"Don't try to deceive , Remnant Beasts!"
Determined to face death, Mimosa shouted and then vigorously struck her hand-held bell drum behind her.
Bang!
The sudden burst of sound waves flung the two of them in opposite directions, after which Mimosa didn't bother checking the effect of her attack and took off running once again.
"Hey, I said wait a minute, what are you freaking out about!"
Bai i, who had been pushed away, quickly chased after her, shouting from behind, "What do you an Remnant Beasts? I'm Bai i from Fangting City!"
"You are not!" Mimosa continued to run.
"How am I not?" Bai i was utterly confused, "At least give a reason, won't you?"
"A Bud-rank Magical Girl couldn't possibly defeat a Half-Molt single-handedly!" Mimosa yelled back as she ran.
"Just because of that?" Bai i couldn't believe it, "I'm telling the truth!"
"Don't try to deceive !"
"Why would I lie about this... Oh right, Magic Power! Sense my Magic Power! Magic Power won't lie!"
In desperation, an idea struck Bai i, "A Remnant Beast can't possibly fake a Magical Girl's Magic Power, right? And if I were a Remnant Beast, why would I be talking to you so calmly?"
"That sort of thing doesn't need sensing, the Magic Power of Remnant Beasts I just need to concentrate a little and..."
Mimosa subconsciously wanted to retort, but as she diverted so of her attention to sense the other's Magic Power, the words got stuck in her throat.
Because what she sensed was indeed the Magic Power of a Magical Girl, and there was a touch of familiarity to the fluctuations, seemingly indeed that of Bai i, the one she knew.
"You really are Bai..." She stopped abruptly, turning to confirm with the other person, when a massive impact and a sharp pain on her forehead followed imdiately.
Bang!
Again, a muffled sound, this ti because Bai i's head had collided with Mimosa's.
Bai i, who had been pursuing from behind, hadn't expected that re seconds after her shouts, the other would suddenly change her stance, slam on the brakes midair, and even have ti to turn her head—so she had no imdiate counterasures.
It was this fraction of a second's delay in response that led to this result.
Both Mimosa and Bai i were caught off guard by the collision and fell to the ground, one holding her head, kneeling; the other clutching her forehead, curling up—both grimacing in pain, unable to speak for a long while.
After a bit, when the pain had sowhat subsided, Mimosa slowly lifted her head and continued her unfinished question with a hoarse voice, "...are you really Bai i?"
"I've been saying, I really am."
Lin Xiaolu, also in extre pain, subconsciously wiped the corner of her eye, her vision swarming with stars and seeing everything blurred, "How many tis must I tell you?"
"You really survived that Remnant Beast?"
"Of course I did, it's just that my Magic Armor and Magic Power are a bit special."
"And you drove it away?"
"Yes."
Lin Xiaolu nodded, "It just escaped in a very strange way, as if it just vanished into thin air, disappeared all of a sudden."
Mimosa said nothing.
Having cald down sowhat, she fell into thought again.
Setting aside these doubts about combat strength, since the "Bai i" she faced was not a fake but the real one, it already provided a massive amount of clues for Mimosa's previous reasoning.
First, the phenonon of being separated from all her companions could likely be related to the Blue Moon in the sky.
Next, it seed that she could communicate with her companions when she closed her eyes, but once they were opened, the perception of each other was lost.
Additionally, Semi, the den master, indeed intended to defeat them one by one, capable of fighting freely with any Magical Girl in the den and disappearing at any ti.
Last was...
At this thought, Mimosa finally spoke up again, "Bai i, help with an experint."
"Ah? Oh."
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaolu blinked, "What should I do?"
"Don't move, just watch , and don't blink," Mimosa instructed, and then she looked up and opened her eyes.
In front of her was nothing but the silent woods in the night. No Bai i, no Remnant Beasts, nothing at all—as if everything she had heard with her eyes closed was just an illusion.
But this was not surprising to her.
Mimosa, unfazed, glanced around and then nodded, closing her eyes again.
— "Huh? You're back again?"
Then, she heard Bai i's exclamation.
"What did you see?" Without further pleasantries, Mimosa asked.
"Saw... you just suddenly disappeared, then a little while later you reappeared?"
Lin Xiaolu chose her words carefully, "And it was just like with that Remnant Beast, disappearing all of a sudden."
As expected.
Mimosa thought to herself.
At this point, she believed she was very close to the answer, as all this fell within her speculations. There was no doubt that she was almost guessing the rules within this den.
And at this stage, there was only one more thing she needed to confirm.
"I understand now, there's one more step to go."
So, she spoke again, instructing Lin Xiaolu, "Close your eyes, and if you hear speak to you, respond."
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