Urging for more updates, then turning into a magical girl.

Chapter 36 Public Execution

The screen displayed a first-person perspective.

The scene begins with a large platter of grilled meat. Directly in front of the camera, four beautiful and youthful magical girls are sitting around the grilled meat table, holding glasses filled with juice and beer.

"A toast to the future of 'Where the Stars Lie'!"

On the screen, Cheng Qi's voice could be heard.

Seeing this, the four magical girls standing in front of the control panel all smiled with relief.

They clearly remembered the significance of this barbecue.

After the war between the two worlds ended, the four of them returned to the material world with the leader, celebrating that everyone had survived this cruel meat grinder unscathed.

Those were the warmest moments in their memories.

"Great! This angle! That really is the Commander!" Yao Xing was the most excited, almost bursting into tears.

She wasn't the only one moved by this scene. Mo Ran Ying and Maya turned their heads at the same time, their gazes falling on the culture tank beside them.

The blue-haired girl floated there, her eyes closed, delicate and serene. The two magical girls looked at her with eyes overflowing with tenderness.

Although Basil, as the leader, appeared relaxed, she remained calm, unlike the others.

This result was expected.

However, what Basil really wanted to figure out was why the leader had specifically modified his body and then infiltrated the Crescent Moon's side.

"A single glance at the scene of reminiscing is enough."

Basil resumed typing, "Let's see what secrets the Commander is hiding..."

The images on the screen began to jump rapidly—

The scenes shifted rapidly, from the high-level conference room of the base to the dimly lit corridor, everything flashing by like a revolving lantern.

At one point, Basil pressed the pause button.

The first-person perspective in the video shows a right hand outstretched, tightly gripping a soft, snow-white object.

Looking up along this hand, what comes into view is Mo Ranying's flushed face, with tears of shyness and anger still glistening in the corners of her eyes.

"Feed—!!!"

Mo Ran Ying, who was still immersed in being moved, suddenly bristled and pounced on the control panel like a hungry tiger.

"Change it right now!!! Basil, you bastard!! Don't look at that memory!!!"

"Ahem... Well, it was an accident, purely an accident. I just pressed the wrong button..."

Although Basil apologized verbally, her eyes lingered on the screen for an extra half second before fast-forwarding the video again.

Behind her, Maya stared at Mo Ran Ying with disdain.

So, you're sneaking food behind my back, huh!

With a fast-forwarded blurry image, the scene finally reached the day the leader underwent physical modifications.

On the screen, Zhang Menglin's image appeared, and the person in the picture was clearly talking to her.

"The most efficient methods are often the cheapest. A killing machine without a soul is ultimately just an inanimate object with no limits. What I need to do is completely crush her spirit. Therefore, I will exert a long-term influence on her, allowing her to experience the greatness of our ideals from the depths of her soul!"

"That's why I chose a subtle, suggestive brainwashing method. Although it takes a long time, this way we can truly obtain a fallen magical girl who retains her own intelligence and potential for growth, yet genuinely accepts the organization! This is the true ultimate strike against justice!"

In the next scene, the field of view is lowered, and the leader becomes a blue dwarf.

"..."

The four people present all had black lines on their faces, and their foreheads were full of question marks.

No... is it really necessary for you, Commander, to personally go undercover for something like this?

You wouldn't just be looking for an excuse to become a beautiful girl, would you?

Or is there something about that magical girl named Crescent Moon that makes the Commander so concerned? That he needs to lower himself to become her maid, serving her tea and water every day to "influence" her?!

Suddenly, all four magical girls present felt a chill run down their spines as they realized something extremely terrifying.

—To command him… could it be that he has some other intention regarding that crescent moon?!

The thought that their leader was currently using such an adorable appearance to eat and live with that fox-spirit magical girl every day, and might even help warm her bed... instantly ignited a burning sense of jealousy and crisis in the four of them.

"Ahem...that."

Seeing the atmosphere gradually becoming somewhat dangerous, Maya swallowed hard and suggested in a low voice, "Now that we've confirmed through her memories that this is indeed the Commander... should we... release her from the incubation tank first?"

"Yeah, yeah..." Still angry, Mo Ranying quickly chimed in, her eyes darting around as she muttered under her breath, "It's such a shame we didn't brainwash Tong... Ah no! I mean it's great! Thank goodness we didn't reach that irreversible point, hahaha..."

Basil rolled her eyes at her, ignored her, and instead asked another question:

"...Alright, I admit she's the leader. But if we awaken the leader... what if she still wants to return to Crescent Moon's side?"

"...Oh, this."

Now, even Mo Ran Ying stammered.

Yes! What if he wakes up and flies into a rage, insisting on continuing her plan? As his subordinates, can they really stop him?

The entire laboratory fell into a tense, deathly silence.

Just then, Yao Xing, who had been silent all along, strode out from the crowd. She adjusted her white coat and straightened her chest.

"Can you guys please stop thinking about doing things that go too far!"

Yao Xing spoke sternly and righteously, taking the lead in accusing, "Baole! Mo Ranying! I can probably guess that you put the Commander into this device before because you wanted to secretly brainwash him, right? This is just too much!"

Hearing this righteous and stern rebuke, the honest Maya was immediately encouraged and nodded repeatedly in agreement:

"Exactly!"

Yao Xing continued to strike while the iron was hot:

"We all genuinely respect and like our leader! Of course, we cannot harbor such despicable and base thoughts as 'brainwashing our sweetheart'!"

"That's right!" Maya continued to nod frantically.

Seeing that the atmosphere was right, Yao Xing slowly turned around and looked at the culture jar containing the blue-haired girl.

"Think about it carefully. The four of us are 'Flower' level magical girls, after all. If we want to keep the Commander by our side, do we need to resort to 'brainwashing'? We can lock her in a room and take turns watching her. Now, do you think our delicate and powerless Commander can escape from our grasp?"

"That's right... eh?!"