Chapter 136 – War of Belief (6)
“Get down!”
“Ahhh!!”
The ceiling was torn off, and a fierce gust of wind started to shake the aircraft madly. Those unprepared for the sudden situation fell into panic, struggling against the rapidly dropping pressure and strong winds.
“No!!”
Especially, one male crew member, who was wearing his seatbelt and couldn’t grab onto anything, began to fly out through the hole.
“Ahhh!”
She caught him. People were horrified to see the silver-armored girl gripping the clothing of the crew member who had been sucked out through the hole.
“What’s happening?!”
“It’s due to the pressure difference! Seal the hole, now!!!”
“What about this guy? Your so-called Magical Girl is judging him as a villain!”
“That’s just how people are nowadays! Just save him for now; I’ll explain later!”
Tigger, hanging in the air, shouted in anger. After all, he understood why Rene, in charge of Takilas, and Fluffy, in charge of Rene, had been so down lately after their last wine-drinking party.
“Hmm.”
Shia, who was holding the hole open by force, threw the rescued crew member into the hole and entered it herself.
Passengers donned with breathing masks looked at her with wide eyes. Regardless, she realized that her hole was the cause of the chaos and unleashed her Holy Power to seal it up.
“Pressure… normalizing.”
“Hah…”
Only then did the aircraft barely regain stability. The violent shaking had finally calmed down.
Now everyone’s attention was focused on Shia, who had torn through the plane ceiling and appeared from the sky.
“Who are you?!”
As no one dared to speak, someone finally gathered their courage and approached her.
It was the crew member who had been dealing with difficult customers.
“I am El… no, Shia. A Magical Girl of the Church…”
“A-Magical Girl?!”
The crew member’s eyes shook. Everyone else felt the same way. But it was understandable. Her form, clad in shining silver armor, was different from the typical Magical Girls.
And her actions were similar. To those who almost died due to her intrusion, the fact that she was a Magical Girl was more shocking than her being a monster.
“Then… why has a Magical Girl come here now?”
The crew member hesitantly glanced at the torn ceiling, which maintained a calmness behind the translucent sky-blue cover.
“I follow the will of the heavens to judge evil and save people. The reason I’ve come here is that I’ve found an evil that could not be overlooked.”
Shia’s sapphire eyes glimmered as she looked around.
[…There are too many villains here?]
“Pick the biggest one. Just the big one!”
Tigger coached her urgently. Following that advice, her eyes locked on someone. None other than the passenger who hurled insults and even hit the crew member.
“Me? Me?!”
The passenger, taken aback by Shia’s gaze, couldn’t comprehend that he was the ‘criminal’ the Magical Girl sought to capture.
“Did this person do something to you?”
Shia, knitting her brow, asked the crew member who sported a bruise on their cheek.
“That…”
The crew member couldn’t bring himself to answer. It would be snitching. And he was afraid of what Shia might do if he spoke.
“Hey! Why are you stalling?!”
Someone near the seats shouted out in frustration. It was a middle-aged man.
“It was no big deal. Just a really annoying, lousy jerk, but it’s not like a Magical Girl should be doing this, right?!”
He continued to vent about how annoying it was while pointing at the hole.
The troublesome passenger could only redden his face in embarrassment without daring to retort against the other passengers.
“Verbal abuse. And battery.”
However, Shia’s eyes sparkled instead.
“It’s not nothing! That’s not for an individual to judge.”
She coldly switched her demeanor. Everyone around could only stand frozen, unable to speak.
“Threatening order. Such evil must face judgment as mandated. Protecting that law is my duty.”
With the clattering of her armor, Shia stepped forward.
“Do-don’t come any closer!”
The panicked passenger stepped back, but she ignored him entirely. Instead, she seized his arm. No matter how he struggled, his arm caught in the gauntlet didn’t budge an inch.
“And that punishment will be according to the laws of the Celestial Realm.”
