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

Cars pulled up in front of the hotel, and a group of people got out laughing and joking as they walked into the hotel, which was called "Xi Ke Lai".

Jiang He's choice of restaurant was indeed excellent. It was a large restaurant with an area of ​​over 3,000 square meters, with elegant yet not dull decor, making it suitable for a lively gathering of a group of people to enjoy a meal with a touch of class.

More than a dozen people sat around two large tables, drinking and chatting, pouring out their grievances about life to each other.

The presence of virtual beasts constantly causes unrest, forcing some industries to shrink. With only so many jobs available, and no decent work to be found, many are relegated to city maintenance, patching up the ever-destroying town roads and infrastructure.

There's never too much of this kind of work... but if there were stable and relatively safe jobs, nobody would want to be near post-war ruins every day.

After all, who knows if magic and other substances have radiation? Although it seems that magic doesn't have radiation at present, other substances are still something that ordinary people are afraid of.

Some people are still troubled by their lack of accomplishments three years after graduation, while others have much more "noble" worries.

"My house was destroyed by the battle between magical girls and void beasts just six months ago! The impact caused all the load-bearing walls of the building to bend!" a classmate shouted after downing a bottle of wine.

"Isn't your home near mine? There haven't been any Void Beasts appearing this year." Another girl asked, bewildered.

"No, I meant a building in Fengcheng, used for rent. Now it's become a dangerous building and can't be rented out!" The boy covered his forehead, his face slowly turning red.

"Won't the Demon Exorcist Department repair or compensate you?" Someone laughed as soon as they finished speaking, realizing they had asked a stupid question. "Sigh, relying on the Demon Exorcist Department is no better than finding a local gang."

"Compensation? What good is compensation! This house can't be demolished, and it's supposed to be a steady source of rental income. This little bit of compensation won't be enough..."

Tang Ming and his friends sat on the sofa, listening to the voices of the group at the dining table and couldn't help but chuckle, as if they had returned to the scene of a group of people chatting and arguing back in college.

He turned his head and saw Lin Ruoyu walking over. The smile on his face faded, and he stared at her intently: "Are you leaving?"

"Well, I don't know many people in your class, just a few from your dorm. We've all finished eating, and I'm about to leave too..."

Before Tang Ming could say anything, Jiang He, Xiao Zixuan, and the others had already raised their hands to stop her.

"Don't be so hasty. We haven't even sat down to chat for a bit. Wait until we leave together before you go!" Xiao Zixuan said, dissatisfied.

Jiang He smiled at Tang Ming: "What? You're not even staying by your husband's side? Aren't you afraid we'll get him drunk and dump him on the street?"

Lin Ruoyu rolled her eyes. "President Jiang—I don't trust you guys, but I trust Tang Ming! He'll definitely drive properly today, right, honey?"

Seeing Lin Ruoyu raise her head and her eyes sparkle, Tang Ming nodded and said, "I'm always very well-behaved, don't worry."

"Oh my~ So cheesy, have you had a second spring in your life?" a busybody joked.

"What do you mean by a second spring?"

"They've been through the three-year itch since last year; it's been like a marriage where one spouse is practically dead. I told you you should have quit that job a long time ago! It's made him look like that..." Jiang He, who knew him well, put his arm around his neck and said with relief:

"It's much better now. You two seem to have rediscovered that youthful sweetness, like you've found your college days again, right?"

"Now that you mention it, it does seem like it started around October or November last year. Anyway, during the several gatherings after that, you always looked like you were ignoring Lin Ruoyu. Although we had argued before, I really thought you were going to get a divorce back then."

Xiao Zixuan chimed in, "Tang Ming, let me tell you! Don't let her down. You were the one who pursued her back in your junior year of college, and we all helped you. Don't turn your back on her after just a few years. Otherwise, all our efforts would have been for nothing."

"Yes, yes! Lin Ruoyu is a goddess to so many people!"

Lin Ruoyu sat to one side, her face twitching involuntarily. She could only cover her mouth and "reservedly" look at Tang Ming, her eyes curving into crescent moons... This was how her best friend described her as "always gentle and graceful."

"What do you mean by working for nothing? Do you think this is just delivering goods? You don't understand, so I won't argue with you. Xiao Zixuan, if you're too idle, go back and inherit your father's business. Speaking of which, I even met your father before when I was working here."

Tang Ming immediately changed the subject to stop the other party from continuing to harp on him.

It wasn't that he didn't want to see Lin Ruoyu back then; it was just that he didn't dare to speak when these people mentioned her. He could only silently record what they said and silently think about how to face his "strange" wife at home.

Perhaps my gaze was a little too serious, and that's how these people misunderstood me.

Fortunately, his wife now knows about his amnesia, so he no longer needs to pretend to know what he doesn't.

"You went to the Garden Hotel?" Xiao Zixuan asked curiously. "My grandfather still needs to buy insurance..."

