Chapter 51: Zhijin’s Past

Although Qia Bi had confidently said, “Magical Girls attract each other,” it was the same as saying nothing.

They couldn’t just do nothing and wait for someone to come to them, right?

Lian Ge and Feng Ling sat side by side at the long table in the meeting room.

In front of them were several files that Association staff had urgently pulled out.

At best, Zhi Jin had a record in the files, but it was only known that she had a contract and could trace back to which Qia Bi had signed it.

Lian Ge flipped through the sparse records while also contacting other Magical Girls.

The two who were absent from the last meeting still had unreachable phones.

The receiver was always a waiting tone.

Who knew if they were on a mission or just didn’t want to answer.

Shan Die and Chen Tan were successfully contacted.

After hearing the situation, both said they would come to support anytime, which was a little reassuring.

As for Chi Yun, when Lian Ge called, a mechanical female voice without emotion quickly came: “The subscriber you dialed is temporarily unavailable.”

After calling several times and getting the same result, Lian Ge began to wonder if she had been blocked.

If she was blocked, she could only ask Feng Ling for help.

“Feng Ling, can you call Chi Yun?”

“Ah, can you give me her phone number? I don’t have her number yet.”

Lian Ge’s eyes were full of confusion.

She clearly remembered that Feng Ling and Chi Yun had streamed together several times, even played co-op games, yet the two hadn’t exchanged phone numbers?

“I thought you streamed with Chi Yun a few times. How come you don’t even have her number…”

“Uh…”

Feng Ling definitely couldn’t tell Lian Ge that she was just using Chi Yun, purely leeching off her views.

“Because I usually just drop by her live stream room to chat… so I don’t have this kind of regular communication method.”

Feng Ling quickly made up a barely passable excuse in her mind, and as she spoke, she opened Chi Yun’s streaming platform homepage.

“But she’s not streaming right now.”

Lian Ge didn’t bother with that.

She sent the number to Feng Ling and asked her to try calling too.

But after several attempts, it was still temporarily unavailable.

“I can’t get through to her either.”

Feng Ling muttered, thinking it was probably because of what happened last time.

“Lian Ge, is it because you called her directly last time to scold her and gave her psychological trauma? Maybe she just pulled out the Association’s SIM card.”

“Could that be? I… I’ll be more careful in the future.”

Lian Ge also began to reflect that she had been too impatient at that time, opting for harsh criticism instead of patient guidance.

“It’s okay, we can’t reach her anyway.”

As the two fell into a brief silence, the meeting room door was pushed open a crack from the outside by something.

The Qia Bi who had said he was going out for something suddenly squeezed through the crack.

It was biting the ear of some creature, dragging it with all its might into the meeting room.

The creature being bitten let out an indistinct protest, but the Qia Bi was unmoved.

It jumped onto the meeting table, and the thing in its mouth was thrown onto the table, landing between Lian Ge and Feng Ling.

Feng Ling craned her neck to see.

What the Qia Bi was biting was actually another Qia Bi’s ear.

“I caught it, Qia. Ask it whatever you want.”

Although the two Qia Bi looked roughly the same, subtle differences could be seen.

For example, the one with its ear bitten looked disheveled, its fur completely unkempt, noticeably dirtier in color than the local Qia Bi.

This Qia Bi slowly stood up, like a middle-aged uncle just waking from a hangover, and let out a loud burp.

A strong smell of alcohol spread instantly.

Feng Ling, sitting at the table, couldn’t help but cover her nose.

“This…”

Lian Ge looked at the drunken Qia Bi, choosing her words carefully, “Uh, Mr. Qia Bi? What do you know about Zhi Jin?”

“Burp~ Zhi Jin? Who?”

The drunken Qia Bi tilted its head, eyes unfocused.

“Get serious, Qia! Don’t you even remember the Magical Girl you signed a contract with?”

The Qia Bi next to it didn’t hold back, slapping its head with a paw.

Qia Bi was also a machine that needed Russian-style repair to recover.

After two such slaps, the drunken Qia Bi finally focused its eyes and could spit out some useful information.

“Burp, burp. I remember now. I signed two Magical Girls. But since our Qia Bi position doesn’t have an Association, I just let them go out and work, didn’t bother much.”

“Why do they have to go out and work just because there’s no Association?”

Feng Ling shouted.

The drunken Qia Bi burped again, puffed out its furry chest with justification.

“Because human alcohol costs money to buy, Qia. Can’t have me become a thief, right?”

“So you mean, you made them work to support you? Right?”

Feng Ling’s fist was getting itchy.

There must be a Qia Bi around that needed a beating.

“How can you say that, dear Magical Girl? This is our activity expenses, Qia. How can I work without alcohol?”

“But I see you’re full of alcohol smell, and I don’t see you working.”

“Because without alcohol, I definitely can’t work, Qia. With alcohol, we Qia Bi might be able to work. So of course we need to earn money to buy alcohol for us Qia Bi to drink, Qia. Don’t you understand this logic, dear Magical Girl?”

Feng Ling couldn’t help it.

She punched it in the head.

The drunken Qia Bi was completely flattened by the punch, splatting onto the table.

After a while, the blob of Qia Bi slowly puffed back up to its original shape.

Feng Ling wanted to give it another punch, but she noticed that her fair hand was already covered in a layer of dirt.

She immediately lost the desire to hit it.

Lian Ge also noticed the dirt on Feng Ling’s fist.

She used magic to produce water and helped wipe it off.

“So, why did you run away later?”

Feng Ling continued to ask angrily.

“Because the money hasn’t run out yet, Qia. I’m very thrifty, Qia.”

The drunken Qia Bi pulled out a bank card from its own fluff, held it high between its two claws, looking triumphant.

Indeed, good and bad are relative.

The local Qia Bi looked much kinder in comparison.

But since it was already like this, Feng Ling completely gave up on this Qia Bi.

“Alright, alright. I have nothing to say to a Qia Bi like you. So, how can we contact her?”

“You can go find the other Magical Girl she signed the contract with, Qia. Those two have each other’s contact information.”

“So who is the Magical Girl who signed the contract with her? And how do we contact her?”

The drunken Qia Bi burped again, but spoke very clearly.

“Her name is Chi Yun, Qia. You should be able to contact her easily.”