Go to work, and then educate magical girls.

Chapter 163 in Progress

As night fell, neon lights intertwined to create a dreamlike spectacle, setting the most dazzling backdrop for this grand performance.

The scene inside the venue was breathtaking, with a huge crowd and every seat filled. On the seats, colorful glow sticks swayed gently to the rhythm, like a glittering galaxy in the night sky.

A voice filled with envy drifted from above the venue: "I really hope that one day I can be like her."

The voice that spoke was Shui Lan. She was sitting on the dome with Liu Huang and the others, looking at the noisy scene below the venue.

There were four of them, but only two tickets. In the end, Ryuki sold the two tickets to scalpers. The magical girls secretly went to the circular dome above the venue, where they could get a panoramic view of the entire venue.

As a singer with some fame in the coastal area, Shui Lan has also held performances there, but the audience was only a few thousand people at most, which is far from comparable to the tens of thousands of people in front of us.

This was after several years of disappearing from the public eye. Shui Lan couldn't imagine how terrifying the other person's popularity must have been at its peak.

"Go ask your father, he might grant your wish," someone nearby said sarcastically.

Hearing this voice, Shui Lan became somewhat frantic, "Have you even regained your memory? Why can you say that word so naturally?"

She had just been whipped by Liuhuang's tentacles, and her buttocks were still sore! If Ziwan hadn't intervened in time to restrain Liuhuang, she and Qingning might have been tormented even more.

This guy used to enjoy tricking them, and now that he's recognized their mistake, he's completely let loose!

"Because he was originally my baby. He gave me a second life. He loves me very much, and I love him too. What's wrong with that?" Liu Huang's faint voice came.

Shui Lan didn't speak. She knew that Liu Huang had grown up in an orphanage and lacked love since childhood. The director of the orphanage, Duo Si, who had adopted Liu Huang, had also left this world.

Liu Huang might not know this news yet, and Shui Lan was hesitating whether to tell the other party.

Meanwhile, Liu Huang continued talking to himself, "I might have been prejudiced against weirdos like you guys before, but Tang Feng's existence changed my perspective. He shared his life with me when I was on the verge of death, even though we didn't know each other at all before. I was just a hideous monster back then, but he did it without hesitation. It sounds incredible, right?"

"Actually, I died a long time ago. My life now belongs entirely to Tang Feng, so there is no Liu Huang at all, only Baba's daughter, Claw Claw."

Shui Lan listened quietly. Only now did she learn the truth of the matter from her companions. They had been misunderstanding Tang Feng all along, and even suspected that he was responsible for Liu Huang's disappearance, regarding him as their greatest enemy.

In fact, given his strength, he could have easily defeated them. He had shown mercy countless times, but they were simply too unaware of their own limitations.

Shui Lan sighed softly, "If I have the chance to meet him, I will apologize to him."

"But!" Shui Lan emphasized, "One thing at a time, I won't let him get away with deceiving Qing Ning's feelings so easily."

"And the feelings that deceived me..." Only Shui Lan could hear these words to herself.

She still can't forget the passionate figure who stood in front of her, and that warm and reassuring embrace.

What's most infuriating is that he even set his phone ringtone to her singing, deliberately making her hear it. What a clever trick!

If it weren't for Jin Cheng's warning before she left, she probably would have fallen for it sooner or later.

Furthermore, considering Chi Yan's behavior when facing Tang Feng, Shui Lan has ample reason to suspect that Chi Yan also fell for Tang Feng's trick.

Even if he's not an evil weirdo, he's still a scumbag!

Shui Lan gritted her teeth in resentment.

When Qing Ning heard Shui Lan mention her name, she looked up, somewhat bewildered, "What do you mean by deceiving someone's feelings?"

"That's the guy who tricked you into drinking milk!" Shui Lan was furious at the mention of it. She had only been away from him for a few days, and Qing Ning had been taken advantage of by Tang Feng, who had done many outrageous things.

"Hey, but I feel pretty good."

Lime blinked. "Although it doesn't taste very good, every time I eat it, my stomach feels warm and I feel full of energy."

