My Superpower Is Piloting Magical Girl Corpses?

The next instant.

A massive light fixture slowly descended, hovering above the Sacred Tree's canopy, spinning alongside the Fragments of Hope.

Dazzling pink light trails, like living vines, connected to the blue radiance atop the Sacred Tree.

The most dazzling virtual idol in Kazenari Town's history pointed one hand to the sky, pink radiance blazing intensely across her entire body:

"Link, ON!"

Su Fang's will simultaneously echoed within the Sacred Tree: "Spread it out for us!!"

…………………

At the same time.

The outskirts defense line of Kazenari Town.

Accompanied by scorching electric light sweeping across, the thunder beasts that had been tearing each other apart perished together. In the moment before their collapse, they raised their dormant heads, gazing up at the slowly cracking heavens.

"Huff... huff..."

A magical girl with blue hair and blue eyes, wearing a crystalline evening gown, stood on a street strewn with wreckage, breathing heavily from the intense consumption of magic power.

The Fifth Generation magical girl, [Judgment Thunder].

Right now, she held a staff embedded with lightning-gleaming gems, her blue skirt gently fluttering in the gunpowder smoke, as she stared warily ahead.

About ten meters away from her stood an extremely bizarre demon beast.

It was a humanoid witch, its entire body wrapped in gorgeous blue crystals, while its limbs were composed of violent electric currents.

From the magic power reaction, this opponent was a mid-level Nightmare Seed.

Although with the Sacred Tree's suppressive force restored, she could still barely handle an opponent like this, ever since the enemy had first invaded, an indescribable feeling had welled up from the depths of her heart.

It was as if...

This thing had come specifically looking for her.

And its fighting style was astonishingly similar to her own, like facing another version of herself in a mirror.

—Was this a new type of enemy, specially created by the Abyss to target magical girls contracted to the Sacred Tree?

However...

Her intuition told her that wasn't it.

In an instant, both sides' magic power surged out wildly again, turning into the sound of a thousand birds chirping, then transforming into two streaks of light, tangling together.

The vast torrent of magic power dissolved into endless lightning, the surrounding ruins shattered into pieces by the shockwaves of their clash, and the newly invading Claw-types and dangerous species nearby were vaporized in an instant.

Dimly.

In the struggle of magic power, it felt as if a connection was being established between them.

[Judgment Thunder] finally sensed something.

Countless negative emotions surged toward her, endless pain and despair transmitted from that witch who was eerily similar to herself.

It was...

A sorrowful and maddening soul-deep questioning.

It was a humanoid witch, its entire body wrapped in gorgeous blue crystals, while its limbs were composed of raging electric currents.

—That was supposed to be mine, and you, this unwitting Illusion, how can you take it for granted without guilt!!

—Why, why why why why why why!!!

Boom!!!

[Judgment Thunder] was struck by lightning because of a brief moment of distraction.

………

At this moment, it wasn't just her. The magical girls of all generations fighting across every corner of Kazenari Town had all fallen into bitter battles against witches with abilities highly similar to their own, even overlapping in appearance traits.

Because of that inexplicable connection and the negative emotions, the magical girls' momentum suddenly plummeted.

Yet the demon beasts continued to pour in endlessly.

On the sea surface.

Boom boom boom boom boom boom!!

Mogong Ma shattered a massive stone statue demon beast with a barrage of hundred-fist strikes, pressed her hand to her ear, and looked around at the brutal battlefield: "Jingyan, what's going on here!"

A tired voice rang in her ear: "The Sacred Tree's and the Abyss's Domains are about to completely merge."

"Those witches... they're actually the previous generation magical girls. Under the entanglement of the contract and magic power, it was inevitable they would run into each other..."

Mogong Ma's face tightened.

She could certainly hear it.

At this moment, as the [King of the Sacred Tree], Su Jingyan had already reached his limit.

Although he hadn't faced the Witch King directly in the Origin Space, the Sacred Tree was already on the verge of collapse. Su Jingyan could barely hold on to ensure his authority wasn't seized back, let alone suppress the Sacred Tree Barrier like a pillar and resist the Witch King's erosion alongside Su Fang.

The Sacred Tree's suppression power and various amplifications, which had barely been maintained until just now, had now greatly weakened.

And now, almost every magical girl had a past version of themselves as an enemy, while new demon beasts kept invading endlessly.

Every single defense line was once again hanging by a thread.

"...So what can we do? Is there anything else we can do?"

"...No. Su Fang, me, and them—we've all given everything we've got."

"Tch! Think of something!"

Mogong Ma gritted her teeth, trying to hold back more incoming demon beasts, her figure darting through the battlefield like a pink meteor.

Yet the situation continued sliding toward the Abyss.

Endless waves of demon beasts had already begun to break through the defense lines and enter Kazenari Town's interior, letting out hoarse, piercing roars.

The entire world seemed to have turned into a brutal battlefield, everything about to end in this apocalypse's descent.

However.

At that very moment.

Music from an unknown source suddenly began to play.

"♬"

At first, it was very faint, drowned out by the roars of the demon beasts and the restless cries of the civilians.

But it grew louder and louder, more and more grand, transforming into a magnificent symphony, interwoven with the chorus of young girls, scattering across this land and reaching everyone's ears.

The people taking shelter underground heard this sound.

The magical girls still fighting heard this sound.

Even the demon beasts paused slightly because of it.

The melody was passionate and soul-shaking, bursting forth like surging waves, spreading across the entire world, becoming the only melody in this realm.

And the next moment.

At the instant the music reached its peak.

The Happiness Peace Committee building—the structure representing the very center of Kazenari Town—suddenly erupted with unparalleled pink radiance!

That layer of pink-and-black light screen, like a massive net covering the sky, spread out at an unstoppable pace, completely enveloping the entire city.

The enormous phantom of a brilliant light fixture condensed instantly in the sky, scattering countless spotlights!

At this very moment.

Amid the stirring music, every magical girl still fighting was enveloped by the spotlights.

That was—

The virtual stage representing the live broadcast room!

Mogong Ma murmured: "An open-field Domain expansion?!"

The sky above her head suddenly lit up.

In the sky over Kazenari Town, an indescribable scene appeared.

A pitch-black Origin Space, filled with black fog, a Sacred Tree eroded down to its canopy, and the five magical girls confronting the Witch King.

Whether it was the civilians in the underground shelters or the magical girls on the battlefield, everyone could see the scene unfolding in the Origin Space at this moment.