魔法少女?已经回不去了! 第2章

[Please enjoy collecting magical girls and become a villain capable of every evil!]

[Current Level: LV1]

[Experience Required to Level Up: 0/3]

[Number Collected: 0]

[Number of CGs Unlocked: 0]

[Basic Skills Unlocked: Hunting Radar, Dark Pact (Rank D)]

As Li Xuan walked down the street, an interface like this suddenly appeared out of thin air before his eyes.

"Is this... a cheat? After all these years since I transmigrated, the system finally remembered to give me some hacks?" Li Xuan looked around. The street was bustling with people, yet no one reacted in the slightest. Clearly, they couldn't see the interface in front of him.

"Magical Girl Collection System? So magical girls really exist in this world!" Li Xuan's eyes lit up. He quickly found a spot, took out his phone, and pretended to read a novel while studying the system before him.

When Li Xuan focused on the system's title, a small window immediately popped up on the interface, explaining the system's concept in detail.

[Magical Girl Collection System]

[Leveling up grants enhancements and unlocks new skills]

[Current Method of Gaining Experience: Defeat magical girls and collect defeat CGs]

"Hiss, this system doesn't seem very proper. I like it!" Li Xuan smiled knowingly, then continued checking his two skills.

[Hunting Radar: Search for magical girls within a certain range and obtain the target's basic information. Can mark up to three magical girls; marked targets can be continuously tracked.]

[Dark Pact: Inject Evil Energy into the body. During its duration, it grants a cognitive obstruction effect, preventing others from recognizing the user's true identity.]

Both skills looked pretty good. One was for locating enemies, and the other was for combat—a perfect combo.

Injecting Evil Energy into his body sounded a little dangerous, but he was just a coffee shop owner whose combat ability was practically zero. Without the system, what could he use to deal with magical girls? He couldn't exactly pick up a brick and charge in, could he?

With that thought, Li Xuan could no longer suppress his curiosity and tried activating Dark Pact.

A powerful surge of energy immediately flooded into his body. It was so overwhelming that Li Xuan's body could barely contain it, and the overflowing energy cracked the ground around him.

[Rank D Evil Energy Acquired]

[Cognitive Obstruction Effect Activated]

Li Xuan hadn't expected such a huge commotion. He hurriedly tried to withdraw the Evil Energy, but he was still unfamiliar with the power. After fumbling around, he not only released a great deal of black mist, but several tentacles also emerged from his body, making him look even more terrifying.

The pedestrians on the street stared at Li Xuan in stunned disbelief, apparently unable to process what had happened.

"Don't be afraid, everyone. As someone in the food service industry, it's perfectly reasonable for me to carry a few squid around..." Li Xuan explained as if nothing was wrong.

"Monster!"

Someone shouted first, and only then did the crowd snap out of it. They scattered and fled in all directions. In an instant, Li Xuan was the only one left on the once-bustling street.

"Uh... looks like I messed up. I should've tested this somewhere more secluded." Just as Li Xuan stood there awkwardly, the Hunting Radar suddenly reacted.

[Magical girl detected nearby]

[Distance: 49 meters, 38 meters, 25 meters...]

[Detailed information can be displayed after visual lock-on]

"So close?" Li Xuan turned to look around and saw a girl quickly approaching him from the road to the south. She had long teal hair, fair skin, and a tall, straight figure. Her small, delicate features carried an air of heroic sharpness.

She wore a one-piece blue-and-white short dress, neat and practical in design. Although the outfit seemed somewhat plain for a magical girl, it gave her an especially cold and aloof aura.

She wore knee-high boots, with a ring of white socks visible above the tops, wrapping snugly around her calves. In her hands was a long-handled Moonblade Axe, longer than she was tall. The powerful weapon stood in stark contrast to her slender figure.

"I sensed the aura of Evil Energy and rushed over. Sure enough, I found a monster—and a rare humanoid one at that." The girl looked at Li Xuan with icy killing intent, as though sharp swords were piercing straight through him.

Li Xuan stared back at the girl as a string of notifications sounded in his mind.

