The villain daughter did all kinds of things

...I know you're unhappy with Langdon's verdict, but if you want to kill him, couldn't you wait until he leaves the Bureau of Investigation before you do it?

While she was inwardly cursing Mengmeng for betraying her teammate, the assistant knew that once Langdon was transferred to his prison, it wouldn't be so easy for Mengmeng to succeed again.

After all, the military and the FBI are two separate agencies. The military personnel who are responsible for supervising and protecting Langdon don't recognize any Purple Star Investigator, and it's almost impossible for them to see Langdon without disarming him.

Regardless, the deed was done, and complaining was useless. The assistant quickly forced herself to cheer up and find a way to clean up Mengmeng's mess—at least to prevent the investigation bureau from being too implicated or blamed.

. . . . .

Meanwhile, at Merson Manor.

Since the verdict of old man Langdon's trial has been announced, Amelie's business in Sphinx is considered finished. Her original plan was to return to Locke City today and go directly through the fixed portal.

Upon receiving this news, Starling came to visit in the morning, saying that before Emery left, the two of them should have a good drink at noon and catch up on their friendship.

Of course, Emery didn't refuse, and proudly boasted to Starling that she had already won over Mengmeng and had a very enjoyable night.

Stella had also tried to seduce Mengmeng, but failed. Now that she heard that her best friend had succeeded, she naturally said all sorts of sour things.

These sarcastic remarks only made Emery even more smug, and she vividly recounted to Starling her experience of battling water magic with Mengmeng the previous night.

But just as Amelie was recounting Mengmeng's defeat and pleas for mercy in the sixth round, her expression suddenly turned grim, and the necromancy around her fluctuated violently.

This reaction startled Starling, who thought some audacious person had stormed Melson's Sky Estate.

Upon closer inspection, Starling realized that Emerald was performing a necromancy spell she had never seen or heard of before. A terrifying necromancy, capable of killing any normal person instantly, quickly gathered in Emerald's palm under her control, eventually forming a rhombus-shaped crystal. Within the crystal, there seemed to be a vague human figure.

"This is……?"

After confirming that her best friend didn't want to kill her, Starling asked with some curiosity.

"...Old Man Langdon was just killed. It was Mengmeng who did it."

Emery's face remained somber for a long while before she sighed helplessly:

"I underestimated Mengmeng... I thought I had calmed her down last night, but I never expected her to be so fierce. Sorry, Starling, let's have a proper drink another time. I'm too busy to go back to work."

"What? In such a hurry to rescue your troublesome investigator lover?"

Starling wasn't dissatisfied; she just smiled and teased him.

That's just how they are. On the surface, they seem to live a glamorous and extravagant life, but at any time, their plans can be disrupted by unexpected events.

"No, let that idiot Mengmeng stay locked up for a few days to calm down. I'm in a hurry to go back to deal with this."

As she spoke, Ameliete showed the purple rhombus-shaped crystal in her palm again:

"I tested a new spell I developed on old man Langdon, and it seems to be only half successful. I need to go back and study it carefully."

"Then you should go quickly."

Seeing this, Starling did not linger and quickly took her leave of Melson Sky Estate.

Amelie, along with Marcy and Sulina, prepared to return to Locke City, but now there was a fourth person in the group.

It was Liz Barrow, contestant number 9, who performed exceptionally well in the knife-forging competition.

Liz was originally supposed to work at the Melson Magic Workshop, and Emerald did indeed plan to recruit her into her private team after she had trained there for a while.

However, an unexpected piece of information led Emerald to recruit Liz ahead of schedule.

The intelligence was Cynthia, Emerald's aunt, who speculated about the truth behind Sulinsa's demise. She believed that Sulinsa was most likely controlled by someone, which is why she first committed such a shameless act and then decisively committed suicide.

Considering her own reasoning about the mastermind and their motives, Amelie also thought this was highly likely.

Now that old hag has her eye on Sulina, Amelie must arrange some measures to protect Sulina and prevent her from being silently controlled like her sister.

As for methods to control the target like a puppet, Emery can currently think of three.

The first type is the most common form of mental magic, which is the method Edith and her team used when interrogating assassins. They controlled the target by invading their mental world with magic.

This method is very effective when the strong deal with the weak. To succeed against a target of the same level, one must either find the opponent's psychological weakness or severely injure them first. With Mondoly's strength at the Fusion stage, controlling Sulina directly with mental magic would not be difficult.

However, this kind of mental magic attack is also the easiest to defend against. Many magic systems have specific methods to defend against mental attacks, and the most effective of these are the Holy and Necromantic systems, which are also Amelie's specialties. Therefore, she is not afraid of the old hag Mondoli using mental magic on Sulina.

The second method of controlling a person is so-called hypnosis. This type of ability is not supported by magical theory; it is basically based on a person's innate magical abilities or the fusion of organ abilities.

Considering that the old hag Mondoly was a powerful cultivator in the Fusion stage and was once the best singer and dancer in the Allen Federation, Amelie thought this was the most likely possibility.

