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

Meng Yue strolled in, sat in the chair Bai Yu had yet to put away, crossed her legs, and smiled. "No... now that you've lost your Magical Girl powers, I should really call you Xiao Li instead."

"Hmph... don't act so familiar! You shameless bastard!"

Seeing this person who had deceived her twice in a row cheerfully strike up a conversation, Xinghua immediately turned her head away in irritation...

"I suggest you watch your tone when speaking to me."

Meng Yue kept smiling as she raised the remote control. At the sight of it, Xinghua felt a jolt of dread, even though Meng Yue had not pressed anything yet...

"Um... Sister Meng Yue, we were partners before, at least."

Xinghua instinctively tried to play the emotional card, but Meng Yue's smile vanished the moment she heard that! Then, expressionlessly, she pressed the button on the remote—

"Waaahhh—"

After being shocked for five straight minutes, Xinghua lay sprawled on the floor, utterly confused! What was wrong with what she had just said? Was she not even allowed to mention that they had once been partners?

"So you know we were partners."

Meng Yue said coldly, "Then why did I never realize you were so impressive before? You could even let attacks pass right through you... I remember you being a Magical Girl who only knew how to fire heavy arrows, and who would be panting from exhaustion after just two shots!"

"I... um..."

At last, Xinghua understood why Meng Yue had chased after her and beaten her up on the day they first fought. In short, Meng Yue had found out that she had been pretending to be weak and slacking off...

"Um... actually... I'm sorry, but I never wanted to do Magical Girl work at all!"

Xinghua had wanted to make up an excuse, but when she saw Meng Yue's finger about to press the remote again, she panicked and hurriedly apologized. "So whenever I could slack off during Magical Girl missions, I did! I thought Sister Meng Yue was so capable that I could just leave everything to you! After all, if I exposed my strength, I'd have to work as hard as you... I'm really, really sorry!"

"Hehe~~~ At least you surrendered quickly."

Raising her chin, Meng Yue happily watched Xinghua, who was usually stoic, detached, and cold, apologize loudly to her with such a humble attitude... It inevitably put her in a better mood.

"So you saw how strong I was and realized how hard I had it, which made you even less willing to reveal your own strength, right?"

Setting the remote down on the table, Meng Yue smiled. "And after I left... Xiao Nai probably did your work for you. Otherwise, with your personality, it wouldn't be surprising if you kept lying around doing nothing!"

"Xiao Nai..."

Hearing her younger sister's name, Xinghua's expression darkened. Before leaving, Papi had threatened that if she did not return, he would tell Crimson Blade all her secrets. If Papi had kept his word... then her sister had probably already learned just how disgraceful her own sister truly was.

"After you captured me, have you seen Xiao Nai?"

Xinghua could not help asking, "Did she act... strangely toward me?"

She thinks you're dead. What strange attitude could she possibly have?

Thinking that, Meng Yue said, "Not yet. There haven't been any missions requiring us to go out these past two days."

Deep down, Meng Yue did not want Xinghua to know about the change in her sister. Besides, her master had not said anything... She definitely could not tell Xinghua about it on her own. What if it affected her master's training progress and got her punished again?

But still...

"Xiao Li, have you ever considered pretending that you've been successfully trained first, then waiting until the master completely trusts you before taking the chance to kill him?"

Ah... what's with this girl...?

Her hidden plan had suddenly been spoken aloud, and Xinghua's expression immediately froze!

"As expected~~~ Not a bad plan. Good luck!"

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Volume One: Chapter Seventy-Eight — Good Luck

Meng Yue had a smile on her lips as she said it. Sure enough, this girl was just like her former self... they had pretty much the same ideas~~~

"What do you mean, good luck?"

Hearing Meng Yue say that, Xinghua froze for a moment before frowning. "You're not going to expose me?"

"Why would I expose you? It'd be pretty nice if you could fool him. That would be one less person competing for the master's favor~~~"

Meng Yue pursed her lips and said indifferently, "If you can trick the master, then you're impressive. If you have what it takes to use him for revenge, I don't care either. But I just want to tell you in advance that if one day you unfortunately harm the master—"

Her tone turned icy as Meng Yue softly said, "I'll definitely find a place to keep you well-fed and well-treated, where everyone treats you like a lofty princess every day. No one would dare overstep in the slightest, and no one would dare show you even the tiniest bit of disrespect!"

"You... you're insane!"

Just hearing about that kind of life gave Xinghua goosebumps all over! A life where everyone treated her with utmost respect... How could she possibly stand that?!

"Of course, that's not all. I'll also arrange for someone to kill a dog right in front of you every day, then turn it into—"

"Stop talking! Stop talking! You heartless monster!"

