Get off work and become a magical girl

Chapter 25 Tumi
It was the day of Anya's funeral.

Dark clouds were in the sky, the wind was blowing cold, and the misty drizzle was pattering.

Lin Yun was holding a black umbrella, without squinting, and he didn't know he was stepping on the puddles.The lonely umbrella flutters in the wind, like a black mandala.

Water splashed from under the leather shoes and splashed all over the ground. He looked forward, and there was a woman waiting for him.

She was standing in the rain without an umbrella, and the rain was blowing on her body with the slanting wind and flowing down her hair.

The woman was probably in her 20s, and because it was a funeral, she was wearing a black women's suit.Her facial lines are somewhat tough, making her look quite heroic.

Seeing Lin Yun approaching, she raised her head, a few water marks remained on her pale face.

"sorry."

She muttered, her voice hoarse: "We are late."

Lin Yun didn't say anything.

He didn't know what to say, or maybe it wasn't "I'm sorry" that he wanted to hear.

Everyone who knew Anya first said sorry. Everyone seemed to take the fault of Anya's death on themselves. More importantly, their sorrow was real.

However, if Anya's death was their fault, then who was the murderer who killed her?Faced with nothingness, what is the self who can only apologize helplessly?
Apologizing after meeting like this, who should he confide his emotions that have nowhere to vent?
At 16 he might cry, at 26 he might cry.He is over 30 years old, and as the only remaining owner of the family, he has no room for tears in front of his daughter and all the guests.

The only thing left is silence, and it can only be silence. After all, even if you say a word, you may choke. How can he speak?
Just because he doesn't speak, doesn't mean the woman in front of him won't continue talking.

"We trusted too much, relied on Senpai Sakura...or we underestimated the enemy too much, so that we slackened."

The woman clenched her fists, her face full of remorse: "As usual, she said 'one person can handle it', so that we don't have to participate, we all thought that there would be no accidents for a magical girl as powerful as her, and it turned out but……"

Stop talking.

Lin Yun really wanted to tell him this, he didn't want to hear how Anya died, but he knew that it was impossible.

"When we arrived, Sakura-senpai had already been... and the enemy fled right in front of us."

Her voice was getting lower and lower, and her emotions were low: "I'm sorry, we couldn't do anything, it didn't work at all, and as her companion, I was a sinner."

The sound of rain is still there.

Lin Yun took a step forward and walked towards the woman.

The woman stood still, but clenched her hands tighter and closed her eyes.

As a comrade-in-arms but letting her companions go, or the senior who took good care of her and died alone, such a despicable act, even if it is normal for her family to be violent, she is already prepared.

But Lin Yun didn't do that.

He just stretched the umbrella over her head, hugged her gently, and patted her on the shoulder.

"Don't blame yourself, you have done your best, Tumi."

He spoke, although his voice was dry and his expression was indifferent, but he was gentle: "Next, just do what you should do."

The woman called Tumi stood under the umbrella, she opened her eyes wide and was stunned for a while, then tears welled up in her eyes: "Cornflower..."

"Don't say it."

Lin Yun shook his head and interrupted her: "I don't like that code name."

"...Then, Senior Delphinium."

Tumi tried her best to hold back her sobbing, covered her mouth and remained silent for a while.After a long time, he took a deep breath, looked at Lin Yun, and kept his words steady: "No, Mr. Lin Yun."

"We are planning to leave Fangting City."

Obviously, this sentence is what she really wants to convey.

Lin Yun moved his fingers, but there was still no expression on his face, he just nodded: "When?"

"Should be this week."

Tears were still falling on Tumi's face, so she stretched out her hand to wipe them away: "Although the enemy was allowed to escape, we can also judge from its appearance and action logic that the one who killed Senior Sakura was not a beast, or at least Not just beasts."

Not just beasts.

This sentence attracted Lin Yun's attention.

"Behind this incident, it should be related to a mysterious organization that the country has been pursuing. They seem to have some means of cooperating with the beast."

Tumi sniffed, and a resolute look gradually appeared in her red eyes: "So we will join the special investigation team organized by the Investigation Institute, and follow the murderers' footsteps to find them out."

"...is it dangerous?" Hearing some hidden meaning from her words, Lin Yun lowered his eyes and asked.

"It seems to be. It seems to be the investigation team with the most severely reduced staff in the investigation institute."

Grinning, Tumi squeezed out a somewhat ugly smile: "But, if we don't do this, I'm afraid we won't be able to face ourselves again."

"After we leave, new sowers will come to Fangting City. It will elect new magical girls, and newcomers will protect the city. It's time for us old people who have not served much time to give up their positions."

"There is also Senior Chao Yan... She has retired for many years, and her real name is Hong Siyu now. As a staff member of the Different Strategy Bureau, she will also come to Fangting City through transfer."

She rambled a bit, item by item, listing as much as she could know.

Lin Yun listened to her talk for a long time, did not express his opinion, nor interrupted her.

"I wish you all the best."

It wasn't until she finished speaking that Lin Yun nodded and handed the umbrella to Tumi: "Take it and go."

Tumi didn't answer.

She looked at Lin Yun, smiled bitterly, and shook her head.

After staring at each other for a long time, Lin Yun understood what she meant. He silently put away the umbrella, took a deep look at Tumi, and turned to leave.

"...Mr. Lin Yun, there is no need to respond to what I said next."

However, when he took two steps, Tumi's voice came from behind him.

This time, there was some kind of hesitation in her voice: "After I applied to join the task force, someone found me, claiming to be a subordinate officer of Lord Chrysanthemum Cat Eye."

Hearing the name from Tumi's mouth, Lin Yun's pupils shrank slightly.

But Tumi said that there was no need to respond, so he didn't look back, but just listened quietly with his back.

"She told me that this matter is very far-reaching now. In fact, just this week, an adult certified by the flower card disappeared during the investigation. So let me convey to you a sentence from the golden-green cat's eye:"

——"'Think clearly about what you are carrying now, and don't do impulsive things'."

After these words, there were no more voices behind him.

Realizing that this was a sign of the end, Lin Yun paused on the spot for a long time, and finally followed Tumi's words, still did not make any reaction, just stepped forward and left.

After he left, a light yellow magic power erupted from an uninhabited corner, and a faint rainbow light rushed into the sky under the cover of rain.

A year later, Tumi joined the extra-staff investigation team of the Investigation Institute, and encountered an unknown enemy during an investigation operation.

After the fierce battle, in order to protect the information sent out safely, she voluntarily cut off her rear and died in Binhai City.

After her death, her teammates from Fangting City took her place and started a new round of investigation.

It's just about this, Lin Yun still doesn't know.

(End of this chapter)