Magical girl? She got tricked into this!

"Stop, what are you two doing here?"

"We are here to represent Xifeng Xuanzong in the Five Clans Sword Competition." Sawamura Rin said as he took the token handed over by Anten Meiko and showed it in front of the two gatekeeper disciples.

This token is made of silver and is engraved with many exquisite patterns. In the middle of the token there is a word "wind" written in ancient Chinese.

When they saw the token handed over by Sawamura Rin, the two gatekeeper disciples not only did not show any courtesy because of Sawamura Rin's identity, but they started to mock him the next moment.

"The Wind Clan? You're the declining clan that produced deserters and traitors, right? You still want to represent our Xifeng Xuan Sect in the Five Veins Sword Meeting? Are you really not afraid of biting your tongue when the wind blows so strong?"

Although the other disciple did not say anything rude, he also laughed along with his companions. The look in their eyes when they looked at Sawamura Rin and Anten Meiko had changed from confusion to disdain.

"You guys..." Meiko Anten, who had already used translation magic on herself, naturally knew what the two were talking about. She frowned and was about to argue with them, but was stopped by Rin Sawamura, "Rin, what are you doing..."

"They're just two guard dogs. You can't get angry with them just because they barked at you twice. That would make you look petty."

Volume 8: The Incoming Evil: Chapter 35: Entering the Door

Meiko Ando originally thought that her childhood sweetheart was planning to keep things quiet, but she didn't expect him to say this the next moment, which made her stunned.

Not only her, but even the two gatekeepers were stunned. The corners of their mouths twitched slightly, and their entire faces suddenly became distorted, obviously because they were angry.

"How dare you insult us? You're courting death!"

One of them, who had a more explosive temper, was so angry that she was about to attack. With a "clang" sound, a soft sword came out of her sheath and stabbed towards Sawamura Rin.

"You think you can join the Five Meridians Sword Competition? You're embarrassing yourself! If you want to get in, you'll have to get past me first!"

Although the gatekeeper attacked in anger, he also knew his limits, so the direction of the soft sword was not aimed at Sawamura Rin's vital parts, but just wanted to teach her a lesson.

It's a pity that these two gatekeepers are just ordinary outer disciples who have not participated in many battles. How can they compare to this young girl who has been fighting continuously since she came to Japan?

She dodged the sword's thrust sideways, slapped the gatekeeper's grip off the handle with a knife, turned around and kicked her ten meters away.

"You... you actually dared to hit my disciples in front of my Xifeng Xuan Sect?"

"As a gatekeeper, she doesn't respect the people of my Wind Clan. I'm just teaching her a lesson. Who can say anything?"

"It's just a declining and broken family..."

Before she could finish the sentence, there was a crisp sound of "slap", and her face suddenly swelled up. A bright red slap mark was clearly visible on her face.

"You will regret this." The gatekeeper gritted her teeth. She knew that she could not beat the girl in front of her, so she did not attack her and humiliate herself. After leaving these words, she ran to her companions.

Meiko Anten knew that the girl in front of her had completely different personalities before and after her transformation, just like the girl in front of her. Perhaps this was her true character, her true nature after being suppressed in the dark for a long time.

"I thought you'd be a little gentler now that you're back home."

Sawamura Rin shrugged and walked towards the interior of the sect while saying, "The five sects participating in the Five Veins Sword Meeting each have a limited number of places. We came here this time for those few places. There is no need to be polite with this group of people."

An Teng Meizi sighed and said, "I really don't know what kind of cruel environment you lived in before."

"The ever-present pressure of competition and the treacherous pressure to advance are truly brutal. In this world, there are no friends."

It seems that every country has its own difficulties. Meiko Anten originally thought that the way people were forced to lose their freedom in American concentration camps was cruel enough, but she didn't expect that the sect system here was not much better.

However, perhaps it is precisely because of this environment with sufficient competitive pressure that enough strong people can be born. Otherwise, how could a country occupy three seats among the world's top ten strongest countries alone?

While heading to the designated gathering place, the two were not idle. Rin Sawamura also used this time to briefly introduce the sect system here to Meiko Anten.

