Chapter 199 New Resident
Fangting City outer ring, villa area.
When the girls pushed open the door together and stepped into the porch, the first person to speak was Mu Lily, who was walking at the front of the crowd.
"What's going on? It's so huge!"
Although the sigh was meaningless, it represented the true thoughts of the people in Baian City.
The four-story detached villa is indeed much larger in space than the second floor of the piano store where the magical girls of Baian City gather.
"Why is your secret base so big? Bribery?"
Mu Baihe went into the entrance and looked around. After looking around, she couldn't help her curiosity and turned back to ask Lin Xiaolu, "Or is this your family's property?"
"No matter how you think about it, it can't be a bribe." Lin Xiaolu was a little helpless. "This is the venue that Cuique negotiated with the Yi Ce Bureau."
"The inspector did it? Ah, so that's how it is. Now that I think about it, it's not surprising."
Mu Baili nodded in understanding. "But your teacher can get such a grand ceremony and live in such a luxurious base, but we can only hide in the music store like the girls in the off-campus band after school every day. It seems that our teacher has no... um?"
Before she could finish her words, Bai Ji covered her mouth.
——Don't say such stupid things in front of outsiders.
Although he didn't say anything, Bai Ji's eyes revealed this meaning.
In fact, to say that Aso Yuanxiang is useless in this regard, or that she has not contributed, is indeed a misunderstanding of her and the Bai'an City Strategy Bureau.
Although the truth is that she has not negotiated this matter, the existence of Bai'an City's Strategy Bureau is quite different from that of Fangting City's Strategy Bureau. For Fangting City's Strategy Bureau, buying a property is just a piece of cake; but for Bai'an City's Strategy Bureau, although this is not impossible, the process will be much more troublesome.
The existence of the Strategy Bureau in each city is different. Some exist as government agencies like the one in Fangting City, while others are disguised as other organizational forms. The Strategy Bureau in Bai'an City is an underground organization in the physical sense.
Regardless of the distribution of personnel or the geographical location, the Bai'an City Strategy Bureau is completely located "underground". Although it has been carrying out activities in Bai'an City, it will try its best to erase all traces of its activities in the city.
However, precisely because they were so secretive, no one knew about the fact that they were almost wiped out by Black Ember Dawn. In a sense, this was like shooting themselves in the foot.
For an organization like the Strategy Bureau that operates in this style, it would be much more difficult for them to set up a large-scale base for magical girls in the city and find ways to conceal all the details.
It is for this reason that neither Aso Yuanxiang nor Dengzhan made such a request.
So now, a strange situation has emerged: obviously in terms of experience in magical girl affairs, the team from Baian City is the more experienced one, but after seeing the luxurious hardware facilities of the team from Fangting City, they are like Liu Laolao entering the Grand View Garden, asking questions from time to time.
The four-story villa has a lot of space, and there are still many empty rooms, so it is no problem for a few more people to live here. So soon, the magical girls of the Baian City team also picked their rooms and moved in with their luggage.
They may stay here for some time.
Bai Jingxuan was responsible for setting up the training space for others in the underground training ground, while Xia Liang dragged Mo Ke to prepare for the next dinner. The task of taking the Bai'an City team to visit the room naturally fell on Lin Xiaolu.
However, her expression was always a little depressed.
Bai Ji was the last one in the team to choose a room, so when everyone else went about their own business, she and Lin Xiaolu were the only ones left in the empty room.
"Then I will choose this room. Thank you very much for your hospitality."
Bai Ji, who had always acted like a leader, was still very polite even at this moment. He thanked Lin Xiaolu and said, "I may take up some of your space for a while. If this causes any trouble to you, I apologize in advance."
"Hmm? Ah, it doesn't matter. The place is pretty empty anyway."
Lin Xiaolu responded with a lack of interest, "As for you, is it okay for everyone to go to Fangting City? What about the remaining beasts in your city?"
