Flow, Going with the Flow

"You're not thinking of trying to seduce her, are you?"

Besides disbelief, Sirius's words also carried a hint of mockery.

"Then you might as well go and woo SpiCa. That Shark Princess Witch isn't quite right in the head. Among all the witches we've captured so far, she's the most manic type. You simply can't communicate with her..."

Liu interrupted, "Yes, I can. I've already struck up a conversation with her."

Sirius stared wide-eyed.

"Huh? That shark girl can talk? I thought she was like you, with a vocal cord structure different from humans that prevented her from speaking."

"She called without saying a word at first, but after I chatted with her for a bit, she started talking... She probably saw me as one of her own."

"You actually managed to get her to talk?"

"But she seemed to really dislike me; I always felt she looked at me with a lot of disgust."

So, I just couldn't help but scold you.

Sirius also gave Liu a disdainful look.

"But she's different from you. Her mind isn't human. How are you going to convince her to behave and not cause trouble? We can not lock her up in a cell and give her a relatively free confinement environment, satisfying most of her needs, but we absolutely cannot let her run around outside. She is a huge destabilizing factor for this society. Do you understand what I mean?"

Liu sighed softly, "My Simulacrum Factor is a wolf, not a human. I'm just Monster's been implanted with some human memories."

He spoke sincerely, but Sirius was dismissive.

"Huh? That's it? You stupid dog! Don't forget, I'm not human either! I'm targeting her not because she's not human, but because she's an enemy of humanity! You can't be so stupid as to not understand what I mean, can you?"

"I know, but witches also have human... magical girl memories. Let me continue to work on her mindset; she'll surely understand..."

"Sure, let's establish some rules then."

Sirius leaned against the bridge pier on the shore and said, "First, I'll only give you two days. You can do whatever you want during these two days. Resolve this matter before this time the day after tomorrow. I'll send you the address for our meeting. It's a private property of mine in Skyreach City. You can move in there first, and no one else will know."

Sirius tossed over a key.

"Two days... that should be enough."

Liu agreed, but Sirius's conditions didn't stop there.

"Secondly, you are not allowed to cause a commotion like today, otherwise I won't be able to stop SpiCa for you, and what happens then will not be up to me alone."

"Okay... that makes sense too."

Liu agreed again.

Sirius continued, "Third, and this is my last request, if you can't make her behave by the time limit, you must bring her to me personally to eliminate any unstable factors. If I find out you're helping her escape or hide, I'll throw you into SpiCa's jail... You should know that you can't escape my grasp."

This time, I hesitated somewhat in my answer.

"... I see."

In the end, Ryu accepted Sirius's arrangement.

Perhaps it was just meddling, but he saw a reflection of himself in the Shark Princess Witch, and even if it was just for his own sake, he had to try to help Shark Princess Witch.

"Now that I've explained the conditions, here are some strategy tips."

Sirius continued the conversation, "Since you say that witches inherit the memories of magical girls, you can start from that point."

"That's true, but I don't know anything about the magical girl who gave birth to her."

Sirius nodded and said, "I'm currently the acting chairman of the Association, so I can't accompany you directly. But I will arrange for you to meet someone. If anything unexpected happens, you must protect her safety... protect her with your life!"

"Hey! Wait a minute!"

Despite having traveled a long way and possessing the key, Liu was stopped by the security guards of the villa complex.

"Security guard, what's the matter?"

"Where did you get this key?"

"I... my boss gave it to me."

The arrogant young security guard looked the man in front of him up and down, his face and body incongruous... a cross-dresser.

Who is your boss?

My relationship with Sirius must not be exposed, otherwise when SpiCa follows the trail, it will implicate Sirius.

With that in mind, Liu replied, "This... I can't say."

"You didn't steal this key, did you?"

I've been suspected, without any reason.

"Hey, isn't judging people by their appearance a bit too much?"

The speaker wasn't Liu. Not far away, a little girl with a bob haircut stepped out of a high-end black sedan and pulled out some kind of identification...

"The Association's specially appointed tactical officer... is he that young?"

"You're really rude, security guard. If you don't want to work here, I can fire you right now!"

A look of displeasure flashed across the girl's face, and she said again, "There are Association assets here, and this lady is my guest. I've already said that, are you still planning to stop her?"

"... No, I'm very sorry."

The security guard lowered his head in fear, but his eyes were still lingering on Liu's body out of the corner of his eye.

How could he not realize that she was a girl?

The girl led Liu into the villa community built against the mountain. Although the detached houses here were luxurious, few people lived there, and there were almost no people in the entire community. However, each house seemed to be well maintained.

It seems that those rich people buy things just for the sake of buying, and then they don't care about them anymore, or even hire people to take care of them...

Considering the situation on Sirius, Liu felt that this was indeed the case.

"I'm sorry, the security guards here are used to seeing so-called upper-class elites, so they're all a bit snobbish. That's why they were so arrogant and rude to you. But stopping someone like you is part of their job, after all, you really don't look right. If they let you in and something goes wrong, they'll be responsible."

"They're just bullying each other because they're powerful."

Miss Sirius's dog scoffed at this and asked again, "Are you the reinforcements sent by Sirius?"

"Hmm~ Let me introduce myself. My name is Shi Yi, I'm fifteen years old, and I used to be a magical girl, but I've already retired after losing my Star Crystal. Now I work as a special tactical officer at the Association, but I also have to attend classes and tutoring sessions on weekdays... cough cough, I accidentally said too much, I hope Sister Liu doesn't mind too much."

Xiao Yi just smiled, and Liu immediately thought she was quite playful and cute.

But...

"I'm a man."

"Your face and voice aren't convincing."

"This is all a setup!"

Xiao Yi blinked, took the key, and opened the gate of a villa.

He added, "By the way, this area is a gray zone that no magical girls are responsible for. You see, there are no reconnaissance airships in the sky, right? So there won't be any evacuation alarms when a wormhole occurs. Only after the reconnaissance satellite detects the wormhole signal will magical girls be dispatched to deal with it, so the response will be much slower."

Liu looked up at the empty blue sky.

"Um, why?"