Just a magical girl who picks up trash

"Not bad~~ You can speak human language once in a while!"

Well, it’s probably a recognition similar to Bai Yang’s!

"kill you!"

Huan Bing listened to the conversation that had nothing to do with him for a while before making a decision:

"Let's continue with the bounty mission. We are only the guardians of the Demon Realm, not its rulers. Let the magicians of the Demon Realm decide on their own whether to accept the bounty and search the ruins for the Mirror Organization. Also...if possible, could you please investigate the case of the mysterious man who killed the Zodiac Tower Master? I feel like there might be someone other than the Mirror Organization involved!"

The Mirror Organization is an evil organization, no one will deny this, and no one can defend it. But as a purely evil organization, if there is anything worthy of affirmation about the Mirror Organization... it is that they are truly evil!

I did this, I am doing a bad thing... It's probably something like this. Dare to do it and take responsibility even if it is a bad thing. This can be considered a virtue of the Mirror Organization or... an arrogant attitude?

However, the Mirror Organization has never admitted to assassinating the Zodiac Tower Master. While this might be because admitting it would lead to a life-or-death struggle with Tianta City, it's a possible strategy. However, if you really think about it, it's clearly not the Mirror Organization's style. Furthermore...

"It... seems like it hasn't appeared in many years?"

It was obvious that there was one more person he suspected than the people present, and a hint of worry immediately flashed in Huanbing's eyes.

"I understand. I will continue to investigate!"

The one who answered her was the Scorpio Tower Master, who was dressed in all black, with a black hood covering half of his face over a black sweatshirt. His voice sounded like that of a young girl. After giving a simple answer, he seemed to be asleep and showed no signs of life.

"Well, thank you for your hard work!"

Knowing the other person's character, Huan Bing naturally didn't say much. He nodded slightly and stopped talking, which also signaled that the meeting was about to end.

"Well... that's all for the intelligence gathering for now. If you need anything else, please keep in touch. That's all..."

The meeting ended, and as Huanbing's last words fell, everyone's expressions suddenly relaxed a little, and the originally slightly serious atmosphere on the scene also eased at this time.

"Master Huan, are you free to have a cup of tea later?"

Someone even directly invited Huan Bing. If it were any other day, she would have gone, since she didn't have much to do anyway, but today...

"Sorry, there are still some things I need to deal with. Maybe next time!"

After saying the polite refusal and nodding to everyone, Huan Bing disappeared in front of everyone just as silently as he appeared.

Coming and going without a trace, this saying is really true!

"The illusionist's spatial magic is becoming more and more sophisticated. I can't even feel any spatial fluctuations at all!"

After Huan Bing left, the Libra Tower Master uttered a sighing voice, followed by Bai Yang's response:

"That's right. You have to know that the illusionist might be older than our grandfathers. How can we compare to the magical background behind him... So, how old is the illusionist? He can't really be immortal, right?"

At the end of his words, Bai Yang's eyes were filled with curiosity.

"Who knows? Immortality is not certain, but longevity is certain. And it's not just the illusionist. Isn't it the same for Teacher Jiuyue and that witch?"

An unhappy voice came out of the mouth of the Aquarius Tower Master. It was okay when he talked about a person named Jiuyue, but when he talked about a certain witch, his expression obviously turned sour.

"..."

Well, it was obviously not just him. At this moment, the expressions of everyone present were undoubtedly sour. They looked... as if a otaku encountered a naughty kid from a relative who graffitied on his figurine, or a teacher encountered a problem student... full of gnashing of teeth!

This is enough to show how much this "witch" is hated in their hearts!

"But then again, I've been curious for a long time!"

Just as everyone was gritting their teeth, perhaps to change the subject, the Libra Tower Master suddenly said in a gentle voice:

"There are three titled mages in the Witch Tower: Huanshi, Teacher Jiuyue, and Teacher Yelina... Although it might be because I'm new here that I don't know why she is called a witch, but if she is a witch, why isn't she the master of the Witch Tower?"

After all, this tower is the Witch Tower, and the mentor named Yelina is also called a witch. It seems like it was named specifically for her!

Of course, she obviously has another question, which is:

"Besides these three, what about the other three people in the Witch Tower? Deputy Tower Master Shui Meng, what do Shi Lei look like? I don't think I've seen them since I got here. And our Tower Master... Does the Witch Tower really have a Tower Master?"