[Magical girl locked on]

[Name: Xu Rou]

[Magic Power Rank: C]

[Type: Combat]

[Height: 167 cm]

[Cup Size: B]

[...]

Li Xuan couldn't be bothered listening to the rest of the body measurements. Compared with the system's cold report, he would rather confirm them with his own eyes and hands.

"Heh heh, instead of fleeing like everyone else, you came straight toward me?" Li Xuan laughed in the voice of an anime villain.

"If I don't come closer, how am I supposed to kill you?" Xu Rou said, swinging her Moonblade Axe ruthlessly at Li Xuan.

Xu Rou was far too fast. If the tentacles hadn't blocked that strike, Li Xuan might have ended up like some blonde upperclassman, not knowing where his own head had gone.

Seeing Xu Rou slash at him again, Li Xuan didn't have time to complain about why a magical girl immediately fought in melee. He quickly fired Evil Energy from his palm in retaliation.

However, his use of Evil Energy was still purely instinctive. His attacks were too direct, making them easy for Xu Rou to dodge or deflect. Meanwhile, her fierce yet agile attacks left him miserable.

After several tentacles were severed in succession, Li Xuan frowned. His strength was clearly inferior to hers. If this continued, forget collecting magical girls—he would be lucky to keep his life.

It looked like he had to use some unconventional methods.

While circling around Xu Rou, Li Xuan observed his surroundings. Suddenly, he noticed a young girl lying on the ground by the roadside. She seemed too terrified to move after falling down.

Generally speaking, magical girls were on the side of justice. They would definitely protect the weak, right? Maybe he could use that to win.

With that thought, Li Xuan suddenly retreated several steps and spewed out a large cloud of black mist, blocking Xu Rou's vision. Taking the opportunity, he extended a tentacle and grabbed the girl.

"You think such a cheap trick can stop me? Die, monster!"

Xu Rou had already rushed through the black mist and found Li Xuan again. She swung her axe, ready to cut him in two, but Li Xuan immediately used his tentacles to hold the innocent girl in front of himself. Xu Rou was startled and could only forcefully halt her axe halfway through its swing.

"Go on, chop me. Why did you stop?" Li Xuan admired Xu Rou's expression. She clearly wanted nothing more than to split him apart with one swing, yet she didn't dare act. It felt as satisfying as finding a hundred bucks under the bed while cleaning.

It seemed magical girls truly cared about ordinary people's lives. That meant the initiative was now in his hands.

"Despicable! Shameless! You resort to such filthy tricks because you can't win!" Xu Rou glared at Li Xuan through gritted teeth. She had originally held the upper hand, and if the fight continued, she would have won. Besides, her two partners would come to support her once they sensed the evil aura. Yet Li Xuan had suddenly pulled this stunt—weren't monsters supposed to be stupid, driven only by instinct? Why was this one using strategy too?

"Thank you for the compliment." Seeing Xu Rou so furious, Li Xuan's brows rose slightly. "Little girl, you don't want this girl to die, do you? Then put down your weapon and surrender to me. In exchange, I can spare her."

Li Xuan's shameless attitude made Xu Rou want to chop him in half with her axe. She understood perfectly well that the wisest choice was to disregard the girl's life and kill the monster before her. Otherwise, if she let him escape, how many more people would suffer in the future?

However, as a magical girl who brought love and hope to the world, making such a choice would itself be a grave betrayal of her principles. She knew she could never cross that line.

"Don't try to stall for time. If you can't decide within one minute, I'll kill her. It won't cost me anything, anyway. At worst, we can keep fighting." As Li Xuan spoke, he pressed the tip of a tentacle against the girl's forehead.

With the tentacle's power, it could easily pierce the girl's skull. From their earlier battle, Li Xuan believed Xu Rou understood that as well. As long as she still cared about the girl's life, she wouldn't dare make any rash moves.

"You think I'd believe a monster's words? Even if I surrender, you'll still kill her. Besides, my goal is to eliminate you. What does this girl's life have to do with me?" Though Xu Rou claimed not to care whether the girl lived or died, her eyes never left Li Xuan's tentacle, as if she were searching for an opening to save her.

