Outside Ring, Fangting City. Villa district.
When the girls pushed open the front door together and stepped into the foyer, the first to speak was Wood Lily, who was walking at the front of the group.
"What is this? It's huge!"
Though it was a rather meaningless exclamation, it perfectly represented the Bai'an City group's genuine thoughts.
The four-story detached villa was indeed far more spacious than the second floor of the music shop where Bai'an City's Magical Girls gathered.
"Why is your Secret Base so big? Bribery?"
Wood Lily darted around the foyer, looking everywhere. Unable to contain her curiosity after surveying the surroundings, she turned back to Lin Xiaolu and asked, "Or is this your family's property?"
"No matter how you think about it, it can't be bribery." Lin Xiaolu sounded a little helpless. "Larkspur negotiated with the Anomaly Countermeasures Bureau to find us this place."
"Did the Inspector arrange it? Ah, so that's how it is. Thinking about it that way, it's not strange at all."
Wood Lily nodded in understanding. "But your teacher can get you such a grand setup and such a luxurious base, while we can only huddle in a music shop after school every day like some kind of extracurricular girl band. Looking at it this way, our teacher really is usele—mmph?"
Before she could finish, White Thistle covered her mouth from beside her.
—Don't say such stupid things in front of outsiders.
Though she made no sound, that was exactly what White Thistle's gaze conveyed.
In truth, saying that Asō Madoka had been useless in this regard, or that she had not put in any effort, would have been unfair to both her and the Bai'an City Anomaly Countermeasures Bureau.
Though it was true that she had not negotiated over such matters,