Starting as a Magical Girl, I Alone Shall Rule for Eternity

Chapter 220: Magical Girls vs. Ghosts

Who wouldn't want a Magical Girl girlfriend?

Even the dregs within the Witch Association secretly yearn for the beauty and strength of Magical Girls.

Especially those Witch Association members who have infiltrated the Disaster Control Bureau and have more frequent contact with various Magical Girls.

They can better understand the goodness and radiance of Magical Girls.

Against the backdrop of the Witch Association's environment, idolizing Magical Girls is simply the most ordinary thing imaginable.

If a Magical Girl could save them, pull them out of the hell that is the Witch Association.

They'd be willing to risk their lives for that Magical Girl, and gladly.

But it's just fantasy, just daydreams. For wild dogs like them, wallowing in the mud,

how could they ever catch a star that's been locked away?

Once tainted by corrupted magic power, even if a Magical Girl can't sense it, they will naturally feel distant and repulsed.Even if you had a face so handsome it could cause calamity, it would be useless.

So, upon hearing that Jiang Si had a Magical Girl partner, and that they were even married,

the driver nearly ground his teeth to dust.

In a moment of carelessness, he leaked a trace of polluted magic.

Fortunately, he was cautious enough and instantly retracted the polluted magic,

like accidentally farting and then bending down to inhale it all back in.

Logically, no one should have noticed, since he sucked the entire patch of air clean.

For example, those two Magical Girls didn't notice at all.

He never expected this colleague to be so sensitive as to detect it.

But, that's all irrelevant now.

The driver just looked at the youth, who was probably about ten years younger than him, with a face full of admiration and said sincerely, "Bro, tell me, how did you bag one?"

Jiang Si looked at his earnest expression and stared coldly at him. "Why are you asking about this? Do you want to pursue a Magical Girl?"

He actually looked at him with a bit of newfound respect.

Going undercover as a Magical Girl's lover was a pretty good idea.

This mole had some brains and ideals.

A talent.

"Us brothers don't have such grand ambitions," the driver squatted down and took another drag of his cigarette. "Just want to hear how someone from our Witch Association managed to land a Magical Girl. Hearing it will be satisfying enough."

A stupid dog.

Jiang Si's favorable impression vanished completely.

He never thought someone could be this idiotic, asking about this just for the thrill?

Could they have a little more ambition?

Seeing the small to understand the large, it's precisely because of people like this that the Witch Association will forever be the Disaster Control Bureau's punching bag.

For a useless waste with zero aspirations like the one before him, Jiang Si couldn't even be bothered to speak another word and immediately turned to leave.

The driver hurriedly stopped him. "Hey, big brother, big brother, don't go! Let's chat a bit more. Bro, I'm not talking about jumping off buildings, just life hitting the ground with a thud; not talking about jumping in rivers, just life going with the flow. I really just want to hear it for the thrill. And you're already married to that Shion, you can't be making eyes at other Magical Girls, right?"

"Not to criticize you, bro, but this wave is too greedy. Be careful Shion twists your head off. Bro, I'm really not jealous. How scary that tigress is, I don't need to teach you, right? She's a witch who kills without blinking... a killer..."

Sure enough, this little brother from the New Witch Association didn't keep walking but turned back to look at him.

His gaze was like looking at a dead man, sending chills down one's spine.

Crap. This kid, could it be he's gotten so deep into his undercover role he forgot his own identity?

Did he genuinely fall in love with Shion?

To be honest, that wouldn't be strange.

Although Shion, in the eyes of the Witch Association, is as terrifying as a female ghost.

But putting strength aside, Shion really is a cute and pretty little girl.

If you spent a lot of time with her, it's normal to be utterly bewitched — in fact, even within the Witch Association, some people who know full well how terrifying Shion is have still fallen for that little girl.

Not to mention, the so-called cruelty, coldness, and inhumanity are just how she treats enemies.

Facing her own boyfriend, who knows how clingy and adorable she is in private?

What guy could possibly withstand that?

Thinking this, the driver understood and immediately lowered his voice to apologize. "Sorry, I instinctively attacked your girlfriend. But bro, you gotta understand, anyone in the Witch Association, hearing your girlfriend's name, can't help but react like this. Bro, I'm really not having a stress reaction or breaking down..."

"What exactly are you here for?"

Jiang Si asked somewhat impatiently. "The New Witch Association doesn't have a mission to go to the Central Bureau, right?"

