Sorcerer Killer: Ji Yuan! (Two-in-one)

Abandoned Mansion: "Wow... that's amazing!"

Tang Xiaoyu stared blankly at the Lumberjack's corpse on the ground.

Compared to the previous battle at the subway station, this time, Bai Xiaoxiao's brother didn't even need to use his armor.

In just a few rounds, they easily killed the enemy who had given them a strong sense of danger.

"Mo Zhen... how did you do that just now?"

Compared to Tang Xiaoyu's eyes full of admiration, Wuhua was filled with shock.

Because she had absolutely no idea how Mo Zhen had managed to unleash that incredible attack in that split second.

Theoretically speaking, the fact that Mo Zhen can unleash Black Flash in this world indicates that this world does indeed have this mechanism.

After all, Black Flashes do not conform to the laws of physics.

However, close-quarters combat is very rare for magical girls, let alone something like Black Flash, which requires extremely precise control and luck.

So it's perfectly normal that they couldn't recognize Black Flash.

Mo Zhen replied vaguely, "Um... I'm not quite sure either, but my body just told me that this punch is going to be crazy."

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Back at the mansion, Mo Zhen washed her hands, took the tissue Bai Xiaoxiao handed her to dry the water droplets, and suddenly noticed that the little guy's eyes were full of thought.

The white kitten's brow was furrowed, as if it had been thinking a lot but hadn't figured it out yet; it looked dazed and adorable.

Wuhua and Xiaoyu continued their search for suspicious traces of magic not far away.

Mo Zhen then asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Bai Xiaoxiao lowered her head. "I... I was thinking, why did you suddenly become so amazing... um... I don't mean it's bad..."

"Only..."

Mo Zhen voiced her thoughts. "Does this make you feel like I've abandoned you?"

Bai Xiaoxiao nodded instantly. "Yes!"

Then he realized something was wrong and shook his head. "No, no..."

She covered her head, extremely conflicted, feeling as if her CPU was about to burn out.

Because Bai Xiaoxiao is currently in an extremely anxious state of mind.

She felt she wasn't strong enough, and if she wasn't strong enough, she couldn't have her brother all to herself. Without her brother, she could only watch helplessly as he married another girl and had children...

The more she thought about this chain of logic, the more upset she became...

Logically speaking, Bai Xiaoxiao knew that her thinking was wrong.

But she just couldn't help herself.

Mo Zhen looked at the girl who was looking down and struggling, a hint of confusion in his eyes. No matter how hard he racked his brains, he couldn't guess what was going on in her mind at this moment.

So Mo Zhen finally spoke softly, "Don't worry, I won't abandon you. You'll always be the most important person to me."

Bai Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, then her face turned red at a visible speed, and she subconsciously gripped the hem of her skirt.

"Really? Really?"

Mo Zhen gave a helpless smile, "It's true, always will be."

"Will you never abandon me either?"

The girl suddenly moved closer to Mo Zhen, her little leather shoes lightly tapping the ground, her eyes full of anticipation.

Mo Zhen was somewhat puzzled, but nodded again. "Yes."

Bai Xiaoxiao was happy.

While Wuhua and Xiaoyu were still searching for clues, she suddenly stepped forward and hugged Mo Zhen, her ears turning red, and whispered, "You have to keep your promise, brother."

After saying that, Bai Xiaoxiao let go of his hand and quickly ran off to search for traces of magic with Wuhua and Xiaoyu.

The girl's white hair bounced gently as she ran, and the black ribbon in her hair swayed softly with her movements.

She seemed to be in a good mood.

At the same time.

A large-scale criminal riot suddenly broke out in Jinghai District of Tianhe City, which was orchestrated by the Joker Man.

A horrific tragedy occurred in an underground bar, where Demon Wolf killed everyone present and left a provocative video message for the police.

In the video, Demon Wolf, carrying a man's severed head, its bizarre half-human, half-wolf body back to the light, says ominously, "Spider-Boy, I've come back for you..."

After the video was released, Adam immediately changed his clothes at home, put on his headset, and said, "Boss, I'm going to chase the Demon Wolf right now."

Red Owl's voice came through the earpiece. "Be careful, stay in touch."

"Bang!"

During the conversation, Red Owl punched a criminal who was robbing at gunpoint to the ground, and grabbed the man by the collar with one hand, demanding, "Who orchestrated this riot? What is your purpose?"

