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

As a renowned Black Phoenix, one must be aware of the need for covert operations.

Using the Black Phoenix Secret Technique twice in a short period of time could easily alert certain powerful beings, even if they deliberately restrained the scale of the technique.

Fortunately, all of this can be undone.

By simply going into hibernation and separating oneself from the world for one night, the "traces" can be completely erased.

The crow thought this way, and it did it.

As soon as its hibernation ended, it anxiously scanned the outside environment.

He had been asleep for a full day, while Jiang Chenglian and Huanguang could only maintain their lives for one day.

The crow was skeptical that Xu Ting could find a solution within a day.

In other words, Jiang Chenglian may already be dead.

If that's the case, one's contractor might do something extremely dangerous and irrational—

"Xu Ting, what you've done is outrageous!"

The crow was completely stunned by what it saw.

Xu Ting was seen forcefully pressing the gray crow to the ground.

He was also holding an eye patch that looked ominous.

"No, no!" the gray crow protested. "That's enough! Stop toying with my senses!"

"You have no idea how much it hurt me after you took away my sight and hearing."

"My sense of touch has become a hundred times more sensitive. My clothes are rubbing against my skin and making me so itchy. No matter how I adjust the seatbelt, it's still digging into my chest. Even though you're just exhaling a faint breath, the airflow on my face feels like a thousand little people scratching me..."

"I don't want to be deprived of my senses anymore, please let me go!"

The gray crow struggled desperately on the floor, trying to strangle Xu Ting with a death roll.

Unfortunately, she wasn't a crocodile; she was just an ordinary girl, while Xu Ting's strength was enough to tear even a crocodile apart alive.

Therefore, she was unable to stop Xu Ting's actions and was forced to wear the blindfold prepared by Xu Ting.

"Stop complaining," Xu Ting said, her head aching. "This is all for our own good."

"Weren't you doing it willingly before?"

"That's because I didn't know it would be like that," Gray Raven lamented, trying to awaken Xu Ting's conscience.

"I had earplugs in my ears and a stuffy nose, so I could only breathe through my mouth, but you still managed to shove the chocolate bar right in."

"I almost choked to death!"

"I poked you beforehand," Xu Ting said innocently.

How would I know you were planning to feed them?

Seeing that Xu Ting showed no remorse, Gray Crow had no choice but to change its strategy and try to negotiate better terms.

"Sister who has lost her color, I beg you, can you please stop wearing the blindfold and nasal plug? Your eyes of fear are making me lose all my senses."

"That's enough, isn't it?"

"No." Xu Ting's heart was as hard as iron. "We must have double insurance to avoid the Starry Night Servant's spying—"

"Xu Ting, didn't you hear me? What are you doing?"

A crow blocked Xu Ting's path.

"Oh, it's a crow. You're awake."

Xu Ting quickly settled Gray Crow in and lifted him onto the passenger side of the truck.

"As you can see, I'm preparing to head to my next base, so I'm taking security precautions."

"I didn't see any safety measures before departure; I only saw preparations before the business was conducted."

The crow earnestly said:

"Xu Ting, stop now. No matter how much pressure you're under, you can't vent your anger against the girl's wishes."

"Huh? What do you mean?" Xu Ting looked at the crow in confusion.

"What kind of pressure, what kind of release..."

Xu Ting's words came to an abrupt end.

Then, a blush appeared on her fair skin.

She blushed furiously, a rare occurrence for her, and rebuked:

"You're so disgusting, you filthy crow!"

"I'm hiding my tracks, you understand?"

"The Starry Servant might learn my coordinates through the Gray Raven's senses and then relay it to Zhan Ye, which is why I temporarily deprived the Gray Raven of its senses!"

"What are you thinking? You wicked contracted beast."

"Oh, I see," the crow replied without batting an eye. "I thought it was something else entirely."

"A hundred years ago, there were quite a few magical girls who did pretty fancy things, and I thought you had that kind of interest too."

"What kind of interest do you have? What kind of person do you take me for?" Xu Ting said angrily.

Xu Ting has never had any worldly desires; she has always been like that since her days as a mercenary.

Forget it, now is not the time to get entangled with crows.

Xu Ting regained his composure and told Crow his guess about "the Starry Servant telling him the coordinates of the Karma Severing Strike".

"Crow, based on your understanding of the Star Servant... do you see anything wrong with my reasoning?"

The crow replied:

"Since Zhanye has shown signs of witch transformation, it's possible that she can hear the whispers of the Star Goddess. Magical girls have a special description for this phenomenon called 'Witch's Voice'."

"But I don't think the Star Servant would rebel against you. He is a divine messenger and wouldn't play such tricks on you."

"Zhanye should have indeed obtained the information from the Starry Sky Divine Servant, but there may be other hidden details."

Having said that, Crow changed the subject, affirming Xu Ting's actions:

"Your action of depriving the gray crow of its senses was correct."

"Before the Star Servant was even a divine messenger, the magical girls had already conducted a considerable amount of analysis of Him."

"He is not omniscient. Even extraterrestrial evil gods cannot be omniscient. The future He can see is limited, and when the future is seen, the future will change."

"Furthermore, all He can see is a future related to witches."

"Those future scenes are all derived from the perspective of a witch or a future witch."

"Although Gray Raven has lost her magic, she can hear the voice of witches, so she should also be judged as a witch."

"The Star Servant can see the future that the Gray Raven saw through His power."

"But right now, he should only be able to see a black mass."

However, Xu Ting completely covered Gray Crow's eyes, nose, and ears, so the Starry Night Servant could only see a black screen if he wanted to see the future.

"Phew, that's good."

Xu Ting breathed a sigh of relief.

"Since last night, neither Zhanye nor Tianyi Group has appeared near me. It seems my strategy should be working."

"It's working," the crow kindly reminded him, "but you might end up killing the gray crow."

"Scientists have conducted experiments showing that sensory deprivation can trigger intense anxiety and unease, and in severe cases, it can even cause hallucinations and physical damage. Doing it a few times in a short period of time is fine, but if you deprive Gray Raven of her senses every time you go out, she will go crazy sooner or later."

"She doesn't have magic, so she won't become a witch because of it, so I personally don't care..."

"But you wouldn't want her to go crazy, would you?"

Xu Ting fell silent.

She started the truck, the roar of the engine drowning out the pleas for mercy beside her.

Xu Ting spoke in a low voice:

"What can I do?"

"Since an existence of the Starry Sky Divine Servant's caliber has its eye on me, I can't think of any other way to deal with it."

"Of course I know this is short-sighted and unsustainable, and of course I know it won't last long."

"Moreover, Jiang Cheng and the others are still waiting for rescue. The divine servants' power has kept their lives hanging by a thread, but who knows how long that will last?"

Jiang Chenglian and Huan Guang's lives;

The spirit of Xu Ting and Grey Crow;

They were all fading away with time, and Xu Ting couldn't think of any way to make a comeback.

"After killing Zhanye, the Tianyi Group will no longer have any witch reserves. They will not be able to hear the whispers of the Starry Night Goddess, and the crisis will be resolved."

Xu Ting muttered to himself,

"It sounds simple, but I have no confidence in killing Zhanye."

"Even if her power is greatly diminished due to her witch transformation and she can't defeat me in my coloring stage, she can still run away if she wants. I can't do anything about a single flight spell."

"Crow, what should I do?"