My wife is a magical girl, how can I be the villain?

Xingyu sighed helplessly, then cupped his hand, and a golden sphere enveloped the nearly scrap metal-covered bread cart, carrying five pale-faced men as they slowly landed.

Glancing into the distance, Xingyu noticed Tang Mingzao had vanished somewhere. Looking at the group of people at her feet, she felt troubled and annoyed. Why did they have to come at a funeral? It ruined the mood. And once the Anti-Demon Department arrives, the funeral home will be sealed off.

As the fighting subsided and the magical lights and shadows in the air ceased, the crowd gradually calmed down, slowly stopped, and returned the way they came. Some joined in the fun, while others continued with their work.

As soon as they landed, the five became restless, twisting their bodies and trying to escape. But Xingyu wouldn't give them that chance. He reversed his hand, and the golden sphere split into five, each enveloping one of the five. Thin bubbles condensed into hard edges, locking down everyone's escape routes. Like a perfectly cast golden sphere, it trapped all escape methods, and no matter how the five tried to break through, they couldn't.

Seeing that the group couldn't escape, Xingyu finally had time to check the bread truck.

The inner coating had been turned out. Xingyu gently touched it with her hand, pondered for a moment, and then gathered a little magic at her fingertips and injected it into the coating. The entire sheet metal was covered with a magical halo.

These black coatings contained magical circuits, their function being to devour void anomalies. Hoshino realized these people hadn't accidentally wandered into a funeral home, and she immediately contacted the liaison officer for the Anti-Demon Department:

"Has anyone arrived? Seal off the funeral home; no staff member is allowed to leave. Check them one by one!"

These people probably had some kind of mission, but the car's wreckage and damaged coating allowed her to detect their presence. Xingyu felt that the aura of the person who escaped was somewhat familiar, but she had no recollection of their face. Fortunately, she had already used magic to imprint it for facial recognition.

As for these people... Xingyu walked over to them.

"You guys are still staff members of the museum..." Xingyu noticed their clothing; except for one person who was in casual clothes, the other four were all in work uniforms. "What are you doing here?"

"You bitch, stop pretending! You know we coexist with the aliens, you magical girls, don't you deserve a quick death?" one of them cursed viciously.

Xingyu puffed out her cheeks slightly, waved her hand, and a ball of light slammed into the man's mouth, "blocking" his foul mouth.

"What's so special about the funeral home that makes you want to target it? Or are you employees here... working for the boss?" Hoshino asked thoughtfully.

The group's eyes darted around, and they dared not resist, so they turned their heads away and stopped talking. However, one of the young and timid ones couldn't help but glance in the direction of the box, which was immediately noticed by Xingyu.

Xingyu walked to the unassuming silver box. At first glance, it looked like a stainless steel box, which was why she had initially overlooked it. Bending down to examine it closely, she found various strange needles and switches inside, their purpose unknown. When she injected magic into it, there was no response.

A horsehair flower leaf in the corner caught her eye; it seemed that this flower had been placed on the chest of the body inside the transparent coffin during the ceremony at the museum.

With a wave of her hand, magic lifted the leaf and floated it in front of her. She didn't touch it; anyone or anything related to the alien was dangerous to a magical girl.

The pure white water chestnut leaves were tinged with a faint aura of ethereal energy, with a hint of purple shimmering within them. The leaves dissipated into ashes in the air, and Xingyu stepped back a few paces, carefully examining the dimensions of the box.

"Lord Xingyu! The reinforcements have arrived. Two wizard squads have come and are working with the police to completely seal off the funeral home."

One person hurriedly ran up behind Xingyu and reported to Xingyu.

Xingyu immediately ordered, "Go to the crematorium and check where all the bodies are."

"This...isn't it all burned clean?" The wizard sent by the Demon Department was somewhat confused.

"Not necessarily. We need to check if it was actually burned. Besides, there should be unburned remains. All personnel entering and leaving the crematorium are under control. I suspect these cult members need offerings..."

Xingyu immediately deduced that these people were from the cult. Currently, the only heterogeneous and evil organization that is currently gaining momentum in Fangzhou City and ultimately causing trouble is the [New Human] cult.

She thought of the priests she had fought before and the corpses she had encountered whose life force had been drained. The cult's purpose in hiding in the funeral home was most likely related to "people".

She just didn't understand what use a dead body was. Different substances needed to be fused together, but dead objects couldn't be fused together.

She pictured Pan Xiwen's peaceful face and took a deep breath.

Flesh and blood intertwine, merge and coexist. Even living people have a failure rate of being devoured and dying. Could the dead be cultivated into "followers"?

