Ruo Yun was breathing slightly heavily as she looked at Shui Ling lying unconscious on the ground, taking a deep breath.
She stood up, canceled her transformation, and put away her gun.
In the distance, she could hear the whispers of several Magical Girls, yet no one noticed this area,
amidst the terrifying large-scale battle that had just swept across the entire venue.
The small battlefield between two Magical Girls hadn't attracted much attention.
Also because the commotion caused by the two wasn't particularly significant.
Actually, most Magical Girl battles, even at Blooming level, don't have especially large scales,
let alone one at Sprout and one at Seedling level.
The fight was also very quick, and Shui Ling wasn't skilled at combat to begin with.
Reaching out, she placed Shui Ling in a safe, visible spot, ensuring the Disaster Control Bureau personnel would spot her later.
Only then did Ruo Yun stand up, holding the mask, and limp away from the Disaster Control Bureau ruins.
When she erged from the compound ruins, she saw row after row of military vehicles speeding past, mixed with black sedans, stopping at the compound entrance.
Looking from afar, she could see many people dressed in civil servant attire approaching the Magical Girls of the Disaster Control Bureau under military police protection.
The leading mayor's assistant wore a white fisherman's hat; Ruo Yun had quite an impression of him - he liked to call himself a "strategist" publicly and had debuted during the mayor's election campaign.
Originally one of the Magical Girl faction candidates, he had good eloquence and garnered many votes. Although he couldn't rival the Witch Association candidate, he still put considerable pressure on the Witch Association faction.
But then at the critical mont of the election, he backstabbed them and joined the Witch Association faction.
His slogan "With the Witch Association here, Jiangming will know peace; with the Witch Association here, Disaster Beasts will go extinct!" combined with the Witch Association candidate's "Make Jiangming Great Again" directly created a chain reaction.
Completely eliminating the Magical Girl faction's chances.
Afterward, the series of new policies favorable to the Witch Association introduced by the new mayor were all promoted by this assistant.
To be fair, his eloquence was indeed good. Ruo Yun sotis saw him on the large screens in the square, talking confidently on programs, extensively promoting the benefits of cooperating with the Witch Association. Facing examples of evil deeds committed by Witch Associations in other cities presented by the program crew, he could reasonably refute them, imdiately performing a "sacred separation" with those Witch Associations.
"I couldn't help but laugh out loud then, because the Witch Association in our Jiangming City is different from elsewhere."
"If the Witch Association here has strong power, they'll definitely deliver a head-on blow to the Disaster Beasts."
"As for Witch Associations in other cities, I look at them with sympathy, because they're products lagging behind this era, lagging behind this city. Their professional level is so low it's embarrassing, gradually becoming a joke now."
"The Witch Association in Jiangming focuses on doing just three things - eliminate Disaster Beasts! Eliminate Disaster Beasts! And eliminate Disaster Beasts!"
"What the Disaster Control Bureau can't do, we can do; what the Disaster Control Bureau can do, we can do even better!"
"Drive out all Disaster Beasts!"
Every ti he finished speaking, many people in the square would cheer loudly, their emotions agitated like hyperthyroidism.
Obviously, they believed it.
However, this was all lies.
Having lost her parents early, Jiangming knew deeply that it was all just disguise; these critical words didn't actually make them cut ties with Witch Associations in other cities.
Many people actually didn't trust the Witch Association in their hearts either.
But on one side were days with Disaster Beast appearances, on the other were streets no longer invaded.
The north and south of the city seed like different worlds.
As ti passed, more and more people moved to streets under the Witch Association's protection, while the Magical Girls' voices grew increasingly powerless.
Facts no longer mattered.
Fortunately, the Saint Hall appeared.
Stringing up thousands of Disaster Beasts and hanging them in the sky for display completely exposed the Witch Association's ambitions.
Afterward, the Disaster Control Bureau's propaganda and purging would definitely not be little; the mayor would probably die amid curses.
This assistant would share the sa fate.
Her, Ruo Yun's, judgnt was always accurate.
"Give them a head-on blow."
She faintly heard the mayor's assistant say this phrase again, the sa one he'd used during the election campaign.
The smile on his face now was almost no different from back then, as he led a group of civil servants approaching Qingluán and Yuawei over there.
But Qingying slapped him aside.
