Boundlessly Sly

The interrogation continued.

They were acquiring more information regarding the Blood Purity Court.

Using such a vast factory as a base, the Blood Purity Court could not possibly feel at ease letting a bunch of small fry who hadn't deeply infiltrated the organization's upper echelons handle things; there must have been cadre-level figures stationed there.

"You really aren't afraid of the blood pact's backlash, actually daring to reveal this much information to the Magical Girls. It seems my judgment needs some improvement."

The voice seemed to come from all directions, and an adult male Bloodkin slowly walked out from the shadows, looking dashing.

He wore a single-rimmed gold-wire monocle and a dome hat on his head, looking like an elegant aristocrat.

"Wayne!?" Iron Magnet shouted in shock.

The newly appeared Wayne clapped his hands while stepping forward, stopping at a proper distance and executing a slow hat-doffing bow:

"Good evening, esteemed lovely ladies. Today's play ought to come to an end as well.

Our organization has paid the price, and you have also finished your hero fantasy. Let's each take a step back and call it a day. How about that?"

Feiyan and the others furrowed their brows, looking at the opponent vigilantly.

Unsure of the opponent's strength and intentions, they didn't dare act rashly for a moment, their gazes involuntarily stealing toward Qingyin, the team leader.

"If you hadn't appeared, it indeed would have been called a day," Qingyin replied blandly.

What was this supposed to be?

Overtime?

She had already prepared to leave.

Wouldn't it be better if the opponent had honestly hidden away and fled in a disheveled flurry after things concluded? They just had to come and show off.

"I'd like to experience the abilities of a Magical Girl and see how they differ from the enhanced version of me!"

As soon as the voice fell, Wayne instantly burst into action, his figure abruptly vanishing from where he stood.

Yuyan and Yalin didn't notice what had happened; only Feiyan reacted to the opponent's movement, her gaze immediately turning to Qingyin with worry.

Wayne extremely quickly drew the short-handled stiletto at his waist, gripping it in his palm, and thrust toward Qingyin's chest, seemingly without the intent to kill with a single blow.

The thunderously rapid and unawares attack failed to hit Qingyin; she sidestepped and evaded it.

The stiletto struck like a storm in rapid succession, but Qingyin easily and gracefully shifted her body, dodging the opponent's offensive, the blade unable to even touch the hem of her clothes.

The three-student squad, holding absolute confidence in Qingyin, had no thoughts of intervening, instead honestly watching her combat to learn.

Analyzing from the performance, Yuyan and Yalin reckoned they were no match for Wayne.

Feiyan also felt the strain; if it were her, facing this speed, she definitely couldn't achieve the composure Qingyin possessed.

"Such skillful dodging, such formidable footwork." Wayne stopped his attack, narrowed his eyes to observe, and tried to fish for information:

"Does this kind of dodging maneuver have a name?"

"It's Stringform Meow," Qingyin responded expressionlessly.

"Meow?" Yalin looked over with confusion filling her eyes.

"What a pleasant-sounding move name. Compared to a veteran Magical Girl like you, I still have quite a considerable deficiency." Wayne shook his head, seeing the disparity in strength between the two sides.

"Done making a fuss?" Qingyin tilted her head slightly:

"Can you surrender obediently and let me drag you back to the Association to report for duty?"

"That won't do." Wayne refused out loud.

He had only wanted to come and test his strength.

He didn't want to lose his life just yet.

"Do you think you can get away?" Qingyin's indifferent face seemed full of pride.

"Slipping away right under the nose of a veteran Magical Girl—I don't have that ability for the time being." Wayne replied, smiling wickedly:

"If some accidents happen, making a getaway won't be a problem."

He lightly snapped his fingers, and two deafening booms resounded through the clouds. Columns of fire burst into the sky from the west and the north, and even indoors, the flames illuminating the entire night outside could be seen.

"A bomb firework show, please enjoy at your leisure." Wayne bowed in salute:

"A Magical Girl wouldn't just ignore the lives of ordinary people nearby, right?"

"How can that be!? I clearly cleaned up the bombs!" Feiyan said in disbelief.

"Me too, I confirmed there were none left!" Yuyan was similarly quite shocked.

"There's no explosion in the south, that's great." Yalin's suspended heart relaxed slightly.

After all, that was the place with the highest foot traffic; fortunately, she hadn't made a mistake and had cleared out all the bombs.

"You go stop the spread of the flames, rescue the civilians who might be suffering, and prevent curious people from rushing back in." Qingyin turned her head and issued commands to the three of them:

"Leave this place to me."

Hearing the reminder, they quickly collected themselves, casually replying in acknowledgment, and efficiently flew out of the central factory.

"I am not the only Magical Girl here." Qingyin looked back at Wayne:

"Surrender and you save half."

"Surrender? Hump, you probably don't know yet," Wayne said, considering victory to be securely in his grasp:

"The Blood Purity Court is an organization that refines bloodlines, and the purest bloodlines are Bloodkin infants.

I'm telling you now, dozens of children are being transported away in the west. Are you going to capture me, or are you going to save the people? Hahahaha!"

His smile grew increasingly frantic, and by the end, he was laughing out loud.

The feeling of hiding in the dark and plotting against a Magical Girl was simply wonderful!

Wait another 29 seconds? I can't wait, I'm going to laugh out loud right now!

"Capture you," Qingyin responded without changing her expression.

"Not saving people?" Wayne felt unease rise in his heart.

Magical Girls were a bunch of beings who liked to wear all their emotions on their faces.

Wayne was meeting a poker-faced character who was completely unreadable for the first time.

He couldn't read her inner thoughts; she was incomparably tricky.

"Because I've already finished saving the people," Qingyin explained.

"Impossible!" Wayne's reaction was extremely violent:

"All organization members signed a blood pact and couldn't leak related intelligence, and the one transporting the Bloodkin infants is even a cadre.

I knew the moment you broke into the factory that you, lacking intelligence, absolutely couldn't rescue that group of children in such a short time!"

"Believe it or not."

Too lazy to argue with him, Qingyin materialized her Magic Weapon, her gaze looking upon the opponent with indifference.

Wayne instantly felt as though he were facing an abyss, his legs trembling and shaking, and without another word he sprinted backward, flying hundreds of meters away in a flash.

A cold voice drifted faintly into his ears from afar, that sentence feeling like a curse, drawing near from afar and impossible to shake off.

"You are already dead."

"What↑-ever↓!!"

Wayne let out a cracked shriek, tumbling down from high altitude and crashing until he was dizzy.

Yet when his vision regained its focus, he found himself still in the center of the factory, lying prone on the ground and unable to move.

Facing a chasm as vast as a natural moat, the desire to flee also vanished accordingly.

"Can you tell me how you rescued the Bloodkin infants in time? There really was truly not a shred of information leaked." Wayne gave up resisting, asking only to satisfy this meager curiosity.

"A Magical Girl's intuition," Qingyin stated truthfully.

Intuition? Solely on intuition?

Solely on intuition, she dared confirm the transport direction was the west?

Solely on intuition, she intercepted the escort of another cadre?

Solely on intuition, she successfully rescued the children and ruined their long-laid scheme?

Magical Girls were boundlessly sly.

Wayne fainted from anger.