Chapter 11: Good Dog

Oh ho, can’t keep going already?

Looking at Feng Zhiling, beaten so badly she could not get up again, Li Lu raised an eyebrow slightly.

She had not expected this magical girl, who specialized in close combat, to be so fragile. A few hours of beating and she ended up like this.

It had only been a few hours.

“With that, you still pull that bullying and isolation crap?”

She knew Feng Zhiling could still hear her, so she kept mocking.

“…”

Feng Zhiling did not answer Li Lu’s taunts. She just lay on the ground, breathing heavily.

“Tch, boring.”

Li Lu shook her reddened hands and stood up with a look of disgust.

“If you want revenge, I’m ready anytime.”

This one had not resisted at all, but damn, her body was really tough. Li Lu’s hands hurt from hitting her.

‘Heh heh, one down. Just you wait. These crazy magical girls, I’ll settle scores one by one!’

[ … ]

Li Lu stretched comfortably, ignoring Feng Zhiling on the ground, and turned to leave.

Hours had passed without her noticing. Since things had come to this, there was no need to go back to school for class.

Anyway, Mengjian Yue would ask for leave for her.

But just as Li Lu was about to leave, a strange aura began to gather.

“Hm?”

Li Lu stopped and looked toward the old school building.

“This is… such thick resentment.” She frowned slightly, a hint of surprise in her eyes.

The resentment gradually gathered together and formed a body.

The aggregate stood on four legs, like a mad dog, howling wildly at Li Lu.

“Grr!”

“Monster…” Li Lu raised an eyebrow and spoke softly.

A resentment aggregate was one of the most basic monsters, and also one of the hardest to deal with.

As long as enough resentment gathered, it would become strong enough. In essence, it was a monster with no upper limit.

Normally, the resentment lingering around the old school building could not form a monster like this.

There had to be a reason…

“Ugh…”

Just then, Feng Zhiling, whose transformation had already broken, let out a pained whimper.

She had not shown that kind of expression even when she was being beaten.

“So that’s it. Looks like our magical girl brought this on.”

Normally, the resentment here was not enough to form a resentment aggregate. It lacked a core subject that could decide everything.

Feng Zhiling’s resentment solved that problem.

Magical girls really were on another level.

Pure resentment alone could lead to this, let alone magical girls who, with a little guidance, would fall and become monsters.

“Heh heh.”

Li Lu curled her lips, laughing casually, as if mocking the very existence of magical girls.

“Guess I have to clean up this mess…”

Li Lu stood in front of Feng Zhiling, calmly watching the monster, with no intention of stepping back.

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“Ugh…”

It hurt so much… She had never been hit like this before.

But for some reason, even after being treated that way, Feng Zhiling felt no displeasure in her heart.

Instead… instead, she wished Li Lu would hit harder.

So strange… Why was she thinking that?

But if… if Li Lu could be a little harder…

Cough, no… that’s not right!

So strange. She should have passed out from exhaustion. Why did her whole body suddenly feel uncomfortable, as if her strength had been drained?

Feng Zhiling clawed at the ground, then barely opened her eyes.

Wait… what was that?!

A giant monster made of black smoke roared. Its crimson eyes were full of destructive desire, as if it could destroy everything with ease.

A monster?!

Why was there a monster?!

As a magical girl, Feng Zhiling naturally knew about monsters and had fought them countless times.

This was… a resentment monster, a monster formed from resentment!

But why did the monster’s aura feel so familiar? Like… herself?!

Could her complaints about Mengjian Yue just now have become the core of the resentment monster?

Damn it… As a magical girl, she had failed this badly!

Her transformation had been broken. She needed to re…

“Trans…”

She wanted to transform and deal with the monster, but her body was exhausted from the beating, and part of her power had been absorbed by the resentment monster. She could barely shout those two words, let alone transform.

Damn it, damn it!

What should she do? What could she do?

As a magical girl, was she supposed to watch a monster appear at school and be unable to do anything?

No… Li Lu? Where was Li Lu?!

Had the monster eaten her?

No… no… that absolutely could not happen.

She simply hated Li Lu and wanted to drive her out of school, away from Mengjian Yue.

But she had never wanted Li Lu dead.

If Li Lu died, and it was because of her, what would happen in the end?

…

There was no other way. She had to transform, or what would happen to Li Lu?

Feng Zhiling gritted her teeth and tried to get up, trembling.

But her body had already reached its limit. No matter how she struggled, strength would not return.

“What are you doing?”

A cold voice reached Feng Zhiling’s ears. She instinctively widened her eyes.

“Li…”

It was Li Lu. Li Lu was alive!

Great. Then all she had to do next was…

“You’re in the way. Just lie there.”

What answered Feng Zhiling’s excitement was Li Lu’s indifferent voice and a merciless kick.

“Ugh?!”

So painful!

At a time like this, Li Lu still wanted to hit her?!

How cruel…

An unnatural flush appeared on Feng Zhiling’s cheek. She stiffly raised her head and saw Li Lu standing calmly in front of her, not showing the slightest fear even in front of the monster.

But Li Lu should have been an ordinary person. Why was she so bold?

“Heh.”

Li Lu’s cold laugh reached Feng Zhiling’s ears clearly, no different from when she was hitting her. She did not put the monster in her eyes either.

For some reason, Feng Zhiling felt a little reassured.

Maybe… she could do it after all?

Her crimson eyes reflected Li Lu’s back, impossible to erase.

Under Li Lu’s kick, Feng Zhiling fell completely unconscious. Though unconscious, one thought echoed in her heart.

Is she… protecting me?

Li Lu had no idea what Feng Zhiling was thinking. She simply found her annoying.

The black smoke dog formed from resentment howled and pounced.

Li Lu slightly raised her eyes and casually lifted her arm, as if she had a way to deal with it.

Then…

…

“Good dog, good dog! Such a good boy!”

Li Lu smiled and scratched the black smoke dog’s chin. The dog affectionately nuzzled Li Lu, as if it were just an ordinary dog.

[ …? ]

“Heh heh. All right, good dog, come with me.”

Li Lu curled her lips, eyes narrowing slightly, like a mysterious mastermind.

She gently grasped the dog’s head, and the black smoke dog turned into an invisible wisp of smoke and was taken away by Li Lu.

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