"How much did you eat?!" Shui Lan was heartbroken. She grabbed Qing Ning, "Tell me everything he did!"

"Return, return..."

Shui Lan was silent for a moment, then turned to look at Liu Huang and Zi Wan, "Did you hear that? This is your good dad."

"After all, this is one of his few hobbies." Ryuki spread his hands. "To save the world from destruction, to sacrifice one's own interests, isn't that the very spirit of a magical girl?"

Ziwan nodded in agreement, "Baba has very high standards, you don't need to worry that he would attack ordinary people."

"You..." Shui Lan didn't know what to say. She tremblingly extended her finger, "Why didn't you sacrifice yourselves?"

Liu Huang and Zi Wan exchanged a glance and answered in unison, "We'd love to."

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While the girls were bickering, the warm-up act below also came to an end.

As the host's voice faded, amidst the eagerly awaited cheers, the star of the show finally took the stage.

The girl lightly touched the air with her toes, her figure graceful and elegant, her every move exuding a pure and untainted elegance, appearing as white as snow even under the dazzling neon lights.

A rainbow spread out beneath her feet, and she stepped lightly onto it, slowly walking towards the stage. With each step, magical light spots drifted behind her, creating a dreamlike and beautiful scene.

She descended to earth like a goddess, riding on auspicious seven-colored clouds.

Facing the already excited audience, Yuan remained expressionless and icy. This was her persona; she didn't need to do anything more. The fans who came to support her had already accepted this persona.

When Shui Lan saw this scene, she thought of a widely circulated GIF. The female protagonist of the GIF was Yuan, who made a heart gesture to the audience in an extremely perfunctory manner, without any expression throughout. This irresponsible attitude towards her work was actually enthusiastically supported by a large number of fans.

"What do you know? That's just her public persona!"

"She's so cute, I like her even more now!"

"Ah, that's the look of utter disdain you're going to give me, just ruthlessly crush me!"

Shui Lan was puzzled when she saw such comments, and could only say that good-looking people can do whatever they want.

Suddenly, the goddess on the rainbow stopped moving, even though she was still some distance from the stage.

No one noticed anything unusual about the kite; the audience was simply wondering why their goddess had suddenly stopped moving forward.

Did he want to linger a little longer in the audience and say hello to them?

The thought of this made the audience even more frenzied, and even the security guards could hardly contain them.

This guy actually chose to use remote control at this time!

Yuan's gaze swept across the audience, and she finally found the culprit in the front row. She glared at the person fiercely!

With a thud, a fan next to Tang Feng collapsed to the ground, foaming at the mouth and delirious. "She, she, she just flirted with me!"

Even Tang Feng was speechless. Was it really that exaggerated?

If these people knew that their goddess had recently been singing softly under him, they would probably go crazy.

The thought that the goddess on the rainbow was fighting with all her might filled Tang Feng with a strange sense of satisfaction.

Yuan's eyebrows furrowed even more, and finally, a soft sound escaped from between her teeth. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and used her magic to block it out immediately. Otherwise, if the sound had been transmitted throughout the entire venue through the headset, the consequences would have been unimaginable!

The girl looked at Tang Feng with a hint of resentment and a pleading expression, so Tang Feng, in a good mood, let her go.

He simply loved seeing that expression on the icy girl's face. He used to love doing that back then. The girl clenched her teeth and refused to make a sound beneath him, but her usually cold face gradually contorted. That feeling was a hundred times more pleasurable!

Sensing that Tang Feng had stopped causing trouble, Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and regained her composure and calmness. She waved to the audience and then continued to walk slowly towards the stage.

This waving gesture made the audience forget why she had stopped earlier; instead, it confirmed their guess—their goddess stopped to greet them!

In an instant, the scene erupted once again with frantic shouts and screams, while Tang Feng whistled and looked around.

He saw familiar faces in the VIP section in the front row: Sakura, Tokine, and Mako—they were all there.

Moreover, Tang Feng keenly noticed that there were quite a few magical girls among the audience, who had come to offer their final blessings to their senior's retirement.

