The Mindless Magical Girl? I Picked Her Up and Remade Her!

"At least, that wasn't the case with the florist. Rather, after someone destroyed the work of his lifetime, wanting revenge wasn't exactly a negative thought, was it? As an ordinary person, having the courage to fight monsters seemed more like a positive emotion. And then—"

At that point, Bai Yu pinched Meng Yue's little mouth and said, "With the appearance of Magical Girl Meng Yue, people's negative emotions decreased even further! During every attack afterward, most of the victims thought, 'Meng Yue will come wipe out you monsters soon enough!' In that kind of situation, there were even fewer negative emotions! So after I took over as leader, I moved the collection of negative energy from the open into the shadows..."

So this had something to do with me too?

With her little mouth pinched into an O shape, Meng Yue thought this to herself. Still, Bai Yu's explanation helped her understand why the Monster Organization didn't rely on widespread destruction, but instead secretly captured evil people and tortured them nearly to death to gather negative energy.

"The negative emotions squeezed from ordinary people could never compare to the negative energy that those lofty evildoers erupted with the instant they fell into the depths of despair! And operating in secret gave us more time to torture them slowly, allowing us to gather enough negative energy before the magical girls arrived."

Although because of Meng Yue... quite a few victims had been rescued halfway through their torture before they could be killed, Bai Yu's achievements over the past year still far surpassed those of the previous leader! The facts proved that Bai Yu's method of gathering negative energy was more efficient. He was far better than the former leader, who had somehow been treated like a disposable mob!

"Come to think of it..."

Bai Yu suddenly smiled and asked, "Do you remember a particularly vicious-looking Tiger-headed Monster?"

A Tiger-headed Monster?

Hearing that, Meng Yue racked her brain... She recalled that shortly after becoming a magical girl more than a year ago, she had encountered a Tiger-headed Monster wielding a three-meter-long cleaver!

"Today, I'll personally butcher you, little girl!"

Opening its blood-filled maw, the Tiger-headed Monster let out an ear-splitting roar! Then it said with a cruel expression, "You've been hit by my Tiger Roar Demonic Sound. You're finished now, aren't you? This is the strongest magical girl they talked about? I think you're just—"

But the next second, an overwhelming blaze of brilliant white light swallowed the Tiger-headed Monster whole! Before it could even finish speaking, it vanished beneath the bombardment of Purification magic...

"What Tiger Roar Demonic Sound? It couldn't even break through my protective barrier."

Watching the Tiger-headed Monster dissipate into nothingness, Meng Yue said speechlessly, "It talked such a big game that I thought it was strong... What a disappointment."

"Seems like... there really was a guy like that. I casually purified him."

Blinking, Meng Yue said seriously, "He was probably just an ordinary officer, right? But after that, I never encountered him again in my memories. Did he get scared and never dare return to the battlefield?"

"Haha—"

Bai Yu couldn't hold back any longer and burst out laughing! Then he said with a laugh, "What ordinary officer? That guy was the previous Monster Organization leader! Once he was killed, he couldn't come back to life, so of course he never returned to the battlefield!"

"Huh?"

For a moment, Meng Yue froze on the spot. She had never imagined... that the big tiger she had one-shotted was actually the previous Monster Organization leader?

Come to think of it, Master had mentioned that she killed the previous leader. She had searched everywhere for the Monster Organization leader to fight, only to realize she had already killed one... And it had been someone who couldn't even break through her defenses!

That useless tiger with a big mouth had been a Monster Organization leader? Then she looked at Master, who had turned her into this... The difference was obvious! The gap between Monster Organization leaders was way too huge, wasn't it?

"In your eyes, he was very weak, wasn't he?"

Seeing Meng Yue's expression, Bai Yu thought for a moment before speaking. "Although I looked down on him too, as a colleague, I have to judge his strength fairly. The previous leader may have been an idiot, but he possessed the strongest body of any Monster Organization leader in history."

"Huh?"

Meng Yue made another confused sound, her face seemingly saying: The strongest body... that was it?

"Actually, his physical resistance and magic resistance were both maxed out. If ordinary magical girls had faced him... say Xinghua and Crimson Blade, that tiger could've stood still and let them attack him for a month without getting hurt. However..."

Covering his face, Bai Yu said helplessly, "Magical Girl Meng Yue's Purification magic eliminates magical creatures from the root of their existence. It could even be considered a conceptual-level erasure against magical creatures! Under Purification magic, all magical creatures are equal, no matter how strong or weak they are!"

That was true.

Meng Yue silently agreed: That plushie whose name seemed to have something to do with Papi had said the same thing about her before. Thinking about it that way, her old self had been pretty amazing!

Though she still wasn't as happy as she was now! Hehe~~~

"But luckily, I didn't waste his strongest body..."

