The Eye Demon Doesn't Die from the Magical Girl

However, he has basically calmed down now.

Some things cannot be avoided, and cannot be solved by so-called rhetoric and communication.

Being more direct might actually lead to a better outcome for both parties. As he watched those people on the ground rushing towards him, he began to feel that some of the actions he had originally prepared were inappropriate.

Even if it demonstrates "people-friendliness" and "rationality" as in the Duncan Plan at the beginning, or even the "necessity" of its existence, does it make sense to those people?

No, not really. What they want is no longer an explanation, but a clear result of "dying by themselves".

It's like those people who rushed up with guns. Complaining about grievances in front of them seems like a ridiculous and laughable insult.

After figuring this out, he felt more relaxed. Therefore, he no longer needed to be as cautious in his attitude and words as he was at the beginning.

Of course, he still had to be polite, so after being patted by Chizuru Hanezome, he quickly adjusted himself.

"Ji Hui, are you okay?"

The feeling of being grabbed from the corner of his clothes behind him made Ji Hui subconsciously turn his head and saw Rika Funado asking him cautiously.

"Oh, it's okay, don't worry, I'm in a good mood. I'd say I'm even better than at the beginning."

Seeing that she seemed even more reserved than usual, Ji Hui waved his hand and his tone returned to his usual carefree state.

The bright smile on that face made Rika Funado look at it twice more. She seemed to have discovered something and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yeah, that's good."

Because she had been in the other person's body before, she could actually feel that, just as Ji Hui said, his mentality had recovered.

So at Ji Hui's call, she also gave a wink to Yu Ran Chizuru and Er Yu Ming Xue, making the expressions of both of them become more relieved.

Chapter 395: Premonition of Collapse

"Okay, I understand, thank you for your hard work."

Listening to the report, Duncan nodded slightly, seemingly without any emotional fluctuations due to the attack that came earlier than expected. He just responded in his usual calm tone.

And, opposite him, Rebecca, who was completely buried by the almost mountainous manuscripts, used her head to force a hole in the pile of files, like a mouse poking its head out of a crack in the ground, making her hair look even more messy.

"They're going to attack so soon?"

Obviously, it wasn't just Duncan. She also received the news that Ji Hui and others were attacked in the hotel.

Without paying any attention to the other party's funny behavior, Duncan just hung up the phone while continuing to move the pen across the pages without any slackness.

"The earlier the attack, the stronger the force. This only means that the Dark Mace Garden's accumulated resentment towards the Extraterritorial Demons is even higher than expected, and this is not a good thing."

"If we allow this resentment to run rampant, it will only cause a greater collapse when it hits an obstacle. We have now reached the point where we have to tighten the reins."

"The new assessment system for Dark Mace Garden members must include psychological assessments and risk-taking. We want warriors who can fight the Shattered Star Palace, not powder kegs who will drag others towards the Shattered Star Palace to protect themselves."

Rebecca used her free hand to rummage through the pile of documents and found a piece of paper.

"That's an assessment of support as of last week, and clearly not everyone agrees with your ideas."

"They would rather just hit the Broken Star Palace head-on with their foot on the gas than be forced to stop before they can avenge their loved ones."

"But if we keep going like this, we'll be smashed to pieces by the rocks along the way before we even hit the Broken Star Palace."

There was a very obvious flash of displeasure in Duncan's eyes as he looked at Rebecca's head emerging from the pile of books.

"To put it nicely, we're currently engaged in a back-and-forth battle with the Shattered Star Palace, and it's already reached a stalemate. To put it bluntly, we've reached a bottleneck. We have no idea how to proceed, and we can't find a way to truly destroy the Shattered Star Palace."

"It's not an opponent that can be defeated by simply throwing all of our magical girls into battle. We, who are supposed to be the leaders of the Dark Mace Garden, are just as clueless as they are, simply maintaining the status quo of fighting and sacrificing ourselves. This is not the attitude we should have."

"If the Dark Mace Court were to fall apart before we found a solution, it would only lead to the worst outcome for everyone. Our original strength would be consumed by internal friction, and we wouldn't even need the Broken Star Palace to intervene. We would already have lost nearly 6% of our capabilities."

"We have to change, Rebecca. Now is not the time to worry about maintaining the integrity of the body. Removing a piece of flesh and blood is for the good of the whole."

