“Move over a bit, you’re crowding me again.”
At this moment, Su Mu was preparing for her first online public relations task, and Miti was extremely interested in it.
The two of them sitting on a sofa together should have been more than enough space, but whenever Miti shifted her position, she would inadvertently collide with Su Mu in a game of “bump and squeeze.”
The latter’s size now seemed insignificant in comparison, often being “engulfed” by Miti, to the point where Su Mu could faintly feel the other girl’s heartbeat.
“Hey, your face is turning red. We’re both girls here—what’s there to be shy about? Su Mu, did you rarely interact with peers before?”
Miti looked at Su Mu with a smile, and this sudden burst of enthusiasm left the latter feeling dizzy and her skin rapidly warming and flushing.
Are these things really common among girls?
Though Su Mu had never experienced it herself, considering that Miti was with her, the statement seemed quite dubious.
“Even so, it’s rather bothersome how you keep bumping into me.”
Miti blinked innocently, adjusted her clothes, and tried to compress her bust as much as possible.
However, even Su Mu, who was smaller, needed a chest binder to achieve that, so Miti’s attempt only made her appear more prominent.
“Alright, there’s no need to be this close, is there? Why don’t you just put on your glasses?”
Without her black-rimmed glasses, Miti seemed as if a seal had been lifted, her eyes resembling peach blossoms that suddenly enlarged, and her delicate features were so stunning that the term “breathtaking beauty” would not be an exaggeration.
Perhaps due to her nearsightedness, her deep red pupils were tinged with a drunken-like haziness, and she would occasionally and seemingly unintentionally lean closer to Su Mu.
“No, wearing them for too long hurts my nose.”
Upon closer inspection, there was indeed a faint red mark on Miti’s bridge of the nose.
“Well then, you hold the handheld console and do as I say.”
Su Mu raised an eyebrow, considering her currently limited magical power, and immediately thought of a perfect solution.
Upon hearing this, Miti excitedly took the console, her breathtaking smile momentarily leaving Su Mu in a daze.
To be honest, it had been a long time since Su Mu had seen such an unrestrained, pure smile.
Luo Jialan rarely smiled, and Tang Nai’s mischievous grin was more like a nightmare.
She just didn’t expect to see it on the seemingly proper Miti.
“Opened it, shall we go to the forum?”
“Exactly, go in and scroll through the posts, and don’t stop until I say so.”
Miti’s slender fingers lightly glided across the screen, with a flurry of text quickly flashing by, reflecting on Su Mu’s retina.
“Faster.”
“Ah? Even faster? I can’t even read it properly.”
“Then slow down a bit.”
Su Mu was used to skimming through posts, able to grasp the general content with just a glance, but now she didn’t want to spoil Miti’s enthusiasm.
Why does it feel like I’m the one taking care of her?
She’s the older sister and the senior magical girl, after all!
“Oh, someone’s complaining about the high prices of magical girl merchandise.”
“Open it.”
Upon closer inspection, Su Mu saw that the picture featured a Lando figurine priced at a staggering three thousand meters.
It was indeed expensive, but its cheap appearance and poor craftsmanship made it obvious that it was a counterfeit.
Moreover, the increasingly suspicious content of the text made Su Mu sense a familiar odor,the scent of a kindred spirit.
“Check his profile.”
Miti also sensed something amiss, her dark eyebrows slightly furrowed.
After browsing through the homepage, even she, who was not very familiar with the internet, instantly understood what was going on.
“It feels like deliberate slander.”
Su Mu nodded, a knowing smile playing on the corners of her lips.
“Warn him, send him a private message to ask what’s going on. Generally, people won’t go out of their way to bother magical girls. If he’s stubborn, threaten him with a box weapon.”
Tang Nai had said that the existence of magical girls was unique.
While they were responsible for protecting the city, they also enjoyed powers beyond those of ordinary law enforcement agencies.
Therefore, they could box people online and even act without permission.
After all, they risked their lives fighting against monsters, and before the combatants arrived, it was the magical girls who faced these terrifying threats.
These regulations had been passed down since that time.