"Don't worry about that. Although I'm ashamed, we still have a senior with a brand name certification stationed in our team."
Bai Ji explained: "And our city...something happened a while ago. At least now, during this period of time, the frequency of the appearance of crippled beasts in the city is very low, so there is no need for so many magical girls."
"Black Ash Dawn?" After taking a little time to digest the information in the other party's words, Lin Xiaolu tilted her head and came to a conclusion that went straight to the heart of the contradiction.
"Ah...yes, that's right, you guys in Fangting City have encountered this before."
Surprised by the other party's straightforwardness, Bai Ji nodded belatedly and covered his mouth involuntarily: "I'm very sorry, I subconsciously felt that this was not worth spreading, and I didn't mean to hide it."
"So, did you fight?" Lin Xiaolu asked rather abruptly.
"Fight?" Bai Ji was puzzled.
"Dark Ember Dawn, did you fight them?"
Lin Xiaolu looked at the other party seriously, "How far has the battle gone?"
"...As for fighting, unfortunately, we did not directly fight against the cadres of Black Dawn."
Bai Ji lowered his eyes slightly. "After the inspector came to our city, she found the enemy that we had been unable to find before. Then, according to our team's senior, she killed the Ember Guard of the Black Ember Dawn almost instantly. We were unable to help, and we didn't even play the role of a 'bystander'. We were just an insider who knew about it afterwards."
"You haven't fought?"
As she muttered this answer, Lin Xiaolu's eyes flickered: "...I have been to the battle."
"Hmm?" Bai Ji was a little confused about the words of the person in front of him.
"I fought the 'Moth'... and that stinky old woman."
Lin Xiaolu stared at the other party: "Although I was no match for her at all, and although I was beaten badly, even I felt that I was just a burden to her on the battlefield, but, I have fought with her."
"I have faced death since my first battle as a magical girl. I know the feeling of fear and the pain of failure. As for enlightenment, I have already prepared myself."
"So, what qualities do you possess, and why do you qualify to be our 'pre-assessment'?"
"Why can't I take the qualification exam next year if I can't beat you?"
Her words carried a lot of weight.
Because there was no one else around, as soon as Lin Xiaolu finished speaking, there was a slight echo in the corridor.
The two of them were standing on the south side of the corridor on the fourth floor. The slanting sunlight cast several shadows on Lin Xiaolu's face. Combined with her serious expression, the atmosphere between them suddenly became a little tense.
Bai Ji loosened his grip on the suitcase slightly.
"Are you talking about what the teacher said to you after the concert?"
She looked calm, as if she was not affected by Lin Xiaolu's questioning at all: "If you are unhappy because of those words, I apologize to you, because she is indeed a straightforward person, and many times what she said is not nice."
"Do I sound like I'm asking for an apology?" Lin Xiaolu frowned slightly.
"I'm sorry, I don't quite understand." Bai Ji shook his head, "Maybe I didn't understand what you meant."
"What I need is an explanation."
Lin Xiaolu took a step forward, with her hands on her hips: "That woman...your teacher, why did she say that?"
"You mean the 'You can't go to the qualifiers unless you beat us' thing?"
Bai Ji let go of the suitcase and stood up straight: "Or does she think that 'the Fangting City team can't defeat the Baian City team'?"
Lin Xiaolu snorted: "Both."
"As for the first thing, it's actually a little difficult to explain, because it's inside information that only our teacher can reveal."
After looking at Lin Xiaolu calmly, Bai Ji stated in a calm voice: "Next year's qualification certification exam may be a little different from previous years. If you are not strong enough, your life will be in danger."
"This is not the first time for our Bai'an City team to participate in the qualification certification, and everyone holds a white card. We are witnesses of the assessment. If you fight with us, you can roughly judge your own strength. If you can't win, it's better to stay out of the limelight and wait another year to take the exam."
"...According to you, stopping us from taking the test is actually good for us?"
Lin Xiaolu asked: "Because it will be very dangerous, if your strength cannot guarantee your safety, you should not go, is that what you mean?"
