Tricky

Before the morning classes were even over, Yang Cheng and Chen Qianqian received a message from Old Wei.

So the two asked their teacher for leave and rushed to the Association.

"By the way, why don't Celestial Star and Ranger have to go to class?"

Upon arriving at the Association, Chen Qianqian suddenly had a question as she looked at the wandering Ranger sitting on a bench in the distance, greeting her.

"Ah, them..."

"They attend Magical Girl Academy... which is a special Academy established by the Association to take care of Magical Girl because they are relatively young and weak."

"The teaching pace at the Academy is much faster, and since Magical Girl usually continue working at the Association after retiring, their coursework is relatively less demanding."

"And you..."

"Yang Cheng goes without saying, he woke up at the Dawn Rank... While you're not quite that exaggerated, you're still capable of handling things on your own, which is why we're letting you attend school normally... It's like you're stationed in a district."

"Li Qi was like this before."

Old Wei offered an explanation.

Because the school and the Association are not in the same direction, if something happens in some places, it is much closer to start from the school than from the Association.

However, now that the Knight has reached the Lamp-Lighting Rank, and the school already has Yang Cheng and Chen Qianqian, Old Wei simply called the Knight back to stay and guard the Branch.

So good?

Envy caused plasmolysis in Yang Cheng.

She really didn't want to go to class!

"Ahem... Alright... Let's get down to business now."

After a brief chat, Yang Cheng quickly realized that they were now engaged in serious business. After all, Old Wei had summoned them urgently, so he must have something very important to discuss.

Let's talk as we walk.

Old Wei turned around first and walked ahead.

The others quickly followed behind him and all entered their transformed states.

"I should have mentioned it to you before, but the Humanoid Fallen Beast you finally captured might give us more information about the Liberation Faction's plans."

"I was originally planning to leave him hanging for a day before continuing the interrogation."

"But it must have been last night, the accident happened..."

"We don't know who infiltrated the Association's Branch and murdered them without our knowledge... along with the Harvester we had previously captured and his subordinates."

Ai raised an eyebrow upon hearing what Old Wei said.

Seriously? This allowed the Liberation Faction to infiltrate and silence them?

When she infiltrated the training room to encourage the Knight, she observed the security of the Association's Branch, and it was quite good, far superior to the Land of Light where any monster could enter.

Surveillance, security... everything is available.

Judging from your expression, you probably already guessed it...

"The person who infiltrated must either have specialized stealth abilities or be incredibly powerful... at least on par with you."

"This is also something I'm deeply worried about."

"Right now, the Detention Department is completely deserted except for the guards. I've even strictly ordered the guards inside not to leave for the time being... I brought you here so you can use your Magic Power to thoroughly investigate the situation inside, just in case there's anything we've overlooked."

"Especially on the guards..."

We finally arrived at the entrance of the Detention Department.

Old Wei pushed open the door to the Detention Department. Inside, the guards saluted Old Wei and the Magical Girl.

Ai and the others responded in kind.

"Hey? Sister Lin Guo? What are you doing here? It's been so long!"

Just as Old Wei continued leading his men forward, the Ranger spotted a woman with a ponytail squatting at the prison cell door.

"What do you mean, 'Why am I here?' Aren't I a member of the Association?"

Lin Guo stood with her hands on her hips, looking indignant.

The Ranger stuck out his tongue.

"You're still studying... I thought you wouldn't be involved in this."

Seeing that Lin Guo was about to start joking around with the Ranger, Old Wei lightly tapped Lin Guo on the head.

"Ouch, that hurts..."

"Lin Guo... This is a serious matter. Show some work attitude!"

"Yes!"

Lin Guo immediately stood at attention.

Seeing this scene, I couldn't help but find it somewhat amusing.

But now is not the time to laugh.

She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and slowly began to unleash her Magic Power perception.

As long as the power isn't too far beyond her Tier, she can sense the traces it leaves behind...

Ground...

I didn't sense Magic Power, but there was something faintly like a footprint... very small... If it really was a footprint, then its owner should be a woman...

His stride... looked like he'd been hopping and skipping all the way here, very relaxed.

In other words, she wasn't stopped by the guards when she entered... and according to the guards, they had been watching over her the whole time and hadn't sensed anything unusual... so it really could be some kind of invisibility ability?

What an evil power!

Of course, it's not impossible to reduce one's own visibility.

As for inside the prison cell...

It was also very clean.

There were no traces of Magic Power on any of the corpses...

Etc!

There's no trace of Magic Power?!

"Old Wei, all the Magic Power in their bodies has been absorbed."

"When they were captured, they were controlling Fallen Beast with Negative Crystal. Even after being brought to the Association, the negative Magic Power attached to them couldn't have dissipated so quickly... especially that Harvester."

Hearing the words of love, Old Wei finally realized his oversight.

Yes!

How could these people, who deal with Negative Crystal for so long, possibly remain completely untainted by any Magic Power?

"But what good will discovering this do?"

The Magic Power is gone, that's all. At most, it means that the person who infiltrated this place had the ability to recover negative Magic Power, but what good is knowing that ability?

They were unable to trace the Magic Power's whereabouts, and thus could not track down the person.

I thought I'd found the blind spot, but after thinking about it for a while, I realized that while it was indeed a blind spot, it didn't seem to be very useful.

Old Wei's expression fell again.

"Hey~ Mr. Wei~"

"How can you say that? It's a discovery, after all. Let's record it first, just in case it comes in handy later."

Lin Guo popped up again.

Old Wei stared at Lin Guo for a while, making her feel uneasy.

"W-what's wrong?"

"All talk and no action! Write it down! Are you waiting for me to write it down?"

"Oh."

Lin Guo responded with a somewhat aggrieved sound, then took out her notebook and began to scribble furiously.

Ai realized that this discovery was not very useful, but after several rounds of searching, she found nothing at all.

"This is a bit tricky..."