[CH.54] Shattered Holy Light
"Love Point -3," Alice confirmed her upgrade to [Desire: 4].
Obtained a derivative skill: [Rational Meltdown].
When Alice strongly expresses resistance to bodily pleasure, this skill comes into effect. Its effect is to lower Alice's rational will, allowing her brain to purely perceive pleasure originating from her body.
New hidden attribute: [Meltdown: 0].
{Note: When the Meltdown value reaches 7 points, all rationality will be lost, surpassing 7 points will produce reverse effects. If this value exceeds 10 points, it will completely reverse Alice's will, making it irrecoverable.}
Unlike the previous two skills, [Rational Meltdown] has an active effect. Once released, Alice can melt her self-awareness, causing herself to instantly enter a state of unconsciousness.
So...
What's the use of this skill?
If she passes out, won't she become vulnerable to exploitation?
"I should never have expected anything from the Desire series of skills! These inexplicable skills are utterly useless!"
There was no hope left.
For Alice, the only thing she might be able to do now is to melt her consciousness. Compared to being fully aware of the fact that she was being forced, watching her chastity being taken from her, choosing to pass out would be a lesser burden for Alice.
When this group of people is satisfied through the unconscious Alice, they might just let her go...
No, she shouldn't place her hopes of being rescued in the kindness of criminals.
[Love and Justice: 1+4]
Rare attributes, under certain conditions, will give rise to other attributes and skills, and the pink desire attribute is a derivative of [Love and Justice].
The Desire attribute adds its level to the end of the Love and Justice value. With Alice's recent upgrade in Desire, the Love and Justice points have increased to 5.
At this moment, Love and Justice once again gives rise to a brand new attribute, which appears in the system list.
Obtained attribute: [Purehearted Guardian: 2]
It was an ice-blue attribute, with a faint glow surrounding the text. Like a last ray of hope, it appeared before Alice.
{Attribute slots are full. Please choose an attribute to replace.}
Magical girls can equip a maximum of six attributes at a time. Alice's attribute slots are full, so she must replace one in order to equip [Purehearted Guardian].
Replacement? Is there even a need to think about it?
Alice tried to replace [Desire: 4] with [Purehearted Guardian: 2]. She didn't want her Desire attribute to keep increasing, making things worse for her. She had no reason to keep such an attribute.
{Replacement failed. Please choose a non-derivative attribute.}
"This is so troublesome!"
There were only four attributes that she could replace: [School Uniform: 5], [Knee-high Socks: 6], [Idol: 5], and [Physical Strength: 7].
As for which one to replace, Alice didn't have time to think about it. With time running out, she could only hastily tap on the system interface, hoping to activate [Purehearted Guardian: 2] quickly.
{Are you sure you want to replace this attribute?}
"Confirm! Hurry up!"
{Purehearted Guardian equipped, derivative skill obtained}
With the system prompt, Alice's underwear was torn to shreds.
"What... what is this..."
The area that was supposed to be gentle and hidden from view was now covered by a narrow strap. This belt wound around Alice's small waist, secured tightly by a heart-shaped clasp.
Additional clothing: [Heart Lock].
This is the extra skill brought by [Purehearted Guardian: 2], a restraint.
"I really didn't expect it. You, such a innocent and cute girl, would wear something like this. Wearing a strap like this when you go out, you're actually quite eager to do something, right?"
The thug spoke as he tried to tear the belt. After all, the narrow strap didn't look particularly strong, and it seemed like it could be easily torn.
However, as his fingers touched the clasp, a strong electric current crawled up his arm through his fingertips. The momentary shock left burnt marks on his arm.
"Damn it! My hand!! I can't move my hand!!"
The thug clutched his arm and screamed as he backed away. Seeing this, the other two were also frightened and moved away from Alice.
No longer suppressed, Alice could finally move. She wriggled her body toward the car door, hoping to escape and seek help.
