When Ai Li crawled out of the rubble, Xue Cai also hurried over.

"Senior, are you okay?"

Looking at Ai Li covered in blood, Xue Cai hurried over to support her, while Ai Li shook her head.

"It's okay, it's just a minor injury. I won't die anyway, but..."

At this point, Ellie looked speechlessly at the broom beside her. The "Nimbus 3000" that she had exchanged from the system and had been using until now had been torn into pieces and was in a terrible state.

Why is this protagonist so easily hurt?

Looking at the broken broom, Ai Li was also depressed. Usurping the protagonist's luck was not just a simple time travel, just like Fang Zheng usurped the protagonist's luck in the love world, but as the god of magical girls and the dragon of time, he was stabbed by this ordinary high school girl in the world who had never learned martial arts or practiced swordsmanship.

This doesn't make sense either.

To put it bluntly, it is like Tang Monk going to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures. He is told that he has to go through 81 trials and tribulations and he has to go through 81 trials and tribulations. If you don’t have enough, they will make up for it on your return journey.

Of course, the difficulty depends on the individual. For example, if Tang Seng himself is weak and powerless, then most of the "difficulties" would be being captured and eaten by monsters.

But if you train Tang Seng into a muscular man who can break stars with one punch, then the eighty-one difficulties will probably become Ultraman fighting against small monsters.

The same is true for Ellie now.

She is definitely stronger than the original "protagonist" of this world, and therefore the "difficulty" of the events she faces will also increase. It's like if the default is "normal", then Ai Li's is equivalent to a "difficult" start.

But after all, it's just a matter of strength, so it's not that difficult to deal with.

Besides, no one has said that you can’t use plug-ins to cheat, right?

"That masked parasite..."

"I didn't catch it."

In response to Setsuna's question, Ai Li shook her head.

"But I already know who she is."

Thinking about it carefully, it's not surprising. After all, she had already noticed some problems when investigating Yeze Natsune's background. It's just that Ai Li didn't expect the situation to change much faster than she thought. But it doesn't matter. For her, now that she knows who the other party is, then what she has to do next is much simpler.

The next morning, after taking a shower and changing clothes, Ai Li brought Yukina to Yeze Natsune's residence - a company dormitory called Magician Works.

"Does Yeze live here?"

Carrying the Xuexia Wolf on her back, Xuecai raised her head and looked at the building in front of her that had no breath of life and looked like some kind of industrial product. She asked in a low voice, and Ai Li nodded.

"Yes, her adoptive father works in this company, so she lives here too. It's a pity that today is Saturday, otherwise we would have gone directly to the school to inquire about her situation."

"I still don't believe that Yeze is actually the mask parasite..."

Although she had received information from Ai Li, Xue Cai still felt a little bit unbelievable. Last night, she witnessed with her own eyes the brutal scene of the masked parasite opening its mouth like a brutal beast and biting and devouring its own body with its sharp teeth.

It is impossible to imagine that this was done by that gentle and holy looking girl.

"That's not hard to imagine. In fact, I discovered that there is a strange power hidden in her body."

Ai Li seemed very calm. After all, when she first touched Xia Yin, she immediately felt the aura of a divine messenger in her body.

"Is that why you want to investigate her?"

"That's about it."

In response to Setsuna's surprised question, Ai Li nodded, then she walked into the building and came to the information desk.

"Hello, welcome."

The intelligent robot that looked like a human stood there quietly and greeted the two. Ellie nodded to her and spoke.

"We want to meet Miss Yeze Natsune who lives here."

“…”

In response to Ellie's words, the intelligent robot was silent for a moment and then gave a response.

"Sorry, Miss Yeze Natsune from Room 204 is currently out."

"When will you be back?"

"I don't know."

"So is Kensei Ye at home?"

"Excuse me, are you ..."

"Akira Aili."

“…”

This time, the intelligent robot was silent for a longer time, and then it spoke.

"Just a moment please."

After a while, a tall woman with golden hair and wearing a red suit came out. She looked at the two of them and smiled.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

"You are not Kensei Yease."

Ellie glanced at the login device on the blonde's wrist and asked, and the latter shook her head.

"Of course not, Miss Silver Witch. I'm Beatrice Basler from the Magecraft Plastics R&D Department. I'm Kensei Yease's secretary. I'm very sorry, but Yease himself is not here at the moment. He is currently in a special research facility outside the island."

"What about Xia Yin?"

"With him, too."

Looking at Ellie in front of her, the blonde smiled slightly.

"If you have urgent business, it would be faster to visit directly. We have a small plane that goes to the research facility and back. Just ask them to let the two of you go with us."

