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

Chapter 556 Heroes

Su Tianqing never dreamed that Garuda would capture these two people.

Hyacinth, marigold.

One is the protagonist of the classic path, handpicked by the secret code, and the other is a new candidate who is undergoing meticulous adjustment and education by this fox to carry out the magic girl truth infusion technique. Why did Garuda choose the two of them?

As she activated her flight magic to head to the Hero Association headquarters, Su Tianqing tried to think quickly, but she still couldn't figure it out by the time she landed on the rooftop.

"Clatter".

With a light touch of her toes, the girl landed gracefully, a gentle breeze wafting around her.

Meteor, who was standing at the top of the stairs not far away, waved to the approaching person.

"Hello, Miss Heart Moon Fox. And these two Miss Alices behind her."

Meteor stepped forward, shook hands with Heart Moon Fox and Alice, and gave them brief greetings.

Su Tianqing didn't think it was a bad thing for Alice to come along. After all, Alice was also a member of the villain team, so she could do whatever she wanted. Letting her witness Garuda's dream attack might even lead her to some other clues.

"Chixue already told me in the communication," Su Tianqing went straight to the point, "Hyacinth and Marigold...were they dragged into the dream world? What's their current situation?"

"They are under close care in the isolation room, and their vital signs are currently stable. Let's walk on and talk on the way."

Meteor didn't just stand there chatting on the rooftop; he quickly led the three of them to the stairwell.

Su Tianqing rarely came to the Hero Association headquarters as Xin Yuehu—after all, this was the headquarters of the righteous faction, while her role was that of the villain. How could a villainous demon king keep coming to someone else's headquarters to play? That would be too much of a problem.

But things are different now—we're all facing a common, formidable enemy, so talking about these trivial matters is pointless.

As she walked, Meteor recounted the series of events she had witnessed and heard from her perspective:

"The alarm was sounded by Iris."

Meteor said,

"At the time, she was having dinner with Hyacinth and Marigold in the restaurant. You know, they always eat in private rooms, since you magical girls have to use magic like cognitive shielding to have conversations."

"But while we were eating, Iris went out to get two dishes and some snacks and pastries. When she returned to the private room, she found the two of them sleeping on the table, and she couldn't wake them up no matter how she called them."

The meteor sighed helplessly:

"Well... thankfully, Iris reacted quickly and immediately notified Akashi and me. At the same time, she used her magic to trigger the monster alarm in the vicinity, which led to the emergency evacuation of the people in that area. Only then were we able to safely bring the two of them back to the isolation room."

After hearing Liu Xing recount the whole process, Su Tianqing's already furrowed brows tightened even more.

Today's events have almost completely overturned my imagination and analysis of Garuda, but it's pointless to talk about it now. I should go and check on Hyacinth and the other one first.

The elevator arrived at a certain floor, and Meteor led the three of them out of the elevator, raising his hand to greet the two people walking towards them.

"Commander Meteor."

"Thank you for your hard work. Has the magic monitoring equipment shown any abnormal reactions?"

"Not at the moment. Hyacinth and Marigold are in relatively stable condition, and Moira and Lancet are monitoring their condition—"

Two employees in association uniforms stood straight and saluted in front of Meteor. Then they saw three small figures following behind Meteor and were immediately shocked.

Who doesn't recognize that golden-haired fox spirit in the lead? She's the most well-known woman in the entire city of Chengdu.

The villain among villains, the biggest behind-the-scenes mastermind in Rongcheng, the most troublesome nightmare for the rotating duty officer, the biggest financial backer and ancestor of the engineering department, and a super popular and super annoying figure that the publicity department and peripheral distribution department both love and hate—Xin Yuehu!

With her around, there have been no more strange injuries or deaths in Rongcheng, the engineering department is no longer worried about not having work, and the merchandise distribution department is constantly debating whether to contact Xinyuehu to release new merchandise.

"Heart...Heart Moon Fox? Commander Meteor, what is this...?"

"These two... three, they are helpers that Chi Xue called in, no need to make a fuss. I will take over here, just let the HR department know when it's time to hand over the shift."

""yes!""

The two employees saluted again and took the opportunity to glance at Fox Girl a few more times as they hurried away. Su Tianqing could almost hear their frustrated conversation, such as, "If only we could get Fox Girl's autograph."

You have fans of this fox even within your Hero Association? Has the fox fan army quietly infiltrated the righteous faction?

Jokes aside, let's get down to business.

Following closely behind the meteor into the isolation room, what greeted my eyes was not the futuristic suspended room or various pipelines and instruments I had imagined, but rather a place with a strong sense of déjà vu:

An electronic lifting bed, an electrocardiogram monitor, an IV drip stand, an intravenous pump, a fully loaded emergency trolley, and two nurses in white coats standing at the foot of the bed listening to the nurses' handover.

Su Tianqing almost fainted on the spot—so your Hero Association's isolation room is really an isolation ward, without any science fiction elements?

"...You've arrived."

Upon hearing the door open, the two doctors in white coats turned around and looked towards the entrance.

Su Tianqing recognized the young man with gold-rimmed glasses at a glance. Even though he was wearing a mask, it couldn't hide his distinctive glasses and the look in his eyes.

