On the way, Feng Ling contacted the relevant personnel of the Association.
When they heard that Lian Ge and Feng Ling had been attacked by a magical girl, they immediately frantically searched through archives and contacted magical girl associations in other regions, trying to find any information about Zhi Jin.
As soon as the two stepped through the door of the Association building, ready to find Qia Bi and ask, Qia Bi himself came bouncing over:
“This way, this way Qia.”
Lian Ge followed Qia Bi into the meeting room and, before even sitting down, recounted everything that had happened in the factory from start to finish.
From rechecking the magical power components of the Momo Ointment, to Zhi Jin’s attack, to the other’s ability to “Share” and her final escape route—she basically went over every detail.
“That’s all I know.”
Lian Ge lowered her hands and looked at Qia Bi, who was lying on the table.
“Hmm, Feng Ling, did you find anything else?”
Qia Bi tilted its head and turned around.
“You can actually recognize me?”
Feng Ling’s current appearance made her look like Lian Ge’s older sister; probably no one would doubt it.
Although people could still tell she was a magical girl, she was a bit surprised that Qia Bi called her Feng Ling without even asking.
“Of course Qia, you’re a magical girl who can save the world; how could I not recognize you Qia.”
“Fine, fine.”
Feng Ling suspected that even if Qia Bi got Alzheimer’s one day, it could still recognize her.
“I have nothing more to add either, same as Lian Ge.”
“Oh, as a little addition, it should be what Zhi Jin told us about her background. She said she was a magical girl from the countryside, and because her local Qia Bi went missing, she came to the city to work. I don’t know if it’s true.”
“I can’t believe something like that happened Qia…”
After hearing this, Qia Bi’s ears drooped, and its front paws nervously rubbed together.
“Wait until I contact the Qia Bi over there later to see what’s going on Qia.”
“So, Qia Bi, do you know what’s wrong with her?”
Lian Ge leaned forward, speaking very anxiously.
“Why would a magical girl do something like attacking her comrades?”
Qia Bi was silent for a moment, then raised a paw and patted the table, making the already quiet meeting room even quieter.
Then, in a rare serious tone, it said, “I’m afraid this magical girl has been corrupted by evil Qia.”
“Hey, hey, hey, what is this setting? I’ve never heard of such a thing.”
Feng Ling slammed her fist on the table.
Qia Bi really did deliberately hide information to trick them, the magical girls, into joining.
Sure enough, there was another huge pitfall.
Fighting Demon Beasts as a magical girl was dangerous, but it wasn’t fatal.
But suddenly something like being corrupted by evil appears—what, is it going to result in ?
“Don’t get excited, Feng Ling dear, listen to me first Qia.”
Qia Bi raised a paw to signal her to calm down, then spoke methodically.
“As symbols of purity, magical girls are inevitably subject to corruption from the outside world. The seven types—Pride, Jealousy, Wrath, Sloth, Greed, Gluttony, and Lust—will gradually corrupt a magical girl.”
“At first, these magical girls might just have minor personality flaws, like occasionally slacking off or being a bit envious of others’ achievements.”
“But if no companion is there to help them let it out, and it’s allowed to develop, these emotions will turn into evil magical power, constantly growing, eroding, and seeping little by little into the interior of the Star Crystal.”
“Once their hearts are filled with these sinful magical powers, they will only be filled with that one evil emotion, turning into bad kids who only know how to use power for their own selfish gain.”
When Qia Bi said this, its tone became unexpectedly sad: “I suppose Zhi Jin, without any other companions around and without Qia Bi’s help, ended up reaching this point all alone.”
After hearing Qia Bi say this, Lian Ge quickly turned her head and fixed her gaze on Feng Ling.
Feng Ling felt uncomfortable under that gaze and quickly waved her hands to explain.
“I haven’t been corrupted! I’m not greedy at all.”
“That’s not what I meant.”
Lian Ge didn’t dwell on why Feng Ling seemed guilty and said she was “not greedy at all.”
Instead, with a dim look, she said: “I just think Zhi Jin is a bit like you used to be. Both alone, both without anyone by their side, so they went down a wrong path in confusion. If we could bring her back, maybe it wouldn’t end like this…”
As Lian Ge said this, her fingers nervously traced the table, and she couldn’t help thinking that if she had noticed Zhi Jin from the start, maybe Zhi Jin could have become a good kid like Feng Ling.
“So, how do we save her?”
“As long as we defeat her, get her Star Crystal, and have Feng Ling purify it, that will do Qia.”
“So I need to do the purifying?” Feng Ling pointed at herself.
“That’s right Qia, because you are the Hero Who Saves Magical Girls Qia, your ability is irreplaceable Qia. This is why even when I did that thing before, I had to keep you here Qia…”
“Okay, okay, stop talking, stop talking.”
Seeing Qia Bi getting more and more emotional as it spoke, Feng Ling quickly waved her hands to make it stop spilling the beans about her identity.
Interrupted by her gesture, Qia Bi tilted its head, seeming to realize it almost said too much, and tacitly shut its mouth.
“But the key is, how do we find her?”
“Magical girls are drawn to each other Qia. You will definitely meet again.”
*
Amidst a barrage of insults in the comments, Chiyun ended her stream.
The moment Chiyun turned off the stream, she collapsed into the chair like a puppet with its strings cut, and randomly pressed the power button.
The screen was still on.
The 999+ red dot on her private messages had just been cleared, but soon returned to that number.
Now she didn’t even have the courage to open it and take a look.
She didn’t know what was wrong with her lately, making one bad move after another, even daring to compete with Lian Ge.
At that time, in the heat of the moment, she thought she could rely on her years of accumulated reputation and fans to forcefully compete with Lian Ge.
But the result… she was completely disgraced, at least in the streaming industry, she couldn’t continue.
However, Chiyun hadn’t planned to continue anyway.
Curled up in the chair, Chiyun canceled her transformation.
The magical girl form began to fade from her feet upward.
That passionate, fiery magical girl Chiyun gradually shed her red glow, leaving only gray-white.
Curled up in the chair was a 29-year-old NEET in a loose, old T-shirt, her hair messy from not being cared for for several days.
No one would ever imagine this was the former super-popular streamer magical girl Chiyun.