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

The streets outside the window were clean and bright, with pure white streetlights neatly arranged on both sides of the road. No bulbs had been removed, no cables stolen, and no steel cables were tied between the lampposts to obstruct traffic...

It turns out that streetlights were designed to provide illumination for everyone.

Xu Ting's eyes were truly opened.

Compared to the dazzling neon lights of the downtown area, the lights of the uptown area are more comfortable.

Xu Ting, however, did not think so. She longed for the chaotic, ugly, dirty, and fleeting places.

It's as if a spirit in a graveyard would turn to ashes upon contact with something warm.

"Miss, we've arrived."

The driver of the luxury car stopped in front of a villa. He was Mi Yan's subordinate and was ordered to come to the airport to pick up Xu Ting.

Xu Ting thanked him and got out of the car with a wary look on his face.

After scanning the area with the magic ball and detecting the gray crow's magical fluctuations, Xu Ting relaxed slightly.

She walked to the gate of the luxurious villa, which opened automatically for her. Xu Ting scanned the area again before entering with peace of mind.

The villa was quiet, with almost no one around.

Gray Raven, a gray demon who had carried out several terrorist attacks in the central district, naturally couldn't receive treatment at a regular hospital.

It's highly likely that Miyan placed the Grey Crow in a property under his own name, and then used his connections to find a doctor and medical equipment to come and treat him.

Upon reaching the room where Gray Raven was, this conjecture was confirmed.

Several doctors were waiting inside and outside the room. When they saw Xu Ting arrive, they immediately left, giving Xu Ting space to "treat" him.

Presumably, the mystery had already warned them to "leave after seeing a young girl."

Xu Ting entered the room and closed the door.

The room was filled with a large amount of medical equipment.

The night he returned from the factory, Gray Raven already had enough syringes, but now he has twice as many.

Recalling what Mi Yan had said about "Grey Crow's condition worsening," her expression became serious.

"Crow, how's the situation?"

The crow flew out, glanced at the scene, and said:

"Fortunately, I still have more than ten days left before I die."

That's not human language...

Xu Ting moved a stool over and sat down by the hospital bed. Gray Crow heard Xu Ting's movements and opened his eyes to look at Xu Ting.

Upon seeing Xu Ting, she forced a smile and joked:

"You've come with 'sincere intentions'?"

Xu Ting's face stiffened.

This guy still has the mind to joke around; it seems I arrived too early.

She gave a soft hum, forgiving the gray crow's behavior, and said:

"Where's your doll? Give it to me. The riddle says you always carry it with you."

The gray crow grunted and said:

"In my blanket."

"Speak," the two stared at each other in silence for more than ten seconds.

It was Gray Raven who spoke first:

"My hand is stuck with a bunch of needles, I can't move it, only you can remove them."

Xu Ting reluctantly reached out and pulled back Gray Crow's blanket.

Gray Raven was wearing a thin hospital gown, and her chibi-style doll was lying obediently in her arms.

Xu Ting reached out to grab it, but found that a faint magical force was resisting her movements.

Xu Ting picked up the doll, examined it for a long time, and asked:

"Did your dolls ever use magic to repel others?"

"No, it only appeared after my condition worsened. I was worried that the magic on the doll would harm Lord Mystery, so I took it back."

The gray crow answered.

"That's a bit tricky. This doll is a product of your innate magic. If you can't even control your innate magic, you're not far from becoming a witch."

Xu Ting spoke frankly,

"Over the next two days, I will spend time cleaning the fragments of your magical core, and then I will strip you of your magical girl power."

Are you mentally prepared?

"Um... could you be a little gentler?" Gray Raven said hesitantly.

"You're gripping the puppet a little too tightly; the puppet and I are in sync..."

Xu Ting loosened his grip and said sternly:

"I can't be gentle. Cleaning the fragments of the magic core will inevitably be accompanied by extreme pain, and this pain cannot be relieved by anesthetics."

"If you really can't take it anymore, just tell me, and I'll give you three minutes to rest."

The gray crow revealed a resolute look in its eyes.

"No need, I'm not afraid of pain."

"I need to resolve my physical problems as soon as possible. Even without the power of a magical girl, I want to return to Lady Myo-chan's side as soon as possible and do something for her."

Ten minutes later—

"Stop, stop, stop, stop!"

"Ouch, that hurts! Stop!"

The weak gray crow surprisingly let out a loud sound. The girl's beautiful face was contorted in pain, making her look somewhat comical, yet also strangely adorable.

"Your color has faded, stop for a moment, I need to rest for three minutes!"

She shouted loudly, her tone almost like she was begging for mercy.

Despite Gray Crow's demands, Xu Ting did not stop working at all.

At this moment, she was focused on directing the magical attack, snatching fragments of the magical core from various parts of the gray raven's body.

Once she managed to snatch one of the pieces, she would forcibly pull it out of the gray crow's body and feed it to a nearby crow.

Xu Ting didn't know the exact level of pain involved, but according to Crow—

"It's roughly like stabbing your bare hand into a bullet wound and then using your fingers to search for and pull out the bullet... or even more painful."

Xu Ting had also removed bullets from herself without anesthesia, so she thought Gray Raven should be able to hold on.

But now it seems that the situation is completely different from what she expected.

"Didn't you say you weren't afraid of pain?" Xu Ting said calmly.

"Why are you making a fuss again?"

The gray crow, sweating profusely from the pain, said:

"I didn't expect it to hurt this much."

"And you don't say anything, so I'm just silently enduring it all. It's really tough!"

"Then I'll talk to you, and you can continue to bear it." Xu Ting revealed her cruel side.

"After all, I have to trust my partner. If she says she's not afraid of pain, then I believe her."

The gray crow let out a painful "uh," and said with difficulty:

"I'm glad you consider me a comrade... but don't waste your trust on things like this."

After saying that, she hissed in pain again, adopting a "what's the use of trying" attitude, and said:

"Okay, I won't rest, I'll endure it."

"But you have to keep talking to me, and you can't avoid my questions."

"I will still avoid questions that involve my privacy." Xu Ting pulled out another core fragment and said, "What do you want to talk about?"

"Faded One, do you think I can still contribute to Lord Mystery after I lose my abilities?"

Such a serious question right off the bat?

Xu Ting thought about it carefully and replied:

"The one who lost his color is my... father. He also doesn't have the power of a magical girl."

At least gender and strength have never coexisted.

"But he still managed to build a successful business in the downtown area and leave a large sum of money for the people he cared about."

"Even if you don't have magic, you have precious qualities like loyalty, courage, and kindness, which can help you accomplish many things."

The gray crow let out a few soft "hmm" sounds and asked:

"Your father cares about you a lot, doesn't he?"

"I'm a little envious of you, after all, my father is a complete scumbag."

Stop, stop, stop! You can't say that.

"My father doesn't care about me."

"Even if he didn't abandon me on purpose, it's still the same."

Xu Ting pouted in dissatisfaction and said.

Although Xu Ting's nominal father is herself, her actual father is the one who abandoned her.

Hearing Gray Crow praise his father for caring about him, Xu Ting felt a pang of bitterness.

This left Gray Crow somewhat puzzled, and she asked in surprise:

"Didn't the person who lost their face give the money to you and your daughter?"

"At least I didn't receive much money," Xu Ting replied.

This is the truth; most of the money of the victims was taken by the Tianyi Group.

Damn it, considering the context, doesn't this mean that the person the loser cares about most is the Tianyi Group?