Seeing Duncan staring at her intently, Rebecca was silent for a moment, then slowly retracted her head, leaving Duncan with only the wrinkled documents that completely blocked her view like a wall.

Although he didn't say anything, he knew that this person in charge, who was not young in experience, actually leaned towards his own point of view.

That is why she is responsible for the research project on the Fallen Daughter, trying to find out information about the Broken Star Palace.

However, this is not the place where the final decision can be made, so she reserved her own opinion before discussing this matter with other responsible persons.

"So, there's an attack over there. Don't you want to go check it out? If it gets out of hand before the official meeting, it'll be very detrimental to your situation."

As if she was deliberately covering her face, her muffled voice made Duncan shake his head slightly.

"No need. This is a daily routine for Ji Hui. I didn't even have the so-called appearance-keeping effect in the past."

"Furthermore, if I were there, many people would shift their guilt and remorse over the attack in Starfall City, which was caused by negligence, to the faction's poor oversight, which allowed others to exploit the loophole, thereby soothing their inner anxiety."

"Although the relationship is only a little better than nothing, those vanity feelings will at least be able to win some tolerance and goodwill towards Ji Hui and his group over the next few days. After all, no matter how dissatisfied they are, they simply can't bring themselves to maintain a hostile attitude towards a group of guests who had just arrived in Starfall City and nearly had the building explode right before their eyes."

"If I really go, it will make the situation even more embarrassing."

"Tsk, you stuffy guy, you've actually anticipated this situation a long time ago, right?"

Rebecca grumbled unhappily, and Duncan on the opposite side did not say anything, tacitly agreeing with her words.

After all, it was Duncan himself who arranged for them to keep a low profile in the first place. How could he not have any idea that Ji Hui and others might be attacked?

So she was now 100% sure that he had planned in advance to arrange for Ji Hui and others to keep a low profile first, and then reveal the situation to everyone all at once after the attack. In this way, when Ji Hui and others were exposed, she could truly stand at the commanding heights of the victim and make some people shut up.

Tsk, scheming men are really scary, although I am also scheming myself. "≈

Rebecca shuddered slightly, and under the cover of the clerk, she did not let Duncan on the opposite side notice her situation.

However, the vibration coming from the earphones immediately brought her back to her normal state. After dialing the phone, she asked calmly.

"It's me, Rebecca, what's wrong?"

Then, the words coming from the headset made her eyes widen slightly, and her originally bent slender waist straightened up all of a sudden, allowing her head to pass over the pile of documents, allowing Duncan opposite to see her somewhat surprised expression.

In just two or three seconds, the expression on her face turned solemn and serious.

"I understand. We'll be there soon. Please."

After hanging up the phone, she looked at Duncan, her tone slightly complicated.

"Bad news! Two of our leaders have disappeared in the waters of Areas 3 and 7. Patrol members have just discovered the wreckage left after the attack. No one, including those who were with them, survived."

Duncan was silent for two seconds before nodding slightly.

"Okay, I see."

Although his tone was still calm, there was a hint of complex emotions in it, which made Rebecca sigh slowly.

"Their remains have been sent to the port. Let's take one last look at them."

Chapter 396: Dead and Injured

Looking at the wreckage slowly landing on the ground while being transported by the helicopter, both Duncan and Rebecca's expressions turned a little worse.

The ship, which was originally of moderate size, has now been completely twisted into a shape like a twisted dough stick, and it looks like flesh and blood that has been rotten after being burned by a fierce fire, with several huge holes torn in the steel layer on the surface.

Moreover, it had been torn into two halves, with only the cabin part remaining, and the other half had sunk to the bottom of the sea, and no trace of it could be found.

The corpses, or pieces of flesh, which were almost unrecognizable, were carried down bit by bit on stretchers by other personnel.

Rather than protecting the integrity, it is simply to maintain the most basic respect for the victims.

There were at least dozens of people in the team, but the remaining bodies were no more than 5.

Some were directly destroyed by magic, some were burned to ashes by flames, and some of the remaining parts were washed into the endless deep sea by the waves. The patrolling people tried their best, but they could only rescue these small pieces of wreckage.

Among these corpses, only one male corpse seemed to have been deliberately left out, making it particularly out of place.

"Bajram"

Looking at the corpse, Rebecca couldn't help but murmur the other person's name.

