Sakura Emma, ​​I'm going to control you fiercely!

On the way to the Demon Bureau, Emma underwent some enhancements, leaving her with only 84 pink filth.

After the stealth incident and the chief's office incident, I extracted quite a bit more from Sherry. Adding achievement rewards, the total is:

[Pink Filth: 201]

Yang Wen first upgraded the [First Battle Victory (Opening Equipment Slots)] from Lv1 to Lv2.

[Pink stain: 201→101]

[First battle successful, upgrade complete: 2nd, 3rd, and 4th equipment slots unlocked.]

In this way, you can equip the four CGs at the same time: [Parting Ways (Transformation Device)], [Silent Withering (Soul-based Skill)], [Graceful Sunset (Compassion Mode)], and [Surrounded by Stars (Execution Mode)].

After that, Yang Wen set her sights on the achievement she had just completed: [Certified as a Magical Girl!], which rewarded her with a random skill boost.

Before drawing the card, Yang Wen washed his hands first, then returned to the table and clicked the mouse!

Click—

A golden light suddenly appeared on the screen!

【翩翩夕零 (Compassionate Mode) Lv0→Lv1】

[Gained Skills: Parasitic Seed; Pink Filter; Ruthless Control]

Yang Wen: "..."

He actually wanted an upgrade to the execution mode...

Damn it! What he wants is "fighting! exhilarating!", not this kind of "fighting! exhilarating!"

Somewhat disappointed, I decided to check out the three skills I had just acquired.

[Parasitic Seed: After making physical contact with a main character, a seed can be planted. While the seed is dormant within the target, it will increase the target's sensitivity regardless of distance. A maximum of three seeds can be held.]

Is your attitude serious?

Yang Wen checked the next skill.

[Pink Filter: Identify a non-main character as a main character. Note: This character must be female.]

Yang Wen didn't quite understand what the use of this skill was.

But then I thought...

Isn't the main character the source of the pink filth?

So, does this mean we can use the "Pink Filter" skill on NPCs to make them produce pink filth as well?!

Yang Wen came up with a combo:

Suppose there is an NPC named A.

The [Parasitic Seed] skill allows A to have heightened sensitivity around the clock. Even a slight rub of skin against clothing will cause that area to become wet.

By combining this with the [Pink Filter] and making A the main character, you can continuously obtain pink filth from A!

The first NPC that Yang Wen thought of was the two priests who were practically his enemies.

He then checked the third skill.

[Severe Control: Apply motion control to main characters who have lost the ability to resist for up to 5 minutes.]

Yang Wen: "..."

Indeed, it's great to get hard control.

But isn't this prefix "has lost the ability to resist" a bit strange?

Isn't this skill only good for thoroughly humiliating the loser?!

However, [翩翩夕零] already had the ability to produce pink filth at Lv1.

Yang Wen was curious about the Lv2 skill.

Looking at the remaining pink filth, now reduced to just [101], he gritted his teeth...

Promoted!

[Pink stain: 101→1]

[Pianpian Xiling Lv1→Lv2, gained inherent ability: Reversal of Scattered Flowers.]

[Reversing the Scattered Petals: If more than 75 Pink Filth are obtained from a main character within a short period of time, the "Scattered Petals" status of that character can be removed.]

[Note: This excludes scattered petals that have already reached the maximum of ten layers.]

Scattered blossoms?

Yang Wen felt the name sounded somewhat familiar...

So, after spending all his wealth, all he got was this incomprehensible skill?

Yang Wen sighed slightly, but he was not discouraged.

He, or rather Emma whom he controlled, still had rewards to claim.

"—Emma-san! You currently have 2000 merit points, which you can freely exchange for items that grant you White-level Magical Girl privileges!"

Standing in front of the redemption counter, Shirley looked at Emma's merit points on her phone and secretly admired her.

Emma sat at the counter, seemingly oblivious, constantly flipping through a product list on a tablet.

After the incident of losing all her family's wealth, Emma's expressionless, deadpan face appeared even more indifferent.

As it turned out, the Demon Bureau shop didn't seem to have anything she liked...

Soon after, she stopped browsing and casually put the tablet down.

Emma gave her a disdainful look.

"...Why is it all garbage?"

