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"Sia, you were a little reckless in this matter, giving away the equipment for testing magical girl aptitude so easily."
However, Alicia shook her head.
"Only in this way can we reach a unified cooperation with other countries to deal with the witches as soon as possible, and quickly find girls with magical girl talents. Otherwise, it will be difficult for us to find other magical girls quickly on our own."
Alicia turned to look at Muirses, her azure eyes as clear and bright as the sky.
The girl's expression was somewhat complicated.
"Besides, only in this way can the rules be set from the very beginning."
Both Muirsey and Emilia understood what Alicia meant by the rules.
Giving away the crystal flower used to detect magical girls' talents also means telling all nations that they can research magical girls' powers, but only openly and under the watchful eyes of Alicia and her friends. If any clandestine research is discovered, Alicia will not be so lenient.
It is undeniable and inevitable that nations around the world covet the power of magical girls and witches.
The power of witches is not so easy to study, but the power of magical girls is not so easy to study.
Moreover, Alicia also wanted to promote the existence of magic. She knew that she didn't actually have the power to stop countries from exploring and researching the power of magical girls, but Alicia wanted to, and tried her best to, allow girls with magical girl talents to receive normal and formal research.
This is also what gives Muerseth a headache. It's hard to say that Alicia's actions are wrong, and Muerseth can't really object. However, there are still experiments on magical girl powers being conducted in secret, which is why Muerseth decided to create Rhine Lab.
Human nations will undoubtedly study the power of magical girls. Without the crystal flower provided by Alicia for testing, the result will simply be that human nations secretly search for and study the power of magical girls. But what kind of experiments those girls with magical girl talents will undergo at that time is hard to say.
Those girls with a conscience are simply volunteers for a normal experiment.
Anyone with a conscience would use those girls as experimental subjects.
Those heartless people are simply guinea pigs.
Muirsey herself studied biology and often conducted biological experiments, although not in the animal field but in the plant field, but in essence, there is not much difference.
Alicia and the others tacitly skipped the question of humans researching the power of magical girls, and instead discussed how to teach the increasing number of magical girls.
However, Alicia and Muirsey disagree on this issue.
"Don't think of humans as so dark!" Alicia found it hard to accept Muirse's direct revelation of the world's true nature to the magical girls.
What constitutes the darkness of humanity is something many young girls cannot even imagine!
"Don't think of humans as so wonderful!" Muels retorted. Alicia's idea was to make magical girls believe in the beauty of humanity and the world, and fight for all that is good.
Emilia remained calm, took a moment to make herself a cup of coffee, and while sipping her coffee, watched Alicia and Muirses argue, and incidentally continued writing her reading notes.
When the aroma of coffee caught the attention of Alicia and Muirses, they immediately quieted down, their previous argument completely gone.
What should we eat tonight?
"Do you want to eat out or cook at home?"
"There's still plenty of time, no need to rush."
The three girls were chatting in a friendly, soft voice.
"Sia, where are your notes? Aren't you going to write anything?" Muirsey asked leisurely, taking a bite of a snack cookie.
"Hmm, didn't Amy say we should go to university together?"
Alicia, like a little hamster, had her cheeks stuffed with snacks before replying.
But Emilia and Muirse both gave Alicia a cute eye roll.
"...Are you planning to go to university if you fail your exams?" Emilia asked helplessly.
"Hmm..." Alicia was caught in a dilemma, her eyes darting around.
"And then people call you a pretty face?" Muirsey chuckled softly.
"What? Am I just a pretty face?" Alicia blushed and lowered her head.
Chapter 373 Discussion
At the end of November, ten days after the death of the Witch of Reason, Alicia and her friends, who had just returned home from school, saw a familiar face standing next to a car waiting in front of their house.
The young woman named Lily smiled politely at them.
Having already received prior notice, Alicia wasn't surprised and got into the car with Muirsey and Emilia.
Just a few days ago, Alicia and the others received a call from Lily, who wanted to arrange a time to discuss in detail some matters concerning the Moscow incident.
[It's pretty slow.] In the secret communication that Alicia and the others established through magic, Muelseth's voice reached Alicia and Emilia's ears, while in reality, Muelseth was still silently writing notes.
