Chiyo City Inaba High School, club building.
Li Wu pushed open the old wooden door that was huddled in the corner of the first floor and looked like it would fall down at any time.
The other four people have already arrived.
Several desks were temporarily put together in the center of the room. Hori Renko sat in the main seat facing the door, with his hands folded on his chin, and the glasses he borrowed from Shiratori Mai were hanging on his face.
After seeing Li Wu come in, she raised her glasses and flashed a flash of light: "Get ready to attack, Xiao Wu."
"Did you hide No. 0 under our school?"
Li Wu took the advice from his childhood sweetheart and found a seat to sit down.
Aoi Hoshikawa, who was sitting opposite him, was doing what she often did in the classroom again, drawing messy graffiti on the scratch paper. Mai Shiratori, who was on her left, was leisurely squinting her eyes and reading a novel, forming a contrast. It was Airisa who was sitting upright on the other side. She put her hands on her uniform skirt and looked around nervously.
There's certainly a reason why they're here.
"That is, in order to cope with the resurgence of the Alkaea Empire in modern times, we will form a team to save the world. The first step is to find seven members to start the ritual of summoning the golden cat..."
Of course it's not just a reason.
Two weeks have passed since the riot caused by the Hundred Ghost Night Parade ended, and the time has come to May.
Since that incident happened in Uehara Yuichi's Night Barrier, it surprisingly didn't have much impact.
Not to mention the students attacked by monsters, even the damage caused to the building did not affect reality.
Li Wu finally cleaned up the fire he caused, only to realize that his efforts were in vain.
Similarly, ordinary people, including Shiratori Mai, quickly forget what happened. Even if someone leaves a vague impression, they will soon identify it as their own nightmare or hallucination in the drifting atmosphere.
However, those who were briefly active, some of the extraordinary groups in Class B of the first year, did establish some understanding because of this incident, but they still seemed to maintain a tacit understanding and get along with each other as ordinary classmates.
Magical Girls describe this state with the unexplained words "the reserve of the industry".
In fact, after the incident of One Hundred Ghosts at Night, Li Wu also noticed that [Phantom Thief] would greet him cheerfully when he met him, implying that he could "do great things" with him.
From time to time, you can still see the short Mr. Teraya with the word "Ninja" on his head, spying on him in the corners of the walls and on the ceiling of the corridor.
...To be honest, there are too many weirdos in the class! What about your reserve!
In addition to these minor troubles, it is also necessary to mention the victim of the incident, Masaki Uehara, and two other teammates who were absent from the decisive battle.
Uehara Masaki was still conscious when he was taken away by Izu Masaki, so he also understood how his uncle viewed him and how he murdered his parents.
Despite this, facing Uehara Yuichi who was burned to ashes by the fire of Kurigara, he must still have a complicated mood.
Uehara Yuichi also has the identity of the boss of a well-known real estate company in the surface world. His inexplicable disappearance also attracted the attention of the police. However, they were destined to not find any clues and soon gave up the pursuit due to Lilia's secret activities.
Part of his estate was inherited by his nephew, who passed it on to Li Wu with a very generous remuneration that allowed him not to consider money issues in most cases.
The serious detective girl felt very guilty for not being there to help, but the miko lady said nonchalantly, "Since it's a good ending, there's no problem, and thanks to me telling you the purpose of the Tengu Feathers, you can take some credit." .
After the incident, they returned to their daily jobs.
Finally, there are two small issues.
After the incident, Hikari still retained his memory, and his relationship with Airisa, who had shared a common experience, improved miraculously, so much so that he semi-forcefully dragged the fearful vampire into a different world survival preparation club.
Li Wu asked her seriously if she had awakened any magical powers, such as pulling out a sword that others could not pull out, suddenly going to another world to defeat the devil, being summoned by strange people, etc.
Guang's reaction was: "Xiao Wu, don't confuse games with reality."
It was especially hurtful coming from her mouth.
In short, whether he was pretending to be confused or really denying it, after confirming that she was still his childhood sweetheart, the matter could only be shelved.
Hoshikawa Aoi tried to track down the organization called the Guiyihui, but nothing came of it.
But when Li Wu asked about it, she didn't care at all: "There are so many mysterious organizations and secret societies of all sizes in the extraordinary world. If we encounter them next time, we will find a way to settle accounts with them."
Perhaps also due to the impact of the incident caused by Uehara Yuichi, the recent invasion of negative monsters in Chiyo City has become extremely rare, giving magical girls a lot of free time.
With the combination of the right time, the right place, and the right people, the members of the Different World Survival Preparation Club were finally gratified to have a club meeting with all members present!
Pah, pah, pah, pah, pah.
"...In the end, seven members boarded the Super Xingyu Tianlong, gathered the faith of the people of Mars and the people of Earth, and defeated the evil god who invaded the Galactic Federation, bringing an end to the protracted war between the Weiser Empire and UNION. pause."
Guang finished telling her story and applauded on her own initiative.
When I came back from the memories, I saw an extremely miserable scene in front of me.
The magical girl, who remained unmoved even when faced with the terrifying negative realm monster, lay on the table as weakly as a sea cucumber.
Her right hand was pressed on the scratch paper used for scribbling, and she raised it slightly so that Li Wu could see the back of the paper.
Written there in bright red ink is an accusation against his comrades who betrayed his expectations:
"Classmate Li Wu! Why didn't you interrupt her by complaining in time!"
Even Shiratori, who had a fascination with light and even established this unknown society with her, closed the novel in his hand and smiled bitterly.
"Um..." Erica raised her hand carefully, "Maybe it's because I didn't listen carefully. What about the Alkaea Empire that was about to revive at the beginning? And what happened to the golden cat in the end?"
"That's just the prologue."
Hikaru said matter-of-factly.
"Eh?"
"The Alkaea Empire already happened 2,549 years ago in the Universe Era. The golden cat also died in the first battle, and his body became the first pot of gold for the members."
"Eh eh eh?"
This kind of development was still too early for the vampire, and she started to repeat the modal words meaninglessly as if her computer was down.
"By the way, considering the rationality, the protagonists who appear later are actually clones of the seven members of the first generation, because they can't live that long."
"Who would accept such inexplicable rationality!"
Li Wu seized the opportunity to end the rampaging light in time.
This is all the fault of looking back.
