Putting everything else aside, Su Lili’s Spiritual Outfit was really quite impressive, making her, who was already very cute, look even cuter.
Aside from the skirt being a bit short, there wasn’t anything else worth criticizing.
Gotta say, although Lin Yizhou was a bit blunt, his sense of aesthetics was still on point.
“And…”
As Su Ziling was thinking, Lin Yizhou continued to argue.
“I think this outfit is actually quite normal. Putting everything else aside, many magical girls in Magical Girl Meluke dress like this.”
“Applying two-dimensional things to reality is just strange, okay.”
Su Ziling helplessly complained.
“Your way of thinking really is just like my little sister’s.”
She hadn’t forgotten that the Spiritual Outfit Su Xiaomeng had made was also top-notch… hard to complain about.
“Is wearing such a short skirt meant for fighting, or for giving the enemy attack speed and critical hit? It’s like adult clothes look nice, but you can’t just put a bikini on a child, right?”
“…”
Lin Yizhou was silent for a while. In his mind, countless images of two-dimensional lolis wearing bikinis flashed by, and then he nodded very seriously.
“I think it’s not impossible.”
“…With symptoms like yours, 110 probably can’t handle it. We need to call the Federal Power Grid.”
Su Ziling stood up again and asked Lin Yizhou.
“So? In your intuition, does Lili have any problems?”
“Emmm…” Lin Yizhou examined her again.
“Unlike your case, after Su Lili transforms, she becomes a perfectly normal magical girl.”
“That is to say, even if she transforms, she won’t be targeted by monsters or magical girls, right?”
“Right, but on the condition that she doesn’t use this magic wand’s ability.”
The ability to absorb others’ mana cap seemed wrong no matter how you looked at it.
After hearing Lin Yizhou’s analysis, Su Ziling nodded and roughly understood Su Lili’s situation.
Just as she was about to continue asking, Lin Yizhou’s phone rang.
The latter made a quiet “shh” gesture and then answered the phone.
“Hey, Big Brother, you there?”
From the voice, it should be Fan Zhicheng calling.
“Is there something?”
“Nero of the Red Rose says she wants to meet you tonight. What do you think?”
“Nero?”
This person with the code name Nero was the seductive and enchanting woman Lin Yizhou had met last time, and also one of the executives in the Red Rose.
Lin Yizhou frowned slightly.
“Does she have something to see me about? If it’s to go out to eat, then help me decline.”
“It’s not about eating,” Fan Zhicheng on the other end explained. “She’s looking for you about the ‘Protean Witch’ matter.”
“Hm?”
Hearing this, Su Ziling also couldn’t help but focus her attention on Lin Yizhou, carefully listening to the phone call.
“Isn’t the mission to investigate the ‘Protean Witch’ assigned to us by the higher-ups? Why is she butting in?”
“Specifically… it’s quite complicated. Big Brother, it’s better if you talk to her in person.”
Fan Zhicheng on the phone didn’t reveal more information. After a few brief words, he hung up.
“See,” Lin Yizhou put down his phone and said to Su Ziling beside him. “The price of stealing the spotlight too much is that more people will target you.”
“Are there bad guys trying to mess with Mommy?” Su Lili clenched her fists indignantly, like a hissing cat. “I’ll show them what a ‘black hand’ means!”
“Alright, leave adult matters to the adults. Kids shouldn’t get involved.”
Su Ziling pressed down on Su Lili’s head and said to Lin Yizhou.
“Although I don’t know what the other party wants from me, thank you for the warning.”
Her expression remained as calm as ever, as if she wasn’t the one being targeted.
Lin Yizhou wanted to say something, but the words wouldn’t come out.
—
Magical girls are actually a very busy and dangerous profession.
Su Ziling had always thought so.
Things like heroes, like justice, were all less important than the safety of family.
If not for Su Xiaomeng becoming a magical girl to save her, Su Ziling would never have chosen to join this line of work.
Becoming a magical girl did give you power.
But does having power mean you’re safe?
Magical girls are certainly formidable, but after you revert to human form, you’re still an unarmed ordinary person.
In such a situation, those who are hostile or hate you naturally have ten thousand ways to make you disappear from this world.
Once you’re targeted, even if you guard against it, you can’t cover everything. After all, there’s only ‘being a thief for a thousand days,’ not ‘guarding against thieves for a thousand days.’
So unlike other magical girls, Su Ziling had always hidden her identity very well.
If not for being discovered by Lin Yizhou, she could probably have hidden for a long, long time.
Of course, having no power at all wouldn’t do either; otherwise, when facing danger, there would be no way to protect those around you.
This was also one of the reasons Su Ziling continued hunting monsters despite knowing the risk of exposure. Like leveling up by killing monsters, she could increase her own mana value by defeating monsters. In this regard, it was somewhat similar to Su Lili’s magic wand.
“Hey…” Seeing the monster lying on the ground, Su Ziling dialed a phone call.
“The D-level monster at the New Covenant District has been subdued by me. You can send someone to take him away.”
“Roger that. Thank you for your contribution. The compensation will be transferred to your account shortly.”
“Mm, you’re welcome.”
After the other party finished speaking, Su Ziling also hung up.
She turned around, preparing to leave, but saw Pei Keke standing under the light not far away.
“Senior!” She trotted over to Su Ziling, a smile on her face. “Senior, you’re so fast… I just got here and you’ve already dealt with the monster.”
Unlike when she was with Lin Yizhou, Su Ziling now wore a gentle smile and said to Pei Keke.
“This is just what I should do.”
“Senior really is my role model…”
Pei Keke’s tone was full of admiration, but her gaze wasn’t that pure. Perhaps she had finally worked up the emotion.
She slowly spoke.
“Senior… may I ask the reason you refused to cooperate with me?”
Pei Keke stood under the light, head lowered, and Su Ziling couldn’t see what expression she had.
But in response to the other’s question, she still smiled patiently and replied.
“Because I’m just a magical girl who does it out of interest.”
“Is that so…” Pei Keke lowered her head, her voice losing its previous admiration and excitement, turning into an indescribable indifference. “But you are in great need of money, aren’t you?”
“Why do you say that?”
“You keep taking missions in the Magical Girl Alliance, but your savings have never exceeded four digits. And according to what the people in the Magical Girl Alliance know, you seem to have been looking for part-time jobs and work… Since you’re so short on money, why aren’t you willing to cooperate with me?”
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Gee, she knows your savings. That’s not suspicious at all.