[The Mu Continent should be gathering all the information about the Witch of Reason. It's only been ten days, which is actually quite fast.] Emilia replied to Muerses through the magic communication.
Emilia has recently seen some news reports that some high-ranking officials of the Mu Continent government have been traveling all over the world these past few days, which has obviously changed many of their schedules.
Although ten days have passed since the Witch of Reason, governments around the world are still carefully investigating the situation in Moscow, identifying and analyzing all available intelligence. After all, it's not something that actually happened within their borders and immediately affected them, so ten days is actually quite a long time.
However, the situation regarding the Witch of Reason varies from country to country. Some high-ranking officials are indifferent, only concerned with the impact and changes in the situation caused by the collapse of Russia, while others have begun to formulate plans to prevent a second witch.
"They must be researching the powers within the gems, but they can't find anything, so they had no choice but to come to us," Muirsay said calmly.
During these ten days, various countries were indeed studying the powers contained in the Witch of Reason Gem located in Switzerland, Europe. This gem was handed over by Alicia to the United Nations' anti-witch organization, which is now called the Moth of Fire.
By this time, many scientists had joined the Fire Moths in their research on the Witch of Reason gem, but clearly none of them were able to unleash its full potential.
Because Alicia and the others only used a tiny fraction of the magic power they left inside the Witch of Reason's Gem to power it.
Muels felt something was strange. Even though she couldn't fully utilize the power of the Witch of Reason when she only obtained the Witch of Reason's Gem, she still managed to modify the army left behind by the Witch of Reason to some extent in a short period of time.
It makes no sense that scientists who obtained the Witch of Reason's Gem could not exert its power.
However, perhaps it's because those scientists don't have magic powers?
At this moment, Alicia didn't say anything; she was pondering something.
One of the thirteen crystal flowers she gave to the Fire Moth has already been activated, which means that one or perhaps several girls with magical girl talents have been discovered. However, Alicia has not yet received any contact from the Fire Moth.
Fortunately, the crystal flower can sense the emotions of the person holding it to some extent, and the person who received the touched crystal flower was not a bad person.
Not long after, Alicia and her companions entered a very ordinary manor. There was nothing particularly special about it, if one ignored the fact that the people living in the manor all had a military-like demeanor.
"Gentlemen, please follow me. The meeting is ready and awaiting your arrival."
Lily opened the car door for Alicia and the others, smiling as she welcomed them into a modern courtyard in the middle of the estate.
After watching Alicia and the others go inside, Lily breathed a slight sigh of relief.
"This world has really gone mad," she wanted to say, but unfortunately, Lily didn't have the guts. There were at least dozens of eyes watching, and hundreds of high-precision cameras filming.
The manor's security level is the highest in the entire Mu Continent.
Lily felt quite melancholy. How did a magical girl or witch suddenly appear?
God knows how utterly her worldview crumbled when she saw the words "magical girl" and "witch" blatantly written on the top-secret document.
However, none of this had anything to do with Lily; she was just an ordinary contact person.
Meanwhile, in the courtyard, Alicia and the others were led to a conference room by several staff members.
In the conference room, Alicia and her companions saw a high-ranking official from the Mu Continent government, an elderly man who was sitting in the conference room with a kind smile.
This old man frequently appears on television news; he is a very important figure whom ordinary people would almost never even glance at.
However, Alicia could sense that the old man's emotions toward them were very complex, containing genuine kindness and concern, but also apprehension, and... an unconscious fear.
Power, in essence, originates from violence. In any country, its status depends on the level of violence it wields, and those with the highest power in a country often control violence.
Human violence initially stemmed from human strength, but with technological advancements, it evolved into tools, including both cold and hot weapons.
Human beings cannot overcome these tools that represent violence.
But now, a new kind of violence has emerged, one that transcends the violence of tools.
The violence of tools is no match for the violence of magical girls.
The fact that three magical girls could withstand the attacks of several modern synthesizers, even if for a short time, means something that no one understands better than the high-ranking officials of human nations that wield violence.
The old man in front of Alicia was actually one of the few high-ranking members who dared to confront them directly.
