Evil Organization

[Brain Storage]

[No explicit pairing in the main text]

"Since I'm getting paid, I might as well slack off."

In the seat of honor in his private office sat a yellow-haired man in a suit, with a fierce dragon tattoo coiled around his neck.

Looking every bit like a delinquent punk, he lazily reclined halfway in his executive chair.

No work software was open on his computer screen. Instead, he had the newly relaunched "Classic Farm" open, embracing a life of leisure.

Ye Qing was the yellow-haired man's name.

He was one of the five senior officers of the Evil Organization and head of the Hypnosis Department.

Knock knock...

"Come in." Ye Qing calmly switched screens, sat up straight, and called toward the door.

"Boss, the big boss wants you at a meeting."

The one who pushed open the door was a genuine Minotaur, with two curved horns atop his head and the nervous tone unique to subordinates.

The boss was Ye Qing, while the big boss was Ye Qing's superior, the boss of the Evil Organization.

As a proper and legitimate evil corporation, holding routine weekly meetings was essential.

"Got it." Ye Qing waved the Minotaur underling away.

As the office door closed, the room returned to being his private space alone.

Ye Qing organized the work report he had generated in advance with AI and opened the door.

The previously quiet office immediately grew noisier.

The subordinates diligently carrying out their miscellaneous duties looked up and respectfully greeted their boss.

"Boss, are you busy? Need me to handle anything for you?" A Ratman silently approached, rubbing his hands together like a fly as he spoke ingratiatingly.

"No need. I'm going to a meeting." Ye Qing rejected his eagerness.

"Boss, why does your tattoo look so much fainter than it did yesterday?"

The nearby Ratman had sharp eyes and noticed that the dragon tattoo around Ye Qing's neck had dimmed considerably, losing its original luster.

"Ahem." Ye Qing coughed lightly.

"It just faded after I showered. Get back to your station. I need to attend a meeting."

Ignoring that minor incident, Ye Qing headed straight for the place where the senior officers held their meetings.

Anything involving his paycheck could not be delayed.

"Good morning, Minister Ye."

In the corridor leading to the meeting room, a sweet voice called out to Ye Qing, making him stop and turn toward its source.

The speaker had the appearance of a mature beauty and wore an extremely revealing outfit.

It could barely even be called clothing—just a few scraps of fabric covering the important parts.

Her flawless, proportioned body was on full display, her chest so ample it resembled an abyss that drew the eye.

Semi-transparent black wings extended behind her, and the tip of her tail was shaped like a heart.

Succubus Karina, one of the Evil Organization's five senior officers and head of the Human Resources Department.

Holding a square cardboard box in her arms, she jogged over to Ye Qing.

As she came closer, Ye Qing could see the items inside the box.

"Holy crap! Magical girl figures!" Ye Qing blurted out in surprise.

As a veteran magical girl fan, he could not help getting excited at the sight of an entire box of merchandise.

"Magical Girl Ten-Color Squad figures, Magical Girl Detective Squad figures, and even figures of our city's popular local magical girls!" Ye Qing said excitedly.

"Nice, right? Nice, right?" Karina's vanity was greatly satisfied as she generously declared,

"Pick whichever one you want. I'll give it to you! They're all official, authentic limited editions!"

"Please give me a Mori Mori Luya. I beg you!" Ye Qing requested devoutly.

"Detective Squad Luya? No problem." Karina used her tail to rummage through the box, hooked out Luya's figure, and generously handed it over.

It was a very cute blonde magical girl in a gorgeous, fluffy black dress adorned with pale gold accents.

"I'd love nothing more than to take it right now, but I should attend the meeting first. Once it's over, I'll come find you myself." Ye Qing suppressed the turbulence in his heart and forced himself to speak calmly.

"Right, right." Karina put the figure back into the box.

Abyss Return was the abbreviation for the Evil Organization Ye Qing belonged to.

Its original name was "Abyssal Echo," signifying the manipulation of "repetition" and "cycles," with the goal of constantly causing trouble for magical girls.

Located in District 28, Abyss Return was the largest, most renowned, and most powerful villainous evil organization in the district.

