My brother couldn't be a corrupted magical girl.

Chapter 29 Suspect

Meeting Room of Yeqiu City Abyss Processing Security Bureau

This is a department that almost no one knows about. Unlike the Magical Girls Bureau (Judgment Bureau), which is famous and full of beautiful girls fighting on the front lines and attracting countless fans, no one knows what it does or where it is.

However, its role is no less important than the mission of the Magical Girls Headquarters. In fact, in the shadows, its reputation is sometimes even greater in the Abyss and among the Witch Organizations.

Because it is responsible for the safety of all the people in Yeqiu City, it not only faces the abyssal monsters, but also the witches in the witch organization, and it is also responsible for the logistics of the magical girls.

In the solemn conference room

A group of people sat around a conference table.

These people included both men and women, and most of them were dressed in uniform. However, a small number of them were dressed in clothing from other departments and all looked very young, around twenty or thirty years old.

A 70-inch LCD screen was placed at the front, and the projector was showing a photo of the location where Bai Yuze lost control a few days ago.

There are many photos taken at the scene, and the scenes appear extremely bloody and chaotic.

Unfortunately, there were no photos of the murderer, and there were no security cameras at the scene; any that were there were destroyed. It is precisely because of this that so many thugs and hooligans gathered there.

When Chen Yuyi, the person in charge of Dongguan City and Tianxin District, arrived, almost everyone had already arrived.

"I'm very sorry, something came up at school and I was delayed."

In the past, Chen Yuyi, the person in charge of the arbitration panel, often wore a brown, high-necked trench coat when attending meetings.

Her long, jet-black hair was tied up, her eyes were like stars, and she wore a gentle smile.

It was a smile that suggested he knew everything, and the person looked incredibly shrewd.

Chen Yuyi's face was slightly flushed and she was slightly out of breath. Her hair was casually tied up and was covered in chalk dust. She was wearing a bright green dress.

She looked like she had just finished class and hadn't had time to change before rushing over.

"It's alright. We understand that Captain Chen is busy with his teaching duties. After all, this kind of thing was originally our responsibility, and it's our fault for dragging you into it now."

The elderly man at the head of the group was all smiles. He had a square face, slightly graying temples, a high nose, and was wearing a gray Zhongshan suit. His aged forehead was full of wrinkles, and he looked like a very kind and approachable bureau chief.

"Not at all, not at all. It's only right that various departments in Yeqiu City cooperate and help each other."

Chen Yuyi spoke politely, but found a corner of the conference table.

Clearly, she was just there to make a brief appearance.

"Are all the judges this arrogant?"

A tall, slender woman dressed in a pale yellow dress looked at the woman who had arrived late with some resentment, muttering complaints under her breath.

"They, the Arbiters, are often on the front lines fighting against the monsters, risking their lives. It's no wonder they're a little arrogant."

Peng Liang was positioned at the front center of the conference table, making him a pillar of Ye Qiu City.

"You make it sound like we're not working ourselves to the bone."

When the beautiful woman heard Peng Liang speak up for the arbitrator, she complained much less, but her soft, snow-white arms leaned slightly against the man beside her.

"Ahem, mind your image."

Seeing the old director's increasingly grim expression, Peng Liang quickly put the small hand off his shoulder and sat up straight.

The old director shifted his gaze back and gestured to the staff member next to him to start playing the projector.

With everyone present, the meeting officially began.

The photos projected on the screen showed the three people whose heads had been severed by the Demoness, Phantom Butterfly.

The victim's information is displayed below:

"Huang Jincan, 29 years old, is a social idler who loves gambling. He lost his house and his wife ran away with their son."

"Peng Cheng, 25 years old, dropped out of school after junior high school and has been involved in fights for many years."

"Hu Wenxin, 19 years old, a left-behind child, often hangs out with Huang Jincan and others."

"·····"

During the meeting, the crowd was abuzz with discussion.

As uniformed personnel explained the case, Chen Yuyi yawned below. She would avoid taking on such murder cases if possible.