Naturally, Li Xuan saw through that small scheme.

Defeat Means Accepting Punishment

"Ten seconds have already passed. Do you think reality is like anime, where talking comes with built-in time stop?" Li Xuan smiled unhurriedly.

Yet at that moment, the girl who seemed to have been scared senseless suddenly appeared to make up her mind and shouted loudly at Xu Rou.

"Big sister! Don't worry about me! Hurry and attack him!"

Hearing that somewhat familiar voice, Xu Rou froze. She carefully studied the girl's face, and suddenly remembered.

About two months ago, she had saved this girl during a monster attack. That smile after surviving the ordeal still lingered vividly in her memory.

Hadn't she become a magical girl in the first place to protect such pure and beautiful smiles? If so, how could she watch a child she had once protected die right before her eyes?

"Don't be stupid! I'll find a way to save you!" Xu Rou looked anxiously at Li Xuan. She was faster, but the tentacle was only a few centimeters from the girl's forehead. Even if she were several times faster, she couldn't save the girl before he reacted.

"I know you don't dare act because you're worried about me, big sister! I'm your fan, and I won't hold you back at a time like this! So you have to do your best! Go, magical big sister!" After shouting, the girl bit down hard on Li Xuan's tentacle with the resolve to die.

Yet the tentacle only looked soft. It was actually incredibly tough. The girl felt as if she had bitten into a car tire and nearly shattered her still-developing teeth. Her plan to provoke Li Xuan into killing her failed completely.

"Hah, now you really can't attack, can you? Your little fan has been such a huge help." Li Xuan laughed as he shoved the tentacle into the girl's mouth and injected some red hypnotic fluid secreted by the tentacle, quickly putting her to sleep.

"Damn it..." Xu Rou gripped her axe handle tightly, her heart locked in a fierce struggle.

At this point, it was impossible for her to abandon the girl's life. Yet she had also heard what happened to magical girls who fell into monsters' hands. A quick death was considered fortunate; most were subjected to countless humiliations and torments until both body and mind were completely broken.

"One minute is up. Your little fan is about to die right before your eyes." As Li Xuan spoke, the tentacle pulled back a few centimeters, poised to strike.

"Stop! I... I surrender! Just don't hurt her." Xu Rou's voice trembled.

With a clang, the Moonblade Axe fell to the ground. Xu Rou ultimately could not betray her conscience and chose to submit to Li Xuan.

"Good. Now turn around and raise your hands high, like a French military salute." Li Xuan ordered.

"Release that girl first!" Xu Rou said, staring at Li Xuan suspiciously.

"You're not qualified to negotiate with me right now. Only if you do as I say can I guarantee she won't be harmed." Li Xuan threatened again.

Thinking of the girl's safety, Xu Rou dared not resist any longer. She could only turn around helplessly, raising her slender arms high with her back to Li Xuan.

Since childhood, she had always been considered a role model. Whether in academics or appearance, she stood above her peers. The pride that came with such excellence, combined with her naturally aloof personality, had made her an unattainable flower in others' eyes. Yet now, she had to obey a monster weaker than herself. What humiliation this was for her.

"Hmph, you still look unwilling. You'll suffer soon enough." Li Xuan sneered, blasting Xu Rou's weapon far away with a burst of Evil Energy before extending his tentacles and binding her tightly.

The slimy sensation made Xu Rou struggle desperately. She sensed the tentacles trying to pry open her mouth and knew he wanted to pour that sleep-inducing liquid into her as well. She clenched her teeth tightly, refusing to let the tentacles enter her mouth no matter what.

As someone focused on speed and technique, she naturally couldn't match Li Xuan's tentacles in strength. Still, her relentless struggling gave him quite a bit of trouble. Fortunately, the mouth was not the only mucous membrane capable of absorbing liquid. Li Xuan ultimately succeeded in putting Xu Rou to sleep.