Hearing the blonde's words, Ellie narrowed her eyes and raised the corners of her mouth slightly.

"Then I'll leave it to you."

"I understand. Please follow me."

After that, the blonde woman brought Ai Li and Setsuko to a civilian airport, and they boarded a propeller plane that looked quite old. Ai Li certainly didn't feel anything, but Setsuko turned pale and looked shaky after getting on the plane.

"What's wrong with you, Setsuna?"

Looking at Setsuna's expression, Ai Li couldn't help but ask in confusion, and the latter was stunned for a moment.

"Senior? No, nothing, I'm fine..."

"You're not afraid of flying."

“There is no such thing!!”

Although Setsuna tried hard to make her tone sound normal, her strong behavior itself was abnormal.

At this moment, the plane has begun to taxi, and Xuecai's body has become extremely stiff and her face is pale. Looking at the lovely appearance of the girl in front of her, Ai Li shook her head, then reached out and held Xuecai's hand.

"senior?"

Facing Xuecai's puzzled look, Ai Li chuckled and leaned close to Xuecai's ear and whispered.

"Okay, don't worry, Setsuna. I'm a witch, I'll protect you, don't worry."

“…”

Setsuna did not speak, but nodded vigorously, then she held Ai Li's hand with her backhand and stared ahead. Perhaps to divert attention, she asked in a low voice.

"Senior, do you think that the project that Kensei Ye is researching is related to the masked parasite?"

"Of course, I think he adopted Xia Yin for this purpose."

In response to this, Ai Li said that she has seen a lot of things, such as Frankenstein adopting children to realize his ideals, and then transforming them into biological weapons or humanoid weapons. Aren’t these all routines?

"Senior, you don't seem very angry?"

Hearing Ai Li's calm tone, Setsuna was somewhat surprised, but Ai Li smiled and shook her head at Setsuna.

“Xue Cai, you have to learn the way to longevity, which is not to get angry at things you can’t do. Your anger and rage here are meaningless to the perpetrators. Since they chose to do such a cruel thing, they have embarked on a path of no return. Your anger is meaningless to them, and they cannot empathize with your sadness. They may be able to come up with a hundred and eighty reasons and excuses, but none of that matters. What matters is what they did.”

At this point, Ellie narrowed her eyes.

"They made their choice and they have to bear the consequences. I am going to give them this result."

“——”

For some reason, Xuecai felt a chill when she heard Ai Li's words. She then recalled the information about Ai Li that she had read before she set out. As the "Silver Witch" on par with the "Gap Witch", her reputation was far greater than that of the "Demon Killer" Nangong Nayue.

There is only one reason, that is, Nangong Nayue is just a "demon killer".

But since Ai Li started working as a magician, she has personally killed hundreds or even more criminals... This is why she is called a "witch". Different from Nangong Nayue's "profession", this witch is the code name for a cruel girl who will kill many criminals without mercy and bring them death.

In other words, for Airi, she has long passed the stage of lamenting for Natsune Yezase's life experience and being angry at Kensei Yezase's cruel behavior like Setsuna. She is now the court and the law. The prosecution has already filed the charge. What she has to do next is to find evidence, prove the argument, and then - carry out the trial.

She will judge the world with her own laws and then give the results.

"Senior...you wouldn't really..."

"Yukina, do you know?"

However, in response to Setsuna's uneasy questioning, Ai Li told a different story.

"As for me, I once visited an isolated village. There, some kind of ancient god was worshipped. They injected blood dug from underground ruins into their bodies and turned into all kinds of monsters."

“…”

Although Xue Cai didn't understand why Ai Li suddenly told her this, she wisely chose to continue listening.

"There were many girls in the cult at that time who were like this. They were injected with the blood of the ancient gods and turned into monsters. But I am not angry about this, nor do I feel sad for them, because even though they were twisted, they knew exactly what they were doing. They made their own decisions and chose their own future, so no matter what the result is, this is what they should face."

Having said that, Ai Li stared at Setsuna, without a trace of hesitation in her bright red eyes.

"You make a choice and you bear the consequences."

“…”

At this moment, Xuecai looked at the cold light flashing in her bright red eyes, and she seemed to fall into some kind of abyss. It was as if what Ai Li said was not just a sentence, but some truth about how the world works.

"They desire to ascend to heaven and become beings that transcend humanity. If they succeed, that is their choice. But if they fail and are killed, that is also their choice. These are decisions they made with their own will. Others have no reason to interfere, and are not qualified to blame them."

Having said that, Ai Li looked at Setsuna.

"Remember, Setsuna, your own will is the key to everything."

At this moment, a desolate island gradually appeared in front of everyone outside the porthole.