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

"Sister Yuling, have you heard about what happened last night?"

Do you think magical girls really exist in this world?

A young maid asked with great interest.

Xu Ting, who was standing guard at the store entrance, quietly pricked up his ears.

She was eager to see what the magical girl from Tianyi Group thought about this matter.

"Magical girls are just something for kids."

"That's what the magical girl Yan Yuling said."

"No way, there are tons of videos of magical girls fighting online." The little maid didn't believe it.

"That was AI-generated."

On this point alone, Yan Yuling is absolutely right.

Xu Ting had watched all those so-called magical girl videos, and they were all obviously fake.

Those fake videos are completely imitations of magical girls from anime, filled with unrealistic stereotypes.

Magical girls don't have lengthy transformation animations;

Firearms and explosives can harm magical girls;

Magical girls don't need to recite extremely embarrassing lines when they transform.

If you've never been a magical girl, please don't just make videos without thinking, okay?

"Even though you say that, I still hope that magical girls really exist in the world."

"They are heroes. If only there were heroes like them in the City of Hermes."

The little maid clasped her hands together with longing.

A faint clicking sound came from the air.

Xu Ting turned to look at the source of the sound and saw Yan Yuling clutching her coffee cup tightly.

The acting store manager casually ended the conversation, picked up his cup, and walked towards the kitchen.

When I returned, the cup in my hand had been replaced with a new design.

"Alright, everyone get busy, it'll be opening time soon."

She put the cup back on the bar and called to the listless crowd.

"The boss will be back from his business trip in three days. If you don't want your wages to be docked, you'd better get back to your usual diligent self."

After greeting the maids in the shop, Yan Yuling came to Xu Ting's side and asked with concern:

"How's it going? Are you settling into the job?"

"I've adapted, but I still lack experience in receiving guests."

Aside from the viper, Xu Ting never received any other guests and remained at the entrance as a signboard for those who had been fighting off bullets.

Yan Yuling nodded slightly and reminded him:

"Your internship will be over when the boss comes back."

"I'll put in a good word for you, but ultimately it depends on your own efforts."

"Understood, acting store manager."

With Yan Yuling's departure, Xu Ting's workday officially began.

Then she didn't wait for a single customer all morning.

"What's going on today?"

The maids in the shop could no longer contain themselves and had put their work aside to talk about the strange things that had happened that day.

Even the adorable maid cafe has its off-season, but it has never suffered the tragedy of going home empty-handed all morning.

While they chattered away, Xu Ting was also secretly discussing the current situation with Crow.

"The gunfire nearby hasn't stopped. Is the Blackwater Gang engaged in a full-scale war with other gangs?"

"It's not that simple."

The crow presented a new argument.

"I flew out and took a look; there was fighting everywhere except in this street."

"Gangs, mercenaries, corporate action teams, insurance executors, and neighborhood self-defense forces have all turned into a chaotic mess."

"Jackals, hyenas, lion prides, vultures and meerkats... Hertfordshire is practically the East African savanna."

"Hey, it wasn't this lively when the Blackwater Gang mobilized the entire gang to hunt you down."

"So you mean the entire lower city is in a full-blown melee?" Xu Ting asked.

"Is it because of what happened yesterday?"

"That was at most the fuse."

The crow then launched into a long, rambling speech.

The Tianyi Group lost a large number of magical girl contract documents, which naturally fell into the hands of various forces in Hezhi City.

This means that many people have acquired powerful weapons that can change the course of events.

For a while, those forces were able to suppress their ambitions.

After all, they did steal from Tianyi Group, and being too arrogant would easily make them a target for others.

But things changed after last night.

Someone has exposed the true nature of the "magical girl" concept, signaling the impending purge of the Tianyi Group.

The powder keg of Hezhi City was ignited, and everyone began to act in their own self-interest.

Xu Ting could easily think of dozens of groups that might be involved.

Even if Hezhi City has been turned into a murky cesspool, those people will still be blinded by greed and plunge in until they drown.

Ding.

The automatic doors of the coffee shop made a crisp sound.

Customers still come at a time like this?

Xu Ting opened his eyes and saw that the newcomers were a middle-aged woman with a square face and a timid, petite girl.

Xu Ting didn't know the latter, but she did know the woman with the square face.

Wu Wanqiu, the real owner of the adorable maid cafe and a former executive of Tianyi Group.

"Hello, boss."

Xu Ting went to greet him.

"You must be Xu Ting. I've already heard a lot about your story from Yu Ling."

"Don't worry, this is your home. How can we kick someone out of their home?"

As Wu Wanqiu spoke, she smiled and brushed the dust off Xu Ting's shoulder.

"If you're looking for the acting store manager, she's in her office on the second floor. Should I go and tell her to come down?"

"No need, I'll go find her myself."

After saying that, Wu Wanqiu went up to the second floor.

The girl behind her followed closely behind.

She was a petite blonde girl, several centimeters shorter than Xu Ting.

She was wearing an ill-fitting gray coat and a black long skirt, her hands completely hidden by the coat's wide sleeves, and the floor-length skirt was covered in dust.

But all of this did not tarnish her beauty.

Thanks to her naturally beautiful face, the ill-fitting clothes made her look pitiful and adorable, as if she were "wearing adult clothes by mistake".

Even Xu Ting couldn't help but glance at her a couple more times.

"Crow, does this girl have the potential to become a magical girl? Is she a magical girl?"

"You guessed right, her magical girl potential is no less than Yan Yuling's."

"However, there is no magical energy fluctuation on her, so she probably hasn't signed a contract yet."

As expected, the girl Wu Wanqiu brought back was no ordinary person.

Xu Ting stared at the girl's retreating figure, lost in deep thought.

......

"Boss, why are you back early?"

Inside the office, Yan Yuling stood up from her chair with a look of surprise and quickly walked to Wu Wanqiu.

"What happened yesterday has caused quite a stir. If I hadn't come back, I might have been shot dead by someone."

"Come here, Xiao Li, this is Sister Yu Ling whom I told you about. You will live with her from now on."

The girl, called Xiao Li, nodded obediently and timidly called out, "Sister Yu Ling."

Yan Yuling quickly responded to the other party, then lowered her voice and said to Wu Wanqiu:

"Boss, do we need to handle what happened last night?"

"That's not our job," Wu Wanqiu shook her head.

"Let Tianyi Group run into a mess."

She stroked the blonde girl's fluffy head, gazing at her with affection:

"All we need to do is make these girls' lives better."