Putting aside the possibility of causing psychological trauma to the magical girls, what will they do if they encounter such situations? If someone with ulterior motives takes the photos out of context and reports that the magical girls are hurting people, it will be another troublesome matter.

Such things have happened before, but the conflicts were covered up after the invasion of the calamity beasts.

That's what she thought, and that's what she did.

Throughout the entire meeting, he didn't utter a single word, spending the whole time wearing Bluetooth headphones and slacking off...

However, she also caught glimpses of the meeting's content.

After all, this coincides somewhat with the time when Bai Youqing was attacked a few days ago.

The speaker was a young man named Peng Liang. He had clearly spoken on stage more than once before; his pronunciation was clear and natural, and his voice was loud and clear but not noisy, so that everyone in the conference room could hear him clearly.

"Based on the clues collected at the scene, the footprints are size 38, indicating the murderer is about 1.6 meters tall; the steps are short, the footprints are small, the distance between the footprints is often irregular, the walking route is often winding, indicating a young age; the gait is very disordered, and the distance between the footprints is uneven, indicating that the perpetrator may be exhausted or injured."

The footprints were mixed with mud, and on summer and autumn nights, the footprints left in the first half of the night often had traces of insects crawling on them.

Footprints left in the middle of the night are often indistinct due to the dampness and cracked soil. Based on the depth of the footprints, the perpetrator was most likely a woman or a girl before the murder.

The knife wounds on the victim's body were cut very cleanly, something that an ordinary person could not have done.

Therefore, I speculate that the murderer in this incident is most likely a witch, but this is only my personal deduction and requires more evidence to prove it.

After speaking, Peng Liang sat down amidst the admiring gaze of the woman beside him.

"After the Abyss Demonesses disappeared, their whereabouts also vanished, but now they have reappeared."

"The Villainess Witch, those disgusting magical girls have reappeared?"

Upon hearing this, the conference room instantly became noisy again, and a few people glanced at the woman sitting in the corner with very subtle eyes. However, none of this escaped the notice of Chen Yuyi, who was hiding in the corner and doing nothing.

Chen Yuyi's expression remained calm, showing neither surprise nor joy. However, the elderly man at the head of the group wasn't about to let her slack off any longer and asked, "Little Chen, what are your thoughts on this matter?"

As the old man asked his question, everyone's attention at the meeting turned to the person in charge of the arbitration.

"On the day the murder occurred, a monster invasion happened on Changhong Road. We, the Arbitrators, arrived at the scene immediately after receiving the news. The monster then fled to the wetland park."

"Captain Chen, are you implying that the Arbitrators did this?"

"Let me finish. That adjudicator was a highly talented newcomer, with strength roughly at the Seed-Born level. He was more than capable of dealing with a [Meteor] calamity beast. When he chased them to the wetland park, he discovered it was a trap. There was also a [Fallen Sun] Abyss Listener hiding over there."

When my other two team members arrived, the newcomer was already unconscious, and both monsters were dead. Shortly after their return, the murder occurred in Guancheng District, Yeqiu City. I then contacted the captains of the magical girls in the nearby districts, but they hadn't been deployed recently.

"The only magicians currently registered at Qiuyuan No. 1 Middle School who can quickly deal with the [Meteor] Disaster Beast and the [Sunfall] Abyss Listener within five or six minutes are myself and the vice-captain, Violet Magician, who hasn't reported for duty yet."

"The Violet Mage? I remember she was active on the front lines during the early to mid-stages of the Third Black Tide Crisis, but she suddenly disappeared without a trace after the appearance of the Disaster Beast Titan."

The old director pondered for a moment, then quickly remembered the little girl-like mage; her physical features were too obvious.

At the meeting, the old director stopped the topic, "Ahem, everyone quiet down, I've seen Violet Magic before, um... the physical characteristics don't match those of a murderer."

Sitting to the side, Peng Liang quickly displayed the Violet Mage's appearance on the multimedia screen.

In the screen,

Her large, clear, dark eyes, soft, full red lips, beautifully smooth cheeks, and flawless, rosy skin, along with her bright, star-like eyes that sparkled with kindness and liveliness, made her even more captivating.

