Living with a magical girl, but a weirdo cadre

　It means "mercenary".

　Chapter Fifty-Three: Sticking Together

　[Unnamed Monster No. 911, 76 meters tall, with obvious traces of magic on its fangs. That's it... Be careful.]

　A helpless male voice came through the headset.

　This is the voice of the manager of the Central City "Hunter" Magical Girl Squad... In order to reduce expenses, he also takes on the role of coach.

　Basically, I just order takeout.

　"That's it? Okay... then don't say anything more."

　The golden-haired magical girl responded coldly, then exchanged glances with the red-haired magical girl.

　The two figures leaped swiftly through the air, their paths crossing mid-air, the golden and red magic threads connecting them dancing rapidly in the air.

　With perfect coordination, countless magical threads gradually draped over the monster's body, but without causing it any harm.

　The monster, lacking both intelligence and instinct, stared blankly at them for a moment, then ignored the two insects.

　Instead, it crashed into the magical barrier in front of it once again, causing ripples to spread across the shield that enveloped Wind City.

　What followed was a tremendous sense of shock.

　Meanwhile, the silver-haired magical girl was already high in the sky, her hands overlapping in mid-air, her palms facing the large monster below.

　At the same time, in a cold and indifferent tone, he muttered to himself—

　[As evil descends, hands are raised and clasped, oh, the flickering brilliance and the shimmering, humble flower...]

　Accompanied by a tone full of "perfunctory" and "routine," countless silver lights slowly flowed in the magical girl's palm.

　If Hikaru Yokawa's chanting before was a spirited and energetic shout, then this silver-haired magical girl is now displaying a completely different style of tone.

　Or rather, older magical girls have already entered a similar state of enlightenment.

　Although you can't tell from their appearance.

　As the magical girl chanted her long and drawn-out incantation, a massive, illusory greatsword appeared in her hand.

　Below the tip of the sword lies a large monster.

　This is a greatsword that matches the size of the monster; judging by the naked eye, its length is close to the monster's body length, roughly 50 meters.

　Meanwhile, the magical threads between the red-haired and blonde magical girls, who were constantly leaping about, had already been intertwined.

　This squad is undoubtedly a very mature squad.

　They perfectly utilized the monster's characteristics, setting up an offensive that required time to prepare but was destined to be very effective.

　The three magical girls had already confirmed each other's intentions simply by exchanging a listless, dead-fish-like gaze.

　They then took action almost simultaneously.

　First, the countless fine threads wrapped around the monster suddenly tightened, creating numerous visible indentations on its body.

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　[Magic Fill 33.1%]

　[Activate Manual Control Mode]

　[Concretization System - Confirmed Complete]

　Salamander Silk

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　Just like a wild beast bound by countless piano strings until it bleeds, the giant monster's body is also unable to move freely.

　Countless wisps of black mist continuously emerged from the marks.

　It was only at this moment that it realized it had been attacked.

　However, the monster, firmly locked in place by sharp magical threads, could only accumulate magical power from its two fangs.

　The monsters look quite interesting.

　How to describe them? They are like a "silhouette", completely black and white.

　The boar monster in front of them had only white eyes, tusks, teeth, and toes, while the magic it emanated was pure black.

　It looks very unusual and strange.

　The magical power concentrated on its fangs is terrifyingly potent. If the barrier protecting Fuuto were to be struck head-on…

　Although it won't break, the barrier will consume a lot of magic power.

　However, it never got the chance to launch.

　"All my magic is used up, time to go home... *yawn*"

　As she spoke softly, the silver-haired magical girl yawned and then suddenly slashed down with the massive greatsword in her hand!

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　[Magic Fill 89.7%]

　[Chanting Guidance & Manual Control Mode Enabled]

　[Conjuration Type - Penetrating/Destructive - Targeted - Confirmed Complete]

　[The Falling Sun]

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　"boom!!!"

　It wasn't an explosion, but a pure attack of magic that penetrated and crushed, with the silver magic constantly canceling out the dark magic.

　This is not a special ability of this silver-haired magical girl.

　The magic of monsters and freaks is significantly different from the magic of magical girls... Although both are magic, their natures are actually opposite.

　One is a "negative number" and the other is a "positive number," just like the outside and inside of a mirror.

　Finally, the silver greatsword pierced through the black shadow, instantly shattering the silhouette-like monster.

　The silvery magical energy rapidly washed over the ground, instantly neutralizing its shattered body into nothingness in mid-air.

　This also symbolizes the end of their work.

　It took about fifteen minutes.

　This is truly an incredible feat.

　The three magical girl team members who accomplished this feat did not feel proud of it; instead, they simply stretched and yawned.

