Tokyo: Magical Girl Shatters My Dream of Going Public

Chapter 75 The Soaring Reputation Points (9/10)

Four o'clock in the afternoon, in the hotel lobby rest area.

Xun sat in the single sofa by the window, gazing out the window.

The parking lot was empty.

That eye-catching pink sports car had already left sometime ago.

Within half a day, four groups of police officers arrived at the hotel.

However, the combat suits inside the vehicle had already been transported out of the suburbs in batches by Chinatsu and the combat dancers, and last night's heavy rain washed away almost all traces of them.

The investigation yielded no results, and the police eventually withdrew.

The veil of the "Night Watchman" has yet to be lifted.

"Smell! Smell—!"

The call pulled her back from her reverie.

Kaoru turned her head and found that her older sister Chika's face was almost touching the tip of her nose.

She leaned back slightly: "—What's wrong, sister?"

"What are you spacing out for?" Chika tilted her head. "I've called you several times and you haven't responded."

Xun shook her head: "It's nothing, I'm just a little tired."

Chika's eyes lit up: "How about we go to the hot springs?"

Kurokawa is still unable to get up due to the backlash from being 200% overloaded, so they decided to stay another night.

Xun hesitated for a moment.

She was actually a little worried about Kurokawa in the room.

Just as she was about to politely decline, someone exclaimed, "Finally found you!"

Hoshino Saki, carrying her laptop, jogged over, her face beaming with barely suppressed excitement.

The two men looked at her: "Where have you been? We haven't seen you all day."

"I've been shooting footage! And I've spent ages editing videos in my room!" Saki Hikari plopped down on the opposite sofa and turned on her computer.

"Come watch my video!"

video?

Kaoru and Chika exchanged a glance.

Wasn't she taken back by Teacher Xuecun last night?

Saki opened her channel homepage and turned the screen towards them—

The latest video has an eye-catching title and was posted two hours ago.

Views: 20 million.

"This—" Chika blinked.

Saki raised her chin triumphantly: "Two hundred thousand in two hours! That's absolutely the highest in my channel's history!"

She clicked to play the video.

The editing is quite professional.

The video begins with her introducing the "High-Speed ​​Grandma" project to the camera in a lively tone.

The scene then cuts to nighttime, where she uses a telephoto lens to capture the golden lightning flashing continuously in the distant mountains from her hotel window.

Kaoru and Chika both gasped for breath at the same time.

That was the battle between the president and Tian Shan.

But Guan Guang's filming did not stop there.

In the latter half of the video, a drone's overhead view revealed scorched ground, cracked roads, and molten craters—clearly recording the traces of the battle.

She actually dared to take the picture, and she actually got it!

Saki Hikari scoffed, "Impressive, isn't it? This is firsthand footage!"

The two fell silent, their gazes falling on the video's comment section.

95% of the comments were sarcastic: "The CG is pretty good."

"I really enjoyed your video; the special effects were fantastic!"

"Did they change the track to special effects?"

Only a few scattered, pretentious comments read: "At first, no one realized this was the beginning of a disaster—".

Saki Hikari curled her lip: "A bunch of ignorant fools. This is the real deal!"

Xun stared at the horrifying remnants of battle on the screen, then looked out the window at the empty parking lot.

Last night's battle is now just a legend and a "special effects video" that no one believes.

She let out a soft breath and didn't say anything.

Saki chuckled, her fingers constantly refreshing the page, watching the view count jump up.

But just as I got to the fifth video, it suddenly disappeared.

"Huh?!"

She was taken aback and quickly opened the backend.

[This video has been taken down after being reported and is currently under review.]

"What the hell—!" she cursed, her fingers clicking rapidly as she typed out her reasons for appeal.

Chika and Kaoru exchanged a glance, not surprised at all.

It would be a miracle if someone survived a video like this.

What's more, the footage inside shows the scene of [Sky Flash]'s defeat.

The two had originally wanted to invite her to go to the hot springs, but seeing her stubborn expression, they knew she wouldn't go.

But the two still extended an invitation: "Would you like to go to the hot springs together?"

Without even looking up, Saki said, "You guys go first! I'll take care of this mess first!"

Seeing how hard she was working, the two stopped trying to persuade her.

I soaked in the hot spring for a longer time than usual.

When I returned to my room, dusk had already crept in through the window.

Kurokawa had already gotten up from the bedding and was sitting on a low chair by the window.

He wore a loose yukata, his face was still pale, but his eyes were much clearer.

Chika closed the door and hurried over: "President! Why are you up? Are you alright?!"

Kurokawa turned his head and shook his head: "Not completely healed. But I can't stay in bed all the time."

Xun didn't say anything, but turned around and went to the counter to prepare hot water for tea.

Chinatsu sat down on the cushion opposite her and casually mentioned what had just happened: "President, did you know? Saki Hikari filmed last night's battle and posted it online, but it was taken down after only two hours!"

Kurokawa's brow twitched slightly, and he muttered to himself, "So that's how it is—no wonder my reputation has increased so much this time."

Unexpectedly, his reputation points skyrocketed by over 3000 after that girl uploaded a video!

This is an unprecedented increase.

Perhaps we could put some effort into promotion?

"Huh? What did you say, President?" Chika didn't hear clearly.

"It's nothing," Kurokawa shook his head. "I'm just amazed—that detective girl is really bold."

"Oh—" Chinatsu responded, then suddenly remembered something, her eyes lit up, and she leaned forward: "By the way, President! Did you—get three crystal cores from the magical girl?!"

Kurokawa nodded, took out three crystal cores from his inner bag, and spread them out in his palm.

"These are them."

He briefly explained to Qianxia the capabilities and origins of the three crystal cores.

【Windlass Head】, 【Price Increase Vengeful Spirit】, and 【Godless】.

After hearing this, Qianxia marveled at the wonder of the crystal core, but a hint of worry flashed across her face.

"President... if we steal the magical girl's crystal core—will we get into big trouble?"

Kurokawa shook his head: "Don't worry. Even if they manage to find out, we can still occupy the moral high ground and conduct some favorable negotiations."

"I was planning this from the very beginning of the recording."

"The narratives of 'a mysterious organization attempting to attack and kill magical girls' and 'a mysterious organization with business conflicts with magical girls' are two completely different things."

"I don't expect the magical girl to admit her mistake based on a video recording. But having a video recording and not having one are two completely different things."

His eyes were calm.

"If they really do find out about us in the future, that video will at least help us maintain the moral high ground."

"This tactic might still be somewhat effective against those Magical Girl Associations that want to have their cake and eat it too."

He paused, a hint of sarcasm in his voice: "After all, it was me who kept warning her to retreat from the beginning. She refused to leave and even launched a sneak attack first; she was the one who started the trouble."

After hearing this, Chika finally relaxed her shoulders: "I see—"

Her gaze returned to the crystal core, and she asked curiously.

"Can we use these crystal cores—like magical girls?"

"Yes," Kurokawa nodded, "but we can't use them directly like magical girls."

"They have three uses."

Kurokawa held up three fingers and pointed them out one by one.

"First, we need to study the technology involved and obtain the internal technological modules."

"Secondly, we extract energy properties to create combat suit components. This is what you're most concerned about."

He paused, then gently tapped the [Godless] crystal core with his finger: "Then there's three—used to create the [Prototype] combat suit."

Chika blinked: "[Prototype] Combat Suit?"