I really don't want to be a magical girl anymore

Chapter 12 【】Open the door!Check the water meter!
At about [-]:[-] in the middle of the night, the exhausted Zuo Yue returned home.

When she opened the door, she found that there was no light in the room, and it was pitch black. She wondered if her brother had already fallen asleep.

So, without making any noise, she tiptoed towards her room.

Walking halfway, she suddenly felt that someone was hugging her tightly. The inexplicable attack made Zuo Yue very panicked. Just about to scream, the light in the room was turned on. Zuo Yue saw her tired face and bloodshot eyes. , Zuo Cang, who looked extremely decadent, gradually turned into a puzzled voice: "Brother...Brother?"

In the quiet and not bright room, Zuo Cang hugged Zuo Yue into his arms with all his strength, fearing that the lovely person in his arms would suddenly disappear one day, he was still carefully rubbing Zuo Yue's soft hair with his face, feeling Seeing the breath of his sister's real existence, after a while, he said: "Why did you come back now, do you know how worried my brother is?"

After all, Zuo Yue has always been a good girl with strict tutoring. She goes to school and returns home on time every day. It is rare for such a thing to disappear for a whole day.

Zuo Yue also understood that her behavior of skipping class today was a bit too much, she rarely resisted the skin-to-skin relationship between siblings as in the past, but just hugged her brother in the same way.

She doesn't want her brother to worry about her own safety, and she also understands that if she tells the story of her narrow escape today, according to her brother's character, she must be forbidden to be a magical girl no matter what, and if the problem is serious, he will lock herself up Confinement, so Zuo Yue lied: "I skipped class today to go to the Internet cafe to play games, and I forgot the time while playing. I'm sorry, I came back late."

Zuo Cang was taken aback for a moment, showed a wry smile, and mercilessly exposed the lie. Could he not know where Zuo Yue went today?
"Lie. Do you think my brother doesn't know you're lying? You must have been tricked by that Miyou into being some kind of magical girl. I've told you many times, don't envy those magical girls on TV. Magical girls It can only bring misfortune."

Zuo Yue felt a little uncomfortable, knowing that Zuo Cang hated magic girls very much, which made Zuo Yue more determined not to tell his brother about dangerous things.

"Sure enough, I can't hide it from my brother. Ahaha. I'm going to be a magical girl today..."

As soon as the conversation changed, Zuo Yue raised her head from her embrace, and she smiled dryly: "However, I was doing odd jobs on the sidelines. After all, such a big thing happened in Xinmu City today, even the reserve team has to go to help, and I will save It’s really a pleasure to help others.”

Zuo Yue emphasized it again.

"I was really just doing odd jobs on the sidelines, responsible for evacuating the crowd, and I didn't fight the cursed beast."

And Zuo Cang was not going to continue to entangle in this topic, he just calmly watched Zuo Yue who was desperately trying to explain something.

Opened his mouth slowly.

"From now on, don't allow cram schools after school. My brother will also cancel the interest classes for you to learn dancing and piano on Saturdays and Sundays."

"Hey?"

Now it's Zuo Yue's turn to show a dazed expression, as if she didn't understand the meaning of Zuo Cang's words, she stammered and asked: "Brother, don't you always say that you want me to win at the starting line... Don't go to cram school, don't you... ...No...can't get into a good high school or university?"

Zuo Cang has always poured too much emotion into Zuo Yue, just like every dull and inarticulate old father in the Celestial Dynasty, he always wants to give his children what he thinks is the best and most correct, and let them learn from it. Choose, never care whether the child doesn't like any choice.

"As long as you go to school and listen carefully to the lectures and understand the contents of the book carefully, how can your grades decline? The cram school is only for the purpose of consolidating your knowledge points, so it doesn't matter if you don't attend. If you really want to be a magical girl, you'd better not skip class anymore , after school, think about these things. Okay?"

This topic surprised Zuo Yue, she never thought that her brother who usually disciplined her any behavior would actually have a day to fully support her, Zuo Yue quickly nodded in agreement, for fear that her brother would regret it.

"That's it. You've been busy all day, and it's time to go to bed. You can't pretend to be sick tomorrow."

Zuo Cang let go of his younger sister, gave some advice, and returned to his room with his back supported.

When the lights in her brother's room were turned on, Zuo Yue began to look at this familiar yet strange home.

She found that there were several more cans of beer on the coffee table in the living room, and the ashtray was also full of slightly burnt cigarette butts.