When Xu Rou woke up, she found herself in a dim basement, still bound from head to toe by tentacles. The girl Li Xuan had used as a hostage lay on a mattress opposite her, still asleep.

"You despicable bastard! Didn't you promise that if I listened to you, you'd let her go?" Xu Rou glared furiously at Li Xuan, her eyes seeming ready to spit fire.

"I said I'd let her go, but I never said when. You're so capable—you can't let your guard down so easily." Li Xuan smiled, stuffed a teddy bear into the girl's arms, then used wide tape to bind her to the mattress.

"Shameless..."

"I'm telling you, you should really come up with some fresher words. Saying the same few lines over and over has very little impact."

"Pervert..." Xu Rou wanted to curse Li Xuan viciously, but having grown up in a pure and sheltered environment, she simply had no dirtier words in her head.

"Fine, fine, I won't force you. Anyway, there's a little Evil Energy inside that teddy bear. I can detonate it with a thought anytime. In other words, her life or death depends entirely on my whim, so I suggest you don't try anything clever." As Li Xuan spoke, he set up a camera capable of taking photos in low light in front of Xu Rou.

"Ggh, just kill me!" Xu Rou turned her face away to avoid the camera.

Although magical girls were protected by cognitive obstruction, and ordinary people could not recognize their appearance or voice after transformation, the thought of being recorded while bound by tentacles—and perhaps even having the video spread online—made Xu Rou so ashamed that she wanted to crawl into a crack in the ground.

"That won't do. Once you're caught, you have to be properly played with. That's part of a magical girl's career too." Li Xuan frivolously lifted Xu Rou's chin, forcing her to meet his gaze.

"You dog bastard, kill me if you're going to kill me. Stop wasting time!" Xu Rou racked her brains and finally found a curse, hoping to provoke Li Xuan into killing her.

"Heh heh, keep cursing. When you beg for mercy later, I'll enjoy it even more." Li Xuan grinned wickedly and extended more tentacles. Amid Xu Rou's cry of alarm, he hung her upside down, slipped through the gaps in her clothes, and wandered back and forth across her skin.

With her movements restrained by the tentacles, Xu Rou could only squeeze her legs together with all her strength, trying to protect her chastity.

However, as the tentacles secreted more fluid, Xu Rou felt her body becoming damp and sticky. Her strength was also drained by her constant struggle, and she could no longer keep her legs completely closed. The tentacles took the chance to slip between her thighs, breaking down the resistance of her legs. She wanted to cry out for help, but the moment she opened her mouth, it was filled by a tentacle.

Anyone at all, please come save me!

Xu Rou thought in despair.

"Heh heh, magical girls and tentacles really are a perfect match."

Li Xuan pulled Xu Rou's limbs apart and controlled the tentacles as they explored her body inch by inch. Yet whenever Xu Rou felt unbearably hot and on the verge of release, he deliberately made the tentacles stop for a while.

Several times, Xu Rou felt she was about to reach the first peak of her life, but Li Xuan's teasing always stopped just short. That feeling of always being one step away nearly drove Xu Rou insane. She wanted to beg for mercy, but quickly realized how humiliating the words about to leave her mouth would be, so she could only force herself to endure.

Just as Xu Rou's mind was on the verge of collapse, the system notification finally appeared.

[Defeat CG Unlocked: Tentacle Play I]

[CG Elements: Tentacles & Bondage & Denial]

[Experience +3]

[Current Experience: 0/10]

[Level increased to LV2]

[Dark Pact upgraded to: D+]

[New Skill Unlocked: Fallen Blood]

"Phew, that really was hard work. Looks like collecting magical girls isn't easy either. The system only needs to give me skills, but I have a lot more to think about." Li Xuan wiped away his sweat in satisfaction as he looked at the newly added CG, then checked the skill he had just obtained.

[Fallen Blood: The holder may consume Evil Energy to generate Fallen Blood. Fallen Blood can be used to create monsters. Creatures that directly drink Fallen Blood have a chance of transforming into monsters. Monsters created or transformed through this method will regard the skill holder as their master. (Transformation difficulty depends on system level and the transformed target's willpower.)]