Starting with magical girls, I'll reign supreme for eternity.

Like a toad, it hops around when poked, and if you ignore it, it probably won't react much.

So it was somewhat beyond her expectations that he would take the initiative to ask to become friends with Ziyuan.

The child has grown up, after all, he's already in the second year of junior high school.

As for having Coco join the Disaster Management Bureau, one reason is indeed that Coco is too weak.

On the other hand, if she joins the Disaster Management Bureau, she will definitely be part of the Magical Girl Combat Team, which will give them another source of information.

While Susan and her traitors may have access to most of the information from the Disaster Management Bureau, they actually cannot obtain much information about magical girls.

The magical girl combat team is relatively independent within the Disaster Management Bureau, and their movements are difficult to detect. Having Coco makes things a little easier.

There's no need to worry about getting too close after the transformation and being discovered by her.

Upon arriving at the site where the Firebird crashed, there were two or three vehicles that had already burned and exploded below. The highway had been blown off, but the impact was not too great.

The magic of that arrow was precisely contained, preventing the destruction from spreading to the surrounding area. In fact, most of the impact here was caused by the self-destruction of that calamity beast.

Following the magic, she went there, and when she saw the remains of the firebird, she discovered that someone had already dug out the Seed of Lamentation from the firebird's corpse before her.

A black cloak, ominous magic, and withered skin beneath it.

And there's that iconic blood-red cross mark on his forehead.

Standing on the firebird's corpse, holding the Seed of Lamentation in his hand, he held the seed with a mixture of worship and awe.

"This is a precious item that we spent a long time creating, Lady Shion."

Raising an eyebrow, Shion asked, "The Witches' Guild?"

A disciple of the Qingyun Sect once fell into depravity, joined the Witch's Guild, and leaked some information about the Qingyun Sect.

So it's not surprising that the witch knew her code name.

She also had no intention of hiding her code name, Ziyuan.

"It is an honor that such a great figure as the sect leader of Qingyun Sect has actually heard of our Witch Society."

"The Witch Society is older than the Qingyun Sect."

"However, its influence is far less than that of the Qingyun Sect, which you established in recent years."

The hoarse voice sounded as if it were enduring great pain, "Truly, the student has surpassed the master, but the strength of the Qingyun Sect is still far from enough to contend with the Disaster Management Bureau. You should also know how many powerful magical girls the Disaster Management Bureau headquarters has. The Qingyun Sect's strength is still far behind."

Seeing that Shion had fallen silent, the members of the Witch's Guild raised the Seed of Lamentation in their hands. "So how about we cooperate? The Witch's Guild has always respected your abilities. Not only did you enter the Blooming Realm so quickly, but you also managed to gather so many loyal magical girls. If you cooperate with us, we can provide you with more and stronger Calamity Beasts."

Then, lowering his voice, he added, "There's even a Seed of Miracles, enough to boost your power to reach full bloom!"

"Those three you just stole from the Disaster Management Bureau?"

The Witch's Guild members were somewhat surprised, then nodded. "As expected of Lady Shion, nothing escapes your notice. It's not just these three; we can get even more. As long as you cooperate with us, we can give them all to you..."

Halfway through her sentence, Ziyuan gently tapped her forehead with her finger.

He raised his withered face, looking at her with a somewhat blank expression.

How did the magical girl manage to touch her? And how did she get close to him?

Have both the magic sense and the contamination failed?

“You don’t need to bring it over.” Ziyuan looked at her expressionlessly. “I will get it myself. That was originally mine.”

A burst of purple light pierced through the head of the witch's guild member in an instant. The withered woman fell backward onto the calamity beast, throwing the Seed of Lamentation in her hand, which Shion caught casually.

The magic was indeed surprisingly potent.

Just as she turned around, a streak of icy blue light landed beside her. Dongjun rushed over, took out a handkerchief, and then took the finger that she had just touched on the witch's head and began to carefully wipe it.

"You should have waited for me to handle it. It's not good to get your fingers dirty. I'll be out of school soon."

"..."

Then Dongjun glanced at the corpses of the Witch's Guild members on the ground and asked, "Is it okay to steal from the Witch's Guild using such methods? Doesn't it seem a bit out of place for the leader of the righteous path of our Qingyun Sect?"

“Listen, Dongjun, in our cultivation world,” Ziyuan said seriously with her cute face that was hard to be afraid of, “we don’t need to talk about chivalry when it comes to crooked and evil ways.”

Double-crossing is commonplace for them.

However, in order to maintain the image of Qingyun Sect as the leader of the righteous path, Ziyuan did not say these words aloud.

Chapter Seventeen: The Dangerous Enemy (

As the two people left the highway, the Disaster Management Agency and the police arrived at the scene.

Ziyuan glanced at the crowded scene from afar.

After obtaining the magic crystal, the two left the highway and are now observing the situation on the other side of the highway from a hillside with a good view in the city.

"Shouldn't we clean up the traces of magic?"

"Don't worry, Susan's here."

Dong Jun was on the side, typing away on her phone at a rapid pace, "You don't need to worry about her professional skills. She's one of the most outstanding among the outer disciples. She has connections not only with the Disaster Management Bureau but also with other departments."

What are you sending?

Dongjun immediately handed over her phone.

The phone was pink with a teardrop pendant, and the screen interface was flashy. Although he usually looked mature, he was quite respected within the Qingyun Sect.

But in reality, she's a high school girl who likes all sorts of fancy accessories.

The decorations on the phone screen even confused Ziyuan about how to operate it, so Dongjun came over and helped her tap on a chat app. "Why did it exit? It seems like I accidentally tapped it. It's here."

