A Warm-Hearted Magical Girl

Because humans hate having their wounds exposed.

The bloody past was being openly displayed, which made Qili, who had participated in the North Capital Defense War and was fortunate enough to survive, feel somewhat uncomfortable.

But all of that is in the past.

Qili took a deep breath and led the group of magical girls deeper into the branch, where they found some magical girls who looked extremely busy.

Near the office and the war room, many magical girls were running around frantically.

"Quick, quick, quick! There are drunken Oni Clan fighting in Division 105!"

"They're in District 106 too! I heard from the report that they're also from the Oni Clan!"

"Ah?"

"It seems like they fought their way from District 105 to District 106."

"Ah? Notify the Tengu sisters! Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

"I heard that some seniors from Central City are coming today... Luna! Quickly ask them when they'll arrive!"

"Suzuhiko-hime is doing a nude dance again, 514 district."

I'll go right now.

"Something's not right with you!"

"..." Qili:"..."

The work atmosphere seems really lively... but it's also strangely funny; I keep feeling like I'm in a magical girl division.

It was in a police station in some comedy movie.

"That..."

The magical girl behind Qili let out a weak voice, attracting the attention of the other branch magical girls.

"Ah! So they've already arrived."

"Great, reinforcements have arrived!"

"The professionals are here!"

"Yay!"

The magical girls immediately cheered and then began a very lively series of self-introductions.

"My name is Luna!"

"I'm Haneda Hitomi, hello."

"My name is Guhuo Chun!"

"Guhuo Meizhi".

"..." It's hard to describe, but it was a chaotic mess... very characteristic of Kyoto, and it seems that quite a few magical girls have the surname Guhuo.

They were probably named by the Guhuo Bird).

After all, names like "Haneda" and "Haori" sound like names that children raised by birds would have.

"Come here! I can tell you're the boss just by looking at you!"

The magical girl named Luna pulled Qili over in an instant and, while Qili was still confused, pressed her in front of the computer.

The girl, who had been looking around curiously the whole way, also came over out of curiosity, wanting to see what the other person wanted to do with her teacher.

"Tell us quickly, how do you operate from headquarters?"

Qili was momentarily confused by Luna's words, then, while watching her people being affectionately pulled aside and talked by the magical girl from this branch, she subconsciously glanced at the computer screen in front of her.

The map above is clearly visible to the Kyoto eye, and it's densely divided into a thousand areas.

And countless areas are now marked in red.

This means there's been a strange attack... no, it means there's a fight between strange people, or maybe they're drunk and acting crazy?

Qili speculated about this.

Then...

"Bump!!!"

The conference room door was flung open, and a magical girl holding up her phone shouted, "There are will-o'-the-wisps floating near Kamirokken! Hey, hey, hey... I know, yes, I've already notified everyone."

Then, the magical girl hurriedly left again.

"Kamirokken... District 544"

As she said this, Luna skillfully marked the area, and then loudly...

The announcement read, "Everyone, District 544, investigate the situation with the will-o'-the-wisps!"

"..."I see.

Qili nodded, having roughly grasped the nature of the magical girls' work in Kyoto... somewhat like detective work.

Due to limited strength, they do not directly participate in fighting and capture; they usually gather information and notify the Tengu after the investigation is completed.

Even so, the work is extremely busy.

If we were to categorize the Kyoto eccentrics... if we consider them eccentric, then they're actually kind of endearing.

But if we consider them as residents...

Those are just a bunch of troublemakers.

However, they can't all be categorized as troublemakers. After all, they are eccentric individuals, and it's already good enough that they don't cause bloodshed by randomly smashing and destroying things.

It doesn't matter if they're very restless; a little restlessness is fine too.

"Excuse me... how does Central City reduce workload? Are there any more convenient measures?"

"..." In response to Luna's question, Qili paused for a moment... She really wanted to say that the response measures here seemed to be quite comprehensive.

It has both operators and tactical maps.

In Central City, everything is distributed among various agencies. If some weirdos come to attack headquarters, they fight side by side... which actually seems quite primitive.

Well, "outsourcing" isn't exactly primitive.

In Kyoto, however, magical girls are the ones who are "outsourced." So Qili doesn't have any particularly good solutions.