People who practice in the sect are not called magical girls like in Japan, but Taoists or ascetics, and those magics are also called Taoist magic by them.

It is worth mentioning that there are not only girls among the monks, but also many young boys, and the number of young boys unexpectedly accounts for half of the total number.

"Isn't it said that the Great Will only signs contracts with girls? Why can young boys here also become ascetics?" It was not until Sawamura Rin said this that Meiko Anten asked this question out of curiosity.

Along the way, she was able to see many young men wearing uniform Taoist robes in Xifeng Xuan Sect, and many of them seemed to have a high status in the sect.

You have to know that those people are real teenagers, not like her who was tricked by some wise man into signing a contract and then turned from a teenager into a girl.

"Oh, you mean that." Rin Sawamura did not hide anything in response to Meiko Anten's question.

"Because the magic power here, known as mana, has been researched into a system that allows ordinary people to practice it, but because the success rate is not high, most of the higher-ups in the sect are still girls who have signed a contract with the Great Will."

"Can magic power really be cultivated within ordinary humans?"

"In theory, it's possible, but the level of application isn't as smooth and powerful as the girl who transformed into an etheric body." Sawamura Rin paused and continued, "In fact, every country has some research on magic. Although I'm not sure, Japan should have some as well, right?"

She could not deny this. At that time, her other childhood sweetheart, Tachibana Ruoxue, was studying how to use magic to bring tanks, cannons and other weapons from the real world into the void world to reduce the combat pressure on magical girls.

In fact, this experiment was indeed successful a long time ago. It's a pity that even if the tanks could be sent into the void world, human weapons were not enough to cause any damage to the void beasts.

Therefore, this experiment was temporarily shelved until weapons powerful enough to inflict damage to the Void Beasts were developed... Unfortunately, the main person in charge of this project, Tachibana Wakayuki, was killed in the Void Beast attack at the Akihabara headquarters. Even though the data was left behind, the entire experiment was at a standstill.

Of course, the same is true for the people here. Even if they become strong enough through this method, once they enter the void world, they will be affected by the special environment, resulting in a significant drop in combat effectiveness.

In the final analysis, no matter which country it is, the depth of its research on magic is still far from enough to be able to carry out high-intensity combat in the void world.

So from this point of view, since this country can enable ordinary people to cultivate magical powers, its research on magic has reached a level that other countries cannot reach.

After getting the answer she wanted and briefly understanding the sect system here, Meiko Anten began to think about what to do next.

When they were on the plane, Sawamura Rin told her a lot about the Five Clans Sword Competition. To put it simply, the so-called Five Clans Sword Competition is that the five sects sent people to compete with each other.

However, the content of this large-scale event is not unique. Relevant competition content will be drawn before each battle.

"Come to think of it, I'm not even from your sect, so why did you let me accompany you to this event?"

Volume 8: The Incoming Evil: Chapter 36: Is this the person you hurt?

"Because the rules say that if you want to participate in the Five Meridians Sword Competition, you must first form a team of two, and you can ask for external help when forming a team."

After Sawamura Rin's explanation, Anten Meiko also understood the general idea.

A team can only have two people at most, and one of them must be a disciple of the sect. The other can be a disciple of another sect or an external aid invited from outside.

It’s just that the disciples of the sect all have their own pride and will not easily seek external help.

But there is one thing, that is, no one who participates in the Five Veins Sword Competition can be over 30 years old. This age actually includes most of the genius super-class magical girls.

This wide range of age groups is already very explosive. If there is a super-level person among them who comprehends the law, it will be even more explosive. It is estimated that he can sweep the whole place by himself.

At Sawamura Rin's current age, let alone participating in the Five Clans Sword Competition, even defeating colleagues from his own sect and getting a chance to advance is very slim.

The reason why he made An Teng Meizi his team member was not only because he had no friends in the sect, but also because he wanted to take advantage of An Teng Meizi's combat power that was beyond his cognition.

