Sayaka Ziteng froze in place, a flush quickly spreading across her face.
She immediately dodged Hoshino Gen’s devilish hand, burying her face in her hands, not daring to let anyone see her like this.
Due to her experiences in early childhood, Sayaka Ziteng had always been a very independent girl, capable of handling many situations that even adults couldn’t manage with ease.
For example, in the current situation, Shiori Shiratori had run off in a huff again, and the task of protecting Hoshino Gen’s mental health had fallen to her.
Yet she showed no panic at all, relying on her rich experience to solve the problem as best she could.
Being able to think of using the voice of Hoshino Gen’s most beloved little sister to lift his spirits was proof enough that she was a very clever and bold girl.
Unfortunately, no matter how clever or bold a girl was, when faced with Hoshino Gen’s head-patting technique, she had to drop her armor and reveal a shy side.
Sayaka Ziteng had lost both parents at a young age and was adopted by the Magical Girl League very early on.
She had no family and no close friends.
Even though she had mentored several generations of Magical Girls, their relationship was more like that of colleagues.
She had always believed she wasn’t meant to have such things.
But when subjected to Hoshino Gen’s head-patting attack, Sayaka Ziteng felt a warmth from the bottom of her heart.
A warmth that made her heart race, flustered her, and left her unsure how to respond.
So this is how Gen-kun usually interacts with his little sister?
Regarding sibling relationships, Sayaka Ziteng had only seen them on TV or in manga and novels, never experiencing them firsthand.
Is this what having an older brother feels like?
I’m actually starting to feel a little envious of Hikari, having such a loving, good older brother…
Sayaka Ziteng shook her head, tossing out those strange thoughts, and focused on stabilizing Hoshino Gen’s consciousness.
Unexpectedly, after Sayaka Ziteng dodged Hoshino Gen’s devilish hand, his subconscious still wanted to continue using the head-patting technique.
She could only grip his hand tightly under the desk, not giving it any room to move.
She now understood that Hoshino Gen wouldn’t be hurt by her.
That was the reason she wanted to withdraw her hand when she first shook hands with him—afraid she might accidentally hurt him.
However, Hoshino Gen had taken the initiative to hold her hand, and nothing happened.
After several contact experiments, Sayaka Ziteng discovered that her volatile, explosive constitution seemed to completely fizzle out when facing Hoshino Gen.
Even though I’ve always been prone to accidents when shaking hands with anyone before, with Gen-kun, it’s back to normal.
Sayaka Ziteng held Hoshino Gen’s hand tightly like this until school ended.
The girls cast sympathetic glances at Hoshino Gen.
In this school, the young lady Shiratori was the one person you absolutely could not provoke.
No one dared to crowd around and chatter anymore.
The remaining two boys also felt quite sorry for Hoshino Gen, but comforting him now might only make him feel worse.
They sighed and walked away.
Soon, the classroom was left with just the two of them again.
Sayaka Ziteng led Hoshino Gen by the hand to meet with Hoshino Hikari.
“Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened. Hurry and take him home to rest. His body can’t hold on much longer,” Sayaka Ziteng said with a long sigh of relief.
Hikari Hoshino said gratefully, “Yes! Thank you, Captain. I’ll go home with my brother right away.”
The school wasn’t far from the Hoshino home to begin with.
The little sister carefully and cautiously brought Hoshino Gen all the way back home.
She took him back to his bedroom, finally coaxing him to sleep by his ear.
Hikari Hoshino really wanted to take out her gem again to ensure her brother forgot about the things related to Magical Girls.
But remembering the captain’s warning—that it was very bad for his health—she ultimately held back.
“Good night, Brother.”
With that final good night, Hikari Hoshino closed the door and left the bedroom.
At the same time, Hoshino Gen, lying on the bed, reopened his eyes.
After acting like a psychiatric patient all afternoon, I can finally relax.
Hoshino Gen had regained control of his body a long time ago, but unfortunately, he couldn’t act rashly and could only pretend he was still under control.
What’s the deal with these Magical Girls?
At the slightest disagreement, they pull out their Heart Gems.
To be honest, in Hoshino Gen’s original plan, he hadn’t really considered the role of the Heart Gem as a tool much.
But now, with the Magical Girls using it against him every other day, Hoshino Gen was almost numb to it.
I need to think of a way to both maintain contact with the Magical Girls and not get instantly controlled at zero frames.
If I get toyed with like this every day, problems are bound to happen sooner or later.
Earlier, when Sayaka Ziteng had voluntarily become his little sister, of course he had to go along with the act and pat her head.
My head-patting technique is invincible!
Let’s see if she dares to casually control me again.
This was the only small protest Hoshino Gen could make.
After all, setting aside his identity as a villainous executive, he really had no way to deal with the Magical Girls.
He quietly got up from the bed and went to the computer desk to check if there were any new emails from the executives today.
As soon as he opened the mailbox, an email popped up.
It was from the executive “Gin.”
Gin’s real name was Kunimitian, a rare male supporting character in the Magical Girl worldview.
Kunimitian was a deranged scientific madman, single-mindedly conducting experiments and research.
Although this person’s thoughts were wild and fanciful, and he was very capable, he was also exceptionally crazy, liking to find experimental inspiration through drinking.
Needless to say, accidents happened every day, and at a young age, he had turned himself into something neither human nor ghost.
It was Hoshino Gen who, in advance, found Kunimitian trapped in dire straits, promising him funding and the top-tier laboratory as long as he joined the Dark Erosion and became his subordinate.
Kunimitian agreed without hesitation.
Thus, the “Mad Doctor” who would later cause great trouble for the Magical Girls was easily recruited by Hoshino Gen, assigned to the research and development department with the codename “Gin.”
The things Kunimitian researched were bizarre and strange, and the vast majority had significant side effects.
But Hoshino Gen had ample funding here, and among the piles of junk, good things occasionally appeared.
For example, the capsule X-003 used to repair internal organ injuries for Sayaka Ziteng a couple of days ago was from Kunimitian’s hands.
From the content of this email, it was clear Gin was quite satisfied with this research result, his words full of excitement.
“Lord Yeyan, I have finally developed an anesthetic agent that can be used on Magical Girls!”
As the darlings of this world, Magical Girls had a rather special constitution.
After awakening as a Magical Girl, their physical fitness was extremely strong, they almost never got sick, and they also had strong drug resistance and physical resistance.
Even the killing power of firearms was somewhat inadequate.
Magic, isn’t it amazing?
“The results of previous agents on Magical Girls were not ideal, but this time I took a new approach. I extracted some tissue from Magic Beasts and integrated it into the drug, resulting in the following outcome!”
Hoshino Gen clicked the link in the email.
A Magical Girl was crawling on the ground, sticking out her tongue, her face showing an abnormal flush, her expression dazed and confused.
Even though her combat uniform was covered in dirt, this Magical Girl didn’t feel anything was wrong at all.
“Subject 0057, imitate a dog’s bark,” Kunimitian’s proud voice came from off-camera.
The Magical Girl in the frame immediately raised her head, like a little dog hearing its master’s call. If she had a tail, it would probably be wagging by now.
“Woof!”
“Woof woof woof!”
Hoshino Gen: ?
What the hell kind of drug is this?