She wore an exquisite light purple magical dress, with long light purple hair cascading over her shoulders. She had a delicate and lovely appearance, with red lips and white teeth.

The skirt and shoulder armor, composed of blooming violet flowers, perfectly showcased her fair figure, while light white stockings, as thin as water, encased her slender and long legs.

She was an absolutely stunning beauty, a woman of unparalleled beauty.

However, after taking a few glances, those at the scene understood why they said the other party was unlikely to be a murder suspect.

The height difference is too great; the other person looks like a little girl who has just started junior high school.

Chen Yuyi fell silent after reading it. Was this the deputy captain assigned to her by her superiors?

Okay, okay, is this how you play it?

Who exactly is the captain of Jianlan No. 1 Squadron?

Or the director of the childcare center...

She looked away and glanced around, noticing that many people were still staring at her. Chen Yuyi knew that even if she hadn't brought it up earlier, many people at the scene suspected that the arbitrator might have done it.

Having just dealt with the monster, the magical girl was walking home alone when she encountered these scumbags harassing her. In a moment of weakness, she lost control and killed them all.

During the Kuroshio Crisis, such things happened quite often, but the authorities mostly turned a blind eye. There was indeed no need to show mercy when dealing with social scum.

Special times call for special measures.

But now that the Kuroshio crisis has ended, some contradictions have inevitably resurfaced.

I just didn't say it out of consideration for her.

Since that's the case, it's better to let her bring it up herself. Most importantly, it wasn't done by her subordinates, and she doesn't want to take the blame for it.

The old director seemed to sense Chen Yuyi's dissatisfaction and smiled helplessly.

"Yes, thank you for your kindness, Xiao Chen. I'll check with my superiors first to see if they've sent any more adjudicators to help. We won't let any of you adjudicators who are fighting on the front lines be wronged."

"Then I thank Director Bai on behalf of those young girls."

"Sigh, we should be thanking you for putting a group of young girls who should be studying hard at school at the forefront."

With the misunderstanding cleared up, both sides looked quite pleased. The bureau chief confirmed that the incident had nothing to do with the magical girls from Yeqiu City's Sword Orchid Squad, and Chen Yuyi successfully cleared the magical girls of suspicion, preventing them from being tainted by this filth.

Chen Yuyi was in a good mood after resolving the magical girl's absence.

I also sent the latest warning from the meeting to the group chat, telling those girls not to go there recently.

This witch organization's cleanup work is not within the jurisdiction of their adjudicators, but rather within the jurisdiction of the old man who just greeted her.

She really didn't expect that Bai Youqing would cause trouble wherever she went.

I just said I didn't want to go there, and the other person is already having fun there. You know, that girl's Green Ivy Star is still with me.

There was nothing she could do but send the other two girls over quickly, and also call the deputy captain who hadn't reported for duty yet, just in case anything went wrong.

If the bureau chief hadn't been there, she would have flown there herself.

The meeting continued, covering a wide range of topics, and lasted for half the night.

Until a phone call came in,

The old director's expression changed slightly after receiving the call, and he looked at Chen Yuyi, who was preparing to slack off, with a wry smile.

"Xiao Chen, it seems that not only our Security Bureau is going to be busy lately, but your adjudication team also has things to do."

"Director, what do you mean?" Chen Yuyi's expression turned serious, and she began to take things seriously.

"Near Zhanfa Avenue Second Village, the special police officers and police cars have all disappeared. The four thugs are now just a pile of bones in an open space not far away."

Based on the samples extracted from the scene, it is believed to be one of the subordinate creatures of the Abyss Demoness, a golden slime known as "Love of the Abyss".

Here, I sincerely hope you can rescue those guards. I beg you.

"Don't worry, we'll see him alive or dead. Leave this to us."

Chen Yuyi took the missing persons information from the woman in the yellow dress, flipped through a few pages, frowned, and returned to Yeqiu No. 1 Middle School with a troubled mood.

I originally thought today was just a simple formality, but unexpectedly another side quest was revealed.

Why are the abyssal beasts and witches appearing so frequently lately...?