Chapter 173 Hospitality
Lin Yun saw the "magical girl" that the employees mentioned through the surveillance in the interrogation room.
In a small room made of special glass, a girl in tattered clothes and handcuffs on her wrists was sitting with her back against the wall. Although she was imprisoned, there was no sign of nervousness on her face.
It looks like she really is a magical girl, Lin Yun thought to himself.
The reason why he believed this statement and thought that the other party was really a magical girl was because he saw not only a girl, but also a fairy.
"What on earth are you doing? Are you an idiot? How could you even bring the wrong amount of cash?"
The demon had no intention of hiding anything, and was shouting to the girl excitedly, "We are all doomed now! There is no place to live! No place to take a shower! We are going to be put in a shelter soon!"
"It's been said that there is no time limit for cultivation. It's inevitable that things will change after you come out of retreat." The girl in a tattered Taoist robe said leisurely, "Times are different in different times, and things in the world are unpredictable. This can be regarded as a gain of experience."
"What kind of insight is that? The insight you get from being locked up? I shouldn't have agreed to follow you out. I should have refused from the beginning!"
The goblin held its tail erect, and was obviously very emotional. It said indignantly: "Did you turn your brain into muscles from practicing martial arts? Why didn't you resist a group of ordinary people and just surrendered like that? What if someone casts a forbidden magic on us? We will all be fish on the chopping board!"
"The forbidden magic of the weak cannot restrain the strong, so don't worry. Besides, we just ate a free meal and didn't hurt anyone, so why is it so serious?"
The girl leaned against the wall, narrowing her eyes. "As for surrendering... I hate bullying the weak. These officers are just following orders, they have no ill will towards us, so there is no need to do anything. If we have a nice attitude and explain the situation clearly, I'm sure they won't make it difficult for us."
"Have you forgotten that we came to Fangting City to cause trouble and are actually bad people?" The goblin suddenly became quiet and said quietly.
"Hasn't this done anything bad yet?"
The girl was calm and composed: "What's the crime of something that hasn't happened yet?"
"What if they ask you for the certification plate number later?"
"Give me my old code name."
The girl remained calm: "Anyway, this code name is indeed true, and they can't tell the truth from the false for a while."
"What if they contact the kingdom and find out that your code name is actually a traitor!"
The goblin raised his tail and said angrily, "Now everything is exposed!"
Lin Yun watched the crosstalk-like conversation between the two through the surveillance camera. His originally relatively calm expression now became a little subtle, and he didn't know how to react for a moment.
The amount of information in this conversation between the man and the goblin was so huge that just by listening to such a short passage, he could already tell where it came from - it must be claw marks.
However, their attitude when talking was too unguarded, as if they were completely unaware that there was a surveillance camera in the interrogation room. They just chatted as if no one was around, which made Lin Yun doubt the authenticity of the conversation.
Apart from anything else, the other party's experience was already strange enough. Not only did the dignified magical girl eat a free meal, but she also surrendered after failing to cause trouble. After being arrested, she still looked so nonchalant, which was really incredible.
Are they telling the truth? If so, this magical girl came from Claw Mark, so what is her purpose here? Why would she be willing to be captured by the Strategy Bureau? Is this a trap? If this is false, then it is even more worth pondering. What is the meaning of a magical girl and a fairy running to the Strategy Bureau to pretend to be Claw Mark? Is there a deeper plan behind this? After thinking about it for a while, Lin Yun felt that he still had to contact them in person.
The other party has already come to your door, so whether it is a conspiracy or a coincidence, there is no reason to turn a blind eye. The former cannot be avoided, and the latter does not need to be avoided. It is better to try to get something out of him.
After leaving the monitoring room, Lin Yun followed the guidance of the staff to the corresponding interrogation room. After instructing them to wait at the door, he walked in alone.
What he saw was a scene exactly the same as the one in the surveillance video - the ragged magical girl and the fairy that looked like a black cat turned their heads together and looked at him who walked in from the door.
"Hello, I'm the director of the local Strategy Bureau, my last name is Lin."
He introduced himself with basic courtesy, then asked, "I heard from an employee that there was a disturbance, and the person involved seemed to be a magical girl, probably the lady accompanied by a fairy. We are very grateful that you two did not use force against the employees. If our employees have handled anything inappropriate before, and you want to give me feedback, I will try my best to give you a satisfactory answer."
