Chapter 154 Little Visitor
"This is really amazing! Chief! Where on earth did this high-end armor called 'Magic Armor' come from?"
The next day, ten o'clock in the morning.
Li Yingwei, in high spirits, was holding Tian Sheng beside him tightly and praising several sets of equipment placed aside. His compliments were so endless that they sounded a bit corny.
"I just passed the qualification review and went to the battle room to try it out. It feels like my own magic power has undergone a fundamental change!"
He waved his hands excitedly: "I feel like even if I encounter a crippled beast, I can fight it head-on!"
The distribution and equipping of magic weapons has gradually begun in the Strategy Bureau. Due to Lin Yun's unilateral request, every employee who receives magic weapons must report to the director's office and be personally reviewed by him.
And now, it is time for the third team of the Special Operations Department to report.
A total of three members of the third team received the quota for magic weapons, namely the captain Li Yingwei, the deputy captain Mu Bensheng, and the rising star Tian Sheng who they said was shining. The three of them gathered in the director's office at this time, waiting for Lin Yun's personal review.
This so-called personal review is actually a further precaution against traitors.
Although Lin Yun had already checked a considerable number of insiders in yesterday's inauguration speech, he could not confirm that those were all. Magical weapons, which can greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the wearer, would be a huge blow to ordinary employees of the Strategy Bureau if even one of them fell into the hands of Black Cinder Dawn.
So in the end, it evolved into the current scene.
Although he didn't know how sincere Li Yingwei's praise and flattery were, it would not affect Lin Yun's decision. Before the three people gathered at his desk, he had already secretly grasped his heart gem and began to secretly sense the magic fluctuations of the three people to identify whether there were any beast parts.
Among them, Li Yingwei and Mu Bensheng had no problems at all, both of them were quite pure human magicians.
But Tian Sheng is different.
Lin Yun could sense the familiar beastly magic power from her. As a magical girl, he had defeated and expelled countless beasts, so his perception of this magic power was definitely not wrong.
This was also what made him a little hesitant - even though he knew that the changes in Tian Sheng were related to the magic of the crippled beast, and the other party had never concealed the relevant experience, there was no guarantee that there was any secret behind it.
Should we agree to it first? Or should we put it on hold for now? Just as Lin Yun was lost in thought, there was a sudden noise outside the director's office.
——"Stop, this isn't okay, little girl! You can't go in this way!"
There was also a faint sound of the receptionist's anxious calls.
The combat team members who were originally gathered in the director's office were immediately attracted by the noise and stopped talking; Lin Yun behind the desk also stopped thinking and looked towards the door of the office with some confusion.
Soon, the wooden swing door of the director's office was pushed open.
A girl with heterochromatic eyes, wearing a stage dress, a white top and green bottom, rushed in from the door. She looked very cute and pretty, like a child star who had just run out of a performance. The girl rushed in aggressively, but after seeing four adult men behind the door, she subtly weakened her dignity and stood still and bowed: "Hello uncles! Is the director of the Strategy Bureau here?"
The contrast before and after is staggering.
The receptionist at the side was panting tiredly and explained helplessly: "I'm sorry, Director, I have tried to dissuade her, but she said she is a magical girl..."
Of course Lin Yun knew that the girl who broke into the director's office was a magical girl. In fact, the girl was also his very familiar junior: Bai Jingxuan.
Last night, Cuiqiao was planning to talk to the child in the secret base, but unexpectedly Bai Jingxuan was not there. The next day, she took the initiative to break into the Yi Ce Bureau.
So, what was she doing here? With such doubts in mind, Lin Yun said calmly: "Hello, I am you, are you looking for me?"
"Yes, I want to find the director of the Strategy Bureau... Hey, you are not Sister Xiaolu's..."
Bai Jingxuan answered subconsciously, but when she saw the middle-aged man behind the desk, she was stunned and covered her mouth: "Ah no, I saw the wrong person!"
Obviously, she recognized Lin Yun and knew that he was Lin Xiaolu's father. But considering that there were other strangers present, she should not take the initiative to reveal Lin Xiaolu's identity, so she chose to keep silent.
