Tang Nai looked coldly at Tang Yin’s face, which shared seventy or eighty percent of her own features.
An indescribable sense of loathing welled up from deep within her heart.
“Just as you said, what happens next? If losing your emotions completely means obtaining a full godhead, then what will drive me next is the void authority used to crown me.”
“That is the inevitable result.”
The second after Tang Yin finished speaking, Tang Nai pointed her right hand like a gun at Tang Yin’s forehead.
However, the latter didn’t dodge or hide, maintaining an air of calm resignation.
Just as Tang Mo had said, she was a complete lunatic, obsessed with Magic Power and authority.
“I know you aren’t afraid of death, so guess what I’m going to do?”
“Take away my authority? Erase my abilities? None of that matters anymore. I already know very well that as someone who isn’t a Magical Girl, no matter how hard I work, I can never reach your level.”
Faced with Tang Yin’s composure, Tang Nai simply shook her head gently by saying, “I’m going to make you forget me completely.”
The moment those words were spoken, Tang Yin’s pupils instantly shrank to the size of pinpricks.
“Don’t… not that…”
“Don’t make that face. It isn’t a painful process, and it isn’t the first time I’ve dealt with you… but you always manage to find your lost memories from places I can’t understand, so I’ve already given up on that plan.”
Hearing this, Tang Yin breathed a sigh of relief and adopted a pensive expression.
“I see. It seems the gap between you and me isn’t as far as I imagined.”
“Perhaps.”
“But as I said, the only thing I’ve ever cared about is you.”
Tang Nai’s brow furrowed.
“Being stalked by a yandere is a great misfortune, especially someone as troublesome as you. That’s why I hate you so much.”
At this moment, she displayed a heavy emotional color.
Perhaps only when recalling the past could she once again bathe in the radiance of humanity.
“Is there anyone in this world you don’t hate?”
“There is. Someone you don’t even know. I’m very happy when I go on dates with her.”
Hearing Tang Nai’s words, Tang Yin showed a rare expression of shock, but she quickly recovered.
“There’s no need to deliberately use such words to provoke me. You know I’ve never cared about things like that. So… who is she? Don’t tell me it’s that little pink-haired girl. You’ve only known her for less than six months.”
“Maybe, maybe not. I won’t tell you the details; guess for yourself.”
It was a childish answer, as if she were deliberately being spiteful, but the effect was incredibly potent.
Tang Yin showed a troubled expression.
It had been a long time since she had been this interested in a question.
“You know, with my authority, it’s easy to get an answer. But I’ll try guessing first—as the daughter of Su Ya and Ye Qing, her authority definitely won’t be lower than theirs. Could she possibly interfere with your authority? Are you hoping to find liberation through her hands?”
“Initially, that was the case. Later, I found her to be an interesting person.”
“Is that so?” Tang Yin chuckled softly and then turned to leave.
The moment her figure was swallowed by the shadows, the smile on her lips vanished, replaced by a look that bordered on jealousy.
‘An interesting person… is she really that worth caring about? I’ll have to see for myself.’
Her footsteps paused because Su Ya was standing at the door, blocking her path.
“What do you want to see for yourself?”
“Don’t be nervous. I admit I’m feeling a bit unpleasant, but I won’t hurt her.”
Before her voice had even faded, Su Ya reached out toward Tang Yin.
However, unexpectedly, her hand passed right through, just as it had when she faced Tang Nai.
Since she had awakened her authority, this was the third time it had failed, and all three times involved someone with the surname Tang.
“Speaking of which, Senior Su, I haven’t had the chance to express my gratitude. Whether it’s for your contribution during the disaster my father caused or for your care of my sister—even if only for those reasons, I won’t touch that girl named Su Mu. So please, move aside. I don’t want to jump off the thirtieth floor in front of so many people.”
Su Ya remained silent for a moment before giving a self-deprecating laugh.
“Then you should just jump.”
Tang Yin wasn’t lying; in that regard, she was just like Tang Nai.
But Su Ya wasn’t swayed by those words.
She didn’t want to see anyone else interfering in Su Mu’s life.
Correspondingly, although her authority hadn’t worked, it didn’t mean she was helpless against Tang Yin.
“I want to see her jump too.” Tang Nai’s playful voice came from inside the room.
Hearing this, Tang Yin shook her head helplessly, ‘Fine, if you want to watch, then watch.’
On the other side, Su Ya’s body trembled slightly.
She shook her head to clear the sudden dizziness, ‘I drank a bit too much.’
