The Growth of Trees
Because Sister Blue Sky was at that boxing ring before, she seemed very interested in gambling and had a good grasp of the logic behind betting.
I know it perfectly.
This indicates that Lantian Zhu had at least some contact with the area.
So, Sister Blue Sky's persona was supposed to be someone who "wins money playing pachinko"? Turns out she lost everything!
Seeing the shock in Xiao Cui's eyes, Lantian Zhu's gaze immediately revealed speechlessness, but his expression remained calm. "Winning and losing are the norm."
That makes sense.
Xiao Cui hesitated for a moment, then suddenly realized...
Sister Blue Sky, are you a gambler and a womanizer who also likes to smoke, drink, and get perms...? Okay, I don't get perms, but I like everything except perms.
That's awful! I have to glare at them!
Lantian Zhu, who was being glared at by Xiao Cui, silently looked away. "Feeling bored, just playing around... How are you guys feeling at school?"
When Lantian Zhu changed the subject, Nagashima Koki immediately became excited and said, "Our homeroom teacher is an old man!"
"The wig fell off during class, and everyone in the class laughed their heads off, but it seems like Xiao Cui didn't laugh, and neither did Xixia Lian."
Xixia Lian? Who is it?
As Lantian Zhu sipped her beverage, she felt a strange familiarity with the surname, as if she had encountered it somewhere before.
"It's the Xixia family."
Xiao Cui spoke clearly, stating, "The Xixia family, one of the Four Great Families (or three great families)."
As she said this, Xiao Cui continued, under Lantian Zhu's sudden realization, "Also, the one who brought Xixia Lian to school, probably a bodyguard from the Xixia family, has already discovered Xiao Xi's identity."
Xiao Cui's words surprised Nagashima Koki, who pointed to herself and asked, "Eh? My identity?"
"Um."
Now, Nagashima Koki's identity is no longer a secret in the eyes of those "somewhat higher up" or those connected to her.
Although I don't know some of Nagashima Koki's identity.
For example, something like, "[Assistant to the 22nd Group's cadres, friend of Magical Girl☆Midori, disciple of the King of Wind City, these are all identities I used to have]".
However, now everyone knows that there is the Nagashima family somewhere who has the power to see through the world! The only question is where the Nagashima family's orphaned child is.
Not many people know what Nagashima Koki looks like.
However, it is clear that local families in Wind City, such as the Xixia family, know more than people who consider the "world" as a whole.
At least I know what Nagashima Koki looks like.
Lantian Zhu: "..."
Nagashima Koki: "..."
At this moment, the two were thinking very similarly, something like, "Seriously? Not again? How can someone be so blind?"
"Is this... going to be a massacre in this area?"
As Lantian Zhu said this, he casually tossed the beverage can in his hand into the nearby trash can with a sigh, "These families will do anything for profit."
As a veteran magical girl, Lantian Zhu doesn't hesitate to use conventional thinking to judge those guys... because she has actually seen what they can be like when they turn ugly, and she even almost joined them once.
Fortunately, Senior Red was caught, otherwise she might have been making a name for herself in Central City. Congratulations!
"That's what I thought too, so at that time, I secretly arranged for Little Sprite to follow them... They probably weren't discovered."
As Xiao Cui spoke, she led Xiao Xi and Lantian Zhu, who wasn't even looking at the road, onto the path home.
Because of the learning environment here in Japan, it's still considered afternoon, not evening. The spring sunshine is warm and comfortable.
However, the words that came out of Xiao Cui's mouth were unexpectedly dark and cold... If a passerby had heard them, they would probably have felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave.
"The situation is complicated... The bodyguard first reported it to Xixia Lian's father, and then received an instruction from Xixia Lian's father: 'Don't tell anyone.'"
"But then, the bodyguard went to see a man named Xixia Yanping and reported on Xixia Lian's recent situation... Clearly, this bodyguard was actually one of Xixia Yanping's men."
Xiao Cui spoke so calmly, like a genuinely adorable patriotic middle school student, kicking at the pebbles at her feet. "Then, I overheard from the Little Sprite that Xixia Yanping was arranging for that bodyguard to find an opportunity to kidnap Xiao Xi."
"..." Lantian Zhu was at a loss for words. She felt that Xiao Cui's thoughts seemed a little too meticulous... quite terrifying.
Nagashima Koki blinked and kicked a pebble that Xiao Cui had kicked earlier. "And then?"
In response to Xiao Xi's question, Xiao Cui nodded matter-of-factly. "I killed that Xixia Yanping."
"Just now, while we were walking, I had the Little Sprite push the person against the corner of a table and kill them... They were bleeding from their head and probably won't survive."
"Even if they come back to life, they won't know it was the Little Sprite who did it."
"I'm still keeping an eye on that bodyguard. There seem to be a lot of empty liquor jars in his room; he's probably an alcoholic..."
"I think we could fake his drowning from excessive drinking when he was out in the street drunk or something."
As Xiao Cui spoke, her mind preoccupied with controlling the Little Sprite, she had already released it and proudly put her hands on her hips. "OK! Xixia Yanping is dead—"
Upon hearing this, Nagashima Koki opened
Xin clapped her hands excitedly. "Just like Brother Cong Yu said, clean hands and feet, great!"
Xiao Cui: "Yay--"
Lantian Zhu: "..."
At this moment, Lantian Zhu didn't know what to say; a strange feeling welled up inside her.
It's so good that Xiao Cui was taken in by Little Guang Cong Yu instead of turning evil after killing her parents.
--
Oh, my Xiao Cui Elf King!
Seriously, I don't understand why so many people are stirring up trouble for Xiao Cui, saying that Xiao Cui's strong in this version.