"Huh?"

The driver suddenly hesitated, sized up the other person, and fell silent for a moment.

"Wait, New Witch Association missions should be sent to every member immediately. You shouldn't not know about it?"

"Bullshit. The New Witch Association was just established in South China not long ago. Right now, they're still busy relocating their base. Where would they find time for some mission to infiltrate the Central Bureau? Whose person are you, really!"

The New Witch Association was an organization Jiang Si created. Currently, the members were only Xilan and Yun Ke; even the Twins hadn't joined the New Witch Association yet.

He hadn't given these two any mission to infiltrate the Central Bureau.

"You're the one! Whose subordinate are you! Why do you know our New Witch Association's code phrase? Right now, the New Witch Association only has one mission, and you actually don't know... No!"

The driver seemed to suddenly remember something.

Knowing the New Witch Association's slogan but not knowing its mission.

There was only one possibility!

He suddenly grabbed the gun in his coat. "You betrayed us?! Seduced by Shion's beauty, you betrayed our New Witch Association, didn't you? Damn damn damn damn damn! Simo Tu-sama won't let you get away with this! You win, brother! Bro is completely broken! Simo Tu-sama won't let you get away with this! In front of you, bro is just a wild dog caught in a downpour, seeing a brown lump by the roadside thinking it's shit and happily rushing over, only to find out after eating it that it's chocolate and can only break down and wait for death! But you were fished out of the mud by Shion. Simo Tu-sama won't let you get away with this!!"

The New Witch Association is the organization I established.

Thinking about it, Jiang Si ultimately didn't reveal himself. This driver in front of him didn't seem very reliable and could be caught at any time.

Exposing his identity wouldn't be good.

He took out the badge Yun Ke had given him. "My direct superior is Yun Ke. She just withdrew from South China recently and didn't tell me the New Witch Association has a mission to enter the Central Bureau."

"Then why did you get on the bus?"

"Shion told me to go."

The driver's face immediately filled with envy. "Your wife is that clingy? She even brings you along for this?"

"Less nonsense."

"I was transferred to the New Witch Association not long ago, following Vice President Shan Lan's orders," the driver said solemnly. "Vice President Shan Lan said our New Witch Association just opened for business. We need to pull off a big move, something that will make both the Disaster Control Bureau and the old Witch Association look at us in a new light, to prove the birth and strength of our New Witch Association!"

"Is it infiltrating the Disaster Control Bureau's Central Bureau?"

"Wrong! It's to sabotage the Mental Landscape trial at the Disaster Control Bureau's Central Bureau!" The driver raised his head, looking proud. "Once we destroy the Central Bureau's Mental Landscape trial and prevent the birth of Magical Girls with Mental Landscapes, greatly weakening the Magical Girls' strength, not only the Disaster Control Bureau, but even the Azure Cloud Sect will be affected!"

Jiang Si drew a sharp, cold breath.

What a vicious New Witch Association!

They actually want to sabotage my trial to obtain the Purple Mansion!

No, the New Witch Association is my own organization. I should say, what a vicious Jialan.

Seeing Jiang Si's shocked expression, the driver said with shared pride:

"How about it? The ambition and scheme of our New Witch Association, absolutely no one would think we'd dare do this! Once we succeed, the New Witch Association will make a name for itself in one fell swoop. Who in this world could stop the rise of the New Witch Association then!"

Jiang Si looked at him expressionlessly. "Does Simo Tu know about this?"

"Vice President Jialan said she wants to give Simo Tu-sama a surprise. We need to accomplish this before Simo Tu-sama knows, to astonish him, to let him know the initiative and loyalty everyone in the New Witch Association has for him!"

Hmm, these people's starting point is good.

But the problem is, it's best if they don't start at all.

If you guys really succeed, who's going to make up for my missing Purple Mansion?

"How many people are on this mission total?"

"Don't know."

"Are Shion, the Twins, and Yun Ke participating?"

"Don't know."

The other's vigilance was very strong, or perhaps he really didn't know anything.

"Speaking of which, Yun Ke's faction seems to be on the verge of being abandoned by Vice President Jialan." The rested driver stood up, threw away his cigarette butt, and stamped it out. "Listen to this old brother's advice, cut ties with Yun Ke early, and there's still a future. Currently, the two major factions within the New Witch Association, only Vice President Jialan's side has a future. Yun Ke will be eliminated sooner or later."

