The Mindless Magical Girl? I Picked Her Up and Remade Her! Chapter 48

Volume 1: Chapter 108: Papi, You Don't Have Something You're Hiding from Me, Do You?

"I really... want to see!"

Xinghua, whose head was being patted, blinked before showing an expectant expression. Since she had listened for quite a while to that hypnosis audio titled [When Facing Your Little Sister, Convert All Shame into the Thrill of Hiding Your Identity], not only did she no longer feel embarrassed about her identity being exposed, she even looked excited!

Compared to hypnosis... Bai Yu felt this was actually Xinghua's true emotion, buried deep inside her heart and merely brought out through hypnosis. After all, he didn't believe someone like Xinghua truly wanted to suppress herself for the rest of her life just to be the kind, good older sister Crimson Blade imagined her to be!

"Consider yourself lucky! Crimson Blade's evaluation score seems terrifyingly high right now. Even if you didn't actually hit her that many times, you can still become an executive!"

At that moment, Meng Yue smiled and said, "Remember to register on the fifth floor. And you need to come up with a cool executive codename!"

"Speaking of which..."

Bai Yu suddenly asked, "Li Li, why did you breathe fire at the end?"

"Breathe fire..."

Hearing Bai Yu's words, Xinghua blanked out for a moment. In truth, she had no idea why she had suddenly breathed fire either. By all rights, she should have been using ice-elemental magic now. How had she inexplicably spewed flames in that instant?

"You don't know either?"

Seeing Xinghua's confused expression, Bai Yu could tell she knew nothing about it herself. To her, it probably felt as though some unknown power had suddenly awakened within her body.

"At the time... Xiao Nai had put me in a somewhat irritated mood."

Recalling the scene, Xinghua answered, "Then I suddenly... instinctively breathed fire. Even though I could only exhale freezing air before."

"It's a good thing that you gained another ability. Can you still breathe fire now?"

"Right now... I don't think I can."

Shaking her head, Xinghua softly said, "I can't find that feeling for now. I'll go to the training room later and see if I can do it."

"Anyway, go register first. That way, Xiao Li, you'll be an executive of the Monster Organization from now on!"

Patting Xinghua's shoulder, Meng Yue said with a smile, "Come to think of it, I was your senior when we were Magical Girls. Now I'm still your senior in the Monster Organization!"

Tch... Why did that suddenly feel so irritating?

Looking at this arrogant catgirl before her, who had deceived her three times and nearly turned her into a beehive with Purple Poison Thorn, Xinghua said nothing on the surface... but secretly vowed to beat Meng Yue down hard someday and let her know who the real senior was!

Come to think of it... this stupid catgirl apparently still hadn't realized that I counter her perfectly! Just wait until she gets frozen every day in the future!

"Lord Papi."

The two Magical Girls had only just returned to the apartment when Judgment spoke up before Papi even had the chance to question her! And the first thing she said nearly made Papi choke—

"Tell me! How do I draw upon the Beast Power within the Magic Core? Our current combat strength is no longer enough to deal with the Monster Leader."

"Huh? The Beast Power originally inside the Magic Core?"

Hearing that, Crimson Blade showed a surprised expression as well! Somewhat confused, she asked, "What... does that mean?"

Papi had never expected Judgment to reveal such information right in front of Crimson Blade. Moreover, there was even a trace of something Judgment had never shown before in her tone... impatience!

If possible, Papi certainly didn't want any Magical Girl to know that the Magic Core inside her body was actually a processed Beast Core. But now that Judgment had said it publicly, Papi could only force itself to explain, "The Magic Core was indeed once a Beast Core. After all, I don't have the ability to directly create an entirely new Magic Core, so purifying and transforming an existing Beast Core into a Magical Girl's Magic Core is more realistic..."

"Of course! The Magic Core inside your body no longer has even the slightest connection to the so-called Magical Beast core!"

