After that, under the leadership of Momoko, Xiaohuan met her two companions, Mizunan Reina and Akino Kaede, at the station.
Different from the magical girls in other places who mostly work alone, the magical girls in Kamihama City are not only quite numerous, but also almost all form different small groups. The reason is that there are unexpectedly many witches in Kamihama City, to the extent that you can find a witch when you go out to buy a bottle of drink. In this case, the practice of each magical girl occupying a territory in other places is obviously not feasible in Kamihama City.
Therefore, in Kamihama City, magical girls mostly appear in groups. The same is true for Momoko. She has been working with these two girls to investigate and defeat witches for a while, and their relationship is pretty good.
Unlike the outgoing Momoko, Mizuba Reina and Akino Kaede have different personalities. Akino Kaede is a girl who seems very weak and always hides behind Momoko. Mizuba Reina is more assertive and looks very impatient when she sees Xiaohuan - as if she owes her a lot of money.
"Looking for my sister? Why do you want us to look for her?"
After listening to Momoko's story, Mizuna Reina, with her arms folded, complained impatiently and glared at Tamaki Iroha.
"Isn't this someone else's business? We still haven't found the Chain Witch yet! We don't have the time to do this now!"
"Okay, okay, don't say that. It's nice to change your mind and relax once in a while, isn't it?"
Hearing Rena Mizunan's unhappy answer, Momoko couldn't help but smile bitterly, and Akino Kaede next to her also spoke up to join in.
"That's right, Reina. I came here to look for my sister. I'm sure I'm in a hurry. This..."
"Ah, my name is Tamaki Iroha."
"So it's Xiaohuan? Please give me some advice."
"snort."
Seeing Akino Kaede and Tamaki Iroha greeting each other enthusiastically, Mizuna Reina snorted unhappily and then looked behind Tamaki.
"Who is she, then?"
"Why?"
Hearing Mizunan Rena's question, Momoko and Xiaohuan were stunned for a moment. They turned around and found that Red Ponytail was standing behind them, staring at them motionlessly.
"Wow! Where did you come from? You scared me!"
"Eh? Aren't we supposed to stay at Miss Yakumo's place?"
“…”
In response to Taozi and Xiaohuan's words, Red Ponytail just tilted her head slightly, looked at them, and said nothing.
Seeing this, Xiaohuan looked at Taozi in embarrassment.
"What should I do, Peach..."
"Wow... we have no choice but to let her follow us. She seems to be very close to you, so it should be okay."
“Is this really okay?”
"It's better than leaving her here alone."
"I said what are you talking about."
Hearing Momoko and Xiaohuan's random hands, Mizuna Reina raised her eyebrows and questioned in dissatisfaction, and hearing her question, Momoko could only smile bitterly helplessly.
"Well, actually it's like this..."
Facing the two of them, Taozi explained to them everything about the red ponytail, and after hearing Taozi's explanation, the two were stunned.
"Huh?! I wonder if she's a magical girl or a witch?"
"Is it so dangerous? If she is a witch, why don't we just destroy her?"
"You can try if you can."
Hearing what Mizunan Reina said, Momoko rolled her eyes helplessly at her.
"She is a ruthless person who even knocked Yachiyo down in an instant. I heard that if Xiaohuan hadn't spoken up in a hurry, Yachiyo would have been dead now."
"Ugh... No way, even Nanami..."
Hearing this, Mizuna Reina's face turned even paler, and she quietly stepped back, keeping a distance from Red Ponytail. Red Ponytail just stood quietly behind Xiaohuan and looked at everyone, without any reaction to their actions.
"By the way, if this girl is a witch, why would she obey the orders of this girl called Tamaki Iroha? Do you really not know her?"
"I really don't know her!"
Xiaohuan also waved her hands hurriedly.
"In fact, I just came to Kamihama City a while ago, and I saw her in the witch's barrier. She was unconscious at the time and was almost attacked by the witch. I thought she was also a magical girl..."
"But didn't you come to Kamihama City to look for your sister? Isn't she your sister? I think you two look like sisters when standing together."
"Why?"
Hearing this, Xiao Huan was stunned for a moment, she turned her head and looked at Hong Mawei behind her. Indeed, judging from her appearance, Hong Mawei looked only about twelve or thirteen years old, if the two stood together, it would not be unreasonable to say that they were sisters, but...
"She's really not my sister. My sister's name is Huanyou... I think she should be hospitalized at the Satomi Medical Center here..."
“Hmph, is that so…”
Mizunan Reina curled her lips and stopped caring about such trivial matters, while Akino Kaede comforted her from the side.
"Okay, Reina, it's only one day. It won't be too late for us to go find the Chain Witch tomorrow."