Xinghua felt a chill run through her entire body at those words! She immediately shouted, "I won't betray him! I won't betray him, okay?!"

"Hmph~~~ Then that settles it."

After saying all that, Meng Yue shrugged and stood up. Honestly, she did not think Xinghua could do anything to Bai Yu. Even if Xinghua regained Beast Power while fully conscious, she would not be able to affect Bai Yu in any meaningful way.

But... she still could not help saying it. Even if it was most likely pointless, she had still done it! Meng Yue had become very carefree now. She did whatever came to mind and could not be bothered with so many concerns!

Still, if it were her master, he would probably let Xinghua use Beast Power to seek revenge! After all, the power was so mentally corrupting, and she intended to use it for something like revenge...

By then, the master would not even need to do anything. You'd probably sink into it all on your own! What an idiot~~~ You want to claim Beast Power for yourself without understanding it at all. Should I call you overconfident or what?

"W-wait!"

Xinghua suddenly spoke up. "Could you get me a television or something? It's way too boring in here! Being alone in a sealed room without any electronics... can cause psychological problems!"

Meng Yue stopped walking. Even she found it extremely boring to stay alone in Bai Yu's room despite having a television to watch... Xinghua was locked in an even smaller room without electronics, so it really was rather miserable.

But she could not give her a television... If Xinghua turned it on and saw her sister looking all corrupted, she would inevitably figure something out. The master had not said she was allowed to know about that.

"I'll go ask the master."

Stretching lazily, Meng Yue spoke in an offhand manner. But just as she was about to leave, Xinghua called out to her again...

"Can't you stay and talk with me for a while?"

Thinking that once Meng Yue left, she would once again be alone without anyone or any electronics, Xinghua could not help asking, "It's not like you have anything to do anyway..."

"Who says I don't?"

Meng Yue raised an eyebrow and smiled. "I made plans with my Monster subordinates to go play games at Game City! Then tonight, we're all celebrating my promotion to senior Monster cadre... Rather than chatting with an enemy here, I'd rather go get to know my new coworkers better!"

Enemy. New coworkers...

Those two words left Xinghua momentarily stunned. By the time she came back to herself, Meng Yue had already left the room.

"This magic feels easier than last time!"

Meanwhile, in the library, Bai Yu smoothly circulated the magic power within his body... He could feel his learning progress advancing rapidly. Compared to the Forbidden Magic that had taken him around half a year to learn before, this Forbidden Magic felt like he could master it in just over a week!

[The Forbidden Magic I teach you all belongs to the same system. Once you learn the first one, the rest become easier and easier to learn.]

Words appeared on the book's pages: [As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. But don't forget that Forbidden Magic only works if it directly strikes the target's forehead. It cannot take effect through obstacles.]

"I understand... I don't want to waste the precious number of times I can use Forbidden Magic."

As Bai Yu said this, Forbidden Magic had long cooldown periods due to issues with magic circuits and such... In short, every Forbidden Magic spell had a lengthy cooldown. Like the Child Regression spell from before, which required half a year before it could be used again.

The spell he had just learned was the same. After using it, he would have to wait another half year before using it again! Therefore, Bai Yu had to ensure that this shot of Forbidden Magic hit the enemy accurately. Otherwise, if he missed this time, he would have to wait half a year...

[You can practice your aim more on your own, but the important thing is to create a good opportunity where the other party is standing completely still. That's all I'll say... Think about the rest yourself.]

[I've taught you about enough. Just like last time, once I detect that you've achieved good results, I'll teach you the next spell.]

After that, the magic book suddenly closed and slipped into the library by itself. Before it decided to come out and teach him again, all the pages after it would remain blank.

"Thank you, Senior!"

After saying that toward the book, Bai Yu was about to continue practicing when... his phone suddenly rang.

"Master! I made plans with my people and a few cadres to go play at Game City. If you're free, come join us! And don't forget the celebration dinner tonight! I remember last time you got so absorbed in the library that you didn't come out even by nightfall..."

After rambling on for a long time, Meng Yue finally added at the end, "Oh, right. Xiao Li said she's too bored being locked in that room alone and wants some kind of electronic device... Why not give her a game console or something, so she doesn't completely lose her mind in there?"

"That's true. Now that you mention it, I really did forget about that..."

According to what Meng Yue had told him before, Xinghua was a hardcore electronics addict! If someone like that were locked in a room without a phone or computer for too long, there was indeed a high chance she would go insane on her own!

"Then ask her what kind of console she likes. We can just have someone deliver it to her later. As for me..."

After hesitating for a while, Bai Yu finally relaxed and said, "I'll come play too!"

