A Magical Girl's Sixth Sense

"Capture as many hostile Bloodkin in the area alive as possible. If anything unexpected happens, lethal force is authorized.

"If you find innocent civilians, do everything in your power to rescue them. Protecting civilians is the top priority."

Qingyin concisely explained the mission requirements to the team.

The base of the evil organization, the Blood Purity Court, was home to an organization made entirely of Bloodkin.

Youyue had personally sought her out to arrange this mission. Its dangers were unknown, and its difficulty was unknown as well.

She wanted not only to temper the new generation of magical girls in real combat, but also to test her own adaptability as a magical girl.

After all, Youyue had said that she and her team would be participating together.

Theoretical knowledge and combat strength could not encompass everything a magical girl was.

The ability to react on the spot was even more important than those things.

A qualified lead magical girl, when carrying out a mission like this, should be able to protect every civilian.

"Sister Qingyin, we guarantee we'll complete the mission!" Feiyan said with complete confidence.

"I'll do my best." Yuyan still looked as timid as ever.

"Leave it to me with ten thousand percent confidence!" Yalin spoke with equal conviction.

Apparently, the conditions to trigger her classic tsundere behavior had not been met. Seeing the reactions of the three girls, Qingyin felt inexplicably reassured.

At least they would not pull any strange stunts at a time like this.

Under the hazy cover of night, the four magical girls arrived at the destination Youyue had told them about.

The Blood Purity Court's base was located in a factory beside a busy commercial street in the city.

There was a snack street nearby, and the area was also the only route leading to a residential district. The foot traffic was enormous.

"Should we set up a barrier first?" Qingyin looked down at the vast factory and pondered.

That would effectively ensure that passing innocent civilians would not be harmed.

But it might alert the enemy, and they had no way of knowing whether there were harmless people inside the factory.

If ordinary people were being held hostage, things would become troublesome.

"Sister Qingyin, why don't we just charge in?" Feiyan suggested, holding her Magic Weapon.

"Wouldn't that be too reckless?" Yuyan replied.

"Let's infiltrate first." After hesitating, Qingyin made her decision.

There was a factory building on each of the east, south, west, and north sides, surrounding a central building larger than the other four.

"Each of us will infiltrate one factory and confirm the situation inside. Whoever finishes first should head to the perimeter of the main factory and wait, preventing anyone from escaping.

"If the three of you regroup later, you can take the initiative and enter the main factory to investigate. You'll have to assess the situation yourselves. Can you do that?" Qingyin laid out the temporary plan.

Her reluctance to force a breakthrough was purely due to insufficient intelligence.

Magical girls were the world's absolute top combat force.

Being overly cautious would get them nowhere.

"I'll take the eastern factory near the commercial street. The other three are yours," Qingyin said.

Feiyan: "Then I'll take the west."

Yuyan: "I'll go to the north, where there are the fewest people..."

Yalin: "South, south, south."

After efficiently dividing up their areas, the four magical girls scattered and began infiltrating the evil organization.

Beep, beep...

The moment Qingyin infiltrated the eastern factory, she froze as strange beeping reached her ears.

Her heart immediately pounded like a drum. A magical girl's sixth sense turned danger into tangible pressure, crushing her until she briefly could not breathe.

C4? A bomb?

Those were the first things that came to mind. She entered through a window without glass, and piles upon piles of construction materials came into view.

Following the extremely faint sound, Qingyin opened one of the bags of materials and found a bomb hidden inside.

The factory was empty, but the bomb could not be left intact.

Looking at the bomb before her, she instinctively reached out and tore it apart.

The sound from the bomb in her hand vanished, and Qingyin herself could hardly believe it.

The quiet night still carried the overlapping ticking sounds. Qingyin let out a deep breath.

She had a lot of work ahead of her.

She could not allow such dangerous items to remain hidden among the construction materials. She checked room after room and disposed of every explosive she found in the same manner.

While Qingyin was painstakingly searching for and dismantling bombs.

There was a hidden basement beneath the eastern factory.

Five adult male Bloodkin surrounded a young Bloodkin girl.

"How did one slip through the net? Do you think those above will blame us?" Male Bloodkin A said.

"Should we pretend nothing happened?" Male Bloodkin B said.

"How can we pretend nothing happened? The count of pure-blooded Bloodkin is wrong. We'll be wishing we were dead!" Male Bloodkin C said.

The Bloodkin girl in the corner did not know what they wanted to do, only that none of them were good people.

Her large eyes brimmed with tears, and the mist of moisture blurred her vision.

She held back her tears and did not dare make a sound, curling herself up as tightly as possible in search of security.

"Why not report it to the higher-ups now? The transport vehicle hasn't gone far yet. There's still time to fix this," Male Bloodkin D suggested.

"Fix it? Since we made a mistake, this month probably won't be easy for us," Male Bloodkin E said.

"Or we kill her on the spot. Then none of this has anything to do with us. Get through this month, and next month will have its own solution," Male Bloodkin D continued.

"But she's still a child," Male Bloodkin B said reluctantly.

"You're so righteous. Why didn't you share the 'special blood packs' with us before? Now you want all your brothers to suffer worse than death over one little brat?!" Male Bloodkin D shouted.

The basement fell into brief silence.

There was no need for further words. They had already made their decision.

Boom.

"Did you hear some strange sound? A very urgent, very brief noise," Male Bloodkin A asked.

"Stop wasting time. I don't want to go without 'special blood packs' this month." After saying that, Male Bloodkin D stepped closer and closer to the Bloodkin girl.

She shook her head frantically. She wanted to retreat, but there was nowhere to retreat to. She wanted to hide, but there was nowhere to hide.

The ticking had stopped, but the unease in Qingyin's heart had not faded.

Standing in the center of the empty factory, she suddenly clawed at the floor. Her fair little hand pierced the solid ground and tore out the last remote-controlled explosive.

The most formidable thing about magical girls was neither their supernatural powers nor their ability to grow stronger with ease.

It was their unreasonable intuition.

Magical girls were the sharpest of all. They would talk about intuition or a sixth sense, skip levels and plotlines, then rush in and effortlessly destroy grand schemes others had painstakingly built over a long time.

To oppose magical girls, one had to find a way to confuse their intuition.

"It really is the last bomb, but why don't I feel at ease yet?" Qingyin murmured. Holding the bomb in her hand, she tilted her head in confusion.

"No, don't!"

Catching the shrill scream of a child, Qingyin abruptly raised her head and scanned her surroundings. Then, with a single punch, she blasted open a path through the floor to the basement.

She landed steadily on the basement floor from above and immediately took in the scene before her.

Five adult male Bloodkin were surrounding a petite Bloodkin girl.

At that moment, several adult male Bloodkin heard the commotion, turned around, and discovered Qingyin, who had appeared from nowhere, in astonishment.

"Hello, hello." Qingyin waved at them amiably, looking rather like a cat reaction image with a raised paw.

The expressions of the adult male Bloodkin shifted from initial confusion, to surprise, and finally to terror.

"A magical girl... Don't..."