The chat software was specially developed by Dongjun's own company, and it is said that the server is located overseas to prevent it from being monitored by the Disaster Management Bureau.

Qingyun Sect internal work chat group (no casual chatting allowed).

Dongjun: "@All members, disciples please note that the Witch Society has taken three Miracle Seeds from the Disaster Management Bureau before us. The Miracle Seeds are an important target of the Sect Master. Please prioritize the investigation of the Witch Society's movements in the near future."

Shion-sama's number one fan: "Received."

Sect workaholic: "Received."

Want a vacation? : "Got it."

……

Rose: "Can I take your place if I get the Miracle Seed, Winter?"

Looking at the long list of recipients below, Ziyuan naturally noticed the most eye-catching one, "Who is Yueji?"

“That red magical girl from before,” Dongjun said with a sigh. “The one who was captured by the Witch Association. You rescued her when you were cleaning up a small branch of the Witch Association. She always wanted to take my place in the sect and become your right-hand woman.”

"Oh, forgot."

For Ziyuan, her main goal was to hunt calamity beasts to obtain magic crystals. Occasionally, she would encounter some people who were allies of the calamity beasts, and she would kill them along with them. As for whether they were members of the Witch Guild, she didn't pay attention.

"However, her abilities are very suitable for reconnaissance. She'll probably try to take credit again this time. Aside from a promotion and wanting to get closer to you, she doesn't want anything else. It's really a headache."

That's what she said, but Dongjun's expression didn't seem troublesome at all. Instead, she had a big smile on her face, as if she was very relaxed. "But she's also very useful. As long as you say you need her, she'll be more proactive than anyone else, unlike Qinghua, who slacks off every day but still wants a raise..."

Ziyuan didn't care much about the internal affairs of the sect; as long as it helped her cultivate, she didn't care about anything else.

She scrolled through the group chat again, and indeed, there were almost no messages other than work-related ones.

"Would you like to send a message too?"

"Not interested."

"Give them some encouragement." Dongjun admired Ziyuan's face closely. No matter how many times she looked at her, she was always amazed. "Everyone in the sect respects you. If Ziyuan can encourage and motivate them, they will definitely work even harder on their missions."

After thinking about it, I figured it wasn't a bad idea, but just as I was about to type something, my phone was turned off.

Startled for a moment, Ziyuan unconsciously shook her phone with both hands. "It's out of battery?"

"Uh, maybe there was another electrical leak on the way." He smiled wryly, put his phone away, and took out another phone from his small bag.

Ziyuan inadvertently glanced inside and saw about a dozen almost identical cell phones...

Is it just the capriciousness of the rich?

"You know my abilities, right? I can lower the temperature of the air around me. My body temperature is always low after I transform, and my phone is leaking electricity, so the battery is even lower in low temperatures..."

So you bought more than a dozen? That's a pretty simple and straightforward solution.

Ziyuan took the phone, which had just been turned on, and immediately noticed that something seemed off about the group chat.

"Speculations on Shion's measurements and clothing choices..."

Something's not right. I checked the group name: Ziyuan Fan Tea Party.

What kind of group is this?

"Oops, wrong click, wrong click!" Dong Jun immediately grabbed the phone in a panic and logged out. "This group was created by the sect disciples themselves, it has nothing to do with me. I was worried they might disrespect you, so I secretly logged in with an alternate account to see what they were talking about..."

Each mobile phone is equipped with a different phone number.

As for the group chat, Ziyuan didn't care much. The magical girl idol project has always been a mainstream trend, so it's normal to have fans.

She didn't have a strong sense of identity with the character Shion, and she didn't feel anything when people talked about Shion.

I just think they're really idle; their workload is probably not heavy enough, and the competition within the Qingyun Sect isn't fierce enough...

Dongjun handed over the phone after changing the group chat. Ziyuan was too lazy to look at it, so she painstakingly typed "Go for it!" on the screen and sent it. However, since the account was Dongjun's alternate account, no one responded.

She casually handed the document back to Fuyuki and continued, "Didn't you receive any news about the Witch's Guild's operation?"

Dongjun explained in the group that the "Go for it!" message was sent by Ziyuan using her own account.

Once the group chat became active again, Dongjun nodded in satisfaction before putting away her phone and replying, "The Witch Society's movements are difficult to detect, and the disciples who have infiltrated often cannot provide timely intelligence. However, there are a few points that can be confirmed at present."

"First, members of the Witch's Guild have infiltrated the Disaster Management Bureau and are in positions that allow them to access the Seed of Miracles. The Disaster Management Bureau is very selective in its recruitment; if someone's identity is questionable, they will absolutely not pass their interview. Therefore, their mole, like Susan, must have originally joined the Disaster Management Bureau with a clean identity before being turned by the Witch's Guild."

Dong Jun raised his second finger. "Secondly, they have the ability to create B-grade disaster beasts. We've always known that witches have the ability to create disaster beasts, but we couldn't be sure of the specific grade. Now that we know they have the ability to create B-grade disaster beasts, it's very important to capture their leader as soon as possible and seize this ability. The Qingyun Sect is in dire need of B-grade disaster beast Seeds of Lamentation."

Upon hearing this, Ziyuan's expression shifted slightly.

The Seed of Lamentation, which can be mass-produced from B-rank disaster beasts, is enough to make anyone's heart flutter.

Although the way magical girls advance in rank is rather abstract, most of it is still related to their mindset and willpower.

However, as we all know, quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

As long as you have enough magical power, advancement is only a matter of time.