Bai Yu muttered thoughtfully. Then he pressed the remote, and the wooden shackles finally loosened around Meng Yue's hands and feet, releasing the girl.

"Mmm..."

Although her restraints had been removed, Meng Yue still lay limply against the specially made chair, unable to stand. After everything earlier, her waist had gone weak, and she couldn't muster even a bit of strength...

"Perfect opportunity!"

Taking advantage of the moment, Bai Yu scooped Meng Yue up in his arms and said with a wicked grin, "Looks like tonight, I'll finally beat you!"

Huh?

Before Meng Yue could even process what Bai Yu meant, he carried her back to the room, and then—

In any case, Bai Yu won a complete victory that night! Meng Yue had absolutely no ability to resist his offensive. How delightful, how congratulatory!!

The next morning, on an empty wasteland...

"Then, special training begins!"

Floating in the air, the contracted spirit Papi said to the two magical girls before it, "Since Meng Yue still hasn't returned to the team, and since you two have been suffering setbacks against the Monster Organization these past few days, I think special training is absolutely necessary!"

"That's right!"

Crimson Blade immediately raised her hand in agreement. "The Monster Organization is far more dangerous than before! Yesterday, they dared to take an entire school's students hostage. I don't even dare imagine what they'll do next! Destroying the Monster Organization is an urgent matter!"

"I agree too."

Looking sleepy and completely unmotivated, Xinghua echoed her from the side.

"And the day after tomorrow, Xinghua will duel the Monster Organization leader. If your strength rises another level during this time, it'll help in that battle too."

Papi said, "Anyway, I don't think that guy will keep his promise. So Xinghua, if you get the chance, just kill him then!"

"I will. I don't think he'll keep his promise either."

Xinghua calmly replied, "But if he retains even a fraction of a Monster Organization leader's dignity, he should fight me one-on-one fairly. He's the leader of so many monsters. If he doesn't even dare accept a duel with one magical girl, isn't he afraid of hurting the morale of all those monsters under him?"

Unfortunately, Xinghua didn't know... Other Monster Organization leaders might need to consider such things, but Bai Yu didn't need to at all! Ever since he had turned the strongest magical girl into a monster officer, he had never needed to worry about morale again!

And Bai Yu had gathered plenty of negative energy while improving the monsters' benefits in every way. Even before capturing Meng Yue, his prestige had already been high, let alone now!

"I also think that, as a Monster Organization leader, he probably won't start by using underhanded tricks."

Papi nodded. "Since he accepted your challenge, at least at the beginning, he probably won't pull anything shady. Beating you fairly would raise the Monster Organization's morale too!"

"So Sister needs to grow stronger before the duel begins and try to instantly kill the Monster Organization leader the moment the duel starts!"

Crimson Blade said energetically, "I'll help Sister train over these next two days too!"

"Very good."

Papi had always been very satisfied with Crimson Blade's enthusiasm. It continued, "But before that, I need to emphasize this once again—"

"A magical girl's magic differs from those magical creatures. It possesses [characteristics]. Every magical girl has different characteristics. Xinghua, your magical characteristic is [Penetration], while Crimson Blade, yours is [Blade and Sword]."

"For magical girls, magical characteristics are like a subject that must be studied, a principle that must be fully comprehended. A magical girl's strength isn't merely related to how much magic she has. More importantly, it depends on her understanding of the two words that define her magical characteristic!"

"So you two need to use your imaginations and develop more techniques that fully embody the words of your magical characteristics! Xinghua is an excellent example. She didn't merely think about making her attacks [penetrate] her enemies. She also thought of letting the enemy's attacks [penetrate] herself, which led her to develop the skill Phasing."

"Crimson Blade is excellent too. Although her imagination isn't usually much to speak of, she always gets a sudden flash of inspiration during battle and comes up with new techniques."

Papi glanced at Crimson Blade beside it and continued, "And both you sisters possess exceptional control over magic. Otherwise, you couldn't turn the things you imagined into reality... It's just that Crimson Blade's total magic is far too low, which is why her strength falls behind."

"I-I'm sorry..."

Hearing that, Crimson Blade instinctively lowered her head. "I've never been good at condensing magic. It's hard for me to find that feeling..."

Magical girls normally had to circulate their Magic Cores and condense magic within them. Meng Yue and Xinghua were both quite talented at condensing magic, so they had stored a considerable amount in their Magic Cores. Crimson Blade alone was exceptionally poor at it.

However, although Crimson Blade usually couldn't condense much magic, whenever she encountered an emergency, she would suddenly begin condensing magic at incredible speed as though her aura had exploded! Her magic would surge, allowing her to unleash powerful techniques!

Yet a Magic Core was like a container. Normally condensing magic was like slowly pouring water into it, and the Magic Core would gradually reinforce itself throughout the process. But every time Crimson Blade did it, it was like forcefully dumping water into the container. Excessively condensing magic within a short period could damage her Magic Core... It could even shatter in the end!

