"The Magical Girl Killer is a legend that’s existed for a long ti."
After dark, if you take so secluded alleyways, you basically won't et anyone.
Jiang Si had walked the road from his ho to Azure Cloud Sect countless tis. For the quicker, more hidden paths he could find them with his eyes closed.
Passing the street that had been smashed to bits by him and Keke during the day, he could see it had already been mostly repaired.
The construction crews in Beihai were always impressive.
"I heard the senior mbers of the Witch Association say that the Magical Girl Killer used to be a Disaster Beast."
Beside him, Xilan was still earnestly explaining the legend of the Magical Girl Killer. "If Magical Girls are the miracles humans pray for, then the Magical Girl Killer is the miracle the Disaster Beasts pray for!"
Now even Disaster Beasts prayed for miracles.
For a mont Jiang Si was actually a little amused.
The idea of an incarnation of calamity praying for miracles struck his sense of irony, like hearing the Black Emperor in Concealing the Heavens say he wanted to collect pets, or a bio-zombie in Infinite demanding human respect for zombies.
Reversing heaven’s mandate, a monkey wearing a crown.
"Not only is it the Disaster Beasts’ wish, it’s also our Complete Witches’ wish and miracle: to stomp those high-and-mighty Magical Girls into the ground! To make them crawl and lick our shoes like vermin!"
Xilan wore an expression of worship. "The Magical Girl Killer is the hope and miracle of us Complete Witches!"
She hastily added, "Of course, second only to you, Simo Tu-sama! Simo Tu-sama is my absolute Nanbo Wan, the sun of the Witch Association!"
Jiang Si glanced at her and asked, "Xilan."
"Present!"
"Why do you hate Magical Girls so much?"
"Huh?" Xilan scratched her head. "Simo Tu-sama, our Witch Association and Magical Girls are sworn enemies. Hating Magical Girls is only natural. To change this cruel world, Magical Girls have to disappear."
"What's cruel about this world?"
Even though they were now in the Great Thousand Worlds version, from the current view those worlds didn't pose any massive threats.
At least nothing threatened this side openly. You could tell by the towering modern cities sprouting everywhere—there was no real survival pressure. The Witch Association and Disaster Beasts were basically under the Disaster Control Bureau’s control—even if local things slipped, the Witch Association wouldn’t dare do anything too brutal openly.
Magical Girls who giggled and fussed could handle the vast majority of crises. Even when things went wrong, one self-sacrificing Full Bloom Magical Girl could fix it.
Compared to the cannibalistic cruelty of the cultivation world, this place was basically a nursery for spoiled slackers.
If you threw these people into the cultivation world, most would just be ingredients for top cultivators’ pills.
"Peep, cruel is cruel. Magical Girls giggle and can casually wipe out our Complete Witches’ dreams."
Xilan thought for a long ti before coming up with a barely coherent explanation. "Disaster Beasts in this world were born because of Magical Girls. Those damned girls stole all the world’s happiness and miracles, leaving everyone a cruel, painful world. Magical Girls stole people’s miracles and happiness!"
"Who said that?"
"The Magic n Association folks all say that."
How convenient—room and board included.
Jiang Si was already used to Simo’s odd brain;
the sect master hadn’t adapted either. As for the Witch Association’s objective…
It was acceptable—at least it made sense. Jiang Si had expected sothing more pretentious like saving the world or saving humanity, since “evil” groups never openly call themselves evil;
everybody claid to be a righteous sect.
Unexpectedly, they were oddly honest: just jealous of Magical Girls’ miracles.
"You don’t know, Simo Tu-sama: Magical Girls’ miracles are the accumulation of other people’s wishes and futures, but the happiness they bring is tiny, belonging only to them and that little patch they can see."
Xilan said angrily, "If the miracles weren’t taken away, everyone could make their own happiness. This world doesn’t need Magical Girls!"
"Why say that? Evidence?"
"The evidence is !" Xilan pointed at herself. "I was clever and talented since childhood: literate at three, martial at five, reciting poems at seven, beating up kids at nine. It’s because back then miracles were lent to Magical Girls that my future turned bleak."
