After get off work, I become a magical girl

The fairy dance on the screen did not last long. The picture flickered and soon a girl wearing a golden hard hat appeared on the screen, looking at the mirror seriously.

Delphinium was able to recognize her because this was the magical girl who was responsible for connecting her and passing the call to the golden-green cat-eyes last time.

"Hello, Inspector. Thank you for taking our call."

The girl on the other side of the magic mirror bowed slightly, then raised her head and said solemnly, "Please forgive us for disturbing you at this time. However, right now in the southern part of Donghua Prefecture, which is the area where you are, something has happened that no one wants to see."

"What is it?"

Delphinium looked at the magic mirror expressionlessly: "Don't tell me, this is another boring speech from our dean?"

"…I'm sorry, but this time there is indeed a more serious incident."

The magical girl on the other side of the magic mirror bowed again, and then continued: "According to the contact channels of our investigation institute and the information provided by the magical girl of Baian City near your city: the team that was previously sent to Donghua Province and had contact with you, the Cat Tail Team, they..."

"Disappeared in the southern part of Donghua Prefecture."

Chapter 112 Bai'an City

2023-04-30

"Yeah, it's nothing. I'll be back in a month. When you're with your friends, be careful not to play too much and don't fall behind in school. Especially since you said Delphinium will be going out soon, you have to learn to be more self-disciplined without her watching over you."

On the slowly moving landship, a deep male voice sounded from the seat by the window.

"Aunt Hong is going to go over there to take care of you? Can she cook? Or should I ask a part-time worker to cook for you?"

Lin Yun held the phone in his hand, leaned back in his chair, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Can you do it yourself? Are you sure?"

As soon as he finished speaking, there seemed to be a girl's voice buzzing on the other end of the phone. Lin Yun listened attentively, and soon spoke again, with a hint of helplessness in his words: "Okay, okay, you are not a child anymore, I know, Dad shouldn't question you like this."

After explaining some trivial matters in life, he hung up the phone and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Two days had passed since he received the notice from the Investigation Institute. At the request of his "immediate boss" Golden Green Cat's Eye, he left Fangting City and set out for Bai'an City.

But because he had to leave Fangting City, he had to face a troublesome problem: Lin Yun and Cuique would disappear from Fangting City together next.

Considering that Lin Xiaolu might go home halfway, if she found out that her father was inexplicably not at home, she might have some strange associations. So Lin Yun could only inform Lin Xiaolu in advance as a father: he was going on a business trip.

Fortunately, he had told Lin Xiaolu before that he might have to go on a business trip just in case, and now it just happened to be true what he said at that time, so he did not arouse Lin Xiaolu's suspicion further.

After that, he announced to the three newcomers in the identity of Delphinium that he might leave Fangting City for a period of time.

This news naturally caused a strong reaction among the three little ones.

Lin Xiaolu was the one who could not hide her thoughts the most. After hearing that Cuique would leave Fangting City, she immediately asked a series of questions: Will she never come back? Is she dissatisfied with them? Has her mission in Fangting City been completed... She was just short of writing the words "don't go" on her face, and it took Cuique a lot of effort to calm her down.

Xia Liang's reaction was relatively mature. The first thing she thought of was the identity of Cuiqiao as an "inspector", and she asked Cuiqiao if she had received any new tasks. After receiving a positive answer, she expressed her concerns at the right time.

As for Bai Jingxuan, she behaved quite calmly and well-behaved, and easily accepted the fact that Cuiqiao would leave. But at the same time, she also raised her own question: how should the next magic training and courses proceed?

She has only been in the team for a short time, and although she has some feelings for the other magical girls in the team, her feelings are not that deep. She seems to be more concerned about the problem of the team having no leader after Delphinium leaving than the fact that Delphinium will leave.

Her concerns were not unfounded. In fact, Delphinium had also considered this matter and proposed several alternative plans:

The first option is to find Hong Siyu. Although Hong Siyu no longer has magic power, her knowledge reserve is still sufficient. The second option is for her to leave a training plan for the next training session, and then contact the newcomers via mobile phone every once in a while to understand their situation and give them corrections. The last option is for all members of the Fangting City team to go to Bai'an City.

The girls unanimously asked to adopt the third option, but after thinking it over for a while, Delphinium still did not agree.

Because the city they were heading to this time was the city where the investigation team of the Investigation Institute disappeared, and they didn't know what kind of enemies were hiding there. In any case, the safety of the newcomers was the most important.

Therefore, even though Lin Xiaolu strongly opposed the first option, the final result was that options one and two were implemented in parallel, that is, Hong Si was responsible for the daily tutoring of the girls, while Cuiqiao was responsible for periodic testing of the results.

After this was finalized, the next day, Lin Yun boarded a land ship leaving Fangting City and headed for Bai'an City.