At that moment, three senior officers sat in a meeting room deep within the underground base.

They were the heads of the Hypnosis Department, Human Resources Department, and Armed Machinery Department.

The three department heads sat around a square conference table. The head seat was empty, occupied only by an LCD screen.

A chaotic crackle of static sounded, followed by the muffled electronic voice of the boss, who never showed his face.

"Everyone here? Start the meeting!" the boss ordered.

"Start with the Human Resources Department's report."

Why had the meeting begun with only three of the five department heads present? Because the other two had been dispatched by the boss to oversee branch offices.

They would be unable to participate in the weekly meetings for quite some time.

Karina responded, "I have currently recruited 114 like-minded technical personnel, as well as 514 external personnel ready for deployment at any time."

The boss asked, "How have you arranged their salaries and benefits?"

"They said they only wanted opportunities to interact with magical girls." Karina's voice suddenly grew quieter, and she sounded slightly guilty.

Perhaps because her scam—no, perhaps because the pitch she had used to recruit people was a little unusual.

"Approved. They can do odd jobs when the time comes." The boss responded with considerable satisfaction, then continued.

"Next, the Hypnosis Department. Has there been any progress in your recent research?"

"Some progress." Ye Qing replied, pretending to be confident.

"I have now mastered a deeper form of hypnosis that can alter magical girls' common sense to a certain extent, allowing those arrogant magical girls to serve us."

This was a lie.

The Hypnosis Department was also the Common Sense Alteration Department.

Its work generally involved altering magical girls' common sense in order to control them.

It sounded impressive, didn't it?

But Ye Qing did not know any hypnosis or common sense alteration at all.

He had merely made up his supposed abilities on a whim, figuring he would give it a try.

As a result, he won the boss's favor and luckily joined the organization.

To remain in the organization longer and live better, he used AI every week to fabricate research results.

"What is the success rate?" the boss's electronic voice sounded again.

"Eighty percent!" Ye Qing bragged without hesitation.

"However, we need to capture a magical girl and conduct experiments. The final success rate will naturally decrease as well."

"Not bad. We'll discuss magical girls later. There will be opportunities. Continue your research." The boss praised him.

"Understood!" Ye Qing responded happily.

That meant that as long as he was not exposed, he could keep stealing a salary for quite a long time.

He was not worried in the slightest.

Because the chance of being exposed was extremely low.

Magical girls were powerful beings who safeguarded world order. How could they possibly be casually snatched away by an evil organization?

This was not some adult-oriented story where evil ran rampant, and magical girls would not be captured for bizarre reasons.

"Armed Machinery Department, you're up." The boss gestured to the last department head present.

The Armed Machinery Department was responsible for mechanized armaments and logistical maintenance.

Usually, high-tech robots developed by the Armed Machinery Department launched attacks on magical girls.

"Hehehe, boss, please look at the secret weapon I meticulously prepared for the magical girls!"

The last person let out a chilling laugh. She wore a white lab coat, ironed perfectly straight, its chest stretched high.

Her delicate face bore obvious dark circles, giving her a frightening air as though she did not have much life left.

She had remained calm from beginning to end, but at this moment, she was especially excited.

There probably was no one within Abyss Return who could remain calm when discussing matters related to magical girls.

Zhao Xueshan operated her phone, and the screen behind the head seat lit up, displaying a tall and handsome mecha.

"The Super-Electromagnetic Trap Prototype Type II Mecha is specially designed for capture. At full output, its voltage is enough to paralyze a magical girl."

She explained while the screen switched through demonstration footage of the mecha.

The next moment, the footage changed from the space where the mecha was stored to an open area of the city.

The enormous mecha, several meters tall, stood there like a terrifying beast, radiating dreadful pressure as the surrounding civilians had already scattered and fled.

"Watch closely now. I'll show you how easily I capture magical girls!"

Zhao Xueshan spoke with unusual excitement, clenching her fists as she eagerly stared at the screen, anticipating the moment her creation took down the magical girls.

Three youthful and beautiful magical girls flew in through the air, finally stopping in front of the mecha beast as pleasant voices rang out.

