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Hong Siyu dragged out her tone as if contemplating, "The person who did this never planned to turn these people back, after all, they are just test subjects and fodder."
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"...Who is the person who did this?"

"You know, I can't say, senior."

"So, what exactly is your stance now?"

Emerald Sparrow's voice was somewhat stern, "Are you still a retired Magical Girl? An employee of the Abnormal Strategy Bureau? Or... have you already become one of Black Ash Dawn?"

After she asked the question, Hong Siyu's voice disappeared for a moment.

Moments later, she spoke up again, "Your question really breaks my heart, senior."

"In your eyes, am I someone who would turn traitor so easily? Having been a Magical Girl for ten years, to betray to such a disgusting organization and engage in vile deeds?"

Hong Siyu's voice carried a hint of discontent as if she was somewhat angry, "Even at this stage, I still thought of having you deal with the Remnant Beasts here. If I had really betrayed, why would I tell you this?"

"...Yes," Emerald Sparrow pursed her lips, her gaze flickering before she took a deep breath with a complicated expression, "I indeed shouldn't have doubted you."

"I can't tell you who did it, and it's not because I don't want to talk, but because I can't,"

Hong Siyu's voice was filled with a sense of grievance, "Otherwise, I would have told you about the ambush on Xiao Lu back then, why would I beat around the bush until now?"

"Xiao Lu? You mean that time at the Wetland Park? It started back then?"

Emerald Sparrow's speech paused, "That means, I indeed came too late."

"Not really late, rather you came too early, senior."

Hong Siyu suddenly laughed, "Don't you know the reason I told you to stay at home? You rushing over at this time, it kind of breaks my heart."

"If I don't come now, would I still be able to meet you?"

Emerald Sparrow asked, puzzled, "If I really delayed until later in the night, or even until tomorrow, you wouldn't have talked to me this much, right?"

"...That's also true." Hong Siyu sighed, "It's always good to talk a bit more, although I'd rather not chat with you, senior, under these circumstances. Wouldn't it have been nice to let my farewell in the elevator be the last one?"

"Just 'I'll leave it to you'? That kind of irresponsible crap?" Emerald Sparrow raised her voice and retorted, "You're content with dropping such a phrase and then leaving me to deal with this mess alone?"

"After all, I had no other choice." Hong Siyu laughed awkwardly, "You've seen it, I've botched it."

"There's still room for redemption." Emerald Sparrow stared at the shadows on the ground, murmuring, "There's still time, we still have a chance to make amends."

"Yeah, there's still time," Hong Siyu agreed, "Now, if we clear out all the monsters here and then go beat the culprit gloriously, everything still has a chance."

"That's not what I'm talking about."

"Senior, you should still have Ray-class combat power, right? Although winning might be a bit difficult... it does seem a bit far-fetched? But it doesn't matter, I believe in you, you always manage to work miracles."

"That's not what I'm talking about."

"Xiao Lu and the others have grown a lot by now, they shouldn't just be a drag anymore, right? Oh, maybe you'll have a surprise when you hurry to meet up with them? Hehe, I won't give away too much here."

"Hong Siyu." Emerald Sparrow started, her tone serious, "You know, I'm not talking about that."

"...But we must do as I have said, senior."

Hong Siyu's voice also grew softer, "Can you see it? There, in the center of the city."

Along with her voice, a ray of moonlight pierced the boundless darkness, illuminating the dim hall with silver-white light, and a glass curtain wall revealed its true form.

Outside the glass curtain wall lay the nightscape of Fangting City.

Even though it was separated by an incredibly vast distance, Emerald Sparrow could see a beam of purple-black light that rose from the ground to the sky, piercing the cloud layer, lighting it up as well.

By a rough estimate of the distance, the position of the light column was quite far from the Abnormal Strategy Bureau, but despite the distance, Emerald Sparrow could feel a thick sense of ill omen.

"...What is that?" Emerald Sparrow asked in an even tone.

"A Remnant Beast... perhaps?"

"Why a question?"

"Because compared to the usual Remnant Beasts, it might not be so pure."

"...What do you mean 'pure'?"

"You know, don't you, senior?"

Hong Siyu's voice was suppressing some kind of emotion, "What that Remnant Beast fed on to grow."

"...Are you involved in this?"

"I don't know."

"You don't know?"

"Yes." Hong Siyu replied softly, "This is the only thing I truly don't know, but I think that if I had known, I definitely wouldn't have done it."

Emerald Sparrow turned her face, looking at the distant purple-black light column, her expression somber. She knew that this light column was probably the result that Black Ash Dawn had gone to great lengths to achieve.

What Hong Siyu had mentioned, the issue of "what that Remnant Beast fed on to grow," they both knew the answer, but it was difficult for either of them to voice it.

Just before Bai An City's Spider died, it had told her that Black Ash Dawn was looking for "nourishment" for the Remnant Beasts, and this nourishment had no limits: they could be humans, other Remnant Beasts, Fairies, or even Magical Girls.