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

Eye of Fear is Xu Ting's only innate magic.

It has the ability to control targets through the fear of others, a power that seems quite evil and has nothing to do with magical girls.

During the Gift-Giving Cult incident, Xu Ting awakened this magic.

Because the blue cigarettes lit during the ceremony had a fear-inducing effect, Xu Ting was able to control all the believers and gangsters present.

Among them were several of Viper's former underlings.

They don't hold high positions within the Blackwater gang, but they may still have access to some important intelligence.

Therefore, Xu Ting issued an order to them: if they learned of any information about "magical girls" or "the colorless ones," they should immediately pass it on to Xu Ting.

The method of transmission, naturally, is through the eyes of fear.

Xu Ting gave the gangsters the following instructions—

Once you have learned of the above important information, attempt slow suicide in an environment where you will not be discovered by others, until Xu Ting issues new orders.

Gangs today are committing suicide.

He didn't want to die, but under orders, he had no choice but to slowly point the gun at his head.

This amplified his fear, drawing Xu Ting's attention to the target.

Xu Ting immediately gave the order to stop him from committing suicide.

Targets completely controlled by the Eye of Fear will be marked with a special mark. Xu Ting can issue them the commands he has already given and monitor their body posture.

Just like Luo Ruoshan back then.

At that time, Xu Ting used the function of repeating commands to make Luo Ruoshan take action;

Now, Xu Ting will use another function—monitoring her physical condition.

In the vision of the Eye of Fear, the gangster rolled up his sleeve, revealing a string of unreadable letters written in ink on his arm.

Xu Ting wrote down the letters, then ordered the gang to stop the transmission, wipe off the ink, and continue their covert operations.

After translating the string of letters, Xu Ting didn't get a sentence, but a location.

This means that the intelligence is very information-rich and cannot be clearly explained by writing on one's arm.

Xu Ting needs to go to this location and retrieve the documents stored there in order to learn the contents of the intelligence.

I'm going out for a bit.

Xu Ting made a quick decision, got up from the sofa, and prepared to set off immediately to retrieve the intelligence.

"Hmm? Is Yu Ling's message important?"

Luo Ruowei was startled, and her long black hair swayed as she moved.

She didn't know that Xu Ting often handled events in multiple threads, and thought that Xu Ting was looking at the notification sent by Yan Yuling.

"It has nothing to do with the coffee shop," Xu Ting said. "We don't need your support for now, but be prepared and don't go to bed too early."

"Roger that!" Luo Ruowei saluted Xu Ting. "I promise to stay up all night tonight."

If you're hanging out with magical girls, you have to follow their schedule too.

Xu Ting nodded, put on his raincoat, and left the apartment.

She was still riding the same motorcycle she had come on, but now it was loaded with more guns and ammunition.

After all, it's already night, and the intensity of the conflict in the lower city area will obviously increase.

The rain was still falling, and it was even heavier than during the day.

Xu Ting was walking on the main road, where there were no buildings to shelter her. The heavy rain poured down on her with malice, trying to soak her fine clothes and make her look dirty and disheveled.

But those were blocked by the raincoat and the magic shield.

"I really know how to enjoy myself, taking a cold shower right after a hot bath."

Xu Ting sighed to himself.

"Crow, the magic ball's performance isn't affected by the rain. This magic is really useful."

"That's natural," the crow replied.

"The magic ball is only affected by high-energy reactions and other sources of magic, or by magic-absorbing substances such as gold and crystal."

"You certainly won't feel any obstruction when casting spells in the rain; you'll only feel the interference if you fly close to thunderclouds."

"In the City of Hell, there is only one type of weather that can interfere with the operation of the magic ball."

Seeing that the crow seemed interested in sharing, Xu Ting obediently chimed in:

What kind of weather?

"【Foggy Season】," the crow replied.

"The fog season is a unique weather phenomenon in your city of He, and its occurrence is inseparable from the innate magic of a certain magical girl."

"Based on my guess, it must have been created by a super big shot in the Tianyi Group."

"But strangely, I don't know what the meaning of this magic is."

The crow then explained the characteristic that the foggy season would hinder magical girls from casting spells.

But it couldn't understand why Tianyi Group would use magic to weaken itself.

"Every year during the fog season, cultists of doom stir up trouble, intending to summon evil beasts in the fog and undermine the rule of magical girls from within."

"Tianyi Group's actions have resulted in a complete loss for them. I don't understand."

"Perhaps Tianyi Group is trying to lure the snake out of its hole?" Xu Ting guessed casually.

"Or perhaps the foggy season was actually caused by some witch, and your judgment is wrong."

"The fog season is about half a month away. When the fog season arrives, the Doomsday Cult can share the firepower of the Heavenly Will Group, which will be a good thing for us."

"And we happen to be short of evil beast crystal seeds."

The crow remained silent for a long time before answering:

"It definitely wasn't done by a witch."

"As for hunting evil beasts, I advise you to do less of it."

"The evil beasts summoned by the Doomsday Cult are not at the level of the cult leader's childish antics. They are at least rudimentary evil beasts comparable to a magical girl at the Feathered Ascension level. You are no match for them."

The Feathered Ascension level actually corresponds to only a low-level evil beast?

How powerful are intermediate and advanced evil beasts?

With these doubts in mind, Xu Ting arrived at his destination.

Airport No. 5.

Airport No. 5 is a busy place where people come and go, and Xu Ting's presence here will not attract attention.

Based on the deciphered code, Xu Ting's men must have placed the intelligence in a locker outside the airport.

The lockers outside the airport are inspected more strictly than those on the street, but not much more thoroughly. They won't sound an alarm unless an explosive device is detected.

The subordinates only handed over documents, so naturally they wouldn't be affected.

Before retrieving the documents, Xu Ting habitually surveyed the surrounding area.

This is a professional habit of mercenaries.

Because it was raining, there was no one else near the lockers, and the waiting passengers all went inside.

If someone wants to spy on the lockers or snipe the person in front of them, they won't face much resistance.

Xu Ting searched the surroundings but found nothing.

But Xu Ting still didn't let her guard down.

She walked to a locker next to her target locker, paid to unlock an empty one, and pretended to store her things.

If someone is monitoring this place, that person could react to Xu Ting's actions.

"You're being far too paranoid."

The crow couldn't help but complain as it watched Xu Ting dawdle.

"The target controlled by the Eye of Fear won't betray you, you—"

It suddenly fell silent.

Xu Ting closed the cabinet and turned to leave.

"Someone's looking over here."

"And he made no attempt to conceal the murderous intent in his eyes."

She pretended not to notice anything and walked into Airport No. 5 like an ordinary passenger.

"Crow, do you still say I have paranoia?"