Once a Magic Core shattered, losing a magical girl's powers would be the least of the problems... The compressed magic inside would erupt all at once, causing immeasurable damage to her body!

"You can't keep doing this. You can't possibly condense magic during every battle, can you?"

Seeing that her younger sister's face had grown much paler than before, Xinghua said with concern, "Can't you remember the feeling of condensing magic during battle and apply it normally?"

"Mmm... I've tried really hard to think about it!"

Crimson Blade said miserably, "But I can never remember how it feels during battle! Whenever I face a crisis... it's like I'm fighting on instinct!"

On instinct?

Hearing that, Papi subconsciously glanced at the Magic Core in Crimson Blade's chest... It was still as red as ever, without any other color mixed in.

"But you still need to find a way to speed up your magic condensation. Even after these two improvements, your total magic is still less than half of mine!"

Xinghua poked Crimson Blade's forehead helplessly. "Have you noticed that despicable Monster Organization leader always captures you first to use as a shield? Can't you just Blade Reversal him and one-shot him next time he catches you?"

"Got it! I'll definitely work hard!"

Covering her forehead, Crimson Blade immediately said in a determined voice, "Because I don't want to keep holding Sister back either!"

"Then special training begins now. I'll first cast a spell to help calm and focus your mind. Try to see whether you can find that feeling of condensing magic from battle."

"Got it!"

Thus, Crimson Blade immediately sat down cross-legged. Then Papi casually waved its tiny plush-like hand, and a greenish-blue film of light instantly enveloped Crimson Blade. She seemed to become much more focused as well.

"Alright, let's not disturb her for now."

After casting the spell, Papi turned to Xinghua and said, "Let's go farther away. I happen to have something to say to you too."

"Fine."

So Xinghua and Papi walked into the distance. The next second, Papi abandoned the cute little spirit tone it had used before Crimson Blade and coldly asked Xinghua, "What are you planning?"

"What do you mean?"

Blinking, Xinghua wore an innocent expression. "Lord Papi, I don't understand what you're talking about."

"Stop playing dumb! How could someone like you possibly duel the Monster Organization leader for some noble reason? I can sense your ill intentions!"

Staring directly into Xinghua's eyes, Papi coldly said, "Talk! Tell me the real reason you want to duel the Monster Organization leader!"

"Lord Papi, while I don't care about whether other humans live or die, isn't wanting to kill the Monster Organization leader for my little sister's safety a perfectly normal reason?"

Xinghua shrugged, still looking innocent. "Besides, my ill intentions are aimed at the Monster Organization leader! Can't you sense that?"

"Hmph... Is that so?"

Papi snorted, though Xinghua's words did ease some of its suspicions. After all, Xinghua truly cared deeply for her younger sister. It was entirely possible that, fearing her sister would desperately fight in the future and damage her Magic Core, Xinghua wanted to eliminate the Monster Organization leader herself first.

"That's right! Even if I hate you, I could never stop caring about my little sister!"

Staring into Papi's eyes as well, Xinghua said openly, "If you don't believe me, you can come along when the time comes!"

As if I don't want to! I still don't know how that damned Monster Organization leader made one of my avatars disappear! What if this avatar goes over there and that bastard makes it disappear too??

Papi thought irritably. Although it had many avatars, they weren't unlimited, and creating one took considerable effort from its main body... Until it figured out how the Monster Organization leader had destroyed one of its avatars, it would never send another one over!

Just as expected! That thing suffered badly at the hands of the Monster Organization leader last time. Judging from the insults it used before... it probably wouldn't want to approach him again anytime soon!

"Don't worry!"

Seeing Papi silently fuming, Xinghua smiled and said, "I'll definitely kill the Monster Organization leader for real!"

"If you don't come back, I'll tell Crimson Blade your secret."

In the end, however, Papi threw out that threat. Xinghua's expression stiffened slightly... Then she answered with a cheerful smile, "Of course! Even if I don't kill him, with my ability, there's no way he'll capture me!"

I'm not worried about him capturing you...

Papi glanced at Xinghua, then stopped dwelling on the subject and said, "Good. Then your special training begins too."

While Xinghua and Crimson Blade underwent special training, Bai Yu was standing at a worktable, using a crystal magic pen to draw a magic circle...

Meng Yue lay sprawled across the sofa, looking lazy and limp as she said, "Master really showed no mercy last night... Did he count the punishment that wasn't carried out in the interrogation room toward last night? But he doesn't know that this counts as a reward for me too... Hehehe~~~"

Swinging her feet, Meng Yue was about to turn on the television with the remote... But then she looked at the empty coffee table and suddenly remembered the little iron box filled with thank-you letters from her first day here.