At the same time, the last words Tang Nai had said to her echoed in her mind.
“Senior, trust me one more time. When it comes to Su Mu, my wish for her well-being is no less than yours.”
Tang Nai had rarely put on such a stern, serious face, speaking with absolute certainty.
“Everything is going according to plan. You have to remember, I’ve always been the shrewdest among the Magical Girls.”
‘That brat. Instead of calling her shrewd, it would be better to call her insidious. But at least she has never miscalculated.’
***
It was late at night.
This time, Little Mu was sleeping more soundly than ever.
‘I feel like something is fishy… did she do something bad behind my back today?’
Ye Wanqing went to the Living Room and drank some water to moisten her dry mouth, then exhaled deeply.
As the only other B City Magical Girl besides Su Mu who could still move, she had naturally noticed Justice.
However, she didn’t care much at all.
The reason was simple: she recognized that guy.
‘The goat from the Research Institute. I never thought he’d end up like this, but Tang Yin will probably clean up the mess she left behind.’
With that thought, Ye Wanqing played along a bit with Su Mu.
After all, she didn’t want to explain the specific situation to her, including her own past.
Just a short while ago, she had felt Tang Yin’s Magic Power signature.
This meant she had come to retrieve the escaped goat, or perhaps she had given up on that meaningless research?
But for some reason, the sense of unease in Ye Wanqing’s heart grew stronger.
‘Tang Nai shouldn’t tolerate Tang Yin breaking the agreement and staying in B City for long. So why can I still feel that person’s presence?’
Right then, the doorbell rang without warning.
Ye Wanqing looked toward it warily, a small Fire Seed flickering in her palm.
She slowly approached the door and peered through the peephole.
She didn’t see anyone.
“Look a little lower.”
A crisp voice suddenly rang out.
Ye Wanqing instinctively looked down and immediately caught sight of the other person’s figure.
“Oh, it’s you.”
She seemed to open the door without any guard, welcoming Tang Yin inside.
However, the moment the other party was about to step over the threshold, a crimson light flared in Ye Wanqing’s eyes.
The fire in her palm turned into an eerie dark red, which she slammed hard into the other girl’s small body.
The terrifying high temperature melted the black paint on the surface of the security door in just a few breaths.
The air in the center of the flames was visibly distorted, but Tang Yin didn’t seem affected at all.
Ye Wanqing reached behind her and gripped her Transformation Device.
After a burst of blinding white light, she completed her transformation.
But strangely, the form she displayed this time was different from every time before.
Intricate dark red robes wrapped around her, and a deep red hood cast her face into shadow, revealing only a few strands of hair and her blazing red eyes.
The robes insulated the heat well, but it didn’t seem to be for her protection.
Rather, it was to prevent the high temperature on her body’s surface from leaking out and burning the walls.
“Don’t waste your effort. You can’t touch me.” Tang Yin chuckled softly, looking mockingly at the flames piercing through her heart.
“Oh? My hand has already passed through to your back. Could it be that you were burned through?”
Saying this, Ye Wanqing intensified the fire in her hand.
The sulfur fire roared, transforming into a fire Dragon, exhaling a suffocating heat wave.
But aside from leaving countless scorched marks in the hallway, it failed to cause even the slightest damage to Tang Yin.
“Stop trying. There are 1,000 years separating us.”
Tang Yin shook her head helplessly, trying to dissolve Ye Wanqing’s hostility, but the latter wasn’t buying it.
“Then you can stay hidden in your own time forever.”
If Su Mu were to see Ye Wanqing strike out so decisively against an enemy who had long since entered B-rank, she would be dumbfounded.
But if she were to scan the current Ye Wanqing, she would be even more shocked.
This was because Ye Wanqing’s Magic Power intensity currently far surpassed C-rank.
This was completely illogical for someone who had struggled to deal with Edma just one month ago.
Had she made such a sudden leap forward after being affected by Dark Magic Corruption?
But if that were the case, she should have been sent to S City.
So, the answer wasn’t quite that outrageous.
“I say, aren’t you worried about Tang Nai finding out?”
“If you dare to break the agreement, do you think I wouldn’t dare? Listen, stop now and turn back. That way, we can still preserve a tiny bit of our shared beautiful memories. But if you take one more step forward, I will use sulfur fire to burn your body and soul into ash.”
The answer was that before leaving the Research Institute, Ye Wanqing was already a B-rank Witch.
Now, she was also serving as a C-rank Magical Girl.