dmims Chapter 243 Aquamarine's Daily Life
Chapter 243 Aquamarine's Daily Life
The piercing sirens blared throughout the streets of the port city.
Hero Association vehicles crisscrossed the streets, and almost all streets were under emergency control. Residents were also warned not to go out, but people seemed used to it and even started scrolling through their phones to watch the excitement.
The azure-blue magical girl flew slowly through the air, her eyes fixed on the car speeding across the overpass.
Magical girl Aquamarine, along with her two companions, are carrying out the Hero Association's daily work—arresting criminals.
This is the work that the Aquamarine Squad does most often in the port city.
Because of the magical girl Inari's past activities, she set up powerful magical barriers throughout the port city to protect the astral magic from excessive contamination, almost eliminating the possibility of powerful monsters emerging in the port city.
This effectively reduced the strength of the Port City Monster, which the Aquamarine Squad could usually handle alone, and directly led to her carelessness when she was attacked at Disneyland.
But precisely because of this, another troublesome problem has emerged in the port city:
Astral magic is not hindered in the mortal world by anything other than magic. If you use a barrier to prevent it from attaching to beasts or objects that can produce monsters, it will always find a place to go.
It is unclear when it began, but a series of urban legends about the "Harvest Magic" began to circulate in the port city. The most famous of these is the rumor that "Guardian Stars are randomly generated in various parts of the port city."
As a magical girl, Aquamarine is well aware of the truth of this urban legend.
—It's true!
"The magic had nowhere to go and could not dissipate naturally. As it accumulated, it would inevitably lead to unpredictable consequences. Therefore, before retiring, Inari released a harvest magic to concentrate all the magic collected by the barrier."
"That is... to create an artificial guardian star."
"These Guardian Stars will be randomly scattered throughout the port city. Although the Hero Association is trying to collect these scattered Guardian Stars, they will still be picked up by talented girls guided by the stars, thus becoming villainous magical girls."
"That's why Hong Kong produces so many villains."
Hailan Stone recalled the team's analysis of the Harvest Magic from long ago, and could only sigh helplessly. She pulled a large magical megaphone from under her skirt and shouted at the speeding car on the overpass:
"Listen up, vehicles below! I am Magical Girl Aquamarine. The Hero Association has located you. Stop immediately and surrender, or we reserve the right to use force!"
The car didn't stop; instead, a handgun was sticking out from the passenger seat and fired several shots randomly into the air.
Aquamarine silently reached out, and her magical shield easily blocked the bullet of a 9mm pistol.
"Ugh... this is so troublesome..." Aquamarine sighed helplessly.
"It's always the same. We've caught up to them right in front of us, so why do they always insist on running away?"
Her crimson-clad magical girl companion also wore a helpless expression and spoke to Aquamarine.
The magical girl [Red Zircon] was leisurely following behind her captain, yawning and looking sleepy.
"Perhaps the Guardian Stars they found this time are of high quality, but I still don't understand. Aren't Guardian Stars plentiful in Little Quartz? Why would they attract so many smugglers to come and resell them?"
The light green magical girl, who was also hitching a ride behind, spoke to the red zircon beside her.
Magical Girl [Olivine]
Only three members of the Aquamarine Squad have arrived so far. One of them, who has very poor mobility and is not suitable for chases, has been placed on a distant rooftop to snipe, but it seems he has already gone home to rest.
The three looked down at the car on the overpass that had turned into the underground tunnel in an attempt to shake them off, sighed, activated their respective flying spells, and followed closely behind.
—The mysterious daily routine of the port city squad: arresting smugglers.
As the port city is a bustling free trade port, smuggling is naturally rampant. In addition, the port city is rich in wild Guardian Stars, so smugglers have set their sights on this highly profitable business.
It is said that a Guardian Star can fetch a terrifying price of six or seven figures on the black market, which made Aquamarine even consider deliberately selling her own Guardian Star and then getting another one from the Stargazer Quartz to supplement her family's income.
A predictable chase unfolded in the underground tunnels of the port city.
Three magical girls followed closely behind the smugglers' car. The thugs inside kept attacking them, but under the protection of astral magic, it was like being tickled.
Even without a magical shield, Aquamarine felt she could easily take bullets head-on with her face.
But that would look terrible, so I decided against it.
...
The chase in the tunnel didn't last long.
Two infantry fighting vehicles temporarily deployed by the Hero Association blocked the road. Under the threat of the 30mm autocannons on the vehicles, the smugglers' car finally stopped.
The criminals watched in despair as the azure-blue magical girl approached them step by step, the bullets from their pistols unable to even scratch the patterns on her magical costume.
"Crack!!"
Hailan walked to the car, reached out and removed the car door, tossing it behind her with a loud bang.
"I am Aquamarine, a working magical girl from the port city. I have detected abnormal magical fluctuations in your car. Please cooperate with my inspection."
The navy blue magic wand pointed directly at the people in the car, and the magic wand recited the pre-prepared search lines.
The criminals surrendered without resistance, and the dozen or so Guardian Stars that had been hidden in the trunk were all captured. The association reporters who had accompanied the car immediately stepped forward to conduct interviews. The scene was brightly lit and quite lively.
In the shadows of the distant tunnel, pink rabbit ears and gray wolf ears peeked out, revealing two tiny heads.
The rabbit is sneaking around, the dog is sneaking around.
"...What are they doing?" Cheshire Rabbit whispered to the little gray wolf beside him.
The magical girl Fenrir hesitated for a moment before answering:
"I heard they're investigating smuggling by Guardian Star; they do this all the time."
"Smuggling? This stuff can be smuggled?" Cheshire Rabbit said in surprise.
"Yes, the Guardian Star is quite valuable on the black market. Many people take the risk of smuggling it out of the port city to make a fortune."
Fenrir answered softly.
"Actually, I've tried to collect them myself before, but... the Hero Association's recycling personnel always beat me to it..."
"...This is quite interesting information. I'll make a note of it."
Watching the scene of Aquamarine and the other two confiscating the smuggled Guardian Star, the bunny girl silently withdrew her head, took out a notebook from inside the bunny girl's clothes, and carefully wrote it down.
What? You're asking where the space in the bunny girl's chest comes from to store a laptop?
Don't ask, there's no need to ask about magic.
Fenrir silently stared at the backs of Aquamarine and her two companions as they were being interviewed by reporters, a glint of longing flashing in his golden wolf eyes.
Once Xin Yuehu's plan begins tomorrow, I will be able to...
"……Um?"
As if sensing the scorching gaze from behind, Aquamarine turned around, but saw nothing.
...Is it just my imagination?
The girl muttered to herself, pretending nothing had happened.