Chapter 59: Wrapping Up

Mo Ran’s combat power was completely beyond Su Ling’s expectations.

“Mo Ran…”

“Let’s head back quickly. This isn’t a place to linger.”

Su Ling interrupted the sisters’ emotional moment.

She had just glimpsed several figures flickering in the corners.

An uneasy intuition suddenly flared within her.

Mo Ran wiped away her tears and nodded heavily.

They had already missed the last bus, so they had to spend a significant amount of money for a taxi.

“Hehehe, you guys just came back from Shao Nian You, didn’t you? I bet it was a blast there tonight, right?”

The driver was a short-legged loli.

The car had been modified specifically so her short legs could reach the gas and brake pedals.

Hearing the driver’s eccentric words, Su Ling rolled her eyes in annoyance.

“We barely made it back alive.”

Fortunately, it turned out Mo Ran had been hiding her true strength.

“Oh? Is it possible the rumors are true?”

The driver’s eyebrows shot up in surprise.

“What rumors?”

Su Ling leaned against the seat and asked curiously.

“Someone in our drivers’ group warned us not to go to Shao Nian You tonight.

They said it was a trap set by the new Bureau Chief to boost her performance record.”

The driver was quite a chatterbox and very helpful, showing Su Ling and the others the chat history in their group.

Sure enough, a “tip” in the group claimed that Shao Nian You had already been raided the previous night.

The so-called special event tonight was just a sting operation.

Su Ling, Mo Ran, and Mo Tong looked at each other. Mo Tong, in particular, felt a wave of lingering fear.

If Mo Ran and Su Ling hadn’t come to pick her up tonight, the outcome would have been…

“Tsk, I was actually thinking of going there to live it up after my shift tonight,” the driver said with a look of regret.

“Haha, it’s better to be safe. Besides, with so many Witches gathered together, what’s that phrase again… Mana Resonance?”

Su Ling looked at Mo Ran.

She happened to remember the biology concepts she had been reviewing earlier.

“It’s a Mana Tide caused by Mana Resonance. It can very easily cause a Witch’s body to explode,” Mo Ran corrected.

The reason the Witch Empire strictly prohibited large-scale Witch parties was that when a crowd of Witches gathered, the Magic within their bodies could easily resonate uncontrollably.

This formed a Mana Tide, and Witches with weaker constitutions could end up exploding.

Furthermore, the most terrifying part was that Witches caught in a Mana Tide completely lost their self-awareness.

They became total slaves to their desires, only returning to normal once the tide receded.

“However, only a minority actually explode during a Mana Tide. The most likely outcome is dying from mana depletion.”

To put it in simpler terms, every last drop of Magic in the Witch’s body would be drained until they died from the sheer intensity of the pleasure.

“Didn’t we just review this? It’s a major exam point,” Mo Ran said, looking at Su Ling with dissatisfaction.

Su Ling scratched her head and stuck out her tongue sheepishly.

She had remembered it clearly at the time, but it was already quite an achievement for her to recall that the concept even existed.

Mo Tong watched the interaction between Mo Ran and Su Ling with a smile in her eyes.

However, her expression soon turned worried.

She rested her chin in her small hand and stared out the window.

“What’s wrong?”

Mo Ran noticed Mo Tong’s strange behavior and asked softly.

After tonight’s ordeal, the relationship between the sisters seemed less strained than before.

“I told you, I’m very strong now. I can handle things on my own. If you keep bottling up your troubles, don’t blame me if I get angry,” Mo Ran said, anticipating Mo Tong’s thoughts.

Mo Tong was stunned for a moment before a gratified smile appeared on her face.

“I’m just worried the supervisor will send someone after us.”

Although Su Ling had said Shao Nian You was completely finished, Mo Tong was still afraid.

Shao Nian You had her address; there was no way she could be at peace.

“Then, how about coming to my house first? It’s quite safe there for the time being.”

Knowing that Mo Tong would remain worried regardless of what was said, Su Ling simply invited the sisters to her home.

“Don’t be so quick to refuse. My house is… a bit lonely anyway. It’ll be livelier with more people.”

Su Ling’s eyes dimmed slightly.

