webnovelfull Chapter 186 The Magic Mouse's Great Adventure
Chapter 186 The Magic Mouse's Great Adventure
Li Kexin's feelings are very complicated right now.
First, I encountered one of the most powerful spells in the astral magic system: [Mental World].
Senior Red Rose had shown me just how powerful this magic was: it could create an independent dimensional world, a different dimension completely controlled by the caster, who could even define all the physical and magical rules within it.
If the spellcaster is willing, and the person caught up in it does not have enough magic power to resist, then they can only become a pawn or toy in the spellcaster's hands.
And right now, I am enveloped by the mental world of Xin Yuehu.
"But why does it look like this?!"
The girl turned her head and glanced at the full-length mirror beside her, then shouted loudly, her face flushed.
I don't know if the world around me has grown larger or my own body has shrunk, but this full-length mirror is enormous, and my reflection in it looks very strange:
She grew wheat-colored ears on her head, had a fluffy tail hanging behind her, and her formal dress had transformed into pumpkin pants and a puff-sleeved top, making her a lively and clever squirrel girl.
And the companions who had crawled out of their coma not far away all looked much the same—
Hyacinths turned into sky-blue field mice, nightingales into pale yellow hamsters, and irises into little white mice.
Just as the three of them were staring blankly at the layout of the room, a loud cannon salute rang out around them, startling all four of them.
"Boom!!"
"Dear viewers! Welcome to Fox's Private Mansion Escape Room! I'm your favorite host—Magical Girl Heart Moon Fox~"
A burst of enthusiastic cheers followed, accompanied by countless colorful ribbons and confetti falling from the sky.
Hyacinth looked at her outfit with suspicion, then looked up at the TV in the room that was showing the live stream of Heart Moon Fox.
"Hey! Heart Moon Fox! What are you trying to do by turning us into this?!"
Then, Nan Xiaofeng shouted loudly.
On the TV screen, the golden fox smiled as it looked at the hyacinth field mouse on the floor, its ears perked up, revealing a familiar, joyful smile.
"Hehehe~ Isn't this Miss Hyacinth? It seems Miss Hyacinth is quite satisfied with the outfit I, Fox, specially prepared for you~"
"Satisfied my foot! Change us back right now! Otherwise I'll—"
Nan Xiaofeng tried to transform into the Shadow of Stars, but the magic seemed to have completely disappeared, and he couldn't use it no matter what he did.
Iris tried to activate the magic cannon, but she couldn't even summon the magic wand in her hand.
"Hmm?...Why has the flow of magic disappeared? What happened...?"
"Give up. This is my mental world, where magic is not allowed~"
The golden fox had a bright smile on its face, and the TV screen was filled with comments like "The hamster and hyacinth are so cute!" and "The hamster and nightingale are so adorable!"
Nightingale, on the other hand, observed her hamster girl outfit in the full-length mirror with great interest, and even carefully touched her newly grown ears.
"...Anyway, we're trapped here by her, right?"
The little white mouse, Hualing, was the first to calm down. While pulling back Hyacinth, who was trying to get close to the TV, she spoke to her companions.
"What exactly does she want? Is she going to keep us trapped here like captives?" Squirrel Wheat asked nervously.
"I don't think so, she should be here soon..."
Before the words were even finished, a loud horn blare and cheering sounds came from the television.
"That concludes our casual conversation!"
"Now that the contestants are all in place, it's time for me, Fox, to announce the rules!"
"In the coming days, four magical mice will be staging an escape room challenge within the secret chamber of this fox's private residence!"
"Only by correctly solving all the mechanisms set up by Fox can the magical mice safely escape from the secret room!"
"But... it wouldn't be fun if it were just puzzle-solving, so I, Fox, have prepared a powerful opponent for the magical mice!"
The sound of cannon salutes exploded in the room.
As the upbeat music played, the room door opened, and a deep blue catgirl walked in from outside.
Looking at the catgirl in front of them, who was of normal size but considered enormous by the magical mice, the shrunken girls instantly broke out in a cold sweat.
Especially when they saw the hunter's smile in her heterochromatic cat eyes, the mice suddenly understood what the so-called "cat catching mice" really meant.
"Hehehe..."
The catgirl let out a hunter's sneer, her paw reaching for the light switch in the room, gesturing for silence.
"Run away, little mice!"
"Next... it's hunting time."
"Click".
The lights were turned off, and the room was dimly lit, with only the Xinyuehu live broadcast room on the TV providing the only light source.
Under the light of this source, the catgirl's heterochromatic eyes reflected a terrifying brilliance.
A genuine cat-and-mouse game officially begins the moment the room lights go out!
……
"Waaaaaaahh ...
"Hmph hmph hmph~"
The field mouse hyacinth was running frantically across the room floor.
The cat girl followed closely behind the field mouse hyacinth, occasionally reaching out her paw to scratch her, scaring the hyacinth so much that she was terrified and could only run for her life.
In the corner of the cabinet not far away, Squirrel Wheat Calyx peeked out and glanced at the horrific scene of the chase outside, then withdrew its head, its face turning pale.
"Hyacinth is being chased, it's terrifying."
"Our magic is all sealed off, but Hellcat has never used any offensive magic, so..."
The little white mouse iris shook its head in distress.
As fire-type magical girls who rely heavily on magic, both she and Mai are very troubled by the current situation of losing their magic, and Nightingale, a support type, is no exception.
But the latter seemed to really like her hamster girl outfit, and was currently observing herself with great interest in a hand mirror in a cabinet.
"Meow hehe~ Where do you think you're going, little mouse?"
"Waaaaaah!!!"
The screams outside the cabinet sent shivers down the spines of the three people, and the three magical mice quickly peeked out from the crack.
The catgirl held the field mouse hyacinth firmly in her hand, her heterochromatic cat eyes shining brightly in the dim bedroom, which frightened the hyacinth into screaming.
The three of them silently pulled their heads back in.
"...Let's discuss how to escape from here," Squirrel Wheat whispered.
The white mouse iris and the hamster nightingale nodded to each other.
While Hellcat's attention was focused on Hyacinth the field mouse, the remaining three magic mice immediately began discussing this so-called escape room game.
"Look, I found this."
Hamster Nightingale rummaged behind the hand mirror and pulled out a slip of paper with a few lines written in delicate handwriting:
【The Great Escape of the Magical Mouse* ~The Escape Room of Heart Moon Fox~】
【Tourist Guide】
[1. The mice need to collect all the items to leave successfully: the cork in the sink, the power plug on top of the refrigerator, and the game console controller.]
[Second, the hunter cat will roam the entire room and will hunt down the magic mouse once it spots it.]
3. Amazing magical gadgets will randomly spawn in the corners of the room, so remember to make good use of them!
The three looked at each other in bewilderment.
"...If we collect everything on the note, we should be able to escape from here," said Hamster Nightingale.
"What if Xin Yuehu changes her mind?" Squirrel Wheat immediately asked.
"Don't worry, she's always been a person of integrity," the white mouse Iris replied.
Before they could even divide up the tasks, a rustling sound outside the cabinet caught their attention.
A blue cat's eye gleamed through the crack in the cabinet door, staring intently at the three magical mice huddled in the corner of the cabinet.
"……hey-hey."
"I've found you!"