“Um… Little Yue, and Miss Dandelion.”
The White Sable Spirit floated in mid-air, speaking to the two beside it.
The Golden Magical Girl turned her head curiously, looking at Bai Ling beside her with the Fox Spirit.
“Senior Bai Ling? You seem a bit uneasy.”
Yue Tianxin tilted her head curiously, sitting on Dandelion’s shoulder, as both large and small fox tails wagged simultaneously.
“Yeah, Bai Ling, why are you so nervous? We’re not going to fight.”
Bai Ling took a deep breath, slowly exhaled, and said very seriously:
“Perhaps Little Yue, you don’t know, but Observer from London and I don’t get along very well, and… I really don’t like her style…”
“I see, so you’re nervous because you’re about to meet your old rival?”
Magic Girl Dandelion listened silently to the conversation between the Observers, feeling even more shocked by the entire set of settings and knowledge the secret codex had given Yue Tianxin.
Before she could delve deeper into the relationship between Bai Ling and the London Observer, a familiar voice rang out from beside the conference table:
“Miss Dandelion.”
“Hmm?”
The Golden Fox turned her head curiously, meeting the gaze of the white-haired girl sitting at the head of the table.
The Rongcheng Hero Association’s resident S-Class Hero, Messiah.
She rarely appeared in public, and her appearance was not human-like, making it difficult to determine her species.
Missel Victoria Tudor, rumored to be an extraterrestrial resident who traveled from the Star Realm.
“I’ve noticed you’ve been staring in a direction where no one is. Are you chatting with the Observers?”
“Ah, yes.”
Su Tianqing nodded, answering honestly.
“Oh, I see.” The white-haired girl nodded slightly and said with a smile.
“What do the Observers usually talk about then? Is it about the Star Realm? Or do they discuss a lot of magic-related things?”
“Actually, it’s quite mundane, but they are residents of the Star Realm after all, so they often talk about Star Realm topics.”
“I see.”
As if her curiosity was satisfied, the white-haired girl smiled and picked up the special insulated cup in front of her, taking a sip of the drink inside.
“We rarely meet, Miss Dandelion.”
“Indeed, I haven’t seen you around, Miss Missel.”
“You even remember my name? How polite, I like you more and more.”
The white-haired girl squinted her eyes and laughed happily, but it didn't last long, as her attention was quickly drawn by the Hero Association staff who entered through the door.
“Understood. Let them in.”
After a brief instruction, the girl turned and met Su Tianqing’s gaze, and both nodded slightly.
Today was a work briefing and hearing specially arranged by the Rongcheng Hero Association to provide intelligence support to the Burning Wind Squad, who had traveled from London.
But from the number of attendees at the meeting, one could roughly discern some clues—
“You should understand what I mean, Miss Dandelion.”
The white-haired girl, Missel, suddenly turned and looked at Su Tianqing.
“According to the Hero Association’s procedure, when an external Magic Girl conducts operations in a local area, there must be at least two resident heroes providing intelligence support.”
“I know that, it’s just…”
Su Tianqing replied, then glanced at the empty conference table.
Aside from Messiah, all the other S-Class Heroes were absent, and their excuses were even quite abstract.
Meteor said, “Someone in the garage told me to move my car, so I’m going home to check,” which Messiah retorted with, “Why would someone who can teleport buy a car?”
Moira and Lancet claimed they had important surgeries to perform, which Messiah also heavily complained about, “What kind of person requires both of you to operate at the same time? The President of the United States?”
As for Electromagnetic and Steel, they were simply unreachable; the former had used her psychic abilities to block all wireless signals, and Messiah couldn't even find any trace of the couple.
“Don’t worry, I have my ways to deal with them. What you need to do is simple—”
After speaking, Messiah pulled out a piece of paper, scribbled a line of text, walked over to her, and gently slid it in front of her.
“The Hero Association does not wish to anger Xin Yuehu over Alice’s matter. The intelligence you provide is crucial.”
Su Tianqing read it word by word, and just as she was about to nod, the paper in her hand suddenly vanished without a trace, and Messiah’s position instantly returned from beside her to the head of the conference table, as if nothing had happened.