The esteed mayor's assistant, yet scolded by a Magical Girl like he was a grandson, just bowing and smiling apologetically.
But no matter how much he smiled apologetically, he'd probably face prison ti later.
Ruo Yun watched as the mayor's assistant, while smiling apologetically, took out so docunts and handed them over. Seeing Qingluán nod, he showed an overjoyed expression. She shook her head and left, not watching further.
The reconstruction of Jiangming City, the cleanup of the Witch Association, and the major reshuffle in governnt departnts...
Would probably keep them busy for a long ti; no one would notice her.
Putting on the mask, she walked through the increasingly crowded crowd.
Having lost Chilian, the so-called Witch Association was just a scattered ss.
The Disaster Control Bureau's main forces were still intact, and without the Witch Association's step-by-step pressure, the local Blooming Magical Girl in Jiangming City would have ti to recover from injuries and would probably heal quickly.
The Witch Association no longer had a foothold in Jiangming City.
The mayor who had sided with the Witch Association and his lackeys would inevitably face purging.
Jiangming City no longer needed her to do anything.
Listening along the way to citizens' praises and thanks for the Disaster Control Bureau and Azure Cloud Sect, she sighed montarily.
But then again, the Saint Hall was ultimately a covert organization; they probably wouldn't go public like this.
Thus, the credit for saving Jiangming would have to be taken by the Azure Cloud Sect and Disaster Control Bureau.
Sooner or later, she would take it all back.
She reached the roadside, where passing vehicles gradually increased.
The purple magical energy that the Saint Hall had spread throughout the city earlier had gradually dissipated, including the Disaster Beasts strung up by the magical energy, which had all lted away.
Now only so Polluted Magic remained in the city, and the Disaster Control Bureau would soon have Magical Girls everywhere cleaning it up.
Looking at the Disaster Control Bureau Magical Girls, all exhausted yet still diligently doing cleanup work, she crossed the street.
She passed by the street where she had lived with her parents, glancing from afar at the high-rise building where her family had once lived.
Other people lived there now; under the warm lights, she could see children and parents inside.
Once upon a ti, had soone similarly gazed at her and her parents like this?
Thinking this, she crossed the street and entered a small alley, following the direction of Disaster Beast corpses as she searched,
Not in any particular hurry; for Ruo Yun, she had plenty of ti now.
As a Magical Girl, working to support herself wasn't a problem. When she was under Bai i, since they weren't formal disciples, they didn't receive salaries and had always worked jobs themselves.
Occasionally Teacher Bai i would provide so financial help, since the Azure Cloud Sect's salaries were quite high, plus Teacher Bai i usually spent very little money, so she had quite a substantial personal savings.
Last ti she bought an ultra-realistic pistol from - over three thousand yuan actually wasn't expensive, but Teacher Bai i was still sowhat reluctant. Later, Ruo Yun had to do a lot of persuasion before Teacher Bai i made up her mind.
So now Ruo Yun's personal savings were enough to support herself for a while.
Passing by various Disaster Beast locations one after another, basically all the Grief Seeds had been taken. Areas with residual Polluted Magic would be cleaned up by Magical Girls, but there were also so places.
Where there were clearly Disaster Beasts, yet not even a trace of Polluted Magic remained.
Ruo Yun followed these paths of uncontaminated Disaster Beasts.
Soon, she stopped before a sowhat remote warehouse.
However, what t her eyes wasn't the young man.
But rather a Magical Girl wearing a purple-gold dress.
Currently holding a large handful of Grief Seeds in her hand. Because her hand was too small, she couldn't even grip all the Grief Seeds properly, yet those overflowing between her fingers didn't fall but instead floated and coiled around her hand.
Extrely exquisite magical control.
Although only showing a side profile, it still allowed Ruo Yun's mind to quickly sketch a sowhat stunning outline.
Many thoughts flashed through her mind montarily, but when those indifferent purple pupils looked over, her thoughts froze.
An exquisite, ornate ice sculpture, emitting dazzling cold air that sowhat stung Ruo Yun's pupils.
"Saint Hall mber?"
The other party asked this, and Ruo Yun nodded, pulling open the fox mask to reveal her face.
The other side showed a look of realization, as if recognizing her.
"I ca to find Jiang the Demon Butcher. He said before that he'd let join the Saint Hall mbers..."
She said this, sowhat short of breath.
