Chương 30: Suspicious Points

"Huh? What are you talking about? Shorty Senior." Ruri deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of the word "shorty," making the words exceptionally clear.

She tried to use that term to sting the other person and make them angry so that she could justifiably distance herself from this troublesome individual.

Unexpectedly, Xing Shuang simply maintained that gentle smile, even tilting her head slightly to reveal an expression of anticipation for what was to come.

This reaction left Liuli feeling like she'd punched a cotton ball, and she could only click her tongue in frustration: "How could two Stardust-level newbies like us possibly protect the entire city? Corrosion-level Void Beasts aren't exactly rare."

"But it's strange." Starfrost looked around the empty mall.

"From the South Suburb Park until now, I haven't seen any other magical girls. Now that the incident has been resolved, the reinforcements still haven't arrived. Is that normal?"

"Didn't you come after receiving a distress signal?" Liuli rolled her eyes.

"You were the fastest to arrive last time too."

"I..." Xing Shuang was speechless for a moment. Last time it was a mission that was forcibly assigned by the system, but this time she was directly affected by the infiltration of the virtual world. She had not received any so-called request for help.

"Who sent out the so-called request for help?" Xing Shuang pondered for a moment and quickly thought of a possibility—the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs.

She knew that the Bureau of Extraterrestrial Affairs possessed special equipment capable of detecting infiltration into the virtual world, and its staff would use this information to issue evacuation alerts, urging nearby people to stay away from the location where the infiltration was occurring.

Given this operational model, it seems logical for the Bureau of Extraordinary Events to issue requests for help to magical girls.

If this hypothesis is correct, then the connection between the magical girls and the Bureau of Extraordinary Events can be said to be quite close.

Starfrost wanted to verify this conjecture, so she looked up at the two magical girls and asked, "And you? Did you also come after receiving that distress call?" Her gaze shifted between the two girls before finally settling on Ruri.

Yin Xue gently shook her head: "I was here when the infiltration of the void occurred, very close to the edge of the bubble."

"Ruby told me." Ruri poked the floating white elf, who proudly puffed out its chest, a human-like smug expression on its furry face.

"Its perception can cover the entire city, much faster than the slow alarms from the Bureau of Paranormal Affairs." Liuli crossed her arms, her tone carrying a hint of pride.

"Every time they finish issuing evacuation notices and then call those seniors, I'm already on the scene."

Xing Shuang asked thoughtfully, "What about the time at the South Suburb Park?" Although Liu Li's answer was different from what she had expected, it still confirmed her guess.

"Ruby found out too, and I notified Yin Xue via phone." Liu Li suddenly became alert.

"Why are you asking about this?"

Yin Xue added, "Besides Liu Li's notification, I also received the message from the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs, but it came much later than Liu Li's notification."

"Have you notified the other magical girls?"

Liuli immediately turned her face away, her ear tips turning slightly red. Yinxue twisted her fingers, her voice also tinged with hesitation: "For certain reasons... we didn't keep in touch with our seniors, and we don't usually keep in touch with them..."

Xing Shuang almost burst out laughing. She knew without a doubt that some little hedgehog had scared away all the seniors who wanted to exchange contact information.

She considerately refrained from pointing it out, and instead asked the most crucial question: "Have you... seen any other magical girls recently?"

"Of course I've seen him." Yin Xue's answer put Xing Shuang's mind at ease.

"Shortly after you left that day, a senior came over. Seeing that the battle was over, he gave us a few words of advice and then left."

"So that's how it is." Xing Shuang breathed a sigh of relief, feeling much more at ease.

Having witnessed the two people before her nearly lose their lives to erosion-level void beasts twice in a row, some dark thoughts inevitably surfaced in her mind.

But since there are other magical girls active in this city, it proves that her worries were unnecessary. The fact that no support has arrived yet is probably just because the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs' alarm system is too slow.

Of course, this doesn't mean she can give up and focus on improving her skills.

These two Stardust-level magical girls in front of me... are completely isolated. Although it's not the fault of the other magical girls, it's undeniable that no one is teaching them the knowledge that newcomers should have.

Looking into Yin Xue's clear eyes and Liu Li's stubborn profile, Xing Shuang knew that if no one guided these two impetuous newcomers, tragedy would inevitably occur sooner or later, and perhaps only she could shoulder this responsibility.

Su Yuqing is a family member he cherishes, and she is also the core motivation for him to strive to improve his strength as [Xingshuang].

As for Ruri, this magical girl who is kind and brave at heart but hides herself with a layer of thorns, she is essentially just a sharp and fragile little girl. Not long ago, she also made a decision to try to melt the ice in the other person's heart.

Xing Shuang let out a long sigh, a somewhat helpless smile appearing on her lips. She never expected that she would actually try to become an "excellent magical girl senior." Could this have been part of the system's plan from the beginning?

"Oh, right!" Yin Xue suddenly remembered something and summoned dozens of crystal blue fragments from "Tears of the Stars".

"These are the energy core fragments of that Void Beast from last time. Although they can't be pieced together completely, they can still be exchanged for a lot of rewards by the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs as proof of the capture of an Erosion-level Void Beast."

"You left in such a hurry last time that I didn't even have time to give them to you."

"And this too." Liuli made the same gesture, taking out the ant queen beast energy core that she had previously split in two. The deep purple crystal cross-section was as smooth as a mirror, shining with an unusual light under the sunlight.

"I'm not so arrogant as to think that Yin Xue and I defeated that monster together. This is your trophy." She turned her head, her voice unconsciously lowering.

"And I haven't had a chance to thank you for this yet... Thank you."

Starfrost stared at the energy cores before her, but her attention was drawn to something else: "Magical girls can use these energy cores as proof of their defeat of the Void Beasts, and exchange them for monetary rewards at the Bureau of Extraordinary Events..."

This is clearly a fairly mature system. Given that it has reached this level, and considering that the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs would send out requests for help to magical girls, this relationship seems to be close to that of an employment relationship. Perhaps those magical girls all have official files within the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs.

"Senior Xingshuang...?" Yinxue's gentle voice interrupted Xingshuang's thoughts. She looked up and found that the other person was looking at her with some confusion.

"Keep these," Xing Shuang said with a smile, waving her hand. As an "unregistered resident" who wasn't registered with the Bureau of Extraterrestrial Affairs, these energy cores were nothing more than large glass beads to her.

But suddenly, a more crucial question flashed through her mind like lightning— Will Yin Xue, who is familiar with this system of supernatural affairs and magical girl, be a completely new magical girl?

Is her friendship with Liuli really something that can be built in just a day or two?

Was Yuqing really reborn on the night of the 29th, just like me?