The criminal, his face covered in blood, cried, "I didn't know! I just saw the gang members coming out to loot and vandalize, and I figured I'd be missing out if I didn't rob them, so I joined them!"

What a talented person!

He vaguely suspected that the riot was orchestrated by the Joker Man, but he still didn't know what the Joker's purpose was.

Little did they know, this was an assassination plot orchestrated by Jupiter Studios.

Inside the mansion:

The three girls quickly located the "culprit" that had triggered the Subspace fluctuations.

A somewhat worn pocket watch.

"This looks like a magician's relic! Bro! Do you want to come and take a look at this?!"

Bai Xiaoxiao shouted.

Mo Zhen replied, "Here I am..."

The four studied it for a while but still couldn't find anything special about the pocket watch, so they had no choice but to retreat temporarily.

Wuhua and the others carried the pocket watch all the way to Lin Xiaohong's villa and handed it over to Lin Xiaohong.

After Lin Xiaohong hands it over to the Ministry of Magic, their mission will be complete.

Mo Zhen followed them the whole way, and only after confirming that no one else was planning an assassination or kidnapping did he say goodbye to the girls at the villa entrance.

Lin Xiaohong specifically thanked Mo Zhen for this, bowing deeply and earnestly. "Thank you, Mr. Mo Zhen, thank you for saving Xiaoyu and the other two a second time! Thank you so much!"

Xiaohong was terrified. If Mo Zhen hadn't been there, that Lumberjack would have really killed Wuhua and the other two.

Unlike the witch Bubble, who wouldn't kill a magical girl unless in self-defense, the Lumberjack was a pure violent maniac and a killing maniac.

Over the years, he has taken the lives of at least three magical girls, making him a highly wanted fugitive by the Taiping Prefecture Ministry of Magic.

Mo Zhen, however, was meeting Xiaohong from a "higher-dimensional" perspective for the first time. He nodded dismissively, saying, "It's alright, Miss Lin. After all, Xiao Xiaoxiao is my sister."

"She will need your continued care and support as her senior."

Xiaohong was a little embarrassed. "Oh, no, I'm not exactly a great senior! I'm just doing what I'm supposed to do."

"Hey-hey..

Mo Zhen looked at the cheerful Xiaohong and couldn't help but smile before turning around and leaving their apartment.

Xiaohong tried to persuade him to stay, "Mr. Mo Zhen, why don't you stay for a cup of black tea?"

"No, that's your girls' tea time, I won't disturb you."

The boy waved his hand.

After a whole afternoon of running around, it was almost 5:30. Mo Zhen stretched halfway home and headed back.

But on the way, he encountered someone he didn't want to meet.

The Joker Man.

The man sat quietly in the alley, smoking a Marlboro cigarette. Only when he saw Mo Zhen did a slight flicker of emotion appear in his eyes.

He raised his hand and greeted Mo Zhen.

Mo Zhen lowered her eyes slightly, then walked over, the magic in her palm slightly boiling.

However, the moment the Joker Man saw him, he offered Mo Zhen a cigarette.

"Hey... cough cough... bro, can you tell me how you awakened the Speed Force? Can you get me one too?"

His attitude had completely changed since his last meeting with Mo Zhen.

Mo Zhen took the cigarette. "Did you send the Lumberjacks?"

The Joker Man nodded, admitting it readily. "Yes, I took a job to kill Tang Wenjie, the superhero agent, but he's not easy to deal with, so I took a roundabout approach and decided to kidnap his daughter first."

"The result was that the Lumberjack died at your hands, which was completely unexpected, even impossible!"

The Joker Man spoke with a thick New York accent, his words somewhat incoherent, his expression a mixture of excitement and awkwardness.

To be honest, when he arrived at the scene of the battle and saw the Lumberjack's bowl-sized wound on his abdomen, he realized that there was a variable in this mission.

Combining recent intelligence data with Mo Zhen's demonstration of the Speed Force, the Joker Man quickly deduced and reconstructed the entire battle.

As for why he knew about Mo Zhen's awakened Speed Force, the Joker Man said, "Hmph, don't underestimate my intelligence network."

Mo Zhen raised her cigarette and slowly pointed it at the Joker Man: "So, Mr. Joker Man, what is your purpose in suddenly coming to me?"

To him now, the Joker Man is no threat at all; in fact, he could pierce the Joker Man's head with the kinetic energy of a cigarette shot out with a flick of his finger.

But he still wanted to hear the Joker Man's purpose.