The other man in the white coat had the air of a seasoned veteran: his brows were slightly furrowed, he had an old-fashioned, durable stethoscope in his pocket, three pens lined up in his breast pocket, and the black-and-gold code on his name tag clearly identified him.

S-class hero, lifetime senior physician, [Lancet] Willow Wood.

"How are they doing?" Meteor stepped forward and asked the two of them.

"Hmm... how should I put it..."

Moira picked up the conversation, and even through his mask, you could see the hesitant look on his face.

"Hyacinth and calendula are actually in very good health, just like when they are asleep. All vital signs monitored by instruments are very healthy and normal."

The golden fox peeked at the intensive care unit bed, and the two Alices, one golden and one black, also came closer, looking down at the two people lying on the bed.

...What puzzled Su Tianqing was that the two of them were still in their magical girl form, which was beyond her expectations. She had thought she would see Nan Xiaofeng and Jin Lanshuang in their original forms, but she didn't expect that the one lying on the bed was actually Fengxinzi.

"They were already like this when I found them." Iris, who had been waiting on a bench not far away, got up and walked to the bedside to explain to Heart Moon Fox, "I also found it strange at first. How could they suddenly transform in the restaurant without any warning, and then fall asleep on the table and I couldn't wake them up no matter what I did? I never expected..."

At this point, Iris looked somewhat remorseful and lowered her head.

"It's not your fault," Meteor said to Iris, "but since it has happened, we need to do everything we can to make amends so that we can salvage the situation as much as possible."

"Um……"

Iris Flower roused herself slightly, took a deep breath, buried her feelings of self-blame and worry deep in her heart, and turned to look at the crimson girl sitting on the bench with her eyes closed.

Magical girl Akashi leaned there as if taking a nap, without saying a word or making any other movements, as if she had entered some kind of strange meditative state.

"What's wrong with her?" Su Tianqing pressed.

Before Iris could answer, Akashi suddenly opened her eyes, then slammed them shut again, and shook her head violently, her long, bright red hair falling in disarray, making her look somewhat disheveled.

"Are you trying to rescue them?" Seeing Chi Xue's agitated and anxious appearance, Su Tianqing seemed to understand something and asked her with concern.

Chi Xue looked up, her eyes almost overflowing with confusion and frustration, but after recognizing that the speaker was Xin Yuehu, she breathed a sigh of relief and nodded gently.

"Yes, I wanted to rescue them like I did last time when I fished out the dandelions, but no matter what I did, I couldn't sense which 'dream' the hyacinths and marigolds were in, it was just like..."

She raised her hands with her mouth slightly open, helplessly gesturing in the air to draw a few abstract characters, then helplessly lowered them and gently shook her head.

Meteor, Moira, and the other two exchanged glances, seemingly realizing that this was not the time for superheroes to make a difference. They gathered around a nearby water dispenser, poured themselves a glass of warm water, and rested for the time being, leaving the spotlight to the magic professionals.

Chi Xue's words piqued Su Tianqing's interest, and when Chi Xue walked to the ward bed of Hyacinth and Marigold, she asked:

"Let me ask one more question: how did you locate the dream world where the dandelion was located? Did you track it directly through your mental imagery, like I did?"

"The principle is correct. But my coverage area is much smaller. How can it compare to your method of using great force to send bricks flying? If I could cover the entire city of Rongcheng with a layer of mental images, I could find their location directly."

"I was just lucky to find the dandelion last time, but when it came to the hyacinths... it was like I ran out of luck. I searched for ages and still couldn't find them."

Chi Xue said irritably, her eyes even carrying a hint of resentment.

From her, Su Tianqing was able to confirm that one of Rabbit's theoretical analyses might be correct: Garuda's illusions could indeed be tracked using the mental world as a background, at least that's what Chi Xue did.

"In that case, I'll go find Hyacinth and the other girl's location!"

With the support of Chi Xue and Alice, the golden-haired fox girl rolled up her sleeves and walked between the two intensive care beds. She reached out and grabbed the wrists of the two girls on the beds, closed her eyes, and let her magic spread around her body.

Chi Xue had wanted to say something more, but seeing how quickly the golden fox had gotten the hang of it, she fell silent.

He could only sigh to himself, "Young people are so energetic, they just do what they say they'll do," and then mutter to himself, "This magical power is ridiculously exaggerated, like a bottomless pit. Is this fox being watched by some black hole star god?"

But upon closer reflection, the black hole star gods of the astral plane don't really pay attention to people, and their magical power shouldn't be as generous as that of Heart Moon Fox.

Where does she get so much magic power? It can't be directly supplied by magic power from the distant entrance to the abyss, that would be too outrageous. Chi Xue silently shook off this bizarre thought from her mind.

A minute later, the fox girl suddenly let out a soft gasp of confusion, her fox tail stood up high, and she stared wide-eyed ahead. After a long silence, she whispered:

"wrong."

"Hyacinth and marigold, they are not in the Gate of Fox Virtue."

Chi Xue was stunned, and Alice was stunned as well.

"Not at the Gate of Virtue? Then what exactly...?"

Su Tianqing hesitated, unsure of her own feelings, and quickly turned back to check with the two of them again before saying confidently:

"Their location should be—"

"...Escape from Foxkov"