Regardless of Hoshino's speculations, everyone in the Demon Division swiftly carried out her instructions.

These "idle people" are not good at combat training and magic practice against Void Beasts. But they are adept at managing and deploying ordinary people.

Before long, each area was cut off and sealed off, and everyone's information and data were checked one by one.

Thanks to this incident, some criminals who had been escaping justice by relying on their magical abilities were also brought to justice because they attended the funeral, which was an unexpected bonus.

Jiang He and a large group of people were huddled in the parking lot, clearing out a space to house everyone. Their identities would be checked one by one, and those who had escaped from the beginning and hadn't returned were outside their control scope; managing them was already a good outcome.

"We can't get through to Tang Ming on the phone...and we can't get through to Lin Ruoyu either. Where have those two gone for a secret rendezvous? They didn't even lock the car doors!"

Jiang He was furious. Not only was the person missing, but when he ran to Tang Ming's car, he found that the car door was not closed and there were even car keys on the center console. The person had completely disappeared.

He had no choice but to lock the car door and keep making phone calls while holding the keys. He didn't know if this would delay his dinner party that night.

"Hey! How's it going?"

A hand patted Jiang He on the shoulder from behind, startling him so much that he jumped a meter into the air.

"Damn it... don't suddenly come up behind me like that." Jiang He punched him in annoyance.

Tang Ming shrugged. "I did this to test you. If you're so scared, how can you venture out of the city? What if you run into something? You'd be scared to death!"

"You're talking nonsense! You just don't understand how to react in a life-or-death situation. Only someone with a super short reflex arc like me can quickly dodge when danger strikes. You're still standing there pretending to be cool, you're probably dead somewhere already."

Jiang He punched him again, then waved his hand dismissively.

Tang Ming remained noncommittal, but seeing Jiang He hand him and her a set of car keys, he asked in confusion, "What? These are my car keys?"

"You have the nerve to say that... When I came over, there was no one in your car, the door was open, and you didn't even have your keys. I'm not as daring as you to flaunt your wealth."

"I gave the car keys to Lin Ruoyu. Wasn't she sitting in the car waiting for me?" Tang Ming looked up at the car in the parking space, but Lin Ruoyu had disappeared.

"Who knows? I messaged both of you, and you didn't reply to either of you. Don't you know where she went?" Jiang He looked at him strangely.

"Um……"

Tang Ming lowered his head and made a phone call to Lin Ruoyu.

As Xingyu walked through the courtyard, she subconsciously glanced at Tang Ming, who was holding his phone to his ear by the parking lot, making a call while looking around.

Xingyu instinctively shrank back a bit, but then realized she had overreacted, so she stood still and continued walking forward.

Tang Ming looked around and happened to see the magical girl Xingyu. He subconsciously shrank his neck and quickly looked down, which made Xingyu look puzzled.

Why does he seem guilty?

Tang Ming was genuinely afraid of Xing Yu. Just now, it seemed like he dodged all the attacks in the blink of an eye and successfully escaped, but only he knew that he was caught off guard.

Xingyu was too ruthless. He saw through his thoughts at a glance and attacked him first, ignoring the five people right in front of him. He even targeted his limbs and neck. He probably didn't reveal any weaknesses as a Void Beast...

Xingyu guessed that the other party was definitely calling her. She sighed silently. She couldn't leave at this moment, and it was not appropriate for her to take out her phone to answer. She would just have to say a few nice words later.

"I can't get through..." Tang Ming's face looked rather grim.

"Are you worried something might happen to her?" Jiang He guessed.

"I don't know what happened behind the building, but with such a tight security, I wonder if there will be any casualties."

"That's true, I'll go ask around for you. I still know someone there." Jiang He patted his shoulder, walked through the crowd, and went to inquire with the staff of the Demon Exorcism Department.

……

"Xiao Ba, you've arrived." A red figure descended from the sky and instantly stopped beside Xing Yu. Xing Yu transmitted her voice using magic.

"Hmm, what's going on?"

The two stood inside the crematorium, where a row of funeral home staff squatted on the floor, wearing anti-magic devices. Several professionals were inspecting the incinerator and cabinets around them.

Xingyu secretly and quickly explained what had happened to her. She didn't know the cause and effect, so she could only offer her guesses.

After listening, Qiang Hong complained, "I really don't want to come to this place; it's hot and gloomy..."

"You handle this later, I... have to go back," Xingyu said after some hesitation.

Gun Red assumed a pose as if to protect me, but Xingyu was still a little worried and gave me a word of advice:

"I suspect there are cult moles among these people. We need to find them out, then figure out what they want the bodies for, and how so many missing bodies were sent away."