"Let's not talk about that, it's a company secret. Go back and ask your dad." Tang Ming was too lazy to explain; if the other party was really interested, they would naturally ask.

"Alright, you guys can mess with Tang Ming all you want, I have something else to do..." Lin Ruoyu glanced at her phone and stood up again.

Knowing that she intended to back out, the others stopped making trouble, said their goodbyes, and left.

"I thought you'd take this opportunity to leave with your wife," Jiang He said, swirling the bottle in his glass.

The people at the next table had escalated their criticism from the Anti-Magic Department to angrily cursing the city, the magical girls' authoritarianism and incompetence, and their inability to even deal with the Void Beasts and the corrupted symbiotes.

"Never mind... she definitely doesn't want to be with me." Tang Ming sighed, looking down at the cola in his glass.

"You two are arguing again? Why do you two fight every other day...?"

"Every few days?" Tang Ming looked up and asked in confusion.

Putting aside the fact that the other person knew he was hiding his work, his amnesia, and many other things, the two of them had always been quite harmonious at home. Wasn't it like this before he lost his memory?

Jiang He glanced at the others, who were all chatting in pairs. He moved next to Tang Ming and lowered his voice slightly:

"You can't tell the difference between the two of you on the surface... but you always seem very irritable when you come out drinking with me. You're usually a calm and rational person, but your face turns sour when you talk about your family."

"Honestly, everyone was making a fuss just now, and Lin Ruoyu was there too, so that's why I said that... If you're really tired, don't force yourself. If it's not suitable, then it's not suitable. For the past three years, you've worked like a beast of burden, making money for the boss, and the boss still managed to bankrupt the factory."

Tang Ming fell silent. Based on what the other person had said, he tried to "imagine" what his mindset should have been in the past and how he had handled his relationship with Lin Ruoyu, but he still came up empty-handed.

He hesitated for a long time, staring blankly at the other person, making Jiang He feel uneasy. He raised his hand to "beg for mercy": "I'm not advising you to break up, please don't treat me like an enemy after you've made up."

"Jiang He... to tell you the truth, but don't tell anyone else, I don't remember anything about Lin Ruoyu..."

The two men's faces were almost touching. Tang Ming told Jiang He about his amnesia. He trusted Jiang He and had many questions that Jiang He needed to answer for him.

……

Lin Ruoyu did leave under the pretext of having something to do, but it wasn't entirely an excuse. She didn't go home halfway; instead, she went straight back to the mine in the factory area, the area that had already been sealed off.

"Lord Hoshino, why are you here so late?" The staff member on duty came out of the temporary guard post and walked up to the magical girl.

"Hmm, I still have some things to investigate. The inspection wasn't thorough enough yesterday. What conclusions have you drawn about the Demon Department?"

Xingyu nodded kindly. As a public figure and the face of an idol group, she always showed sufficient respect to the staff.

but……

"Currently, we only know it's an independent training unit of the Order, not part of the main force. The rest is still under investigation... Lord Hoshino, the traces inside need to be protected; it's not suitable for you to go in like this..."

Xingyu stopped and stood at the entrance of the tavern that was disguised above the mine, looking in astonishment at the staff member who was following beside her and even subtly blocking her way.

She gave a faint smile: "I know how to control the leakage of the void energy. Don't worry, I'm much better at it than you are."

She prepared to continue walking inside, but the staff, while not stopping her, still followed her.

"Lord Xingyu, it's too late and the other staff members aren't here. If the higher-ups ask about it tomorrow... they'll just scold me." The staff member waved his hand bitterly.

Xingyu stopped again, turned her head and carefully looked him up and down. A soft magical aura spread from her pupils, swept over the other person and then retreated into her eyes.

"How long have you been working for the Anti-Demon Department?"

"No... I didn't work there for long, just over a month," the staff member replied meekly.

"You don't have any magic power in your body, so why would they assign you to be on duty? Aren't you afraid of the danger?" Xingyu frowned.

"I don't know either." The obedient staff member looked a little sour, as if he had something to be wronged. "They didn't want to guard the place, so they just let me watch it for one night. They even told me that I absolutely must not damage the site. They have a lot of instruments running and scanning."

Xingyu nodded slowly, used her magic to probe the surroundings, and then went deeper into the mine entrance. After sensing that there was no one inside, she breathed a sigh of relief and then flicked her left orchid finger, and a golden rope was tied to the humble staff member.

"What are you doing?!" The other person was shocked.

"The Anti-Magic Department will not obstruct any magical girl's actions for any reason. This is an agreement of this city. You were probably not a local before, otherwise you wouldn't have wasted your time trying to stop me... Do magical girls from the neighboring city have so little authority?"

"What do you mean? I don't quite understand."

Xingyu's expression remained calm as his scrutinizing gaze swept across the other person's face.

"If you hadn't continued explaining how the equipment damaged the site, I wouldn't have thought about it... You're too dedicated. Other staff members barely bother to say anything when they greet them, but you, an ordinary person who's only been here for a month, are so concerned and keep stopping me."

