Starting from a Magical Girl, Dominating Eternity-Chapter 84 - 35: You Need to Step Up Too

Susan looked at the colleague beside her while munching on bread, "I didn’t expect it would be you doing the surveillance task with me."

Peony, dressed in casual attire, yawned.

"No choice, I’m the only Magical Girl left idle in the Disaster Strategy Bureau right now. Yin Lian still has classes today, so it had to be me. What? Not satisfied with me?"

"No, just surprised. It’s Monday, shouldn’t you have class too?"

"Of course, I took a leave. The Disaster Strategy Bureau gave me paid leave."

Peony said proudly, her face exuding a youthful vibe like a college student.

But when it’s time to work, she seems almost thirty.

Work really ages you fast.

Susan sighed in her heart, touching her face. Lately, she too felt each morning while looking in the mirror if she had aged a bit more.

She used to firmly reject cosmetics, but couldn’t resist applying some before leaving this morning to cover her dark circles and rough skin.

The work at the Disaster Strategy Bureau, and the Cyan Cloud Sect’s arrangements, actually made Susan’s workload much heavier than Peony’s.

Especially recently, because of the Miracle Seed incident, being busy uncovering the Witch Association mole inside the Bureau, while entangled with Yin Luo, hasn’t left her with any shortage of trouble.

Peony knocked on Susan’s forehead, who was lost in thought, "What about you, Susan, no issues lately? Just looking at you makes me feel tired."

"I’m managing." Susan finished the bread, clapped her hands; she had left in a hurry in the morning without breakfast, and grabbed a bread to make do. Glancing at Jiang Si, who had just left, "It will be fine once this phase is over."

The two chatted as they followed Jiang Si from a distance.

"Yesterday it was settled for Yin Lian to do the surveillance, but in the end, you insisted on taking over. I mean, even if you’re not on good terms, you shouldn’t worry about Yin Lian sheltering members of illegal organizations, right? The captain detests the Cyan Cloud Sect and the Witch Association."

"Previously, Yin Lian and Yin Luo, as sisters, vouched for Jiang Si," Susan said expressionlessly. "Whether or not she’ll shelter them, it’s better for the two of them to avoid suspicion in this matter."

Not knowing how the Cyan Cloud Sect would arrange things, with the recent scrutiny in the bureau, she couldn’t always communicate intelligence with Lord Bingtang.

So, she took over this task, giving the Cyan Cloud Sect a day’s time to prepare a countermeasure.

Based on her understanding of the Cyan Cloud Sect, they probably wouldn’t need a whole day.

However, due to her familiarity with the Disaster Strategy Bureau’s efficiency, she’d rather leave a day’s leeway.

Over there, after a brief warm-up, Jiang Si suddenly began jogging.

The two naturally picked up their pace too.

Peony continued in a low voice from where they left off, "Be that as it may... I just think you’re too tired."

"It’s just one day; someone else will take over tomorrow."

Susan’s icy demeanor softened somewhat at Peony’s concern, "The Disaster Strategy Bureau has also arranged shifts; today counts as my overtime, and then I have three days off."

"That’s good, that’s good."

Peony murmured, "If there’s anything on your mind, talk to me, don’t keep it bottled up. Ever since your Seed issue, you’ve stopped sharing things with me. It really saddens me, Susan."

Meanwhile, Jiang Si began to accelerate, running faster and faster.

"There’s nothing to say," Susan looked at Jiang Si ahead. "Even if I did, it wouldn’t change anything."

They used to be the best comrades-in-arms.

The Magic Girl Combat Team members in the Disaster Strategy Bureau were not many; from its inception until now, only seven Magical Girls.

When Susan and Peony joined the team, there were just four, including Hyacinth.

One has to cover all of Beihai to clear Disaster Beasts while ensuring safety, so they try to always team up in pairs.

And Susan and Peony have been teammates since they joined the Disaster Strategy Bureau, having faced countless fierce battles and predicaments together.

Now thinking back, it feels like it was a long time ago. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

But in reality, it’s only been a year or two.

"You remind me of the past, back when we first met."

Over there, Jiang Si was running faster, and Peony was starting to fall behind, her tone becoming a bit unstable, "Back then, you always said things like, ’It’s unnecessary,’ ’Nothing to say,’ ’Just work,’ ’Don’t waste time.’ You were so unwilling to communicate with me."

Silently, Susan took a deep breath.

When she first joined the Disaster Strategy Bureau, she just thought Peony was a burden.

Disaster Beasts and all that, she could handle them alone, needing no teammates or help.

After all, the Disaster Strategy Bureau originally had fewer people than Cyan Cloud Sect; teaming up in twos, how could they possibly compete with Cyan Cloud Sect?

And indeed, two-person teams in the Magic Girl Combat Team couldn’t compete for Disaster Beasts, much less those potential Magical Girls, with the Cyan Cloud Sect.

She always opposed the Disaster Strategy Bureau’s small team operations strategy, hoping that every Magical Girl could act independently.

Thus, she often ignored Peony, frequently leaving her behind to complete tasks alone.

Until then-novice Susan encountered a B-level Disaster Beast.

A B-level Disaster Beast, challenging even for New Seedlings to tackle, appeared as an insurmountable horrific creature to Susan, who was just budding at that time.

The Magic Wand got broken, magic power nearly drained dry, after transformation was undone, faced the B-level Disaster Beast with her most vulnerable, human body.

The reality of injury and fear made Susan realize for the first time that as a Magical Girl, she wasn’t invincible.