It's important to understand that the Little Sprite has no inherent strength; it requires skillful operation and deals low damage. You can't master its micro-management without 300 hours of practice.
Xiao Cui is already part of the game's core logic. Those who want to weaken Xiao Cui, are they trying to ruin <Living with a Magical Girl, But a Weird Executive>?!
Chapter 564 The Growth of Trees
Goodbye, Xiao Cui Cui--
Nagashima Koki waved and walked into "Liangliang Pharmaceutical Corporation." with her little schoolbag on her back, ready to go to the BOSS's office to do her homework.
What? You're asking why Nagashima Koki doesn't go home?
Because Nagashima Riko had to rush to Xianggu Town, she missed Xiao Xi's first day of school today, and she also needs to take care of family matters afterwards.
The main branch of the Nagashima family has descended into chaos as they fight over the remaining family property and assets held outside the family.
Nagashima Riko's ex-husband, Nagashima Koji, was her second son in his generation, and Nagashima Riko naturally had the legal right to inherit her assets.
Although Nagashima Riko herself had no intention of competing for the property, many people who exchanged or negotiated real estate for different purposes began to form cliques.
Even if Nagashima Riko doesn't want to fight for anything, she still needs to make her stance clear... She's even willing to give up "a part of herself".
Therefore, at this moment, her perspective is no longer that of an ordinary person.
It wasn't in the sense of "arrogance," but rather in the sense of "detachment"... She had come to understand that sometimes, mortals are just mortals.
When faced with sudden misfortune, no amount of money can save you... and you may even struggle to protect your family from a terrible husband.
If it weren't for Cong Yu, her life might have completely fallen apart, though it wouldn't be limited to the power of a king.
If Xiao Xi or Nagashima Riko had joined the 22nd Group at that time, the situation would have been much easier to resolve.
This is the difference between the ordinary and the extraordinary.
Having entered this place and received the genuine promise that "loyal work equals eternal life," Nagashima Riko naturally wouldn't value money much.
Nagashima Riko's view that "nothing compares to her own coffee shop" has already set her apart from many others.
While Nagashima Riko was away, Xiao Xi had to stay and sleep at the 22nd Group's place, just like when her mother went to Xianggu Town last time.
We also ate dinner at the canteen of the 22nd Group.
Everyone in the group likes this Doctor's little assistant quite a bit... although for some reason, they keep emphasizing that she's still a primary school student.
It can only be said that Nagashima Koki is now more like a member of the 22nd Group than her mother, a full-time employee.
"Doctor, I'm back... Huh?"
Then, when Nagashima Koki arrived at the Doctor's area, the scene she saw was somewhat frightening... How should I describe it?
It's somewhat like a "containment breach" scenario.
The lights had turned a menacing red, and a huge glass enclosure in the corridor was shattered...
Xiao Xi could tell with the naked eye that the thing that broke the glass was a very thick tree branch.
Oh no! The Doctor messed up!
Nagashima Koki panicked and ran outside shouting, "Waaaaah! Someone come quick! Something's broken through containment at the Doctor's place!"
You know, the Doctor was just an ordinary Doctor with no fighting ability; he might have already been killed by that tree spirit... I think it was a tree spirit.
Cute, weak, even weaker, innocent and pitiful, Nagashima Koki, who was still an elementary school student yesterday, naturally wouldn't dare to take the risk.
We need to call in reinforcements! Call in reinforcements now! Immediately!
The strange men in the corridor were clearly unaware of the Doctor's accident. When they heard Nagashima Koki shout that, they were taken aback.
Then you see a warning red light flashing behind the open door of Nagashima Koki... This is no joke.
Containment breach?!
"Broken!!!"
"Holy crap, no!"
"I'm just an office worker!!!"
"..." On the spot, most of the strange people seemed more flustered than Nagashima Koki. Partly because they were just office workers, and partly because...
Compared to Nagashima Koki, who was called an assistant but didn't actually perform any formal assistant work, they knew better what kind of extraordinary abilities were in the Doctor's experimental area.
Many of them, if the barrier is damaged, escape and are immediately sent to the underworld!
That level of stuff.
But the problem is...
The Doctor's experimental area is also the place with the most terrifyingly strong barrier. Even a boss would need time to break it.
How exactly was containment breached?!
"Um, where is the Doctor?"
In response to the anxious question from this strange person, Nagashima Koki appeared remarkably reliable. "I don't know, I didn't see it."
Soon after, faced with this unexpected situation, the Mermaid Monster arrived with her sister. "The experimental area... has something gone wrong?"
Holding a document in her hand, a girl with dragon horns and a dragon tail also came over. "What's going on?"
The girl set aside the documents that needed Doctor's examination and looked at the Mermaid Monster: "Lady Biji, what happened?"
In response to Zongzheng Ximei's question, the Mermaid Monster looked at Nagashima Koki with an inquiring gaze, listening to the little girl logically recount what she had seen... Xiao Xi was quite reliable at this crucial moment.
Upon hearing that "no Doctor was seen," the Mermaid Monster became worried and immediately ordered, "Nargana and I will go in and check the situation..."
I hope the Doctor is alright.
Everyone knows that Doctor is just a Doctor, so they shouldn't have much fighting ability in dangerous situations.
Just don't die.
"Me too!"
As Nagashima Koki said this, she followed behind the two of them towards the experimental area... The Mermaid Monster didn't seem to have any objections to this.
From here, after seeing the branch that had broken through the transparent wall, the Mermaid Monster turned its head and looked at Zongzheng Ximei, who was watching them.
This person seems to be the latest celebrity to Little Shadow at the bar.
Is he the weirdo from Flame and Dragon?
"The enemy is a plant... we might need your help."
The Mermaid Monster spoke simply, and Zongzheng Ximei hesitated for a moment before following suit. "Okay, I happen to be curious too."