Chapter 46 Hong Siyu's Speculation
It was another morning, and Lin Yun was sitting in his office, staring at the computer screen in a daze.
It was a week ago that I stayed at Xia Liang's house. Xia Liang's motivation for study and learning has obviously increased. After that, the two new magical girls welcomed their summer vacation, while Lin Yun continued his hard working life.
Of course, the reason why it is called hard work is mainly because of the pressure he puts on himself.
It was fine to work at the same time, but he also needed to review his junior high school knowledge to help Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang with their tutoring. In addition to these, there was another priority: he had to defeat the remaining beasts.
I don’t know if it’s because it’s summer, but the crippled beasts have become as dense as mosquitoes. Previously, I would only see one crippled beast every ten days or half a month, but now I can see one every few days.
Even a few days ago, attacks occurred in two different locations at the same time.
Fortunately, Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang have barely reached the entry level of combat power, so they can deal with stronger eggs without any problem. In the end, they split up with Cuiqiao and solved the remaining beasts in the two places at the same time.
Even though he was very clear about his own abilities, Lin Yun had to admit that the Fangting City's magical girl team was indeed short of people.
There is a shortage of people in combat, in teaching and training, and even in information investigation.
He and Hong Siyu had already found a lot of clues in the records of Fangting City's remnant beasts in the past few years, and it was almost certain that there were other hidden remnant beasts. But because of the lack of information, they didn't know whether any of them had reached the pupa stage.
In such a situation, and with the fact that he had gained a lot from conquering the remaining beasts in recent days and received a lot of response, Lin Yun couldn't help but have this thought in his mind: Why not completely give up the idea of living in seclusion and just resign?
The response obtained by the magical girl from expelling the remaining beasts can actually be used to gain wealth.
Although it cannot be directly exchanged for money in the material world, there are many ways to turn contributions into money, whether it is to obtain the country's currency or to exchange it for gold, silver and jewelry.
If magical girls don't mind being arrested by the Investigation Agency after being exposed, they can also exchange their contributions for supplies or weapons and sell them to civilians in the country or lower-level magicians in the material world. This is a business that is sure to make money.
Of course, few people would be willing to trade the identity and power of a magical girl for such wealth that cannot be seen in public. Therefore, weapons and supplies produced in the magical kingdom are still highly priced among magicians in the material world.
As Lin Yun is a lifelong magical girl, if he wants, he can give up his current job and make killing beasts his main source of income. In fact, Anya always called herself a freelancer during her lifetime, and this "freelance job" was a magical girl. At that time, she even teased Lin Yun, asking if he wanted her to be the one to support the whole family.
Right now, a lifestyle similar to Anya's is now available to Lin Yun: earning rewards by defeating cruel beasts, he only needs to use a small portion of the echoes to subsidize his household expenses, and the rest can all be used to enhance the strength of the team.
This kind of life sounds feasible, but Lin Yun is still making a decision.
The reason is simple, I just don't want to.
At the age of seventeen, he chose to give up being a magical girl and return to ordinary life, concentrating on the college entrance examination and job hunting. It was never a choice based on interests.
She doesn't want to be a magical girl, and doesn't even want to have anything to do with the magical kingdom anymore. Until today, she refuses to contact the kingdom in person. There are many more complicated reasons for this.
Thinking of this, a memory suddenly flashed through his mind: it was a scene in a small ward, where the man on the bed was smiling and saying something to him.
"...Dad, was my choice really the right one?"
Leaning back in his seat, he couldn't help but mutter to himself.
However, this question is destined to have no answer. The person who could give him the answer is no longer in this world, or even buried in the corner of memory by time, and can no longer speak to him.
Immersed in his own thoughts, just as he was struggling with his next choice, suddenly, the phone in his pocket rang.
I picked up the phone and the contact displayed was Hong Siyu.
He looked at the screen, paused for a moment, picked up the phone, and pressed the call button: "Hello?"
"Senior, are you there?" Hong Siyu's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Yeah." He responded in a low voice.
"Have you recruited any new people recently?" The voice on the other end was quite frivolous.
Lin Yun looked at the computer screen and said indifferently: "If it's nothing important, can I hang up on you?"
"It won't hurt to reveal it. There's no codename 'Xiao Jin' in the records of the Strategy Bureau yet. Isn't that enough to show how trustworthy I am?" Hong Siyu was a little dissatisfied.
