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

Chapter 172 Cells and Tissues

"I understand, old manager," Hua Yiyou nodded obediently. "I won't let the boss down. As for my sister, she's just worried about me. She'll understand."

The old manager nodded. Now, many of the personal tasks are handled by Hua Yiyou. In the past, the old manager had been the boss's housekeeper for many years, so he naturally hoped that the newcomer could be competent enough to do the job and become the boss's right-hand man.

"Next, we'll continue eliminating strongholds and can start luring magical girls into the battle."

An unassuming-looking employee walked forward with his hands raised, followed by two men with menacing expressions. The scars on their faces were enough to tell them they were ruthless—and also indicated that they were not far from being killed.

"This guy was lurking around outside the village, so we just dragged him in." Once inside, the scarred man behind him had his fists encased in massive crystal armor. A chilling aura surrounded the employee, who stiffened and subtly avoided the fists to prevent them from corroding his body.

"You're a wizard—so brave of you to come here gathering intelligence?" The man sitting opposite smiled at his companion. "The Anti-Demon Department of Fangzhou City is so committed?"

"Hahaha!" the crowd laughed.

"I'm not from the Demon Department. I'm a wizard hired by Anmeng Insurance. I'm registered with the Wizard Protection Tower. You'd better not make any rash moves. You should know very well how powerful the Protection Tower is!"

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Anmeng Insurance's employee stood up straight, looking disdainfully at everyone in the room. The empty "scent" emanating from each person caused his magical energy channels to stir restlessly.

"What is he saying?" the lead man asked his companions.

The scarred man behind him chimed in, "Wizards protect the tower together."

"Just how powerful is the Co-Protecting Tower?"

"Any wizard can apply for registration; anyone can get in."

"Did you hear that! Even if there are indeed very powerful wizards inside the Tower of Common Protection, who would come all this way just to save you?" The man chuckled dismissively.

This is a cult's stronghold. The man sitting boldly at the head of the table is the captain of a cult team, and the entire village of twenty people are his team.

Why would a base be located in a village in the fields?

All I can say is that this is all the resources the newly arrived New Human Cult can muster.

The cult's only foothold in Fangzhou City was a mining company infiltrated by He Jin. However, with the destruction of He Jin and the entire cult, the assets they had cultivated over several years were wiped out, and even most of their connections were investigated and monitored by the Anti-Demon Department.

The remaining crucial information had already been "tricked" into Hua Lingyou's hands.

Therefore, the strongholds established by the cult are either village buildings, homesteads, or some detached villas, all of which are assets that can be acquired quickly.

The cult has already infiltrated many of its followers into various sectors of the city. As long as all its members can establish a firm foothold in Fangzhou City, the cult will be able to infiltrate the government and the Anti-Demon Department within a year, and control all aspects of the city.

"Tell me—how do you want to die?" The captain was completely unfazed by the wizard's threat, as black chips spun continuously between his fingertips.

The reason people here dare to freely display their supernatural abilities is because this place is remote, with even internet access often unavailable, let alone magic detectors.

The wizard, employed by Anmeng Insurance, trembled slightly, a bead of cold sweat forming on his forehead. He was indeed hired by Anmeng Insurance because of his considerable abilities; even in this situation, he could do his best to maintain stability. However, the threat of death still weighed heavily on him.

He was assigned by Anmeng Insurance to participate in the search of the base with the Anti-Demon Department. As a member of the company, he was indignant about the fact that many employees, even close colleagues, had been arrested, and immediately stepped forward to participate in the search.

Unfortunately, he "accidentally" fell behind during the thorough search, but he didn't mind since he was still in contact with the others.

He never expected to stumble upon a training corps' outpost. The patrols were so numerous and well-hidden that he was ambushed before he could even react.

Before he could even use a medium, he cast two instant fireballs and was grabbed by the neck.

Even now, there is still a lingering, foreign scent on his neck, corroding his skin and clothes.

"Ahem—our main force will be here soon. You traitors who have fallen into the void won't live much longer!"

In the end, the wizard still did not choose to kneel down and beg for mercy; he was merely putting on a show of bravado while being weak inside.

His communication devices and GPS tracking, including all the medium magic stones he was carrying, were confiscated. Even if his teammates rushed to his rescue now, these people could kill him with a single move.

"Alright, I won't waste any more words. Too much talk is bad. Go to hell!"

The captain shook his head, revealing a mocking expression, and gestured to the scarred man behind him. The scarred man gritted his teeth, and his arm transformed into a blade, stabbing directly at the wizard's back.

The wizard closed his eyes and shuddered.

"Ding-a-ling" 6

The arm, which had transformed into a jet-black crystal blade, was blocked by a beam of light. Not only was it blocked, but the beam of light was almost touching the back of the wizard's head as it shot from the sky into the ground. The black crystal blade pierced into the beam of light and was melted inch by inch.

The scarred man withdrew his hand, his face filled with horror. He couldn't even feel any pain as his arm, along with the alien substance, was completely fused into the pillar of light.

In the sky, a magic circle in front of Xingyu unfolded vertically downwards. The patterns on the circle formed loops through her magic power. The next beam of light shot down from the magic circle. The other scarred man next to her decisively attacked the wizard, but was still melted by another beam of light.

This time he was even more unfortunate, as he walked into the pillar of light. After the pillar disappeared, the fragmented human tissue was condensed into purple by the alien substance and scattered on the ground.

The others' expressions changed drastically. The captain smashed through the back wall of the village house and jumped into the open space outside. Everyone else immediately retreated to avoid being attacked by Shunfa's beam of light.

The captain's upper body was half-blacked out, rough crystal armor covering his limbs. He furiously pounded his chest, pointed at the golden figure in the sky, and shouted, "Star Feather! You think you're the strongest magical girl in Fangzhou City? All you can do is sneak attacks, huh?!"

Xingyu frowned slightly, and after confirming that the kidnapped wizard was unharmed, she quickly used her magic to scan the area under the village house for any abducted company employees.

Of course, she didn't completely ignore the captain's curses. She turned the small magic circle around her arms and aimed it at the captain in the field as a beam of light.

The captain's eyes widened, and he dodged to the side, miraculously avoiding the attack that had been launched in an instant by Ji Ping.

Xingyu glanced at him, activated her magic, the circuit lit up, and the next beam of light shot out. The opponent dodged again, and she even called on the entire training team, who had recovered, to immediately counterattack.

The fact that the religious order uses its teams as its organizational structure to manage all affairs is indeed reasonable.

The dozens of training teams at the same level are like secondary organizations that can be broken up at any time. They cooperate and train together, but only complete their own tasks.

Apart from the leaders of the cults who can communicate more with other cults, ordinary believers are unaware of the situation of other cults.

For example, the information that Hua Lingyou and Tang Ming needed to get from the mine yesterday was only available to Captain He, and the only person who could find and make direct contact with the local training team in Fangzhou City was "Captain Jia," who was impersonated by Hua Lingyou.

This is the first time that Xingyu has faced a training team reorganized from Guangxian City.

Everyone knew Xingyu's power as the Four-Page Witch, but they were not afraid. Instead, they piled on top of each other like slingshots and rushed towards Xingyu, who was hundreds of meters in the air.