"Oh dear, what a pity! I was just a hair's breadth away from beating her!"
After waking up, Iris started shouting everywhere, "It was so close! I think Shion is actually a little afraid of me!"
It was already evening, but there were still quite a few magical girls walking around on the street.
Yinlian and the others could only hold her down to prevent her from running around and talking nonsense.
The people from the Azure Cloud Sect are still here, observing the level of respect the disciples show to their Azure Cloud Sect leader.
If I were to say these things to the magical girls of the Azure Cloud Sect, it would inevitably spark another major battle.
However, the magical girls from the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau clearly idolize Iris more.
Many of the magical girls from the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau even waved and greeted Iris when they saw her.
"She clearly got anxious later on, and I disrupted her attack rhythm. She pressed so many Great Wilderness Finger techniques..."
" Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Finger," Keke corrected from the side, "Is just a common, minor skill."
Is it possible that she has run out of other moves?
He touched his chin as he spoke, a strange light flashing in his eyes:
"Seeing that their trump cards couldn't stop me, they had no choice but to gamble on overwhelming numbers. But I, Iris, stood defiantly against Thousand Fingers, still holding my Mental Image, yet to be revealed!"
Having just woken up from a fight, Iris was naturally exhausted. Surrounded by Keke and the others, she headed to the cafeteria.
He continued to review his battle with Shion along the way, "Most importantly, tell me, why did Shion ultimately restore the headquarters?"
Ultimately, Iris didn't see Shion fight the gray-white magical girl.
She saw the Witch Shion blow up the entire headquarters.
Given the circumstances, Iris, being the strongest, was definitely going to be deployed; there was no other reason.
Having seen the culprit who destroyed headquarters, they couldn't possibly run away, could they?
Moreover, she also has to protect everyone in the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau.
Regardless of whether we can win or not, there is no option to back down.
"At that time, I was one move behind and lost, and no one could stop Shion, but she still managed to repair the headquarters. What does that mean?"
As Iris entered the cafeteria, she proudly declared, "Doesn't this just mean that Shion is scared?"
Susan rolled her eyes and just slurped up the yogurt she had just bought.
An Shiyu chuckled awkwardly beside her, looking like she wanted to say something but was too embarrassed to.
Yinlian sighed deeply.
Before her sister's seven-day mourning period had even passed, Iris's words almost made her burst out laughing.
This caused her to feel guilty for a long time.
Now, Iris's words brought a smile and joy to her heart.
From this perspective, the Iris might truly be the strongest.
It might even be above the Shion.
An absolute powerhouse, and the loneliness that comes with it—who was it that taught her to be funny?
But Yinlian is no longer the same as before.
She used to be unable to hold back her laughter, but now Yinlian can listen to Iris's words with a completely expressionless face!
Of all the magical girls from the Beihai, Keke the most embarrassed, bursting out laughing.
When all the magical girls in the cafeteria turned to look at Keke, Keke awkwardly shut her mouth.
Iris patted her on the shoulder, "You've only recently become a magical girl, so seeing me is like a frog in a well looking at the moon. Once you reach the Peak Full Blossom Great Perfection, seeing me will be like a mayfly seeing the blue sky, and you won't be able to laugh anymore."
"Uh," Keke said somewhat awkwardly, "I've already broken through to the Full Blossom."
Iris's eyes widened. "How could that be! When I went to Beihai, you had just registered, right? You were still Bud! It hasn't been that long! Don't try to fool me!"
"Yes, I only recently broke through."
Just as Iris was Keke to examine Iris as if she were a monster, Yinlian immediately pulled her friend behind her to protect her. " Keke the pride of our Beihai Disaster Countermeasures Bureau and the strongest magical girl in the Beihai. What's so strange about her reaching Full Blossom?"
"No, really?" Iris scratched her head. "It's just too fast. I was already pretty fast when I reached Full Blossom, how can it be this unfair..."
"How long did it take Miss Iris to reach Full Blossom?" The curious An Shiyu couldn't help but ask. "It must have been quick, right? I want to know how Miss Iris grew into the strongest magical girl..."
Although everyone in Beihai knew that An Shiyu was serious—she probably really wanted to know how Iris became stronger.
There was even no malicious mockery towards the title of Iris's strongest magical girl; she probably even thought it was pretty cool.
But it sounds really weird...
Iris coughed slightly. "There's no need to inquire about such things. The past is meaningless; we should focus more on the present and the future!"
An Shiyu, looking somewhat disappointed.
The others nearby understood immediately.
It seems that Full Blossom's advancement is much slower than Keke's.
Sometimes, not answering is already an answer...