The next second, Papi hurriedly emphasized, "The Beast Core has been processed into something entirely different from what it used to be. Don't lump Magic Cores and Beast Cores together! Just like how humans evolved from monkeys, but humans and monkeys are no longer the same concept at all... Anyway, that's the idea!"

"I wouldn't care about something like that."

Although she felt Papi was being overly nervous, Crimson Blade still nodded. "In my view, as long as it is for protecting humanity, it doesn't matter what kind of power is used! Never mind that this Beast Core has been modified—even if you told me it was a genuine Beast Core, I wouldn't mind!"

"That's good, that's good! Although Magic Cores and Beast Cores are both merely cores that carry magic power, I was worried you would overthink it... that you would find it filthy to know the Magic Core inside you was once a Magical Beast core, so I never told you."

Secretly letting out a breath of relief, Papi solemnly said to Judgment, "That's impossible! The Beast Core has been completely purified and transformed into a Magical Girl's Magic Core. There is absolutely no trace of its past left! Shouldn't you know this information as well?"

What a joke! What would happen if you were allowed to use the power of the Beast Core? Only when a Magical Girl developed depraved thoughts of no longer wanting to be human would she be influenced by the residual Magical Beast instincts in her Beast Core the deeper she fell. Once both her body and mind were eroded by Beast Power, only then could she use the Beast Core's power!

But what would be the point of becoming stronger then? How could she remain a Magical Girl after being influenced by Magical Beast instincts? Papi didn't believe any human could suppress the nature of Magical Beasts through willpower alone!

How could a Magical Girl who no longer regarded herself as human possibly continue fighting to protect humanity? And not only that... Papi now knew that this generation's Monster Leader possessed the ability to control Magical Beasts!

If a Magical Girl fell into becoming a Magical Beast and was then controlled by that Monster Leader, wouldn't that be a complete one-stop package? It would practically be delivering the Magical Girls it created straight into the Monster Leader's mouth. How could it possibly do something like that?!

"But I vaguely feel... that things are not so simple."

However, Judgment expressionlessly walked up to Papi, staring at its face with lifeless eyes as she asked, word by word, "Lord Papi, regarding the Magic Core... you don't have anything you're hiding from me, do you?"

"Of course—not!"

Papi answered without hesitation, "I'm your creator. How could I possibly hide anything from you? When you were created, I already shared every piece of information in the database with you!"

PS: I've been updating too little lately. I should reflect on that! I've regained a bit of my former strength. I can't manage six updates for now, but five updates tomorrow shouldn't be a problem!

Volume 1: Chapter 109: On the Surface, It Means Silver Wolf...

Papi almost never lied to Magical Girls, because it usually had to maintain the premise of [I Will Not Lie to Magical Girls]. Only by speaking carefully in everyday life could it achieve unexpected results at crucial moments.

This matter, along with the fact that [Magical Girls Can Fall into Magical Beasts], was among Papi's highest-level secrets. Even Judgment, Papi's most trusted confidant, knew absolutely nothing about it.

More accurately, she had been its most trusted confidant... Ever since Judgment gained emotions and the ability to think, Papi had subconsciously begun to guard against her a little. Naturally, it was even less likely to tell Judgment the truth now!

"I understand."

Because Papi's acting was quite convincing, Judgment did not notice at all that Papi was lying. She could only turn around, sit back on the sofa, and begin thinking with a frown...

Come to think of it, when I wanted to blow up that building, why did the Monster Leader make that... somewhat flustered and cute expression? He was clearly the Monster Leader. Logically speaking, no matter how a human apartment building exploded, it should have had nothing to do with him. So why did he—

That's right! He wanted to absorb negative energy!

At that moment, Judgment's eyes suddenly lit up! He had been in that room absorbing negative energy. If she had fired then, the human he was tormenting to generate negative energy would have died. The human he had worked so hard to find, the one who could be squeezed for so much negative energy, would have died!

I see... I see... So that's how it was... That's how I can make you panic...

