Magical Girl Fan Bingbing

Jiang Ran put her hands in her pockets, her fingertips unconsciously stroking the emerald green gemstone bracelet inside, and went over her original plan in her mind again.

Actually, his original plan was quite simple.

Since the Public Security Bureau was determined to bait the market by dumping a large number of monster corpses on the black market, he simply ate all the bait and didn't touch a single hook, letting Chu Ying and her team experience firsthand what it means to be caught off guard.

After taking the bait, he would deliberately create a harmless flaw, leaving the police with a vague hope, making them think that with a little more effort and a few more attempts, they could catch the big fish.

Fishermen know that not getting caught in the fish trap isn't scary; what's scary is losing all hope completely. As long as there's even a glimmer of hope, they'll keep feeding the fish in the pond.

Moreover, Jiang Ran never lets anything leak onto the black market and cause trouble. All the high-purity magic essence he produces is sold to the Tianhai City Biological Research Institute through formal contracts. Once they receive it, they use it primarily for scientific research experiments, and not a single piece ever reaches the market. Unlike those underground dealers who distribute magic essence to ordinary people and cause any public order incidents.

Moreover, all of Jiang Ran's output was sold to the Tianhai City Biological Research Institute through formal contracts. After receiving the products, the institute basically used them for scientific research experiments, so there was absolutely no chance of any incidents.

In this way, the situation becomes very clear.

The police department couldn't catch him for a long time, and they were also worried that he might follow the example of the Demonic Cult and, if pushed to the limit, openly rob monster corpses in the city, causing even greater chaos. In the end, they would probably have no choice but to grit their teeth and continue to feed and trap him.

After all, for the Public Security Bureau, the targets set by higher authorities and the social stability of Tianhai City are the most important things that override everything else.

As long as his goods don't flow into the black market, disrupt the security system, or cause a negative social impact, the two sides will likely eventually reach a tacit understanding and turn a blind eye.

Jiang Ran understood perfectly that this was the safest and most reliable path.

This is what Jiang Ran calls: the value of united front work.

But the high-profile arrival of the Demonic Cult has completely turned what was originally a relatively controllable pool of muddy water into a raging storm.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ran couldn't help but shake her head, a helpless bitter smile tugging at the corner of her mouth.

Regardless of how strange the name of the Demonic Cult may be, their direct confrontation with the authorities is unwise and could easily provoke a reaction from the authorities.

This direct confrontation with the authorities serves no purpose other than drawing all the attention of the violent apparatus.

Young people are too young; they haven't experienced enough hardship and are too prone to displaying this fatal immaturity in politics.

If the iron fist of the ten-seat council really comes down...

Jiang Ran sighed, dusted herself off, and turned to walk out of the abandoned warehouse.

After walking along the small road on the outskirts of the city for a few minutes, Jiang Ran finally arrived at the main road. While waiting for the bus, Jiang Ran glanced up and caught a glimpse of his reflection in the floor-to-ceiling glass of a convenience store on the street.

A middle-aged man with slightly messy hair and a tired face, dressed in an ordinary hoodie and casual pants, would not be given a second glance if he were thrown into a crowd.

Jiang Ran suddenly stopped in her tracks.

No one would recognize this face if you walked down the street. But when it transforms into Souseiseki's face, although it has been forgotten by the world for twenty years, there are still some old friends who can recognize it.

Once recognized, it will lead to a series of major troubles.

Jiang Ran's gaze swept across both sides of the street and finally landed on a small shop not far away with a sign that read "Children's Fun Toy Shop".

He stepped inside, where the shelves were filled with all sorts of children's toys and anime merchandise. He browsed through the mask section and finally picked up a very common fox half-face mask.

With a pure white base and light red lines drawn at the corners of the eyes and the tips of the ears, it's a simple design, inexpensive, and can be seen everywhere on the street or at comic conventions.

After paying, Jiang Ran, clutching her mask, turned into a dark, deserted alley.

The alley was perpetually dark, with moss-covered walls and only a sliver of sunlight filtering through from above. Jiang Ran put on the fox mask, covering the upper half of her face, revealing only her taut jawline.

"Transformation."

Magical Girl Souseiseki makes her debut.

Long, silver hair cascaded down her shoulders, the ends swaying gently in the still alley. Her ruby-like pupils gleamed with a cold light through the gaps in her mask. A semi-transparent black bodysuit outlined smooth yet powerfully beautiful lines, and deep purple nail polish on her toes was faintly visible through the black stockings.

Jiang Ran raised her hand, her fingertips brushing against the fox mask on her face to make sure it was firmly attached and wouldn't fall off due to the high-speed movement.

Then, with a slight movement of her fingertips, a layer of concealment magic enveloped her entire body like flowing water, completely suppressing her magical fluctuations and even merging her aura into the surrounding air.

After doing all this, Jiang Ran gently lifted it with one hand.

"The wind rises."

A gentle yet powerful breeze suddenly rose from beneath her feet, steadily supporting her body and lifting her upwards along the alley. In the blink of an eye, she was suspended a hundred meters in the air, with the endless flow of traffic below and the towering skyscrapers of Tianhai City in the distance.

