Starting from a Magical Girl, Dominating Eternity-Chapter 56 - 24: Three-Way Negotiation (2)

Peony’s expression became even more bitter as she continued speaking, as a teacher.

Although Yin Lian is the student and Peony the teacher at school, Yin Lian still respects her teachers, even if they aren’t from the same school.

But at the Disaster Strategy Bureau, Yin Lian is the captain of the Magic Girl Combat Team, wielding absolute authority over rewards and punishments for the members.

If a mission isn’t well-completed, she can’t escape docked wages or even writing a review.

When Yin Lian gets serious, even they seniors are quite afraid.

"Please, Yin Luo, help me say something nice, would you? She’s your sister, she’ll surely listen to you..."

"Don’t come to me; when she’s angry, she doesn’t treat me like her sister."

"How can that be..."

Yin Luo paused, "So, have you found any clues?"

Peony also perked up, "No, the Witch Association guards secretively as always; it’s very hard to find anything. The abilities of those two girls from Cyan Cloud Sect are special, maybe they can find some traces, but they’ll likely get hurt. Hope they don’t overpush; the Witch Association is too insidious."

"Instead of worrying about Cyan Cloud Sect, you should worry about the Witch Association."

Yin Luo laughed instantly, "Do you know how many members of the Witch Association Cyan Cloud Sect has eliminated over the years? To date, only one member has fallen into the Witch Association, the loss ratios aren’t even comparable between the two; nothing to worry about."

"I am a teacher, after all." Peony snorted, "I don’t care how many Witch Association members die, but those two girls from Cyan Cloud Sect have great potential, and their heart isn’t bad. In all these years, at most they’ve made me nap, never going for lethal hits; I’m definitely unwilling to see them come to harm."

"Don’t have too many fantasies about Cyan Cloud Sect." Yin Luo spoke solemnly, "You know more clearly than I what their Sect Leader, Zi Yuan, has done."

Peony’s expression also turned somewhat gloomy, then she shook her head, "I know, don’t worry, I’m just worried about those two troublemaking girls; I’m not familiar with other Cyan Cloud Sect members and they’re not related to me, anyone who wishes to capture them can do so, it’s none of my business. But for those two girls, I have to handle them personally, spank their bottoms hard to vent my anger!"

Yin Luo didn’t respond to her, only staring into the documents in her hand, lost in thought over unknown ponderings.

...

In the pitch dark, Du Juan opened her eyes, touching the scar on her own face.

With some surprise, she gasped, "Ah."

"Did I really fail?"

She murmured self-talkedly, somewhat incredulous.

The cripple received quite a bit of power from the Seed of Sorrow, even if it was just a semi-finished product, it wasn’t something ordinary people could handle.

That was power bridging towards a Budding Magical Girl’s levels. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Tentatively opening the crystal ball, wanting to trace back and investigate what happened.

But clearly something disrupted her retrospection; the leaf-shaped veins covered the crystal ball, completely obscuring the past events, only faintly seeing the cripple knocked down.

Does Jiang Si have interference magic power similar to Disaster Strategy Bureau’s Magical Girls on him?

Perhaps it’s a security measure the Disaster Strategy Bureau prepared specifically for new Magical Girls; after all, the Witch Association often targeted new Magical Girls’ families before, having preventative measures is only natural.

While deep in thought, the crystal ball in her hand suddenly lit up; the original leaf veins vanished, revealing the captain’s face, "What are you doing! Du Juan, people from Cyan Cloud Sect have tracked down your name. If it weren’t for me blocking in time, your position would’ve been exposed! Are you looking to die?"

Du Juan was also momentarily stunned by the scolding, then frowned, "Impossible, I didn’t notice anything."

"By the time you notice, it’ll be too late! Disaster Strategy Bureau and Cyan Cloud Sect have swept through your area twice. Peony from Disaster Strategy Bureau was relatively easy to handle, her reconnaissance abilities are limited. But Cyan Cloud Sect’s people, the slightest carelessness and everything will be exposed. How many times did I warn you! To be careful, to be cautious! This is Cyan Cloud Sect’s territory!"

