"At this late hour, the only people who would be out and about should be Magical Girls. But... who could it be? In my memory, this plot point shouldn't be happening."
Releasing her senses, she quickly detected someone approaching from the right at an extremely fast speed.
"This speed confirms that the opponent is a Magical Girl, but this speed is not something an ordinary Magical Girl can achieve. Which means... the opponent is a relatively powerful Magical Girl?"
"A Magical Girl capable of this speed either has a special ability that allows her to move at high speed. It seems my aura just now was sensed by the other party, so she's coming to investigate the situation." Stroking her smooth chin, Yoshinon began to guess the other party's intention for coming here. "It can't be to kill us, can it? We haven't done anything to harm the world, and we're not witches, so this person shouldn't be here to cause trouble."
'Someone's coming. This feeling, the other party is definitely a Magical Girl. gaia and the others didn't tell me that a Transmigrator would come to this world, but this smell... Although it's too far to smell clearly, it's the smell of blood.' Yoshino, deep in thought, suddenly caught a whiff of a sweet, metallic scent that caught her attention. 'This person... she just killed someone. Is the reason she's rushing here because we're people with special abilities, and she wants to kill us?'
"Swish! Swish!" Soon after, the other party arrived, but Yoshinon didn't even have time to greet them when two cold rays of light flashed, accompanied by a cold wind, sweeping towards Yoshinon's neck.
'Fatal attack. I didn't feel any hostility, but they want to kill me?' Staring blankly at the incoming attack, Yoshinon hadn't felt any hostility from the other party before, so she hadn't prepared any defenses. She could only watch as the attack slowly approached her.
"Clang!" A metallic clang rang out as Yoshino used Siryon to reinforce her hands, blocking the attack. At this distance, Yoshino could clearly see the other party's face: a short-haired girl with a very strange smile.
This smile was as innocent as a child's, yet as devoid of reason as a madman's. If one were to describe this smile with a character, it would be Flandre from Gensokyo, the legendary Second Young Lady's innocent, yet devilish, smile without any malice.
"!?" Her hands, armored with ice, continuously clashed with the opponent's weapon. The opponent's weapon was a pair of steel claws; even though Yoshino's hands were ice, metallic sparks could be seen. The opponent's strength surprised Yoshino; under the world's limitations, she couldn't use the exaggerated magic she possessed in the Magical World.
Although every different world has the ability to contend with other worlds, that is the power possessed by the world's consciousness. Each world has a different intensity; if it exceeds this amount for too long or too much, the world's consciousness will appear to expel this harmful factor, forcibly expelling the other party from that world or destroying them.
However, with the protection of gaia and alaya, Yoshino didn't have to worry about this problem, she was just forcibly prevented from using abilities of too high a specification. But now, the opponent's strength could actually make her waver slightly, which made Yoshino's pupils contract for a moment, and then she created an ice cone behind the opponent to launch a sneak attack.
"Swish!" The opponent's speed suddenly increased again. Although Yoshino's sneak attack wasn't meant to kill her, but to restrict her movements, the opponent was able to dodge Yoshino's sudden attack in less than a second, which made her a little curious.
"Yoshino, I'll be your brain!" Yoshinon, who had been standing behind her, transformed back into a hand puppet and returned to Yoshino's hand. "This guy's speed increased a lot in an instant, and that's also why her attacks became stronger and more powerful."
"Hmm, I felt it. Her ability should be to slow down all actions of targets other than herself, which is also why she suddenly appeared in front of you and attacked you just now." Looking at the opponent who still maintained that devilish smile without malice, Yoshino's eyes began to glow with a faint blue light. "Among those who fit this description, in my memory, there's no one else but her. Am I wrong? Kikura."
"Ah~ How interesting~ I didn't even tell you my name, yet you immediately knew it. Since you even guessed my ability, ah~ I hate it, it feels like I'm completely exposed. Hmm! Hmm! Hmm! That's right, my name is Kikura. Nanan~ Do you want to guess Jilixiang's age or hobbies? If you answer correctly, maybe I'll reward you, cute Little Sister."
Still with that strange smile, Kikura spoke like a curious child. If it weren't for the steel claws on her arms, and if the opponent hadn't just tried to kill Yoshinon, she wouldn't have believed that this girl was such a dangerous individual.
"Eh~ Not guessing? That's such a pity." Yoshino's silence made Kikura's expression visibly disappointed, but the next moment, it reverted to her strange smile. Although many people say that girls are fickle, this speed of changing from clear to cloudy, and cloudy to clear, was simply too fast! In just an instant, she went from a happy, bright smile to disappointment, and then from disappointment back to her original happiness. Such an unstable personality undoubtedly made her a dangerous existence.
"If you don't guess, then Jilixiang will guess." While speaking, Jilixiang attacked Yoshino again. She lunged forward, her steel claws sweeping horizontally from right to left towards Yoshino's waist. The attack trajectory was easy to see, and under Konoe Eishun's guidance, she had already learned how to predict enemy attack trajectories. This was also why she didn't show panic when her abilities were restricted.
Evangeline had told her not to worry when she couldn't use magic, because the human body itself was a weapon. Without magic, the martial arts she had specialized in for many years at Mahora Academy had already reached an adult level, and she was very strong even without using magic. Under Evangeline's guidance, her close combat ability had significantly improved; before, she had used the chaotic attack style of that muscle-bound tumbler, but now she had learned how to better utilize her petite figure to fight.
"You're not an ordinary person. Although you don't have a soul gem and don't look like a Magical Girl, you definitely have some special ability, right? And you look exactly like a certain girl Jilixiang needs to deal with." The attacks were fast, and it felt as if a heavy stone was pressing down on her, her feet sinking into a muddy swamp. Was this feeling the opponent's full-scale deceleration ability?
"Nanan~ Are you the variable outside of fate?" Kikura's lifeless pupils radiated intense killing intent, causing Yoshino's movements to pause slightly. "Sky-blue hair, a comical hand puppet, and the power of ice. Indeed, you are the variable outside of fate that Orikko spent so much effort to predict. Now... please allow me to kill you."
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