However, with her hands and feet bound, she couldn't reach the door handle. Missing this opportunity, Alice was once again pulled back by the thugs, who grabbed her hair.
"What the heck are you wearing?!"
As they pulled Alice up by her hair, and just as the thugs were about to resort to violence, there was a loud clanging sound. The van's door was pulled open, and a frail figure appeared at the door.
It was Chen Qianqiu, wearing an apron and a headscarf. Perhaps the van was of poor quality, as Chen Qianqiu's act of opening the door led to the entire door being detached.
Chen Qianqiu unsteadily placed the car door to the side and peered inside the vehicle. She looked at Alice, who was in tattered clothes, and the three men wrapped up around her like mummies, without saying a word.
In the silence, Chen Qianqiu lifted the car door from the ground and wobbled it back into the door frame.
"It's not... what is that girl doing here?"
"Who knows..."
Before they could figure out the situation, another loud crash, and the car door was once again pulled open.
A golden-haired magical girl, adorned with fluorescent lights, appeared outside the door. She was wearing a black skin-tight bodysuit and had two longswords strapped to her back.
The bodysuit hugged her body perfectly, accentuating her curves without any wrinkles or bubbles. The high collar and V-shaped design of her outfit added a touch of warmth and sensuality to the otherwise cold and lifeless bodysuit.
The girl drew a glimmering sword from behind and, with a single strike, flipped the entire van's roof.
Sword energy scattered, leaving the three thugs with uniform bald heads.
Then, she twirled her sword and pierced it through the van's floor.
"Magical Girl Higanbana, makes a silent entrance."
Higanbana looked at the group without expression, calmly delivering her opening line.
Then, she just stared at them, cold and unyielding.
Startled by the sudden appearance of the magical girl, the thugs were too scared to make any moves. Their heads had just been shaved by the sword energy, and they knew that even a slight movement could be life-threatening.
After a prolonged silence, one of the thugs attempted to speak.
"Uh... um—"
"Yay!"
Higanbana made a triumphant V-sign with her hand.
"Wouldn't it be better to add some action? Yay!~ Like this, is it cute?"
"C-Cute..."
With a swift motion, Higanbana drew her sword and swung a slash of sword energy across the thug's face, leaving a cut.
"I didn't ask you!"
She then lowered her gaze to Alice.
"Do you think this is appropriate? Yay~~"
She made gestures towards Alice and grinned. While her expression didn't convey a smile, in Higanbana's mind, she was definitely smiling.
Alice found Higanbana's behavior baffling, but she vigorously nodded to express her agreement.
"But I think this doesn't quite suit me. It doesn't match my character. Maybe I'm better with some cooler lines."
Higanbana contemplated her role.
Higanbana inspected her sword, checking the sharpness and straightness of the blade. Then, with a casual swing of her hand, she sent three swords flying towards one of the thugs.
The thug suddenly had three bloody holes in his body, causing him to yelp in pain and quickly retreat to a safer distance. However, as he tried to get up, Higanbana swiftly severed his Achilles' tendon with a single sword strike.
The thug fell to the ground, howling in agony, while Higanbana effortlessly leaped over him. She didn't even deign to touch the fallen man or spare him a glance.
"Sorry about that, it's your fault for moving around. I accidentally hurt you."
—But he didn't move when you attacked him.
Alice wanted to make a comment, but she still had her mouth gagged, rendering her unable to speak.
Higanbana wiped her sword clean of blood and seemed to be contemplating what to say, addressing Alice while seemingly lost in thought. "What should I say? Using my monster-exterminating lines on you wouldn't be quite right, would it?"
Furrowing her brow, Higanbana thought for a moment before smiling at Alice. "Oh, I haven't properly introduced myself yet. My finishing line is 'Holy Light Crush.' Just so you know, I'm a magical girl of the divine light archetype, okay?"
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In SFACG, there is no chapter 53, and chapter 52 goes directly to chapter 54.
No wonder I felt like a chapter has been skipped. C53 got banished to the shadow realm...
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