Sunday morning.
When Su Tianqing opened her eyes, it was already 9:30 AM.
Golden Fox was curled up in bed, completely lacking energy, not even having the thought to go out for breakfast.
“So sleepy… so tired… I just want to sleep for a whole day…” The little fox in the covers murmured to herself.
Yesterday, she invited the official Magic Girl team to an arcade, and also called Xiao Yu and Xia Taotao to join them. They had a lot of fun.
Then, in the evening, she was invited by the heroes to attend the weekly meeting. Afterward, she used her adorable charm to get Ms. Qi Yun to help her research the Hero Association's administrator permissions, only returning home close to ten o'clock.
Immediately following that was her usual villain live stream. Because she was so tired, she only chatted with the audience, but then spent over ten minutes thanking SCs.
This was an incredibly demanding test of Ben Hu's stamina.
“So tired! I’m going to die from exhaustion!”
The physically weak fox whimpered softly on the bed until the kitchen familiar brought a plate of breakfast into the bedroom. Only then did she reluctantly sit up to eat a not-so-sumptuous breakfast.
Two slices of fried bacon, a poached egg, plus a slice of toast and a cup of milk, finally gave the little fox the strength to get out of bed and walk.
Dragging her tired tail, Su Tianqing walked to her desk and sat down. She pulled out the document she had obtained yesterday from her Magic Space and began to examine it carefully.
“Rongcheng Hero Association Weekly Meeting Summary”
“Recorder… Yuan Wuyi…”
Golden Fox murmured to herself.
She had an impression of this name; he was the S-Class Hero Moira, currently the chief of the Rongcheng Hero Association, and also served as the director of spiritual surgery at the Hero Association’s affiliated hospital.
It was said that his psychic abilities were formidable, but his combat effectiveness was questionable. His ability to become the recognized chief of the Association relied entirely on his superb medical skills.
And the white-haired girl, about the same height as herself, Su Tianqing also found her name in the meeting summary.
“Mythril Victoria Tudor… She’s an outsider who traveled from the Star Realm? The Hero Association truly is full of hidden talents.”
Golden Fox exclaimed.
Never mind, why bother with so much? The heroes wouldn't interfere too much with the Magic Girl’s actions; she just needed to cooperate with them on daily tasks.
What's more…
Su Tianqing flipped the document to the end, looking at the page that recorded the administrator account and key.
Pulling out Dandelion’s enchanted divine code stone from her Magic Space, Su Tianqing quickly and successfully connected to a communication network specifically opened for her by the Hero Association.
Now, all she needed to do was set up a local communication network here, then figure out a way to teach Nan Xiaofeng and the other two how to use the divine code stone for communication. That would be perfect!
But before that, let Ben Hu see what secrets the Hero Association's internal data holds.
Let me access!
To ensure that the traces left would not be suspicious, Su Tianqing immediately searched for information related to Magic Girl Dandelion.
Even with internal data, high-intensity self-searching is an essential virtue for a Magic Girl!
As expected, under the confidentiality granted by Star Realm Magic, she maintained sufficient mystery within the Hero Association, and no unexpected 'unboxing' situations occurred.
Next, she searched for information on Hyacinth and the other two, pretending that she was trying to figure out how to search internal data.
Then, she searched for some of the Hero Association's daily work content, followed by other things of interest, completely disrupting the entire history log.
Finally, she typed “Xin Yuehu” into the search bar.
The sudden lag made Su Tianqing pause.
Hmm? Even the divine code stone, enhanced by Star Realm Magic, froze? Just how much data related to her has the Hero Association collected?
When the content finished refreshing, it was Su Tianqing who was frozen.
“Data Records: 13043 entries”
“Videos: 11252 entries”
Over ten thousand videos made Su Tianqing suddenly stare blankly. Upon closer inspection, the video content was precisely her past live stream replays and videos, from her debut video to last night’s recording, all of it!
Moreover, videos of her that appeared in news reports were also archived. She wondered where they found so many videos.
Tsk tsk tsk, luckily Ben Hu noticed this. I'll go set the live stream recording permissions higher to prevent future mishaps.
Finally, with a hopeful heart, Su Tianqing typed the two names she truly wanted to see into the database.
Magic Girl Red Rose, Magic Girl Mercury
A dazzling array of data immediately appeared on the magic light screen, extremely detailed and complete, overwhelming the fox.
From Red Rose's battle achievements to Mercury's various activity records, and then various speculative documents about their true identities, the volume of content was enormous.
“A bit interesting,” Su Tianqing murmured to herself.
The data even clearly recorded the event of Mercury successfully obtaining the Star Shadow form:
At that time, she actively provoked Red Rose. After an intense battle, Mercury was slightly outmatched and defeated by Red Rose. After that, the two chatted for a few sentences before parting ways.
And on the very next day, Red Rose suddenly reported a very important matter to the Hero Association—
Red Rose's guardian star was stolen by Mercury.
“Wait a minute, this isn’t right.”
Su Tianqing immediately caught the loophole in this information.
guardian star stolen? How is that possible?
After transforming, she had no idea where her guardian star went, and only after de-transforming could she find it again in her pocket. How did Mercury manage to get it without the other party de-transforming?
Golden Fox was completely baffled.
Never mind, instead of dwelling on this, it's better to consider if there's some connection between the two.
Red Rose's guardian star was stolen by Mercury, and then the latter gained the Star Shadow form, bringing their strengths back to the same level.
“Could it be that Star Shadow is actually an enhancement of the guardian star, not the Magic Girl?” Su Tianqing proposed her hypothesis.
Let's test it.
No sooner said than done, Su Tianqing took out a brand new guardian star and immediately transformed.
Magic Girl Xinyue Hu appeared at the desk, and the Star Shadow was released accordingly, perfectly refuting her previous thought.
Good, this idea is wrong. Star Shadow is not an enhancement applied to the guardian star.
But what exactly did Mercury do to Red Rose's guardian star? Does this thing have any other use besides transformation?
“It seems deeper investigation data is needed.”
Su Tianqing tried to continue flipping through.
But the amount of information in the document wasn't as great as she imagined; she couldn't fully rely on this Hero Association investigation report.
“It seems this matter really has to be put on hold for now,” Su Tianqing murmured to herself.
Replicating this event is almost impossible, at least until she figures out how Mercury managed to steal Red Rose's guardian star, she has no ability to replicate that scene.
Well, it doesn't matter. Ben Hu currently has her Witch army as a fallback, so there's no need to worry about combat power. I'll focus my attention on Iris, that Magic Girl.
Helping her achieve the Star Shadow form is also an urgent task for Ben Hu!
But Hua Ling is quite quiet. How can I make her unleash enough “faith” to transform into Star Shadow…?
It seems I still need to deeply understand this child's inner world and daily life first, Su Tianqing thought.
At times like this, it's time for Ben Hu's true form to act!
Hua Ling Capture Operation, now initiated!