Listening to Luo Shiyun’s words, Xu Wanci felt a headache coming on.
Ever since she became this lousy association president, she had hardly slept a single peaceful night.
Back then, it was right around the time the Thunderclap Fiend had fallen.
The various scoundrels and demons of Jiangnan City, long suppressed, had broken loose like rabid dogs, and all kinds of heroes and champions gathered to join the fray.
At its peak, there were sixty violent incidents a month—two a day—which completely exhausted the magical girls of the association. They could only cry “Oysters! Oysters!” while dragging their weary bodies to continue patrols.
Thankfully, the president still had an ace up her sleeve.
That was the girl sitting before her: the Red Spider Lily.
When Xu Wanci found out it was this girl who singlehandedly took down the Thunderclap Fiend, she didn’t know whether to feel happy or worried.
She’s just some punk who buys doujinshi, why are you targeting her like this?
Are you secretly in love with her?
If you truly like her, then just confess. She’s a delicate girl too—what if your crush is so intense it breaks her spirit, and she can’t take it?
That would be crossing the line.
One of her former colleagues had been crushed by some awful fiend like that. Now she was already a mother of two!
But no matter what she thought, it was too late—the event had happened, the Thunderclap Fiend’s death news had come through, and Xu Wanci had no choice but to grit her teeth and take on this mess.
Fortunately, the Red Spider Lily really was strong, able to dismantle three criminal organizations a day on average.
If she weren’t so busy herself, Xu Wanci almost wanted to drag her down to the city center and just have her stand there.
No matter if you’re a villain or an ordinary person, you’d better tremble a little and then go home and mind your own business.
Getting chased by the police or beaten up by magical girls still meant you could keep your life.
But if the Red Spider Lily set her sights on you… then it was really up to fate.
After all this chaos for a year, Jiangnan City finally began to recover from the collapse of order and gradually restored its former vitality.
Though to return to the days of the Thunderclap Fiend—the bustling, thriving chaos—still felt a bit out of reach.
“…About your request, I really don’t want to agree to it. It involves too many different areas…”
Rubbing her aching temples, Xu Wanci sighed.
If news got out that the Red Spider Lily was quitting, who knew if all those demons and monsters would crawl out from every dark corner to rise up and dominate Jiangnan City again, recreating their glory.
At least one lv.5 needed to hold the line to maintain the city’s apparent stability.
But Xu Wanci dared not refuse.
She knew who the Red Spider Lily really was, and whose daughter she was.
That person agreeing to let her daughter join the association was already terrifying enough!
“I know what you’re struggling with.”
When the Red Spider Lily spoke, the president’s conflicted expression finally relaxed.
“Give me one month. I will clear out every bit of trash in Jiangnan City and guarantee that before any new lv.5 magical girls arrive, the city will see no disturbances.”
“But after that, I hope the Red Spider Lily never has to appear here again. Is that alright?”
Starting a super cleanup just to resign? Ha Ji Bei, you really are something…
“One month. You really think you can do it?”
“Of course. You just need to organize the list. I’ll handle the rest.”
“As soon as possible.”
With that, the white-haired girl stood and left the office, leaving behind a dumbfounded Thorn Rose and the president staring at each other in disbelief.
This was completely out of character.
Luo Shiyun was normally the type who would never take action unless absolutely necessary.
The only reason she’d go to such lengths… was, of course, because of the “wife” herself.
Yijinmo was busy running around dealing with the fiend’s aftermath.
Naturally, Luo Shiyun couldn’t slack off either.
But unlike the fiend, as a magical girl, Luo Shiyun needed a valid reason to make a move.
So she hatched this plan—to have the association give her the legal authority to act like a steamroller.
Next up was to use a little trick to get Thunder God Corporation onto the president’s death list.
…………
“Thunder Boss… Did you really lose all your panties because of stock trading?”
“…Who told you that?”
“It was Lord Tentacles.”
“That’s a rumor, yes, a rumor! Steel Thorn, rumors should stop at the wise. Smart people like us would never believe such ridiculous gossip!”
“Who would be dumb enough to lose all their panties? Logically, it just doesn’t make sense!”
“Oh ho ho, Thunder Boss is right. No one’s that stupid to lose all their panties!”
Watching the two chattering in harmony, Chun Feng quietly twitched the corner of her mouth behind them.
She’d originally thought that someone as strong as the Thunderclap Fiend would be aloof and cold.
But after spending the past two days with her, she found that this older sister—who didn’t seem much older than them—had a temperament more like Steel Thorn’s: a bit absurd.
Always cheerful, smiling through hardships, satisfied by small achievements, and lifting the moods of everyone around her.
Slowly, she and Steel Thorn had unknowingly stepped out of that dark night’s shadow…
In short, Thunder Boss was really a good person.
It was a bright sunny day, the sunlight a bit harsh.
Yijinmo was wandering through the deep alleys of the lower city with the two little ones, finally arriving in front of an old, seemingly abandoned grocery store.
“Boss-chan, I’m here! Open up quickly!”
She knocked on the dust-covered iron door, waiting a long time with no response.
“Maybe they’re not home?”
Chun Feng timidly raised her hand.
“Impossible, absolutely impossible!”
The black-haired girl retorted firmly.
“That shut-in wouldn’t move even if his house burned down!”
“You two step back a little, I’m about to make my move.”
Hearing this, Chun Feng didn’t dare be careless and quickly pulled the clueless Steel Thorn back several meters.
Blue-purple electricity appeared, weaving beneath the girl’s feet.
When the charge reached a certain level, Yijinmo raised her leg, slowly turned around, and then swiftly.
“Wait!”
Through the colored glass window, Chun Feng vaguely saw a figure swaying towards the door inside. Just as she was about to shout to stop her… it was already too late.
“Bang!”
A perfect lightning roundhouse kick sent both the door and the figure behind it crashing to the ground. Truly a joyous occasion, truly a joyous occasion.
“…What joyous occasion, damn it!”
“Boss-chan, you’re not dead, right?”
Hurriedly pulling open the iron door, Yijinmo helped the gray-haired girl lying on the ground up.
“Cough, cough… I’m fine, probably just a broken heart. A trivial fatal injury, I’ll be okay after a little rest.”
“That’s good, then I won’t have to pay your medical bills.”
Wait, how can a broken heart heal with rest?
And why is the boss only worried about medical costs!
Chun Feng tried hard to keep her expression steady, and rather than freeze in place, quickly stepped forward and helped Yijinmo support the gray-haired girl onto a chair.
“Hey, Thunder-chan, so it really was you… smashing up my place early in the morning.”
“I think I told you before, I only open at night. During the day I have to grind the Abyss.”
“You’ve been playing for so many years? Aren’t you unlucky?”
“…So what? I believe that as long as I have heart, miracles will definitely happen!!”
The gray-haired girl got so excited she spat up a mouthful of old blood, then nonchalantly patted her chest, which could easily rival that of Xiao Veta.
“After three years, did your small guaranteed prize ever hit?”
Hearing this, Boss-chan fell silent, only giving a look for them to figure it out themselves.