"So, that's all I have to say. The entire Disaster Strategy Bureau is currently in emergency investigation mode. Maybe you won't even need to investigate Hyacinth to find people from the Witch Association and get back the stolen Miracle Seed. But if that happens, I won't be splitting my salary with you. After all, salaries are for the people who work, don't you think?"
Looking at Susan, who was clearly displeased about sharing the salary, Jiang Si just nodded, pretending not to understand.
Who cares about all this as long as there's money? The renovation of the Illusory Moon Cave Mansion still needs a lot of money, and he's planning to buy some supplements to enhance his fitness results soon.
After exchanging information, the two stood up to leave. "Oh, by the way, about the clouds outside, they're actually just an illusion effect. There's a bridge constructed with magic below. However, this magic has a special reaction to the magic power of disaster beasts, causing the neutralization to disappear. So, when you step on it, just use magic to block the gaps... Do you have magic power?"
Jiang Si remained expressionless, "Not at the moment."
"Earn more performance points later on. There are magic bracelets that even ordinary people can use in the sect. Exchange for one, it'll be handy for future missions. Didn't Lord Bingtang tell you? Oh, as someone with low status, it's hard for you to meet Lord Bingtang, let alone Lord Zi Yuan. You'll probably never have the chance in your lifetime. Ha, my apologies."
Unable to resist a bit of mockery, she then took out the bracelet.
There was a pure white seed on it.
With a shake of the seed, a magic wand appeared in her hand.
Generally, magical girls can only use magic power and magic after transforming. But as long as they advance to the New Seedling Stage and practice diligently, they can use some magic power and magic even without transforming.
And it's highly concealed.
She tapped the magic wand on Jiang Si's shoes, and Jiang Si felt a cool sensation sticking to the sole of his shoes.
As he moved, it felt like he was stepping on ice.
"I've helped gather some magic power on your feet. When you walk on it, there won't be a problem. This way, any suspicion is eliminated. Although, based on my interrogation, no one would doubt you later anyway, it's just precautionary."
Clapping her hands, Susan retracted the seed, and the magic wand disappeared, "It lasts about forty minutes, remember, after forty minutes, it'll wear off."
Originally, she wanted to give him a little taste of color, deliberately lowering the temperature, but Jiang Si seemed completely unfazed, simply tapping the ground with his toes before saying, "Thank you."
This left Susan a bit frustrated.
Failing to retaliate, it made her feel a bit guilty instead.
Secretly clutching the seed again, she hid the magic wand behind her, lowering the temperature a bit more, and then headed to the door. Opening it, her expression reverted to the cold, disdainful look she had earlier, "Let's go, what are you still hanging around for?"
Her acting was a bit too convincing, very suitable for being an actress.
Jiang Si, while considering suggesting to Bingtang to recommend her to enter the film industry to earn more money for the Cyan Cloud Sect, walked out of the interrogation room.
The second floor was blocked by soldiers led by Susan, and Yin Lian and the others could only peek over from the stairs on the first floor.
When Jiang Si came out, they all showed happy expressions, and Yin Lian immediately asked, "That old witch Susan didn't do anything to you, did she?"
"Who are you calling an old witch?"
Susan, following right behind Jiang Si, immediately questioned upon hearing Yin Lian's words. Her tone wasn't loud, but it carried its own authority, making Yin Lian immediately shrink her neck, hiding behind Yin Luo.
Yin Luo patted her sister's head and laughed, "Kids will be kids, just talking about it. Miss Susan, please be understanding, is Mr. Jiang Si alright?"
"I'm fine. Miss Susan didn't do anything inappropriate, she just followed the rules and cleared my suspicion..."
Before Jiang Si finished speaking, Susan interrupted him, "I haven't cleared your suspicion, it's just that no evidence has been found temporarily. The fact that you fell through the clouds hasn't changed. When I come back later, if you still can't walk on the clouds, I'll grab you again."
Susan said chillingly, "Don't think you can get away."
Hiding behind Yin Luo, Yin Lian immediately said, "See, isn't that what you call an old witch..."
With a cold snort, Susan didn't bother arguing, just looked at Yin Luo and said, "Get him out of here in thirty minutes. I don't want to see him."
"Of course, you don't need to say that, forget thirty minutes, I'll have him out in three."
Yin Luo politely retorted, while Yin Lian added like her sister's sidekick, "He won't be coming back after this!"
"Best make it so."
Until Susan left, those fully-armed special forces sealing off the second floor also departed,
It felt like a huge mountain pressing down was suddenly gone, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.
Relief washed over them.
Then, Yin Luo looked at her sister and Keke, and the three of them started laughing.
After a laugh, Yin Lian first spoke, "She's finally gone. Every time she goes anywhere, there's a low-pressure zone."
Yin Luo flicked her little sister's forehead and then looked at Keke and Jiang Si, "Ever since Miss Susan lost her magical girl powers, her temper has been real bad, very volatile, no one in the Disaster Strategy Bureau dares to provoke her. But don't mind it, though she's a bit unlikeable, Miss Susan is fair and always follows the rules. As long as you haven't violated them, you don't need to fear her."
Yin Lian commented beside, "I think she's the type to give people a hard time."
"That's not quite right." Yin Luo shook his head, "At least, I haven't seen it."
Jiang Si, watching from the side, comparing his shoes, thought maybe Yin Luo didn't really know Susan that well.
Perhaps not giving a hard time, but giving cold feet, that's for sure, right here in front of you.
"One minute has passed already." At this, Jiang Keke suddenly intervened serenely, "Two minutes left, think you can make it out?"
Feeling a tad awkward, Yin Luo hurriedly led the two girls toward the exit, "Right away."
"But Keke, you're now a formal magical girl, shouldn't you meet with the others? Get to know them..."
"Let's just get Jiang Si out first."
Yin Lian said helplessly, "Why does your tone sound like you're about to cremate your brother?"
Keke turned her head slightly, "When it comes down to it, isn't all this time wasted at the Disaster Strategy Bureau because of him?"
"But it's not really your brother's fault, is it?"
Jiang Si, tagging along at the back, could feel the cold sensation diminishing, as if the magic power was waning.
It probably wouldn't last forty minutes.
As they exited the corridor, images of magical girls even waved goodbye with a gesture.
At the cloud layers, he tested it out, just as Susan described, he could indeed step on the clouds without falling.
It's really a method to clear his doubts, he originally wanted the Disaster Strategy Bureau to see it too.
Then he found, after two steps, he began falling again.
While Jiang Si, trying to jump back onto the bureau's marble floor, puzzled why Susan would set him up, noticed Keke and the Yin sisters also started plummeting!
Huge wings gently flapped in the sky, nearly blowing away all the clouds. Its crimson body resembled the sun, radiating terrifying heat, a long shriek almost causing people to faint.
A disaster beast, and a B-grade one at that, can destroy a city in three days without magical girls to counter it.
Emerging at the Disaster Strategy Bureau's location, this place has really turned into a sieve...
In the next second, the disaster beast charged directly at the four of them!