The professionals just shut down all the operating incinerators. Many family members outside were complaining, but there was nothing they could do but bring everything out for inspection.

It was finally confirmed that several bodies had not been sent to the incinerator, or rather—all of them. And in the scalding hot urns, the DNA samples were all mismatched. Xingyu already had a general idea; now, she could only leave the investigation to Qiang Hong.

"Then I'll be leaving first."

After saying that, Xingyu quickly disappeared from the room... then flew several hundred meters away, and then ran back without stopping.

"I'm so sorry, I got separated from the crowd, but I rushed back here after seeing that everything was alright..."

Lin Ruoyu stood in front of Tang Ming, panting and clutching her chest. She was already among the people who had been to the funeral home, and after her identity was verified, the staff let her in.

"Why didn't you answer my call?" Tang Ming questioned, then realized his words were a bit harsh given their current relationship, so he pulled Jiang He in to take the blame, "Jiang He did send you a message."

"Huh? I... I didn't hear it, my phone is on silent." Lin Ruoyu took out her phone with annoyance and brushed the strands of hair that were sticking to her forehead from sweat.

"I haven't felt any vibration while I've been running... I'm sorry for making you worry. I was a little scared when I heard the alarm." Seeing that Tang Ming was about to open his mouth, she quickly interrupted the spellcasting.

"When you ran away, the car door was..." Tang Ming had just finished speaking when he saw Lin Ruoyu looking at him pitifully, her face flushed with anxiety, and he swallowed his words.

"No, it's alright now. Staying alive is the priority. Take a break... I'll get you a bottle of water."

After Tang Ming finished speaking, he awkwardly turned around and went to the car to get water.

Jiang He stood aside speechlessly and said, "Impressive, your move directly interrupted the output... You don't know that when I came to the car, none of you were there, the car door was open, and the car keys were gone. Luckily, I had them with me."

"I ran too fast... Thank you, luckily I didn't lose anything," Lin Ruoyu said, scratching her head sheepishly.

She turned her head to watch Tang Ming's backside sticking out as he climbed into the car, her pearly teeth lightly brushing against her lower lip, her mind surfacing with the image of his guilty expression when he saw the magical girl.

They originally thought they would have to wait in line for a long time, but unexpectedly, Jiang He chatted with the staff of the Anti-Demon Department for a while and then let them leave after their identities were checked ahead of time.

It has to be said that being handsome and eloquent is indeed useful; Jiang He even pulled several classmates who had come with him away...

"Jiang He, you're amazing!"

Lin Ruoyu, sitting in the back of the car, exclaimed sincerely.

Tang Ming drove, while Jiang He sat in the passenger seat, grinning smugly: "I'm just a legend... but the main problem is that you guys don't have any magical energy in your bodies. Ordinary people can't even catch the eye of the Demon Exorcism Department these days. If it were a wizard, they'd search you from head to toe!"

"That's because you gave us the chance to leave quickly... Otherwise, if they had dragged their feet, it would have been dark by the time we got there."

Tang Ming gripped the steering wheel without speaking. He sensed that Lin Ruoyu seemed to be in a better mood and was talking more.

Could it be that she's apologizing to herself... so she's not pursuing the matter anymore and is just sulking?

In fact, Tang Ming guessed half right. Lin Ruoyu knew she was in the wrong during the argument last night and didn't want to upset him, so she took the initiative to make amends indirectly, hoping that the two of them wouldn't feel as awkward as they did at the funeral home.

The other person even tried to make an excuse to pee, she really couldn't stand it...

As for his other half, under her urging, the Demon Department has just found out the identity of the escaped leader.

The man's name was He Jin. He was the head of a cross-city mining company and was in charge of planning ore mining in Fangzhou City.

Of course, this is his public identity, and there's no need to slowly eliminate it. He Jin must be related to the mine that was cut in half yesterday, which involved more than twenty people.

Therefore, they directly traced back from the results, searching for connections between He Jin and the tragically deceased followers. This quickly confirmed his identity as the only cult leader stationed in Fangzhou City.

This gain was enormous; the network of local instructors had been exposed to them, and the mining company where He Jin was publicly located would soon be brought under control.

Lin Ruoyu was naturally happy; they could finally dig out a large piece of cancer cells in the city.

However, there is one guess that Lin Ruoyu did not tell the people of the Demon Extermination Department... He Jin appeared so openly at the funeral home, and seemed to be at odds with the other five people, as if he deliberately wanted her to see his face.

This "He Jin" is not as simple as one might imagine.