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

Who was the last person to meet Luo Ruowei?

In the adorable maid café, Yan Yuling, the acting manager with long gray-white hair, gathered all the maids in the store and asked them seriously.

It was almost time for the store to open, but Luo Ruowei was nowhere to be seen during roll call.

Sensing something amiss, Yan Yuling immediately sent people to search for Luo Ruowei, but to no avail.

Ultimately, she could only come to one ominous conclusion—

Luo Ruowei has disappeared.

"I saw it last night before I went to bed, around 11 p.m.

"Me too."

"I didn't see her until I got off work yesterday."

The maids answered one after another.

When it was Xu Ting's turn, she thought carefully and answered:

"I've been staying in a spot where I can see the store entrance since I got up at six this morning."

"I didn't see Luo Ruowei leave."

"Since we can't find her in the store, she must have left before six o'clock."

Xu Ting's answer sparked a discussion among the maids.

"Is it really true that we can't find Sister Ruowei in the store? Could she be hiding somewhere?"

"But Ruowei has never been absent from work, so she has no reason to hide."

"Let's check the surveillance footage. It must have recorded when Sister Ruowei left."

"That's enough, stop."

Yan Yuling loudly silenced the maids' discussion, concluding with a definitive statement:

"I'll handle this. I'll contact the boss and ask her to give me access to the store's surveillance cameras."

"You should all return to your posts."

After issuing the order, she left the bewildered crowd behind and headed straight for her office on the second floor.

Xu Ting followed without hesitation.

"Acting store manager, I have something to report."

After arriving at the office, Xu Ting told Yan Yuling about what had happened the day before.

This includes Luo Ruowei's mother, who is a follower of a cult, and the possibility that Luo Ruowei's location was exposed because of his maid attire.

Yan Yuling listened to the report, her brows furrowing slightly, a complex expression on her face.

"A doomsday cult...?"

"Even after escaping here, they still won't let Luo Ruowei go?"

"This is a difficult matter to handle."

Yan Yuling's attitude puzzled Xu Ting.

Therefore, Xu Ting asked in confusion:

"Acting store manager, the Gift Cult is just an obscure little sect."

"Our store shouldn't be afraid of it, right?"

According to the power formula of Hezhi City, giant corporations are greater than gangs, and gangs are greater than small and medium-sized Doomsday Cults.

Large doomsday cults are indeed powerful, but they are mortal enemies of giant corporations and cannot operate in the open.

Although the Doomsday Cult has its own fearless followers and armed forces, they are likely to be no match for the gangs that abuse cybernetic bodies, let alone the giant corporations that monopolize the production of cybernetic bodies.

With the backing of the Tianyi Group, the adorable maid cafe has nothing to fear from the mere "Gift Cult".

Furthermore, when the viper harassed Xu Ting, Yan Yuling stated that she would "help Xu Ting solve this problem."

They weren't even afraid of Viper from the Blackwater Gang, so there was no reason for them to care about a small-time cult like the Gift-Giving Sect.

"Xu Ting, the Doomsday Cult is not as simple as you think."

Yan Yuling sat on the desk, crossed her hands and rested her chin on them, and said meaningfully.

"I'll go find out when Luo Ruowei left first. You go back to your post."

After speaking, she used her communication terminal to contact her boss who was away on a business trip.

Xu Ting also shamelessly sat down, showing no intention of leaving.

Luo Ruowei and Yan Yuling are the only semi-acquaintances Xu Ting has after becoming a magical girl.

Luo Ruowei counts as 0.95, and Yan Yuling counts as 0.55.

Luo Ruowei has now disappeared.

"Regardless of whether this is really the style of the 'disfavorites'."

Xu Ting explained to himself.

Seeing that Xu Ting refused to leave, Yan Yuling didn't say anything more and tacitly approved of her participation.

The communication terminal projected the boss's image.

"Yu Ling, is there something you need calling so early?"

"Let me tell you, I recently found another adorable child. When I get back from my business trip, our big family will welcome a new member..."

The real-life image of the owner of the adorable maid café is quite different from what Xu Ting had imagined.

She has a square face, and even after years of skincare, noticeable wrinkles have appeared on her face. She speaks with a smile, like an ordinary, kind-hearted middle-aged woman.

This is completely different from the stereotypical image of the Tianyi Group executives as decisive, eternally youthful, fully prosthetic, and with an attitude of "lowly commoners, hurry up and pay me."

Xu Ting thought that the boss who could bring out Yan Yuling, a little expressionless person, was also a big expressionless person.

"Boss, a maid has gone missing. I want access to the security footage."

Upon hearing Yan Yuling's request, the boss remained unfazed and smiled as she said:

"Alright, do whatever you want with this."

"I'll cover for you."

The two did not exchange many words. After confirming that Yan Yuling had no other requests, the boss hung up the phone and sent Yan Yuling the key to unlock the monitoring system.

Yan Yuling didn't waste any time and immediately started checking the surveillance footage from last night to early this morning.

Luo Ruowei left the coffee shop at three in the morning.

In the surveillance footage, her hair was disheveled, the ribbon on her clothes was not tied properly, and she looked like she was in a hurry.

"Ruowei decided to go out at the last minute. Is there something important she needs to do?"

Xu Ting didn't respond to Yan Yuling's words, but instead stood up abruptly.

"I'll go out and check the surrounding area for any traces she left behind."

"no."

Yan Yuling stopped Xu Ting.

"This is too dangerous. Leave the investigation to me."

Xu Ting shook his head firmly:

"I'll be carrying a gun when I go out."

"Acting store manager, don't forget how I got here."

"I'm very good at avoiding danger."

Yan Yuling gazed into Xu Ting's eyes and slowly nodded:

"Contact me immediately if you encounter any danger or make any discoveries."

"Don't act impulsively and put yourself in a dangerous situation."

Xu Ting nodded, indicating that he had heard Yan Yuling's instructions.

She went back to her room to change into some casual clothes that were easier to move in, picked up the gun from the coffee shop front desk, and headed in the direction where Luo Ruowei had disappeared according to the surveillance footage.

"Crow, is there any magic that might be of use?"

Ever since the crow revealed that "it was the magical girl's power that caused Xu Ting to be hunted down," it has stopped appearing on its own initiative.

It can only be seen when assigning training tasks for the day in the morning and when checking magic power growth in the evening.

Upon hearing Xu Ting's call, the crow slowly appeared on Xu Ting's shoulder.

It said lazily:

"Magical girls are only good at tracking evil magic; when it comes to tracking down criminals, we still have to rely on the police."

"There are spells that can be useful, but you definitely can't learn them right now."

The magical girl's power is useless.

It seems that tracing clues from the scene is not feasible.

We must reverse our thinking.

Although there is no clear reason why Luo Ruowei left in the middle of the night, nor does anyone know where she went in the end.

But this matter is absolutely inextricably linked to the practice of gift-giving.

So all you need to do is find the headquarters of the Gift-Giving Cult and then break in to investigate.

Xu Ting doesn't know how to play reasoning games; all she knows how to do is mow the lawn.

So the next step is—

"Find an information broker and get Luo Ruowei's home address."