“Yo! I can’t take it anymore! I don’t want to be spied on! I’m going to resist!”
“If you don’t want to be spied on, then don’t sleep. You don’t even need to sleep, right?”
Xue’s protest left Luo You speechless.
This troublesome thing—Luo You had no other way to deal with her except hiding her in this room, but she still had to spend time watching her movements.
Since their last trip to the Boundary Sea, this guy had grown significantly stronger, probably reaching the peak of the King tier.
If she wasn’t careful, it would cause major trouble.
There was no way she could just kill Xue outright, right?
Luo You cast a sidelong glance at her.
The other seemed to sense Luo You’s bad intentions, shivered all over, stopped arguing, and quickly climbed to the computer desk to start gaming.
While waiting for the computer to boot up, she kept glancing back nervously with terrified eyes.
Luo You was speechless and looked out the window.
She knew some Magic Girls were investigating that group, but even if they found them, then what?
Magic Girls were a special group that could only exist legitimately because they fought Dimensional Beasts.
Their primary duty was to slay Dimensional Beasts, occasionally rescue people from disasters, or help the weak…
Their work basically ended there.
If they tried to operate as an independent unit to combat crime, that wouldn’t be allowed.
Similarly, even if the Magic Girls discovered which forces in the world had joined that group’s plan to divide the world, they couldn’t just go after them.
They could only notify the United Nations or the local governments to handle it.
But that was a futile effort.
That group’s control over business and politics was enough to help them avoid most legal consequences.
They had people in the government—perhaps even the president was one of them.
Trying to fight them through local governments was like the thief crying “stop thief.”
So the only option was the United Nations.
But anyone familiar with the UN knew it was full of endless bickering and delays.
Dealing with one issue could take an extremely long time, and by the time it was settled, it would be too late.
In reality, the fastest the UN had ever passed a resolution was still several days.
Longer times might mean years of silence, during which Dimensional Beasts from the Boundary Sea would have already devastated the coastal countries countless times.
The tides in the Boundary Sea would become uncontrollable; the catastrophe from four years ago would happen again, and since that group had already failed once before, this time their plan would be even more meticulous and brutal.
Then, King-tier, Dragon-tier, even Shimmer-tier Dimensional Beasts, aided by internal enemies, would charge in like a battering ram, causing casualties and economic losses at least ten times worse than four years ago!
By then, social order might really collapse.
Some Magic Girls believed that group’s collusion with entities deep in the Boundary Sea aimed to overthrow society, which was undoubtedly a crime against humanity.
If they fought under the banner of “eradicating human traitors,” the UN resolution process would speed up significantly, right?
How naive.
You still had to consider the open and hidden struggles between nations.
Take the White Eagle, for example; their country was geographically too advantageous, completely removed from the Boundary Sea.
When Dimensional Beasts appeared, the first to suffer weren’t them, but the countries bordering the Boundary Sea.
Their influence in the world was weakening.
They were eager for a being like the Black Candle Colossus to appear, one that could push many Eurasian countries back to the pre-20th century.
Only then would it be “sincere cooperation.”
Although the Black Candle Colossus was powerful, it wasn’t undefeatable.
As long as the main battlefield wasn’t on their own soil, they didn’t care how much damage the battle caused other countries on the way.
“The last option left… is for the Magic Alliance to take action themselves,” Luo You’s fingers tapped against the iron window frame, ringing out with a clink.
She curled her lips into a smirk.
“This is a road of no return. Do those Magic Girls really have the resolve?”
The reason Magic Girls could exist legitimately was because they were the spearhead against Dimensional Beasts.
They showed no aggression beyond that.
If they launched an offensive without international or host-country authorization, attacking internal forces in other countries—anyone with a bit of common sense could see what that meant.
If they did that, the Magic Girls’ position would become extremely precarious.
“Well, they can look for outside help too… though most likely, they won’t find anything.”
***
Sheidheim.
The Ten Seats meeting was nearing its conclusion.
“Voting results: five in favor, one against, two abstentions. Therefore, the proposal passes.”
Manjusaka’s voice remained calm as ever, but to Luo Zining, it felt like her mind was being invaded, sending electric shocks through her entire body.
T-This kind of thing… would completely overturn the image of Magic Girls!?
It was approved just like that!
More surprising than that was her aunt.
Although Jiyue hesitated for a long time earlier, in the end, she still voted in favor.
“Li—uh no, Senior Fiyu, why…”
Jiyue glanced at her and said softly, “At the current pace, who knows how many will die before that group achieves its goals? We have to stop them.”
“I understand that, but why could you all approve such a proposal so casually?”
“Little Red Riding Hood, you have to remember, the resolve of the Ten Seats members isn’t something ordinary people can compare with.
When a decision must be made, they can make it decisively.
I don’t expect you to develop this mindset so quickly, but you have to form your own opinion.”
Luo Zining was somewhat stunned afterward, and her focus wavered during the rest of the meeting.
What bothered her most was—during the meeting, when Manjusaka encountered certain questions, she would always ask that white figure’s opinion, though most of the time there was no answer.
It was like a statue, just showing its face.
She didn’t know if it and Manjusaka were secretly communicating through magic.
“Then this meeting is adjourned.”
Manjusaka announced the end, then kept the Broken-winged Butterfly behind alone.
Luo Zining had said nothing the entire time, and didn’t dare to speak.
After the meeting, she followed Jiyue to stroll around Sheidheim.
After the recent meeting, the scenery of Sheidheim could no longer capture her attention.
“Aunt, what will happen to Magic Girls in the future?”
Luo Zining couldn’t help but ask.
She didn’t even notice she’d forgotten to change how she addressed her.
Jiyue didn’t correct her and said, “Public opinion probably won’t change much, but from the state level, especially for the Ten Seats, we will definitely be watched very closely.”
“Sigh…”
“It’s too early to sigh now.”
Jiyue looked straight ahead and said,
“Magic Girls will still be the absolute main force against Dimensional Beasts, so we’ll only be under watch, not heavily restricted.
But when the threat of Dimensional Beasts disappears, what will become of the Magic Girls, no one knows.”
“I mean, I’m saying…,” Luo Zining hesitated, “Do you and the other Ten Seats really support Senior Manjusaka’s idea?”
That was a difficult question, but Jiyue quickly gave an answer.
“To be honest, fully accepting it is impossible.”
“R-Really!” Luo Zining breathed a relieved sigh, glad she wasn’t the only one feeling this way.
“But I have to accept it.”
Jiyue suddenly added, “It’s not that we don’t dare to oppose Manjusaka—it’s a question of whether we have the ability.”
She lowered her head self-mockingly, as if frustrated by her own impotence.