He did not pretend to be an ordinary person as usual and ignore the existence of the black cat fairy. Because he is now the director of the Strategy Bureau, theoretically he should have been exposed to magic and the supernatural, at least have some experience in practicing magic, so it is more normal for him to see the fairy.
"But, to be honest, I see that you don't seem to be the magical girls and fairies registered locally. May I ask if you are from other cities?"
Lin Yun pretended to be puzzled and said, "I wonder what the two of you are doing in Fangting City? If it is not a national secret, perhaps you can tell us, which will help the Strategy Bureau provide some help and dispel the misunderstanding between us."
He deliberately pretended that he didn't recognize the other person as "Claw Mark", and spoke like an ordinary government official who didn't know the inside story. And an ordinary official would obviously only regard the other person as a real magical girl, and the most appropriate attitude would be politeness with a little respect.
It was difficult to tell whether the other party's conversation in the surveillance video was true or false, and he didn't know whether they were also pretending and deceiving. In this case, it would be best to pretend to be nice and hide his true thoughts, and then slowly test them.
After hearing what he said, the girl and the fairy in front of him paused for a few seconds and then spoke one after another.
"Ah, yes, yes, we are from the magical kingdom. You, the Abnormal Policy Bureau, have no right to detain us. Let us out quickly!"
The black cat fairy stammered and bluffed, "Be careful or I'll go back to the royal court and sue you!"
"Yes, that's right. I am the arbitrator of the Ministry of Finance."
The Taoist girl also raised her hands and showed the handcuffs on her wrists: "I came to Fangting City for urgent matters, so I didn't bring any money. I ask for more lenient treatment."
The horrible acting skills and the tone of voice of the man and the goblin made Lin Yun look strange. He felt powerless, as if he had thrown a punch but hit cotton.
Don’t they really know that they have confessed everything on the surveillance video?
He couldn't help but wonder, if what the surveillance video said was just a trick and bait, then what was their poor acting? Was it to deliberately arouse his suspicion? But what was the point?
"This person is actually an official of the country? That's really disrespectful. Our employees acted on impulse and gave you two such a bad experience. I will definitely criticize them and apologize to you later. Please don't hold it against them."
Because he couldn't see through the person in front of him, he continued to maintain a calm expression and said politely: "I will have someone release you two from detention right away. Please move to the reception room so that we can have a good talk."
He turned around, called the employees outside the door in, and asked them to remove the special handcuffs from the Taoist robe girl. Although this thing has the effect of suppressing magic power, it can only be used against magicians at most. It is actually useless when worn on a magical girl.
He actually wanted to take advantage of the chaos to release his magic suit and sense the magic power of the magical girl in front of him at close range. However, considering that the other party might be quite powerful, he might be exposed if he acted rashly, so he gave up the idea.
Walking out of the interrogation room with the girl, the two of them went to the reception room followed by several employees. During this time, Lin Yun still did not give up on trying to get information from the other party.
"So, what's the important business that brought you to Fangting?"
He looked at the girl seriously, as if he really regarded her as an official. "Our city has been deeply affected by the gray magic organization Black Dawn recently. Many employees have been sacrificed in the fight against these evil believers. The casualties are heavy. Are you two here to deal with this matter?"
After saying the words "Dawn of Black Ashes", he stared closely at the other person's facial expression so as not to miss any possible clues.
Unfortunately, the other party didn't have any special reaction.
"First things are first things, they cannot be discussed or put into words."
The magical girl in Taoist robes shook her head: "It's not a good thing for you ordinary people to know too much. I'm here to find the magical girl in Fangting City."
"The magical girl from Fangting City?"
Lin Yun squeezed the heart gem in his pocket imperceptibly and said, "May I ask who you are looking for? The Fangting City Magical Girls Team has seen a lot of personnel changes in the past two years. It's possible that the person you are looking for is not here."
"I'm here to look for Cornflower. I wonder if you've heard of this name?"
The girl said loudly: "I remember she is a very famous magical girl here?"
Coming to see me? Lin Yun suppressed the urge to raise his eyebrows and said calmly: "'Cornflower' is the captain of the Fangting City Magic Girl Team. She is indeed very famous."