"Um... what is this Chain Witch you're talking about?"
Seeing that the atmosphere was becoming more and more sinister, Xiaohuan hurriedly spoke up and tried to change the subject. Hearing her question, Taozi nodded.
"Oh, by the way, Iroha doesn't know yet. Let's go, we can talk while we walk."
Next, on the way to the medical center, Xiao Huan also heard from Tao Zi and others about the so-called "Chain Witch" they were tracking. According to Tao Zi, this witch was very different from the previous witches, and she seemed to be hidden in a rumor, or a rumor.
The rumor goes that if you write your name on the sixth floor and your partner's name on the seventh floor of a middle school's staircase that leads to the roof, you will be deemed to have severed ties with them forever. If two people want to reconcile, the one who apologizes first will be captured by a chain monster, locked in the Severance Staircase, and have to clean that staircase forever.
“Isn’t this just a weird story?”
After listening to Taozi's description, Xiaohuan was somewhat unbelievable. This kind of strange story can be found everywhere in Japan. The so-called Seven Wonders of the School is of this type. There was a similar rumor in Xiaohuan's previous school. It was said that there was a bad student who was chased by the teacher because of doing bad things, and then he slipped and fell from the rooftop. Later, the stairs leading to the rooftop became the location of the bad boy. It was rumored that when the bad boy walked up that section of stairs, he would walk up the last extra step of stairs, and then be caught by the bad boy's ghost and taken to his world...
If we just look at the content, it seems that there is not much difference from the rumor called "Breaking Up Friendship Stairs".
"It would be fine if it was just a rumor."
Having said that, Taozi's expression also became serious.
“But in fact, among the six people who wrote their names on the stairs of breaking up, three of them have disappeared.”
"Why?!"
Hearing this, Xiaohuan was shocked.
"So you think this was done by a witch?"
"Well, that's what we think. This matter should be related to the witch."
At the same time, with a soft "ding dong" sound, the bus stopped.
We have arrived at Satomi Medical Center.
In Huan Caiyu's memory, her sister was hospitalized here with two girls of the same age. However, when she went to the front desk to inquire, she received a disappointing news - the hospital staff told her that Huan You's name was not on the list of hospitalized patients. Whether it was the list of hospitalized patients or the list of discharged patients, Huan Caiyu was very disappointed. She had hoped to find some clues, but now it seems that this clue has also been broken...
“I see…”
After listening to Xiaohuan's report, Taozi showed a troubled expression.
"So what are you going to do next?"
"I want to find a way to sneak into the ward and see if I can find any clues..."
Although Xiao Huan didn't want to use this trick, she had no other choice now. However, it was not difficult for her to sneak in. After all, she was a magical girl and had the skills of 007. It was not impossible for her to avoid the surveillance and security and enter the hospital to investigate.
"Oh, that's right!"
At this time, Qiu Yefeng seemed to have thought of something and clapped his hands with a smile.
"Why not let Reina help?"
"Why?"
"Reina can transform into other people. This is a very powerful magic."
"Yeah?"
Hearing Feng's words, Xiaohuan looked at Mizuna Rena in surprise, but the latter snorted coldly and turned her head away.
"I don't want to. If I get exposed, I'll be the one who gets in trouble! Besides, why should I go to such lengths for someone else's affairs?"
"It won't hurt if you help!"
However, what was unexpected this time was that the first person to explode was Akino Kaede, who seemed docile and introverted before.
"Reina, you always use magic when it doesn't matter, and then you don't use it when you really need it!"
"What do you mean by insignificant? Besides, it's hard to say whether Huanyou even exists!"
"It must exist! Iroha became a magical girl just for her sister!"
At this point, Akino Feng even slammed the table excitedly.
"That's absolutely correct!"
"How can I possibly know other people's wishes?"
Faced with Feng's relentless pressure, Mizunan Reina also became excited.
"You're not either, Feng. Did you become a magical girl just for some silly wish like protecting the family vegetable garden? That's hilarious!"
"Not being bored at all, that's my most important wish!"
"this……"
Seeing the two of them suddenly quarreling, Xiaohuan didn't know what to do for a moment. She looked at this one, then looked at that one, not knowing what to say. And Red Ponytail just sat quietly on the chair next to Xiaohuan, sipping her drink, not caring about the quarrel in front of her at all.
However, the two of them kept arguing more and more, and finally Akino Kaede got so angry that he shouted, "I'm breaking up with Reina," and then turned around and left with his schoolbag. Reina replied, "Whatever you want!" and then left without looking back.
Only Taozi, who was holding her head and sighing, Xiaohuan, who looked confused, and Hong Ponytail, who was still sipping Coke.