Upon hearing this, the Joker Man looked around, then turned and led Mo Zhen to a small corner, eagerly and sincerely suggesting, "How about we pull off something big?"

Mo Zhen leaned against the wall, arms crossed, and tilted her head slightly, asking curiously, "How big is it?"

The Joker Man clenched his fists. "Let's go assassinate the Magical Girl Hell! Before our rivals!"

"After this is done, I'll give you $100 million!"

Mo Zhen froze on the spot. What do you mean you're going to drag me into assassinating myself? This young lady... uh, no, I'm the chairman of a company worth 150 billion US dollars, after all.

So my life is only worth 100 million?

Hey, you Joker Man, how much kickback did you take?!

Why do you have this idea?

Mo Zhen asked.

The Joker Man laughed, "There aren't so many whys, darling. I just wanted to do it, so I did it."

What a free-spirited Joker Man!

Suddenly, Mo Zhen seemed to realize something, and asked in a strange tone, "You're not worried that this failure will ruin your reputation as a crime godfather, are you?"

The Joker Man's smile froze.

Damn, this kid is actually this smart? I thought he was easy to bully and fool on the plane.

Woolen cloth.

This is difficult...

He had not yet found Mo Zhen's weakness, nor did he know her psychological weaknesses, so he was helpless against Mo Zhen.

Just then, Mo Zhen casually tossed the cigarette in his hand into the trash can. "I think I understand now. Someone placed a commission on you through a middleman in the underworld?"

"One was to assassinate the agent Tang Wenjie, and the other was to assassinate the Magical Girl Hell. Now that you've failed, your employer will definitely give you a bad review."

"If that's the case, why don't you just find a way to get rid of the employer? If the employer is dead, then no one will give you a bad review?"

After saying that, Mo Zhen turned and left, not wanting to stay a second longer.

The Joker Man listened to his words, pondered for a moment, and then suddenly scratched his head. "Hey~ that makes some sense."

"You know what, students really do have quick minds."

"If I kill the employer, then there won't be any bad reviews."

So, the Joker Man took out a disposable Nokia phone and called Tang Wenjie of Colossus Company.

"I'm Tang Wenjie from Moon Studio. What's up?" Tang Wenjie introduced himself, assuming a client had come to visit.

The Joker Man lowered his voice. "Mr. Tang, do you know that someone from your Colossus Company wants your precious daughter and Magical Girl Hell dead?"

Tang Wenjie instantly stood up in his office, his brows furrowed. "Continue...!"

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At the same time, Mo Zhen received a message from Lin Xiaohong as she turned a corner; Lin Xiaohong had sent her a picture of a pocket watch.

"Miss Hell, do you know anything about this?"

Just as Lin Xiaohong finished sending the message, the pocket watch popped open automatically and released a burst of dark, distorted light.

It swallowed Lin Xiaohong whole.

"Senior Xiaohong!"

Seeing this, Wuhua and Xiaoxiao, who were not far away, instinctively rushed over, only to be swallowed up by the eerie black light.

Only Tang Xiaoyu stood there stunned. She then suppressed her shock and immediately sent a message to Mo Zhen.

"Senior Hell! Xiaohong senior and the others were suddenly eaten by that pocket watch!"

Mo Zhen frowned slightly upon receiving the message, because at that moment, his system displayed a notification.

[A special instance has been detected nearby, Miss Witch. Would you like to participate in this mission?]

[Special Event: "The Lost Land"]

[Synopsis: A pocket watch from Subspace connects to a lost alternate dimension, the opposite of the real world.]

[And in the deepest part of the alternate dimension, the "hunter" has already raised his butcher's knife, eagerly awaiting the arrival of his "prey."]

[Mission Objective: Kill the "Hunter"].

[Task Reward: +1 upgrade attempt for the attribute.]

Wow!

Mo Zhen then turned into an alley without surveillance cameras, set up Magic Curtain, and immediately selected "yes".

His figure disappeared in the next second, and after a brief delay, he appeared on Lin Xiaohong's balcony.

"Clang!"

The gray-haired girl opened the sliding window and immediately saw Tang Xiaoyu standing five meters away from the pocket watch, fully alert.

The pocket watch still emitted an eerie, dark light.

Tang Xiaoyu wanted to get closer, but she was also worried that if she did, she would be swept away, and then no one would be able to send messages to Miss Hell.

