MMB Chapter 518 provides step-by-step instruction, but this is not very easy to learn.
Chapter 518 provides step-by-step instruction, but this is not very easy to learn.
"This piano eccentric... let's just call him the piano eccentric for now, I don't know what his real name is either."
"It has a very peculiar characteristic: when attacked, it emits a sound of corresponding intensity based on the strength of the attack."
The golden-haired fox girl stood on the roof of the music hall and said.
"That's why we haven't rushed into action."
Hellcat leaned against the railing not far away, peeked at the strange pianist still playing music on the ground, and said.
Nightingale Iris and Tiannanxing's group were also looking at the musical oddball. After hearing what Xinyuehu and Hellcat said, they naturally deduced what had just happened at the music hall:
Heart Moon Fox covered the retreat of the crowd, while Hellcat or Cheshire Rabbit launched a feint attack to attract the monster's attention. However, they were forced to create distance because they triggered the monster's sonic boom.
"No wonder you all kept your distance from it just now," Nightingale nodded and said.
Iris stared thoughtfully at the piano eccentric for a long time before turning her gaze to something not far in front of her—
The hyacinth that had just struck the piano freak with all its might is now wrapped into a Swiss roll by a magical rope and hanging on the music hall's signboard to dry.
He also had a sign hanging around his neck that read, "I smashed half of Chengdu's windows."
What can I say about you...?
Seeing the hyacinth looking utterly hopeless, the iris sighed helplessly, rubbing its forehead.
The Swiss hyacinth, its cheeks flushed red, writhed a few times like a caterpillar, and then spoke up in rebuttal:
"I... how was I supposed to know that piano freak had this property! Besides, we've never seen anyone like this who can reflect sound waves before!"
"And! And Xin Yuehu and the others are over there! I just thought that strange person was Xin Yuehu—"
The golden-haired fox girl appeared among the irises and hyacinths with a friendly smile.
Then he reached into his pocket, crumpled up a piece of gold-striped fabric, and walked towards the hyacinth.
Hyacinth is silenced.
"Phew, that troublesome guy's done. Let's get down to business."
The fox spirit turned around and addressed the crowd.
Nightingale looked down at the gold striped stocking on her left leg, then at the fox-like feet on her right leg that revealed fair skin, swallowed hard, and dared not utter a sound.
"Miss Marigold over there!"
"...Huh!?"
Startled by the fox spirit's abrupt call, Marigold hurriedly answered.
"You came to Chengdu to learn magical girl combat and tactics from Hyacinth and the others, right?"
"Well……"
Marigold was unsure whether to answer honestly, so she looked at the people around her with pleading eyes.
The nightingale gave a signal with its eyes—[Just say it, it's okay], and the iris's expression was not much different.
Although the two sides usually act like adversaries, they are quite harmonious when they cooperate to fight the troublesome monster after Hyacinth, the leader of the anti-fox gang, is temporarily banned for causing widespread destruction.
"Um...yes...the Hero Association arranged for me to come to Rongcheng for further training. I need to become stronger so that I can protect the people of Snow City."
"Hmm, very good! Although you and Meng Donghua are both new recruits temporarily recruited to deal with the magic storm, as long as you are determined, you will definitely become stronger and stronger."
The fox spirit gave a thumbs-up, sparing no words of praise.
But Su Tianqing also knew very well that such verbal praise would at most make Marigold more confident, but she still needed to put in other efforts to establish her will to protect her.
"It just so happens that we've run into a troublesome guy today, so I'll teach you a few tricks while I'm at it."
"Ah...ah, Senior Kokoro...would you like to teach me a few moves...?"
Marigold murmured to herself, clearly bewildered by the fox girl's words, unsure whether to respond.
Kokoro is a notorious villainous magical girl. If I were to accept her teachings...
"Don't just stand there! Everyone come over here!"
……
The magical girls stood in a row by the music hall, gazing at the strange piano figure on the ground.
The golden-haired fox girl floated outside the railing, maintaining her levitation with flight magic, and used her Heart Moon Magic Wand to draw several magical traces in the air.
The camera-wielding familiars are recording the entire Fox's tutorial session, and the screen is flooded with comments:
[Fox's Weirdos Classroom is Now Open!]
Teacher, I also want to attend your class!
No one noticed the comments on the screen; everyone was listening intently to the analysis provided by the golden-haired fox.
"Miss Hyacinth just made a huge mistake. Can anyone point out what she did wrong?"
"Me! Me! Me!"
Nightingale raised her hand enthusiastically, behaving like a good student who would liven up the classroom atmosphere.
"Hyacinth made a huge mistake by launching a full-scale attack without any information about the monster."
"Correct answer. It is true that the duty of magical girls is to fight monsters, but protecting innocent people is also an extremely important part, sometimes even more important than defeating the monsters themselves."
The fox spirit nodded in satisfaction and said,
"If the heroes dispatched by the Hero Association have gathered relevant information about the monster in advance, or even used equipment to analyze some of the monster's general information, then quickly suppressing it would be the right choice in such a situation."
"If the monster attack comes suddenly, or if we don't have enough time to take over the scene for the heroes to provide information, then we'll have to figure out the monster's specific information ourselves."
Su Tianqing didn't say anything more. Marigold was quite clever and immediately understood everything the fox girl said, nodding in agreement.
A detailed tutorial on fighting strange people gradually unfolds before Marigold, the newcomer.
From intelligence gathering to feint attacks and containment, and then to flexible responses after discovering the monster's characteristics, the fox girl spoke eloquently, and even Nightingale and Iris nodded slightly in agreement.
"So, today's homework, Miss Marigold, if you were in charge of a magical girl squad, how would you harmlessly deal with this piano freak?"
After finishing a lesson, Su Tianqing looked at the marigold.
The girl gripped her wand tightly, pinched her chin, and pondered carefully for a moment.
"Hmm... This piano freak hasn't shown any strong destructive urges, but it does generate a wide-ranging sonic response to attacks. Could we try to lure it into a pre-prepared, enclosed barrier to deal with it?"
"Or... we could temporarily construct a barrier around it to block sound from entering or leaving, thus minimizing the damage to surrounding buildings."
"...Miss Marigold." After a brief silence, the fox girl called softly.
Marigold thought she had given an outrageous wrong answer, and her body tensed up instantly.
"Eh, eh... Is something... wrong...?"
"—There's nothing wrong with that, your answer was absolutely perfect!"
"Clatter!"
The familiars pulled out a cannon from somewhere, and colorful ribbons fell, covering their heads and shoulders with marigold petals.
"Then one last question!"
"Do you know which type of barrier in the world can deploy the fastest while perfectly fulfilling all the conditions you just mentioned, Marigold?"
"What...what is it?"
The girl blinked blankly.
The fox spirit gripped the Heart Moon Magic Wand tightly, raised her right hand, and revealed a wicked, radiant smile:
"——The world of mental images,"
"Expand!"