Living with a magical girl, but a weirdo cadre

　Regarding this…

　"Hey, hey, hey, don't make it sound so scary!"

　Upon hearing this, the man did not show any fear or apprehension; instead, he smiled even more broadly.

　Even the black robe he wore trembled slightly from the laughter, revealing a silhouette-like body beneath.

　"If I could, I'd love for you to smash my heart open and pierce my brain with your fists! Hahaha!!"

　As the man laughed maniacally, the woman said disdainfully, "We don't have hearts and brains... If you tell another lame joke, I really will kill you."

　"Good good!"

　After being warned by the woman, the man immediately quieted down. Although he still had a smiling expression, he knew that she might actually be capable of such a thing.

　"Ah……"

　The woman, who had been sneering, paused for a moment before continuing, "How were the results of this experiment?"

　Upon hearing this, the man immediately sneered twice: "Heh, as expected, these are rotten elemental prototype monsters. They have absolutely no possibility of fusion and evolution. They can't be considered part of us at all."

　The woman replied with disdain and sarcasm, "You do this too? You've certainly inherited quite a few of humanity's worst habits."

　"Hmph! Outdated customs? Ridiculous!"

　The man tossed the ring aside, gripping the mouse and copying and pasting a report: "These humans you speak of as having bad habits are actually the masters of the world—"

　That's undeniable, but...

　"I hope that when you say 'humans,' you're including magical girls, otherwise I'm not willing to admit it..."

　As the woman spoke, she looked at another companion who was slowly walking in beside her... This companion's mask was not on his face.

　Although it is a "mask", it is not actually on the other person's "face".

　Instead, it's on the back of the other person's hand.

　A plain mask that looks ordinary, but is adorned with red tear stains... but crimson

　The tear stains are located at the corners of the mouth.

　So it's probably... saliva?

　Has the number of powerful allies increased?

　Judging from the voice, the human silhouette is that of a mature and reliable older man with a calm tone... his voice sounds like he's in his thirties or forties.

　As for the companion who spoke from the back of his hand, the woman's voice was equally disdainful: "Hasn't the number of companions been increasing? It's just that the companions who weren't strong enough were all killed by you...you perverted killer."

　The masked man couldn't refute the woman's accusations, but he still argued back: "But they're too weak. What's the use of weak companions? In the end, such weaklings don't deserve to be our companions."

　"..." I can't take it anymore.

　“You’re all idiots.”

　The man chuckled at the woman's generalizations and personal attacks, saying, "Oh well, don't worry about it. Let's get on with the ceremony for the next companion right away—"

　The woman glanced at the man as he spoke and asked, "Were the candidates chosen so quickly this time? Or are you up to something again?"

　Hearing the woman's displeased tone, the man clasped his hands together and said, "Haha, how could that be? It's just a bold hypothesis being carefully verified..."

　"Wouldn't it be better to do more experiments? Can you really bear to watch our fellow human beings live their lives in a daze?"

　The man shrugged easily and laughed heartily, while the woman simply snorted, tacitly agreeing with his words.

　However, she still had some things to say.

　"By the way, I think we should go somewhere else... I heard there are three weirdo kings in Japan, which is very unusual."

　Regarding this…

　"Actually, there are five... Hahaha, you can't even use a computer, so don't treat hearsay like treasure, it's hilarious."

　Woman: Arminus!

　Chapter 158 Oh no, we've run into Chu Xuan!

　"The fifth form of the Expeditionary series - Intertwined Defense: Anti-Military Barrier. The name doesn't matter, but its defensive power is very strong."

　As Shibasaki Hisami spoke, she demonstrated the principle of magic: "Using a large amount of thin magic power to condense a layer of the same thickness but with less magic power consumption and minimal decrease in defensive power."

　During the lesson, Shibasaki Kyūmari finally drew her wand, saying, "However, because stability is required, this magic shield cannot be moved while in use, which can sometimes be fatal."

　From Shibasaki Hisamiri's words, Murasame understood...

　Now it's really become the Navy's Sixth Style. Isn't it just a pure block of iron?

　Thinking about this, Cong Yu couldn't help but recall that weirdo who caught Kuuga's nuclear explosion kick with his chest... She felt like giving him a thumbs up.

　Cong Yu wasn't the only one who thought this way. A magical girl trainee immediately raised her hand and asked like a well-behaved student, "Then why do we need to learn this spell? Wouldn't it be better for us to avoid the enemy's attacks?"

　That hits the nail on the head.

　As we all know, defense is usually less valuable than percentage-based damage reduction. And if your evasion rate is 100%, and the enemy doesn't have any abilities that guarantee a hit or reduce evasion rate, then you are, of course, invincible.

　Unfortunately, this is only from the perspective of the game.

　"Because, sometimes, you have to stand in front of others... Behind you might be an innocent child, or your injured companion."

　Hisako Shibasaki said something very reasonable, and then began to explain the key points of the technique to everyone present.

　"..." Cong Yu listened listlessly, thinking that there was no need for her to learn it... She could summon the Jormungandr train for defense when necessary.

　If Yaochuan Guang, Lantian Zhu, and Xiao Cui encounter some powerful monster and are about to be beaten, he can snap his fingers and summon a row of snakes to lie in front of them.

　Then the enemy can only watch helplessly.

　Hmm? No, why am I protecting them...?

　Cong Yu pondered this, then remembered that he had promised to protect them five times... He had toyed with them for a while at Fuuto High School, which increased it to eight times.