The conference table was pushed aside, and four Magic Girls entered from outside the door, all looking at her and the two Observer Spirits on her shoulders.
And another Observer floating emotionlessly above their heads—
“Bai Ling, long time no see.”
A Observer Spirit resembling a lion smiled and greeted Bai Ling.
Although the greeting carried a hint of hostility, Bai Ling still suppressed the urge to curse out loud and replied:
“Yes, long time no see, Meilin.”
“Hmm? This one beside you is…?”
Spotting the Fox Spirit sitting on Su Tianqing’s shoulder, the lion spirit, called Meilin, asked curiously, her words suddenly becoming cautious.
Yue Tianxin floated into mid-air, bowing politely and greeting.
“Nice to meet you, Senior Meilin, I am Yue Tianxin, a new Observer sent to Rong City to assist Senior Bai Ling.”
“Yue Tianxin…”
The lion spirit pondered for a moment, then looked deeply at Bai Ling, her attitude instantly becoming much more proper as she returned the bow and greeting to Yue Tianxin.
“I remember you, Miss Yue Tianxin. I hope we can work together pleasantly in the upcoming tasks.”
“Thank you for your trust, Senior Meilin, I will do my best.”
The Fox Spirit remained composed, behaving very elegantly.
Only Bai Ling, with a shocked expression, poked the Fox Spirit who had flown back beside her, whispering, “That Meilin actually greeted you, Little Yue?!” but only received a light chuckle from the Fox Spirit in response.
“Meilin, are you done chatting? Can we have our turn now?”
The leading Magic Girl spoke, and the topic quickly shifted to them.
Su Tianqing looked at the leading reddish-brown Magic Girl, who had a standard European girl’s face.
“Miss Dandelion, hello, I am Fen Feng.”
“Hello, Miss Fen Feng.”
After a simple exchange of greetings, the other party went straight to the point.
“We are currently tracking the major criminal Jack the Ripper. We heard he recently appeared in Rong City and is associated with the renowned Xin Yuehu…”
After a brief pause, Magic Girl Fen Feng leaned forward, saying quite seriously,
“I hope you can provide information related to her and assist us in apprehending her.”
“Yes, I will fully cooperate.”
The Golden Fox nodded, pretending to be serious.
While the Magic Girls were exchanging information, the Observers quietly flew onto the balcony, looking at each other.
“You’re really lucky, Bai Ling.”
The lion spirit said with dissatisfaction,
“You actually have Miss Yue Tianxin helping you. I remember your scores were at the bottom of our cohort, weren’t they?”
“You, you’re talking nonsense! I was second to last, alright?!”
“Because the last-place person was sick and missed the exam, right?”
“You, you, you…!”
Bai Ling gritted her teeth in anger, while the lion spirit was all smiles.
Actually, these two don’t seem like rivals at all, more like mischievous friends, Yue Tianxin thought.
“Judging by your reaction, Bai Ling, you haven’t heard about Miss Yue Tianxin’s background, have you?”
“Wh-what do you mean I haven’t heard?!” Bai Ling quickly retorted.
“Little Yue is a Observer directly assigned by the Star God Council, specifically to help me!”
“Hmph, she’s a super-achiever who gets full marks in every subject. You call her so intimately, did you even ask for Miss Yue Tianxin’s opinion?”
“I don’t mind, Senior Bai Ling can call me whatever she likes.” The Fox Spirit covered her mouth and chuckled, replying.
Seeing this, the lion spirit didn’t say much more, only turned back to look at the Magic Girls and sighed.
“Sigh… Fen Feng, that kid, I’ve advised her many times, but she still insists on coming over. I really don’t know what she’s thinking.”
“Insists on coming over? Is it to apprehend Alice?”
“Her codename in London is Jack the Ripper. Alice is a nicer name, but Fen Feng doesn’t seem to acknowledge it.”
At this point, the lion spirit looked again at Fen Feng, who was talking to Dandelion, and said softly,
“Moreover, Fen Feng seems to harbor some deep-seated prejudice against the ‘Alice’ you speak of.”
“Prejudice?”
“…Fen Feng, she deeply despises so-called ‘villain Magic Girls’.”
The lion spirit Meilin shook her head, not saying anything further.
Yet, it was as if she had revealed everything she knew.