“Ahhh!!”
In an instant, her soaring Holy Power turned into a blade, severing the passenger’s wrist cleanly. Blood gushed forth, accompanied by a horrifying scream.
Everyone around gazed in shock, witnessing the scene in silent horror. Yet, Shia seemed unfazed and healed the severed wrist with her Holy Power.
Then, she picked up the severed hand that had fallen on the floor and tossed it outside through the ceiling.
“An eye for an eye. A tooth for a tooth. Those who commit unjust violence will repay with violence.”
This was the law of the Celestial Realm that she believed in and followed, transcending mere belief.
There was nothing rough about it. The Magical Girls she had learned about certainly enacted justice. Thus, like the other Magical Girls, she realized that justice with her own beliefs was accomplished.
“Evil has been judged.”
Her eyes, filled with innocence, plunged those around her into terror. It was an innocence that others could only view as madness.
“Hey! We should leave now. Don’t get involved unnecessarily!”
‘Takilas, we need to go!’
As the plane slowly began to land at Bangkok Airport in Thailand, Tigger urged Shia, who was calm despite all the chaos.
He feared what might happen if they landed at the airport like this.
Indeed, his worries came true as the airport was already filled with military and magical girls from Thailand.
“If I leave, the hole will…”
“This… this low would be fine. Hurry!”
Having to seal the hole, Shia reluctantly relaxed her power at his urging and quickly flew out through the opening into the sky.
“This place is a bit different. A little hotter.”
“Phew. Let’s head northeast for now.”
Taking a deep breath, Tigger guided her toward Korea. She followed his instructions, adjusting her direction and starting to soar through the darkening sky again.
However, her altitude gradually decreased. She enjoyed watching the ground below.
“Hmm. Are we barely in Vietnam now? I may need to take a break soon.”
Tigger communicated with headquarters to gauge their location. Indeed, they were passing through northern Vietnam.
Just a bit further, they would cross into inner China. It was the shortest route, truly.
“What’s wrong?”
Suddenly, Shia came to a halt in mid-air. Instinctively sensing something ominous, Tigger asked with shaking eyes.
“I couldn’t just pass by such a strong aura.”
“Calm down. While it’s great to be performing well, let’s head to the designated area first. You’re due in Korea…”
“No. It’s an intense aura, incomparable to before. As a representative of the heavens, I cannot just ignore this.”
Shia sensed evil on the ground.
This strong wickedness struck her, especially given her heightened sensitivity compared to other magical girls due to her nature.
“Ahhhhhhh, nooooo!!”
Ultimately, Tigger failed once more in stopping her.
“…”
“This isn’t the country you’re supposed to operate in. We need to… ha.”
Northern Vietnam, in a city. Landing quietly on the rooftop of a building, Shia scanned the urban area. There were undoubtedly those exuding evil strong enough for her to sense even from the sky.
“That’s the place.”
Identifying the direction, she immediately flew toward it.
“Wh-What?!”
“Who’s there?!”
There were those guarding the entrance. Members of a local gang were taken aback upon seeing the girl in heavy armor drop down from the sky.
“Stop her!”
They panicked, each pulling out knives and weapons as she attempted to enter, completely underestimating her as a Magical Girl due to her distinctive appearance. Even if she were indeed a Magical Girl, they thought she wouldn’t kill them.
After all, a Code Red wasn’t very common.
“To dare obstruct the execution.”
However, that was a huge miscalculation. With her Holy Power swirling around her, Shia’s eyes sparkled as she swiftly cut through their bodies with a single strike.
There was no hesitation. Carrying out her duty was more important than anything else.
“Ah.”
Dismembered corpses fell to the ground. Tigger could only give a groan of astonishment.
“A denser evil presence is approaching. More intense than those two.”
Kicking down the door and completely shattering it, Shia boldly stepped into the heart of the slums, where several buildings and underground facilities were intricately tangled together.
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