"No means no. I was just worried about the lack of manpower."
This statement is actually half true and half false.
In Lin Yun's opinion, although the magical girls in Fangting City are indeed short of manpower, it is not appropriate to continue recruiting in the short term.
In the long run, recruiting people is necessary. Fangting City will eventually have to rebuild the magic defense force of the younger generation, and he cannot bear everything alone forever; but in the short term, recruiting new magical girls may cause loopholes in his protection.
The most reasonable plan is to let Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang blossom to the bud level first, and then let them consider recruiting new teammates.
“Eh——”
Hong Siyu dragged out his voice, obviously a little unconvinced, but did not continue to pester: "Well, I have a piece of news here, do you want to listen to it?"
"Speak." Lin Yun said briefly.
"Okay, it's about the assistance issue I mentioned earlier. The Investigation Bureau was unwilling to send people, so I contacted several Central City Strategy Bureaus. The responses they received from the local sowers were similar, all saying that they could not send anyone."
Hong Siyu's voice was filled with some inexplicable emotions: "However, the answers that the Strategy Bureaus of York City and Jinglan City got from the Sowers are... more interesting?"
"What answer?" Lin Yun frowned slightly.
Hong Siyu asked abruptly, "Senior, have you ever asked me before if I'm hiding something from you?"
"Yes, I did."
"That's great. Now it's my turn to ask you this question."
Hong Siyu's voice turned from frivolous to steady: "Did you not tell us something before?"
Lin Yun's face was slightly tense, but his voice remained calm: "I don't know, what do you want to say?"
"Because I got some answers from them that might be different from what I had imagined before."
After a pause, Hong Siyu continued, "Do you want me to read it out loud?"
"...Read it." Lin Yun felt helpless.
Because he had already roughly guessed what Hong Siyi meant by "a slightly different answer".
There was a sound of fingernails touching the screen from the other end of the phone. It seemed that Hong Siyu was operating something on her phone. Not long after, her voice came again: "The sower of New Covenant City, 'Pikari', said: 'It's almost the next 20th year, I don't want to get involved in this mess.'"
"The sower of Jinglan City, 'Xiao Youyou' originally said: 'Are you talking about Fangting City? The Fangting City that person is in? Or let it go? I don't dare to go anyway.'"
"Even if others try to ask them, they will act as if they are keeping it a secret."
After saying this, seeing that Lin Yun remained silent, Hong Si and Na Duan also remained silent for a while.
After a while, she spoke again with hesitation: "Senior, this 'next 20 years' should refer to next year, and what they are talking about... or at least, the reason is different from that of the Investigation Institute, right?"
Lin Yun closed his eyes.
Just like he always insisted in front of Mo Ke that his code name was "Delphinium", although this was indeed the name he used now, but also because this was Fangting City, he was worried that Mo Ke would react to his previous code name.
The sowers, or fairies, are different from magical girls. At least in one type of thing, they always know more than magical girls.
"Ha, of course. I can guess it even if you don't tell me, although I'm not sure."
Lin Yun remained silent, and Hong Siyu continued as if talking to herself; "I hadn't become a magical girl at that time, but Sister Sheng Zi told me that after the defense of the 'Garden' nearly 20 years ago, you were summoned to the Rose Palace..."
——"That's enough, Hong Siyu."
He interrupted her and Lin Yun opened his eyes. His expression was a little dull, even a little cold. "No need to continue. You have already guessed it right."
"really?"
"Well, at least part of it, you're right."
"That's truly an unimaginable feat."
Hong Siyu's voice was filled with a sigh: "I see, there is no other magical girl who dares to do this, right?"
"Who knows?" Obviously not wanting to continue this topic, Lin Yun did not comment.
"So, this means that we really won't get any reinforcements, right?"
"Well, no."
"In that case..."
Perhaps sensing the tense atmosphere, Hong Siyu took the initiative to change the subject and asked, "Senior, you said before that you were giving special training to the newcomers for next year's certification test?"
"Yes." After hearing her talk about this, Lin Yun also regained some emotions.
"Well, if you can't spare the time in the short term, why not try another plan?"
Hong Siyu asked apprehensively, "For example, let me go and take a look?"
(End of this chapter)
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