Chapter 1: Hey, is it possible to reconcile?

My head… hurts so bad.

It’s pitch black in front of me… I can’t see anything.

Are my eyes covered?

Ah… right, I remember now. I think I was attacked while going out at night to buy a late-night snack. Could I have been kidnapped?

What a joke… What are the magical girls doing? How could they let an ordinary citizen get kidnapped?

As Su Tang gradually regained consciousness and grumbled in his mind, an unfamiliar voice reached his ears:

“This is the kid, right? The one who posted online and trashed us, racking up a million views overnight and dragging our organization’s reputation even further into the mud?!”

“Big Sis, that post has already hit five million views!”

“What!? They still haven’t deleted it!? Didn’t we send a warning!?”

“I-I think the magical girls got involved! The post is pinned, and it’s still sitting at number one on the hot search!”

“…Those damn magical girls!!”

With that, the blindfold over Su Tang’s eyes was yanked off. The blinding light forced him to squeeze his eyes shut again. It took a while before he could barely open them.

What appeared before him were several women with bizarre outfits and menacing looks. Parts of their bodies had mutated, far beyond the realm of ordinary humans.

In this society, people called them “freaks”—the enemies of magical girls.

Of course, that was the official term.

In private, people called them—

Small fry minions.

One of the roadside variety.

Magical Girl’s Spinning Top, and so on.

The reason was simple: in the decades since Earth’s “anomaly” began, freaks had basically never beaten a magical girl.

And almost every battle was a complete stomp.

Under such overwhelming dominance, ordinary citizens’ lives were affected, but not by much. For example, heading to school and happening to catch a freak and a magical girl duking it out in the sky, then getting distracted and ending up late.

Little interruptions like that played out every day. Over time, people got used to it and treated it as part of daily life.

In this environment, a special group emerged—villain stans.

As the name suggests, they rooted for the villains. They were tired of magical girls always winning and hoped the freaks could pull themselves together once in a while, delivering a defeat CG to the magical girls.

For this, forums were set up. Posts analyzing freak strength and magical girl weaknesses started popping up.

Whenever a new freak appeared, the forum would intensely analyze their win rate against magical girls. Upon seeing the beautiful calculated data, everyone would pop champagne.

Then the magical girl would kick them dead on the roadside.

Thus began the cycle: [Freak Born] → [Forum Hype] → [Pop Champagne] → [Kicked Dead] → [Freak Born].

As the familiar script repeated, some in the crowd finally snapped and started blasting the incompetent freaks.

Su Tang was one of them.

“Kid, look up. Over here.”

The big sis who kidnapped Su Tang was a two-meter-tall female freak with horns sprouting from her head. She held a tablet and shoved it in Su Tang’s face.

“This post—you posted it, right?”

The post’s title and content were eye-catching.

《Stop the Hype! Freaks Have No Future! They’re Not Even Villains—Just Cannon Fodder!》

[Honestly, freaks are getting weaker by the day. Each one gets hyped as T0 at the start, but the moment they fight, magical girls treat them like skill cooldowns. Easier than kicking a stray dog on the roadside. Hilarious.]

[Lmao, and you still hype them? Undefeated in internal fights all year, but the second they face magical girls, they reliably offer filial piety. Enough already.]

[Every single one—I’ll list the shockwave users…]

The early floors were the OP unilaterally trashing freaks.

Then came the first reply.

[Queen Sis: Dead keyboard warrior. Got the guts to fight yourself?]

OP replied: “If I fought, I’d absolutely crush these losers. Too bad I’m just a normal person, hehe.”

“You said this, right?”

The female freak’s sharp nails tapped the screen with a “bang bang,” staring at Su Tang.

Su Tang swallowed hard and boldly asked: “You’re… ‘Queen Sis’?”

“That’s me~”

“…”

Su Tang fell silent for a moment. A bead of sweat rolled down his face. Then, following Teacher Liu’s advice, he tilted his face up, looked at the female freak, and flashed an awkward yet polite smile.

“What the hell are you grinning at? Too many red beans?”

Damn, she wasn’t buying it.

After cursing, the female freak continued in a sinister tone: “The organization has decided to give you a chance to prove yourself.”

“W-What kind of chance?”

“To fight a magical girl, of course. Didn’t you say you’d be stronger? Here’s your shot.”

