“Hmph hmph! As expected of the general I picked—exactly as I imagined, pinching!”
After the meeting, Zhizhi instantly teleported back to Huahai City, threw her arm enthusiastically around Luo You’s shoulders, and burst out laughing.
Right now, Luo You truly wanted to pin this brat against the wall and give her a serious beating, but she managed to hold herself back.
She wasn’t Herrera right now, but Magical Girl Jinlin! According to the character setting, she wasn’t supposed to argue with her superior.
“So, Zhizhi, you really don’t care either?”
“Yeah yeah~”
Ha.
Luo You felt that this brat must have said she didn’t care simply because she didn’t think about anything at all.
But she herself was different—she said it because she saw through to the heart of the matter.
After all, this brat was the same age as her own rebellious daughter (doubtful), so their ways of thinking were probably six of one, half a dozen of the other.
“Puh puh puh~ Watching those magical girls arguing over such trivial worries is just so boring to me~”
Zhizhi suddenly laughed, covering her mouth, her cheerful giggle completely at odds with the strange aura she exuded.
“They’re just average as magical girls themselves; they should honestly focus on subjugating dimensional beasts instead of worrying about things only the Ten Seats need to worry about, making things difficult for themselves. They should learn from the great Zhizhi-sama and slack off whenever they can.”
Luo You shot Zhizhi a surprised glance.
She took back her earlier thoughts—this brat… her awareness and resolve surpassed that of her own rebellious daughter by who knows how many times.
Although her way of thinking and personality were a bit extreme, she was someone extremely free-spirited.
[Well, after all, she is the Fourth Seat….]
If Zhizhi were an upperclassman in some complicated club, she’d definitely earn the trust of many.
Her easygoing nature meant she wouldn’t be influenced by the people and things around her, and whatever she did, she’d do it her own way.
In other people’s eyes, she was special.
By the way, when it was Zhizhi’s turn to speak at the meeting just now, she simply said: “Anything is fine for me~~”
And that was it.
Just saying that in such a situation proved how freewheeling she really was.
Thud!
Zhizhi suddenly bumped up against Luo You, their backs pressed together, and she joked:
“Youyou, you became famous in the magical girl circle just now~ As a total rookie who hasn’t even been a magical girl for a whole day, you started off pretending to be timid and cowardly, then did a complete 180, saying ‘It doesn’t matter at all~~’ right in front of the Ten Seats and so many magical girl seniors, leaving them speechless. You already have the bearing of the Ten Seats!”
She wasn’t exaggerating; she was sincerely praising Luo You.
To become one of the Ten Seats, your mentality had to reach a level unattainable for most magical girls—this was a hard requirement.
If Little Red Riding Hood already had such resolve, she wouldn’t just be a Ten Seats candidate, but would have already become one of the Ten Seats.
“I just knew you had the talent to be a magical girl, Youyou~ Bringing you in was definitely the right choice!”
Zhizhi poked at Luo You’s side, her eyes narrowing with joy.
Having a Ten Seats as your subordinate—what a wonderful thing!
“If I end up with a higher seat than you, Zhizhi, won’t that be embarrassing for you?”
Zhizhi froze on the spot, as if struck by lightning.
“Hahaha… Ma-Masaka. Impossible, impossible! This Zhizhi-sama is gifted beyond compare—even though you’re great too, Youyou, you’re still a long way from surpassing me!”
“Hmph~~ Who knows~ Maybe one day I’ll rebel and outrank you.”
“That day will never come!”
After fooling around with Zhizhi, Luo You went off to catch up on sleep.
But—
Don’t be fooled by the light-hearted atmosphere between Luo You and Zhizhi. In the meeting just now, the closing speeches of the Ten Seats ended on a truly dramatic note.
The Ten Seats’ speeches were all constructive, each offering their own solution.
Most of them didn’t explicitly support Manjusaka, but they repeatedly emphasized ‘we must never let the tragedy from four years ago happen again’—which made their stance perfectly clear.
Having taken control of the meeting’s overall direction, Manjusaka skipped her own speech and handed the final turn directly to Xingyue.
At that moment, Xingyue said—
“Resisting the crisis from the Border Sea is our primary goal as magical girls. I understand if our methods need to be a bit radical for this. The Magic Alliance is, in essence, a loose organization without mandatory enforcement; magical girls are free to have their own ideas and lives, and many orders aren’t compulsory. Otherwise, the Magic Alliance would just be a military institution, and I doubt anyone would be comfortable with such a military institution existing, right?”
All the other magical girls nodded in agreement.
So, is Lady Xingyue sticking to the previous plan of action?
“But today, I’m going to make a few changes.”
Suddenly, Xingyue pressed her palms together, and the flow of the meeting shifted sharply.
She looked to her side with a smile, and with a dignity and pressure she’d never displayed in public as the First Seat, she declared, “Manjusaka, stop your actions that cross the line. Don’t do anything else that threatens our unity.”
Manjusaka opened the eyes that she usually kept closed.
She seemed deeply shaken.
“Xingyue, you…”
“Resisting the Border Sea Tides isn’t something the Magic Alliance can do alone. Without the World united as one, it’s impossible. Your approach is effectively dumping all the pressure of resisting the Border Sea Tides onto the magical girls. Your intention is good, but whether it lightens the magical girls’ burden is doubtful—at times, it might even do the opposite.”
The once-affable Xingyue now radiated an aura that brooked no refusal.
She wasn’t discussing—she was delivering a one-sided proclamation.
“If your radical actions do succeed in holding back the Border Sea Tides, well and good. This world only cares about results; as long as the result is good, any stains can be washed clean. But after all you’ve done, if you still can’t prevent the crisis, every magical girl will—”
“.You never experienced the disaster four years ago yourself, so of course you have the luxury of saying this.”
Manjusaka murmured.
Her voice wasn’t loud, but since this meeting was a video conference, every magical girl heard her, no matter how softly she spoke.
The composure on Xingyue’s face gradually faded.
This made all the magical girls—including Ji Yue, Xing Yu, and Li Yun—break out in a cold sweat.
During the hardest times in the past, Xingyue was nowhere to be seen—this had always been a thorn in many magical girls’ hearts, and perhaps Xingyue herself had brooded over it.
Now, for Manjusaka to bring it up here—!!
But Manjusaka continued.
She closed her eyes again, and an aura no less imposing than the First Seat’s filled the air.
“Xingyue, I disagree with you.”
“If uniting with those trash addicted to corruption, factional infighting, and backstabbing was actually useful, then so many people wouldn’t have died fighting the Black Candle Colossus back then.”
“How much do you expect those trash to have changed in just a few short years? If anything, they’re even worse now.”
“Right now, it’s up to the Magic Alliance alone to carry the banner.”
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