He asked all his doubts at once, but when a new tower master who thought he could get the answers looked up, he saw everyone's eyes looking at him.

"Xiao Huanhuan, for your answer, I can only give you one sentence as an explanation!"

"Uh……"

"Those are your problems..."

"Ok?"

"We really want to know too!!!"

"..."

20. Negotiation Benchmarks

(I don’t know how the plot will develop next)

Although the Demon Realm was not all handling its own affairs independently, it was obviously not as enthusiastic about the task of encircling the Mirror Organization as Tianta City and the scavengers.

Although the Scavengers Alliance has a large number of people, their magic and supernatural powers are generally not very high. Therefore, apart from relying on their experience in the ruins to search for intelligence, they can actually not play a big role. Therefore, strictly speaking, this secret war that seems to have swept the entire continent is actually secretly launched by Tianta City and the Mirror Organization.

Tianta City is one of the three major forces on the mainland. At the same time, because of its extremely powerful technological civilization, it has always had a tendency to become the overlord. However, this time at the Freshman Festival, the overlord was undoubtedly slapped in the face by the Mirror Organization. Although they were the culprit, it was obvious that the incident happened in Tianta City, so they could not escape responsibility.

During the battle of Tianta City, many college students died in the riots launched by the Mirror Organization. It is obvious that Tianta City needs to give some explanation for this matter.

Although these things were finally settled after much difficulty, it was undoubtedly a heavy loss for Tianta City. In view of this, now that the scavengers cannot pass the exam and the Demon Realm is not prepared to go too deep, if Tianta City wants to continue to suppress the Mirror Organization, it will undoubtedly need to win over other forces for cooperation.

And this partner is none other than... It is the mysterious city that was suddenly built in the ruins a few years ago. It is obviously just a small city but it has a technological defense system comparable to Skynet: Tianyu City!

Tianta City is obviously very familiar with Tianyu City. After all, this city, which was originally supposed to be a ruin, is now thriving and is none other than the first prize of the Freshman Festival a few years ago. In other words, this city was obtained from Tianta City by the creators of those cities.

You have to know that after this high-end city was discovered, although Tianta City generously gave it away as a prize, it goes without saying that all the good or useful things inside must have been emptied out long before that. What was left was just an empty shell of a city. However, those guys who were obviously students turned this empty city into a real city in just one year.

Could it be that there are other undiscovered secrets or ancestral technologies left in that city? !

Such thoughts flashed through the minds of many high-ranking officials in Tianta City more than once. Many people in power even directly suggested at the meeting that Tianyu City be taken back and replaced with another ruined city for Xiao Ya and others, so that they could take it for themselves and observe whether Tianyu City itself was hiding secrets, or whether those who built Tianyu City were holding some secrets.

In short, since the rise of Tianyu City, many conspiracies and tricks against them have never stopped, but Tianyu City’s response to this is... no response at all!

The huge electronic barrier covering the entire city can clearly resist any signal interference and intrusion from the outside world, which even Skynet has to admit defeat.

Although it cannot be said that the traitor who sneaks into the city will be discovered as soon as he enters, he cannot sneak into the inner city no matter what means he tries. It is like a completely closed town. It is said that no one is allowed to enter except for the specified personnel.

Then the most important thing is the two teams from Tianyu City that are completely different from the current Tianta City and Demon Realm: the Sky Guards known as Magical Girls and the Ground Exploration Force known as Kamen Riders!

No one knew how these two teams were formed, nor what kind of technology or known magic systems they used. The only thing we knew was that these two teams were... very strong. Extremely strong!

It is so powerful that it is comparable to the latest cutting-edge combat robots in Tianta City and the high-level mages in the Demon Realm. It is said that the top leaders of Tianyu City even possess strength that can rival the tower master... Of course, all of this is just speculation, and no one takes it seriously yet!

However, it is obvious that it is precisely because of the possession of these two teams that, although Tianyu City cannot be compared with the three long-standing forces in terms of prestige, it has obviously become an existence that cannot be ignored in this ruined world.

This is exactly the reason why Tianta City proposed to form an alliance with Tianyu City. After all, while Tianyu City demonstrated its strength, they also found out that one of the senior leaders of Tianyu City: Xiao Ya, seemed to be from the Xiao family, one of the ancient families in Tianta City. Therefore, with the idea of ​​building relationships, they would naturally not miss such a small opportunity.