Hearing the sliding window open, the girl excitedly looked behind her, instantly feeling a sense of relief.

"Miss Hell!"

Hell nodded and comforted her, saying, "I've set up a Magic Curtain around the house. Make sure it stays in place until I bring Xiaohong and the others out."

Tang Xiaoyu nodded nervously, "Okay!"

Hell then reached out and approached the black light emanating from the pocket watch.

The next second, she disappeared from the spot.

Tang Xiaoyu took a deep breath and began to watch her surroundings with extreme caution.

Miss Hell, on the other hand, felt a wave of dizziness and found herself in an old, dilapidated neighborhood.

The architectural style here is somewhat similar to that of London during the steam age, until Miss Hell saw the clock tower standing in the center.

She then realized that this was the Jinghai District from the last century.

At that time, this place was called New Berlin City, an important part of the British Empire's overseas colonies. In Old Slavic, it means New Marshland or Marsh City.

It got its name because of its soft, moist soil and proximity to the sea.

The clock tower, as a landmark of the old century, has been preserved in the city center of Jinghai District as a tourist attraction.

The streets of New Berlin City were dilapidated, and even the setting sun cast a listless glow on them.

Miss Hell tried to find the shadows of Lin Xiaohong and the other two, but could only vaguely sense traces of their magic.

She began to follow the traces of magic, heading towards the clock tower.

The ancient clock tower stands in the dark, decaying city, where not a single person can be seen on the streets, not even an animal.

Just as the system description says, this is a completely Lost Land.

However, the absence of humans does not mean the absence of other things.

In the pitch-black shadows, a pair of deep red eyes shifted slightly, locking onto the gray-haired girl.

"Creak!"

Miss Hell pushed open the door of the old clock tower and stepped inside, which was covered in dust and cobwebs, only to discover that it was actually a library.

Because it hadn't been maintained for a long time, the books inside were scattered all over the floor, and there were many traces of people coming and going.

Miss Hell picked up a newspaper at random.

"New Berlin Daily: The Five Colors Team announces that they will eliminate the four Calamity Witches of Taiping Prefecture within a year."

Hell picked up another card. "New Berlin Daily: The month-long war in the magical world has ended. The four Calamity Witches were wiped out on the battlefield by the Five Colors Team, leaving only Red and Blue in the Five Colors Team."

"Is the war over? The war is over."

"The Magic Research Society been completely reorganized into the Ministry of Magic, and its establishment was announced today. 'Red Rain,' one of the vice-captains of the Five Colors Team, will serve as the Minister of Ministry of Magic, while 'Frost and Snow' will serve as the head of Tianhe City."

Miss Hell seemed lost in thought.

So that's why the original Five Colors disbanded? After all, the captain and the other two teammates died in that war.

The only survivors, Red Rain and Frost and Snow, carried the team's honor and medals to reorganize the Magic Research Society into the Ministry of Magic.

From then on, the Ministry of Magic became the official magical girl agency and held a monopolistic position, wielding legislative, enforcement, and adjudicative powers over magical girls—a unified set of three powers.

Even more so, if it weren't for Miss Hell's Raising System giving her an unfair advantage, her growth rate would be so fast that the Ministry of Magic wouldn't have had time to suppress her...

She must have been forcibly recruited by the Ministry of Magic or secretly killed long ago.

The saying goes, "Invite someone to dinner and they'll be beheaded; accept their hospitality and they'll be treated like dogs."

Just then...

Miss Hell heard a loud explosion coming from the attic.

She immediately went up the stairs and, in a few leaps, arrived at the spacious attic on the top floor.

On the upper floor, Bai Xiaoxiao and Wuhua had been forced into their transformed states and were lying unconscious.

Lin Xiaohong, panting heavily, held her staff, her eyes fixed on the figure at the center of the flames and smoke.

"Bang bang!"

The gale tore through the fireworks.

A figure emerged from the flames, catching a dagger attached to the end of a chain. Through the smoke and dust, a strong and tall body appeared, with black hair, red eyes, and a scar on his eye socket.

He glanced at Lin Xiaohong, then at Miss Hell had just arrived at the attic, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

"Has it finally arrived?"

The man's smile was radiant.

Skynet instantly performed facial recognition and scanning on Miss Hell's iris, and then began frantically alarming.

"Ministry of Magic's Most Wanted Individual: 'Sorcerer Killer' Ji Yuan."