"Magical Girl Feiyan!"

"Magical Girl Yuyan!"

"Magical Girl Yalin!"

"Present!" *3

As was customary, the magical girls announced their names with overwhelming momentum.

The pale red-haired magical girl at the forefront, Feiyan, issued a declaration of judgment.

"Evil Organization Abyss Return, your destruction of the city and harm to civilians are unforgivable! I will crush every conspiracy you hide in the shadows! Attack!"

There was no point wasting words on the mecha. Feiyan launched the first attack while the other two magical girls adapted as the situation demanded.

Incidentally, the mecha had a huge logo printed in its center. The magical girls had dealt with Abyss Return for a long time, so they naturally recognized it at a glance.

Though Zhao Xueshan had boasted fiercely, the mecha she had painstakingly configured began venting smoke and malfunctioning before it even endured three rounds of attacks from the three magical girls.

Imagination was beautiful, while reality was brutally exposed.

Her expression grew increasingly ugly. Unable to stop herself, she bit her thumb and pressed a function on her phone.

The Prototype Type II Mecha began releasing massive currents in all directions, wantonly destroying everything around it. The ground was torn to pieces by the electricity, and an airtight electric net forcibly struck the magical girls.

Yet unlike what she had envisioned, the magical girls were not knocked unconscious, only feeling a little pain.

The next moment, Yuyan charged in and smashed the embedded transmission device with one punch.

Chaotic electrical static echoed through the meeting room. The image on the screen glitched, then went dark, proving that the new prototype mecha had already been defeated.

"Damn magical girls. Damn it." Zhao Xueshan muttered angrily.

The boss's electronic voice issued a warning.

"Minister Zhao, you performed very poorly this time."

"I'm sorry! I didn't take Magical Girl Feiyan into account. If the mecha had..." After apologizing, Zhao Xueshan quickly began summarizing.

"That isn't the issue." The boss interrupted her and corrected her.

"I have always emphasized that Abyss Return's purpose is only to target the authorities and magical girls. We are not allowed to cause harm to the city or its civilians.

Look at the electrical discharge at the end. The park grounds were destroyed. How much economic loss will that create?"

"Sorry..." Zhao Xueshan lowered her head.

That was right. Abyss Return was an evil villain organization, but it did not destroy city buildings or casually attack onlooking civilians.

What Feiyan had said about "destroying the city and harming civilians" was entirely fabricated.

They were the ones who harmed civilians, while the city's destruction came from the magical girls' wide-area attacks.

But this time, Zhao Xueshan really did have to take responsibility for damaging the city.

"Do not let it happen again. Meeting adjourned."

Far away, in the city park where the battle had taken place.

Feiyan and Yuyan stood beside the mecha, observing its damaged state.

The remaining magical girl, Yalin, stopped magical girl fans who wanted to approach Feiyan.

After all, the mecha's threat had not been fully eliminated, and it remained a deadly danger to ordinary people.

"Yuyan, do you know?" Feiyan stared at the mecha and said,

"Every mecha Abyss Return sends out is recovered by secret personnel."

"Hm?" Yuyan tilted her head in confusion.

"Then shouldn't we get there first and recover it for the Magical Girl Association?"

"No, no, you've only been a magical girl for half a year and haven't dealt with Abyss Return much. They'll definitely do everything they can to recover the mecha." Feiyan explained, raising a hand and clenching it into a fist.

"What I mean is, we use this chance to wipe out Abyss Return in one fell swoop!"

They would let the mecha be recovered, while they became the mantises stalking the cicada.

"Wouldn't that be too dangerous?" Yuyan asked uneasily.

"My magical girl rank is about to advance. I don't want to remain stagnant forever—I want merit!" Feiyan extended her hand in invitation.

"Yuyan, this isn't just so we can receive better treatment and status. It's also for the safety of civilians, to completely eradicate the Evil Organization!"

Merit was also equivalent to money.

Yuyan recalled the meager bonuses she had received over the past half year and the worried questions from her childhood friend. Gritting her teeth, she took her senior's hand.

With Senior Feiyan here, it should be fine, right? she thought.