However, Tang Nai had also warned that, as symbols of justice, magical girls were absolutely not allowed to spread boxes.
At most, they could send someone’s personal information as a warning.
After a while, the other party quickly replied.
“Doing this attracts a lot of attention, and with attention comes money.”
“It should be about right. Mute him for ten days.”
Miti’s finger firmly tapped on the mute button, and then she looked at Su Mu questioningly.
“Speaking of which, did you post those things to make money?”
Hearing this, Su Mu was momentarily speechless.
To be honest, she hadn’t really considered making money through these posts.
Mainly, as a monster, the thrill of obtaining dark magical power by trolling on the magical girl forum was enough.
“No, it’s more complicated than that. I’m not really at liberty to explain.”
“Tang Nai boss said the same thing to me, but I always feel like there’s a secret.”
Miti played with her hair, unable to figure it out for the moment, so she simply continued with her work.
That night, the two of them smoothly experienced the satisfaction of being medieval European judges—acting as cyber judges and ruling based on customary law.
In simple terms, they could rule however they wanted.
Not to mention magical girls, there weren’t even official online regulations in place yet, so the punishment for various forms of slander was entirely up to Su Mu’s mood.
Occasionally, Miti would come across some infuriating insults.
“What do you mean magical girls only corrupt children? Is it wrong to aspire to become a magical girl?”
Su Mu was used to such comments.
“They’re just fools who can’t educate their own children and try to shift the blame onto others. Ignore them; these coin minters will soon be chased and scolded by a crowd.”
As the public relations work progressed, Su Mu gradually felt her magical power surging, and even the trend of her body shrinking seemed to stop.
Although it was Miti who was acting on her behalf, she was using the account of the genius girl, Irina.
What they had just done was effectively starting to shape her new image.
Gray Rabbit Candy suddenly sent a private message:
“Good job, Irina, and little Miti. There’s no need to be too meticulous; just box the most vocal ones.”
… Is this woman a bit too aggressive?
She was the one who told me not to box people casually, but it does sound like her style.
“Irina, I have a hunch that your yet-to-awaken magical girl ability is probably related to information.”
Noticing the intriguing content from Tang Nai, Su Mu signaled Miti to hand back the console and typed out her reply with a hint of discontent.
“You, who’s right upstairs, shouldn’t you discuss this face-to-face?”
“I’m showing you humanistic concern by not calling you over. You should be thanking me, Irina.”
Come to think of it, it’s true that superiors rarely come down to talk to their subordinates. Su Mu was left speechless and had no choice but to follow Tang Nai’s lead and ask further.
“But I already have the ability to enhance my language with magic.”
“To be honest, your innate ability could be achieved with an electric megaphone. I’m talking about the abilities that magical girls awaken after being ranked.”
Still slandering!
An electric megaphone can’t make someone blush through the screen… or can it?
“Ranking? Am I not E-rank now?”
“Not even E-rank. You’re currently unrated. You’re in the ranking tournament on the forum. I estimate that if you keep this up for another two or three days, the results will be out.”
Su Mu’s lips twitched at Tang Nai’s analogy.
“Sounds like playing a game…”
“Pretty much. In any case, keep it up. The monsters dormant period is almost over, and as a minor fry and newcomer, you’re likely to be chosen as a hunting target.”
It was rare to hear Tang Nai speak so normally.
With the Gray Rabbit Candy ID, she always seemed particularly straightforward, but Su Mu could probably guess the reason—
She was just too lazy to type.
“Anything you want to ask, you can ask Miti. I’m too lazy to explain everything to you one by one. Typing is tiring.”
Sure enough, not a single interjection, and the sentences at the end were getting shorter and shorter.
Tang Nai’s avatar quickly turned gray, and after sending the last message, she logged off.
Su Mu stared at the screen in a daze, pondering Tang Nai’s words.
Is my ability related to information?
Does boxing people count?
I hope it doesn’t come to the point where monsters are right in my face, and all I can do is slap their ID cards on their faces to threaten them.
It would probably trigger the “defeated by a little demoness” CG…