In order to ensure that there were no problems with the arrangements made by all parties, he also reported safety to Lin Xiaolu as a father, and briefly inquired about the situation after he left before hanging up the phone with peace of mind.

Sitting by the window, looking at the plank road outside the window surrounded by layers of protective nets, and the endless barren Gobi desert beyond the plank road, Lin Yun was silent for a moment.

Next, we will officially begin investigating the tasks assigned by the institute.

According to the information obtained through the magic mirror that night, the Cat Tail Team of the Investigation Institute lost contact about a week ago.

After bringing Sparrow back to the country and being interrogated by the Investigation Institute, the Cat Tail Team learned that there were still signs of Claw Mark activities in the southern part of Donghua Prefecture, so they returned to Donghua Prefecture again and began to investigate based on the information provided by Sparrow.

After checking many cities, they finally went to Bai'an City according to the planned itinerary.

However, this was the last information they left for the Investigation Bureau.

In the following days, there was no news from the Cat Tail Team, which was supposed to submit daily reports to the Investigation Institute. Even when the Institute's communications department took the initiative to contact them, there was still no response.

Afterwards, the Investigation Institute inquired with the Abnormal Policy Bureau and the Sowers of Bai'an City and learned that the Cat Tail Team had indeed been to Bai'an City. However, they did not ask for the assistance of the local resident magical girls, and only had a simple exchange before leaving.

No one knows where they went after that.

Considering the danger of the matter, the Investigation Bureau once again dispatched two investigation teams to Bai'an City for investigation; at the same time, it contacted the nearest inspector and asked him to go to Bai'an City to assist in the work.

The unlucky inspector who was chosen was naturally Cuiqiao who lived in the southern part of Donghua Prefecture.

Delphinium did not refuse this matter.

The incident happened in Donghua Prefecture, near the city where he lived, which meant that the danger could spread to Fangting City at any time. If he refused, and the Investigation Institute sent another inspector to handle it, he didn't know what variables would arise.

More importantly, according to the report, the status of the Cat Tail Squad was "missing", and this word made her have some associations.

Because one thing that has always puzzled her is that there is still a "missing" sower in Fangting City.

The sower named Nini also "disappeared" after going to Donghua Prefecture and Fangting City to take over. Neither the Fangting City Strategy Bureau nor the Royal Court knew anything about his whereabouts, and no one even knew whether he had ever been in office.

This situation is very similar to what the Cat Tail Squad is experiencing right now.

Delphinium did not think this was a coincidence, especially since the previous attack on Fangting City by Sparrow and others was also shrouded in doubt. In order to thoroughly investigate the matter, she chose to take the initiative.

The scenery on both sides of the plank road gradually changed as the land ship moved forward. When the ship approached the destination of this trip, Bai'an City, the lonely and desolate scene outside the plank road disappeared, and a hint of green appeared in people's vision.

As the ship docked at the berth on the plank road, the broadcast sounded, informing the passengers of the land-based ship that the journey had ended. Lin Yun put away his phone, stood up from his seat, took his luggage bag, and followed the crowd down the deck.

Leaving the ship and stepping into the port, the bustling scene made him feel a little unreal for a moment.

In the spacious waiting hall, the bustling crowd is of various shapes and sizes: some are walking hurriedly with luggage in hand, some are holding their children and carefully avoiding the crowded flow of people, and some are resting on the seats in the hall, idly browsing their phones.

After walking out of the security check passage, there is a huge shopping mall, located between the port building and the external entrance. It occupies the most prime location and is bustling with people.

Walking through the shopping mall, Lin Yun could see all kinds of tourists in the surrounding shops and restaurants, including tourists from other places like him and locals who were shopping in the shopping mall before their trip. The strong popularity diluted the low mood of walking through the vast barren land, and was enough to make the people who had just stepped out of the ship quickly feel the atmosphere of civilization.

This also calmed Lin Yun's originally anxious mood.

After all, judging from the information provided by the Investigation Institute alone, Baian City is like a huge mouth of the abyss that can swallow up magical girls at any time, and the entire city is shrouded in the cloud of crisis.

Only when he came here in person and saw with his own eyes the lives of ordinary people and saw that they were still leading a stable daily life, did Lin Yun realize again that the magic side was never the whole of this world.

However, if the hidden threat behind this is not resolved, the current prosperity will ultimately be just an illusion that will be shattered at the slightest touch.

Lin Yun calmed himself down and walked out of the shopping mall.

He passed through the external security passage and arrived at the external square. The dense work vehicles loaded with luggage and supplies were driving slowly on the driveway. He crossed the traffic and walked out of the parking lot, and finally officially entered Bai'an City in the evening.