It's no secret that Tobi and Sakura have been in the same team for a long time. In the magical girl world, besides Sakura, Tobi is the most respected senior. In addition, with the added bonus of being a singing queen, her popularity is in no way inferior to the strongest magical girl, Sakura.

Therefore, it is not surprising that many magical girls came to participate in Tobi's retirement performance.

Unlike the excited screams and shouts of those crazy fans, they silently offered their blessings. From this day forward, Tobi, one of the guardians of Kyoto and a member of the Maple Flower Squad, will bid farewell to her identity as a magical girl.

As Yuan stepped onto the stage, her heavenly voice rang out, bringing the atmosphere to a climax.

As Shui Lan watched this scene, she was captivated. This was exactly the scene she had always dreamed of, but burdened by her responsibilities as a magical girl, she couldn't give up everything to pursue her dream.

She had heard about Yuan's plight and would never combine the names of magical girl Shui Lan and idol singer Wu Yu Sha, as that would put everyone around her in danger.

Just then, a slender arm gently rested on her shoulder, and a warm, yellow voice came from beside her, "You can be like her too."

Shui Lan shook her head, looking somewhat dejected. She knew she could never become a superstar like Yuan. Seeing this, Liu Huang continued, "What I mean is, you can also be like her, a magical girl, and become an idol."

Shui Lan was surprised. Before she could speak, Liu Huang held up a finger to her lips. "You don't need to worry about repeating Senior Yuan's experience."

Liu Huang paused for a moment.

"Because times have changed."

In the venue below, one familiar melody after another rang out, from the earliest youthful awkwardness to the middle period of delicate maturity, and finally the fleeting brilliance of the last.

This is the retirement of a pop diva, the retirement of magical girl Tobi, and more than that, the end of an era.

Shui Lan stared wide-eyed at the direction Liu Huang was pointing. In that section of the audience, many people had strange limbs and bizarre features; without a doubt, they were all freaks.

"He is an extraordinary person."

After Liu Huang finished explaining, Shui Lan remained silent for a long time.

"The authorities have made their existence completely public, and it is not limited to Kyoto. I believe that a similar organization of supernatural beings will be established in Binhai soon."

"The Covenant of Extraordinary People has been piloted in Kyoto for a year, and there have been no cases of it getting out of control. Their numbers far exceed those of magical girls, and magical girls are no longer irreplaceable."

Liu Huang patted Shui Lan on the shoulder. "So, go ahead and pursue your dreams. Of course, I don't recommend you retire, otherwise your dad will be angry if he finds out."

"What does it matter to him whether I retire or not?" Shui Lan muttered.

"Of course there's a connection. I've heard from several seniors that almost no magical girl who gets involved with him can escape unscathed."

"Don't scare me." Shui Lan was startled and slapped Liu Huang's hand away.

Liu Huang smiled faintly and said no more.

The song below was nearing its end, and as the last note faded away, the concert, which had lasted for several hours, was finally coming to a close.

Yuan didn't look tired at all; on the contrary, she looked even more energetic. She cleared her throat, and her cool voice came through the speaker.

"Thank you all for your continued support. Even though I've been away for so long, my passion remains as strong as ever. But sadly, the stage must eventually come to an end..."

As Yuan delivered her retirement speech, it was not eloquent or emotional, but rather delivered in a calm and even tone. Even so, the fans' eyes still welled up with tears, and cries of reluctance to let her go rose and fell.

Ignoring this, Yuan suddenly changed the subject, "You may all be curious about where I went during the years I disappeared. Here, I would like to formally introduce someone to you."

"Mr. Tang Feng, who is sitting over there, please come to my side."

Instantly, countless eyes followed the direction the kite was pointing and moved to Tang Feng. At the same time, the cameras moving back and forth in the air also accurately captured Tang Feng's image.

This is not just a concert for tens of thousands of people, but also a live broadcast to the general public.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Tang Feng stood up with a smile on his face.

He wanted to see what the other party was really up to.

(End of this chapter)