"Screwdriver."

"Screws."

"Wrench...... No, don't use this, give me that cold cup of green tea. ”

Lu Liangxiang dipped in tea, painted geometric patterns on the table, and a number of Halloween props such as the freshly put away pumpkin head mask were staggered around her work, and the dark space created by the curtains seemed like the sacrifice site of some kind of mysterious religion.

That is, if you ignore the neon strings she just laid on the ground.

Li Wu originally thought that the magical girl who claimed to report to the countermeasures bureau half a month ago should return to support with thousands of troops and horses when she reappeared at this time, and no matter how bad it was, she would take them to step into a stronghold similar to the base of the ninth section of the public security, but she turned their club room into the Far East Magic Day and Sleep Association on the spot like a door-to-door mechanic.

also squeezed the space of the original members for this reason and drove everyone into a corner.

"Are you going to set up some kind of ritual magic?"

Hoshikawa Aoi, who is also a member of the magical girl, saw the clue, and the other party raised his index finger and shushed and turned on the light source switch of the string light.

"Halloween, the precursor to the Salvin festival in which the Celts believed that the dead would return to the world and the souls of the living would wander the land, and with this connection, I would like to remotely summon the people and images that I want to meet you - by the way, these light bulbs are used instead of candles."

The blue glow of the fluorescent lamp weaves into a complex pattern like a circuit, reflecting several light screens on the magic array drawn by the tea.

This hand adapts to local conditions, and the magic with both earthy flavor and fashionable value is really amazing, Li Wu hesitated, but still asked politely: "Can't you video?" ”

Lu Liangxiang was choked: "You should praise my magic at this time!" ”

"Well, it looks very powerful, will Hoshikawa too?"

“…… The power and accuracy of my magic cannon are the first among the new generation of magical girls. ”

When Aoi Hoshikawa, who was suddenly named, had a hard mouth, a picture appeared on a light screen, and five people in the corner crowded over to watch.

In the background is a corridor with a smooth floor like a mirror, with numbered rooms on one side and a dark space without light outside the transparent drag window on the other side, where a faint blue figure can be glimpsed.

"This is space?"

Li Wu reacted.

"The Messier Astronomy Crew (MAC Team), an association of magicians and superpowers, some of the farsighted, astronomy, aviation, or stargazing enthusiasts."

Lu Liangxiang explained surrounded by everyone, "Not long ago, their stronghold in low earth orbit was attacked, and all the members stationed in it were wiped out, and what we see now is the last echo transmitted by one of the psychic abilities before his soul flew away. ”

The end of the calm hallway was swallowed up by a sudden burst of flames, and the person they were looking for stepped out of it calmly, their ankle-length hair falling like a cloak behind him.

Lilith's appearance hadn't changed much from the last time, and Li Wu regretted to find that she had recovered from a near-halved state to a seemingly unharmed posture.

The intact part of the corridor moved away like a living thing, and various colors of magic brilliance and weapons rose up, considering that the main perspective is a psychic superpower, I am afraid that he has already taken action.

However, regardless of whether it is visible or invisible, scientific magic, all the attacks flow through the opponent's body like a phantom, only further aggravating the destruction of the MAC stronghold.

Then, the leader of the Unification Society snapped his fingers.

Before the roar can be transmitted through the screen into the room, the image goes dark.

"As the only person in the room who has ever fought her, is there anything wrong with you?"

Lu Liangxiang looked at Li Wu.

"The attack of the attacked party completely ignored her."

Li Wu recalled his own battle, and although Lilith at that time might have taken these attacks with ease, she would at least show the process of defense, rather than completely ignoring them as if she was not in the same world.

"That's the first thing I'm going to say."

The red-haired magical girl said apologetically, "I'm afraid I won't be able to help you - I should say that there will be no one in this world who can help you anymore, but you will have to rely on you to defeat her." ”

Mai Shiratori's gaze moved away from the screen that turned black: "What does that mean?" ”

"Before, when Xiao Aoi described the events caused before the Guiyi Meeting, she mentioned 'like acting as a villain', right?"