“Yes, yes, yes! Mo Ran and your sister can come to our house. Right now, it’s just me and Ling Ling. It really is quite lonely.”

Su Yao’s voice rang out urgently from the phone.

Both Mo Ran and Mo Tong could hear the underlying loneliness in the mother and daughter’s voices.

The two sisters looked at each other and then nodded heavily.

“Okay!”

***

“Tsk.”

The next day.

As dawn broke in the east, Shao Hua led a large group of people to Shao Nian You.

Upon entering, they were hit by a thick, cloying mixture of sweet scents, interspersed with a faint smell of blood.

“Ugh!”

Behind her, Xiaoyuan turned pale at the sight and couldn’t help but retch.

The scene before them was like a Slaanesh hell.

The place was a wreck. Countless Witches were piled on top of each other, their faces wearing eerie, satisfied smiles.

Meanwhile, the walls, stairs, and ceiling were splattered with blood, with bits of organic tissue visible here and there.

“Damn, we’re late. The Mana Tide is over.”

Shao Hua’s face was grim.

Yun Liuxue had summoned her urgently this morning, saying they had received a report that Shao Nian You in the Lower City had hosted a massive gathering last night.

She had rushed over, but it was still too late.

Under the influence of the Mana Tide, some Witches had indeed exploded.

“Xiaoyuan, hurry up and count the casualties.”

After saying that, Shao Hua headed toward the second floor.

The second floor was in slightly better condition, though she looked at the human-shaped cracks in the walls along the way with total confusion.

As she passed the front desk, she saw two girls sleeping in each other’s arms.

Hearing Yun Liuxue’s footsteps, the two girls jolted awake.

“Officer! Officer! We were both on our best behavior here last night! We didn’t do anything!”

Upon seeing Yun Liuxue, the two immediately raised their hands.

Yun Liuxue rolled her eyes in exasperation.

“Let’s take a trip to the station first.”

Regardless of whether they were innocent, she would cuff them first and ask questions later.

Yun Liuxue continued forward.

Many room doors were wide open and empty.

She fell silent, assuming the people in those rooms had been drawn to the revelry downstairs.

She just didn’t know if they were still alive.

However, she stopped abruptly when she passed a certain room.

Room 2034.

Looking at the six clearly visible human-shaped cracks on the wall, even she couldn’t help but scratch her head.

What on earth?

“Hey, wake up. This isn’t a place for sleeping.”

A black-haired loli was curled up in the corner, nodding off.

Yun Liuxue patted the loli’s cheek, and she snapped awake instantly.

The loli instinctively fanned herself with a feather fan, looking like she was about to put on an act.

However, the moment she saw the uniform on Yun Liuxue, her expression changed instantly.

“Oh my, Officer! You’re finally here! We’ve been waiting for you for so long!”

“Don’t get cheeky with me. What exactly happened here?”

Yun Liuxue’s gaze fell on the wall.

Inside those six cracks, six diverse little lolis were sleeping soundly.

“Oh, well… Big Sister and the others just like sleeping like that. It’s a personal preference~”

The black-haired loli bullshitted.

Yun Liuxue rolled her eyes.

She pulled out her shiny handcuffs and directly arrested all seven lolis.

Whatever the case, she would take them in first.

“Ma’am, two exploded last night, and three died from mana depletion. The rest of the Witches have mostly regained their senses.”

Xiaoyuan ran over, her face still pale.

“Arrest them all. Clean up the bodies and wait for someone to claim them.”

Shao Hua pinched her brow, feeling exhausted.

Such heavy casualties from a non-combat event would result in another massive public relations disaster.

However…

Shao Hua’s mind wavered.

This was Shao Nian You. Since this had happened at Shao Nian You, the Superintendent Department could pin all the blame on the establishment.

In fact, the Superintendent Department might even be able to claim a significant achievement for this.

Shao Hua suddenly thought of Yun Liuxue’s righteous face and fell silent.

They had arrived just in time for the conclusion.

Shao Nian You had clearly been raided the day before yesterday, yet this happened last night.

Was it a coincidence, or…

She suddenly realized that whether it was Yun Liuxue or Meng Dalei, the people who reached those positions didn’t seem to be any different from one another.