Transform into a magical girl after getting off work-Chapter 417 - 74: Challenge Letter_3

"Yes, I also think it’s too much of a coincidence," she said.

Lin Xiaolu gripped her magic wand tightly, her tense expression revealing a bit of nervousness, but she still tried to maintain her composure not to be overshadowed by her opponent, "I hadn’t expected to encounter the notorious ’Claw Marks’ at the Abnormal Strategy Bureau. Are you the prime suspects behind the recent series of attacks in Fangting City?"

She actually knew about the "Claw Marks" in Fangting City; the strange fairy who had introduced herself as "Fairy Immortal" had told her about it. It seemed that Emerald Sparrow had intentionally kept her from encountering the Claw Marks, so she had only heard of them, never seen them.

Now, hearing the other party call themselves the "Evil Magical Girl," she almost immediately connected them to this infamous organization in her mind.

"The recent few times? The prime suspects? I’m sorry, I really can’t remember such things," she said.

In response to Lin Xiaolu’s interrogation, Yuan just laughed, "It doesn’t matter, the past isn’t important. What’s important is what comes next, which I have personally planned."

"What exactly are you planning to do?"

Yuan’s words gave Lin Yun a bad feeling, and combined with the opponent’s strange behavior that evening, he realized that she might indeed be telling the truth.

"Like I said, I am here to issue a challenge, to all the magical girls of Fangting City," Yuan replied.

With a now serious expression, Yuan continued, "This includes experienced magical girls like Cornflower and newcomers like you, young lady, and even those new friends from outside Fangting City. Although I don’t know all of them, if any of you wish to come, then just come. The location is at the summit of Silver Screen Mountain."

"Silver Screen Mountain?" Lin Yun wasn’t unfamiliar with this name, but that didn’t alleviate his confusion.

"You, taking on all of us by yourself?"

Lin Xiaolu was concerned about a completely different issue, "Wait, how did you know there are other magical girls from different cities here?"

"I’ve been watching each of you fight the Remnant Beasts," Yuan pointed out.

Pointing at Lin Xiaolu, he said, "Like you, young lady, your recent battles have been in the Sunset District, and the last Remnant Beast you dealt with was an Inchworm, right?"

Lin Xiaolu didn’t respond, but her suddenly heavier breathing reflected her emotions.

Because Yuan was right, yet she had never sensed the presence of any other magical girls at the scene.

This meant that the opponent had the ability to completely elude her perception, and with such an ability, had she harbored any intent of attacking Lin Xiaolu, she probably would have been finished long ago.

Even if slow to realize, Lin Xiaolu now had to acknowledge a fact—that the person claiming to be "Evil Magical Girl" in front of her was very strong, possibly much stronger than she could currently handle.

"If there are no objections, then let me announce the rules," Yuan said.

Seeing that both Lin Yun and Lin Xiaolu had nothing else to say, Yuan continued, "The designated place is the summit of Silver Screen Mountain, and the time is up to you, anytime tonight, but I can only wait until midnight."

"I set up a ritual at the top of Silver Screen Mountain. Starting now, if nobody stops it, then at midnight, it will trigger an explosion that will destroy the entire mountain and everything around it," Yuan announced, spreading his hands to mimic an "explosion."

"To stop it, your only option is to defeat me and then shut it down yourself."

"Blow up the entire mountain?"

Lin Yun was somewhat puzzled because, in his memory, Silver Screen Mountain was one of the most remote areas in the suburbs of Fangting City. If it were just to blow up Silver Screen Mountain, aside from possibly causing some geological disasters, it wouldn’t result in severe casualties.

But soon, he realized what Yuan really intended to do.

As one of the most remote places in the city’s outskirts, Silver Screen Mountain was sparsely populated, but it also had another characteristic—it was at the very periphery of Fangting City.

And at the city’s perimeter, there was something absolutely crucial that couldn’t be damaged—the city’s protective barrier.

The barrier separated human cities from the vast Wilderness, ensuring that dangers and Remnant Beasts from the Wilderness couldn’t harm the city. But once there was a breach in the barrier, numerous high-level Remnant Beasts, mutated creatures of the Wilderness, and even more terrifying things would enter the city. At that point, the safety of Fangting City would be severely tested.

"It looks like you’ve figured it out," Yuan noted, observing the change of expression on Lin Yun’s face, and continued with a smile, "That’s my challenge. If you don’t want to see the entire Fangting City fall into crisis, then you better notify Cornflower."

"...why do this?"

Lin Yun asked this question once again.

He couldn’t understand the motives behind Yuan choosing to do this at such a juncture.

She had been in Fangting City for two months and had even had the opportunity to completely eliminate him and the Source of Beasts at once, but she had let them all go under the guise of "fairness."

If she intended to threaten the entire city to use as a bargaining chip in negotiations with the Magical Girl, she should have done so before the external support from Bai’an City arrived, there was no need to wait until now.

Previously, he didn’t understand why Yuan, as an "Evil Person", was so indifferent about "doing evil things," but now he could not comprehend why such a person, after skipping countless great opportunities, would choose such an evidently poor moment to act.

"Evil people doing evil deeds never need a reason, right? You can think of it as a new year, I’m homesick, so I am preparing to quickly finish the tasks at hand."

Yuan answered nonchalantly, then walked to the window of the Director’s Office and suddenly opened it, "Well, the wine has been drunk, the challenge has been delivered, I’ll go back and wait for your honored visit..."

She rested one hand on the windowsill, waving towards those behind her, a gesture indicating she was about to leave, but her next move was stopped by a Magic Power Beam that shot out suddenly.

The Magic Power Beam grazed her face, missing her by mere millimeters.

Lin Xiaolu chose to strike here.

"You want to run away?"

Pointing her magic wand at Yuan, her gaze was resolute, "If you plan to do something this dangerous, then I absolutely won’t let you leave!"

"...are you planning to stop me?"

Utterly unfazed by Lin Xiaolu’s attack, Yuan glanced at the spot Lin Xiaolu had just attacked and shook her head lightly, "While I am touched by your fighting spirit, sorry, I’m not interested in bullying children."

"What did you say?" Lin Xiaolu immediately widened her eyes.

"What I mean is, I don’t want to fight with children."

Yuan spread her hands in resignation, "Simply bullying the weak has no meaning and it does not comply with my principles."

"And blowing up a mountain complies with your principles?" Lin Xiaolu shouted out loud.

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"It does, because I am a villain after all, I need to do what a villain should do."

Yuan’s expression remained unchanged, instead, she raised her hand courteously and waved to the other two in the Director’s Office, "Well then, I’ll be taking my leave first."

After saying this, she once again leaned out of the window, with magic power surging around her, appearing to be ready to fly away.

"I said it, didn’t I? I won’t let you go!"

Almost simultaneously, Lin Xiaolu took a forceful action, and this time she used all her strength, her recent maximum effort wrapped around her magic wand in a blazing white magic power.

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The explosion of magic power behind her propelled Lin Xiaolu forward as she held her magic wand, her own white flames fluttering all over, swiftly lunging towards Yuan.

Since the first encounter with Black Ash Dawn up to today, even against the moth, the potency of the white magic power had always been irresistible, even if the opponent’s power level was far above her own, this type of magic attack could still be effective.

This time, Lin Xiaolu had no doubt about it.

— "Pfft."

However, just as she flew forward, she could no longer remember what happened next.

She couldn’t even see clearly what the opponent had done, a faint thud followed, and she lost consciousness.

The last remaining in her mind were the sonic boom of Yuan breaking away and the worried call of her father.