She was being hunted down, so she became a magical girl.

"The ground support team has sent back intelligence."

"The fleet at the airport slowed down, and they stopped trying to tighten the encirclement."

Huan Guang reported to Xu Ting.

This was the result Xu Ting obtained through negotiation.

Gray Raven completely lacked the qualities of a qualified terrorist. She heeded the prophecy of the Star Servant and hijacked the airship, but did not communicate with the airport authorities at all.

This has caused extreme fear among airport authorities.

You, a robber, have taken hostages but haven't offered any conditions. No wonder everyone thinks Gray Raven is planning to crash his airship into the Tower of Babel.

This is also why the airport's light-speed fleet was able to intercept them.

The airport is nominally an official government-funded institution, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that its controlling shareholder is Tianyi Group.

The lives of the passengers on the airship are a minor matter; offending the Tianyi Group is a major one.

If this airship were to crash into the Tower of Babel, the entire airport system would need a complete overhaul, and countless people would lose their lives.

Therefore, the airport leadership panicked and dispatched a large fleet of airships to intercept them, and it is very likely that they have issued an order to "open fire if necessary".

Once you understand this, the rest will be much easier.

Xu Ting contacted the airport under the guise of a robber.

Then they started demanding the ransom.

And he made it clear, both openly and implicitly, that he only wanted money and had no intention of making a big fuss.

No one intended to crash into the Tower of Babel. The destination given by the Star Servant was a floating island on the outskirts of the Upper City, which was far from the core area where the Tower of Babel was located.

Sure enough, after the ransom demand was made, the intercepting fleet's movements slowed down noticeably.

Furthermore, the airport authorities agreed to Xu Ting's request to "keep the fleet at a distance" in exchange for Xu Ting releasing some of the hostages ahead of schedule.

Xu Ting gave the airport authorities the hope that "all hostages will be safe and sound," and they were naturally unwilling to risk angering the hijackers and causing the hostages to die.

From the perspective of the airport leadership, since the airships were still within the encirclement of the intercepting fleet, such conditions were acceptable.

But Xu Ting had already achieved his goal.

"Very good. Next, have the airship patrol along the route I set and release the hostages."

"The airport doesn't know that half of the passengers are hijackers. They can only see that we released half of the people. We can still use the hostage situation as an excuse to make them hesitate to act."

Other passengers, also controlled by the Eye of Fear, will cooperate with Xu Ting in covering up the lies.

"Once the airship approaches the target floating island, it will begin to circle below the island in preparation for a rendezvous."

"I, you, and Yunyi are the core of this operation."

Xu Ting issued the orders methodically.

After giving the order, she walked onto the deck and said to Jiang Chenglian, who was standing on a large iron plate:

"How's your practice going?"

"It's a bit... barely enough," Jiang Chenglian said, panting heavily.

"We can't force it. We must be absolutely certain. The lives of the three of us are in your hands," Xu Ting said sternly to Jiang Chenglian. "Fly higher and let me see your strength."

Jiang Chenglian inwardly groaned, but still did as Xu Ting said.

She activated her innate magic, setting the iron plate beneath her feet to move upwards. With a click, the iron plate left the deck and flew towards the airship.

Jiang Chenglian, who was standing on the iron plate, also flew into the sky.

When Xu Ting learned that Jiang Cheng was practicing the innate magic [Vertical and Horizontal], she realized that this magic could indirectly enable magical girls in the coloring stage to fly.

Admittedly, the human body is obviously composed of organic matter and cannot be controlled by [the horizontal and vertical] forces that can only manipulate inorganic matter.

But if you make an inorganic metal plate fly and then let people stand on it, wouldn't that achieve indirect flight?

This is also a core element of Xu Ting's operational plan.

Although the specifics of Miyan are unknown, the environment she is in must be fraught with danger, and going there openly would be tantamount to courting death.

We must use the invisibility magic of Illusionary Light to conceal our whereabouts.

However, Huan Guang couldn't make the entire airship invisible, nor could she drain all her magic power. Therefore, Xu Ting decided to use Jiang Chenglian and Huan Guang's magic to reach the target floating island from the air.

"Not bad," Xu Ting said, watching Jiang Chenglian and the iron plate flying through the air.

"We can add a guardrail to the metal plate to make it less likely for people to be thrown out."

"But be careful not to make a mistake and turn the iron plate upside down."

"The pressure is immense," Jiang Chenglian complained. "The flying shuttle could have done this too, so why couldn't we have left it behind?"

The shuttle was to be taken to help the gray crows evacuate.

Gray Raven is a wanted criminal and cannot ride in the escape pod with the hostages, otherwise he will be imprisoned as soon as he lands.

On one hand, it was to keep the powerless Gray Ravens away from the battlefield; on the other hand, it was also because Xu Ting wanted to stay away from the seduction of the Starry Divine Servant.

If He were to utter more "prophecies" through the mouth of the gray raven, everything would surely unfold according to His will.

"Think positively. The enemy is the Tianyi Group. They may have anti-stealth measures, which would make the flying shuttle easier to detect."

"Yeah, because Tianyi Group never expected someone to fly up here using just a piece of iron," Jiang Chenglian said sourly.

Xu Ting didn't respond to her words; her thoughts drifted elsewhere.

What exactly happened to Miyan?

Without understanding this point, everything else is just empty talk.

......

Miyan sat alone in his study, the door tightly shut.

Sunlight streamed through the window, casting a false sense of freedom. Mi Yan didn't glance at the window once; her gaze remained fixed on the book in her hands the entire time.

Advice on Thought – Florence Nightingale

Bang, bang bang.

There was a knock on the study door.

Miyan didn't move; she focused intently on the book in her hands, reading line after line.

It wasn't until she turned another page that the person outside gave up the idea of ​​knocking on the door.

"Xuan, it's me, Grandpa."

The voices of close relatives could be heard from outside the door.

The voice that could passionately debate all day long in the parliament now sounded incredibly tired.

"Let's talk."

He remained silent and turned another page of the book.

Perhaps it was the sound of turning pages, or perhaps the person knew that the mystery wouldn't open the door; in any case, the person outside continued speaking to themselves:

"Xuan, your family has always supported your hobbies."

"We all contributed money to the child relief fund you established;"

"If you want to eliminate the rest of the Foundation, we've provided you with weapons and manpower."

"Later, when you wanted to become an intelligence broker, a middleman, and to build your own power in Hezhi City and experience the feeling of being in charge, we helped you a lot, both openly and secretly."

The voice paused, then uttered the only thing it wanted to say:

"But this time you really went too far."

"Raising magical girls, opposing the Tianyi Group, instigating various forces in the lower city, and even getting together with that infamous Shaohua..."

"Each of these is a capital offense. You have made a grave mistake."

After saying that, the voice let out a long sigh.

"Your family can still try to get you one last chance."

"We have already informed Tianyi Group about all the small castles you built in the Upper City. The core of your power has been wiped out."

"As long as you hand over your magical girls and cooperate with the Tianyi Group, we can secure a good outcome for you."

"Your grandfather's words still carry some weight."

Miyan put down the book.

"Grandpa, is this why you lied about being seriously ill, tricked me into coming back, and put me under house arrest?"

"Just to give me a way out?"

She said in a pitying tone:

"You are too naive; you haven't seen the true nature of the world at all."