"What city did such a powerful magical girl come from? Plans really can't keep up with change. I'll wait for the next opportunity to make my move."
Seeing that things were going badly, the black-robed man figured that even the Berserk Orc would not be able to hold her off for long. If he stayed any longer, she might find him.
Just as the black-robed man prepared to leave, a crisp voice rang out from behind him. A whip coiled around him like a long snake, frightening him into not making another rash move.
"After harming civilians and destroying the streets, you think you can simply leave in peace?"
Youyue, who had just arrived, followed the trajectory of the thrown potion and effortlessly found the mastermind trying to escape.
Criminals tended to linger around and return to the scene of their crimes, waiting to watch events unfold.
She lightly placed a hand on his shoulder and said with a giggle, "Tell me everything truthfully, and I might go easy on you."
Those evil villain organizations valued their lives more than anything and never showed their faces.
They handed every command down to their subordinates. With an attack on this minor scale, all they could catch were small fry incapable of causing much trouble.
"A Regional Guardian actually has time to come to a place like this?" the black-robed man said, feigning calm.
A Regional Guardian-level magical girl who could act freely without restrictions would greatly increase the difficulty of their plan.
"Call it bad luck. The person I'm currently assigned to just happened to be here." Youyue smiled as she replied.
"If I'd arrived any later, I wouldn't have been able to see her."
"Hmph!"
With a cold snort, the black-robed man exploded into several bats, breaking free from the whip and scattering in every direction.
"Huh? A Bloodkin?" Youyue was visibly taken aback.
He actually was not some disposable lackey sent here to die?
Unfortunately, bad luck was usually the deadliest thing of all.
Youyue had flown here at full speed in her Magic Dress Fusion form to meet Qingyin.
If just anyone could escape from her grasp, she would not deserve to be called a Guardian-level magical girl.
The long whip in her hand cracked through the air as it continuously extended, blocking every possible escape route.
Like a spider weaving a hunting web, it sealed off the black-robed man's paths and waited for him to crash into it.
As though it possessed a will of its own, the whip drew tight and continued wrapping around its target upon contact until he was completely unable to move.
The whip caught every bat, then slammed them fiercely into the ground. The scattered bats merged back together and transformed into the humanoid Bloodkin once more.
Youyue glanced at his eyes. Fear filled his crimson vertical pupils as she said,
"Since you wanted to run, if you won't cooperate obediently, I'll have to lock you up for a little while."
She had not expected to actually catch a fairly big fish.
A cloud of Purple Mist appeared out of nowhere and enveloped the Bloodkin. Once it completely covered him, the mist dissipated, and the Bloodkin had already been sealed within her magical skill.
"I hope you don't die."
Qingyin shook the blood from her hand and looked down at the two unconscious Giant Orcs.
During the battle, she had tried her best to hold back. She could sense that the power within her was far greater than what she had displayed.
"Senior..."
At the sound of a soft, sweet voice, Qingyin turned around and saw the magical girl Yuyan slowly flying toward her.
"Has the battle already ended?" Yuyan looked around.
The area was a field of ruins, with mecha and orcs collapsed amid the wreckage.
"It's over. You can take the credit. I'm leaving first," Qingyin said with a wave of her hand.
"Qingyin, that's not really in accordance with the rules."
Thick Purple Mist drifted over and hovered before them, a seductive voice emerging from within.
An impossible-to-ignore, enormous presence emerged from the mist first. Qingyin abruptly halted in midair, her piercing gaze fixed on the fabric stretched taut over it.
Her true nature made it impossible for her to resist the increasingly intense instinct.
People often spoke of the mother of all things. When one saw a place brimming with motherhood, it was inevitable to feel a trace of longing for that maternal nature.
A deep-purple outfit wrapped around those immense treasures, followed by shapely thighs faintly veiled in gauzy fabric stepping out from the mist.
Her long, well-proportioned legs were revealed.
Bell-like silver ornaments hung from her ankles, while the strange shoes exposed the jade-white skin atop her feet.
Her Magic Dress Fusion form filled Youyue with allure and mystery.
Unfortunately, Qingyin's gaze remained utterly captured by her body, leaving her no attention to properly observe Youyue's Magic Dress Fusion form.
"I don't understand any rules. I don't have time to play guessing games with you."
Qingyin tore herself free of the enchantment through sheer force of will.
Dangerous woman!
Good thing my will is strong.
"I need to make sure my friend is safe. I don't have the leisure to waste time talking nonsense with you," Qingyin said bluntly.
Compared to his male body, Ye Qing beneath the magical girl form now relied more on instinct when speaking and acting.
She said whatever she wanted and did whatever she wanted.
"Um..." Yuyan cautiously raised her hand and explained what she had been doing earlier.
"I stayed in the mall the whole time, rescuing civilians. I saw with my own eyes that everyone inside the mall evacuated safely, which is why I arrived late."
Qingyin stared directly into Yuyan's eyes, as if trying to find the guilty hesitation of a lie within them.
Although Yuyan was somewhat frightened by Qingyin's gaze, there was no deception in her eyes.
"Sister Youyue... help me..." Yuyan shrank back in fear.
"Stop bullying Yuyan all the time. It's not very nice to stare at people like that," Youyue said with a light laugh, stepping between them.
"Since my friend is safe, say whatever you came to say," Qingyin said frankly.
"You couldn't have come looking for me just because you had nothing better to do and wanted some entertainment."
"Ah..." Youyue shifted her gaze away from Qingyin, her eyes wandering into the distance.
Are magical girls all this idle? Qingyin could not help thinking.
"This isn't the place to chat. Let me handle the aftermath first, so wait just a little while." Youyue gave the girl before her a flirtatious wink.
"Did you spare their lives?"
"I did." Qingyin nodded.
If she killed the Berserk Orcs after they had lost their minds, she would cut off the leads herself and be unable to investigate that group's purpose.
Those villains used Abyss Return's name in an attempt to make her lose her job. Setting aside the hostile relationship between magical girls and evil villain organizations,
in a sense, she and that group were already locked in a fight to the death.
"You actually didn't kill them?" After a moment of surprise, Youyue praised her.
"It seems even crude words can't hide the fact that Qingyin is a gentle magical girl."
"Enough nonsense. Hurry up. I'll wait for you in the mall." Too lazy to continue the conversation, Qingyin descended and sat down on a bench not far below.
In truth, she was not gentle at all. It was simply a difference in upbringing.
From childhood to adulthood, the people of this world were taught about humanity and order.
Those who disrupted order were criminals guilty of every evil.
When magical girls encountered villains attacking a city, they could act with the intent to kill.
Considering capture alive was more troublesome than considering killing them.
After all, the ultimate goal was the same: keeping the public safe and the buildings intact.
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