Du Juan was scolded red-faced, unable to retort, yet she couldn’t find any reason.

After all, if not for the captain’s intervention, she might really have been caught.

She was thoroughly immersed in the battle between the cripple and Jiang Si from start to finish, without realizing Disaster Strategy Bureau and Cyan Cloud Sect had already been tracing her.

"Was Jiang Si captured?"

When the captain asked again, Du Juan felt slightly embarrassed, "Close, a semi-finished product was previously sent to capture him, but unexpectedly failed. Perhaps the semi-finished product’s unstable state led to its collapse."

She confidently stated, "That semi-finished product was indeed my mistake, forgetting to disguise. I originally thought it would swiftly capture Jiang Si, but this time won’t be the same. I’ll personally take action, meticulously concealing my presence, avoiding detection by them, and swiftly capturing Jiang Si! There won’t be any mistakes!"

The captain’s expression slightly softened, "I usually trust you the most when handling matters, but this time was truly careless, watch yourself."

"Understood, captain."

Then Du Juan continued, "However, I previously attempted to trace back Jiang Si’s battle situation with my semi-finished Disaster Beast, but there was interference. Perhaps the Disaster Strategy Bureau had prearranged a magic to prevent us from acting on him."

Du Juan analyzed the information she obtained, offering her judgment, "It seems Disaster Strategy Bureau places considerable importance on the new Magical Girl, conducting reconnaissance promptly, as well as providing advance safety arrangements for Jiang Si. If Jiang Si is captured and threatens the new Magical Girl, or even draws her into the Witch Association, the Disaster Strategy Bureau would likely suffer greatly, hehe."

"Indeed." The captain agreed satisfactorily, "Recently, Jia Zhutao hasn’t been progressing smoothly over there, our Disaster Beast will take some time to be born. Now, the Disaster Strategy Bureau’s attention is entirely on the Miracle Seed, hindering her actions. If your plan succeeds, the Disaster Strategy Bureau’s focus will shift, easing Jia Zhutao’s operations."

"Heh, I’m skeptical of Jia Zhutao’s reliability; is she unable to deliver, or unwilling?" The woman remarked sinisterly, "If she doesn’t bring out the Miracle Seed this time, I suggest scrapping her."

"Since being hunted by Cyan Cloud Sect, recruiting newcomers has become increasingly challenging, Jia Zhutao’s motives are highly credible, I don’t think there’s any need to doubt."

The captain also spoke solemnly, "Moreover, task executions are getting increasingly difficult, facing dual assaults from Disaster Strategy Bureau and Cyan Cloud Sect each time, particularly Cyan Cloud Sect, you almost got caught. Our manpower is scarce, it’d be better to minimize internal strife, Du Juan."

"Suit yourself, just don’t come raging at me if Jia Zhutao deceives you. But Cyan Cloud Sect reacted quickly enough to divine my name, perhaps they’re also focusing on Jiang Si."

The captain was momentarily taken aback, seemingly having not expected it, "Really? Why would Cyan Cloud Sect focus on him? They only care about Magical Girls, and he’s a man, right?"

Du Juan sneered, "The Disaster Strategy Bureau taking in a new Magical Girl for the first time, with Cyan Cloud Sect’s petty pride, they’ll surely want to regain face. Maybe they’re considering abducting Jiang Si, then coercing the new Magical Girl into joining Cyan Cloud Sect."

The captain nodded in realization, "Very likely, no wonder they found you so swiftly. Cyan Cloud Sect isn’t exactly virtuous, using methods similar to ours, yet they dare to righteously criticize our Witch Association, truly naive."

"Anyway, we need to act ahead of them, Jiang Keke, the new Magical Girl, only has that one brother left in her family, the two relying on each other for so long, she must value him greatly. As long as we capture Jiang Si, she’ll walk right into the trap, hehe..."

After the captain left, the crystal dimmed, Du Juan emerged from the wall once more, the sky had darkened.

Contemplating for a moment, she turned and took a seed out of the wall.

A pitch-black, already decayed seed.

Even though it hasn’t been used for a long time, and she doesn’t feel the need.

But just in case, it can’t hurt.