Zuo Yue thought about it, her brother really had a strange smell just now, obviously he never drank alcohol ordinarily, and definitely never smoked...

"Brother. Why does it seem like a different person?"

At this time, Zuo Yue also noticed something, she half sat on the carpet, and muttered to herself: "I didn't say anything about what happened to me, obviously there was an accident in the company."

The next morning.

The alarm clock at seven o'clock woke up Zuo Yue, she walked out of the room in a daze, lack of sleep time, Zuo Yue yawned continuously.

He opened his eyes and found that there was another person in the room.

To be more precise, this is the first time Zuo Yue saw her brother in the morning these days.

My brother in an apron and private clothes is cooking a hot breakfast in the kitchen.

Zuo Yue didn't dare to confirm if she was hallucinating, so she asked in a low voice: "Brother?"

"Are you awake? Wait a minute, it will be fine soon."

As if nothing happened, Zuo Cang returned to his usual state, and he brought breakfast from the kitchen with a gentle smile.

Seeing Zuo Yue still staring blankly at the same spot, Zuo Cang put on a straight face and said, "What are you doing stupidly if you don't wash your hands?"

"Oh yes yes yes."

Zuo Yue, who came back from washing her face, sat at the dining table, still a little unsure if her brother had been taken away by someone, why did she suddenly change her temperament.

Cautiously asked: "Brother, today seems a little strange..."

The turned-on LCD TV in the living room was still playing as the background sound, and the morning news was playing at this time.

The serious female anchor read the news in a serious tone.

"After a day and a night of hard work by the magical girls, all the cursed beasts were wiped out. According to the latest statistics, the area and number of victims of this emergency incident are the largest in history. After holding relevant meetings and jointly with the ESO organization, a special case investigation team was quickly formed to conduct a comprehensive and detailed investigation of the scene of the crime, and the investigation team announced that it would definitely uncover the truth of the case investigation and bring any criminals to justice.”

"The Magical Girl Administration (Magical Management Bureau) issued an official notice to posthumously award the first-class Medal of Honor to the magical girl Baige who died heroically in this incident, and the immediate family members of the magical girl Baige enjoy martyr treatment. According to the wishes of the family members, the original The memorial service scheduled for seven days later has been cancelled. At present, the body of the magical girl Baige has been cremated."

Zuo Cang listened to the content of the morning news, a trace of complicated emotions flashed in his eyes, and he quickly regained his composure. He asked curiously: "It's nothing, it's just that something happened in the company, and my brother is going to find a new job. So in this paragraph I can finally have a good rest at home during the time, so what's the matter?"

"It's nothing, it's just that I'm not used to it."

After hearing about Senior White Pigeon, Zuo Yue couldn't help but clenched her fists, and also acted as if nothing happened, just took a sip of hot soup and gossiped about her parents.

"However, it's not bad..."

Afterwards, Zuo Yue quickly wiped out her own breakfast, changed into her daily school uniform, picked up her backpack, and prepared to set off for school.

After stepping out of the room, she waved goodbye to her brother, "Miyou is still waiting for me, I can't delay any longer. I'm leaving first, bye."

Waiting for the girl carrying the schoolbag to disappear from sight, until the trot all the way down the stairs, and even the voice disappeared, the smile on Zuo Cang's face slowly disappeared, sighing, he picked up his spare old mobile phone, and complained His own impulsiveness, why would he punish himself with other people's mistakes? That's the mobile phone he just bought.

Turning on the phone, Wei O's work group completely exploded. The company has decided to disband and reorganize, and the reorganization will take at least half a year. Many people have lost their jobs, including Zuo Cang.

During the so-called mid-life crisis, Zuo Cang's career and family suffered setbacks, he lost his job, and his relationship with his younger sister could not be recovered completely, leaving only a tired body, still alive.

At this time, the cell phone rang suddenly, it was an unfamiliar number from the capital.

It may be that the ESO people have come to find themselves.

Zuo Cang thought about it and chose to connect.

A familiar greeting came from the other end of the phone, it was a hearty mature female voice.

"Hey, Cang Yan. How are you doing recently?"

There are not many people who know Zuo Cang's real identity, even in ESO, there are only a few high-level people who can grasp the specific information related to Cang Yan.

Therefore, most of Zuo Cang also knew them, listening to the voice, Zuo Cang was enough to know who was calling him.