"Oh, that's right." The Taoist girl nodded, "Can you help me contact her?"
"That's no problem, but I may require you to provide your code name, okay?" Lin Yun pressed on in secret.
"My code name? Kite...ah, just call me Gladiolus."
The Taoist magic girl said calmly: "She may not have heard of my name. If she doesn't want to come, just tell her that I can solve her problem."
"…What does this mean?" Lin Yun's heart skipped a beat.
"It has nothing to do with you ordinary people."
The girl didn't seem to intend to explain at all: "Just tell her what you said, she will understand."
Lin Yun understood, but couldn't believe what the other person said.
The so-called "problem with my body" could only be a more serious injury, which only Emerald promised to solve. But now even the person who looked like Claw Mark has come? Considering that the person behind Claw Mark was the former Purple Diamond, could the girl's words be understood as the former Purple Diamond also using this incident to express her position to me? But can the words from Claw Mark really be trusted? Many speculations arose in his mind, but Lin Yun remained calm and led the other party to the reception room of the Strategy Bureau. The group opened the door of the reception room and saw a square table with various meals and drinks.
This was what Lin Yun had asked the canteen to prepare beforehand, to entertain the two uninvited guests in the reception room. The other party had been locked up in the interrogation room for the whole morning, and must be hungry now. A lunch could effectively bring the two sides closer.
"I'm very sorry for the misunderstanding. Our staff failed to understand your identities and intentions, causing you to waste an entire morning."
He made a "please" gesture towards the square table not far away: "We specially prepared lunch and drinks, I hope you will like them."
"Oh! Wine!"
The Taoist girl at the door suddenly brightened up, and she almost whistled: "Great, we have been sleeping in the open air and relying on breathing to fast for so many days, and our mouths are really lacking in flavor!"
"You're not really going to drink it?"
The black cat fairy at the side quickly dissuaded him: "Don't forget what we are here for. What if you are really drunk?"
"I won't get drunk. I won't get drunk. What's wrong with a couple of drinks?"
The girl waved her hand, ignoring the fairy's dissuasion, and went straight to the seat: "Besides, we martial arts practitioners have the so-called blood circulation under control. A little bit of alcohol can be dissipated by exhaling."
"You... please be more careful..."
The goblin was obviously still reluctant, but knowing that he couldn't be persuaded, he had no choice but to sit down.
Lin Yun followed closely behind, telling the employees not to follow him, and walked into the reception room with the two of them. He sat down at one side of the square table and continued chatting with the girl.
It seemed that because she had food and drink, the girl's mood was obviously much higher, and the parts that had been vague and ambiguous before became clearer and more organized.
Of course, from Lin Yun’s perspective, most of this is just nonsense and gossip.
For example, the other party has been boasting since he drank, "Cornflower and I are as close as brothers and sisters, and this time I came to bring her an opportunity." In fact, there is no such person as "Gladiolus" in Lin Yun's memory.
No matter how well the other person controls his or her boasting, lies are lies and can never become facts.
However, there was some useful information mixed in there. For example, from time to time, the other party would reveal some secrets that ordinary magical girls would not know, and some of them clearly pointed directly to claw marks, which made Lin Yun more certain of her origin.
He continued to persuade people to drink and tried to get more information, but just when the conversation became heated, his expression suddenly became serious because a magical power uncontrollably surged out of the Heart Gem and quickly spread throughout his body.
——This was not an attack from an enemy; it was undoubtedly a precursor to a transformation.
My frustrating sequelae have struck again.
Although he had made relevant preparations long ago, he did not expect that the sequelae would occur at such a critical moment. If he was discovered by the magical girl next to him now, who knows what kind of problems would arise.
Realizing this, Lin Yun quickly stood up, informed the other two people at the table, and ran quickly to the door.
He wanted to find a secluded place and wait for the uncontrolled transformation to end.
After Lin Yun left, the girl in Taoist robe, who was still a little drunk, suddenly raised her head and looked straight in a certain direction outside the door.
"...Sammy, do you feel it?" she asked slowly.
"What?" The black cat fairy looked at her in confusion.
"It's a magical fluctuation. A very strong magical fluctuation."
She raised the cup, drank the liquid in it, and wiped it around her lips: "It's from the magical girl."
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