Jiang Ran lowered her head, her gaze sweeping over the city she had fought so hard to protect twenty years ago, her ruby-like pupils revealing an unreadable emotion.

A moment later, she chuckled softly, her voice fading into the wind.

"Let the show begin."

A gentle breeze swept by, and the alley was deserted.

……

Tianhai City, a megacity with a permanent population of nearly 30 million, is not only the financial and economic center of the country, but also a core strategic hub for resisting the invasion of monsters from the eastern coast.

To protect the peace of this city, the number of magical girls stationed here is second only to the capital and those strategic border locations that are always on the front lines of the battle against monsters.

The Tianhai City Public Security Bureau and its subordinate branches alone have more than 30 registered magical girls on staff, whose overall combat strength is so formidable that they can easily overwhelm the entire armed forces of some small neighboring countries.

This doesn't even include the Magic Element Management and Law Enforcement Team stationed in Tianhai City, not to mention that when necessary, the ten councils can turn their attention to this city at any time and dispatch higher-level combat forces to provide support.

It can be said that this is one of the most heavily guarded cities in the country, where a single move can have far-reaching consequences.

As the primary person in charge of maintaining order and stability in the magic realm of Tianhai City, Chu Ying has been under so much pressure lately that she hasn't slept for three days and three nights straight.

In the office of the city bureau branch captain, several empty coffee cans were scattered haphazardly on the desk, and the monitor was still displaying the on-site investigation report of the Demonic Cult incident, with dense text that made one dizzy.

Chu Ying leaned back in her office chair, raising her hand to press her throbbing temples, her eyes bloodshot. If it weren't for the fact that magical girls possessed physical abilities far exceeding those of ordinary people, an ordinary person would have collapsed at their post long ago under this intensity of work and pressure.

The emergence of the Demonic Cult completely shattered the already tense situation.

The General Headquarters attached great importance to this matter. The General Headquarters Director Liu Ye has personally made three phone calls, each time with a more serious tone than the last, demanding that she find these lawless individuals who dared to openly cause trouble in Tianhai City within a week, give an explanation to the citizens of the city and the organization, and restore a peaceful and stable environment to Tianhai.

The fact that a wild magical girl was hiding in the shadows and illegally producing high-purity magic essence was already enough to give her a lot of trouble.

After investigating for more than half a month, apart from a few magic crystals, they hadn't even caught a glimpse of the other party. Now, a magical cult that was organized, premeditated, and dared to confront the official magical girls head-on has suddenly appeared, completely changing the nature of the case.

This is no longer a simple public security case; it could easily escalate into a thorny political issue.

Chu Ying let out a long breath. For this operation, she had transferred all the on-duty magical girls from all the city's branches to set up an inescapable net. No matter if they were the magic element producers hiding in the shadows or the magic cultivators who were jumping around, none of them would be able to escape.

Just then, the office door was gently pushed open.

Little Deer poked half her head in and, seeing Chu Ying still sitting at her desk, quickly said, "Captain, all the magical girls from various branches of Tianhai City have arrived at the large conference room on the third floor, waiting for you to go and preside over the meeting."

Chu Ying nodded, reached out and tugged at her uniform jacket, gathered the documents on the table and hugged them to her chest. When she stood up, the fatigue on her face was gone.

"Walk."

Xiao Lu led the way, and the two walked through the quiet corridor, soon arriving at the entrance of the large conference room on the third floor.

Xiao Lu stepped forward and pushed open the heavy conference room door.

The moment the door opened, more than thirty pairs of eyes in the conference room turned to Chu Ying.

Immediately afterwards, more than thirty magical girls in uniform stood up in unison and gave Chu Ying a standard salute, their movements perfectly synchronized and without a single sound.

On the large screen directly in front of the conference room, the theme of this meeting was clearly displayed: "Deployment Meeting for the Special Action to Crack Down on Illegal Trading of Magic Elements and Criminal Activities of Evil Forces in Tianhai City".

Holding the documents, Chu Ying walked straight to the head seat without looking to the side, her gaze sweeping across the room. Her voice was clear and powerful, without uttering a single unnecessary word:

"Please, everyone, have a seat."

Everyone then sat down in unison, the sound of the chairs scraping against the floor so synchronized it sounded like it was coming from a single person.

After Chu Ying sat down, she looked up and scanned the entire room again, her gaze finally landing on an unfamiliar face on the far left of the first row.

She was a girl who looked only fifteen or sixteen years old, with cute pigtails and a pair of exquisite blue dragon horn hair ornaments on her head. Her face still had a touch of childishness. She sat upright, holding a pen tightly in her hand, her eyes full of tension and excitement, as well as a trace of clear innocence.

The person sitting next to her was probably her team leader, whispering something to her, likely instructing her on meeting discipline.

Chu Ying raised her eyebrows almost imperceptibly and said, "Since there are new comrades attending this meeting, I will first give everyone a full explanation of the details of this incident."