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

Chapter 159 The Vanished Iris

In the pitch-black bedroom.

The melodious opening theme of Magical Girl filled the room, and a call notification lit up on a cell phone screen, but no one answered the phone.

"Hello, the number you dialed is temporarily unavailable. Please leave a message."

"...Hello, is this Miss Iris?"

A woman's voice came from the other end of the phone, but it was a little distant and hard to hear.

"We understand your situation, and the Hero Association has decided not to pursue the matter further. I sincerely hope you can recover as soon as possible."

"Regarding the letter you submitted today... the association's human resources department respects your opinion, but please give it more consideration. We will reply to you a week later."

The call was aborted, and the screen displayed that the recording was saved.

After a long silence, a rustling sound came from the bed in the bedroom.

The girl, who had covered her head with the blanket, sat up from the headboard. Her hair was disheveled, her eyes were lifeless, and she stared blankly at the gradually dimming phone screen.

There are also more than a dozen saved call recordings on the screen.

Hua Ling paid no attention to what was being said, silently crawling back into bed and continuing to cover her head with the blanket.

The air conditioner was on in the bedroom, but the girl still felt a bone-chilling cold.

"—You, no one can protect you."

In a daze, the girl seemed to hear that mocking laughter again.

Hua Ling curled up in a ball, staring blankly at the darkness inside the blankets.

……

It's 8 PM now.

At the entrance of the southwestern forest park in Chengdu, a giant, strange-looking figure is obediently lying on the street with its eyes closed, seemingly resting.

In a nearby milk tea shop, the staff were snapping photos of the strange man with their phones, and some were even trying to take selfies with the golden figure in the distance, but they couldn't get the photos to look good.

"...It's a bit boring."

The golden fox muttered to itself, taking small sips of the pearl milk tea that the fox-fur shop employee had given it to it.

Hellcat sat silently beside Heartmoon Fox, gazing at the crab monster dozing on the ground not far away, and couldn't help but yawn as well.

"Meow—"

"...Is the kitty sleepy? How about we call it a day?"

"A little. Fox, you can wait a bit longer if you want to play a little longer."

"I am finding it a little boring, but..."

Su Tianqing tilted her head and glanced at the milk tea shop not far away, then smiled and waved to the staff.

I arrived thirty minutes ago.

The strange man was summoned on the spot, deep within the forest park.

However, after waiting for a long time without seeing the iris, the three of them—cat, fox, and rabbit—stood for twenty minutes without seeing anyone, so they had no choice but to go to a milk tea shop outside the park to buy some drinks.

Su Tianqing still remembers the scene of buying milk tea back then—

"Hello, two cups of bubble tea and one cup of thick milk tea, both warm."

"Eh? You are... Heart Moon Fox?"

Yes.

"No need to pay! I'm your fan, Fox! This drink is on me!"

"Oh...that's so embarrassing."

"It's alright, the boss isn't here today anyway, so let's just count it as a loss from the weirdo attack."

And so, the villains each received a warm cup of milk tea and sat side by side on a bench by the street, waiting listlessly.

Logically, Iris should have shown up today to stop the monster's attack.

But she showed no sign of showing herself at all, and the three heroes who came to stop her were playing cards not far away.

Leading the group was a blond, muscular man. Su Tianqing remembered him; he was the S-class hero, [Iron] Frank.

Then came the familiar Meteor and Qiyun. The three of them completely ignored the bored magical girls and sat there playing cards by themselves.

"...Hey! Uncle Frank!" Su Tianqing shouted.

"Don't call me 'uncle'! I'm only in my early thirties, okay!"

"Isn't he already an old man?" Nan Jiayu added with a sarcastic remark.

Frank was about to retort when he was suddenly glared at by Qi Yun across the table, so he had no choice but to obediently sit back down and continue playing cards.

The three were there to monitor the three villainous magical girls, Kokoro and Kokoro.

However, since Fox had no intention of fighting the heroes, and the three heroes were helpless against the astral magic, the two sides had no choice but to remain in their own corners.

"Alright! It seems Miss Iris isn't showing up today, so let's call it a day."

Su Tianqing stood up, stretched, and said.

Cheshire Rabbit, who was sitting next to them drinking milk tea, also stood up, glanced timidly at the three heroes looking in their direction from not far away, and shrank back.

"Hmm? Are you leaving?"

"Iron," Frank said, turning around.

"Yes, Fox, I came to visit Miss Iris, but why didn't she come today? Do you know why, Uncle?"

"How could I possibly know?"

"I see... Anyway, goodbye~"

After saying that, the golden-haired fox grabbed her wand and waved it casually. The crab monster was put back into the monster capsule and disappeared. The three of them also disappeared quietly under the effect of the teleportation magic.

At the entrance of the forest park, only the wailing milk tea shop staff and the three heroes remained silent.

"...Iris, how is she?"

Qi Yun put down the playing cards in her hand and asked Liu Xing.

The girl shook her head.

"She didn't answer my calls. I heard that even stargazers can't get into her bedroom. I don't know what's going on with her now."

"Sigh... I hope that child recovers quickly, after all..."

The three fell silent again, and none of them said anything more.

……

later.

Su Tianqing sat at home, sipping a glass of milk.

On the phone screen, a new video from Magical Girl Fox Official—"The Complete Mystery of Miss Hyacinth Under Control"—is playing. It's rich in content, has a huge number of comments, and is expected to be a strong contender for a popular video at the end of the year.

But the friend message that popped up on WeChat made Su Tianqing switch to it immediately.

My friend: Little Fish.

"Tianqing, get some rest tonight. I'll explain everything to you in detail tomorrow!"

Add a cat-bowing emoji.

Hmph~ The cat's feeling guilty. The wicked fox thought to itself with a wicked grin.

"Okay, then it's set for tomorrow."

I have an idea in my mind.

Su Tianqing felt she didn't want to hide the truth from Xiaoyu for too long.

If possible, just tease her a little and see her interesting reaction. If I keep using both identities to put guilt on the cat, won't I become a complete scumbag fox?

Moreover, if this matter causes Xiaoyu pain, it is something I, the fox, do not wish to see.

This fox loves pure love! Sweet pure love! Youthful sadness and heartache are all out of the question!

But Xiaoyu's reaction is truly hilarious. Before fully embracing the fox-cat romance, let's appreciate her adorable blushing reaction a bit more!

Thinking of this, Su Tianqing couldn't help but drink a few more sips of milk.

In short, let's check the secret manual quest now, then go take a shower and go to bed.

Before she could finish talking to herself, a surge of magical energy came from her. Su Tianqing immediately stopped reaching for the secret manual and turned to look out the window.

Soon, a white shadow appeared outside the window, staring at him through the window before hurriedly flying in.

"The sky is clear! Something terrible has happened!"

"Bai Ling?...What happened?"

Su Tianqing was stunned for a few seconds, not understanding why this stargazer would suddenly fly over to her location.

Her respectable identity doesn't belong to her, so why would she want this stargazer...?

"This is terrible! It's very bad!"

The white sable spirit, panting heavily, said anxiously:

"Iris...Iris...she submitted her resignation to the Hero Association...she doesn't want to be a magical girl anymore!"