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Sayako! Sayako!

I couldn't do anything!

All I could do was watch.

I'm so weak.

Magical Girl War Nurse Kurumi!

Bear!

Asuka-san?

Um...

It's been a while.

Make sure you protect me from now on, okay?

This is sudden,

but we have another transfer student to introduce to you!

I'll be learning here at this school with you all starting today.

My name is Mugen Kurumi.

It's nice to meet you all.

Northern Mexico, Tijuana

Magical Girl Just Cause Mia.

It feels strange when you transform right in front of me.

That's because of the Magical Girls' prosopagnosia inducing field.

The one that keeps anyone from recognizing you

as the person you were before you transformed, unless you reveal your identity.

It still feels weird, and we know your identity.

I think it's because my magical power is too strong.

Now then...

It's time to get going.

I'll take point.

Just like our source said.

This is a drug cartel stronghold.

Nice work.

The power of that thing amazes me no matter how many times I see it.

Specifically, it's a magically-induced increase in penetrating power.

It went right through the walls,

the door, a table with a metal plate embedded in it,

and clean through NIJ Level IIIa body armor.

That's crazy.

Come on, stay focused.

There's one more in the back.

No traps.

278867...

98962627886792...

Numbers?

Who are you?

We're not criminals.

Ba...

The Babel Brigade...

A more terrible war...

Wh... What the hell was that?

Looks like there's more to this than a simple drug cartel.

If magic's involved,

that changes things.

It doesn't change a thing.

Crushing these fuckers is our job.

A More Terrible War

I heard you were with the SDF, researching magical combat.

I'm still going to high school.

I didn't expect you to just transfer here.

Iizuka-san's got a lot of influence in strange places.

When I told him that if he couldn't get me into your school,

I was going to quit the Self-Defense Force, he got it done fast.

I'm half-kidding.

Were you thinking I sound like a stalker?

No,

I was just a little surprised.

That Halloween-class...

The situation's changing.

But it's not my problem anymore.

The enemy disagrees.

It's better if we're both in one place as much as possible.

If we could live in the same place, too...

Hey!

You two transfer students are friends already, huh?

I'm Makino Nozomi.

This is Hata Sayako.

Hi...

You're Asuka-san's friends, right?

Yay! Yay! Yay!

Yes, I guess.

"You guess"?

I'm Asuka-san's best friend.

Nice to meet you.

Yay! Yay! Yay!

Asuka-san, the Salisbury steak today is great.

Want some?

Okay, just a little.

Say, "Aah!"

You two are really close, huh?

Yes.

Hey,

so exactly what is Asuka-san to you?

My goddess.

Deep!

So Asuka-san, what do you think of Kurumi-san?

Let me see...

She's somebody close to me that I can count on.

She's not just kind. She's strong.

There are lots of times when I've been in trouble and only made it out because of her.

Asuka-san...

Sayako?

It's okay.

Come on, inhale.

Exhale...

What happened to her?

She was at the scene of the Iidabashi terrorist attack.

Fortunately, she was unharmed, but...

Sorry.

I'm fine now.

Things have been so crazy lately, right?

I wonder if there's something we can do.

"Something?"

You know,

there's that stuff they sell online.

Self-defense items.

Bulletproof vests.

If you don't train,

a bulletproof vest is really heavy.

It's better to just run away.

That's right.

Let the police handle the dangerous stuff.

I see.

Well,

if things get really bad, the Magical Girls will save us, right?

Huh?

Did I say something weird?

I'm sorry.

No, that's not it.

Let's keep things a little more cheerful, okay?

That's right.

Cheerful.

Right?

Hey, Kurumi-san, do you swim?

Yes, a bit.

Why don't we all go to the pool Sunday?

The pool?

Yeah, the pool!

The pool, where water droplets bounce off soft skin!

Where you get to admire rippling muscles and beautiful curves!

I don't know about beautiful curves,

but I do like the idea of swimming.

If Asuka-san's going...

I'm fine with that.

Okay, great!

Yay!

That Makino Nozomi girl sure is pushy, huh?

But she's a good girl. She keeps everyone cheerful.

This school's got a ton of workout machines, huh?

There aren't a lot of people here, either, so it's easy to use them.

You're a researcher.

Do you need to train?

I'm a Magical Girl.

I never know what will happen.

You're strong.

I'm not strong.

Then how can you still fight so optimistically after that awful battle?

Because...

Hey, does it stink?

I smell vomit.

So do I.

That's strange.

I know we washed her.

