“Snake Fang has a notorious reputation in Illusion Mushroom City, having engaged in several large-scale battles with the magical girls there.
Although each battle resulted in heavy losses, their core strength remained largely intact.
‘Their leader is very powerful, and there are rumors that they once fought against a Blooming-level magical girl and didn’t lose… Rosemary, are you listening to me?'”
With a dissatisfied expression, the white-haired, black-dressed girl gently tapped her fingers on the desk.
Xia Mo, who had been daydreaming, snapped out of it with a jolt.
She looked somewhat embarrassed as she turned to look at the girl sitting across from her—Ming Die.
After escaping from the overly enthusiastic junior magical girls, Xia Mo had contacted Ming Die and set a meeting place.
When Xia Mo met her, she noticed that Ming Die was still wearing the same clothes as the night before, though she had added a pair of small black boots.
This made her wonder if Ming Die was so poor that she couldn’t afford new clothes.
“I’m listening.”
“Really? Then repeat what I just said.”
Luo Shuangyue’s expression didn’t change as she directly threw out a question that made Xia Mo’s face stiffen.
“How could I not know what you look like when you space out? You think you can fool me?”
At this point, Xia Mo still wasn’t paying attention, drifting off as usual.
Girls like her, who liked to zone out, should be disintegrated and dragged back by the bad guys to enjoy the full service of being defeated!
“……Sorry.”
“Apologizing to me doesn’t help.
You can apologize to your friends after you die in battle because you were daydreaming.
Luo Shuangyue laughed. Now that she was wearing Ming Die’s skin, she could scold Xia Mo however she wanted.
She was the villain, after all. Isn’t it totally normal for villains to scold magical girls?
Moreover, her scolding was quite reasonable.
Didn’t Xia Mo not have a single retort to her words?
“In any case, Snake Fang’s strength is very powerful. Although their leader won’t leave Illusion Mushroom City to come to Star Sea City, I expect that at least one senior member of Snake Fang has infiltrated here.”
Luo Shuangyue pointed downward.
“I heard from the director that Snake Fang has two senior members, both possessing enough strength to match a budding magical girl…”
As Ming Die shared the information, Xia Mo naturally reciprocated and told her everything she had learned from the director.
‘Wild Python,’ skilled in close combat, with immense physical strength, even capable of rivaling a King-level monster. ‘Silver Snake,’ skilled in poisoning enemies, and several magical girls in Illusion Mushroom City had been poisoned by her deadly toxins.
Compared to Luo Shuangyue, the intelligence Xia Mo gathered was undeniably more detailed.
Every magical department in the cities would upload information about enemies they encountered into a public database for colleagues in other regions to consult.
As an evil organization that had clashed with magical girls multiple times, Snake Fang’s data had been meticulously recorded.
“Most of Snake Fang’s members have powers related to snakes, and fire and frost spells will be especially effective against them…”
Xia Mo said before trailing off.
“Fire and frost?”
She muttered to herself, “But aren’t our magic types not these attributes?”
“Don’t look at me, my magic attribute is ‘Decay.’”
Luo Shuangyue immediately clarified that her magic attribute was neither fire nor frost, but the much rarer and more terrifying death attribute.
As for Xia Mo’s magic attribute… it hadn’t been determined yet.
Magical girls in the budding and blooming stages are referred to as newcomers because they haven’t yet found their true path.
Their weapons and magical abilities may differ slightly due to personal factors, but overall, they’re still quite similar.
For example, the three magical girls in Star Sea City all use wands, and their magic attributes are almost the same.
However, at the budding stage, the magical girls’ personal styles start to emerge.
Their weapons and magical abilities undergo evolution and transformation, becoming more aligned with their unique traits.
“Just like Luo Shuangyue’s large scythe and Bai Ye’s branch sword, these were the transformations of their wands when they reached the budding stage.
‘Hurry up and evolve a fire or frost attribute,’ Luo Shuangyue said, taking a sip of coffee.
She made a rather rude request to Xia Mo.
Pretending to be Ming Die really made her feel at ease.
Many things that she usually couldn’t say were now easy to express. It was so satisfying, especially when scolding Xia Mo.
This identity was practically invincible for that.
‘It’s not that easy to evolve!’ Xia Mo muttered in defense.
She could already vaguely sense the new power within her, but fully understanding and mastering this power would still take some time.
‘In any case, it’s not something you can just evolve easily!’
This was a reasonable statement.
If a magical girl didn’t have exceptional talent, finding their own path and truly becoming a magical girl would take a very long time.
It required breaking through personal limits through battle, finding the path that suited them best.
Only after weathering countless storms could they bloom into a beautiful Budding Flower.
‘What a shame… Give me the materials you have, I’ll take them back and study them.’
‘No way. These are confidential materials from the Magical Department, I can’t just pass them on.’ Xia Mo decisively refused Luo Shuangyue’s request.
The materials she had were not just about Snake Fang’s senior members.
They were detailed records of entire battles, including information about the magical girls who fought against Snake Fang’s leaders.
Xia Mo could never give that part of the information to Ming Die.
Although she was currently aligned with Ming Die, she was fully aware that a gap still existed between them.
She couldn’t offer Ming Die her full trust.
‘You’re somewhat cautious, huh. Fine, then. Just copy the relevant Snake Fang information for me and I’ll be good.’
Luo Shuangyue nodded. ‘If there’s nothing else, I’ll leave now.’
‘Wait!’ Xia Mo called out.
‘What is it?’
‘Well… next time you come to find me, could you please not sneak through the window at midnight? It’s really scary…’
Xia Mo said quietly, pointing at her fingers.
‘So?’
‘If you want to find me, come a little earlier and use the front door!’
Xia Mo lifted her head, giving the white-haired villainess a pleading look.
Being woken up in the middle of the night like that was really unpleasant!
But this request was something Luo Shuangyue couldn’t accept.
Use the front door earlier?
What about her real identity?
She couldn’t possibly hide in her room when Ming Die arrived and only come out when she left.
That would be so obvious even a fool could tell what was going on.
So, “I refuse! I love midnight raids through the window!’”