"Lao Lin, sit down. Have you really thought it through?"

Wang Tengfei pointed at the chair in front of his desk and said, "Let's not beat around the bush. You are also an old employee of ours and you are very capable. I was planning to promote you in two years. You will have no problem becoming a manager."

"Everyone knows about the situation at home you mentioned. There have indeed been some issues with your attendance recently, and everyone can understand that. Just get over this hurdle, and it will be fine, right?"

Unfortunately, I’m afraid I can’t get over this hurdle.

Lin Yun sighed inwardly.

If it was just a normal fluctuation in his life, he could tolerate it. But now, it was difficult to balance work and the magical girl's affairs, so he could only choose the side that was more important to him.

Now that Anya is lost, Lin Xiaolu is the heaviest chip on the scale.

"Boss Wang, we have discussed this matter many times. The company treats me well, but I do have some personal reasons."

As the saying goes, you shouldn't hit someone who smiles at you, so Lin Yun also smiled and said, "I do have a lot of things to deal with at home, and I don't know when it will be done. If I continue, it will only cause trouble for the company. It's better to make a decision early."

"It's not a bother, it's not a bother. Everyone can understand. You're taking this matter too seriously."

Wang Tengfei wanted to persuade him again: "If something happens at home, you can just take a long vacation. We are old friends, why are you being so extreme?"

"Hey, Mr. Wang..."

Lin Yun pretended to sigh, and the two of them continued to pretend to be nice to each other until they had fulfilled their courtesy to each other, and only then did they end the conversation.

In the office in the afternoon, the only sound was the conversation between two people. If you listened carefully, you could also hear the sound of the air-conditioning blowing.

The sunlight shines into the office through the floor-to-ceiling windows, forming large bright spots on the ground.

But among the bright spots, a tiny black dot appeared at some point.

The black spot grew bigger and heavier, gradually becoming difficult to ignore, and even vaguely took on a human shape.

Lin Yun, facing the window, was still talking to Wang Tengfei, but as he gradually saw the scene outside the window clearly, his speech became slower and slower, and finally he stopped talking completely.

There is a person outside the window.

The general manager's office is on the 17th floor of the office building, and there is no way there is anyone outside the window.

However, at this moment, there was indeed someone standing far outside the window, looking at the office building where Lin Yun was.

That's a girl.

A smiling girl in a black dress.

Chapter 78 Delphinium and Sparrow

2023-04-30

Is she a magical girl?

After seeing the figure outside the window, Lin Yun immediately had this thought. After all, only magical girls can fly in the air and wear such fancy clothes.

It's not that a magician can't imitate a similar dressing style, but unfortunately, a magician with the total amount of magic power and proficiency in techniques that can support them to float steadily in the air is most likely past the age of "girl".

So, why is there a magical girl there at this time?

Lin Yun was not familiar with the face of the girl in the black dress. He was sure that she was not any of his "old acquaintances". She should not be a newcomer to Fangting City, otherwise, there was no reason for Lin Yun not to know her.

Is she a magical girl from outside?

Many questions emerged in his mind, and then Lin Yun began to think about his next move.

Should I transform into a magical girl and ask her what she wants to do? Or should I just ignore her and let her come and go?

It is obviously not feasible to transform directly now.

Right now, I am in the general manager's office. If I transform, I will definitely be seen by Wang Tengfei, who is an ordinary person, which would be an unnecessary leakage of information.

Although he could ask the Strategy Bureau to deal with the aftermath, sign a confidentiality agreement, or even use a certain degree of psychological suggestion to stop him from thinking about it, he still hoped to avoid transforming in front of others as much as possible.

It was also impossible to turn a blind eye, because he could not allow a magical girl whose origins were unknown and who he did not even know whether she was an enemy or a friend to move around freely in Fangting City.

In short, if nothing else, at least I can't continue wasting time in the general manager's office.

So he opened his mouth, preparing to end the conversation with Wang Tengfei: "Mr. Wang, I'm sorry, I have something else to do next, so I won't waste your time. Next..."

Once again, Lin Yun's pupils suddenly contracted when he was halfway through his words.

He saw the girl in the sky, her long hair dancing in the wind, her black dress coated with a layer of golden light in the sunlight.

He saw that a yellowish-brown magical light was lit up in the girl's hand, pointing straight in the direction of the office building.

At this point, he could finally be sure that the person coming had bad intentions.

"Mr. Wang."

Lin Yun stopped talking nonsense, stood up suddenly, and reminded Wang Tengfei very seriously: "Lie down."

This sentence was said too suddenly, so Wang Tengfei couldn't understand what he meant.

He was destined to have no time to understand, because when he saw Lin Yun stand up, he didn't say another word, but ran towards the direction where there should have been only a floor-to-ceiling window behind him.

Then, a flash of azure light appeared at his side, and a moment later, a muffled sound of glass breaking was heard behind him.

The next second, a strong vibration came from outside the window, like an earthquake, making everyone in the entire office building feel an extremely strong shaking.

"Ah? Missed the target?"