[Code name: Ji Yuan]

[Danger Level: A to A10]

[Brief Introduction: Codename Ji Yuan, real name unknown. He is said to have been an illegitimate son of one of the ancient magical families of the Eastern Continent. For unknown reasons, he left his family and came to Taiping Prefecture, becoming a Sorcerer Killer.]

He accepts any request related to the magical world, and he enjoys it immensely, inspiring fear in countless mages.

Note: Records about his abilities are scarce, but he is usually described as possessing extremely terrifying strength and physical attributes, comparable to a powerful A-rank.

[Super Hero]

[Best feat: Escaped unscathed from a joint pursuit by the A-class superheroes "Rain Man" and "Firebird," and severely injured Firebird.]

"Miss Hell?!"

Lin Xiaohong breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Hell appear.

Her body went limp, her magic was exhausted, and she could no longer maintain her transformed form, collapsing to the ground.

It seems that if Miss Hell doesn't come soon, she really will run out of magic.

"Thank you for your hard work. Leave the rest to me."

Miss Hell gently lowered her hand, standing in front of Xiaohong.

Lin Xiaohong, utterly exhausted, suddenly blacked out and fainted along with Wuhua and the others.

At this moment, the man named Ji Yuan raised his hand, gently wiping the dust from the corner of his mouth. While wiping his dagger, he paced back and forth. "To be honest, I rarely receive requests from magical girls. After all, how should I put it? Underage girls like you rarely offend anyone. Usually, you just cause yourselves some internal strife and catfights."

Most of Ji Yuan's commissions came from the magician community of the last century, which was a truly mixed bag, and everyone there was incredibly fragile.

He was almost always accurate in killing his enemies.

Magical girls' enemies are usually only familiars and witches who wreak havoc everywhere, so they rarely offend outsiders.

So naturally, no one would be so bored as to spend money to assassinate them, since even the richest tycoon is afraid of witches.

While magical girls may not be as powerful as superheroes, we absolutely cannot do without them.

Because many witches and monstrous beasts must be eliminated by people of the same origin who know how to use magic.

Since the decline of the magician community, this heavy burden has fallen on these underage girls.

But the commission Ji Yuan received this time was different.

He chuckled and said, "But I'm sorry to say this time, Miss Hell, the purpose of my request this time is you."

Hell gently raised his hand and aimed it at the other party.

A gentle breeze rustled through the attic, lifting the girl's long gray hair. Her deep red eyes remained indifferent. "Your plan was to leave a pocket watch in the mansion through deliberate means, then lure Lin Xiaohong and the others here, and finally use that to draw me here?"

Ji Yuan smiled and nodded, gently gripping the dagger in his hand. "You guessed right."

"Aren't you afraid I won't come?" Miss Hell retorted.

Ji Yuan: "No, you will come."

He glanced at the unconscious Wuhua and Bai Xiaoxiao, pondering, "At least so far, I haven't encountered a magical girl who abandons her teammates and runs away. What a naive and pathetic thought..."

"Alright, let's end the questioning session for now."

Ji Yuan raised his dagger, pointed it at Hell, and smiled confidently, "I'm taking your head."

He had barely finished speaking when Hell raised his hand and flicked it away.

""Untie"!"

A full-power, targeted attack instantly struck Ji Yuan.

Ji Yuan neither dodged nor evaded, but raised the black dagger in his hand and slashed down with it.

"Bang!"

The full-power "solution" snapped in response and vanished into the world.

Miss Hell was startled, her whole body practically bristling with fear.

The instant after shattering the slash, Ji Yuan shattered the floor and instantly appeared before Hell, the dagger in his hand tearing through space.

Hell focused intently, retreating instantly while continuously unleashing countermeasures to prevent Ji Yuan from launching an immediate attack.

A wave of shock washed over her. No... you really are the epitome of a tyrant?! Then I'm not Satoru Gojo either.

Hell didn't want to have wild ideas; who knows if Ji Yuan, who was using the tyrant template, would be more cautious and end up beheading himself.

"Bang bang!"

All the slashes that were thrown in front of Ji Yuan were easily cut off by that dagger.

Skynet then provides its analysis.

"My Lady Witch, that weapon is called 'Condemnation,' and it's one of the national treasures of the magical world. It was stolen from the Roman Holy See three years ago."

According to legend, the Blade of Condemnation evolved from a bread-cutting knife used by saints. Its effect is that it can forcibly interrupt all magic and is itself unaffected by any magic.