Chapter 159 – They Were Actually in Cahoots?

“They really did create artificial monsters?!”

After Lu Yi blew open the doors of the Shuguang Technology Secret Laboratory, she, Shi Yu, Thor, and Lin Xi were surrounded by fully armed guards.

Qin Ling and Zheng Mo had remained in the car outside.

With her laptop in her arms, Qin Ling hacked into Shuguang Technology’s internal network and monitored the company’s movements in real time.

At the same time, she kept track of Lin Xi’s group.

When the live feed from their miniature camera came through, Qin Ling sucked in a sharp breath.

“You’re surrounded by that many artificial monsters?!”

The artificial monsters reminded Qin Ling of the cyborg police officer from the movie RoboCop.

“They’re the ones surrounded by us.”

Thor’s confident voice came through the earpiece.

Qin Ling was speechless.

“Just be careful.”

“Everything’s clear outside,” Qin Ling reported in real time. “Everything is normal at Shuguang Technology headquarters too.”

“Copy that.” After replying, Lin Xi turned to the enemies encircling them.

Ten percent of her power should be enough to wipe them all out, right?

Probably…

Lin Xi decided to test it first.

“You lot!” A voice rang out over the speakers.

Lin Xi noticed one of the cameras on the ceiling swivel toward them.

“Someone’s watching us from the surveillance room.”

“Did you kill He Mingyuan?!” the voice demanded over the speakers. “I never expected you to be capable enough to wipe out the strongest mercenary squad.”

“But aren’t you getting a little too arrogant?!”

“There was a road to heaven, but you refused to take it. Hell had no gate, yet you barged right in!”

“Every last one of you will die here tonight!”

“Shi Yu is with you too, isn’t she?” Since all four of them were wearing face coverings, the person in the surveillance room couldn’t tell them apart. “Since you’ve delivered yourself right to my doorstep, you’ve saved me quite a bit of trouble.”

“Shi Yu, you defective product that should never have existed! Your parents refused to cooperate and even planned to expose the company’s secrets, so I killed them myself!”

“No one will be allowed to destroy this company’s great undertaking! Our research will benefit Z City-and all of humanity!”

“Attack!”

The moment the order was given, Lin Xi made her move as well.

She condensed ten percent of her power into a Fireball no larger than a drop of water.

In the blink of an eye, the tiny Fireball pierced the core of every artificial monster in turn.

With their core destroyed, the artificial monsters collapsed one after another.

Every last one went down instantly.

“Huh?! What?!” A shriek came over the speakers. “Impossible! How is this possible?! Who the hell are you?!”

“That kind of power… Special Grade-no, are you a Super-Grade Disaster?!”

Lin Xi herself felt that after upgrading to the Mega Fireball Spell, she could probably be considered a Super-Grade Disaster…

“Hey!” Lin Xi shouted at the camera. “Got anything stronger? Hurry up and send them all out!”

“Bring me a hundred!”

Lin Xi, the Super-Grade Disaster, steamrolled the entire battlefield.

Shi Yu stared at her in shock.

Not long ago, Lin Xi hadn’t even been able to use her power. Now, she had leaped straight to the level of a Super-Grade Disaster…

Thor, on the other hand, was delighted. As expected of her master-this was exactly the kind of swagger a Long Aotian should have.

“Shi Yu,” Qin Ling said, “the voice analysis is complete. The man speaking is Wu Fa. He’s in the surveillance room on the second floor, roughly… above and ahead of you, to the left.”

“Copy that,” Shi Yu said. “Thor, go!”

“Understood. Leave it to me.”

Thor beat the wings on her back and shot toward the ceiling ahead and to the left like a cannonball.

By heading upstairs this way, she cut off the enemy’s escape route entirely.

When Lin Xi and the others reached the second-floor surveillance room, Director Wu-who had sounded so smug and untouchable only moments ago-was cowering in a corner, trembling uncontrollably.

He was Shi Yu’s enemy, so Thor hadn’t killed him herself. Instead, she cornered him and left the chance to finish him off to Shi Yu.

Wu Fa tried to say something, but Shi Yu gave him no chance.

With one swift thrust, she plunged her blade into her enemy’s heart.

It was over…

This mission had been even less stressful for Lin Xi than robbing the bank.

Had the mission been too easy? No, she was just that amazing, right?

Hehe. As expected of me… Lin Xi indulged in a tiny bit of self-admiration.

However, Qin Ling’s next words instantly sent her stress through the roof.

“Bad news!”

“A Countermeasures Bureau vehicle just pulled up outside!”

“Two people got out!”

“Ah! One of them is Magical Girl Xia Xun!”

“What?!” Lin Xi nearly jumped out of her skin. “Wait, why would Xia Xun be here?”

“She’s probably here to investigate Shuguang Technology’s secret laboratory too…” Qin Ling guessed.

Whatever Xia Xun had come for, getting out of there took priority!

“What are you panicking for?” Thor said calmly. “It’s only Xia Xun. Master, with my assistance, you’ll definitely be able to wipe her out.”

“How about I wipe you out instead?” Lin Xi ordered Thor to hurry up and enter Dragon Form so she could carry everyone away.

“But if I enter Dragon Form, what if Xia Xun pelts me with ice?”

“Don’t worry. I’ll protect you.”

“Ehehe… That’s exactly what I was waiting to hear. With you protecting me, I have nothing to fear!”

Thor immediately revealed her true form, transforming into a Giant Dragon.

…

“A dragon?!”

Xia Xun and Zhao Xing stared in shock.

As he watched the Giant Dragon burst through the laboratory roof, Zhao Xing frowned deeply.

“This laboratory really is something else. They even managed to create something like that.”

“No!” Xia Xun recognized the Giant Dragon at once. It was the Special-Grade Disaster she and Misaka Shirai had nearly killed when they joined forces in the south of the city!

Unfortunately, they had fallen for Lure the Tiger out of the Mountains back then, allowing someone to rescue the Special-Grade Disaster.

A terrifying chill erupted from Xia Xun as her Crystal Ice Wings unfurled.

“Captain! It’s that draconic Special-Grade Disaster! I never expected it to show up here!”

“It’s that one?!” Zhao Xing immediately realized what she meant. Xia Xun and Misaka Shirai had been investigating the dragon’s whereabouts all this time. “I’ll contact Misaka Shirai right now!”

“Okay. I’ll catch up and keep it occupied!” Xia Xun shot into the sky. “We can’t let it escape again!”

As she gave chase, Xia Xun opened with hundreds of ice spikes.

“You’re not getting away!”

The ice spikes shot toward the Giant Dragon like a torrential downpour.

“What?!”

Xia Xun stared in astonishment.

Just as the spikes were about to pierce the Giant Dragon, a Fireball appeared out of thin air and melted every last one.

“It neutralized all my ice spikes that easily?!”

“Those flames… Could it be…?”

Illuminated by the Fireball, Xia Xun spotted several people in black hoods riding on the Giant Dragon’s back.

“Captain!”

Xia Xun urgently called in.

“The Special-Grade Disaster who likes setting buildings on fire is here too!”

“And so are the Jinrui Bank robbers!”

“They’re all working with the Giant Dragon!”

“What?!” Zhao Xing was stunned all over again.

The building-burning Special-Grade Disaster, the Jinrui Bank robbers, and the Giant Dragon that had attacked the south of the city-the targets they had been trying to catch all this time were actually part of the same group?!

They absolutely could not let this group escape!

“Xun!” Zhao Xing said urgently. “I’ll contact Misaka Shirai and Su Tang right away!”

“In a situation like this, we’ll need a joint deployment by all three Magical Girl operatives!”