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

Chapter 719 Hot Fox, Steam Cat, Cool Rabbit

Chengdu is peaceful and tranquil today.

And it's very hot, really hot.

Busy people sweat in the city, vehicles shuttle between buildings, and the summer heat makes the atmosphere of the city seem a bit gloomy, but it cannot stop the city's surging vitality under the sun.

Even though the perceived temperature today has reached over 40 degrees Celsius, and even though the weather forecast stubbornly remains at 39 degrees Celsius, classes still need to be attended, and lessons still need to be learned. It's just that the entertainment options during breaks after class have become somewhat more similar:

People flocked to air-conditioned rooms to escape the sudden heat, using iced drinks to cool down their bodies. Modern technology has made temperature less important, but temperature remains a concern.

But for some groups, the "hot weather" itself is enough to become the biggest obstacle in their daily lives.

"It's so hot! It's so hot!"

The golden-haired fox girl stood in front of the giant electric fan in the cafeteria, spreading her arms to embrace the strong wind. Her fox tail swayed in the wind, and her ears were buzzing.

But before the fox girl could enjoy the fan all to herself for long, a cat girl carrying a food tray leisurely squeezed in next to her.

"It's so hot... Give me a seat... I'm dying of heat..."

"Little fish, you blow it. I think I've almost finished blowing it—"

Su Tianqing moved away from the fan's airflow, but within minutes she was back on the table, covered in a puddle of fur, and couldn't help but move back into the fan's airflow area.

The fluffy tail is warm and comfortable in winter, but once summer comes, before the winter fur has been completely replaced, this tail becomes a temperature nightmare that Su Tianqing and the other beastmen can never avoid.

...Except for a pink-haired rabbit girl who was sitting at the dining table eating as if nothing had happened, she was looking at Su Tianqing and Nan Jiayu with curious eyes, who were inseparable from the electric fan. Her rabbit ears twitched curiously a few times.

"Are you two really that hot? I didn't see you two acting this badly when there was a sudden heat wave in Gangcheng last time."

"Rabbit, put your clothes on properly first." Su Tianqing remained in a dazed state, stuffing food from the cafeteria tray into her mouth while glancing at Xia Taotao.

Perhaps it's a tradition of the rabbit race, but in her Cheshire Rabbit form, Xia Taotao wears a specially made bunny girl costume, which is quite revealing and doesn't seem like something a magical girl would wear. As a person with severe social anxiety and cyberpsychosis, she doesn't seem to feel anything about this highly revealing costume at all, and even says, "The bunny girl costume is actually a traditional costume of our rabbit race."

Based on the principle of respecting the cultural traditions of all races, Su Tianqing tacitly accepted Rabbit's outfit, which didn't quite resemble that of a magical girl.

However, Rabbit's daily outfits during the hot summer months are also very cool. Once she takes off her school uniform jacket, you can see her well-trained abs without an ounce of excess fat. It's hard to associate her with that socially anxious cybernetic psychopath who turns into a distorted mess of lines and color blocks when surrounded by people.

"It's so hot today. Wearing a jacket makes me sweat all over, which is really uncomfortable."

Xia Taotao said bluntly.

After dinner, they said their goodbyes. Su Tianqing couldn't wait to remotely control her familiar to turn on the air conditioner at home, and as soon as she opened the door, she felt a refreshing coolness rushing towards her. The fox immediately showed a joyful smile.

Iced watermelon, refreshing carbonated drinks, 26-degree air conditioning, plus a thin air-conditioning blanket and a fully automatic familiar feeding service—it's simply one of the most wonderful ways to beat the summer heat.

"Mmm... This kind of life is just too wonderful..."

The fox girl lay on her side on the sofa, her fox tail acting as an air conditioning blanket for her legs, constantly sweeping across her knees, while she held a piece of chilled watermelon in her hand and ate it with relish.

Nan Jiayu sat next to Su Tianqing, but instead of snuggling together as usual, she kept a distance that was just enough to reach her – after all, furry things like cat tails and fox tails are something that everyone avoids in the summer.

Even if she's cute, it won't work.

"I really want to lean against Xiaoyu, but the thought of it being too hot..."

"Let's stop here for today. Besides, we've already showered. If we get all sweaty again, we'll have to shower again," Nan Jiayu said.

With no time left for cuddling and having finished their lab report early, the two decided to pass the evening by watching TV.

As a villain, in order to get first-hand information about the magical girl of Rongcheng, the first channel Su Tianqing turned on was the evening news broadcast.

Today's news programs mostly focused on the sweltering weather across Sichuan Province, as well as the summer retreats and cooling methods used by the city's residents. This led Su Tianqing to review her knowledge about heatstroke in her mind.

While she was at it, she also gave Nan Jiayu, who had just taken a course on the diagnosis of heatstroke this week, a good interrogation. The way the cat was racking its brains to answer the questions made the fox girl reveal a sly smile.

Cute kitty, I've got it!

Just as Su Tianqing was about to reach out and grab the cat's tail to stroke its fur, a news segment that popped up on the news program caught their attention:

"A breaking news report from the Hero Association."

"Around 1 p.m. this evening, a magical disorder occurred at the football field of our city's sports center, resulting in the disappearance of a middle school student who was playing football on the field."

"Currently, the Hero Association's field staff have evacuated the area inside the football field, and the Hyacinth Team has gone to investigate. The remaining venues in the sports center are still open to the public. Please inform each other of the association's official news and do not believe or spread rumors."

A brief silence.

Fox, holding half a watermelon to his lips, and Cat, clutching half a bottle of carbonated soda, both stared intently at the screen showing footage of the Hero Association's frontline field operations.

Meteor, an indispensable field operative, appeared on camera as always to provide commentary. However, instead of standing next to her was the classic field duo, [Electromagnetic] Qiyun, a small, mysterious white-haired girl named Messiah.

Behind the two, the football field at Rongcheng Sports Center had been cordoned off, and patrol drones were on standby in the air, suggesting that a series of high-precision observation devices had been deployed inside the field.

But as villains among magical girls, Neko and Koko weren't curious about the blockade and drones—they stared intently at Messiah on the screen, and immediately understood.

This superhero has always played the role of the logistics core of the Rongcheng Hero Association, but in this superpower world, being in the logistics does not mean that her strength is low. In fact, in Su Tianqing's imagination, no one can beat this Messiah in a one-on-one situation.

Her superpower is the terrifying ability to stop time. In most comics and anime stories, she would definitely qualify as the main villain or the ultimate boss of the main characters.

If the situation has become so serious that she needs to intervene... it seems this isn't just a simple disappearance at the football field.

"Kitty." "I see her, let's go."

Su Tianqing called out softly, and Nan Jiayu nodded in response; the two had already developed a considerable tacit understanding.

The Guardian Star is lit, the magical costume appears, and the wand is obtained.

At the last moment before the teleportation spell was activated, Su Tianqing had her familiar open the secret manual and take a look.

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