After all, in the cultivation novels she had read in her previous life, which Holy Maiden of the Joyful Union Sect wasn't a master of both singing and dancing? Using singing and dancing to seduce targets was a standard technique for many singing and dancing cultivators; even Su Lina's stage magic could deceive targets with illusions.

There are currently no good ways to defend against this type of ability, but Emeryte also has a strategy to counter it, which is based on the experience of her predecessors.

That is, regardless of the type of hypnosis, there needs to be a medium—either the target sees a certain image, hears a certain sound, tastes a certain flavor, or touches a certain object, etc.

The alluring, seductive kick from the cheongsam-clad beauty also theoretically falls under this category, but she simply uses it to make people think her secret spicy sauce is delicious. However, her ability only takes effect after people actually eat the sauce.

Mondori's ability likely requires a medium, so if we use that as a basis for defense, it's not impossible to counter it. Emery already has an idea; she should be able to work with Viriana and Flora to research it when they get back.

There is a third possibility that Emeryt would immediately recruit Ms. Liz.

The third way to control a person has never appeared in this world before, or rather, it has existed but no one has been able to see it. Emerald only learned about it through anime she watched in her previous life.

It's an anime about high school girls with superpowers fighting and killing each other. One of the girls' abilities is to control others by issuing commands through bioelectric signals, specifically by using a remote control.

The female protagonist in that anime was immune to this control because she used her own abilities to create an electromagnetic barrier that blocked the command signals.

While the likelihood of Mondoly resorting to such tactics is extremely small, one of Emerald's greatest strengths is her extreme caution. She is prepared to counter any tactic she can conceive of that an enemy might employ.

The purpose of recruiting Ms. Liz was to have her create a magical device that could establish an electromagnetic barrier.

Electricity generates magnetism, and magnetism generates electricity; electricity and magnetism have always had a very close relationship.

However, while there are many people in this world who are skilled in lightning magic, those skilled in magnetic magic are extremely rare.

The main reason is that to master magnetic magic, one needs a deep understanding of the scientific theories of electromagnetism. However, magic itself is quite idealistic; any scientific law can be overturned by pure will and magic. Therefore, the key to mastering electromagnetic magic lies in balancing one's understanding of science and magic to avoid cognitive confusion.

It can be said that someone who is proficient in electromagnetic magic would at least have the talent to become a science and engineering PhD and a metaphysical master on Earth in Amelie's previous life.

Ms. Liz's ability to create such an amazing magnetic weapon on the spot at the sword-forging competition was enough to prove her talent in electromagnetic magic, which is why Emerald recruited her into her private research team with a generous reward.

If it weren't for the fact that Ms. Liz was quite old and not very good-looking, Emery would have wanted to lock her up in that abandoned underground entertainment club to improve her loyalty.

But for now, she can only use her financial power to temporarily make Liz work for her.

Back in Locke City, Marcy took Liz to complete the onboarding procedures, while Emerald immediately called Viliana and they went to Lily of the Valley together.

Using Suzuran's abilities and Emerald's own necromancy, they studied the crystals they had collected of part of Langdon's soul, but the results were regrettable.

Emerald's magic was not very mature to begin with, and when Mengmeng killed old man Langdon, she used a lot of magic to create an explosion, which severely damaged old man Langdon's soul. Emerald's magic was also interfered with when it was activated on its own.

Currently, there is indeed a part of Langdon's soul in that soul crystal, but that soul can only barely maintain an independent consciousness. Let alone help with research, it doesn't even remember who it is.

Emery didn't have a good solution for this at the moment.

When her necromancy becomes more advanced, she might be able to repair the damage to Langdon's soul, but that's not possible now. She can only let Langdon's remnant soul sleep and recuperate in the seal for the time being, and when it will be of any use is completely unknown.

After temporarily settling Langdon's remnant soul, Amelie, along with Viliana and Flora, began to focus on researching ways to counter the allure of song and dance, preparing for their future showdown with the old witch Mondoly.

. . . . .

The news of Langdon's death was revealed on the third day after the incident, causing an uproar throughout the Federation. Many people did not expect him to die like this.

Perhaps to save face for the FBI, or for other reasons, the federal government did not release details of Langdon's death, only saying that Langdon died in an accident while waiting to be transferred inside the FBI.

This statement, while certainly not as damaging to the FBI's reputation as a Purple Star investigator's disregard for the law and vigilante execution, is still a blow. At least the blame for inadequate supervision cannot be avoided.

When there's a problem, someone has to take the blame. As a member of the Myerson team and also the owner of the Myerson Ring, the chief certainly won't take the blame.

So the blame ultimately fell on the assistant director.

The poor assistant had spent her entire career carefully avoiding taking the blame, but in the end, she was still burdened with a huge accusation and was dismissed from her job.

On the day she was processing her resignation, the assistant went to Mengmeng and gave her a furious tirade, until she lost her voice.

Fortunately, the bureau chief knew that the assistant had been wronged, so three days after she was dismissed, he rehired her in a private capacity as his personal assistant, still doing the same work as before, but with a higher salary, only without her official position.

But it doesn't really matter. Once Langdon's popularity dies down, there are plenty of ways to get the assistant back on the job.

On the other hand, what will happen to Langdon's research now that he's dead?

