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

Although people say that Tianyi Group is "a" behemoth, Tianyi Group has never been a whole without internal divisions.

Mystery obtained the contract documents through some channel and sold them to various forces, which is clearly a dereliction of duty by some people within the Tianyi Group.

Their first reaction was to resolve the matter "quickly and discreetly" to avoid being held accountable by higher authorities.

So they sent out several small teams to track down the whereabouts of the contract documents, during which time the incident of the employees fighting against the Blackwater Gang occurred.

But the situation changed after the epitaph incident.

Now that the entire city of Hezhi knows about the magical girl's existence, the top executives of Tianyi Group are bound to be furious.

So they issued a new order—

The problem of popularizing magical girls can be solved in one fell swoop.

"Is the above information based on your speculation, or your investigation?"

Xu Ting asked.

"Master Miyan has informants within the Tianyi Group. This analysis combines facts and speculation."

"The gray crow said."

She then went on to recount the details of the operation.

"Tianyi Group has deployed a swarm of drones capable of detecting magical fluctuations within a certain range in the lower city."

"Once deployed, the swarm will scan the entire lower city, leaving no place for any magical girl, including you and me, to hide."

Crow echoed in the team chat:

"Tianyi Group has this capability."

"Those drones should be equipped with alchemy units, similar in principle to magic balls. I can mask your magic fluctuations, but the others are beyond saving."

Xu Ting nodded, then anxiously pressed for an answer:

"So we need to destroy those drone swarms first?"

"Yes, according to reliable intelligence, Tianyi Group will transport the container containing the bees to a factory in the Lower City the day after tomorrow morning and complete the deployment that night."

"We need to infiltrate that factory, blow up those drones, and stop the Tianyi Group's scheme."

Xu Ting rested his chin on his hand and pondered for several minutes before finally shaking his head:

"Tianyi Group will definitely guard the area heavily. It's wishful thinking to think that we can solve the problem by relying solely on special operations."

The gray crow answered confidently:

"What if a large number of forces simultaneously attacked several key strongholds of the Tianyi Group in the lower city on that day, drawing their troops away?"

"A large force? How much?"

"A major power that has purchased almost all the contract documents," Gray Raven said solemnly.

"The Klein House, the Blood Oath Society, the Southeast Alliance, the Blackwater Gang who have a grudge against your father, and the Nest that never participates in the conflicts of Hell City, and so on and so forth."

"The Tianyi Group's attempt to expose all the magical girls has touched upon the underlying interests of these forces."

"While it's impossible for them to fight side by side, it's feasible to have them each take charge of a Tianyi Group stronghold."

A grand gesture.

A chill ran through Xu Ting's heart.

Selling contracts and documents, possessing the mark of honesty, stirring up trouble in most of the lower city, and even extending their tentacles into the Tianyi Group...

Even epitaph incidents may be related to superstitions.

Does this woman, Miyan, really want to drive Tianyi Group out of the Lower City?

If it succeeds, it will indeed be a great thing that everyone can celebrate.

Setting aside his preconceived notions, Xu Ting pointed out a new problem:

"Even if we disperse Tianyi Group's forces, it will still be difficult for us to infiltrate the factory."

"Even if I crack the access control system, it's the same."

"The factory is full of cameras and patrol teams. Tianyi Group will not let its guard down, and it is very difficult for us to even get close."

The gray crow still had that confident look on its face.

She clapped her hands and gave a command to the air:

"Come forth, Illusion."

Xu Ting looked in astonishment at what was behind Gray Crow.

Could there be an invisible magical girl here all along? Why didn't the crow warn her?

But the air was completely silent.

Gray Raven's confident smile became somewhat stiff.

She clapped her hands again and said:

"Huanguang, stop fooling around and come out now. This is not the time to argue with me."

The VIP room was as usual.

The crow chuckled and said arrogantly:

"If there really were some magical girl who could turn invisible here, I would have told you already."

"A girl of this caliber can't fool my eyes."

Then, it appeared on Xu Ting's shoulder, looked around, and said:

"Xu Ting, open the door, there might be a surprise."

Xu Ting reluctantly got up and opened the door. There was nothing outside, but Xu Ting still deliberately left enough space for one person to pass through.

She then closed the door and returned to her seat.

Gray Crow watched Xu Ting's actions, his eyelids twitching uncontrollably.

"Illusion Light, come out."

As she spoke, a girl with short blue hair appeared behind Gray Raven.

The girl tilted her head back, striking a pose of profound mystery, and stared coldly at Xu Ting.

The gray crow lowered its head in despair.

"Huanguang, are you locked out?"

"Hey, hey, how did you know, Crow?"

Huan Guang was shocked and covered her reddened cheeks with her hands.

The gray crow didn't look up, but simply said:

"I wanted to give them a hard time, but I ended up falling flat on my face."

"We have completely betrayed Lord Mystery's trust; it is a disgrace to magical girls."

Panic ensued. He shook Gray Raven's arm and said:

"Ya Ya, it's not that I don't want to come in, it's that you didn't give me the VIP room access card."

"I stayed hidden outside the whole time, and no one saw me."

Gray Crow covered his face with his hands and said weakly:

"If you weren't discovered, did the person who lost their color open the door to get some fresh air?"

"Besides, I deliberately gave you time to come in, so why didn't you come in then?"

Huan Guang scratched his head sheepishly and stammered:

"You set off, and I wanted to keep an eye on things for a while, but this magical girl walked too fast and I couldn't keep up."

Actually, Xu Ting habitually used anti-tracking techniques.

After all, Xu Ting was going to the meeting alone, so he had to remain vigilant.

Unexpectedly, they actually managed to shake off an invisible female spy...

Xu Ting coughed twice, interrupting the conversation between the two distinctive young women:

"I saw the ability to become invisible. Can this Phantom Light make us invisible too?"

"Yes, yes!" Huan Guang raised his hands and said, "My innate magic, [Huan Guang], can make objects optically invisible. With my current magic power, the largest object I can hide is a five-meter-tall main battle mech."

"It's absolutely no problem for the three of us to remain invisible for half a day."

Gray Crow rubbed his forehead and muttered "idiot" under his breath.

He actually revealed the limits of his abilities...

Xu Ting originally thought that it was very unprofessional of Gray Raven to directly ask about his innate magic.

But with the backdrop of the illusory light, Gray Raven still appears to be a shrewd and capable person.

"I have one last question."

Suppressing a laugh, Xu Ting spoke seriously:

"How should we deal with the magical girls under the Tianyi Group?"

Neither Xu Ting Gray Raven nor Huan Guang are Feathered-level magical girls. If they were to encounter a Feathered-level magical girl, even three of them would have a hard time putting up a fight against her.

"We also have contingency plans in case we have to fight against magical girls."

The gray crow was prepared and took out a wooden stick.

"By infusing it with magic, we can unleash a powerful attack from a magical girl."

"Even a magical girl in the Feather Transformation stage—which is a higher realm than us—would be defeated by this attack."