Jin Luan was still drinking tea, her anger not rising much.
Huan Hong was affected a bit but forced herself not to talk back.
She was training her arm strength by repeatedly lifting two dumbbells. Each dumbbell probably weighed 30 kilograms, which looked quite intimidating.
Forget the delicate Yin Lin; even Song Wuli couldn’t lift that with one hand.
It felt like Huan Hong was intentionally showing off, though it might just be an impression.
Looking at Yin Lin, she was sitting very straight, almost like an excellent student or a well-bred young lady.
“What’s wrong? Lin.” Jin Luan looked at her and asked.
“I tripped and fell.” Yin Lin lied.
Jin Luan didn’t believe it, but since she went out of her way to lie, it meant she didn’t want to talk about it, so Jin Luan didn’t press further.
Huan Hong couldn’t help but interject.
“We’re meeting this time to discuss how to deal with Green Field.” As Huan Hong said this, she increased the speed of her arms. It was clear her hatred ran deep. “Do you guys have any ideas?”
Seeing the blank stares from the two, Huan Hong had to repeat herself, “I’m asking, do you guys have any good ways to deal with her?”
Yin Lin looked at Jin Luan, and Huan Hong looked at Jin Luan as well, as if she was the one in charge here.
Looking at the distribution of combat power in Next Day City, after the previous magical girls disappeared, Huan Hong and Jin Luan had been the permanent residents for the past few years.
Human criminal cases were handled by public security personnel.
The borders of Next Day City were guarded by soldiers of the Human Alliance Army.
Otherworld Demons were handled by the Special Task Force.
And now there was the Failure Squad, which specialized even more in Otherworld Demon and magical girl incidents.
This was the personnel configuration of Next Day City.
Among these forces, the martial power of magical girls was caught in the middle. They were a strong threat to Otherworld Demons, while the Special Task Force and the Failure Squad were strong threats to magical girls.
Jin Luan had dominated Next Day City for a long time. She could easily deal with Huan Hong and could just as easily kill anyone in this city.
Her martial power was convincing, and her seniority was deep.
It was a normal reaction to want to hear Jin Luan’s opinion at this time.
She put down her tea, having already prepared a plan. She said, “According to my investigation, Green Field is someone who cannot restrain her desires. Her crimes are frequent. In a few days, we will be attacked again. My tactic is simple. Lin, don’t show up. Don’t come no matter what happens; just watch from the sidelines. Huan Hong and I will stick together and act as a group during these days.”
“Why?” Both Huan Hong and Yin Lin were a bit confused.
Jin Luan explained simply, “Green Field knows a very troublesome magic that can absorb other people’s mana. It doesn’t matter for Huan Hong; with that little mana, it wouldn’t matter if it was all absorbed.”
“What do you mean? We’ve worked together for so many years and you’re still insulting me like this?” Huan Hong’s voice grew louder as she vigorously lifted the dumbbells again.
Jin Luan was telling the truth. “Lin, don’t come. First, you won’t be able to bring yourself to strike, so coming would just make you a spectator. Second, Green Field’s move counters you perfectly. If your mana is absorbed, you will become Green Field’s greatest asset. Huan Hong and I together might not even be able to beat her.”
“Okay.” Yin Lin was naturally happy to be able to slack off. Why bother going all that way just to deliver her head on a platter?
“Do you have any plans?” Jin Luan also asked for her opinion.
“Yes, I’ll just say a few words.” Yin Lin took out her phone and opened a document. Because the file was so large, it took a long while to open. “I have three points to make.”
“First is the first point, regarding promoting the prestige of magical girls and restoring their confidence, we must act with a spirit of seeking truth from facts and an attitude of hard work…”
Two in the morning.
Huan Hong suddenly woke up with a start. She felt like she had lost her balance and almost fell off her chair.
Yawning, she rubbed her sleepy eyes.
She happened to hear Yin Lin’s closing remarks: “That’s about all I have to say. As long as we are united, we can defeat Green Field.”
The meeting adjourned, and everyone went home.
Seeing that Jin Luan was still looking at her with a spirited expression, Yin Lin quickly slipped away. She felt that if she didn’t run away with Huan Hong, she might not be able to leave.
Tuesday and Wednesday passed normally.
The street below the company office building had been reopened and was now passable, but that small supermarket remained sealed and closed.
Neither the supermarket owner nor the employees had been seen.
Song Wuli was truly bored at work today, constantly refreshing the group chat of the three sisters, watching the daily photos the two of them sent while patrolling together.
At the same time, she couldn’t help but look for Huang Yi to ask about the Eastern Alliance’s actions over the past few days.
Huang Yi didn’t hide anything and told her.
The Eastern Alliance had two things to do these days. The first was to survey the entire city for suitable places to set up new sensors; the second was to search the entire city to investigate where portals had been built.
Under normal conditions, portals do not emit mana. Those things can only be found with the naked eye and cannot be detected using mana-detecting sensors.
So they adopted a carpet-style search method.
Currently, 11 portals have been detected throughout the city, some of which are even deep within the city’s heartland.
Besides the portal that Yin Lin destroyed, there was another one near the Eastern Alliance headquarters.
These two portals could have practically ended Next Day City. Fortunately, they were discovered early and were not activated by the enemy.
The small supermarket below the company was also checked by chance. A cavity was detected, revealing underground space. When the supermarket owner was questioned, he knew nothing.
They dug down and found a portal, which was then taken to a research institute in the suburbs for investigation.
They have obtained a lot of information so far.
The bad news is that at least half of the portals use the same craftsmanship with very few modifications.
According to the experts’ judgment, the manufacturing process for the portals has matured. The enemy has basically mastered the portal technology and can already use it in actual combat.
The good news is that the materials in the portal are not all Earth materials; there are some that Earth does not have. Based on radiocarbon dating and other reverse engineering, they have obtained some important intelligence about the Otherworld Demons’ side.
Huang Yi [You’ve achieved a great merit in this matter. To put it grandly, you might have saved Next Day City once, or perhaps even saved humanity once.]
Huang Yi [Imagine if all the portals were activated at the same time, and dozens of high-level Otherworld Demons appeared in Next Day City simultaneously.]
Huang Yi [This city would have essentially been sentenced to death.]
Huang Yi [If it were me, I wouldn’t even use such important technology in Next Day City. If it were used at the Human Alliance headquarters or other heartlands…]
Huang Yi [Humanity being wiped out would probably only be a matter of a day.]
Song Wuli didn’t expect Huang Yi to suddenly get sentimental. Holding her phone, she couldn’t reply for a long time.
Huang Yi [So you need to be more careful than anyone else regarding the Failure Squad and people from Human Supremacy.]
Huang Yi [I know your sensing ability is very strong, and many others know it too. You have extremely high strategic value. I have reason to believe there is a group of people who want to capture you and lock you up somewhere for the rest of your life, making full use of your sensing ability as a radar to monitor the city’s Otherworld Demon activity.]
After thinking for a long time, Yin Lin sent a reply fitting for her age: [Wow, the Human Alliance is so dark.]
Huang Yi [Sorry, I couldn’t help but tell you these things. Communicating with you always makes me think you’re a mature adult.]