Want to wash her again?

There's no point.

She won't smell better no matter how many times you do it.

Why not just stay here all day?

Nobody wants you stinking up the classroom.

Please... just...

You're garbage. Garbage doesn't breathe.

I like myself now that I can transform into a Magical Girl.

I don't like the person I was when I couldn't.

What about you, Asuka-san?

You said you wanted to quit being a Magical Girl,

but you're still in excellent shape.

I like keeping myself in shape.

Is that really all?

I'm scared.

Maybe.

Scared?

Of the enemy?

No.

Of becoming weak.

This way.

What's this about?

Welcome, Master!

Welcome.

They're both ace members of the JGSDF.

These are the members of M Squad,

an elite unit within the Special Forces Group, specializing in magical combat.

I'm Shima.

Nice to meet you.

Kaede.

This is M Squad's secret base.

We can't do anything too crazy in a government-owned building.

But why a maid café?

I didn't exactly sign up for this, either!

Calm down, Kaede! Calm down!

There's a staircase in the back that leads to sub-basement B2.

There's a training room and an armory.

Hey.

We've been over this.

I'm not...

There's been a huge increase in magical item smuggling lately.

The war's over.

That's right.

The war's over.

And a new order is being born.

Criminal spirits are trading magic for rare materials from Earth.

Leftover remnants from the war?

"Remnants" isn't the right way of looking at it anymore.

They were able to modify that Halloween-class.

Somebody big is backing them.

And that's not all.

We're even seeing illegal Magical Girls.

The world's rules have changed.

And a new world needs new power.

It needs your power,

Magical Girl Rapture.

I...

Magical...

What?

What did you say?

Magical Girl...

Prey...

Remake the world...

The world?

Not the Japanese government?

New organization...

Library of Babel...

Babel Brigade...

A more... terrible... war...

Magical Girls are prey, huh?

This case is a bigger deal than I thought, huh?

We'll have to change all our assumptions about this enemy.

What can we do against an enemy like this?

We're cops.

Magic or not,

we just do our jobs.

So that normal people can live in peace.

What a beautiful sight.

Nozo-chan,

you're such an old man.

Well, our own forces are just as strong.

Beautiful!

Nozo-chan...

Aw,

"beautiful" is going too far.

Right, Asuka-san?

Asuka-san, wait!

Okay! Me, too!

Hey.

Thank you for coming, guys.

What's that for?

Sayako's still pretty down.

She's a total four-eyes who always has her nose in a book,

but she likes to swim.

Do her glasses have anything to do with anything?

I'm glad you came.

Why?

She likes cool girls like you and me.

I think it makes her more excited.

Cool?

Hey, where is she?

Is that her?

She dives?

No,

she's never mentioned it before.

I'm glad nothing bad happened.

Really.

I'm sorry.

You did a great job with that dive.

I'm tired of being so scared I can't move.

Everyone's moving forward, aren't they?

Feel better?

Yeah.

I bet.

You were staring at lots of crotches at the pool.

I was not.

You were, too.

We know you're a perv.

Nozo-chan!

What's wrong, Asuka-san?

Nothing...

I was just wondering if it was okay to do things like this.

Of course it is.

Otherwise, you'll regret it when you grow up and work eighty-hour weeks.

Eighty-hour weeks?

You need to have fun with your life right now!

So let's do this again!

Yeah.

How about we go there next?

Cheerleader Samurai vs. Megaton Shark?

This?

Doesn't it look good?

What do you think, Asuka?

Fine with me, I guess.

Okay, let's do it, then!

I'll go get tickets to see it soon.

Here you go.

If Asuka-san's going...

Yeah.

Let's come back again, all four of us.

Okay, see you later.

Bye!

I'll be going, then.

See you.

Asuka-san...

Is school fun?

Yeah.

I think it is.

That's why I don't want to be a Magical Girl anymore.

I don't want to lose any more of the people close to me.

Right...

I'm glad you have friends here.

See you tomorrow.

Not fighting because you have things you care about...

You're supposed to do the opposite, Asuka-san.

You're Makino Nozomi,

daughter of Makino Akinori from the Foreign Affairs Police, right?

Now we have all the cards we need.

I can't wait to see the movie.

Nozomi was kidnapped, chu!

Terrible torture or execution...

Just imagining what she could be going through makes me shiver, chu!

Next time, "Babel Brigade—Combat Begins."

Babel Brigade—Combat Begins

With your Magical Karambit, rip the bad guys to pieces, chu!