Rin Sawamura did not hide this point, but Meiko Anten not only did not mind it, but was also very happy that he could be someone she trusted.

Along the way, Meiko Anten was observing her surroundings. The architectural style here was very retro, exactly the same as the Tenqing Palace she had seen in Japan.

She knew nothing about history, so she couldn't tell what dynasty the style was. At least she was very clear about one thing, which was that the place gave people a very mysterious feeling.

Most of the people coming and going were converging in one direction, which was their destination, the venue of the Xifeng Xuanzong selection competition.

"Those who want to represent Xifeng Xuanzong to participate in the Five Veins Sword Contest and meet the requirements and are disciples under the age of 30, please come here to register." Before they even got close, there were already disciples shouting.

After waiting in line for a while, Rin Sawamura signed her own name and Meiko Anten's name. The name she wrote for herself was Honming Fuu Ling'er, but when writing Meiko Anten's name, she hesitated for a moment and turned to ask the latter's opinion.

"Meizi, do you want to use your real name, or what?"

"Just use my real name. I've been using an alias for two years in the other world. I feel embarrassed to use it anymore."

"Okay." Rin Sawamura nodded, turned around and wrote the four words "Anten Meiko".

Although the pronunciation in Japanese is different from that in Chinese, this name is also written in Chinese, and Chinese also has four-character names such as double surnames, so her name has not been doubted by others.

"Your team's number is sixty-six. The competition is an elimination system. When you hear your team's number called, go directly onto the field. If you win, you advance. If you lose, you leave."

The registration staff's explanation was very simple and clear, and without saying another word, they let Sawamura Rin and Anten Meiko leave.

Before waiting for the next applicant to arrive, the registration officer looked at the two names whose notes were still wet. "The name Feng Ling'er is somewhat familiar... but I don't think I've ever seen such a girl in the Wind Clan... Forget it, let's not think too much about it. Who she is and what does it have to do with me?"

"Number sixty-six, huh? So, how many teams are there in the Xifeng Xuanzong competition?"

"According to what my mother saw at the time, each sect should have nearly two hundred teams, which means more than three hundred people participating in the competition."

"Is there only this few people?"

There are 400 people in one sect, and 2,000 people in five sects. If we look at the population base of this big country, even with the age limit of 30 years old, there are still fewer people than Anten Meiko expected.

"The age limit is the biggest problem. Apart from some people who are close to the maximum limit, only those who are very confident in their own abilities will participate."

"Although a magical girl's appearance is frozen at seventeen, her strength increases with age. The closer she is to the age limit, the stronger she becomes. Therefore, those who know they have no chance will not participate in the competition even if they are within the range."

"I see, that's the reason." Meiko Anten nodded thoughtfully. "According to that statement, if the age limit is pushed forward five years..."

“I’m afraid the number of applicants will double.”

"But this will make our challenge easier." The two smiled at each other. Although their faces were not very calm, there was no sign of nervousness at all.

"Before we are called, adjust your condition here first." Sawamura Rin was just about to close his eyes and rest for a while, when he suddenly seemed to realize something and turned his head to look in the direction he came from.

She saw eight sect disciples wearing the same clothes walking over. She knew two of them, the two security guard girls she had beaten at the door.

Meiko Anten also noticed the situation here. Although she didn't say much, she still moved slightly towards Rin Sawamura.

She narrowed her eyes slightly, and the detection magic "Fishing Radar" was instantly activated, covering everything around her within her detection range.

She also had a grasp of the situation of those people who were walking towards this side aggressively. Except for the two guards, the magic power of the other six were all super-level.

The eight men walked up to the two girls who were resting with their eyes closed and stopped. The guard who was beaten pointed at An Teng and the other girl and said, "Senior sisters, these two were the ones who hit me."

One of them stood up, looked at An Teng and Meizi with disdain and said, "Oh? You were the ones who hurt them, right?"

Sawamura Rin's tone was calm, not feeling the slightest bit of fear because he was surrounded by them: "Hurting someone? She's not worth me hurting her. I'm just teaching this dog-eyed guy a lesson."

"You arrogant fellow, I think you deserve to be punished..."