Before she could make further comments, Tian Sheng, who was standing by, observed the girl for a moment and then became a little dazed. He muttered as if he was recalling something, "Xiao Xuan?"
"Yes! Excuse me... Hey, Uncle Tian!"
Bai Jingxuan was once again shocked by the identity of the person present. After recognizing that the other person was a former caregiver of the welfare home, she once again fell into a brief confusion. When she just rushed in, she seemed to be quite determined, but this attitude softened when she found that everyone at the scene was familiar.
The words were stuck in her mouth for a long time, and finally Bai Jingxuan bowed to everyone again: "I'm sorry! I've caused trouble for you!"
"No, you haven't said anything yet..." Li Yingwei on the side felt puzzled and couldn't help but say something more, but was nudged by the deputy captain's arm and immediately fell silent.
The receptionist at the door noticed that the atmosphere was a little strange and wanted to explain something, but in the end it turned into a silent action and she closed her lips and said no more.
Seeing that everyone had fallen into an awkward silence, Lin Yun looked around and finally sighed helplessly: "Tian Sheng, please stay. This magical girl, please stay as well. The others, please wait outside the door."
After receiving his order, everyone present immediately acted in unison. The receptionist left the door first, and Li Yingwei was also pulled out of the director's office by the deputy captain. In the end, only Tian Sheng and Bai Jingxuan were left in front of Lin Yun.
Looking at Bai Jingxuan, Lin Yun hesitated for a moment before speaking: "Well, please don't be anxious, calm down and talk properly. You are a magical girl. I have read the files. Your code name should be Bo Xue, right?"
"yes."
Bai Jingxuan nodded obediently: "I am Bo Xue."
"So, what is your purpose?"
Lin Yun tried his best to make his expression appear calm and avoid putting pressure on Bai Jingxuan: "Is there anything you need help from the Strategy Bureau?"
"Ah, yes!"
When the word "purpose" was mentioned, Bai Jingxuan, who was originally a little hesitant, suddenly became energetic, as if she had found her backbone again. Her eyes lit up, and there was even a hint of subtle longing in her expression:
"I want to take part in the massacre of Black Dawn!"
No one spoke.
Lin Yun sat upright, looking at Bai Jingxuan expressionlessly. After a brief silence, he spoke again: "I'm sorry, I didn't hear you clearly just now. What did you say?"
"I want to join in the massacre of the Black Dawn!"
Bai Jingxuan clenched her fist with one hand, and her serious expression looked a little cute:
"To be exact, I want to kill them!"
"...Why did you come to us?" Lin Yun said woodenly.
"I saw it when I was on patrol! Everyone from the Strategy Bureau was fighting with Black Cinder Dawn!"
Bai Jingxuan said crisply: "I went to ask the uncles there, and they said that this was the director's order! The director asked them to kill all the Black Cinder Dawns in the city!"
"...That's what she said." Tian Sheng repeated Bai Jingxuan's words and looked at Lin Yun.
"I know. No need for you to repeat it."
Lin Yun felt a headache for a moment, and he subconsciously held his forehead: "Um, Bo Xue, right? You just said that you wanted to clear out and capture the remaining Black Cinder Dawn..."
"It's a massacre!" Bai Jingxuan corrected seriously.
As cute as her expression was, what she said was horrible.
"It's not a word you can say lightly, especially when you're a magical girl."
Lin Yun sighed subconsciously and tried to bring the topic back to a track he could control: "You look young, and you may not be very clear about the meaning of the word 'slaughter'. I want to explain to you that this kind of behavior is not allowed by morality and law, and it does not conform to the mainstream values of society, and..."
"Just beat them until they are bloody and then kill them, right?" Bai Jingxuan tilted her head in confusion.
"...Yes, but we are not discussing the definition of this word. Rather, this practice and even statement is not allowed."
Lin Yun tried to explain: "Especially since you are a magical girl, you represent the light and hope of this city. The main job of a magical girl is to defeat the remaining beasts. Generally speaking, you should not take the initiative to harm ordinary humans or relatively weak magicians. What's more, the word you said is 'massacre', which is a word that a magical girl must never say, and it is also something that she must never do."