Slater Pharmaceuticals responded almost immediately, saying they would establish a deep partnership with the federal government and take over Langdon's research in all aspects.

The magical bionic organ technology is the highest priority. Slat Pharmaceuticals stated that they are confident they can master the technology within six months at most, minimizing the impact on patients who need organ transplants.

Although the pace of advancement in magical bionic organ technology will certainly be slower without the personal research of old man Langdon, the current magical bionic organ technology is already quite advanced.

While it may not be possible to grant immortality to ordinary people as many old folks have hoped, it has already cured many terminal illnesses and significantly extended human lifespan, which is sufficient for current human society.

The research on modifying the physique of those who reject magic was also taken over by Slat Pharmaceuticals, but things didn't go so smoothly in this regard.

Even though there are many medical and biological experts in Slat Pharmaceuticals, old man Langdon has left them far behind on this path. They can't even see his taillights. It would probably take several years just to fully understand the theoretical technology left by old man Langdon, let alone clinical trials.

This is also good news for Mengmeng, because at least for the next few years, she won't have to worry about those who took over Langdon's research conducting cruel human experiments again, as their research is still far from that point.

Those who had hoped that Langdon's new technology would change their circumstances were very disappointed.

But what can disappointment do? The matter is settled, and these people have no choice but to accept it, except to curse the federal government and the FBI as useless during their leisure time.

In short, it was about two weeks after Langdon's death that things finally settled down regarding him. Most people's lives were unaffected, while a small number experienced disappointment after their initial anticipation.

Around this time, Emery, engrossed in her research in her experimental facility, finally remembered that Momo was still in jail.

It's time to visit her and maybe get her out of trouble.

. . . . .

Emerald saw Momo again in an FBI cell.

Although the prison environment was much better than the dungeons in literary works—not dark and damp, and without any unbearable smell of excrement—the conditions were still not good.

It was a small room of only about 12 square meters with no windows. Ventilation and lighting all depended on a magical device on the roof.

Apart from that, the only furniture in the room was a hardboard single bed, a sink, a toilet, and a wooden box for storing clothes.

Mengmeng was in this cell at the moment. Her wrists and ankles were shackled, and the shackles were connected to the four corners of the room. She also had a metal collar around her neck that could seal magic.

This left her not only as weak as an ordinary girl, but also with very limited mobility. Apart from washing up and going to the toilet, she could basically only lie in bed and stare blankly.

When Emerald arrived, Mengmeng stared intently at the ceiling, as if counting the number of stripes on the magical device that had lighting and ventilation functions.

"Why don't you lock her up in a more comfortable place?"

Emery was clearly somewhat dissatisfied with this situation.

"Because there's no room left."

The agent responsible for guiding Emerald shrugged with a wry smile:

"The only decent detention cells in our department were the one Mr. Langdon was in and the two next to it. But when Chief Bell did that, he used a magical explosion to destroy all three rooms."

Of course, with the magical technology of this world, repairing a room damaged by an explosion would actually take less than half a day.

But Mengmeng's actions really put the Investigation Bureau in a bad position, especially the assistant, who was completely overwhelmed by the unexpected trouble. She didn't dare retaliate against Mengmeng in other ways, so she could only make Mengmeng suffer in these small ways.

Amelie quickly realized this as well, but even she herself was a little angry at Mengmeng's reckless behavior this time, otherwise she wouldn't have left Mengmeng waiting for half a month before coming to rescue her.

Just as the investigation bureau had to take the blame for Mengmeng, the source of the murder weapon Mengmeng used to kill old man Langdon was also impossible to investigate. This caused many old men in the Melson family who were hoping to prolong the lives of old man Langdon to nag Amelie a lot these days. They all said that sooner or later she would make a big mistake because of her lust for beauty, which annoyed her quite a bit.

Now that she's seen Mengmeng again, Emerald really wants to teach her a lesson and make her understand what a defeated female investigator should truly experience.

But this kind of thing definitely couldn't be done in the Bureau of Investigation's cell, so Emerald could only suppress her anger for the time being and grumble at Momo in annoyance:

"How does it feel to play the hero? Have you regretted it these past few days?"

"No... rather, I felt much better after doing that."

Mengmeng, on the other hand, appeared quite composed:

“I know I’ve screwed you all over this time, so whether they’re deliberately keeping me locked up and making me suffer, or you’re just leaving me here, I can accept it.”

"To be honest, I was already prepared to be completely abandoned by you. After all, you've already had my body, so I shouldn't be that attractive to you anymore."

"Now it seems you might not be as bad as the rumors say, Emerald."

"You're quite confident... Are you sure I'm here to rescue you? Can't I just come here to mock you and make a fool of myself?"

Emery stood with her arms crossed in front of the cell door, looking somewhat displeased.

"Don't be angry anymore~~"

Seeing this, Mengmeng immediately softened her voice and said coquettishly:

"If you really want to punish me, you can just leave me here and ignore me. There's no need to come all this way... After all, your time is quite valuable, isn't it?"

"...I suddenly realized that you are actually very scheming, Mengmeng."

Emery was silent for a few seconds before sighing: