"What is the most important thing for a Magical Girl?"
The girl suddenly asked a question.
Keke struggled to stand up, looking at the girl with a cold expression, cautiously answered, "It's faith, a heart that never gives up hope at any time, that is the source of a Magical Girl's miracles."
"Why not transform?"
The tone wasn't particularly harsh; it was somewhat casual and indifferent, but Jiang Keke felt immense pressure as if she were a poor student being called out by the teacher in class.
She could only stammer, "I, I can't transform..."
She had tried countless times, but never succeeded.
Ever since she got the Seed, she had made efforts to learn about Magical Girl-related knowledge.
No Magical Girl had encountered a situation like hers; all Magical Girls transform automatically after receiving their Seed, and then a Companion Spirit helps them, providing the most basic knowledge of being a Magical Girl.
And help them win against the Disaster Beast in front of them.
"The Seed is empty."
Opening her palm, showing the Seed to the purple Magical Girl, she noticed that the other seemed slightly surprised too.
She immediately felt a sense of relief.
It seemed it wasn't that she was too stupid, the Seed was empty, indeed there was nothing she could do...
The knocked down Disaster Beast rose up again.
Keke looked up, watching the Disaster Beast in the sky let out another sharp wail.
However, the purple Magical Girl didn't even turn her head, just stared at her Seed.
Urging her, "Transform."
"I told you, I can't..."
"Transform."
This time the tone carried a few degrees of severity, leaving no room for argument.
The ominous aura rose from the Disaster Beast above, rushing down.
"The Disaster Beast is coming!"
"Transform!"
The relentless urging made Jiang Keke finally give up resisting, and she closed her eyes, clutching her Magic Seed tight.
Shouting loudly, "Transform!"
Purple flames surged forth in an instant!
The scorching flames made Jiang Keke think she was going to die, but she quickly realized it wasn't hot at all.
In fact, it was very warm, the flames wrapped around her whole body, clearly feeling the sensation against her skin, it was a smoothness similar to silk, when this smooth silk feeling enveloped her entire body, she finally felt a tremendous power.
A burning Magic Wand fell into her hand, the fiery red skirt swaying like a wave of flames.
She looked blankly at the scalding Magic Wand in her hand, the entire wand clear and crystalline, with joyful flames inside.
The restless power made her somewhat uneasy.
Then she looked up to find that the descending Disaster Beast hadn't crashed down.
The purple Magical Girl didn't even turn her head, just slightly turned her body and stretched out her hand.
Layer upon layer of petals piled up in her hand, forcibly stopping the falling massive Disaster Beast.
The girl who completely disregarded the Disaster Beast only looked at the transformed Jiang Keke, and in her cold gaze, there seemed to be a hint of relief.
But she still let out a light hum, her tone still cold and hard, "Isn't this done well?"
Although the tone seemed a bit unkind, Jiang Keke felt happy for being praised by her.
Even slightly breathed a sigh of relief.
As if fearing from the bottom of her heart that she would disappoint her.
"Thanks to you, senior..."
The other was too short, probably even shorter than herself, not noticeable even among elementary students.
Calling her senior felt awkward, but she didn't know what else to call her.
"Where's your Companion Spirit? Or the Hatcher?"
"Eh? Huh?" Jiang Keke patted herself, "No, not here."
Every Magical Girl is supposed to be accompanied by a Hatcher at their birth, but Jiang Keke only realized after being reminded that no Hatcher had appeared after her transformation.
"Never mind, it's okay if you don't have one."
The Disaster Beast opened its massive mouth, sharp teeth mixed with saliva, biting ferociously at the purple Magic Barrier in her hand.
"I'll teach you."
At the moment the purple Magic Barrier shattered, small lights like sparks flew out, the girl welcomed the falling magic stardust, her back foot stomped on the ground, and as if thunder roared, the purple magic power burst forth from under her feet, almost completely covering the rooftop of the school!
"Focus your Magic Power."
Then with a swift turn, her whole body tensed like a bow, her purple hair dancing in the air, as if turning into a leaping flame.
The disaster beast roared as it plummeted down, like an unstoppable meteor!
It collided with an apparently soft and slow elbow strike.
"Boom!"
At the moment of contact, the disaster beast was sent flying like a cannonball!
After crashing into the dormitory building opposite, the purple magic power erupted, the shockwave raising a huge dust cloud, even Jiang Keke, standing behind the purple magical girl, staggered and almost fell.
