“Dr. Wang.”
“The sanatorium hasn’t sent any news for half an hour. Just as you suspected, it was likely attacked by the Lightning Villain.”
A woman dressed in vibrant clothes, wearing red lipstick and an expression of calm dignity, sat across from Dr. Wang, speaking in a neutral tone. “No distress signals were sent.”
“The company’s research department has been completely wiped out this time.”
“You can’t catch a wolf without letting go of the kids.”
But Dr. Wang shook his head, showing little concern for the company’s losses.
“We’re facing a lv.5 Villain, the Lightning Villain who once defeated all the villain leaders and magical girls in Jiangnan City.”
“To the Lightning Corporation, she’s nothing more than an ant. The moment she turned her gaze toward us, our death was sealed.”
The title of ‘Villain Queen of Jiangnan City’ was not given lightly.
“…I didn’t expect you to be so afraid of her. Were you beaten up by that Lightning Villain before?”
Dr. Wang’s expression behind his mask was complicated beyond words, but the hatred in his eyes grew even more intense.
“But after losing Freezing and Ash, the company has only one experimental subject left. Are you really confident that she can take down the Lightning Villain?”
“Not to defeat her, but as long as we can hold her off, we win.”
“And I need to correct your statement, Chairman. Besides Ice Spike, we have another special experimental subject who has been fully repaired.”
“…The Alpha Wolf?”
At the mention of that bio-engineered being, the chairman’s expression grew somewhat strange.
“Wasn’t she killed by the Lightning Villain before?”
“She was killed, but not dead.”
“The technical department uploaded her consciousness to an external device and then repaired her body. Currently, her recovery is stable.”
The vitality of bio-engineered beings is extraordinarily tenacious. Ordinary attacks can’t kill her, and even the Lightning Villain couldn’t finish the job.
“That’s why I said she’s also one of our trump cards.”
An Ice Spike Villain plus a bio-engineered subject, both strengthened by Dr. Wang, yet still not enough to rival the Lightning Villain.
But Dr. Wang had more than just this ace up his sleeve.
“The Lightning Villain… will be the key to our technological success. If we can contain her, not only will the company safely get through this crisis, but it will also rise brilliantly to unimaginable heights.”
The missing core piece of their controllable technology… that piece is the carefree black-haired girl.
“…The company’s fate and fortune are all resting on you now.”
Holding a tall-stemmed wine glass, the chairman’s support for Dr. Wang was crystal clear.
They were not in a rush at first.
They had been gradually overcoming obstacles, with the backing of some wealthy supporters, the company’s funding chain was stable enough to wait two or three more years without risk—no need to bring the unstable test versions to market or personally capture Villains as test subjects.
But until recently, for some unknown reason, the company’s shares suddenly evaporated by over a billion yuan.
And it wasn’t just Lightning Corporation; several other promising new companies also suffered mysterious heavy blows.
No warning at all… no sophisticated operation could recover the missing billions. Despite assigning experts to investigate, they still couldn’t figure out what happened.
The huge sum vanished as if it had never existed, disappearing right before everyone’s eyes.
…………
When the sun was shining brightly the next day, Yijinmo quietly woke up from her small bed.
Last night had been busy for a long time…
They moved Ash and Freezing out of the incubation chambers, then bundled those scumbags for transfer—it all wasted quite a bit of time.
Shortly after they left, Lightning Corporation’s reinforcements finally arrived—albeit very late.
But their mission wasn’t to track down the attackers or rescue the captured lab coats. Instead, they set fire to burn all evidence inside the sanatorium.
Explosives had been placed in the basement, but the charge was insufficient to destroy everything—just enough to collapse the passages connecting upper and lower levels.
By the time the Magical Girl Association received the tip and arrived, the sanatorium had already turned to ruins.
“Commander, you’re awake?”
Like a devoted wife and mother, Chunfeng-chan was already ready with breakfast and called out upon hearing movement in the bedroom.
“Mm, where are Ice Spike and Welfare…?”
“I sent them out to buy groceries. They should be back soon. Commander, do you have any plans today?”
“Nothing special.”
“What time is it?”
“Ten in the morning.”
Earlier in the night, they had carried the unconscious Ash and Freezing over to Boss-chan’s place.
Being woken up, Boss-chan naturally scolded the little ones on the head before reluctantly accepting the two unlucky kids. Finally, she chased Yijinmo and the others out with a broom.
By the time they returned home, it was already three in the morning. Too late, so Vita split off to look for her mother.
“Ten o’clock already…”
The girl lay back on her bed, contemplating her life for a few seconds.
“What’s for breakfast?”
“Steamed buns and soy milk, all from the relief center. I tried it before—it’s probably not very tasty.”
“Don’t worry, you just tried it, but I’ve been eating this for years.”
It’s free anyway, why bother complaining? As long as it’s not poison, it’s fine.
“Well, Commander, any plans for today?”
“Of course. I have to go to work, and I’ll look into Dr. Wang’s whereabouts… Ice Spike was most likely taken away by him.”
“And that evolution serum.”
She left the serum to Boss-chan to mull over, keeping only a portion herself.
When Boss-chan received the serum from the sanatorium, she was extremely surprised but didn’t explain much to Yijinmo, simply closing the door behind her.
After getting up, washing up, eating breakfast, and having Chunfeng help tidy her appearance, within a few minutes, a beautiful, cute black-haired Lightning magical girl made a grand entrance.
“By the way, I’ll buy you a few things today, like phones, so it’ll be easier for you to communicate.”
“Phones…?”
“Commander, I think it’s unnecessary.”
“Hey, how can you say that? You’re my little sisters. As the commander, how could I treat my little sisters badly? As long as I have food, I’ll make sure none of you starve!”
Though she spoke charmingly, when Yijinmo picked up her own phone and was about to admire her account balance, her body suddenly trembled violently.
Balance: zero
“?”
She remembered having a six-figure balance just last night.
As expected.
Her bad luck struck again. Miss Luo’s six-figure sum had vanished into thin air.
The girl was so frustrated she wanted to jump off a building.