Jiang Si was momentarily stunned. "The New Witch Association was only established how long ago, and there are already factions?"

"Naturally. The New Witch Association was established from the Witch Association. The Witch Association itself was already full of factions. When it came to the New Witch Association, everyone naturally formed their own groups. Bro, you don't understand this, do you?"

The driver put his arm around Jiang Si's shoulder and said profoundly, "Under Simo Tu, originally Xilan was the most favored. Whether it's Yun Ke or Jialan, they're both latecomers. After the New Witch Association was established, the best person to align with was actually Xilan, because Xilan is closest to Simo Tu and has a direct way to contact Simo Tu-sama. Following Xilan is following Simo Tu-sama."

That point wasn't wrong. Within the Witch Association, the only ones Jiang Si trusted were Xilan and the Twins.

They are what they are, after all. Jiang Si's expectations for them weren't that high; just being able to pass him some information was enough.

The important thing was that they were sufficiently reliable.

"But then, coincidentally, Xilan has recently gone missing. No one can find this Complete Witch who is most trusted by Simo Tu-sama." The driver lowered his voice. "Some even say Xilan might have been completely killed, never to return!"

Hearing this, Jiang Si frowned, his eyes filled with icy killing intent. "Who dares touch her? I won't let them off!"

The driver immediately flicked his finger against Jiang Si's forehead.

For a moment, Jiang Si was stunned. He looked up at this guy who dared to flick his forehead.

He was even glaring back angrily, but his tone wasn't malicious. "Are you fucking crazy! The only one who would dare touch Xilan is, of course, the leader of the New Witch Association, the strongest witch who suppresses the southeast, Simo Tu-sama! You won't let him off? Who won't let who off! Considering we hit it off, I'll pretend I didn't hear that sentence. You absolutely cannot say that outside! Otherwise, your little life definitely won't be safe!"

After saying that, the driver rubbed his own finger.

Why is this guy so hard...

Thinking about it, Jiang Si didn't bother arguing with him and just said, "How is that possible? Simo Tu trusts Xilan so much, he wouldn't possibly harm her."

"Vice President Jialan said she saw it with her own eyes. Ever since Xilan was taken away by Simo Tu-sama, she completely vanished from the face of the earth. Life or death unknown, that means she's dead. Everyone says so."

"Bullsh..."

Jiang Si, who was about to deny it, suddenly remembered. Back when he went to deal with that Pseudo-Full Bloom Magical Girl,

he seemed to have casually tossed Xilan into a safe space.

Oh, it really was me who did it.

Then it's fine.

It was just a test for Xilan.

Although he almost forgot about it, it really wasn't a big problem.

This was also part of the plan...

He needed to find time to bring Xilan back.

But where did he throw her back then?

"Anyway, stop following Yun Ke. Listen to this old brother's advice, brother. Defect to Vice President Jialan early; it's more reliable than anything."

Although he wanted to ask more about the factional struggles within the New Witch Association — factional struggles that even he, the founder of the New Witch Association, didn't know about.

Unfortunately, Xingxuan and Thousand-Pinweed finally couldn't hold back and came over to urge the two of them to get going.

This stop had lasted a bit too long.

When they returned to the car, the driver immediately reverted to his previous image of a silent, honest middle-aged man, not even daring to smoke.

And although Thousand-Pinweed was initially shocked by him being Shion's boyfriend, she quickly lost interest.

That guy herself only had a three-minute attention span.

Apart from being obsessed with Harry Potter, she lost interest in other things after a while.

This was also why Thousand-Pinweed progressed slowly before comprehending Harry Potter. She simply couldn't concentrate. How could she make any progress? It was only later, after discovering she could replicate Harry Potter's magic, that she became obsessed and advanced to the true-transmission level in one go.

Now, she was also arguing with Xingxuan about the merits of Battle Demon Continent versus Harry Potter's settings.

Naturally, she was humiliating herself. To put it bluntly, Battle Demon Continent's setting is the ceiling of the literary world. Although Harry Potter can't be said to be completely worthless, its setting is clearly its weak point.

For Thousand-Pinweed to attempt to win using her weak point was naturally absolutely impossible.

By the end of the argument, Thousand-Pinweed was retreating step by step, and for a moment, she even lost the desire to recruit Xingxuan.

She immediately started flipping through Harry Potter again, determined to argue and win word by word.

Jiang Si wasn't interested in the two kids debating settings.

