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

"Hello, it's me. I won't be going back for the next couple of days."

"Okay, you'll have to handle it yourself. I'll let you know if there are any missions."

After hanging up the phone with Luo Ruowei, Xu Ting turned his attention back to the two people in front of him.

Magical girl Gray Raven is contacting Mystery Words to coordinate the personnel and tools Xu Ting needs;

Meanwhile, the magical girl Huan Guang laid out a notebook filled with writing on the table, then closed her eyes, muttered incantations, and recited the contents of the notebook.

That document contained the battle plan proposed by Xu Ting, revised by Grey Crow, and ultimately approved by Mi Yan.

The goal of the plan is to gain access to the access control system.

To achieve this goal, Xu Ting needs to use the Eye of Fear to control a manager of the Tianyi Group who has the authority.

However, the managers of Tianyi Group are different from gangsters, middlemen, and doomsday cultists; they belong to the "upper class," which is very similar to people like Xu Ting from the lower city.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Xu Ting decided to attack the security convoy that his target was traveling with.

"You who have lost your color, we have prepared everything you want."

Gray Raven handed over a list fresh from the printer and said,

"Is there anything else you need?"

Xu Ting confirmed several times before saying definitively, "No, there aren't any."

"Really?"

Gray Crow gazed earnestly at Xu Ting, its large eyes blinking.

Xu Ting shook his head: "This is enough. If you're still worried, you can prepare more reserves."

The gray crow shook its head vigorously, then spoke with great anticipation:

"That's not what I meant. Are you really not asking for anything else?"

Xu Ting, confused by the gray crow's actions, tentatively asked:

"How about you give me a hint?"

Gray Raven gritted his teeth and gave a very obvious hint: "Magical Girl".

Xu Ting glanced at the illusionary light and said with a sudden realization:

"You noticed my concerns too?"

"Indeed, I am also worried about Huan Guang's performance. Her invisibility magic is an extremely important part of the plan."

"If she makes a mistake, the whole plan could be ruined."

The Colorless One is a typical "lone wolf" among mercenaries.

Xu Ting is not good at close cooperation with others and is not suited to situations that require teamwork and adaptability.

If a teammate makes a mistake due to a lack of ability, she finds it difficult to rectify the situation in time.

Xu Ting was still unsure of the true strength of Huan Guang's innate magic, but the naivety Huan Guang displayed truly startled him.

But Gray Crow didn't mean what Xu Ting thought.

That's not what I meant.

Gray Raven, as if all its strength had been drained, sat helplessly beside Xu Ting and slowly spoke:

"I'm a magical girl too, why won't I be allowed to participate in this mission?"

"Because it's not necessary," Xu Ting said bluntly.

After signing the contract, the two sides established a foundation of trust and exchanged some information about their innate magic.

Gray Raven's signature magic is jokingly referred to by herself as "pinching voodoo dolls".

She can create a cotton doll by using the target's body tissues, such as hair, blood, or dander. By applying attacks and magic to the doll, the effects can be transferred to the corresponding target in a certain proportion.

This magic sounds powerful, but it actually has many limitations.

Firstly, the rate of effect delivery is very low.

Unlike in movies and TV shows where stabbing a voodoo doll can seriously injure a target, when you stab a voodoo doll with a needle, the target will actually only feel a slight prick.

The cotton doll is only so big. Even if you blow it to smithereens with a bomb, the target will only suffer "some but not much" damage.

The effect of transferring magic is somewhat better, but then a second limitation arises.

The Gray Raven's magic consumes a great deal of mana.

If you want to transfer a spell that costs 100 mana points, you will have to spend an additional 50 mana points on top of the original amount, ultimately resulting in less than 30% of the effect on the target.

Even considering the guaranteed hit effect, such mana consumption is still unacceptable for a magical girl in the coloring stage.

Furthermore, the magic of the Grey Raven is incompatible with the Eye of Fear.

The Eye of Fear requires the other person's fear as a trigger, but the cotton doll has no fear.

Even if you use a saber to infuse magic and forcibly control the opponent, the amount of magic injected is linked to the damage dealt, which brings us back to the first question—

The cotton doll's health bar has such a high limit that Xu Ting simply cannot inject enough magic power.

Taking everything into consideration, Xu Ting abandoned the idea of ​​including Gray Raven in the plan and opted for the simple and direct invisibility magic instead.

Hearing Xu Ting's answer, the gray crow was sullen and unhappy.

According to Xu Ting's observation, Gray Raven is a girl with a strong sense of loyalty and responsibility.

Even though half a day had passed since the three of them left the movie theater and arrived at the stronghold under Mi Yan's command, she was still bothered by her and Huan Guang's mistakes and wanted to do something for Mi Yan to make amends.

It's understandable that she's disappointed that she can't utilize her abilities now.

But she quickly rallied and regained her positive and enthusiastic work attitude:

"Huanguang is a reliable and good girl. You can trust her more. She has been practicing her innate magic diligently for the past month and has never made a mistake in this regard."

"And we've always had other options."

"Even if the mission fails and we can't crack the access control system, we can still use a [wooden skewer]."

Although the two looked to be about the same age, Gray Raven still acted like a senior and spoke well of Phantom Light.

Xu Ting nodded in agreement, but inwardly he was paying attention to other information in Gray Crow's words.

First and foremost is this so-called "wooden slip".

According to the raven, it is an alchemical artifact that stores magic; by infusing it with magic, one can unleash a powerful, one-time spell.

The fact that the Gray Ravens could produce wooden sticks and indicate that they possessed several more suggests that the Mystery faction likely has a high-level magical girl within its ranks.

Xu Ting and Crow both believe that the high-level magical girl behind the mystery is the protagonist of the "Epitaph Incident".

The protagonist of the Epitaph Incident is a magical girl who hates the Heavenly Will Group and believes that the Heavenly Will Group stole the magical girl's power.

Mystery possesses a large number of magical girl contract documents of unknown origin and also harbors great hostility towards the Tianyi Group.

Is this just a coincidence?

Xu Ting was more inclined to believe that the person and the superstitious words had some kind of collaboration.

Secondly, there's the "one month" that Gray Raven just mentioned.

Xu Ting has only been a magical girl for half a month, and she has only been in the coloring period for a few days, while Huan Guang has been practicing her innate magic for a month.

When exactly Myo-en obtained the magical girl contract document, and how many magical girls he has under his command, remains a mystery.

—"I've memorized it!"

Huan Guang's cheers interrupted Xu Ting's thoughts.

The former, full of enthusiasm, approached Xu Ting with his notebook and asked Xu Ting to conduct a spot check.

Xu Ting and Grey Crow exchanged a helpless glance.

"How about we do a drill?"

"Let's simulate the mission first."

The two of them made the same suggestion without prior arrangement.