After all, sending spies is useless, and those who want to rely on technology to steal the other party's secrets are directly left behind by several streets. It seems that there is no other way except to cooperate with Tianta City!

Of course, it is called cooperation. In fact, in the eyes of some people in Tianta City, the technological level accumulated by Tianta City over the years is obviously not comparable to that of a small Tianyu City. Therefore, when an observation group was sent to Tianyu City for an open investigation, they did not take it too seriously. They went to Tianyu City in a swaggering manner, similar to the ancient court issuing an amnesty order.

The result is obvious... Tianyu City itself isn't a true organization. Its foundation stems from Yu Yuan, Tian Ling, and the newly born Ze Ya as a connection point. Adding Xiao Ya and other girls who have signed contracts with Yu Huan as companions, they form the 'home' Yu Huan once longed for. And now you've come to their home openly, arrogantly claiming it's been confiscated...

To be honest, it was because Xiao Ya and others were not in Tianyu City at that time that the matter was handled by the good-tempered Tian Ling. Otherwise, this observation team would basically have no chance of leaving Tianyu City!

Then the first round of negotiations was naturally... broken down. Before Tianta City could adjust its attitude, Tianling, who had received Yuyuan's instructions, basically implemented Tianyu City's principles of doing things without hesitation: Mind your own business; I will not offend others unless they offend me!

This is the basis, and as for whether there are still two sentences missing... Tianta City needs to think about it carefully!

21. Partnership

If you use a satellite to take a photo of the entire ruins in the sky as a reference map, you will find this: in the west of the continent where almost 80% of the land is golden desert, there is a land that occupies about one-tenth of the map and is painted emerald green. A dotted circle wraps it in it, and the two big words "Demon Realm" are clearly written on it.

Although there is no similar dotted line in the area to the east, you can see a miniature of a huge conical tower building in the east of the map, and around the building are floating smaller shadows that resemble small towers.

Then, with this tall tower as the center point, it spreads out in all directions, and densely packed silver-white city miniatures can be clearly seen appearing in it. That is the neighbor on the other side of the Demon Realm: Tianta City and its affiliated cities.

　In addition, the entire map undoubtedly shows the images of ant-sized ruins that appear from time to time under the rolling yellow sand. However, if you look closely, it is not difficult to find that among these small images, in the central part of the desert you can vaguely see a city with half of its buildings buried in the blockade.

Although it clearly looks like an abandoned city, there are five big words clearly marked on the map: Scavengers Alliance!

The three strongest forces in the Ruins Continent stand here, cooperating with each other while also restraining each other so that no one oversteps the boundaries.

However, this situation continued until about a few years ago, when the appearance of a castle-shaped line marked in silver in the northern corner of the map undoubtedly broke the original silence.

That is a city called Tianyu City!

The four forces live together in this wasteland world full of strange beasts. Tianyu City, like the Scavengers Alliance, is cleverly stuck in the center of Tianta City and the Demon Realm on the east and west sides. However, what is different from the Scavengers Alliance is that this city is obviously not regarded as a low-threat existence like the Scavengers Alliance, but... an existence that needs to be guarded against!

The first wave of Tianta City's inspection team returned empty-handed, causing a huge uproar in the city. Meeting after meeting, public opinion was undoubtedly inciting Tianyu City. Many people even called Tianyu City ungrateful... They had just taken the city from Tianta City, turned their backs on them, and now they had the audacity to turn their backs on their master...

Such news naturally spread to Tianyu City very quickly after being passed on by some interested people. However, before the girls from Tianyu City who were on a collective business trip to look for the lost city lord had time to receive the news, other people in Tianyu City were the first to become unhappy!

That’s right, they are the scavengers... or adventurers who have been wandering around the outer city of Tianyu City in recent years, treating it as a desert oasis to receive and send tasks and exchange daily necessities!

Although a few years is not a very profound time, it is enough for these adventurers to have a great favor for Tianyu City. After all, the scavengers wandering in the ruins are most afraid of not being able to get supplies when they are short of supplies, or not being able to find a place to take refuge when they encounter natural disasters and strange beasts.

The village in the Scavengers' Alliance is such an existence. Unfortunately, the village is too weak after all. Once it encounters a powerful force, it may be destroyed along with the fleeing adventurers.

In view of this, Tianyu City, an isolated city in the desert, is like a paradise for adventurers.