After ordering some food and finding a larger table to sit down, the group couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Previously, Shion's attack annihilated the entire Disaster Countermeasures Bureau headquarters. Not to mention the tables, chairs, glassware, and chopsticks, all the food, water, and miscellaneous daily necessities were also reduced to trash.
As a result of Shion's reverse operation, everything was restored.
Keke even ordered a small fish dish, complete with all the fish bones and other essentials; nothing was missing.
Susan and Yinlian both found it increasingly unbelievable as they ate.
Everything was restored perfectly, down to the last detail.
"How is this any different from going back in time?"
Susan remarked with this sentiment.
"The difference is that Shion doesn't possess the ability to reverse time," An Shiyu replied. "The restoration of all these things was achieved through her meticulous manipulation of magic. We are truly impressed; she achieved the same effect as the Full Bloom rule simply by using magic manipulation..."
"Ha ha."
Before she could finish speaking, Iris, who was eating chicken leg Iris, nodded in satisfaction, "It seems Shion is Return to Truth working hard."
"To avoid angering me, you restored it so well; it must have been very difficult. Actually, it didn't need to be so perfect; just close enough would be acceptable to everyone..."
Keke coughed, almost choking. Yinlian quickly patted her back and handed her a glass of water. She then turned and glared at Iris, saying, "Don't talk while eating."
The moment you open your mouth, we can't eat anymore.
Iris obediently said "Oh," but in her heart, she missed Qingluan.
If Qingluan were here, she would definitely be there to support me, hmph...
I don't know where they are now, but since they're at the Azure Cloud Sect, I don't need to worry about them.
After the Full Bloom, what changes occur in your seeds?
Suddenly, Mujin, who was eating over there, asked, "Although we've only ever set foot in the Full Bloom, from what we know, it's enough to cause some changes in the Miracle Seed. When it truly reaches the Full Bloom, the seed will completely disappear."
"Huh? Did I see that?" Iris tilted her head, munching on a chicken leg. "I didn't notice."
"..." Mujin couldn't help but sigh for a moment.
Okay, in magical girl anime, it's the kind of idiot who's the easiest to become strong.
Mujin was often called a fool back then.
"Why don't you just take it out and take a look?"
I gave it to a friend.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Iris.
"Ah?"
Yinlian, who had once lost the Miracle Seed, asked in bewilderment, "Can't we get it back?"
"How could you possibly take back a gift you gave to a friend?" Iris, looking puzzled. "Does Beihai have this custom?"
"No, but that's Miracle Seed." Yinlian frowned. "Just like that, you gave it away?"
"It's just a Miracle Seed, how could it compare to my friend? Besides, even without the Miracle Seed, I still transformed, so it doesn't matter."
Mujin warned, "You're not at Full Bloom yet, and you don't have the Miracle Seed transformation. This might be your only chance."
"Don't worry," Iris said, holding her chopsticks between her Iris. "I will make miracles a daily occurrence. If it were me, I could do it."
"In the Iris's dictionary, there is no such thing as 'impossible'!"
Even Susan and Yinlian, who had always been prejudiced against her, looked at her confident and beautiful face.
I couldn't help but admire them.
Mujin looked at this younger generation with even greater admiration.
Keke just kept her head down and ate.
If there's a real problem, just ask Ms. Shion for help.
Although I don't know if Shion- sensei is willing or not, Iris- senpai is a good person and works very hard.
I could also cry and beg Iris -sensei along with Shion- senpai.
I think Ms. Shion will agree... probably.
Just as the group was chatting away while eating, the cafeteria's loudspeaker suddenly came on.
"Attention all magical girls, the Mental Image Domain Trial is about to begin. All non-related magical girls are advised to avoid it."
When the headquarters resumed operations, Bingtang Tang went to the central control room in the tower and held a meeting with Golden Tea and others.
It was already evening when Bingtang returned.
It's necessary to explain the background and consequences of why the sect leader took action and caused such a commotion.
And the subsequent attitude of the Azure Cloud Sect.
When they returned, the sect leader had already transformed into a purple magical girl.
For Bingtang, this attitude is more approachable and preferred.
The rest of the inner disciples were mostly resting on other floors.
When Bingtang returned to the Illusory Moon Cave Abode (fake), she made a point of taking a stroll around other floors.
Tell all the inner disciples who are staying up all night to go to sleep quickly.
Shion sat by the window and could even see the lights above turning off neatly one by one as Bingtang passed by.
When the Bingtang was brought down, we heard Blue Flower's scream.
The true disciples all live on the first floor.
"Don't think I can't control you just because you're in Beihai, Blue Flower! How many days have you been staying up late? Aren't you going to sleep yet!"
