"Brother Lin, stay with me a little longer. There should still be time. I'll use a portal to send you back to the street later."
After Wu Tina had hugged him enough, she let go of him.
Lorraine nodded.
"Although we now have more allies, the situation remains dire. Miss Evil, please also tell Leopard that in the battles to come, we will meet again as enemies. Please do not harbor any illusions. While I will not kill you and will try my best to help you to some extent, this does not mean that I will hold back every time. When it is time to fight seriously, I will still treat you as true enemies and attack without hesitation."
"Is it to avoid arousing suspicion from the magical girl?"
"Yes, but not entirely."
"Brother Lin, you've confused me completely."
"The battlefield is not child's play, and war is not a game. The consequences of defeat are cruel... and there is no second chance. So I hope you will take every battle seriously."
“I will remember this, Brother Lin.”
"I can sense that your strength will continue to grow, but magical girls are not to be underestimated either. I cannot yet make a definitive judgment on Magenta and Sulfur, but Azure... I can tell you very clearly that Azure has enormous potential for development. Her power is far more than what she has achieved, and I will continue to develop her in the future."
"Eh!!!"
Why did Wu Tina find those words inexplicably vulgar?
She blushed slightly, feeling a mixture of envy and anticipation.
But Lorraine was serious, and very serious at that.
"People grow in adversity and learn in hardship... A worthy opponent may help you grow stronger. You cannot be defeated by magical girls, and magical girls must not be defeated by you either. Order cannot collapse, and one of the biggest purposes of everything I am doing now is to maintain the balance of power in the world."
"ah?"
"In short, whether it's your side or the magical girls' side, we must maintain a state of mutual restraint. If either side's strength suddenly increases dramatically, this balance will be broken immediately, and we will all face a catastrophic disaster."
"What???"
"If the magical girl is defeated, the higher-ups of your evil organization will definitely launch a full-scale invasion of the magical girl... or the entire world. A bloody disaster will spread throughout the world, and you and Leopard... you two will eventually become the most tragic victims of this war. You risk your lives, but what you get in return is the satisfaction of other people's interests and ambitions. Do you think that's fair?"
"Oh, I see. I'm sorry, Brother Lin... I never thought of that before."
"Similarly—if your evil organization is defeated, the magical girls will also issue an order for a full-scale attack on you. At that time… not only will you and Leopard be used as expendable pawns and perish on the battlefield, but after the war is won… I will definitely not escape the reckoning either. The magical girls will definitely not spare me. They will discard me after I have served my purpose, cook me after I am done with me, and put me away after I am done with me… I have experienced too many things like this."
"What!"
Upon hearing this, Wu Tina couldn't sit still any longer. "Brother Lin, wouldn't that be too dangerous for you? But... Azure, Magenta, and Sulfur shouldn't be bad people. They wouldn't do anything so outrageous to you, would they?"
“They don’t represent the entire magical girl organization, Miss Evil. You need to understand, I mean in case that situation really happens.”
Lorraine hesitated for a moment.
But he still said seriously, "If the magical girls really attack me, it would be fine if Azure and the others just stand by and watch, but if they dare to stand up for me, they will probably be immediately regarded as traitors and executed along with me."
"ah???"
Wu Tina was completely dumbfounded.
Lorraine said.
“Miss Evil, I don’t want to think too badly of others, but sometimes the world is like this. We can’t guarantee that something will definitely happen, but we also can’t guarantee that it won’t happen. Fate is in our own hands… It’s most important to leave ourselves a way out.”
"Brother Lin... what should we do?"
There is only one way to break this deadlock.
What is it?
"Become stronger."
Lorraine looked directly into Tina's eyes and repeated, "Whether it's you or Azure and the others, you can only achieve true freedom and peace when you become stronger, so strong that... no one can pose a threat to you. Miss Evil, remember, peace is not obtained by begging or charity. True peace is won through overwhelming force!"
Wu Tina was startled, and she began to think.
Lorraine said sincerely.
"Only when you are strong enough will the world treat you kindly."
"I understand, Brother Lin, I understand everything..."
"Don't put too much pressure on yourself. You can't rush things. Take it one step at a time. I'll always be there for you."
"Thank you, Brother Lin."
"Thank you too, Miss Evil."
That moment.
The two exchanged a smile, everything understood without a word.
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Before leaving the room.
Wu Tina asked curiously, "Brother Lin, what did you feed the little cheetah before? It wasn't really... something awful, was it?"
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