She explained, "I went back and asked a lot of people about the first step of Lilith's plan, which was verified in the attack that I had just shown to everyone. ”

According to her, what the world consciousness expects is to guide Li to get involved in various events step by step, become stronger after defeating the enemy, and finally kill most of the supernatural creatures, so as to reduce the pressure on the operation of the principle of the world.

When she said this, Lu Liangxiang paused for a moment and observed the faces of the other people in the room, "We believe that the first step of the other party's plan is to cooperate with this script and take the initiative to play the role of the ultimate villain." ”

"When I was fighting with me, she also mentioned the saying that 'Lilith actively intervened in the script of the world'."

Hikari added thoughtfully.

"In addition to the protagonist group, the final boss is often the one who lives the longest, and there may not even be no possibility of counter-killing - this is Lilith's purpose, her mastery of the principles of the world is probably higher than any of us, in order to achieve the current effect by playing this role, and achieve the 'invincible mode' before you go to defeat her."

Li Wu remembered what she had said to herself a long time ago, when she first met Hoshikawa Aoi.

“…… Just like fictional works with different worldviews, the story dominated by vampires and werewolves tells the story of a magical girl fighting against otherworldly monsters, and the story of a witch subduing demons and monsters...... Most of the time they don't interfere with each other, and occasionally they intersect. ”

"That's pretty much it."

Lu Liangxiang nodded in agreement, "Now, this is the story of you and her, and the others have lost the qualification to be involved in it, just like an action movie always has to be solved by hand-to-hand combat between the positive and negative sides in the end, and no matter how many stray bullets from the supporting characters are, they can't hit the protagonist or villain before the ending." ”

"That's too much cheating."

Arisa whispered.

"That is, we can only end her by being in trouble all the time."

Li Wu summed it up with his own understanding.

"That's right, as for what she's going to do after that, it's only guessing, but we've probably found the place where she's going to carry out her plan."

The light screen changed again, reflecting a string of rocks and ice crystals floating in the dark void.

Immediately afterward, the void that served as the background board suddenly wriggled, and the substance that was still there just now disappeared in the blink of an eye like a handful of fish food sprinkled into the fish tank.

Light closes the distance as if it were approaching a TV screen: "Is that alive?" ”

An orange-yellow crack cracked open from top to bottom in the darkness, startling her.

The crack expands laterally and takes on a spherical appearance.

Several people present realized what it was.

The dark thing that had been thought to be in the background opened its eyes and stared at them.

Like a thorn growing on flat ground, its body emerges in dense bulges, dancing wildly between the rocks and ice.

"Negative Monster ......"

Hoshikawa Aoi whispered the name of this thing, "But it's too big!" ”

"Indeed, larger than all the individuals we've witnessed in the past. Lilith went to attack MAC probably to avoid the extraordinary group who could realize that something was wrong from discovering this guy, but this could only be delayed for a while, and eventually someone noticed the anomaly in this place. ”

Lu Liangxiang pointed out the location shown on the screen, "The Kuiper belt is thirty astronomical units away from the earth, and there is an optical phenomenon similar to that of another space in the body of this negative realm monster. ”

She was pointing to a white spot that was insignificant compared to the other's body, just below the orange-yellow pupil.

"It's a lot farther than the moon."

Mai Shiratori, who has been to the moon herself, estimated it and came up with a distance difference of more than 100,000 times, "which is unimaginably difficult to even ...... in the past"

Lu Liangxiang looked at her and didn't speak, and she gradually reacted herself.

How did Lilith get to that place?

"What am I capable of? No, no, no, it can't be done. ”

She waved her hand in a panic.

"Maybe I can go over on my own."

When he saw where the enemy was, Li Wu had already given up the idea of taking them with him.

Although he had only wielded the power of the mechanical séance given by the [Demon King] once, he had already experienced the destructive power that could almost directly cut through the world itself.

If you exercise for a while, it is probably feasible to cut out the rift in the space and walk directly through it, as long as you don't fall into some other world.

He thought optimistically.

The real clothes whose ideas were agreed with turned his head a little unhappily.

