Proving one's status starting with magical girls

Someone once posted a question online: What exactly is the Magic Disaster Tactics Countermeasures Division?

At that time, shortly after the war against the inferior beasts, people were arguing fiercely about the newly established government department.

When the Countermeasures Division was first established, it was no better than the average person at dealing with inferior beasts, so its first few actions against inferior beasts were utterly appalling.

Aside from turning the nation's finest men into a pile of rotten flesh under the feet of vile beasts, it did nothing else, and in the end, magical girls were still needed to save the day.

In contrast, the Global Magical Girl Alliance, formed by the international federation at the time, relied primarily on magical girls from participating countries as its main members, and to a considerable extent, it suppressed the destructive activities of the Archangels worldwide.

As a result, a considerable number of people believe that this department is simply a waste of resources, as it can neither protect the masses from the monster disaster nor help the magical girls fight against the demon angels.

It's purely a face-saving project put on by the authorities to appease the public!

How can the people build a magical girl together with these insects?

But now, more than a decade later, if you ask what the Magic Disaster Tactics Countermeasures Division is, the most common answer you'll get will be two sentences.

"You'd better avoid the Countermeasures Division unless you encounter a lowly beast or a demonic angel."

"When you encounter inferior beasts and demonic angels, you'd better pray that the countermeasures department is nearby."

When will the Demon Boys Exhibition reopen?

Reply: It can't be held. The last incident caused the Countermeasures Division to postpone the Magic Boys Expo to next year.

"Isn't the road leading from People's Avenue to the city center open yet? I thought it was almost finished."

Reply: Just wait and see. My friend told me that the countermeasures department is still setting up a cordon there. I guess they won't leave until May.

"What's wrong with the countermeasures department? They already finished their questions on-site last time, but they came back again yesterday!"

"Heh, even a dog on the street gets dragged in for questioning by the countermeasures department."

Now, as someone who has experienced it firsthand, Li Jiangqun deeply understands why the online community describes the countermeasures course in this way.

The Linjiang City Countermeasures Division's branch is not located in the city center, but in the northern suburbs.

Or rather, the countermeasures departments across the country are all located outside of cities. There are many factors at play here, the biggest of which is that the Demon Angels frequently send officers and combatants to attack and sabotage the countermeasures departments.

However, the countermeasures department prefers to call their actions "harassment".

This harassment was stable and continuous. When the city was destroyed for the fifth time due to the destructive actions of the Archangels, the Countermeasures Division had no choice but to relocate its branch to the suburbs due to public pressure.

On the one hand, it can avoid unnecessary losses to the masses, and on the other hand, it can prevent the sudden appearance of vicious beasts and wipe out the entire countermeasures team.

After all, the place where inferior beasts appear requires a large gathering of emotions, and the suburbs do not have the soil for their birth.

After a 20-minute drive, the girl got off the car with two staff members and was greeted by a huge building on the ground.

Contrary to the mysterious impression many people have of the Countermeasures Division, the actual Countermeasures Division looks no different from any other modern government building at first glance.

The building features a concrete facade paired with a large area of ​​tempered glass curtain wall. The plaza in front of the building is spacious and clean, with only neatly trimmed shrubs planted on both sides.

There are no security measures in the usual sense outside the countermeasures department building; there are no guards or gatekeepers.

Although she appeared completely unguarded, Li Jiangqun could still vaguely sense that there was something ahead of her.

It's as if an invisible dome is covering the entire building.

Li Jiangqun saw one of the two staff members in front of her pick up his name tag, and then she felt as if a hole had been opened in the transparent cover in front of her.

And so, the girl was taken into the building by the countermeasures department.

Walking through the automatic glass doors into the building, one sees uniformed members of the Countermeasures Division coming and going in the lobby, carrying documents. Several metal notice boards are hanging on the walls on both sides, which seem to contain departmental management regulations or something similar.

When they saw a high school girl who seemed out of place being brought in, the other members of the countermeasures department were clearly surprised, but they only glanced at her before returning to their work.

After walking down a straight corridor, the girl was led by two staff members to a gray room. The room contained only a rectangular table and two stools, with a one-way mirror behind it.

The man with the wide face also took her schoolbag and umbrella sword, saying that they would be returned to her after the statement was taken, but she was skeptical of this.

The girl looked left and right, thinking that according to the usual movie tropes, she would probably be left hanging for a while.

Since she had nothing else to do, she decided to meditate, focusing her mind and cultivating the "Taiyin Breathing and Nourishing Wheel Sutra" in her small room.

To become a master of rolls, you absolutely must know how to roll!

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"...Section Chief, she's been in that position for almost half an hour now. Are we really not going in?"

Listening to her subordinates' words, the tall woman remained silent with a stern face.

Another half hour passed, and the section chief rubbed his temples as he looked through the one-way mirror at the girl who was still sitting motionless in meditation in the room.

"Let's begin."

The countermeasures team members, who had been waiting for more than an hour, were overjoyed and were about to go in to begin their routine questioning when they heard their section chief's voice from behind.

"Never mind, I'll go ask myself."

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Inside the interrogation room.

Hearing the door suddenly open, the girl readily ended her cultivation.

Actually, daytime is not suitable for her to practice, since the "Taiyin Tuna Yanglun Jing" is a fetal breathing technique belonging to the Taiyin category, and the effect is best when practicing it at night when the moon rises.

Although she has been cultivating for more than an hour, she can't even match the level of her half-hour cultivation at night, let alone when she uses the moonlight to cultivate.

But as soon as she opened her eyes and saw the woman who entered, her gaze involuntarily froze for a moment.

The woman appeared to be around thirty years old, with shoulder-length hair that was slightly curled at the ends. Her face was meticulous, and her chest pushed up her countermeasures department uniform. She walked with a steady gait.

The woman walked in but did not sit opposite the girl. Instead, she placed her hands on the table and looked down at her with a calm gaze.

However, Li Jiangqun's attention was no longer on her at this moment.

Because right next to that woman, a small figure was standing on her shoulder, its round eyes looking at the girl with curiosity.

It was a bird-like creature resembling a falcon, covered in black and gray feathers, but unlike a falcon it had sharp talons; it looked more like a toy from a shopping mall.

Upon seeing the toy falcon, only one thought came to Li Jiangqun's mind.

"...What happened to the rule that magical girls have to be girls?"