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The receptionist at the door sensed that the atmosphere was amiss and wanted to explain further, but in the end, her words turned into silent gestures, her lips closed, and no speech followed.

Seeing everyone fall into an awkward silence, Lin Yun looked around and finally sighed helplessly, "Tian Sheng, stay behind, and please, Magical Girl, stay as well. The rest of you wait outside."
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Upon receiving his directive, everyone moved in tacit agreement. The receptionist was the first to leave from the door, Li Yingwei was also pulled out of the Director's Office by the deputy team leader, and in the end, only Tian Sheng and Bai Jingxuan remained in front of Lin Yun.

Gazing at Bai Jingxuan, Lin Yun pondered for a moment before speaking, "Then, please don't be anxious, calm down and let's talk properly. You are a Magical Girl, I've read your file, you go by the code name Bo Xue, right?"

"Yes."

Bai Jingxuan nodded obediently, "I am Bo Xue."

"So, what brings you here?"

Lin Yun tried to keep his expression serene to avoid putting pressure on Bai Jingxuan, "Is there something you need help with from the Abnormal Strategy Bureau?"

"Ah, yes!"

Upon hearing the word "purpose," Bai Jingxuan, who had been hesitant, suddenly perked up, her eyes shining with what seemed like a trace of dreamy anticipation:

"I want to take part in the slaughter of Black Ash Dawn!"

There was silence.

Lin Yun maintained a proper posture, his face expressionless as he looked at Bai Jingxuan. After a brief silence, he spoke again, "I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that, what did you say?"

"I want to take part in the slaughter of Black Ash Dawn!"

Bai Jingxuan clenched her fist with one hand, her serious expression somehow looking cute:

"To be exact, I want to torment them!"

"...Why have you come to us?" Lin Yun asked dully.

"I saw it while I was on patrol! The people from the Abnormal Strategy Bureau fighting Black Ash Dawn!"

Bai Jingxuan crisply said, "I asked the uncle there, and they said it was the Director's order! The Director commanded them to kill all the Black Ash Dawn within the city!"

"...She said that." Tian Sheng repeated Bai Jingxuan's words while looking at Lin Yun.

"I know, you don't need to say it again."

Lin Yun only felt a headache coming on. He subconsciously held his forehead, "That, Bo Xue, right? What you just said was about wanting to eliminate and capture the remnants of Black Ash Dawn..."

"It's to torment!" Bai Jingxuan corrected earnestly.

As cute as she looked, the words she spoke were just as horrifying.

"That's not a word to be thrown around lightly, especially since you're a Magical Girl."

Lin Yun sighed unconsciously, straining to steer the topic back to a trajectory he could control, "You seem young, probably not fully aware of the meaning of 'torment.' I need to explain to you that such behavior is neither morally nor legally permissible, it does not align with mainstream social values, and..."

"Is it like beating them to a pulp before killing them?" Bai Jingxuan tilted her head, somewhat puzzled.

"...Yes, but we're not here to discuss the definition of the word. Rather, we're saying that such actions, even just the words, are not permitted."

Lin Yun explained earnestly, "Especially as a Magical Girl, who represents the light and hope of this city. A Magical Girl's primary duty is to subdue Remnant Beasts, and generally, they shouldn't actively harm ordinary humans, or the relatively weaker Magicians. What's more, the word you used is 'torment,' that's a word a Magical Girl should never utter, nor is it an act you should ever execute."

"But, that's what my mentor did!"

Bai Jingxuan was clearly young, and it was evident that her vocabulary wasn't extensive; she seemed to be digging deep for every word:

"My mentor, she tormented the leader of Black Ash Dawn so coolly! And everyone was praising her! I really admire what she did!"

Lin Yun fell silent once more.

Now, all he wanted was to pick up the heavy reference book on the table and give himself a couple of good whacks on the forehead.

"Your teacher? She is..." Tian Sheng, who was nearby, seemed to realize something and hesitantly started to ask.

"My teacher is the Magical Girl Emerald Sparrow! The same Magical Girl who saved all of us last month!"

Bai Jingxuan spoke without restraint, "She fiercely beat up that bad guy at the time, turned his face into a pig's head, and then she ruthlessly killed him!"

"Well done!"

Tian Sheng slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "I support your teacher! That's exactly how those bastards should be treated! You should learn from her!"

"Tian Sheng."

Lin Yun lowered his voice as a reminder.

"...Ah, I'm sorry, Director."

Tian Sheng immediately said with a chagrin, "I got carried away..."

"You're an adult too, don't let yourself be so easily swayed by a child."

Lin Yun tapped on the desk and spoke calmly, but his occasionally trembling heels below the desk betrayed his unsettled emotions, "No matter the reason, or who you want to emulate, encouraging such a young child to 'slaughter' her enemies is not appropriate."

"But she's talking about dealing with trash from Black Ash Dawn, right?"

Tian Sheng quietly retorted, "I think dealing with them is just like dealing with Remnant Beasts, there's no need to observe the moral ethics of humanity."

"...You're right, the scum of Black Ash Dawn deserves to die."

Lin Yun nodded, "But you should be clear about what the significance of us adults being here is, and what the Abnormal Strategy Bureau was established for. 'Magical Girls fight Remnant Beasts, the Abnormal Strategy Bureau fights human traitors', we exist here for keeping these children away from fratricide, to prevent them from bearing the burden of killing humans while they are still ignorant."

"Perhaps while they are still children, killing these evil humans won't affect them; but no one can guarantee that it won't cast a shadow on them when they grow up."

"Her teacher is indeed a Magical Girl, but you should know that she is one who has been active for 20 years and is now an adult Magical Girl; her teacher has her own set principles, and her decision to cruelly kill her enemies was one made after careful deliberation, not mindless imitation..."

"I, am not imitating!"

Bai Jingxuan interrupted Lin Yun somewhat anxiously.

She raised her hand like a primary school student with a question in class, but without waiting for approval, she burst out, "I'm not imitating my teacher! I admire what my teacher did, yes, but I want to slaughter those bad guys myself!"

"Why?"

Lin Yun asked, puzzled.

"Because I want revenge!"

Bai Jingxuan placed her hand over her heart and proclaimed loudly, "They let Remnant Beasts kill my parents, and they killed that Magical Girl... killed Senior Sakura! I hate them! I want them to die horribly! I want them to regret everything they've done!"

Lin Yun had never seen Bai Jingxuan so agitated before.

In his memory, Bai Jingxuan had always been that well-behaved and sensible child, very quiet, very calm. She didn't express her feelings intensely in front of others, nor did she make others feel uncomfortable. She left so much space for others that most of the time they didn't even notice her presence.

Perhaps, in the ordinary battles against the Remnant Beasts, her fighting style was a bit brutal, a bit cruel. But under the tireless correction of Emerald Sparrow, that dangerous way of fighting had diminished by a lot. The Bai Jingxuan of today was acting like a normal Magical Girl.

Had it not been for today, Lin Yun might have never heard the word "revenge" from Bai Jingxuan's lips.

Yet, relative to the child's experience, this word was so heavy, so justified, that he didn't know what else he could say.

And when she uttered words like "slaughter" and "revenge," her expression was so innocent and earnest that it disquieted the heart.

"...I won't agree, I can't let a child like you do such things."

In the end, Lin Yun could only speak with a hint of bitterness. He stopped trying to persuade Bai Jingxuan and looked at Tian Sheng, pointing toward the office's door:

"Tian Sheng, take her out."