Proving one's status starting with magical girls

The helicopter rotors slowly stopped spinning, and several members of the countermeasures team assembled a makeshift stretcher and gently lifted the unconscious girl onto it.

Li Jiangqun sat opposite Cheng Yu, with Ficus pumila lying flat on her lap, unsure of what to say.

Actually, the countermeasures unit was supposed to escort her back to the safe zone after confirming with the section chief that she was not an angel in disguise.

But now that Li Jiangqun was able to use her sword skills, her confidence soared, and she volunteered to go with the countermeasures team.

The commander of the countermeasures mobile unit initially disagreed, but the man surnamed Si spoke up, saying that with the civilian girl joining, their casualties would be greatly reduced.

Upon hearing this, the commander began to doubt whether he had misheard.

When did this woman start caring about the casualties of their mobile task force?

Last year, when the First Force was besieging the witch, three squads were wiped out, but she didn't even blink!

Unfortunately, rank matters, so the Fifth Mobile Group had no choice but to temporarily enlist this civilian in the unit.

As an official special forces unit, the Magical Tactical Countermeasures Mobile Force's duties are naturally not limited to simply delaying the arrival of magical girls.

As is well known, when the leaders of the Archangels launch large-scale acts of destruction, they send out varying numbers of combatant squads throughout the city to destroy streets and facilities.

Unlike the frontal battlefield between the First Force and the Apostle Beasts, the rear battlefield of the Second Force.

The Third Division's sole responsibility is to eliminate the Devil Angels combatants who are wreaking havoc throughout the city.

Therefore, the Third Division is equipped with the largest number of standard magical weapons.

The former leader of the heavy mobile group of the Third Army once raised a question.

That is, the First Division is clearly the unit under the highest pressure on the front line, so why is it that the Third Division is equipped with the most magical weapons?

The commander of the Third Force glanced at him and then spoke.

"The Six-Style Magic Disintegrator and E13 Magic Weapon series researched by the General Division are very powerful, but when facing inferior beasts and executives, these weapons often cannot cause effective damage."

"Therefore, whether or not the first unit is equipped with magical weapons, the final result is actually the same; the only difference is the time it takes to delay the process."

At this point, a meaningful smile unconsciously appeared on the commander's face.

"But those Demon Angel Apostles are different."

"Our existing conventional weapons are not easy to deal with them. 7.62 bullets are difficult to use against ordinary combatants, and those desperate bastards are so big that even heavy machine guns can't break them."

"But what if we switched to the standard magical weapons from the General Studies Department..."

He pointed to the high-tech weapon on the armored vehicle, which was inlaid with a magic crystal.

"The main division's magical weapons can efficiently penetrate the magical defenses of those combatants; a single hit is enough to send them straight to their doom!"

The team leader frowned.

"What if the First Force doesn't have enough time to delay them and they don't get here in time?"

The commander did not answer the question, but instead straightened his uniform and patted the young sergeant on the shoulder.

"Young man, you should understand the principle that it's better to cut off one finger than to injure all ten."

And indeed, the General Affairs Department's decision proved to be correct.

The mobile force, equipped with a large number of magic-standard weapons, performed exceptionally well in the annihilation of the Demon Angel Apostle combatants.

Although there will still be casualties, it is no longer the embarrassing situation of having to recruit people from the military region after fighting a few decisive battles.

The mobile unit originally planned to protect the civilian while eliminating the combatants, but when the civilian demonstrated his formidable fighting ability of taking down a combatant with a single sword strike, they realized they had been overthinking things.

In short, with the addition of swordsman Li Jiangqun, the operations of the Third Division's sweeping combatants became highly efficient.

In the past, it was necessary to lure the combatants to a suitable location before firing to avoid damaging the buildings.

But now.

"Condensing the Moon's Edge!"

A cold glint appeared, and the sword's edge slashed out.

Several bloodied combatants were decapitated and fell to the ground, where they gradually decayed and turned to ashes.

"call."

The young girl stood holding a sword, her figure graceful and elegant.

Squad leader on the armored vehicle: ...

Every time I watch it, I feel like I've wandered onto the wrong set.

At that moment, the communication channel crackled to life.

【—————】

【--receive.】

And so the girl boarded the armed helicopter of Mobile Team 3 and sped to the aid of the magical girl on the battlefield.

Just like in all movies and TV shows where the official armed forces are portrayed, by the time they arrived at the scene, the matter was already over.

The silent, magical white rain.

And then there's Fanfan, who's seriously injured and unconscious again...

Huh? Why did I say "again"?

In short, when the helicopter took off again, the atmosphere in the cabin was quite eerie.

Cheng Yu's contracted beast was flying around in the cabin, so the latter expressionlessly grabbed its neck.

"Gurgle!"

"Don't get in my way."

So the contracted beast slunk away into the inner space again.

Li Jiangqun: ...

With Fanfan gone, Cheng Yu suddenly became very gloomy.

The wind howled as it rushed in through the hatch, blowing the girl's hair up to her ears.

Cheng Yu looked at the clear blue sky outside the cabin after the rain and spoke softly.

"Senior Jiang Qun, I looked at the files when I came to Linjiang. Actually, it wasn't just the subway station incident the day before yesterday."

"And what about the earlier park incident? You were there too, right?"

Li Jiangqun was a little puzzled, not understanding why she would suddenly bring this up, but she still nodded.

The crew member in the front cabin quietly pressed a button on his headset.

"Senior, you once said you were a cultivator, but I didn't really believe it at the time."

She said softly.

"Look, aren't the cultivators in novels very weak in the early stages? They only become powerful after several hundred chapters."

"Before that, they were all so weak. The protagonist had to go to great lengths to hide himself while also facing life-or-death crises."

"That's why the main characters are all very good at hiding themselves and won't reveal themselves until they become stronger."

"I actually don't really like reading this type of novel."

Li Jiangqun stared blankly at her, and the latter turned her head and said seriously.

"But senior, why don't you hide yourself away like the cultivators in novels?"

"Why did you step forward before you became stronger?"

"I... I don't understand."

Li Jiangqun was silent for a moment, then spoke softly.

"My master once told me this."

"From the very beginning of their cultivation, a cultivator has three paths appearing beneath their feet."

"One path is to renounce the world, like a hermit practicing asceticism in the mountains."

"The other path is to engage in worldly affairs, where in the past, monks assisted dynasties in ruling the human world and maintaining order."

Cheng Yu asked in a low voice.

"And what's the last one?"

The girl said softly.

"There is another way, which is neither to remain in the world nor to engage with it."

"Immortals and immortals are one, and humanity is in harmony."

"She's just like a magical girl."

"So, I want to protect others like a magical girl, regardless of whether I can do it or not, I just want to do it."

Cheng Yu opened her mouth, but finally burst out laughing.

"How naive you are, senior!"

"That's so unfair! You're a year younger than me!"

"That's great."

"Um?"

The girl didn't speak, but instead looked up at the blue sky outside the cabin.

—Senior, you're definitely not that kind of person.