Not far away, a girl in a black dress looked at the office building with a big hole on the edge and said, "Strange, I should have aimed right?"

"Forget it, if you missed, just shoot again."

——"No matter how many times you try, you won't be able to hit it."

Such a sound suddenly came from not far away.

The girl looked in the direction of the voice and saw a petite girl in a navy blue dress floating in the air like her, with a cold expression on her face.

Seeing the other person, the girl was a little stunned at first, but then the corners of her mouth slightly raised, revealing a somewhat inexplicable smile: "Ah, you are really here?"

"'It's here'? Are you here to see me?"

The Delphinium opposite her opened her hand, and magic power condensed into a wand in her hand: "It is not polite to greet with a bombardment spell. You have one minute. First explain why you came here, and then explain your purpose."

"Oh, sorry, I really should have introduced myself first."

As if she really felt sorry for this "disrespect", the girl bowed and said, "Hello, I am a magical girl with a card who used to be in the Magic Kingdom. I was affiliated with the Finance Department. I worked there about fourteen years ago, and my code name was 'Golden Bell'."

"However, this is a name from the past. Now, you can call me 'Sparrow'."

"If you don't understand what this code name means, please allow me to introduce us to you. We are a group of magical girls who have truly gained freedom. We are 'Claw Mark'."

"Are you satisfied with my statement?

At this point, the girl who called herself "Sparrow" raised her head, and the smile on her face gradually became a little more ostentatious:

"——Is he also the former Hanakai's Cornflower-sama?"

Almost at the same time as she said this, without any warning, an extremely strong beam of magic power shot out from her palm and shot straight in the direction of Delphinium.

Not far away, Delphinium, who was still shocked by her words, reacted quickly. She widened her eyes, raised her hand, and surrounded by several Favor runes. A simple magic barrier was formed instantly, which blocked the sudden attack of the girl who called herself "Sparrow" in time.

"It seems that you know a lot."

The barrier blocked the magic beam, and for a moment they were in a stalemate over the magic strength. Jade Bird raised her eyes, and her expression became increasingly cold as she looked at Sparrow: "You knew it was me, but you still dared to come to Fangting City to provoke me? Or do you think you can succeed in a sneak attack by reporting an abandoned name? Are all the people in your organization called Claw Mark fools like you who are brave but reckless?"

Her words caused the smile on Sparrow's face to pause slightly, and his brows twitched, seeming to be very unhappy, but such emotions were quickly covered up, and only a bright smile remained:

"Oh, of course not."

"You may be just a former Hana-karuta, but you were once a Hana-karuta after all. I don't expect to easily kill you with a simple sneak attack. Old women like you still have some real skills no matter what."

"But what if I say that this is what I rely on?"

As she said this, the originally khaki-colored magic beam was suddenly enveloped by a purple-black magic power.

And when the purple-black magic power came into contact with the magic barrier of the Delphinium, the barrier that had been standing still suddenly seemed to have aged, becoming extremely shallow and fragile, and then spider-web-like cracks appeared.

The process was so short that Delphinium had no time to make any compensation. The barrier shattered and suddenly exploded in her sight.

boom!

There was no longer any obstruction in the path ahead of the beam, and it blew up the magic barrier, completely covering its original location and going straight through the Delphinium.

Chapter 79 Aegis

2023-04-30

The sudden flash of light formed a long straight line in the air, finally attracting the attention of passers-by nearby.

Not only that, the people who were confused and panicked when the office building was attacked finally noticed the commotion in the air and realized that what they were experiencing was not an earthquake.

"What's going on, thunder?"

"There's a piece missing from the edge of the building over there. Is it a remnant of an animal?"

"I didn't see any remaining beasts. Has it been destroyed?"

On the street below, passers-by gathered together and started talking.

Although no one knows exactly what happened, when there is no obvious threat visible to the naked eye, people's instinct to do good will make them choose to watch rather than run away.

What they don't know is that at this moment in the sky, the threat still exists.

"Hello, hello, hello? Are you still reacting? Is this the extent of it?"

After the black and yellow light faded, Sparrow put down his hands, with a somewhat bored expression on his face: "If you get killed like this, I will have to have a good debate with your fans about whether you are just a name without substance."

You know, before this trip, she was actually very interested in the former flower mother named "Cornflower".

According to the information she knew, although the former karuta's current condition might not be very good, she should be able to have a good fight with him.

As one of the few lifelong magical girls in the magical kingdom, Cornflower's name was the hottest legend when she first became a magical girl.

Every magical girl who claims to be a genius has to face the name "Cornflower" before talking about how excellent her talent is.

She achieved the Bud level in two years, made great contributions in the defense of the "Garden", and obtained the two honors of Hanaru and Lifetime Magical Girl at the same time. It was unprecedented that she was summoned by the big shots in the Rose Palace at that time. In terms of reputation, Cornflower was unparalleled at the time.

With the blessing of reputation, talent, strength, image... and many other factors, during that period, many new-generation magical girls claimed to be fans of Cornflower.

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