"I should have told you, if you don't change your intent, I won't allow you to join the operations of the Abnormal Strategy Bureau."
In the Director's Office of the Abnormal Strategy Bureau, Lin Yun said sowhat helplessly, "Yes, I don't have the authority to command a Magical Girl. If you're determined to follow, there's nothing I can do about it, so all I can say is: I hope you stay calm. If possible, keep to the sidelines."
"You say you're just going to watch? What exactly does your 'just watching' entail? I an… Okay, if you can really do that, I have no objections."
"A foe that the Abnormal Strategy Bureau can't handle? Of course, that would be fine, to say the least I would be grateful for your help, but please stay calm."
"...Alright, then let's do as you say, um, goodbye."
Click.
After hanging up the phone, Lin Yun sat behind his desk, sowhat helplessly, and then sighed.
Through his communication with Molu, he sowhat understood and sorted out the issues with Bai Jingxuan. But understanding the problem didn't an he knew the solution. On the contrary, as the image of Bai Jingxuan beca clearer in his mind, the less he knew how to deal with this child's issues.
It wasn't just because of her personality and experiences, but also because of her special magic nature—a deviant with a Remnant Beast undertone.
Personality, experience, magic. These multiple factors, accumulated in Bai Jingxuan, ant that the child was almost a ticking ti bomb: everything might look fine for now, but she could be ignited by external forces at any mont, destroying the fragile balance once and for all.
He was no education expert—Lin Yun was clear about this. Five months ago, he had been a negligent father who couldn't even manage a good relationship with his own daughter. For him to figure out how to guide such a child right away was too much to ask.
— Maybe he should just let her seek her vengeance.
At his wit's end, Lin Yun even had such a thought:
After all, in the end, he was only a senior to a Magical Girl, did he really need to worry that much?
Thinking negatively, even if the child really started her revenge, so what? Homogenous revenge is human nature, even Lin Yun himself was no different, did he really have the right to educate this child?
Thinking positively, maybe Bai Jingxuan was just an ignorant child, throwing around so scary words? If she were really faced with her enemy and given a chance to kill them, she probably wouldn't even dare to do it.
As his thoughts wandered, just as Lin Yun was almost convincing himself with this twisted reasoning, suddenly there ca a knock on the door.
— Knock, knock.
"Director, I'm Liu Dachun from the Logistics Departnt."
A sowhat somber voice followed from outside the door.
The Logistics Departnt? At this ti?
His confused thoughts were interrupted, and Lin Yun's attention returned to reality. He was initially puzzled, but didn't dwell on it and said, "Co in."
At the sa ti, he subconsciously reached into his pocket and grasped his Heart's Gem.
This had beco a habit since he had taken up the role as director.
Not only because he still didn't fully trust the people at the Abnormal Strategy Bureau, but also because of his troubleso side effect—if the Heart's Gem were to suddenly lose control and cause a transformation, he needed to be aware of it beforehand.
It was the sa now. With these considerations, he reached for the Heart's Gem in his pocket and, due to his alertness, extended his senses to the door of the Director's Office: There, he had laid out threads of Magic Silk beforehand that could detect magic outside the door, to infer the situation in the hallway.
But, the mont he connected his senses to the threads, he sensed sothing amiss and his gaze instantly sharpened.
There were two sources of magic outside the door.
This ant that it wasn't just the "Liu Dachun" who had spoken but also another person, hiding sowhere in the corridor.
In his senses, one source of magic first approached the swing door, opened the door of the Director's Office, and then deliberately adjusted their body angle to block the view behind it, slowly stepping into the office.
To the eye, it appeared as a tall man entering from outside.
However, Lin Yun's silk thread senses were crystal clear: Until the tall man had fully entered the Director's Office, the other source of magic lurking outside the door remained motionless.
Sothing was not right.
Lin Yun made an instant judgnt.
The reason was simple; he had no recollection of this man who claid to be "Liu Dachun."
He had seen the employee roster of the Abnormal Strategy Bureau on his first day on the job and had been working hard to match every na with a face since then. Sotis, he even used the form of Erald Sparrow to aid his mory. Although he hadn't completely finished this task, he was sure of one thing: there was definitely no employee in the Abnormal Strategy Bureau who looked like this.
But he didn't raise this issue; instead, he continued to feign ignorance and calmly asked, "What's the matter, is there an issue?"
"This is the situation, Director. This morning when we took inventory of the equipnt, we found that the leftover quantity did not match the warehouse entry and exit records; four magical armants were missing," said "Liu Dachun," staring intently at Lin Yun, his voice devoid of fluctuations, as if reciting from mory: "We don't know if it's a mistake in the records, or if they have really been lost, so we wanted to co to check with you."
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