"Wait, wait, Lady Bingtang, it'll be over soon. Let me finish this round, please..."
"It's been three days! If you don't go take a shower and go to bed soon, I'll smash your phone!"
"Waaaaah..."
A moment later, the sound of Yarrow crying came from the other side again, but it didn't sound like she was being scolded.
Only Blue Flower was easily scolded, after all, this little girl was easily addicted to games, and could go for days without sleeping or eating. Once, she even made herself sick from staying up so long, which angered Bingtang.
But he's also like a stubborn pest; if you nudge Bingtang, he'll behave for a while, but if you don't discipline him for three days, he'll be climbing on the roof and tearing off the tiles.
As for the Yarrow, I'm not familiar with it, so I'll leave it to her.
Four Leaves Six Leaves are both good girls and go to bed early. Having a good older sister is very important. Although Six Leaves is a bit unreliable, with Four Leaves taking care of her, she is still an obedient little girl.
After a short while, once all the disciples in the building had obediently gone to sleep, Bingtang returned to the Illusory Moon Cave Abode (fake).
As soon as I opened the door, I saw Yumo resting on Shion's lap.
And there's Shion, who's meditating.
She smiled helplessly, said nothing, and simply sat down next to Shion, leaning against her back.
It's unclear how much of the intense heat emanating from the magical armor actually comes from the skin.
Bingtang bent her knees, placed the notebook on her lap, and said:
"What have you been practicing lately?"
"Small success in fasting."
"Still fasting..."
Bingtang opened her notebook. " Golden Tea said that the Dream Hatchers you defeated were traitors among the Incubators. They incited some magical girls to attack Headquarters, wanting to destroy the Mental Landscape Trial..."
"Yes, I know," Shion said calmly. "They cooperate with the Witch Association, so they're basically on the Witch Association's side?"
"Yes, the gray-white magical girl who attacked us before." Bingtang sighed softly, " The Magical Girl Killer, including the gray-white magical girl who tried to stop you from returning near the Mental Image Remnants in Anyang, were all the work of the Dream Hatchers."
"Now you've managed to shift the blame cleanly." Shion sneered. "As expected of that cunning old cultivator."
"Our patriarch is wise."
Bingtang continued:
"They say that the Incubators ' underlying logic is ultimately to help magical girls, and they act out of love for the world. Before connecting to the cluster, it's normal for some Incubators ' behavior to go astray, because if magical girls fall, some Incubators are also easily corrupted. The Dream Hatchers became enemies because the magical girls they helped had problems."
"Not necessarily." Shion seemed completely unsurprised. "Perhaps the Dream Hatchers is the right one."
"So you still killed him?"
"It's not a human being."
"That's true." Bingtang turned the laptop around again, showing some content to the sect leader. "Some Dream Hatchers also have connections with the Old World, and the Dream Marrow of South China seems to be related to these Dream Hatchers as well. Because Dream Hatchers possess some authority over the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau and the Magical Kingdom, but are not within the Incubators cluster, this has caused a lot of trouble. I heard that the Magical Kingdom's blockade is also related to the Dream Hatchers..."
Ziyuan glanced at it; the content about the prince of the Mirror Kingdom was quite high up, but there wasn't much information about his relationship with the Dream Incubator.
However, I did witness interactions between the Black Mountain Realm and the Dream Hatchers.
No wonder Jade Fox knew how to use Dream Marrow.
The Prince of the Land of Mirrors believed he had some control over the Old World, but in reality, he knew very little about the Dream Hatchers.
At the very least, Shion had never heard her talk about the Dream Hatchers.
"This is also the main reason why the Magical Kingdom agreed to cooperate with the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau," Bingtang Tang chuckled. "They hope to use the power of the Azure Cloud Sect to deal with those Dream Hatchers. The Disaster Countermeasures Bureau and the Magical Kingdom can't do anything about them, but the Azure Cloud Sect is different."
What is the Magical Kingdom?
"I don't know. Golden Tea said that because of the blockade, no one knows what the Magical Kingdom is anymore. They only know that the Incubators of retired magical girls will bring the power of those magical girls back to the Magical Kingdom and give them corresponding titles and rewards."
"But back then, Bingtang Larkspur had her Miracle Seed taken away, but she didn't receive the corresponding title and reward. The Magical Kingdom treated her perfunctorily, even giving her the evaluation of a loser, which aroused dissatisfaction among many magical girls in the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau."
"I heard that most of the people in the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau were Larkspur's followers, which caused quite a bit of chaos. Although Golden Tea handled it fairly well in the end, it still left many hidden dangers."
Shaking her head, Bingtang said absentmindedly:
"Among those involved in this attack were quite a few of Larkspur's supporters, who wanted to seek justice from the Magical Kingdom. In short, their Disaster Countermeasures Bureau's affairs are quite complicated, so we won't get involved. Let Golden Tea deal with it herself."
Shion listened quietly without saying anything.
"However, because you, Sect Master, helped deal with the Dream Hatchers, Miss Golden Tea has reapplied for a spot in the Mental Image Domain Trial and is willing to add one more spot for us."
"Is this access also granted by the Magical Kingdom?"
"Yes." Bingtang shrugged, pressing the back of her head directly against Shion's, the contrast of coolness and heat feeling like they were melting. " The Disaster Countermeasures Bureau is more like a department within the Magical Kingdom, or perhaps it was recruited from outside..."
"Ha, a department?" Shion scoffed. "I doubt it."
Bingtang picked up a small tuft of purple hair and twirled it around her finger. "What did the Sect Master say?"
"They can even conduct Mental Landscape Trial. This Magical Kingdom seems less like it's being sealed off and more like it's actively avoiding the world."
Shion coldly gazed into the void. "The seclusion of the Golden Core, the obscurity of the attainment of higher positions, the great calamities of heaven and earth, and the rampant disasters—these are all but insignificant achievements of the Year Ruler..."
"I see." Bingtang rubbed her purple hair. "She lives in seclusion yet keeps an eye on the mortal world, occasionally letting down some benefits, and aloofly taking away the power of lower cultivators. This behavior is either to avoid disaster due to a great terror, or there is a grand conspiracy behind it. According to the tradition of our ancestors, 'shoot the arrow first, then draw the target,' they must be planning something."
Then, satisfied, she loosened her hair. "As expected of the Sect Master. Looking at it this way, the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau doesn't even seem to qualify as an outer sect in the Magical Kingdom; it's more like a lower sect."
It's even worse than I imagined.
"Oh, right, Yarrow was crying to me earlier, begging me not to kick her out of the sect. She said she knows she was wrong, and that she was unaware of her past offenses. She hopes you will be magnanimous and not hold it against her."
"Oh."
Shion seemed to have forgotten what Yarrow had said.
The most offensive thing I feel is that people keep talking about Harry Potter in front of me.
"Furthermore, Restoration to the Original State is Harry Potter's prerogative, not something that can be achieved in A Lifetime of Passing Years. This is the only point she cannot compromise on."
Tell her to get out.
"Oh dear." Bingtang gently tapped her sect leader on the back of the head. "Don't do that. Many of the abilities developed by Yarrow are very useful, and currently only she in the sect Divine Sense. Kicking her out and having her join the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau would be a major threat to the Azure Cloud Sect..."
Shion snorted coldly, "My A Lifetime of Passing Years is different from her Restoration to the Original State. I use mine, she uses hers."
Hearing that her sect leader had conceded, Bingtang breathed a sigh of relief and affectionately nuzzled the back of her smooth neck. "Mmm, it's different, it's different. I'll talk to her about it later, and she'll definitely understand."
If she understood, she wouldn't have watched Harry Potter.
Using Harry Potter's names to name techniques from our cultivation Immortal Realm is like stealing copyright; how is that any different from what South Korea does?
However, since Bingtang Tang had said so, she naturally had to give Bingtang face.
Let's give way to this little brat for now...
Shion suddenly remembered something and asked, "Speaking of which, during my battle, who was the disciple who could see through my moves at a glance and explain them to me?"
This is far superior to the Yarrow; this is the true teaching she sought.
"Oh, those two, they once challenged the Yarrow."
Bingtang, who could guess the sect leader's thoughts almost without thinking, said with a smile, "Whether it's their cultivation level or their magic, they're far behind. Sect leader, why don't you look forward to that disciple who was once squeezed out by Yarrow?"
Shion immediately fell silent.
After all, if you can't beat someone, you can't beat them. Even if the sect leader, Shion, casts her gaze, she can't force a disciple who can't beat Yarrow to be promoted to a true disciple.
Wouldn't that make the rules of the Azure Cloud Sect a joke?
"Insufficient strength, fate no match for supernatural powers, and even when opportunities arise, one cannot seize them," Shion sighed. "This is the cruelty of the cultivation Immortal Realm."
Then he casually added, "Once they're strong enough, we can arrange an honorary discipleship assessment for them."
Bingtang responded.
"Oh, right, I almost forgot the most important thing."
Bingtang turned around and rested her chin on Shion's shoulder, her snowflake-like pupils sparkling as she looked at Shion's perfect, delicate face.
"Of our family's Seven True Disciples, who will participate in the trial of the Mental Image Domain?"