In the state that he was still intact, the despair on his face before death, which revealed an indescribable joy, also looked particularly hideous and terrifying, and created a touch of fear in people's hearts.

The source of that joy also came from the trousers left on him, which had obvious signs of being torn and had been torn.

Duncan glanced down at the autopsy report submitted by the advance team. It mentioned that the body of the person in charge had signs of being strangled, pulled, and scratched, as if he had been raped.

In addition, according to the scene simulation, the cabins that seemed to have been deliberately preserved and not directly affected by the bombing had bloodstains that were deliberately reduced in power and seemed to be spaced out.

It is precisely because of their preserved integrity that the results of the inference appear clearer and more apparent.

At the end of the attack, the Fallen played a "game" with him.

Every time he was startled, a crew member who was lucky enough not to die on the spot would lose his life.

In the end, all those people died, and he was killed by the evil woman herself, making their bodies look like some kind of masterpiece. Along with the cabin that was not completely destroyed, they remained in the magical fire until they were found by patrol personnel.

"Feel sorry"

Rebecca squatted down slightly, looking at the ferocious eyes that were full of despair and unwillingness before death, which were almost about to burst out of the eye sockets, as well as the traces of tears at the corners of the eyes. She murmured softly and gently closed the other's eyelids with her palms.

Even though he had lost his voice, his stiff eyelids still seemed to hold on to the original resentment, with a slight sense of obstruction.

But even so, it softened slightly in the warmth of the palm, as if it sensed the presence of its companion, and after some reluctance, it finally merged slowly.

Another person in charge, Andrea, came by plane, but her body sank into the sea and could never be found again.

However, what happened to her was probably not much better than what happened to this person in charge.

There was a hint of gloom in Rebecca's eyes, but when she looked at the tightly closed mouth of the corpse, she showed a hint of confusion.

She reached out her hand and pried the other person's mouth open.

The fishy smell did not make this mature woman, who looked like a well-off lady, feel anything strange.

She just stared at the piece of flesh that seemed to have been torn off from a young woman's body by teeth that had been bitten and loosened by excessive force, and sighed slowly.

"You tried your best, didn't you? "

Obviously, even in that situation, he still made his last effort of resistance.

This was probably the origin of the blood holes on his body that seemed to have deliberately suppressed their strength, just to allow him to feel more pain.

"Rebecca, we should go back."

Looking at Rebecca who was half-kneeling on the ground, Duncan slowly spoke.

"Don't worry, I know."

Rebecca responded calmly, and the nostalgia and depression in her tone disappeared without a trace.

"It's because I'm no longer a naive girl."

However, when she looked at the piece of flesh that had been bitten off, she hesitated for a moment, took it out, and handed it to a member of the Dark Mace Garden beside them.

"Send this to the lab as well. Maybe we can find a match with the samples from the previous fallen women."

She knew that a piece of meat was nothing and would most likely be discarded in the end, but she still wanted to do something so as not to disappoint the person in charge's final resistance.

"Let's go. It looks like we have to do their job for the time being."

After standing up, she had completely recovered her original state, and there was no trace of worry on her face.

"Oh, yes"

Duncan murmured softly as he looked at the wreckage before him, allowing Rebecca to touch him with the arm that had lost its hand.

"Hey, what's wrong? You were just trying to persuade me, but now you're being sentimental?"

"No, it's nothing."

Duncan shook his head, but his gaze still lingered on the few remaining wreckages of the ship in front of him, with an unclear color flashing in his eyes.

Total annihilation?

It is reasonable for those evil girls to do this for the sake of grades, but

"What happened to you?"

Seeing that his expression seemed a little strange, Rebecca couldn't help but frowned slightly and asked.

"Maybe I'm overthinking it. After all, those fallen women are really free and undisciplined."

Duncan shook his head again, suppressing the slightly uneasy feeling in his heart.

"I just think that their attacks on the various leaders this time seem to be better organized and disciplined than before."

"After all, they've been planning this for a long time, and those who succeed are more or less capable. It's normal that their actions are stronger than those who act on their own."

After Rebecca thought about it, she also started to explain, which made Duncan's face show a hint of thought.

"That's true, I just..."

"Forget it, let's go back first. Speaking out at this critical moment will affect public opinion, and we need to explain it appropriately."