall it that easily."

Her tone carried an air of matter-of-factness, and her crimson eyes held no emotion, as if she hadn't just been dancing with death moments ago.

Meeting everyone's gazes, Lin Guang said flatly, "Since you'd all face the same danger if you went in, and someone has to do it anyway, then why can't it be me?"

Because I could do it, so I did it.

Not doing it would have been unreasonable.

Everyone fell silent.

Tang Keren pursed her lips. "You were like this before you lost your memory, and you're still like this after. What's the difference between this and giving up on yourself, or just asking for death..."

"It has nothing to do with giving up."

Lin Guang looked at her, expression cold. "I want to become a true magical girl."

This statement made everyone's eyes turn bizarre.

What are you talking about?

Lin Guang found their stares a bit baffling, blinked involuntarily, and felt a flicker of confusion.

Wait, isn't it standard for magical girls to step up when faced with hardship?

That's how it was in all the works she'd seen before, and that's what Su Fang had said too.

Had she misunderstood?

"..."

Only Airwen's silver eyes, shimmering after her transformation, quivered faintly, her lashes trembling.

Tang Keren paused for three seconds before finally letting out a sigh that seemed half-laughing and half-frustrated. "Ugh."

"What nonsense are you spouting?"

She stepped forward, took the bandage, and began wrapping Lin Guang's other hand alongside Su Fang, her movements surprisingly gentle. "Did losing your memory mess up your brain? You're already a magical girl."

"Come on, turn your hand over."

"..."

Airwen watched Lin Guang for a moment, then turned and walked straight toward the pile of black ashes that the giant armor had become.

She bent down, unbothered by the filth, and rummaged through the dust-like debris. After a moment, she straightened up, holding an irregular, pitch-black fragment that had no luster at all.

She walked over to Su Fang and handed her the seemingly ordinary black shard. "This is our trophy."

The eyes of several girls instantly locked onto the fragment, their breaths quickening.

Even though it now looked like a lump of roadside coal, Airwen's demeanor alone made everyone guess what it was.

Su Fang extended her right hand, placed it flat in her palm, and then closed her fingers around it.

No reminder from Airwen was needed. Her body's memory and the training lessons made her react instinctively. She closed her eyes, mobilized the magic power that had just settled within her, and slowly infused it into the fragment.

"Woom—"

A miracle bloomed in that moment.

An indescribably brilliant radiance burst forth from between Su Fang's fingers.

The next second, she opened her hand again, revealing a nail-sized crystal, translucent and vitreous in texture.

It sparkled crystal-clear, shimmering with a rainbow-hued glow, exuding a sacred and warm aura, utterly out of place in this dead and gray Outer Realm.

It felt like...

returning to Kazenari Town.

"This is... the Fragment of Hope..."

Su Fang stared at her palm, utterly stunned.

The blue gem on her chest flickered, seeming to resonate with the fragment. The meaning of the title "Prophecy Maiden" had never been so vividly reflected in her mind.

The cowardice and unease that had plagued her before seemed to melt away like ice, transforming into some indescribable sense of mission.

"It really exists..."

Tang Keren also stared at the crystal with a deeply complex expression.

Eighteen years.

It had been eighteen years since anyone had brought this back from the Outer Realm.

In significance, it wasn't just a fragment; it was proof of the Prophecy Maiden's authenticity.

It was the clarion call for humanity's counterattack.

The sole token that proved this hopeless world still had salvation.

"We... did it!"

No one knew who shouted first.

The next moment, Su Fang could no longer control her emotions. She threw her arms around Lin Guang, laughing and crying at the same time.

Zihan cackled with her strange laugh, pulled the two of them close, and even yanked the nearby Tang Keren into the embrace.

"Senior Airwen!"

Su Fang lifted her head from the gap in the hug, her tear-filled eyes landing on the silver-haired girl standing a few steps away. Without hesitation, she stretched out her hand. "Come here!"

"Hm?"

Airwen seemed briefly startled, as if she hadn't expected to be invited.

Before she could react, Su Fang and Zihan had already reached out and yanked her into the warm circle.

The silver-haired girl's body seemed to stiffen for a moment, but it quickly relaxed.

She let out a soft sigh, extended her arms, and gently wrapped them around the other girls.

...

Half an hour later.

The girls, who had canceled their transformations, sat around a campfire.

By now, a small camp had appeared from nothing on the plain.

All the essential living supplies had been conjured from that leaf.

A spacious military tent, warm sleeping bags, a full set of pots and pans, barrels of purified water, and even fresh fruits, vegetables, and meat... along with a large pile of dry firewood.

That leaf was like a magic bag of holding. Tang Keren and Airwen, the two senior investigators, each held the leaf and made wishes for quite a while, conjuring a heap of items, until its luster dimmed only slightly.

A golden barrier rose, enveloping the surrounding area, dispelling the black fog, and blocking the perception of the Abyss and demon beasts.

The warmth of the campfire was preserved, bringing the girls an indescribable sense of safety.

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