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

"The outcome of the civil war is self-evident."

"The egalitarian faction lost, and the surviving magical girls can only go into exile. Not only are they few in number, but they can't even make their own contract documents."

"The magical girl in the epitaph incident stole so many contract documents, probably to bolster the egalitarian faction's power... I just don't know why the contract documents ended up on the market."

Xu Ting listened and nodded, but then suddenly stopped:

"Then what about the apocalypse?"

"The magical girls won so decisively, they were even ready to wage a civil war, how could they suddenly be defeated by the evil beasts, their army collapsing like a house of cards?"

The crow's answer to this was—

"Evil beasts are born from the negative emotions of humans; the more desperate humans are, the stronger they become."

"The apocalypse you mentioned, the event in which a large number of evil beasts emerged and destroyed human civilization, occurred after the magical girl civil war."

Xu Ting finally understood.

The civil war among magical girls and the actions of the ruling magical girls plunged human civilization into despair.

"Magical girls are no longer our protectors."

At first, perhaps only a few people thought this way.

However, with the birth of the evil beasts, the magical girls, who were severely damaged by the civil war, gradually lost control of the situation. In the end, the tide of despair overwhelmed all hope and ushered in the end of civilization.

Ultimately, the magical girls could only flee to city-states like Hell City, where they carried out a farcical reign behind the guise of the Heavenly Will Group.

Seriously... he brought it on himself.

The magical girls defeated a powerful enemy, but fell apart due to internal strife.

Indeed, magical girls are ultimately part of humanity, and their fate is no different from that of those fallen empires in history.

Seeing that the crow had stopped talking, Xu Ting knew that this little history lesson was over.

But she still has one question:

"Why weren't you told these facts sooner?"

"Because of fear," said the crow.

"The Tianyi Group is already a behemoth, and the power of magical girls is even more astonishing."

"I'm worried that if you know these things too early, you'll lose your will to fight out of fear."

"On the day you first became a magical girl, you didn't actually see the entire Tianyi Group as your enemy; you only wanted revenge against the Blackwater Gang and the Tianyi Group employees who 'harmed' you, right?"

Xu Ting had to admit that the crow was right.

Even just a few days ago, when she took down Recursion, she wasn't prepared to be at odds with the entire Tianyi Group.

But now...

I suddenly felt motivated.

She crossed her arms and said calmly:

"The past is the past, the present is the present."

"Things have already come to this point, so I'll just face it calmly."

After speaking, she confidently raised her head, adopting a strong posture that said, "It's not that I wanted to take action, it's that you forced me to."

"Sister Xu Ting, Qi Li has finished washing up. You should go to the bathroom too."

Luo Ruowei walked into the living room wearing her pajamas.

Subsequently, the powerful magical girl encountered a formidable enemy.

"Don't sit on the sofa when you're soaking wet!"

"The water has seeped under the cushions; look, the pillows are all wet."

Luo Ruowei did not harshly criticize Xu Ting; her stance and personality would not allow her to do so.

But it is this kind of "weak" complaint that Xu Ting fears the most.

Xu Ting stood up from the sofa feeling guilty and reached out to help Luo Ruowei tidy up the wet cushions.

"Stop making things worse, it's getting wetter and wetter."

They were rejected.

Xu Ting awkwardly withdrew his hands and walked towards the bathroom.

Qi Li was standing at the bathroom door, holding a basin of clothes she had changed out of, lost in thought.

She not only put on pajamas, but also wrapped her limbs with several towels.

Sure enough, she was still ashamed of her ugly body parts.

Seeing Xu Ting approach, she pointed to the chair next to her as if waking from a dream.

"Senior, here are the clothes you need to change into."

The clothes were naturally brought by Luo Ruowei. Xu Ting glanced at them hastily, then nervously picked them up and fled into the bathroom.

Although I've been a woman for a while now, I still feel a little panicked when I see women's underwear.

Even if it's something I wore myself, it's the same.

Because of her previous mistake, Xu Ting used magic to shield the clothes when she picked them up, so as not to get them wet from the rain.

Only after closing the bathroom door did Xu Ting's heart gradually calm down.

At least this house has a private bathroom.

Previously, at the coffee shop, the maids used a large public bathhouse for bathing.

Although there was a low wall separating the shower room, and you couldn't see the private parts unless you looked specifically, Xu Ting was still terrified.

She only dares to take a shower alone in the middle of the night, and if she unfortunately runs into other people, she will shower blindly with her eyes closed.

Looking back now, I realize how much I suffered back then.

When I came to my senses, the bathtub was already filled with water, and the bath salts were ready.

Xu Ting took off his clothes, tested the water temperature with his hand, and lay down without hesitation.

Finally, I can take a bath.

Taking a bath was one of Xu Ting's few forms of entertainment. For a while, she had been living under someone else's roof and had no opportunity to take a bath, which made her feel depressed for a long time.

Enjoying the comfortable water temperature, Xu Ting slowly closed his eyes.

dong dong dong.

There was a knock on the bathroom door.

"Xu Ting, Xiao Qi Li took all the bath towels, there aren't any left in the bathroom now."

"I got you a new one—"

"Don't open the door!"

Xu Ting slapped the water's surface violently, as if the bubbles on the surface were also armed robots of the Tianyi Group.

In a panic, she submerged her shoulders underwater and said urgently:

"Just leave it at the door, I'll get it myself."

Unfortunately, the command did not take effect.

The sound of the doorknob turning came, and Xu Ting desperately hid himself underwater, curling up in self-deception.

The door opened, but Xu Ting didn't hear any footsteps.

"Seriously... is it really necessary to be so shy?"

The door is closed.

Xu Ting waited a few more seconds before cautiously poking his head out of the water.

Luo Ruowei had already left after hanging the bath towel on the doorknob.

Whew... Xu Ting let out a long sigh of relief.

"Xu Ting, honestly, is it really necessary to be so shy?"

Even the crows were speechless at Xu Ting's performance.

"As far as I know, this is the first time someone in the mercenary industry has been so conservative and shy."

"That's because they're not morally upright; I'm not like them," Xu Ting quickly retorted.

The crow said helplessly:

"That doesn't mean you should be ashamed to be seen taking a shower by someone of the same sex."

"Putting everything else aside, I was with you the whole time you took a shower, so why didn't you kick me out?"

Xu Ting asked curiously, "That crow, are you male or female?"

"Only creatures that need to reproduce have gender distinctions," the crow said proudly.

"I was created directly by my master and have no need to reproduce. You can consider me to be any gender you like."

"Isn't that just a single-celled organism?" Xu Ting spread his hands. "So why would I chase a single-celled organism away?"

"I have so many bacteria in my stomach, and I haven't tried to get rid of them, have I?"

The crow was furious.

"How dare you call the great Black Phoenix a single-celled organism?!"

"Overstepping boundaries, despicable, shameless, and utterly reckless!"

"A hundred years ago, if you uttered my name, the entire magical girl world would tremble!"

"And now? What if I throw you in front of the Tower of Babel and make you announce your number?" Xu Ting joked.

The crows immediately fell silent.

"Then let's not. I'm afraid you and I will both get beaten to death."