"A life that was going smoothly suddenly went bad: I got caught stealing, got fired for slacking at work, expelled for skipping class. No one helped in fights—though I started most of them, but still, everyone turned against . My whole unlucky life was because of Magical Girls!"
"Do you bla Magical Girls when you sneeze?"
"Of course not?" Xilan said righteously. "If I’m unlucky, it’s Magical Girls’ doing. Bla them all."
"Oh, so that’s why the Disaster Control Bureau’s Magical Girls always shout that it was the Witch Association."
"Isn’t it the sa!" Xilan cocked her head with innocence. "They slander us, dodge bla;
I’m just stating the facts!"
For a mont Jiang Si even thought her Dao Heart was firm.
She was a promising seed for joining a righteous sect.
"Anyway, as long as Magical Girls disappear, whatever the outco, changing the world is a good thing."
Although Jiang Si couldn’t tell who had stamped that ideology into her, he didn’t plan to correct her.
Changing soone’s thinking wasn’t his business.
Let fools remain fools and et their end—no big deal.
A resolute worldview made life easier. The Dao disliked only those who wavered.
"How much do you know about Magical Girls’ powers? Their ranks, Full Bloom?"
"Anyone who’s seen the Magical Girl Killer is dead. I don’t know her exact rank, but if she can take out a Full Bloom, she surely isn’t weaker than Full Bloom."
Good, the version must have updated. Now Full Bloom was roaming around.
As everyone knew, if the Great Emperor wasn't truly dead, he wasn’t dead at all.
All that talk about Full Bloom being guaranteed to die was nonsense.
Previously they swore Full Bloom couldn’t survive, but look—Mùjǐn was living just fine;
the Heart Image Remnant on that Witch Association leader from Jiangming City later even had a Full Bloom Magical Girl reveal herself.
Probably hiding in the remnant, watching her daughter grow.
Once a Great Emperor, later letting descendants run wild and even lending them power—after slicing himself into the Forbidden Zone of Life, a Great Emperor could easily fall from grace.
Who knew how many Forbidden Zone Supres might suddenly appear and stir darkness...
Thinking of that, Jiang Si felt sowhat excited.
These were opportunities knocking on his door!
"Where did you get your intel?" Jiang Si asked curiously. "Weren’t you captured by Azure Cloud Sect?"
"Ting, I escaped not long after and got in touch with the Witch Association." Xilan looked pleased. "I quickly collected all recent intelligence."
"Shan Lan told you?"
"No way. That ungrateful waste actually thought Xilan would leak information and deliberately hid it!"
Xilan said sinisterly, "Little did she know I’d already discovered her treacherous heart. Her loyalty to Simo Tu-sama wasn’t enough, so the Witch Association planted moles. No matter how she tried to hide, my intelligence network saw through it. All the intel fell into my hands! She’d never suspect what contracts we Complete Witches made in Anyang City, hehe."
When it ca to betraying her own people, Xilan’s cunning was undeniable.
As the two walked the street, Xilan suddenly grabbed Jiang Si and pulled him into a small alley.
"Careful, Simo Tu-sama, I see Azure Cloud Sect’s Magical Girls! Those persistent little bitches actually found this place!"
I brought you here.
Just as Yumo and Qinghua were about to approach, Jiang Si calmly said, "Xilan, we’re in mortal danger."
"Don’t fear, Simo Tu-sama. I will definitely take you away! I will never retreat!"
"Loyalty isn’t words, Xilan," Jiang Si asked again, "you must show ."
"Yes, Simo Tu-sama, Xilan is absolutely loyal!"
"Go kill those two Magical Girls."
"Yes, Xilan absolutely..." The Complete Witch froze mid-response and looked at the two Magical Girls. The Azure Cloud Sect’s true-transmission were famous in the Witch Association.
She then awkwardly pointed at herself. "Huh? ?"
"Yes, you. Go kill those two true-transmissions of Azure Cloud Sect."
"Simo Tu-sama, you must be joking—hahaha..."
She laughed for a long ti, but when she noticed Simo Tu-sama showed no hint of humor and only coldly watched her, Xilan’s smile gradually vanished. She then made a pitiful face. "Simo Tu-sama, if you want dead, just say so. You can kill now;
why make such a fuss..."