At that moment, Judgment actually curled her lips into a faint smile on the sofa, and her little face flushed red as well, despite previously being an artificial girl as emotionless and desireless as a robot.

"Eileen, what's wrong?"

Looking at Judgment beside her, Crimson Blade asked in confusion, "Why does your smile... seem kind of strange?"

"I just thought of something pleasant."

"Regarding Magical Girl Crimson Blade..."

On the fifth floor of the castle, Lizardman looked at the evaluation in the organization system on the computer and said, "Based on factors such as striking force, angle, and impact location, her overall score is 8700."

"8700?"

Hearing that, Meng Yue immediately said in surprise, "Seriously? I hit Xinghua so many times back then and only got 7500. Crimson Blade's score is already that high now??"

"In terms of overall combat strength, Magical Girl Crimson Blade has already become far stronger than Xinghua was back then. Although she is still inferior to Magical Girl Meng Yue—"

Before Lizardman could finish, Meng Yue suddenly thought of something and asked, "Is Magical Girl Meng Yue's evaluation score still the highest in the organization system?"

"It is still the highest at present. According to organization rules... a Magical Girl is only removed from the organization system after she dies."

Lizardman felt somewhat awkward saying that to Meng Yue herself. After all, when the rules had been made, it had never considered the possibility of a Magical Girl defecting. It cleared its throat and asked, "So you want me to remove—"

"No, no~~~ Don't remove it! And don't bring this up to the Leader on your own either!"

Rolling her eyes, Meng Yue suddenly thought of something amusing! Then she said to Xinghua beside her, "Xiao Li, I'm planning to discuss something interesting with you later!"

"What is it?!"

Xinghua immediately put on a wary expression! If she had dog ears, they would probably have stood straight up by now. After all, this hateful catgirl had already tricked her three times in a row—

"Relax! I won't trick you this time. It'll be something beneficial to both of us!"

Patting Xinghua's back, Meng Yue put on the air of a thoughtful big sister and said with a smile, "Search your conscience. Most of the time, Sister Meng Yue has treated you pretty well!"

"..."

Hearing that, Xinghua remembered how she had slacked off back when they were Magical Girls. Feeling a little guilty, she softened her tone. "Fine... I'll trust you one more time."

"Very good! Then decide on your executive codename first! Make sure it's cool!"

Rubbing her cat paws together, Meng Yue said with a smile, "Like Dark Sun Fallen Heaven Hound! Howling Sky Hound! Or Demon Realm Three-Headed Hound—"

"...Then I'll be called Silver Wolf."

Xinghua spoke up at that moment, and for some reason, her little face reddened slightly when she said those two words.

"Silver Wolf? What a featureless codename!"

Swaying her cat tail, Meng Yue said with a bored expression, "You know? A codename like that could be used by a Magical Girl too. It doesn't reflect the feeling of being a monster executive at all!"

"On the surface... it means the silver of silver."

Xinghua ignored Meng Yue and said to Lizardman, "An icy silver snow wolf... As a surface-level codename, that will do."

"On the surface?"

Meng Yue blinked, suddenly realizing something! Her former self might not have understood that implication, but now that she had become incomparably depraved, she understood Xinghua's meaning immediately!

"Eee~~~~~"

Making a surprised gesture with her hand over her mouth, Meng Yue giggled. "Xiao Li, you really are a pervert!"

"Someone like you has no right to say that about me."

After registering her executive codename and receiving a black card, Xinghua said speechlessly, "All right, what did you want to talk about? Is there some place like a tea room here specifically for discussing things?"

"Of course! Don't be fooled by how perverted Master is—in other respects, he actually has great taste! I've been to the Landscape Tea Room specially meant for tea drinking. It was so elegant... the old me definitely would have loved that place!"

"Then why does the current you... Oh, right. The old you was comparatively calm and collected, so maybe you could appreciate a place like that. But now, you can't settle down at all anymore, right?"

