Chapter 77 : Free Magical Girl Federation

The diplomatic situations of the US and Russia were not just precarious, but pushed to the brink.

In fact, looking only at the causal relationships of the events, their choices could be understood.

Even if Russia made a foolish decision under the spell of [Puppet], it was done while their minds and bodies were controlled. The US also simply moved mechanically according to the established mutual assured destruction system and prepared for nuclear war.

When 1200 nuclear missiles were launched from Russia towards the White House, Pentagon, Washington, New York, etc.

The situation might have been different if they had waited with faith that those would disappear along with a miracle.

The US President eventually pressed the switch.

And thousands of nuclear weapons were eliminated by a miracle.

“…”

“…”

The underground bunker where the President and US military generals were gathered fell into a chilling silence.

Faced with an unexpected result, the US State Department and Department of Defense, which had been discussing post-nuclear war society, panicked.

And a fierce political backlash came towards the US President and government who decided to launch nuclear weapons.

[One who tries to drive the whole world to destruction simultaneously.]

[What is mutual assured destruction for?]

Russia’s government had long been paralyzed as well, since high-ranking officials including the President had been puppetized by the magical girl of [Puppet]. So after the Moscow incident ended, there was a vacuum period to form an interim government while treating those who had been puppetized.

[Although the military power of the US and Russia remains the same… diplomatically, it’s a timing when they’re unprecedentedly vulnerable!]

Taking advantage of the confusion of these two governments, all countries seeking opportunity launched intense diplomatic attacks.

They judged it was a golden opportunity to overturn the enormous order leading the world, rather than the circumstances of how nuclear weapons were launched and disappeared.

Added to that, the news that the US had been secretly extracting magical girls from other countries to create a state-recognized organization, and that they defected out of disappointment with America’s actions, was good material to attack the US.

[We support the choice of 300 magical girls with unyielding conviction towards a country that made incorrect choices.]

All countries simultaneously applauded the courageous decision of the Free Magical Girl Federation while trying to strip the US of its justification as the world’s watchdog.

Among them, Japan was attempting the most intense attack. They even actively expressed willingness to provide territory that could be operated independently to the Grand Council.

[We will provide an independent administrative zone operated only by them, respecting the society of supernatural ability users.]

They already knew about the Garden that only magical girls could enter. But this was a gesture to legally recognize them as a nation-scale group.

Behind that action was the desire to maximize the advantage of being deeply tied to magical girls through geographical and national connections. Furthermore, the ambition to step up as a permanent member of the UN Security Council to replace Russia as a country adjacent to supernatural ability society.

The Japanese government made desperate efforts, judging that coexisting with the magical girl of [Beginning] was now the correct answer rather than thousands of nuclear weapons.

And the attitudes of other countries were not much different, with only slight variations.

Just 3 days.

The whole world judged that if not now, a new order could not be established.

And at the center of that new order was the society magical girls belonged to.

While the Grand Council temporarily refused the UN emergency general assembly meeting request for follow-up on the Moscow incident, all countries were slowly forming plans to align with the next moves of the magical girl of [Beginning].

* * *

“I was moved by the miracle you showed!”

“I want to become a righteous magical girl like you!”

“To think you’re this beautiful even wearing a mask!”

“The black cloak is so cool too!”

“Ah… th-thank you.”

The magical girls of the Free Magical Girl Federation, who had crossed over from America overnight, were so lively. I thought they would be dispirited after coming over disappointed with America, but it was completely the opposite.

They were fitting for magical girls who had gathered with the single pride of belonging to the world’s best state-recognized magical girl organization, despite differences in race, language, and country of origin.

Their expectations were shattered with one press of the nuclear launch button.

The girls of the Free Magical Girl Federation didn’t know that I had briefly gone missing after the Moscow incident, so they were cheering that I was walking in fine after performing such a miracle.

“It’s such an honor! Really beautiful and so elegant and with a nice voice! Oh my! With a mature appearance befitting the world’s most noble magical girl!”