"My guess is, yes."
Bai Ji continued to explain: "This is just a conclusion I inferred based on the information the teacher told me. If you want to get the real answer, you'd better go and ask her in person."
"'Good for us' is speculation..."
Lin Xiaolu raised her head slightly: "So, what does 'the Fangting City team cannot defeat the Bai'an City team' mean?"
"That's what she said." Bai Ji replied with a polite smile, "Of course, this doesn't include our teachers and seniors, it only refers to us, the new generation."
"You mean, the original words?"
Lin Xiaolu widened her eyes.
"Yes, although I don't know your strength, I believe in the teacher's judgment." Bai Ji added.
"...I should have told you just now, right? Everyone in our Fangting City team has fought with the cadres of Black Ember Dawn." Lin Xiaolu whispered.
"Yes, it must have been a very difficult and tragic battle. I admire you very much." Bai Ji responded.
“I said, even though I was totally no match for him, at least that day, when I stood in front of that man for the sake of this city, I definitely didn’t regret it because I might die next.”
"I can understand that."
"Since you can understand that, then you, who were unable to find the enemy, fight, and protect your city when it was facing the greatest crisis, a team like you..."
Lin Xiaolu took another step forward: "How can you be so qualified to look down on us?"
There was silence in the corridor for a moment.
Lin Xiaolu stared at Bai Ji with a serious expression, while Bai Ji continued to look at her calmly, but the polite smile that had been on the corner of his mouth had disappeared.
"You really said some very harsh words, Miss Baimei." After a while, she spoke, "Do you know that what you just said, although it is true, is not appropriate to say it now?"
"Just call me Lin Xiaolu."
Lin Xiaolu curled her lips: "Delphinium said that the code name of the magical girl is a name that only companions can call each other."
"...I'm so sorry, Lin Xiaolu, you are indeed a very interesting person."
Bai Ji was not fazed by the other party's thorny words, but just nodded again: "I don't know how I offended you to make you so hostile to me?"
"I have no idea."
Lin Xiaolu admitted: "Although I don't know, I just feel uncomfortable talking to you. I always feel like you are cursing me in your heart."
Bai Ji was speechless for a moment.
After a long while, she raised her lips slightly and returned to her previous calm demeanor: "So that's how it is. I apologize to you. It may be because the teacher told me on the way here that you are the leader of the new generation of Fangting City, which made me have a distorted impression of you."
"If you really feel that my words have the intention of belittling you, then I apologize to you again, once again. I am really sorry."
"To express my sincere gratitude to you, please allow me to propose a compensation to you to make up for the relationship between us, how about it?"
This proposal made Lin Xiaolu hesitate.
"…What compensation?"
"You think the teacher's judgment is wrong and that you will not lose to us. Although I believe in the teacher, I also want to verify whether this conclusion is true."
Bai Ji put one hand on his chest, and the gem of his heart glowed slightly: "How about we have a small competition here in private?"
"Competition?" Lin Xiaolu finally smiled for the first time since meeting Bai Ji, but there was no trace of friendliness in her smile: "How do you want to compete?"
“It’s very simple.”
The light of the heart gem in his hand gradually grew stronger until it covered his entire body. Bai Ji immediately completed the transformation and appeared in front of Lin Xiaolu in his transformed form. Then he stretched out his right hand and placed it in front of Lin Xiaolu.
"No spells are used. This is a sphere made up only of my magic power."
As she spoke, a small magic ball appeared in her palm. "It's very simple. It just gathers magic power together to form this shape. There is no fancy trick inside. It is an ordinary magic ball that is consistent inside and out."
"And then?" Lin Xiaolu touched her heart gem without hesitation.
"Then, make a magic ball of your own. Use your magic ball to defeat my magic ball."
Bai Ji still looked calm, but the words he spoke had nothing to do with "peace": - "Or, be defeated by my magic ball."
(End of this chapter)
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