Not because she was timid, but because the purple magical energy emanating from the girl before her looked all too familiar.
Exactly the sa as the magical energy that had covered the entire city earlier...
"Jiang the Demon Butcher has important matters to attend to and has gone to the next world first."
The purple-haired Magical Girl's voice was very pleasant, though sowhat cold. For soone like Ruo Yun who had a thing for voices, just hearing it made her feel sowhat familiar.
Of course, her appearance completely matched her voice, exquisite like a doll...
"Are you also a Saint Hall mber?"
Facing Ruo Yun's inquiry, Shion just slightly nodded, "Of course, my power was exchanged from the hands of the Saint Hall's master."
Ruo Yun grew excited, ", can I too?"
"You need more experience."
Ruo Yun nodded repeatedly, "I'll work hard! But what should I do? Although I'm already a Saint Hall mber, I, I still don't know anything - how to do missions, how to get rewards?"
Shion casually rotated her hand, a Grief Seed in her palm turning to powder, then reforming and coalescing.
Then transforming into a rather ancient-looking mirror.
In the mirror's center was an inconspicuous small crystal ball.
Because the Witch Association's crystal ball's internal structure was too intricate, Shion couldn't change its appearance in a short ti.
But the crystal ball indeed didn't match her aesthetic, so she simply shattered and reshaped it into a mirror, embedding the crystal ball in the center.
This didn't hinder functionality while making the appearance more ethereal.
Casually throwing it over, Ruo Yun hurriedly caught it - sowhat heavy, even warm to the touch after holding it.
Not sure if it was the girl's body temperature, with a faint floral scent.
"This is our contact thod; this object is called the Profound Mirror."
After figuring out the crystal's structure during this trip, Shion found this thing indeed very useful.
And no need to worry about the Disaster Control Bureau's surveillance.
Perfect as the Saint Hall mbers' contact thod.
"Missions will be issued based on your current level. Currently your level is too low; only two missions can be given to you."
Saying this, she took out a knuckle duster and threw it to Ruo Yun, "The first mission is to create magically enhanced weapons. The knuckle duster is the first; there will be other weapons later for you to refine. These basic enhancent missions, while offering few points, can accumulate over ti, helping you quickly obtain your first exchange reward."
Catching the knuckle duster, Ruo Yun examined it and found it to be very ordinary.
Cheap goods, even sowhat rusty, probably bought from a roadside stall.
Our Saint Hall's funding might be a bit insufficient...
While thinking this, she saw the purple-haired Magical Girl casually throw out another girl wearing a fox mask.
Yes, threw out a girl.
Ruo Yun looked at the girl, frowned, then suddenly rembered, "Aren't you a Witch Association executive!"
The masked girl imdiately curled into a ball, crying, "Yes, yes I'm an executive, but I, but I was forced! Chilian made eat gu insects, I didn't want to either..."
"Who knows if you're telling the truth..."
"This individual is currently the second Saint Hall mber."
The purple-haired Magical Girl's words imdiately rendered Ruo Yun speechless, then she asked sowhat unwillingly, "Can Witch Association mbers join the Saint Hall too?"
"Why not." Shion looked at her strangely, "Didn't you also defect from the Azure Cloud Sect to join the Saint Hall?"
"I, I an." Ruo Yun thought for a mont, finding a reason, "What if she's a Witch Association spy?"
"No problem, I control the gu insects inside her."
Shion casually manipulated them, and the fox-masked girl moved like a puppet according to Shion's control.
"I know everything she does; no need to worry."
Originally sowhat concerned about having a Witch Association mber who might be difficult to get along with, and sowhat hostile toward her.
After all, she really didn't have much goodwill for Witch Association mbers.
But seeing the completely controlled fox mask, Ruo Yun imdiately felt it didn't matter much...
Could tell the gu insect control was quite severe - controlled by Chilian in the Witch Association, then imdiately caught and controlled by the Saint Hall after the Witch Association fell...
Thinking how miserable the other party was, Ruo Yun felt less uncomfortable.
"Anyway, your second mission." Shion paused, then tilted her head to look at the Witch Association's masked girl, "What's your na again?"
"Hu, Hua Hu, I'm called Hua Hu."
Hearing the other's trembling reply, Shion continued, "Mm, Hua Hu, and Ruo Yun, your second mission is to make money."