The most surprising thing was the born 2-star magical girl of [Lightning] who had coordinated the opinions of the Federation magical girls as a representative.

One of Yuki’s travel companions, a serious magical girl.

Chen Lihua from Taiwan was there.

“Ah, that’s… that much…”

Boing boing boing

“No! The righteous spirit of magical girls you’ve created is truly a noble and ideal philosophy that should be passed down for ages!”

Chen Lihua had long hair neatly pulled back and was wearing a white blouse and yellow skirt. And over that, she wore a white coat with a lightning pattern that was giving off faint yellow sparks. With a moved expression, she grabbed my hands and waved them up and down.

“Magical girls!”

“Lead people with dreams!”

“Magical girls!”

“Become hope for others!”

“Magical girls!”

“Save people!”

The resounding cries of 300 magical girls echoed in the auditorium used to educate new Relief Corps members or unbloomed magical girl volunteers.

‘This is driving me crazy. This girl wasn’t like this in the original work.’

The girl who had been shouting slogans in a lively voice since earlier must have made them recite since their time in New York, as the Free Magical Girl Federation girls spoke fluently in English.

Clap clap clap

“You all have the right magical girl spirit.”

Sumire smiled with satisfaction at that sight and applauded, and the administrative magical girls belonging to the Council and Relief Corps magical girls who had gathered to watch also nodded and applauded.

Clap clap clap clap clap

“That’s right. I still watch the debutante video once a day and it’s still moving.”

“Yes! The right magical girl spirit is not in country or ideology!”

With a face red from embarrassment, I shook hands with the 300 Free Federation magical girls who were requesting handshakes.

‘Why on earth has Chen Lihua, the magical girl of [Lightning] who cynically criticized countries in the original work, become such a toxic fan…?’

When I saw the scene of Chen Lihua cynically explaining her view of nations to Yuki in the original work, I felt depressed too.

[Lihua, why don’t you try to belong somewhere?]

[Yuki, when people gather, do you think it’s possible to properly help others?]

[…Yes. Humans can’t live alone. If someone teaches kindness, surely everyone can be happy.]

[No. You’re wrong.]

[…]

[When humans gather, they only become selfish groups. No matter how altruistic a few humans are, they’re crushed by the logic of resources and selfishness.]

[…But.]

[Whether groups or nations. Selfishness is always present in what humans create. It’s meaningless in the end.]

So I was tense from the moment I heard there was a magical girl of [Lightning]…

Chen Lihua was launching a more threatening attack on me than any enemy I had met.

Like the voice of a recreation instructor asking the quietest friend in the class to come out during a middle school field trip. And like that sentence asking to try an image transformation in front of everyone.

“Great magical girl!”

“Magical girl of [Beginning]!”

“Queen of magical girls!”

“Please watch our debutante too!”

“Kind magical girl!”

“Faceless king!”

“Owner of the rose garden!”

My heart was pounding and I felt like I would be overwhelmed with shame at the shouts of girls of different races and languages.

“Please stop, it’s embarrassing. Please…”

“The king asks you to stop!”

“The king orders us to stop because it’s embarrassing!”

Silence.

In the auditorium, hundreds of beautiful girls were looking at me with sparkling eyes, covering their mouths with both hands out of respect. Blue, green, brown, yellow, orange, and various colored eyes all looked at me sparkling.

Chen Lihua winked while covering her mouth with her delicate hands.

I suddenly recalled the memory of the debutante from what felt like long ago.

Although it had only been about half a year, that first step where so many things had happened in between.

Countless roses.

Girls who found their dreams.

A magician blessing the girls’ transformations.

The karma of my attention-seeking act that mobilized all the boy and girl sensibilities latent within me had finally followed me here.

‘I should have toned it down a bit.’

Looking at the hundreds of magical girls in the auditorium with their mouths covered and eyes sparkling, I slightly regretted what I did then.

‘I should have gone with a more plain concept…’