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

Chapter 217 Welcome to Fox Zoo

"Ta-da! Hello everyone, dear viewers!"

"I'm your favorite magical girl—Kokoro-chan☆~"

"Fox is still in Guangzhou today. I wonder if everyone in Chengdu misses me? I'll be back in Chengdu in a few days, and I'll be putting on a lively show for my Chengdu fans~"

The live stream chat was half wailing and half cheering, with comments like "Don't go! Stay in Guangzhou!" flooding the screen.

"Xin Yuehu is really popular."

Mai Sui looked at the lively atmosphere in the live broadcast room with some envy and sighed softly.

Just as Hyacinth was about to say something, Violet's angry voice rang out:

"What's the use of being popular! She's been causing trouble and disrupting order all along; we must stop her today!"

Iris stood silently to the side, only glancing at the purple magical girl beside her.

There was a time when Hyacinth treated Heart Moon Fox exactly the same way as Violet—no, although it's still similar now, but she can sense that Hyacinth no longer has any extreme negative emotions towards Heart Moon Fox.

At least I won't be so focused on defeating that little fox like before.

Bai Lili and her companions stood not far away, equally silent, simply gazing at the Suicheng Wildlife Park shrouded in twilight, their feelings a complex mix.

"I was dragged here to provide support by my teammates," Bai Lili thought to herself.

She had no intention of stopping Xin Yuehu at all, for no other reason than that Xin Yuehu had a very close companion named Hell Shrike.

Or rather... [Hellcat].

Not long ago, Xin Yuehu used mysterious magic to shroud the entire Suicheng Wildlife Park. All staff and visitors were teleported out, and the area around the zoo was also shrouded in a powerful barrier, preventing even birds from entering or leaving.

The Suicheng Heroes Association had never seen anything like this before, and they quickly contacted Red Rose, who was on vacation. However, the reply they received was, "Suicheng has so many juniors now, you can just call a few teams over."

That's why they sought out Hyacinth and her two companions, who had extensive experience in dealing with attacks on Heart Moon Fox, along with the temporarily invited White Lily Squad and the local Wheat Squad, to come here together to investigate.

The magical girls gathered together, watching Shingetsuko's live stream on the screen, trying to find out what she did at the zoo from the live stream video.

"FoxFox is planning some fun activities for the magical girls, so I've temporarily requisitioned the zoo. But I'll use magic to take good care of all the animals!"

"So, staff, please stay home and enjoy your precious day off!"

"What? Everyone wants to know what kind of show it will be?"

"Hehehe... It's a secret for now~ But I've already set up a lot of camera positions in the zoo, so please stay tuned to my live stream and wait and see~"

Hyacinth turned off the live stream screen and looked at the zoo gate not far away with her companions.

Apart from being concealed by a powerful magical barrier, the zoo appeared unchanged from the outside; at most, the fact that it was completely empty seemed a bit eerie.

"No attack magic can break through this barrier from the outside; Miss Green Vine has already tried."

Hyacinth said to her companions,

"This is typical of Xin Yuehu; we can only try to get in and break her barrier from the inside!"

"...It really is the only feasible way, so let's go for it!"

Bai Lili was stunned for a moment. Her companions were already rubbing their hands together and walking towards the main gate. Before she could stop them, they quickly slipped into the barrier entrance and disappeared.

The pristine white magical girl stood frozen in place, hesitant, unsure whether to go in or not.

But since everyone else has already gone inside... I am, after all, a senior member of the Starry Shadow Sect! How can I back down here!

Bai Lili, you must show the reliability of a senior and muster the courage to face that Hellcat!

Thinking of this, the girl took a deep breath, slowly exhaled, and stepped into the zoo gate.

……

The moment she entered the gate, a powerful spell suddenly descended upon Bai Lili, startling her.

The instinctive defensive spell was triggered, but the magical shield that should have appeared did not materialize. The surrounding magic became unusually calm, unable to stir up the slightest ripple.

"Huh? What's going on?"

"Magic can't be used? What's going on...?"

Not far away, their companions also showed surprised expressions, but only Hyacinth and her two companions, along with Wheat, remained calm, even somewhat used to it.

"This is also one of Xinyuehu's tricks. She can seal our ability to use magic, so everyone must be careful."

Hyacinth gripped the magic wand tightly. Although she couldn't materialize it into a greatsword, it was still quite handy to use as a sturdy club.

But when she turned around and saw her companions looking troubled, she suddenly realized something:

Of all the magical girls present, only she was a melee type; almost all the others were support or firepower types who relied on magic!

"...They really are not suited for this job. I should have sent the Qiu Gui team instead," Bai Lili complained.

"What's there to be afraid of! There are so many of us, and Xin Yuehu and the others are only three people in total, so there's nothing to be afraid of!"

Violet was very confident. She put her hands on her hips and began to observe her surroundings.

Unlike the twilight outside, the zoo inside the barrier was bathed in daylight, with the sun blazing down. Aside from the absence of tourists, it was no different from the usual Guangzhou Zoo.

"—Beep beep beep."

"!!!"

The sudden announcement startled everyone. The magical girls quickly looked towards the source of the sound and were astonished to see tourists queuing to enter the zoo behind them.

"Huh? A tourist?"

"Don't come in! What's inside...?"

One of Bai Lili's companions stepped forward to try to stop her, but the child running in front simply passed right through her arm, like a phantom.

"—Projection Magic."

Bai Lili, who knew her stuff, immediately said,

"These are tourists that Heart Moon Fox created using projection magic. They only have visual and auditory effects; we can't actually touch them."

"I see... So she went to all that trouble to trap the zoo with such a huge barrier just to create an illusion and keep us there?"

Green Ivy tentatively offered her own idea.

Then Nightingale rejected it.

"Impossible. Xin Yuehu must have been doing something strange in this barrier. We have to find what she's hiding, or even leaving here will become a problem!"

"Let's investigate the surrounding area first, maybe..."

Before the words were even finished, the life-size standee of the Heart Moon Fox in front of the flower bed not far away immediately attracted everyone's attention.

The golden fox on the standee has a happy smile on its face, with its hands outstretched. At the position of its hands is a plastic basket for holding tourist leaflets, which contains a stack of leaflets.

The magical girls looked at each other and decided that the three star shadows, White Lily, Hyacinth, and Iris, would lead the way and cautiously go forward to investigate.

Hyacinth picked up a flyer. The front of it had a map of the zoo, but the logo had been changed to a fox, a cat's paw, and rabbit ears. The back had a few lines of text, which seemed to be some kind of notice.

But when Feng Xin finished reading the first line, her expression suddenly changed.

"--not good!"

"This is Xin Yuehu's scheme! We've fallen for it!"

The back of the flyer prominently displayed the following line of text:

Welcome to Fox's Zoo!

[I hope everyone has a wonderful day at the zoo, but please be sure to follow the rules below, otherwise, I can't guarantee your safety!]