"Hehe~~~ That's not entirely true. If I'm lying on top of Master, I can still calm down. But if I'm by myself, I definitely can't!"

Spreading her paws, Meng Yue helplessly said, "Can't be helped~~~ Who told me that dead pervert Master transformed me into this?"

"Ice Crystal Snow Wolf... found it."

Meanwhile, in the library, Bai Yu floated in the air while holding a copy of the Encyclopedia of Canine Magical Beasts he had pulled down from a high shelf. The page he had turned to happened to contain information about the Ice Crystal Snow Wolf.

"Ice Crystal Snow Wolf: an ice-element Magical Beast. The ice-element magic power in its body transforms into freezing air for attack... No matter how I look at it, this thing shouldn't be able to breathe fire."

Volume 1: Chapter 110: Put It on Me Yourself~~~

Frowning, Bai Yu muttered as he flipped to the next page. It recorded information about another Magical Beast, the Darkflame Fire Wolf. And both of these Magical Beasts could—

"Evolve into Hellhounds??"

Flipping another page, Bai Yu read aloud, "Both Ice Crystal Snow Wolves and Darkflame Fire Wolves have a chance of evolving! Into the fabled Magical Beasts of the Underworld: Hellhounds."

"The left and right heads of the three-headed hound can respectively wield ice and fire. The freezing air breathed by its left head can form a Hell Ice Prison in the Underworld, while the flames spat by its right head can form a Hellfire Sea... Note: The above is merely legend. This book's author has never actually seen one? Then why did you make it sound so real!"

Bai Yu flipped the page in exasperation... then discovered that this author not only liked creating suspense, but also liked cutting things off at cliffhangers! On a later page, the guy spent a huge amount of space describing how powerful the Hellhound's middle head was, only to write [Its ability is: ...] at the end. He never wrote what ability the third head possessed at all!

"So Li Li breathed fire because she started evolving toward becoming a Hellhound?"

Tossing the book back onto the shelf, Bai Yu floated in the air with one hand supporting his chin and muttered, "Come to think of it, the wolf's actual body is already gone. Can a mere Beast Core still keep evolving?"

Or perhaps it had nothing to do with that wolf at all, and the evolution occurred because of Xinghua herself? The book did not mention the conditions for evolution either. It merely said there was a chance...

"But who knows? Maybe once Li Li gets her revenge and becomes emotional, she'll suddenly evolve into a Hellhound! Just like Meng Yue became excited right after getting revenge and turned into a catgirl. I never expected her to fall that quickly back then..."

Descending from the air, Bai Yu glanced again at that senior's magic book... Today, that senior was rather quiet and had not come to ask him about Judgment either.

"Come to think of it, the scouts I sent to investigate Li Li's biological parents should have gotten results by now."

Xinghua's biological parents were no longer in the place Xinghua remembered. Bai Yu had sent out quite a few scouts before barely obtaining some information. As for Xinghua's adoptive parents, they were still in that same small village. One of the scouts Bai Yu had sent had even transformed into a health supplement salesman and become familiar with the two of them.

The health supplements produced by the Monster Organization were mainly incredibly effective. In just a few days, they cured the old man's back problems. Thus, that scout had gotten along well with the pair, and while chatting to learn about Xinghua's biological parents, he had also casually brought up Xinghua...

"That little bitch knows where she ran off to! I was too soft-hearted. I should've tied her up with something back then!"

The ugly man, who looked to be around forty or fifty, still spoke in a resentful tone. "I was hoping she could marry for a good price someday. Who would have thought she would dare run away barefoot in such cold weather!"

"She probably froze to death in some corner by now. What a waste! We spent quite a bit of money buying her back then..."

The woman beside him, whose face was caked in cheap cosmetics, chimed in bitterly, "She was just a little bitch even her own parents didn't want! We didn't let her starve to death, so she should have been endlessly grateful! Not only did she not think of repaying us, she even ran away on her own. She really broke my heart!"