"If you can do it...... I still want to help. ”

"With our help, we can do it."

Another voice abruptly interjected at this moment.

In addition to the light screen that was just shown to them, the rest of the light screens also lit up with different images at the moment.

Lilia Moriarty of the Ninth Section of Public Security occupies one of them, and she is the one who speaks.

In addition, the shrine alliance of Shirakawa Imato, whom I met last time in Kyoto, was also in another light screen, and there were several figures that Li Wu had never seen before.

He realized that this was the person Lu Liangxiang wanted to see them.

"Didn't you just say you couldn't help?"

After greeting acquaintances, Li Wu asked what the other party had just said.

"As long as it's not directly hostile, it's no problem to help improve your own strength."

Lilia on the other end of the screen looked at Lu Liangxiang, and she cooperatively pulled out a tape from her arms.

"After the events of Project Anthem, we found the research materials carried out by the Unification Society when we cleaned up the mess, and analyzed them with the cooperation of the remnants of Nero."

The detective girl turned the chair under her seat and let go of the figure that was blocked by herself, "Originally, nothing went until one day I stumbled upon a group of by-products of experiments in the research institute. ”

The zombie Akamatsu Goro stood behind her with some restraint.

"Did you take over the experiments of the Unification Society?"

"Nope."

In response to his question, the zombie who knew him during the Song incident waved his hand in a panic, "We are willing to cooperate, and this is also to clear some of the sins of the past. ”

"As a result, it is a pseudo-chant audio that is harmless to ordinary people and can temporarily enhance superpowers."

Lilia took over, "Although there is no way to reproduce it so far, the finished product can only be used once. ”

Lu Liangxiang put the tape in his hand on the table.

"The shrine federation will also provide support as much as possible."

The bald-headed priest let out a low voice, and Miss Miko, who had just been covered by his massive body, poked her head out from behind.

"Several occult societies from all over the world have also made requests for support after communicating with us, although only in terms of props or knowledge."

The red-haired magical girl introduced the strange figures one by one, and finally added, "I suggest that you finally face the enemy and act together as before, they don't want to sit back and let you go alone, right?" ”

"Even if he doesn't want to, I'll follow, I missed the opportunity to go to the moon last time, don't want to get rid of me this time."

Hoshikawa Aoi held her right wrist hard and looked at Li Wu.

"I'm going to fight the other self, it's between the two of us."

"I'll follow, too."

Shiratori Mao, who didn't speak, picked up the tape on the table and showed his attitude with his movements.

"As you can see, I don't seem to have the right to object......"

Li Wu responded to the other party's suggestion, and then asked cautiously, "Although you may not ask, what is the reason why you are willing to help?" ”

Aside from the fact that they have formed a relationship of trust with each other, for these transcendent organizations, Lilith is now more like a party acting for the sake of justice.

If he wins the battle, perhaps the world will continue to crumble, or he will swing a butcher's knife at his companion as Lilith had predicted.

"Ah, it's a possibility."

Lu Liangxiang nodded matter-of-factly, "But even if the right process doesn't necessarily lead to the right result, we can only judge who is more credible from the process." ”

"I believe that whichever of you wins, it will have a huge impact on the world. And compared to the Unity Society, which caused one disaster after another, everyone present chose to bet their chips on your side. ”

The magical girl winked in a playful manner that was not appropriate for her age, and pointed at Lilia and the others, "To use the metaphor just now, this is the cumulative result of your own story. ”

"Because the Nine Lessons are still basically an organization that claims to stand on the side of justice."

Lilia didn't care about hacking herself to her workplace.

"It's a reward for your help in Kyoto."

Shirakawa bowed slightly.

Get caught up in bizarre supernatural events, fight enemies, and end up with teammates on your side, just like in an RPG game.

"What's more, the other party's purpose of going to such great lengths of effort is not just to kill you, she is the first to realize the threat facing the world, and she must have prepared measures to deal with it."

The magical girl of the strategy bureau concluded, "Defeat Lilith and ask for that method." ”

"—Finally save the world!"

(End of chapter)