Another senior sister seemed to have seen the situation unfold and stepped forward, saying calmly, "Alright, we're all fellow disciples. There's no need to make things so awkward."

"How about this, my friend from the Wind Clan? You've already vented your anger by giving her a lesson. Give me some face and apologize to her. That way, we can put the matter to rest and we won't pursue the matter. How about that?"

"She was the one who spoke rudely first. I was just teaching her a lesson. How can I say I was venting my anger? Why should I apologize to her?"

Volume 8: The Invasion of Evil: Chapter 37: Trials

Not to mention Sawamura Rin, even Ando Meiko herself couldn't help but clench her fists after hearing what the gatekeeper senior sister said.

This is the difference between a true villain and a hypocrite. Compared to the true villain who speaks quickly and means business, the person who smiles and speaks righteously is the most annoying.

This senior sister looked like she was trying to stop the fight, but in fact, she didn't know the right or wrong and didn't know the process. She twisted the teaching of Sawamura Rin to vent her anger and made Sawamura Rin apologize in front of everyone.

It sounds reasonable and even stands on the moral high ground. People who don't know would really think that Sawamura Rin and the others hit someone because of some dispute.

The senior sister narrowed her eyes slightly, and her tone began to turn cold: "So, you are not going to give me this face?"

"Why waste time talking to them? Just teach them a lesson." The hot-tempered senior sister was about to step forward but was stopped again.

Sawamura Rin opened his eyes slightly and glanced at the senior sister: "Who are you? Why should I give you face?"

"My name is Ximen Xuehe. I think you should have heard of me, right?"

"Ximen Xuehe?" Sawamura Rin muttered the name with a slight movement of his lips.

There are two big families in Xifeng Xuanzong. One is the Feng family where Sawamura Rin originally belonged, and the other is the Ximen family. The strength of the two families is similar, so neither of them is willing to submit to the other. Whether it is the big figures or the disciples, they are all competing with each other.

However, ever since Sawamura Rin's mother was slandered as a deserter, her father took her away from the sect and came to Japan when she was young. Because of this incident, the Feng clan was suppressed to death by the Ximen family.

With the support of the Ximen family, several weak families united and began to target the Wind Clan. After the incident with Sawamura Rin's family of three, the entire Wind Clan became isolated and helpless. Unexpectedly, they really began to decline.

Of course, these things happened during the time when Sawamura Rin was away, so she didn't know about it, but the competition between the Feng clan and the Ximen clan has continued from ancient times to the present.

The person who slandered her mother as a deserter was a member of the Ximen family. Therefore, she personally did not have much good feelings towards the people of the Ximen family, and could even be said to hate them to the extreme.

She thought for a moment, then shook her head and closed her eyes again: "Sorry, I haven't heard of this name. I'm afraid I can't give you this favor."

It's not Sawamura Rin's fault for speaking the truth, because she was still young when she left the family, and she only had a vague understanding of the disputes between families. The only members of the Ximen family she had heard of were the elders and above.

The smile on Ximen Xuehe's face almost completely disappeared. He opened his eyes, and a hint of dissatisfaction and viciousness flashed in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared completely.

"You're also a contestant... Remember what you said today, you'll definitely regret it." Ximen Xuehe glared at Zemura Rin, and without saying anything else, he turned around and waved to his companions, "Don't let us run into you, let's go."

"Are you leaving now? But..." Before the irritable senior sister could say anything, Ximen Xuehe simply glared at her, and she immediately subsided.

This scene was seen by Rin Sawamura and Meiko Anten, which made the two battle-hardened girls instantly alert.

Being at the same super level at this age means that they both have talents that are no less than ordinary people and have put in enough sweat and effort.

No matter how calm such a person's personality and temper are, he subconsciously has a proud complex of not submitting to others. How could he so easily obey the orders of someone of the same level, and even show such fear towards him?

Could this genuine fear be due to her being a member of the highest-ranking Ximen family? Perhaps that wasn't the case.

"Rin, this person must be no simple matter. We need to be more careful with her."