The fear of the magical girl's violence, just like that of the old man, also lingered among the other humans in the conference room. They too were terrified of the magical girl's power, but since there were always tall people to hold up the sky, their fear wasn't particularly intense.
As for the old man, there was no one above him who could help him.
"Miss Alicia, do you recognize these?" After the meeting officially began, someone pulled up a set of comparative data on energy fluctuation analysis on the screen.
"Based on our investigation, we discovered that the energy fluctuation data of the witch appearing in Moscow almost perfectly matches another set of energy fluctuation data we found."
More reliable data then appeared on the screen.
Everyone in the conference room was looking at Alicia.
However, Alicia seemed a little confused.
"The witch's magic is exactly the same as this energy called Honkai Energy."
Someone else added.
"Honkai energy?" Alicia looked even more confused. What is Honkai energy?
What kind of comparative data is this? She doesn't understand it.
While studying the data, Muirsey noticed the various expressions on the faces of everyone in the conference room and couldn't help but whisper an explanation to Alicia.
"The witch's evil magic is the same as Honkai energy."
"Oh? Is that so?"
Alicia then realized something.
No one in the conference room showed any emotion at the sight. The old man maintained his initial kind smile, but everyone was secretly smiling inside, and their fear had dissipated considerably.
At least she looks like a very cute girl.
Emilia and Muirse both glanced helplessly at Alicia.
【Hey】Alicia blinked, her azure eyes seeming to be smiling.
Chapter 374 Lunar Ruins
After a brief interlude, Alicia and her two companions finally learned where the Mu Continent government had discovered the witch's evil magic, or rather, Honkai energy.
“The moon…” Alicia was indeed somewhat surprised at this moment.
There is a very ancient relic on the moon, which was discovered by various countries in the last two years. It is covered with a lot of written information, and much of it has now been deciphered.
Following the discovery of lunar remnants, a lunar landing program led by China, Shenzhou, and the United States is in urgent preparation. All rockets scheduled for launch have been temporarily relocated to prepare for a direct lunar landing and further exploration of the lunar remnants.
Shortly before the appearance of the Witch of Reason, the first lunar robots to land on the moon discovered a unique energy fluctuation never seen before in the lunar ruins.
But before the various countries could figure it out, the Witch of Reason appeared.
After the Witch of Reason died, various countries also discovered that the energy fluctuations on the Witch of Reason were the same as those found in the lunar ruins.
"So no pure magic was found?" Muels pondered.
The Mu Continent also showed images of lunar ruins they had photographed, but Muels couldn't perceive the evil magic on the moon just from the pictures.
However, what Muirse was more concerned about was the absence of pure magic.
"The magic we use is different from the magic of witches."
Wanting to learn more about the lunar ruins, Alicia directly condensed pure magic power in her palm.
A soft, milky-white light shone in Alicia's palm, drawing everyone's attention.
Warm, gentle, and comforting – this is the pure magic that gave everyone in the conference room that feeling.
Compared to Honkai energy, or rather, evil magic, it feels much more repulsive.
Among the investigation reports received from various countries regarding Moscow, there is a strange phenomenon: if anyone is within the range of residual traces of evil magic, they will feel extremely nauseous and want to vomit. Furthermore, in some doctors' research, this evil magic seems to cause erosion and attack on human cells.
However, the evil magic did not cause that situation, which remains an open question.
Everyone in the conference room was familiar with the report on Honkai energy. Although it was only a preliminary analysis, they were quite certain that Honkai energy was not as harmless as Alicia had portrayed it.
Those who knew the deciphered contents of the lunar ruins were even more puzzled.
Although not much of the writing above the moon has been deciphered, its content is filled with ambivalent feelings about Honkai energy. Honkai energy is extremely useful and almost omnipotent, but it also has an extremely dangerous corrosive nature, and one careless move can lead to utter destruction.
So, if what Alicia said is true, the witch uses evil magic, which is Honkai energy.
Magical girls possess pure magical power, similar to Honkai energy.
Is the relic on the moon correct, or is what Alicia and the others said true?
The people in the conference room were already somewhat dazed.