"You don’t trust ?" Simo Tu-sama sneered. "And you don’t obey my orders—so is that your loyalty?"
"Absolutely not!"
Xilan glanced again at the two Magical Girls, forced herself to stand, then, sensing their terrifying magical power, crouched down. Under Simo Tu-sama’s gaze she tried to stand up, then crouched again...
"Now doing deep squats?"
"Not at all, I—I’m preparing." Xilan took a deep breath. "I’m preparing courage. Simo Tu-sama, I’d do anything for you. You are the hope to change the world. I truly believe you can give , give all of us, a different future and world!"
"Oh, that’s pleasant to hear."
"This is Xilan’s true heart."
Finally she dropped the clownish act. The Complete Witch nervously tried to speak with effort. "Only in you do I see hope. Xilan is not afraid to die, but Xilan fears a death without aning. I want to ask, Simo Tu-sama, if I fight to the death this ti, will it be aningful? Will it help your future world-changing plan?"
"Yes."
"Good." Xilan imdiately stood up, this ti without hesitating. She fished in her clothes and took out a fruit knife.
After wandering BH City for days, she had finally stolen such a fruit knife from the street.
"I hope Simo Tu-sama rembers , and in the new world announces my na to everyone. If this world needs burning to bring light, let Xilan be the first fla!"
"For the new world! Simo Tu-sama, I go!"
Jiang Si watched Xilan scream wildly, brandishing the petty weapon like a divine armant of humanity, and rush at the two peerless true-transmission Magical Girls!
She charged courageously at Yumo and stabbed with a knife imbued with her life’s resolve!
Fearless to the end, the blade shot like a dragon toward the vital spot!!
"Die for , aaaah—"
Then the whole person, knife included, was blown into the air and fell back to the ground a minute later.
Her head was embedded into the earth, motionless.
Jiang Si checked the ti: one minute and twenty-six seconds.
...
When they stepped out of the alley, Yumo imdiately leapt on him, clinging like an octopus.
Qinghua nearby squealed "ouch ouch" for a while, "Aren’t you ashad?"
Jiang Si casually picked up the little Yumo who wouldn’t let go. The girl looked up at him with bright shining pupils and a flushed face;
this ti she didn’t hide.
After he set her down, she clung and hugged his arm.
Since she was no trouble, Jiang Si ignored her and looked at the unconscious Xilan. "Lock her up for now. I’ll rescue her later. This girl has potential."
"Received!"
Qinghua imdiately used a puppet to carry Xilan back.
She then hopped over and hugged Jiang Si’s other arm. "Oh my, didn’t expect such loyalty. No wonder the Sect Master is charming everywhere. But Sect Master, be careful. Opening too many routes at once leads to bad ends. Pay attention to relationship raises. I suggest finishing Lady Bingtang’s route first before trying others..."
Chattering a lot of nonsense only so could understand, Qinghua inhaled and said, "Good thing you’re back, Sect Master. Otherwise Qinghua would be holess. If you disappeared without clearing any route, that’d be a pure trash ga."
"How many people are still in the cavern dwelling?"
"Siye and Liuye are here too. Jiegeng ca once but then left. Senior Sister Bai i is still over in South China;
she has to take a car back, so slower."
Jiang Si nodded. "This is enough people."
Qinghua brightened. "Boss, you finally get it. Planning to romance now? I’ve prepared the order: start with Lady Bingtang, then get Yumo, then raise Siye and Liuye’s favor. When everyone’s favor is full, you can unlock a hidden route, Super Qinghua’s love line..."
"He’s incidental!" Yumo retorted with a glare.
Qinghua laughed as if she ant it. "Anyway, Big Yumo is easy to get. After all, she often peeks at the little ones bathing..."
"Whoa whoa whoa, that’s slander! You’re the pervert! I’m just big-hearted!"
While they bickered, Lai Yuan still hadn’t freed herself from the two girls’ embrace. Holding the collars of both girls like big chicks, she led them out of Azure Cloud Sect’s Illusory Moon Cavern Dwelling.
"Whew, little one, that pose is impressive, a bit suggestive..."