　Yaochuan Guang and Lantian Zhu share these eight opportunities.

　But now that Xiao Cui has joined... then let's add seven more times. I'll take a slight loss and protect the three of them a total of 15 times.

　Hmm... well... ah...

　For some reason, Cong Yu had a strange feeling that this number might increase in the future, probably...

　Is it an illusion?

　"Congyu-chan! Look!"

　Yaochuan Guang's voice pulled Cong Yu back from her thoughts. When she looked up, she saw a beautiful shield around her that refracted light like glass.

　Like a semi-circular shield, it stood in front of Yaochuan Guang, protecting her body and heart.

　Are you learning so fast?

　But isn't this just another one where I'm expected to praise her?

　"Yes, Hikaru Yokawa, that's great!"

　Cong Yu praised her enthusiastically, clapping and patting Yao Chuanguang's head repeatedly: "So amazing! So amazing! So amazing—"

　Enveloped in Cong Yu's sweet words, Yao Chuan Guang squinted his eyes in a daze, grinning foolishly...

　Cong Yu felt like he was about to turn into Pavlov, the dog.

　Now that Yaochuan Guang had stuck out her butt, Cong Yu knew she was trying to get praise again, she wanted...

　I need to touch him... It feels like he's the one who's been trained.

　Just like Pavlov, who wanted to feed the dog as soon as he heard the bell.

　"Then that's settled, you can train slowly."

　Seeing that everyone had almost mastered the technique, Shibasaki Hisami said, then called to Murasame, "Murasame-san, someone from the association headquarters is looking for you. Please come this way with me, and I'll take you to her."

　"...Are you here yet?"

　Thinking this, Cong Yu stood up and walked towards the building next to the training ground... He had already guessed it.

　This training camp is like making dumplings for the sake of vinegar.

　From the very beginning, the person who organized the training camp had Cong Yu as their target.

　"Cong Yu-chan?"

　As Yaochuan Guang tidied her hair, Cong Yu gave her a reassuring look and then walked through the door.

　"..." Lan Tianzhu remained silent, countless scenes of "the husband committing the crime in front of the victim" flashing through his mind in an instant, and looked up at the various windows of the building.

　She wondered if Cong Yu might be being threatened and forced to do something by a perverted magical girl in front of a window in the building where they could be seen.

　That magical girl was a high-ranking member of an association, and she used the excuse, "You don't want Nagisa Blue Sky to do XXX, do you?" to force Congyu to comply.

　That's way too easy to deduct... Ugh, that's going too far!

　-

　"We've arrived. They're inside."

　As Shibasaki Hisamiri spoke, she opened the office door and gestured for Murasame to go inside... Inside sat a young girl.

　Since she's a magical girl, she's naturally a young girl.

　The girl with purple hair looked at the training ground outside and didn't seem to notice Cong Yu's arrival.

　But that's impossible. No one would fail to notice the door being opened, especially since the other party had called Cong Yu over.

　Cong Yu didn't care, or rather... he had no reason to care.

　If he's unhappy, he'll naturally turn on his temper and leave.

　Cong Yu walked in simply, sat down naturally on the stool in front of the other person, and asked directly, "What do you want?"

　This directness startled the magical girl.

　After a moment, she finally reacted, having been subjected to the harsh rules of Japan, and slowly said, "I just want to get to know you and make friends."

　Cong Yu does like friends, but he is certain that the other party's purpose is definitely not to make friends... or at least not just to make friends.

　"Let me be more direct... What do you want from me? The Yuanan family has already contacted me."

　"The head of the Far Shore family gave me a hard time and even played a childish game with me, 'who can lose their temper first,' so I simply took my leave."

　Cong Yu said, looking at the other person sincerely, "So, if you want to do something, I think you should be more honest."

　The magical girl awkwardly looked away, because she had actually played some "childish games" at the beginning.

　However, she remained calm, handed an apple to Cong Yu, and after Cong Yu shook his head, she took a bite herself: "Then I'll be blunt. According to the information... you're the King of Fengdu's experimental subject, right?"

　Indeed, this has always been the public perception.

　"Hmm, perhaps?"

　Cong Yu answered casually, blinking as he said, "Actually, I don't know anything about the experiment. My friend told me about it... I feel like I just took a nap."

　As he said this, Cong Yu felt secretly pleased with himself. He actually remembered the character setting he had set for himself back then... He might forget it after a while.

　"However, I don't think that's the case."

　The magical girl, staring into Cong Yu's eyes, said, "When it comes to experimental subjects, what usually comes to mind?"

　"Unstable, uncontrollable, experimental, even rejection reaction, but none of these things are reflected in you."

　"This shouldn't be an 'experiment.' If it's a technology, then it should be a fully mature technology, so..."

　"Your identity is not as simple as it appears in the file."

　Chapter 159 Manaria's Close Friend

　Previously, when he was at Fuuto High School, Congyu patched up his identity as "human Congyu".

　They just released a DLC.

　Therefore, they pulled in the eccentric from the 21st Group, Qili and her apprentice, Lantian Zhu and Yaochuan Guang as actors to perform a play worth "saving you three more times".

　If Cong Yu were to rate this scene, he would give it a nine out of ten.

　It's definitely a 10-point system.

　If it's out of 100, it would be at least 94 points.

　There's definitely nothing wrong with my acting; the confusion after waking up and the astonishment after discovering that I've gained the power of a monster are all just right.

　Even his apologetic expression, saying "Sorry, I seem to have become a weirdo," is quite in line with his persona.