The female freak smiled meaningfully, pulled out a glass vial from behind her, and dangled it in front of Su Tang. The mysterious pink liquid inside shimmered with crystalline light as the bottle swayed, like a slow-flowing galaxy.

Ah, so pretty.

But no way!

Su Tang’s brow furrowed as he realized things were bad.

“Wai—mmph mmph mmph—”

Before he could get the second word out, the female freak grabbed his face, forced his mouth open, popped the cork, and poured the liquid down.

“Sss… my body’s burning, my chest itches. What did you make me drink?”

“Hehe, this is Evil Doctor’s new drug. Drink it, and you’ll soon become one of us.”

The female freak chuckled darkly. “It’s still experimental, but don’t worry—you’ll turn into a beautiful female freak~ Way better than those who can’t even keep human shape, right?”

Beautiful my ass!

Sure, like magical girls, female freaks were the main force among freaks, far stronger than males. Some female cadres were even hot. But they were still freaks!

The kind magical girls kick to death without a trace!

Nooo, I don’t want to die…

Suddenly, a loud “BOOM!” echoed. The wall nearby exploded. Amid falling debris and swirling dust, three figures emerged, slowly stepping into the building.

Leading was a blonde girl with a side ponytail. Her revealing yet tasteful battle outfit hugged a petite frame. Just standing there gave off a “she’s terrifyingly strong” vibe. Her calm, unrippled expression felt steady and reliable, completely at odds with her cute, youthful face.

At her side was a tall, blue-haired straight-haired girl with a generous chest. Her focused, pretty face paired with the katana in her hands made her look like an invincible samurai girl.

“Surrender without resistance, freaks!”

A lively, bright voice rang out from the last of the trio, the girl at the back.

She had glossy pink hair with tips curling inward over her shoulders. She held a magic staff, and her battle outfit was fantasy-style. Compared to the first two, she looked like a “classic” magical girl.

“Crap, crap! Big Sis! Magical girls are here!!”

“Damn it, how did they find this place!?”

“They… they’re the ‘Fruit Pie’!!”

Fruit Pie.

Su Tang knew this team.

A magical girl group that debuted a few months ago. A City’s infamous people-eaters. The forum’s most feared spinning top masters. In just a few months, they were close to achieving “1,000 Freak Kills,” with no battle lasting over five minutes.

Terrifying.

Also, Fruit Pie was a four-person team. Besides the gold, blue, and pink trio here, the fourth member hadn’t shown up.

Not that it mattered. With the female freaks here, they didn’t need the fourth.

“I’ll take you all on!!”

The freaks knew escape was impossible. Better to go out fighting—at least die standing, with dignity.

Roaring, they charged at the magical girls.

Watching their brave rush, Su Tang shook his head.

“Sigh, no cover, straight pull. GG.”

Then Su Tang felt his body grow hotter, vision blurring as he slipped into brief unconsciousness.

The next second, blue sword light flashed in the air. The charging freaks froze mid-leap, then shattered into pieces, dissolving into rolling black smoke.

“Slow reactions, loose formation, stiff movements, weak power. Not a single decent trait.”

The katana girl, who had drawn at some unknown point, slowly sheathed her blade and spoke word by word. “You think you could hurt us?”

“Ugh, Little Berry took all the kills again. I didn’t get to shine this time~” The pink-haired girl fanned away the black smoke and pouted.

“Sorry, Little Peach. I regretted drawing the moment I did. These guys were too weak to satisfy my training.” The katana girl sighed, disappointment on her face.

Su Tang gradually came to. Glancing around, the freaks who kidnapped him were gone. What happened was obvious.

Overhearing the magical girls’ conversation, Su Tang was sure they weren’t here to save him—a kidnapped ordinary citizen. They were just farming heads.

Because of that, though he was technically saved, Su Tang wasn’t happy at all.

Wait.

Was he really… “saved”?

Su Tang suddenly realized the discomfort from the mystery drug had vanished.

Did that mean… he’d turned into a freak?

Then—

“Huh? There’s someone over there.”

Bad timing—the pink-haired girl noticed Su Tang in the corner.

“A straggler?” the katana girl said gravely, hand on her sword guard.

In a blink, Su Tang was surrounded by the three magical girls.

She swallowed hard.

Uh, can we talk this out?