After all, you can freely use the materials in your hands to exchange for food, weapons and other supplies, and you can also enjoy rare relaxation and rest here. The most important thing is that the electronic barrier of Tianyu City is obviously extraordinary. It can actually prevent strange beasts from entering it at all. It can be said that it is definitely the safest haven in the desert.

This safe haven is a safe haven for adventurers scavenging, yet now Tianta City is actually trying to cut it off, leaving them homeless... How could this be tolerated?!

In an instant, the relationship between Tianyu City and Tianta City, which had originally been thinking about cooperation, began to become increasingly tense. When this matter reached the ears of the tower masters, their tempers, which had already been badly affected by the Mirror Organization, exploded. They turned around and criticized the senior leaders of the so-called inspection team. After another emergency meeting, they decided that a tower master would go to Tianyu City to apologize and formally discuss cooperation matters.

Tianta City has never been the overlord of the wasteland world, but just a technological city built by survivors. This has always been Tianta City’s unchangeable belief!

"So, because of all the reasons mentioned above... I'm here!"

Spreading his hands, Luo Luo, the master of the Sheep Tower, one of the Twelve Zodiac Towers, took off his hood, revealing a face weathered by the wind and sand and a miserable and pitiful expression. He looked at Tian Ling, who was in charge of staying in Tianta City, and said so immediately.

"...Really? Then you're really pitiful!"

This time, unlike the arrogant inspection team before, Tianling did not stop Luo Luo's appearance. On the one hand, there was actually no great hatred between Tianyu City and Tianta City, and since the other tower master had come, it was natural that they would not continue to put on airs. On the other hand, Luo Luo was a man who had fought side by side with Yu Huan in the past. How to say it... he could be regarded as one of the tower masters with whom he had a better relationship among the twelve tower masters.

In view of this, Luo Luo was politely invited into Tianyu City. Because he had a close relationship with Yu Huan, Xiao Ya and others, Luo Luo was relatively familiar with everyone in Tianyu City. As soon as he entered the city, he quickly became more relaxed and started complaining about what he had encountered in Tianta City.

Tian Ling listened to this from beginning to end, nodding and sighing in agreement from time to time, and then...

"So... I've worked so hard, can't you show some appreciation?"

By the end of his speech, Luo Luo felt his mouth was dry, but Tian Ling had an attitude of "you go on and I will listen quietly" from beginning to end, which made Luo Luo even more speechless.

"Hmm...what does it mean?"

　Tian Ling continued to pretend to be confused, but Luo Luo obviously couldn't pretend to be confused. His expression immediately straightened and he said:

"Cooperation, cooperation between Tianta City and Tianyu City!"

22. This matter...needs to be asked to the city lord!

Although Luo Luo was usually careless, the fact that he could become the tower master clearly showed that he couldn't really be such an unkempt person. Seeing that Tian Ling didn't seem to have any intention of talking about that aspect, he decided to go all out and directly stated his purpose. After all, everyone knew this. Obviously, talking too much about those trivial things would have some purpose, and it might even ruin the friendship that was already limited.

"This..."

Sure enough, after hearing Luo Luo's words, a glint of light flashed across Tian Ling's eyes. He did not nod or shake his head directly, but asked directly:

"reason?"

Cooperation always requires a reason, and Luo Luo naturally did not hide this reason:

"Anti-Mirror Organization!"

"Haha~~"

Then he instantly received a look of contempt from Tian Ling.

Just kidding, the Saint of the Mirror Organization is our city lord's sister and one of our partners. She is currently living in Tianyu City. Of course, she has left temporarily because she went to pick up an unreliable city lord and take him home.

Of course, if it was the high priest of the Mirror Organization, Tian Ling obviously wouldn't mind helping the other party. After all, it was because of that guy that Xiao Huan had to go through so many things afterwards and even left for so many years.

However, looking at Luo Luo's slightly embarrassed expression amidst his laughter, Tian Ling clearly expressed his current emotions with his eyes:

"speak English!"

"Well, the truth is that Tianta City has been in some small... no, big trouble lately!"

Tianta City is one of the greatest cities in the wasteland world. Although it suffered heavy losses before and even lost a tower master, and although the opponent is the notorious Mirror Organization, it is obviously not necessary to look for help just because of cowardice before the battle even starts. The most fundamental reason for doing so is actually only one: that is, in addition to the hostility of the Mirror Organization, they have encountered troubles in other aspects.

And with this trouble...only Tianyu City can help!

"Technology...the mysterious technology of your Tianyu City!"