After making an appointment for a pick-up vehicle via his mobile phone, he waited expressionlessly in the parking lot outside the port. During this time, many people came up to him enthusiastically, wanting to recommend tour groups and hotels to him, but Lin Yun's indifferent expression and cold temperament soon made them give up and tactfully look for other targets.

Lin Yun completely ignored those people. Not only had he already booked a hotel for himself, but his first goal right now was not to go to the hotel to store his luggage and rest.

The situation was urgent. Even though it was already evening, it did not affect his immediate departure for the first destination of this trip - the Bai'an City Strategy Bureau.

Chapter 113 Chance Encounter

2023-04-30

Bai'an City is a well-known tourist city in the southern part of Donghua Prefecture, with rich landscapes and natural attractions. What's more worth mentioning is that it is also a famous music capital, where a large number of world-class music festivals or exhibitions are held every year.

The largest concert hall and two of the largest music schools in the entire Donghua Prefecture are located here, and the whole city is filled with a strong artistic atmosphere. Not only are the buildings on the street full of various tributes and ingenuity, but you can often see huge music venues on the street, as well as musicians performing on the roadside.

Therefore, tourists and music lovers from all over the world often stay here, making the tourism and hospitality industry very prosperous.

When Lin Yun told the driver his destination, which was the Music Park in the Economic Development Zone of Bai'an City, the driver completely treated him as a tourist from out of town and introduced him to the local special attractions and how to buy specialties of Bai'an City.

Lin Yun didn't mind the misunderstanding, and chatted with the driver about things to pay attention to when traveling in Bai'an City, as if he was really going there for a trip.

Of course, he was not actually a tourist, and his purpose of coming to Bai'an City was not tourism, so the music park he went to was actually the real destination of this trip - Bai'an City Strategy Bureau.

There is a common sense in the magical side of the material world: the existence of each city's strange policy bureau is different.

The Bureau of Strange Strategies in Fangting City is the most common one. It makes no secret of its status as a government agency and its management function over magicians. It owns a huge complex of buildings as its headquarters.

The Baian City Strategy Bureau is different. According to the information provided by the Investigation Institute to Cuiqiao, its address is located underground in the Baian City Music Park, and all entrances and exits are extremely secretive. If you don't know this, then ordinary people will never be able to find the location of the Baian City Strategy Bureau.

As for why it is located in the basement of the Music Park, the reason is very realistic: when the Strategy Bureau set up its headquarters here, the Economic Development Zone of Bai'an City was still a deserted suburban wilderness.

But later, with the development and expansion of the city, this piece of wilderness was eventually designated as a new urban area. With the construction of various properties and public facilities on the surrounding land, the vacant land above the Yi Ce Bureau became particularly eye-catching.

At this point, if the Strategy Bureau does not build some buildings above the headquarters, it would be like trying to cover up something.

As a result, this place finally became a music park that fits the city's characteristics.

If Lin Yun remembered correctly, when the music park was completed, it was hyped up on the Internet. At that time, Anya even asked herself whether she should bring Xiaolu with her family of three to visit here.

Lin Yun did not agree to it immediately, wanting to wait until the hype had passed and the reputation of the scenic spot had stabilized before considering whether to take this place as a family trip. But when that day came, there was no longer any so-called family trip.

Sitting in the taxi, looking at the bustling street scene outside the window, Lin Yun's thoughts were a little vague for a moment.

In the evening, when the taxi drove out of the port area and officially entered Baian City and arrived at the location of the Yi Ce Bureau marked on the map, the sun was about to set, and only a faint orange-red light remained in the sky.

The traffic slowly moved through the crowded roads, forming a long queue, waiting impatiently at the traffic lights at each intersection. From time to time, a vehicle would cross through the gap, trying to overtake or merge, making the traffic worse. The noisy honking sounded one after another, disturbing people's minds and making them more annoyed.

As time went by, the afterglow of the sunset gradually faded, and the sky of the city began to turn gray. But almost at the same time, the gorgeous neon lights began to shine, and the whole city of Bai'an was lit up with colorful lights. Bai'an City seemed to become more lively at night.

This prosperous scene turned into a picture reflected on the car window, which was fully captured by Lin Yun's eyes.

If when Lin Yun first came here, all he felt was the simple atmosphere of fireworks, then when he actually entered Bai'an City, he could feel that everything here was so warm and real.

The Cat Tail Squad disappeared in such a city?

He couldn't help but have such thoughts in his mind.

And as if in response to his thoughts, the next moment, a huge roar sounded ahead on the road.

The originally noisy sounds of car horns, the mixed music on the street, and the voices of the drivers in the cars were all dispersed by the roar.

Lin Yun immediately turned his head and looked forward through the car window, but under the cover of night, the neon lights made the scene in front of him blurry, making it impossible to see what was happening.

The roads were still blocked and traffic was still stagnant, as if the roar just now was just an illusion and nothing had actually happened.