Magical girl Hong Feng.

The relationship between Zuo Cang and Hong Feng is not bad, and they always joked with each other before, so they are infinitely close to bad friends.

It's just that since Zuo Cang retired, he actively chose to cut off all social interactions with magical girls, and he hadn't contacted them for four or five years, so he almost didn't recognize the voice when he first heard the voice.

"Hongfeng, you contacted me privately without authorization, and you are not afraid of punishment from the old men of the Magic Management Bureau."

Hearing the voice of an acquaintance from the past, Zuo Cang inevitably felt nostalgic, and a sincere smile appeared on his face.

"The old things have exploded gold coins a long time ago, and now it's my turn to take care of them."

Hong Feng's tone was so triumphant that she wanted to show off.

Unlike Zuo Cang, who gave up on himself, Hongfeng has directly entered the system by virtue of her achievements and honors in the magical girl period. Coupled with her own outstanding ability and network resources accumulated over the years, Hongfeng has been promoted step by step, and she can be regarded as the current celebrity in the capital. one.

"At the end of the day, it's your own fault. You say you're going to retire, so why rush to the headquarters of ESO and the Magic Management Bureau to threaten those old men. They can't eat well, sleep well, and worry all day long. Fortunately, , That’s you, if you were someone else, I’m afraid you wouldn’t even be able to get out of the headquarters building, you’d have died a dozen times already.”

"Oh, I'm young and ignorant, and I did that kind of stupid thing on the spur of the moment. I don't need to mention the dark history of the past."

Zuo Cang really didn't want to stay on this topic any longer, and asked Hong Feng why he called, but he didn't remember telling Hong Feng what his new phone number was.

"Huh? Haven't you heard? It should be on the news recently, saying that an investigation team is about to be formed. In fact, I am the team leader of the investigation team now, so I won't go around in circles. If you have anything, you can treat me Just say anything."

"Are you tipping off the news? I have nothing to do with what happened yesterday, so don't make wild guesses. Also, what happened yesterday was clearly a cursed beast disaster. ESO should be responsible for it. There is nothing wrong with the Magic Management Bureau."

"Hey, with my many years of experience, I found a rule that any seemingly complicated big event will go around and come back to you in the end. Although I haven't grasped the specific details of this herd event yet, my My intuition tells me that it is absolutely not wrong to shoot you."

A playful laugh came from the other end of the phone, which made Zuo Cang roll his eyes.

"As for why the Magic Management Bureau is responsible for this incident? It's a long story. In short, according to the information we have, this incident is not an ordinary cursed beast disaster, but involves the deceased magician. Girl Tianting, it can even be said that this is a huge accident caused by a magical girl. During the meeting last night, the director and I were criticized in public, saying that we don’t know whether people are dead or not, which is a serious dereliction of duty. So in order to redeem the crime, we Volunteering to be the team leader of the investigation team is definitely not because you are too tired from sitting in the office all year round and want to go out to relax."

ESO and the Magic Management Bureau belong to similar but completely different departments. One is external and the other is internal, one is responsible for contact and elimination, and the other is responsible for management and operation. office.

As a former magical girl, Hongfeng still longs to go to the front line.

"Well, there is indeed a little bit of selfishness. Just a little bit."

"Then, Mr. Hongfeng, the leader of the investigation team, what do you want me to do all the time? It's not that you really came to inform me. Let me run away quickly."

"On the contrary, I'm here to pull you into the investigation team."

"I'm sorry, I can't do it. I've retired, and I won't transform again. I can't help you. I have nothing to do. I'll hang up first."

"Don't you think about it and refuse it in person? It doesn't give you face. Let me tell you, I am now under ten thousand people, above one person, and I hold the power. I will come to check your water meter every minute."

"Really? I don't believe it. You're in the capital and I'm in Xinmu City. Could it be that your hand can reach as long as a thousand miles?"

Zuo Cang scolded her lightly, his finger was far away in the mid-air of the screen, and he was about to hang up the phone.

Until, there was a loud bang.

The door of the house was kicked open, and under the bright sunshine, a sunny and cheerful young woman appeared outside the door.

She was wearing a black peaked cap and wide-brimmed sunglasses, a red coat and a loose T-shirt, and skinny jeans that outlined the beautiful curves of her legs. The young woman shook the phone she was talking with and smiled.

"Open the door! I'm here to check the water meter!"

(End of this chapter)