"Is it working for the religious order?"

"I—Lord Hoshino, you're wronging me! I was just afraid of getting into trouble, and because I'm inexperienced, I talked too much. How can you accuse me like this out of thin air!"

"It's alright, just investigate back at the Anti-Demon Department."

Xingyu stopped listening to the other party's explanations, stuck a yellow talisman on the other party's face, and with a wave of his hand, the other party flew out of the tavern and flew towards the pre-determined coordinates—the Demon Extermination Department.

Xingyu contacted the authorities to explain the situation, clapped her hands, and continued on her way.

It's an open secret that the Demon Cult has been infiltrated. With a large number of its core members having infiltrated Fangzhou City, it's better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free.

Another invisible talisman was silently pasted on the other person's back. If this could catch a "big fish," it would be killing two birds with one stone.

She activated the magical shield inside the mine, which was erected by the Anti-Demon Department, and she had permission to pass through. Entering the front hall, the corpses in the passageway were gone, and the floor had been cleaned. Many of the strange and eerie devices from before had been removed by the Anti-Demon Department; it seemed that apart from the corrosion marks on the walls, everything else had been taken away.

When searching for "treasure," the Demon Department is quite efficient.

Xingyu shook her head, confirming that the staff member had been lying; there was no machine scanning in either the front or back hall.

It seems that this time, I still didn't misjudge the person.

Xingyu walked through the back hall in a cheerful mood to her office. After checking everything, she used magic to make a copy of some clues, waiting to study them slowly when she returned to the base.

Finally, she glanced at the small tunnel behind the bookshelf, thought for a moment, and then decided not to go down. Instead, she set up a trap at the entrance and then disappeared from the spot.

Xingyu prepared to use the most foolish method—waiting for the rabbit to run into the tree stump. There was a device below that maintained the bubble cracking, and the filthy aura of the void could be sensed without even smelling it.

The fact that the "staff member" was so anxiously trying to stop her meant that perhaps someone else would come back tonight; she felt that her luck was pretty good today.

Xingyu leaned against the office wall for a full half hour. Just as she felt her luck was almost used up and was about to give up, a crackling sound, like electricity tearing through the air, came from below the tunnel. As the sound grew louder, a faint aura of void energy emanated from the area of ​​the tremor.

Xingyu's eyes lit up. She rubbed her sore knees with a bitter expression after squatting for so long. Fortunately, her luck was still good today. She didn't expect magic to really have the power to favor people. She even managed to get a "fish". She just didn't know how big this "fish" was.

"Sizzle~~"

After a while, the bubble stabilized, maintaining a peaceful, stable state. A series of sounds emanated from the tunnel; four voices mingled together—it was two people!

Xingyu loosened her fingers from the tiny ball of light, deciding not to activate the [Trap Spell]. She couldn't guarantee the success rate of capturing two people alive at the same time; if the other person turned around and crawled into the bubble, she would be exposed.

Moreover... there might be other gains as well.

Thinking of this, Xingyu's magical power dimmed further, and she completely disappeared into the wall. She then covered the entire wall with a layer of [Concealment Spell]. With the power of a four-page user, she cast the [Concealment Spell], making it impossible for most people in the city to detect her presence.

"Wouldn't it be too risky for us to come out from here?"

A man muttered something as he bent over and crawled out of the tunnel entrance, followed by a woman who also crawled into the office.

"Didn't we have an inside man from the Anti-Magic Department guarding the place? We've made all the arrangements. There's no one around at night, so what are you afraid of? Do you think a magical girl will suddenly pop out?" the woman said dismissively.

"Stop saying such cannon fodder-like things... It sounds like you're a traitor about to be sent to your death." The man sighed and rubbed his forehead.

"Don't worry, I've been detecting any unusual activity in the surrounding area."

The woman held up her unusual wrist to show the man. Below her wrist, there was a cut five or six centimeters long, from which thick, fishy blood flowed out, pouring onto the ground like fine streams of water. The blood was mixed with a purple shadow, seeping into the ground and spreading to the surrounding walls and outside the door.

This is the "symbiote," where the alien substance and flesh are completely fused together, each containing the other. This woman uses her own blood to manipulate the alien substance to attach to various places, detecting anomalies in her surroundings.

Compared to detection magic and... Tang Ming and others' ability to manipulate alien transformations at will, symbiotes are really troublesome, and they even have to consider whether their blood will run dry.

But this is still a very rare ability for women, and not many people in the cult possess it.

Most followers can only use alien substances to strengthen their bodies, at most transforming them into crystal armor to enhance their lethality; hand-to-hand combat is their only method of fighting.

In fact, most virtual beasts are like this. If it weren't for the terrifying corrosiveness of their alien substances and the black crystal armor that is difficult to blast open with firearms, they would just be strangely shaped and huge wild beasts.