Xingxuan, who already had victory in the bag over there, also got carried away and began to talk freely:

"Harry Potter's settings are too scattered, and the connections between many settings aren't strong enough. It's not as deep or expansive as Battle Demon Continent. Of course, it's not just about depth and expansiveness. Works like Concealing the Heavens, or the Profound Mirror Demons, their settings are too complex, deliberately mystifying, playing tricks, adding reading difficulty for readers. They're also far inferior to Battle Demon Continent..."

"Bullshit!"

Suddenly, Jiang Si across from them slapped the table. "Concealing the Heavens' setting is just right, not too deep, not too shallow, on par with Battle Demon Continent. Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand. How many times have you even read Concealing the Heavens to dare make such a judgment?"

Thousand-Pinweed beside them raised her hand. "Exactly, exactly. I think the settings of both Concealing the Heavens and Harry Potter are equally exquisite..."

"Don't try to ride on our Concealing the Heavens' popularity, okay? Go away."

"Tch."

Thousand-Pinweed clicked her tongue, hugged her wizard hat, and pulled Xingxuan. "Come on, let's not play with him."

Before Xingxuan could slip away, Jiang Si over there grabbed her.

"You wait."

Although he didn't want to be too serious with kids.

But he couldn't let kids talk nonsense either. After Jiang Si corrected Xingxuan and Thousand-Pinweed's views a bit, he finally let the two girls leave.

The two girls, who had been arguing earlier, were left speechless by Jiang Si's rebuttals, both holding in a bellyful of anger.

They retreated to the seats at the very back of the bus, whispering, finally forming a united front.

They established an unbreakable treaty of mutual non-criticism.

In front of Jiang Si, they absolutely would not pick at each other's flaws regarding Battle Demon Continent and Harry Potter...

After all, he was Sect Master Celestial Being's boyfriend. Even if he was this overbearing, the two of them couldn't really say anything.

Somewhat resentful, the two girls gave Jiang Si the nickname "soft rice man".

Jiang Si could naturally hear it but didn't really care. He needed to think about where he threw Xilan back then and whether he could still find the place.

He tossed her away casually back then; it probably won't be easy to find.

Midway, he tried contacting the two girls, Er Ye and San Ye.

Fortunately, the two girls were careful enough. After he threw Xilan away back then, they specifically marked the spot.

He just needed to find time later to go fish her out.

Not a big problem.

Now, this New Witch Association had inexplicably split into two factions. Jiang Si never really understood this kind of internal organizational division.

It was better to find Xilan and let her handle it.

Slightly reassured, the night sky outside gradually deepened.

After all, it was already dark when they set out.

Seeing the bus enter a seemingly endless tunnel, Jiang Si calculated the time and asked:

"How much further to the Central Bureau?"

"Almost there. This is a special channel. We should arrive tomorrow around noon."

The driver explained. "Other methods can't get through. You have to take the bus. The Central Bureau was created by a super Magical Girl from the past. It's very reliable. Getting this driver job cost me a lot of effort."

Catching the implication in his words, Jiang Si glanced sideways at him.

Thousand-Pinweed and Xingxuan had been chatting about novels all day. After night fell, leaning against each other, they fell asleep in the nearby seats and probably couldn't hear.

Even if they heard, they probably wouldn't suspect anything.

"Same old saying, bro." The driver was bored from the long drive. Seeing someone to chat with, he couldn't help but want to gossip more. "For people, the most important thing is choosing the right path. Ability is secondary. Choice is more important than effort."

Hearing the other's earnest words again, Jiang Si didn't take it to heart.

He planned to lie down for a while too.

The entire vehicle shook slightly.

After Jiang Si sat back down, he found the whole bus had suddenly become lively.

People singing, roughhousing, laughing and talking.

He looked around and realized the bus he was on had somehow changed.

It had become a school bus filled with students.

He scanned the surroundings and found Thousand-Pinweed and Xingxuan were still sleeping in the back.

The driver didn't seem to notice anything abnormal either.

Slightly surprised, he didn't sense any mana fluctuations.

An illusion? Didn't quite seem like it either.

Just as Jiang Si was about to stand up, a teacher next to him also stood up:

"Be careful, don't stand up. We're entering a tunnel. Don't fall!"

"Okay~"

The students answered in unison. As if guided by some unseen force,

Jiang Si actually sat back down like that.