The product list was indeed dazzling. However, in Yang Wen's eyes, it was somewhat insufficient.

Most white-level echoes are one-time attack types, but their power is not as good as your own normal attack.

Emma herself is very enthusiastic about every single item.

Wow... this is so pretty, it looks amazing. And that one... oh no! I want them all!

Sherry's lips twitched slightly. "Trash?"

She picked up the tablet and looked at it.

"Aren't these all pretty good?"

She held up her fingertip.

"For example, Emma, ​​isn't your weapon a bow and arrow? Then you can buy Echoes to increase your hit rate..."

Suddenly, Emma summoned her longbow, aimed it at the window, and fired a shot. Then she put the weapon away.

Sherry blinked, somewhat unable to understand her junior's sudden action.

He simply squinted and used his enhanced vision to look in the direction of the arrow from afar.

Just then, a fallen leaf 800 meters away was shattered by what seemed like a random arrow shot.

Sherry: "..."

She forced a smile onto her face, but her heart was already in turmoil.

How could you hit it from so far away?

Is Emma still a sniper?

[Gained 4 units of Pink Filth]

Yang Wen felt that only Shirley (Pink Filth) could slightly alleviate his melancholy. So, unusually patiently, he said...

"I turned on aimbot. Pretty cool, huh?"

"Hahaha...Amazing, amazing."

Shirley didn't take Emma's joke seriously.

She silently scrolled past the echoes that increased her hit rate.

She also wanted to salvage the reputation of the White-Rank remnants of the Demonic Politics Bureau, so her gaze kept sweeping over the numerous echoes she was reading...

Soon, Shirley showed the tablet to Emma, ​​excitedly saying,

"Emma, ​​I found it again!"

"...Why do I always feel like you're more excited than I am?"

"Of course! Cough cough... Let's not talk about that now." Sherry raised her index finger. "I've thought about it. Your strength is among the strongest of the white-rank magical girls, so white-rank attack echoes aren't very useful to you. So—"

She tapped the tablet screen and quickly found an echo:

“Let’s not choose an attack-type weapon, let’s choose a utility-type one! Look at this Echo…”

Emma glanced at the echoes recommended by Sherry.

[White-tier Echo - A Dream in a Glass Bottle (Mass Production): Upon being attacked, it encloses itself in a glass bottle, forming a comprehensive defense that lasts for three seconds. Defense Strength: White-tier.]

Price: 200 Merit Points

"The beautiful dream in the glass bottle" was the echo that the security personnel had just made during their stealth operation.

As Sherry said, a functional echo is definitely better for Emma right now than an offensive one.

But looking at the word "mass production," and considering that the group even includes security personnel...

With something so common, Yang Wen suddenly felt a little reluctant to want it.

Emma: 'My God, buy it!'

Emma simply felt that the name "Echo" suited her taste perfectly.

But then, Yang Wen manipulated her body, breaking off a branch from the nearby greenery and placing it facing Shirley.

"You attacked me."

"Uh……?"

Shirley scratched her head, roughly understanding that Emma wanted to show her her defensive capabilities...

But I'm not a white-level magical girl, what if I accidentally...

"hurry up."

"...Okay, okay."

Sherry also wanted to demonstrate her seniority to her juniors, so she didn't refuse too much.

She casually unleashed a punch at Emma with the power of "Peak White Level".

The force of the punch tore through the air, creating a sonic boom, and the aftershocks alone caused the nearby green plants to sway menacingly.

But Emma simply raised a branch and casually blocked it—

when!

The resounding clang of metal!

Emma used the limp branch in her hand to block Shirley's punch.

Sherry: "???"

Can anyone tell me how tree branches make a metallic sound?!

While Shirley was internally ranting and raving, Yang Wen sensed something was wrong.

After parrying with a tree branch... Emma accidentally triggered a probabilistic [finishing move].

Emma's hand was about to reach for Shirley's neck.

"This won't do...it will definitely lower my favorability rating," Yang Wen thought to himself.

Moreover, Shirley's attitude towards me was truly impeccable.

Yang Wen had a high level of affection for her.

At this point, three options appeared on the screen:

[Grab the pillar next to her] [Grab her neck] [...(?)]