“But that’s what my teacher did!”
Bai Jingxuan is not very old, and you can tell that her vocabulary is not that rich. She is racking her brains to think about every sentence she says:
"My teacher, she killed the boss of Black Dawn in a very cool way! And everyone praised her! I admire her too!"
Lin Yun was silent again.
Now he just wanted to pick up the heavy reference book on the table and hit himself hard on the forehead twice.
"Your teacher? She is..." Tian Sheng on the side seemed to realize something and asked hesitantly.
"My teacher is the magical girl Delphinium! She's the magical girl who saved everyone last month!"
Bai Jingxuan said without restraint: "She beat up the bad guy viciously at that time, beat him into a pig's head, and then killed her with a thousand cuts!"
“Well done!”
Tian Sheng clapped his hands and exclaimed: "I support your teacher! This is how you should treat those bastards! You should learn from her!"
"Tian Sheng."
Lin Yun reminded in a low voice.
"…Ah, I'm sorry, Chief."
Tian Sheng immediately said angrily: "I was excited for a moment..."
"You are an adult now, don't be easily instigated by a child."
Lin Yun knocked on the table and spoke calmly, but the shaking of his heels under the table showed his restless mood: "No matter what the reason is, or who he wants to imitate, it is inappropriate to encourage such a young child to 'slaughter' the enemy."
"But, she was talking about dealing with those scumbags at Black Dawn, right?"
Tian Sheng quietly defended himself, "I think dealing with them is just like dealing with crippled animals. There's no need to pay attention to human ethics."
"...You are right. The scum of Black Dawn deserves death."
Lin Yun nodded: "But let's figure out what the meaning of us adults being here is, and why the Strategy Bureau was established. 'Magical girls deal with remnants of beasts, and the Strategy Bureau deals with traitors to humans.' We exist here to keep these children away from killing their own kind, and to prevent them from carrying the burden of killing humans when they are young and ignorant."
"Perhaps when they are still children, they will not feel anything when they kill these evil humans; but no one can guarantee that this will not become a shadow of their lives when they grow up."
"It's true that her teacher is a magical girl, but you should know that she was already active 20 years ago and is now an adult. Her teacher has a well-formed outlook on life and values, and cruelly killing the enemy is a decision she made after making up her mind, not a meaningless imitation..."
——"I'm not imitating!"
Bai Jingxuan interrupted Lin Yun anxiously.
She raised her hand like a primary school student asking a question in class, but she spoke without waiting for permission: "I'm not imitating the teacher! It's true that I admire the teacher's approach, but I want to kill those bad guys myself!"
"Why?"
Lin Yun asked in confusion.
"Because I want revenge!"
Bai Jingxuan put one hand on her heart and declared loudly: "They let the beasts kill my parents, and they also killed that magical girl... and killed Senior Ying! I hate them! I will make them die miserably! I will make them regret everything they have done!"
Lin Yun had never seen Bai Jingxuan so excited.
In his memory, Bai Jingxuan has always been that well-behaved and sensible child, very quiet and calm. She would not express her emotions fiercely in front of others, nor would she embarrass others. She left too much space for others, so that others often did not notice her existence.
Perhaps, in her daily battles with the beasts, her fighting style was a little violent and cruel. But under the tireless correction of Cuiqiao, such dangerous fighting methods have become much less common, and now Bai Jingxuan is acting like a normal magical girl.
If it weren't for today, perhaps Lin Yun would never have heard the word "revenge" from Bai Jingxuan's mouth.
But compared to the child's experience, the word was so heavy and so natural that he didn't know what else to say.
However, when she said words like "massacre" and "revenge", her expression was so innocent and serious, and the dissonance between them made people feel uneasy.
"...I won't agree to it. I can't let a kid like you do something like that."
In the end, Lin Yun could only speak awkwardly. He stopped trying to persuade Bai Jingxuan and looked at Tian Sheng, pointing at the office door and said, "Tian Sheng, take her out."
(End of this chapter)
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