He was a little surprised, but then stopped being anxious, just patiently watching the teacher and students around him.

A clattering sound rang out, and he saw the bus starting to shear apart from the front.

Something was cutting through the bus like tofu, the metal skin above smoothly peeling off!

The first to suffer was the driver. Half of the driver's head fell off, followed by the front-seat classmates and the teacher who hadn't had time to react...

However, when that sharp thing touched Jiang Si, there was only a teeth-grating collision sound, followed by a huge, ear-piercing noise like cats scratching a blackboard!

Only then did Thousand-Pinweed wake up from the noise.

Raising her head, she saw the bizarre scene of Sect Master Celestial Being's boyfriend's head emitting a shower of sparks!

It was as if an invisible chainsaw was cutting into the youth's head, and the entire bus.

And all the teachers and students who had inexplicably appeared in the seats ahead had already had half their heads cut off!

Thousand-Pinweed let out a sharp, piercing scream!

Just as she was about to use magic to save people, she realized.

Jiang Si's head, it just wouldn't cut through!

Then, the cutting line, as if forced to go around the youth, proceeded to cut through all the people and the bus behind.

Even Thousand-Pinweed had to press the just-awakened Xingxuan down to avoid that incredibly sharp thing, her Magical Outfit getting shaved off a bit!

Until the entire bus became a convertible, and everyone sat quietly in the bus with only half a head left,

did this school bus finally come to a stop in the pitch-black tunnel.

Xingxuan rubbed her eyes, got up, and looked around two or three times. "Where did you bring me?"

"I just woke up too!"

"Where have we been taken? Is this still the Disaster Control Bureau's bus?"

"Calm down, calm down." Thousand-Pinweed immediately looked at Jiang Si not far away. "Jiang Si is still here, the driver hasn't changed either... oh, the driver is already dead. Might be a ghost. Hogwarts has records..."

"This, this is Elric's Eternal Tower. Our Magical Girl world has undead too?"

Xingxuan immediately pulled a long face and hugged Thousand-Pinweed. "No, I can't handle this..."

Thousand-Pinweed had no choice but to hug this somewhat timid junior and immediately walked towards Jiang Si.

However, the rows of headless corpses around them made both girls shudder with horror.

Even Magical Girls have things they're afraid of!

"What kind of 3D recording of a slaughterhouse is this!" Xingxuan wailed. "I want to go to the City of Slaughter, not undead!"

"Stop screaming! Are all web novel fans as cowardly as you! They're just corpses, they're not moving!"

"You're the coward!"

Thousand-Pinweed and Xingxuan nervously stopped in front of the seat and looked at the youth who was still sitting motionless. Both Magical Girls were a bit dumbfounded.

"Are, are you okay, Jiang Si?"

Xingxuan cautiously poked Jiang Si's head, afraid it might fall off with a slight touch.

However, Jiang Si just stood up, walked directly to the driver whose head had been cut open, squatted down, picked up the other half of the driver's head that had fallen off,

and casually pressed it back on.

Then, that driver who should have been dead blinked his eyes and actually started moving again!

Thousand-Pinweed and Xingxuan watched, dumbstruck!

"How did you do that?"

Jiang Si said casually, "While the body wasn't paying attention, just put it back on."

Xingxuan and Thousand-Pinweed looked at each other.

Is the human body something that can be reattached so simply?

Just as they were about to urge the driver to keep driving,

a woman in red with long hair appeared ahead in the tunnel.

When her hair parted, it revealed a bloody face with only eye sockets, no eyeballs.

"My eyes, my eyes, I can't see, it hurts so much, give me eyes..."

Both Magical Girls screamed in fright. Even the driver turned pale, almost slipping under his seat.

Who would have thought they'd run into a ghost on the way to the Central Bureau!

Just as the driver gritted his teeth, planning to ram through,

the red-clad, long-haired female ghost flashed

and actually landed on the hood of the bus.

"Give me eyes..."

The low growl gradually became dangerous and mournful.

Just as the driver turned to run,

he suddenly noticed the youth next to him insert his fingers directly into his own right eye socket.

Then, with a forceful pull, he actually gouged it out!

The two Magical Girls who were still screaming in the back of the bus suddenly fell silent.

Even the female ghost lying on the hood, growling lowly, fell silent.

"Which one do you want?"

Jiang Si gouged out his other eyeball as well and handed them to the woman in red.

"Pick one yourself and get lost quickly. Don't block the road."