Magical Girl Raising Project Zero

5th Chapter: "Trauma"

At the police station, Daniel is seen discussing with the detective about the case.

Detective: We've been getting reports of more missing people showing up dead. There's a big group in play or possibly a big suicidal phenomenon occurring.
Daniel: Suicidal phenomenon, huh? I doubt that. Big group, maybe. But we still have to uncover things to get the facts.
Detective: I'm pretty sure of that once we got the truth into the light.
Daniel: Have you discussed with the Intelligence Division's agents?
Detective: Yes, I have. They said they'll be widening their search. Lately, more reports in social media that there are more magical girls showing up. Kids' fantasies, since when they could become reality? They're just heroines.
Daniel: I kind of agree, even if I have seen or met one in public.
Detective: Just what is our city going into?
Daniel: People are disappearing and dying. This case is going to have a cold trail, and is going to be unsolved if we leave it like this.
Detective: Seems so. Unless we find more about what's going on behind the scenes.

In the safe house
Kubegahama Residential Area
Nabuka, Japan

Grinch: We managed to gather info about that nun magical girl and her partner. Truck, show it to him.

Truck passes the confidential report paper to him.

Truck: Here. Her name's Sister Nana. Real name "Nana Habutae". And her partner's name in her heroine self is Weiss Winterprison, also real name "Shizuku Ashu".
Daniel: Good job. Just what we need containing Intel about these magical girls.

Almost returning home at night, he hears an explosion in the warehouse area.

He brings out the drone. Daniel manages to go in the area and witnesses two magical girls fighting each other.

Daniel: What is she up to this time?

Another magical girl is holding La Pucelle in the neck, it is the Musician of the Forest, Cranberry.

Daniel: Another magical girl?

Cranberry: I don't search for powerful foes. I thirst for them.

Just as La Pucelle is about to lose consciousness, Daniel has no other choice but to see the situation further.

Daniel: What is she doing to her?!

Cranberry knocked her out, then proceeds to bring her to a location.

Daniel: Is she bringing her somewhere? I better pursue.

Daniel pursues them to the mountain road that is outside the city, via motorcycle.

The drone records continuously, as he finally catches up to them in a distance.

He sees the original identity of La Pucelle detransformed, it is a boy.

Daniel: A boy?! Oh no..

Cranberry makes him walk on the road as a delivery truck is closing in.

*truck horn*
*tires screeching*
*impact*

Daniel: ?!....

Cranberry walks away, but suddenly almost notices Daniel's drone flying away.

The drone safely lands on Daniel's hands.
He managed to get the footage out of the drone's storage drive.

Daniel: So this how it all went, a life-or-death survival game. And this person is... Souta Kishibe.

Daniel left the area and went home.

In the next day, Koyuki is at the Souta's funeral after finding out that he was in fact, murdered.

Funeral Service
1:00 P.M.

Daniel is seen observing her from a distance, but still felt a little angrily bad after seeing her childhood friend killed by Cranberry.

In the evening, he is going back home to the safe house.

Suddenly, he sensed and noticed a magical girl. He went after her, as he draws out the drone.

His drone finds her attempting to murder someone, who is black-Gothic themed magical girl who wears a maid dress. The second magical girl looks like a robot. The other is a terrified Snow White.

Daniel: ...

Magicaloid 44: Hey, I supposed I've ended up helping you. I don't know who this person was, but... We've met a few times in the chat, haven't we? I'm Magicaloid 44.
Snow White: ?!...
Magicaloid 44: My, my, my. I'm happy that today's secret item proved fairly useful.

Daniel: (Secret item? She's using high-tech gadgetry? She looks like a robot..)

She whips a cutting wired instrument to cause small blocks of wood to fall down on her.

Daniel: (A cutter wire? That's dangerous, just like any ordinary piano wire but worse.)

Magicaloid 44: I thought killing another magical girl would fill me with more nausea, or perhaps even ecstasy, but all I feel is physical disgust.

She raises her gadget and prepares to whip cut Snow White.

Magicaloid 44: If that's it, then I'll follow through with my original plan and kill you, too.
Snow White: No!...
Magicaloid 44: That homicidal maniac will probably be more pleased if I kill two instead of one.

Snow White tries to run as Magicaloid raises her cutting wire gadget, but ends up getting impaled from behind by someone's arm going through her chest.

Snow White: No, I don't want to die!
Magicaloid 44: Now then, farewell.

*impale*

Magicaloid 44: ?...Guh...

The arm kills her, and detransformed her back to human form.

Daniel: !.... (She's been impaled from the back!)

She sees that the black magical girl is still alive but headless. Horrified to see what she is seeing, she screams.

Daniel: (That black magical girl... She can regenerate and have advanced natural healing?! She even survives getting beheaded? What is this?!)

Snow White: *scream*

Snow White passed out, as Daniel flies the drone back to him and got it back safely, but still felt shocked upon what he saw from the footage.

Daniel: ... What did I just see from that girl?! Is this going even more twisted? I need to report about this soon.

He left the area, and went back home.