　"get off work……"

　"Go home."

　"Ah."

　The silver-haired magical girl responded to the two of them by taking a cigarette out of her pocket: "Can I borrow a light? I'm out of magic to light one."

　Then, the silver-haired magical girl, puffing out smoke, retraced her steps while chatting with her two companions about yesterday's disgusting, chubby fans.

　During the process, the three of them also noticed something.

　"Ah, a blonde magical girl, looking surprised, you must be a junior... Your color scheme clashes with Shibasaki Hisami's."

　The blonde magical girl responded mercilessly: "Fuck you, bitch!"

　Amidst the unfriendly exchange, the three slowly descended onto the platform where Cong Yu and Yao Chuan Guang were.

　"Hey, you look familiar..."

　The silver-haired magical girl exhaled a puff of smoke and looked at Yaochuan Guang: "Isn't this the idol from Baby City?"

　Yao Chuanguang was somewhat confused.

　"Um... Baby City?"

　With that question in mind, Yaochuan Guang blinked, putting the strange thought to the back of his mind: "Compared to you, your magic is so amazing!"

　Seeing Yaochuan Guang's admiring gaze, the three exchanged a glance, and then all revealed smiles that Yaochuan Guang found inexplicable.

　"Thanks for the compliment."

　The silver-haired magical girl casually tossed her cigarette butt onto the rooftop as she spoke: "Fuuto is clearly a big city."

　In response, the red-haired magical girl added, "But the strength and frequency of the monsters are no different from those in some small cities..."

　As she said this, she stretched enviously: "Ah, I have to write a report tomorrow. I also want to retire in Baobao City!"

　The magical girl only noticed Cong Yu, who was standing to the side tapping on her phone, a moment after she finished speaking: "Eh? A passerby?"

　"Let's make this clear first: if you take photos or videos of our battle, don't upload them to your own account, or you might be held accountable... What is this?"

　The red-haired magical girl, who had originally intended to offer a suggestion, suddenly noticed the densely packed messages in Congyu's phone's notepad.

　What does it look like...?

　[Movement Method: Standard]

　[Mobility: Mezzo Piano (Medium to Weak)]

　[Fragile fogging rate: Estimated at 3%]

　"WTF, that's professional, passerby... Oh, I get it."

　The red-haired magical girl, realizing something, glanced at Hikaru Yokawa and asked, "So Fuuto has analysts too?"

　Before Cong Yu could say anything, she silently noted down the data on his phone, then patted Cong Yu on the shoulder: "Thanks, bro."

　Afterwards, you can simply copy the data into the report when you get back.

　At that moment, the other two magical girls in the team also looked over: "What? Isn't he cool? He's completely different from our颓废中年经理 (颓废中年经理 is a Chinese word that means decadent, dispirited, and listless) middle-aged manager..."

　The blonde magical girl spoke, ignoring the complaints in her earpiece, and looked at Cong Yu, commenting, "Unexpectedly young."

　Hikaru Yokawa, who had been forgotten by everyone, stood between the three magical girl seniors and weakly raised her hand: "Um... is the job of the three seniors to eliminate monsters?"

　They exchanged a glance at their cute junior's question.

　"I guess so, but I'll also accept other requests, like protecting someone traveling to another city... and things like that."

　One of them was speaking when the other chimed in, "It's different from you. We have to earn our own living by taking on jobs."

　"Are you curious about the situation in Central City? Would you like to join us?"

　"..." Yao Chuanguang quickly shook his head, indicating that he had no such idea: "No, no, no."

　From the three people's words, Yaochuan Guang suddenly felt that he had been living in a greenhouse all along: "That sounds dangerous... I'd better stay in Fuuto and deal with the monsters."

　Upon hearing Yaochuan Guang's words, the three of them were stunned almost simultaneously, and then they all burst into laughter.

　"Hahaha……"

　"What?! It really is..."

　"Haha, this child is so cute."

　"..."

　"???" Yao Chuanguang looked confused, not knowing why the three of them were laughing so wildly. She looked at Cong Yu with a curious gaze.

　As for her doubts

　Cong Yu also revealed a faint smile, and said slowly, "That's why I like Fengdu..."

　Huh? What does that mean?

　Shall we tell a riddle?

　Yao Chuan Guang was completely bewildered, not knowing what kind of riddle everyone was talking about... What was going on?

　What's with this feeling of "only I can't do it"?

　While she looked on in confusion, the magical girl squad, seeing that it was almost time, smiled and said goodbye to the two of them: "Haha, we're going back now."

　"I'm leaving, bye-bye—"

　"Bye-Bye--"

　"Off work, off work... If you have any questions, just ask the guy over there. Goodbye—"