"And then unleash it in one breath."
The magic power slowly dissipated from her body, the cold magical girl turned her head, looking at the dumbfounded newcomer, "This is magic, the power of magical girls."
"What kind of magic is this?"
"Magic Eighth Level Collapse."
Jiang Keke was somewhat confused; she couldn't see how that was magic just now.
But since the senior said so, there must be a reason, right?
Surely she wouldn't deceive herself.
The disaster beast in the distance, smashed into the dormitory by the Magic Eighth Level Collapse, still had viciousness in its eyes. Even with a hole in its body, and the remaining purple magic power restraining it, it showed no fear of pain.
It still emitted an ear-piercing screech, trying to charge forward.
"Any creature will feel pain and fear, but disaster beasts are different. They lack the sense of pain and don't know fear."
The petite senior spoke with a cold voice, but with patience, "So keep attacking until they are completely destroyed, without any luck or mercy. Just like I did earlier, give it the final blow."
"Yes, teacher."
"...Just call me Zi Yuan."
"Okay, Teacher Zi Yuan."
"Never mind."
Jiang Keke closed her eyes, took a deep breath, focused her mind, and felt the surging magic power within the magic wand.
As her consciousness connected with the magic wand, the previously agitated magic power obediently followed her command.
She aimed the magic wand at the struggling disaster beast and released all the magic power in one go.
A crimson beam of light surged from the magic wand like a torrent, roaring as it engulfed the bat disaster beast!
Jiang Keke dared not relax, only pouring magic power continuously, until Zi Yuan placed her hand on her magic wand, halting her magic power, "You did well, relax, ease up."
Instantly exhausted, Jiang Keke collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.
Looking up, the entire upper half of the dormitory building was gone, and the bat disaster beast was nowhere in sight.
Only a pitch-black seed remained.
The Seed of Sorrow, the necessary cause of disaster beasts, formed from the gathered sighs of everyone, the seed sprouts and grows, transforming into a disaster beast.
For magical girls, it's considered a toxic substance, normally destroyed directly.
Yet Jiang Keke saw Zi Yuan take out what seemed like a badge, absorbing the Seed of Sorrow into it.
She had never seen a magical girl collecting a Seed of Sorrow before.
"This is the basic procedure, generally speaking, disaster beasts only appear alone, if you encounter a disaster beast, just use all your strength to destroy it. But your magic power is quite outstanding; once you're sure it's eliminated, there's no need to continue expending magic power."
Having supplemented with this sentence, she took off without any pause, "Let's call it a day, I have other matters to attend to."
"Teacher Zi Yuan, I still don't know how to contact you, Teacher Zi Yuan!"
Jiang Keke ran a few steps, already somewhat out of breath.
She found herself unable to fly, only watching as the charming silhouette quickly disappeared.
Staring blankly at the disappearing figure of the purple magical girl, she felt an emptiness in her heart for a moment.
The students and teachers who were knocked unconscious by the disaster beast gradually regained consciousness, and for safety, the security personnel still insisted on evacuating the students and teachers from the school in an orderly fashion.
Someone called out to her, Jiang Keke looked down and saw it was her homeroom teacher.
Feeling dejected as she prepared to go downstairs, she saw a pink beam of light cutting through the sky from afar.
Quickly landing on top of the dormitory building, yet another magical girl.
She seemed to be searching for the disaster beast, and not finding it, she flew again, her gaze finally landing on Jiang Keke, letting out a surprised "Oh" before descending.
"A new magical girl?"
The speaker was a pink magical girl, her pretty pink hair tied into twin tails with a blue butterfly ribbon, lightly hopping upon landing, the bow-tied butterfly wings twitching along.
Her cute face still had traces of blood, and she even coughed a little as she landed, appearing injured.
Slightly tilting her head, her pink eyes curiously examined Jiang Keke, with a touch of maturity.
"Hello, I am Yin Lian, Magic Girl Combat Team Captain of Beihai City, and Magic Girl number 0721 of the Disaster Strategy Bureau. I am here to conduct an inquiry and investigation on the disaster beast anomaly related to you and the campus, can you cooperate?"
Her voice was as precise as a laboratory dropper, the volume neither too high nor too low, clear and bright, each syllable crisp and accurate, unstirred by extraneous ripples, resembling the sound of precise gears meshing and operating.
More military-like than a magical girl.