In the cavern dwelling, Liuye’s eyes were red from crying. Siye hugged her sister, smiling as the Sect Master entered. "Sect Master! You’re finally back!"
"Hmm."
After setting Yumo and Qinghua down, Jiang Si looked at the girl in the purple dress beside Bingtang.
Her long hair over her shoulders was purple. When she turned to look, even her pupils were purple.
Her hair ornant was identical to the one Shion wore when transforming.
But more striking than that was her unusually flawless, almost translucent skin and concentric circle patterns layered in her pupils. She looked like a Magical Girl—even though she hadn't transford.
"Who?"
The girl’s smile stiffened. She quickly took out her phone and typed a few big characters: "I’m Yueji, Sect Master! It’s , Yueji!"
"Who?"
The purple-clad girl panicked and waved her phone in front of Bingtang. "Bingtang! Bingtang! Help !"
Sighing, Bingtang turned to Jiang Si. "When you searched the Witch Association’s lab and found 160,000 in savings, you saved two girls. One of them was her, Yueji."
"Later, when you killed a Witch Association mber at the Disaster Control Bureau, there was a Magical Girl trying to replace my position—she was that one."
Jiang Si’s mind imdiately worked. "I rember."
The purple Magical Girl grinned happily and waved his arm.
It was as if those tragic things had nothing to do with her.
"Bingtang said after she was rescued and returned ho, there was already another Yueji in the house." Bingtang opened the file on the computer. Two Yueji profiles appeared;
they looked identical, but the Bureau’s Yueji looked a little older. "That one was Alice from the Mirror Kingdom. She replaced Yueji and took her parents, her life, everything. Later she even beca a Magical Girl in the Disaster Control Bureau."
The purple Magical Girl showed no reaction, only cheerfully swaying by Jiang Si’s side.
"The Mirror Kingdom’s Alice replaced her so seamlessly. Our Yueji, becoming smaller in stature, beca a fake substitute, chased away by her parents and having nowhere to go, she stayed at Azure Cloud Sect."
Bingtang tenderly stroked her head. "At first we couldn’t confirm what happened. We thought it was a Witch Association experint. Only when Mirror Kingdom intel arrived did we realize Yueji was replaced by Mirror Kingdom’s Alice."
"Can she be swapped back now?"
"No." The Yueji there held up her phone again with big, flashy letters: "I’ll stay in Azure Cloud Sect and replace Bingtang, becoming the Sect Master’s assistant!"
"The Disaster Control Bureau’s Mirror Kingdom Alice," the Sect Master tilted his head, "was she controlled?"
"She’s been on your radar for a long ti. Isn’t she a little abnormal—like she forgot she’s Mirror Kingdom’s Alice?" Bingtang looked puzzled. "Anyway, up to now, didn’t you notice anything strange?"
"The Mirror Kingdom docunts..."
"Yueji can read them." Bingtang glanced at Yueji. "While you were with the Magic n Association, you learned Mirror Kingdom’s script. That ti you helped analyze intel about Full Bloom."
The Sect Master sat down and Yueji imdiately sat close to him. Qinghua, always performing bravado, stuck to the other side.
Yumo hugged the Sect Master’s neck from behind. Siye and Liuye crowded up, sitting on Jiang Si’s lap.
Bingtang smiled, a faint chill dissipating. Qinghua and Siye were the first to get up and dash away;
Liuye had wanted to cling more but Siye dragged her off.
Only Yumo and Yueji showed no fear;
they wouldn’t let go.
"Not bad." Jiang Si nodded with satisfaction. "You two will accompany for combat training later."
Yumo and Yueji both let go.
Accompanying the Sect Master for real combat training ant getting beaten;
and the Sect Master wouldn’t hold back. Getting pounded until you were a ss was normal.
Losing was fine, but don’t make a fool of yourself in front of the Sect Master...
Bingtang glanced coldly at the two and continued, "About the Full Bloom intel."
"Speak."
"The first result from Mirror Kingdom research: Full Bloom has uniqueness. For a period, only one Full Bloom Magical Girl is permitted to exist."
Heh, plagiarizing Concealing the Heavens.
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