And just as Qili was preparing to respond...

"Oh, I think we could make an app for that."

The girl said this with a confident expression, and then, under the watchful eyes of her teacher and the magical girl named Luna, she said, "Well, what do you think? A good idea, right?"

What is an app?

Luna asked, puzzled. Having grown up in Kyoto, she knew how to use a computer, but understanding English abbreviations was still a bit difficult.

"It's software."

The girl answered.

"..." Qili pondered for a moment, then asked her apprentice, "Is it the same as the order-taking app in Central City?"

As she said this, she pondered for a moment...

Indeed, the app's formulaic operation, and even the promotion of a dedicated app to Kyoto residents.

This allows them to report problems without having to call the police, but instead simply take out their phones and tap away to do so.

It is indeed more convenient than transferring phone lines twice.

"Yes, how about it, teacher?"

The girl smiled and rubbed her nose.

"..."

"Good idea."

Qili patted the girl's shoulder, her eyes welling up with tears.

I never expected that my foolish apprentice could actually offer useful advice... My opinion of him has changed a bit.

To what extent had Qili's hopes for the young girl deteriorated?

That's about it...

If you get into trouble, just don't expose your teacher.

So.

Chapter 205 The Warm Magical Girl

[Class 2-A Group Chat (31 members)]

[Chong Tianping: School starts in a little over ten days, and my parents suddenly said they're going to the Myoboku Manor. If I don't go, they want me to stay home.]

[Chong Tianping @ Minato Namikaze: Is it fun there?]

[Shiben Fengzi @ Chong Tianping: It's rubbish. Despite the lots of advertising, it's not a fun place, unless you guys like eating bugs.]

[Chong Tianping: What?]

[Potianqi Weili: Are there really bugs?]

[Minato Namikaze: Haha, yes, it's really hard to describe. The food here is mostly insects, and compared to the frog theme...]

[Minato Namikaze: It's more of a toad theme.]

[Chong Tianping: Ugh! That sounds awful!]

"..." Cong Yu smiled as she scrolled through the group chat on her phone... It seems that Minato Namikaze hasn't mastered Sage Mode.

It's pretty much confirmed that, apart from Minato Namikaze, this world is a perfectly normal world of magical girls and monsters.

Although it might not be considered very normal... after all, it's not geared towards children at all.

But--

At least she's more normal than the magical girls in Gen Urobuchi's works.

"Cong Yu- chan, what are you looking at?"

To Yaochuan Guang, who was pulling Xiao Cui along and asking this question, Cong Yu gave a simple reply, "Look at the group chat... Speaking of which, summer vacation is almost over."

It feels like more than a month has passed in the blink of an eye. I feel like when I open my eyes again, it will be almost time for school to start.

"Oh, school starts again?"

Yaochuan Guang responded in this way, and then let out a wail typical of a poor student. "Ahhh, no... I don't want to go to school."

Cong Yu shrugged at Yaochuan Guang's words.

"It's okay if you don't want to learn, as long as you keep actively acquiring new knowledge, you won't be left behind... But are you willing to do that?"

Or perhaps, Yaochuan Guang, like his original idea, needs a diploma?

Yaochuan Guang shook her head at this, and after thinking for a moment, she said, "I'm not sure either, but my parents' last wish was for me to study hard... and besides, Cong Yu- chan will continue her studies, right?"

"..."

In other words, Yaochuan Guang wanted to accompany him to university.

Thinking this, Cong Yu nodded without saying anything, but... could the feeling surging in her heart be described as happiness?

Xiao Cui looked at Yaochuan Guang with a face full of doubt. "Sister Yaochuan, why don't you like going to school?"

Yes, why is that?

There's no reason why...

Thinking this, Yaochuan Guang rubbed Xiao Cui's head and said earnestly, "Xiao Cui, you'll understand when you reach my age."

Xiao Cui: "???"

Seeing Xiao Cui's confused expression, Cong Yu simply glanced at Yaochuan Guang and said, "Sorry, with Xiao Cui's academic ability, even if she goes to high school, she shouldn't have too much trouble with studying... unlike you."

Unlike you... different... the same... like you...