6/6 — Six updates complete!

Volume One: Chapter Seventy-Nine — Strong Doll Potion

Early the next morning, when Bai Yu entered Xinghua's room, she had dark circles under her eyes and was gripping a PS5 controller while staring at the television, completely absorbed in the game. It looked like she had pulled an all-nighter.

Magic power really was convenient. It could even get rid of sleepiness...

Thinking that, the first thing Bai Yu did upon entering the room was wave his hand and teleport away the console and television, leaving Xinghua standing there blankly with only the wireless controller in her hands... About two seconds later, she looked at Bai Yu with murder in her eyes!

"You damn bastard! I'll kill you—Aaaahhh!!!"

Unfortunately, before she could finish cursing, Bai Yu used the remote to let her experience the first electric shock of the morning.

"You're just a prisoner. If not for Meng Yue's sake, what makes you worthy of playing a PS5?"

Walking up to Xinghua, Bai Yu carefully put dog paws on her while smiling. "Don't think too highly of yourself."

Hearing that, Xinghua suddenly recalled Meng Yue coming to see her yesterday. In that instant, she instead looked at Bai Yu with contempt...

In her view, Meng Yue coming to threaten her was precisely proof of the Monster Leader's stupidity! After all, why would someone like Meng Yue, who had already been successfully trained, specifically come to threaten her not to betray Bai Yu? Did that not mean Meng Yue lacked confidence in Bai Yu, believing Xinghua's plan could actually succeed in betraying him?

Tch~~~ This was what happened when someone only knew how to use violence to train people. In the end, his intelligence was not even as good as a cat's! Maybe successfully training Meng Yue had just been a lucky accident!

Xinghua never would have imagined that Meng Yue had only said those things yesterday on a whim. It had nothing to do with lacking confidence in Bai Yu. And that free-spirited kitty had already completely betrayed their conversation to Bai Yu without a trace of integrity the night before!

Xinghua was confident in her ability to read people, so from observing Meng Yue's expression, she did not think Meng Yue had been lying at the time. But she had not expected that Meng Yue truly had not intended to deceive her then... Yet later that night, while in bed, the catgirl suddenly changed her mind and blurted out Xinghua's entire plan out of a desire to show off and be praised!

"Master, aren't I amazing? I figured out what she was thinking so easily!"

Wrapping her cat tail around Bai Yu, Meng Yue grinned. "That bad woman wants to use your power and betray you. Shouldn't you turn up the intensity for her tomorrow?"

Actually, Bai Yu had more or less guessed Xinghua's intentions himself. After all, Xinghua had not been affected mentally by Forbidden Magic like Meng Yue. It was not strange for her to think of acting obedient to deceive him, gain his trust, and then betray him...

"You really are amazing~~~"

But Bai Yu did not say something like, "I already figured it out," and spoil Meng Yue's fun. He patted her head and said, "As a reward, you can be on top today!"

"Yay!"

Meng Yue's cat ears twitched as she happily asked, "But how are you planning to train her tomorrow? Getting your trust before betraying you... That idea is way too malicious, meow!"

Meng Yue spoke happily like that, having completely forgotten that she had once entertained much the same idea. Bai Yu merely chuckled and said, "It's fine. That's what she thinks right now... but later, she might not be able to keep thinking that way."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Meng Yue blinked in confusion. She had already forgotten that, according to her original plan, she had gained Bai Yu's trust and now possessed the ability to betray him. Yet in reality... she had long forgotten all those old thoughts!

Or rather, squeezing the Monster Leader dry at night could probably count as Meng Yue's final contribution to the Magical Girls, right?

"Master~~~ Meow~~~"

Back in the present, Bai Yu looked at Xinghua, who lay on the floor provoking him with a contemptuous gaze. He pinched her little mouth into an "O" shape with one hand, then took out a suspicious-looking bottle of purple potion with the other. Flicking off the cap with his thumb, he shoved the bottle's mouth into Xinghua's mouth—

"Mmph! Mmph!"

Seeing that she was about to be fed an unknown potion, Xinghua instinctively tried to resist... Unfortunately, the electric shock from earlier had left her body too weak to exert any strength. Unable to resist, she could only be forced to drink the potion.

"Cough—cough cough!"

After coughing hard several times, Xinghua glared furiously at Bai Yu. "Bastard—you made me drink what?!"

"This is something I developed: Strong Doll Potion!"

Bai Yu smiled with delight. "Once you drink it, your body will be forced to obey every command I give for twelve hours!"

"What kind of joke is that?!"

Feeling a warm sensation inside her body, Xinghua said in a very strange tone, "How could something so... cough cough! Something so disgusting even exist!"