Ruo Yun paused for a mont, then looked again at the purple-haired Magical Girl's beautiful face.
Honestly, her cold deanor seed sowhat distant, giving an ethereal, otherworldly feeling.
Precisely because of this, when the other party said "make money" without any hesitation,
The contrast was particularly strong.
"Ma, make money?" Ruo Yun stamred, "Such a great organization like the Saint Hall needs money too?"
"Money can be exchanged for points at a certain ratio; every world's currency can be exchanged." Shion said calmly without changing expression, "With enough money, exchanging for points becos easy."
Since Bingtang wasn't willing to pay her salary, and she couldn't conveniently take from the Azure Cloud Sect either.
Then wouldn't establishing another organization to make money for herself work?
To learn about Full Bloom materials, she needed to attend university and participate in research - all requiring money.
After all, university research institutes studying Magical Girls were very expensive; those specialized research equipnt required students to spend their own money to rent or purchase.
Plus she had obtained the Calamity Egg and Disaster Beast creation thods; other materials also required money.
Shion was very short on money now.
Making Bingtang pay these funds would probably put considerable pressure on her too; most importantly, she might propose a bunch of troubleso demands.
Last ti's nail painting - such a ti-wasting activity - she didn't want to experience again.
Better to simply directly establish another organization to make money more conveniently; more importantly...
"I, I still have quite a few company property rights." Hua Hu said cautiously, "And none are under the previous Witch Association's umbrella, very very clean. The Disaster Control Bureau probably can't trace them; they were previously prepared by Chilian-sama... no, the evil Chilian as contingency asures. If you let continue operating them, we can get lots of money..."
This was also why Shion kept her.
Directly opening companies wouldn't make money faster?
Such an opportunity, if handed to the Disaster Control Bureau, would truly be wasted for nothing; better to incorporate it into the Saint Hall to make more money for herself.
"These two companies of yours, are they legal or not?"
Ruo Yun couldn't help asking, "If related to Witch Association businesses, be careful about getting seized."
"Absolutely legal!" Hua Hu said full of confidence, "We're all doing legitimate business! Don't slander us! Definitely won't have any connection with those Witch Association scum!"
Your identity switch is quite quick huh.
Ruo Yun complained internally, but since the Saint Hall senior said so, she couldn't oppose further.
"But regarding shares, the share distribution has so issues. Now that the Witch Association will face purging, Chilian-sama... big villain is dead, company equity will probably beco sowhat ssy. I need to find ways to reorganize it, plus clean out personnel previously connected to the Witch Association, not leaving any traces..."
Hua Hu imdiately took out a pen and small notebook, constantly recording - seed like professional habit, "Funds circulation will probably have so issues later; might need until next month to withdraw money from the company for submission, otherwise it could affect company operations. Is that okay? Saint Hall-sama."
"Doesn't matter, as long as you can help make money long-term - contribute to the Saint Hall long-term - it's fine."
Shion herself didn't understand things like shares and company operations; she never read urban rebirth business warfare novels. Although she read many urban cultivation novels, she always skipped company operation content.
Such boring, useless knowledge she didn't need.
Since planning to have Hua Hu make money, naturally hand everything to her.
If you use soone, don't doubt them; if you doubt soone, don't use them.
If problems arose, there were always the gu insects as backup.
Hua Hu sighed in relief. After roughly recording plans for later, she smiled cheerfully and reached out toward Ruo Yun, "Please, please accommodate , colleague."
Ruo Yun glanced but didn't shake hands, instead continuing to ask, "Previously Jiang the Demon Butcher said he'd give a wheelchair exchange list. After obtaining points, how should I exchange for the best option?"
"I discussed with him; soone as young as you using a wheelchair would be wasteful. Using wheelchairs too much can lead to inability to walk." Shion casually waved her hand, massive magical energy constructing a huge screen. Rows of numbers and codes scrolled across the screen.
Because it was too rushed, she didn't have ti to compile exchange item nas, and could only use nurical codes to make do temporarily.
Finally selecting a red nurical code.
"Based on your abilities and your potential, I have better exchange items to recomnd here."
Jiangming gazed intently at the massive weapon appearing beneath this screen.
Hua Hu said with longing and solemnity:
"Extre Path Emperor Weapon Forging thod."
User Comments
0 comments from readers