Chapter 4

– To announce the glorious resurrection of our Mogmog Group to you humans!

The woman in uniform on the screen stumbled over her words and then fell silent for a moment.

And then, Dusik pressed the remote to stop the video that was playing.

Keru, who had been watching the recorded footage, twitched his facial muscles—cats can twitch their facial muscles too, which is pretty fascinating—and glanced at me.

What, why? But honestly, I don’t have much to say either.

I didn’t expect her to stumble over her words at that exact moment.

I wanted to make a grand and impactful first appearance, but it seems like it’s already ruined.

So, I couldn’t face Keru’s glaring gaze and quickly turned my head away.

Keru fluttered over to me.

No matter where I turned my head, he followed, determined to face me.

His twitching eyebrows—if this were a manga, there’d probably be an anger mark on his forehead.

After twitching his eyebrows for a while, Keru sighed deeply.

“You really outdid yourself, huh?”

But I have something to say too.

You didn’t give me much time to practice or memorize the lines in the first place.

Dusik acted like he was some brainy type, but he only gave me five lines and told me to improvise the rest.

– I am the leader of the Mogmog Group.

– I will bring terror and destruction to you humans once again.

– Do you only believe in magical girls?

– Even those magical girls will kneel before us.

– If you surrender now, I will spare your lives.

<The rest is up to Mother-Body’s improvisation.>

Does this even make sense? Honestly, if I could salvage this script, that would be more impressive.

So, I do have something to say. Feeling a surge of courage, I glared right back at Keru and retorted.

“Hey, you try being on screen. You wouldn’t be able to say a single word!”

“Yeah, that’s fine. But what’s with all that ‘I’ll bring destruction to humans!’ nonsense?”

In the video, I was mumbling with a bright red face.

Honestly, I have no excuse for that. My tongue got twisted, and my already blank mind went completely white, making me forget even the little script I had.

Now, I can’t even understand what I was saying in that broadcast. But the last line came through loud and clear.

– The account is below, so offer your tributes generously!

As soon as that line came out, Keru smacked the back of my head with his paw.

“You’re talking about bringing destruction, but who’s going to offer tributes, you idiot!”

“I’m not an idiot, I’m a girl now!”

“Fine, you crazy girl!”

“Um, Mother-Body, Keru. Sorry to interrupt your fight, but…”

“What now?!”

Dusik stepped in, awkwardly smiling as he separated me and Keru, who were growling at each other, ready to fight.

“The donations are…”

“What about the donations?!”

“…coming in like crazy.”

“What?”

At the mention of the insane influx of donations, both Keru and I turned to look at Dusik. Wait, after that broadcast, donations are coming in? Are people throwing money into a pit?!

“Is it from the Magical Girl Association?”

Keru asked suspiciously, but Dusik shook his head and checked his smartphone screen again.

“No… they sent 300 million right after the broadcast ended, and since then, it’s been small amounts like 10,000, 20,000 won, but it’s already over 100 million and still climbing…”

“Let me see.”

I took Dusik’s phone. But the screen was too small to see properly. How many inches is this? 4 inches? 4.7 inches? I had to squint to see it.

“Dusik, you’re so big, why are you carrying such a small screen? Get a bigger one.”

“That’s because Mother-Body is getting old…”

“What are you talking about? I’m still in my mid-20s!”

After kicking Dusik—in my mind, of course—I finally looked at the screen. Even though it was small, with Keru crowding in, I couldn’t see anything. His fur brushing against my cheek was tickling me.

Donors: Lee Gwang-seok, Lee Du-ho, Um Jun-sik…

“Fighting, Leader!”, “Leader, you’re so cool!”, “Boss, take me!”, “Boss, you’re so cute!”…

“What is all this?”

“I… don’t know.”

“Hey, Keru, maybe the broadcast actually worked? It seems like we’ve built a friendly image, don’t you think?”

Otherwise, how could we get this kind of reaction? Sure, the Mogmog Group has caused harm to humans, but that was a long time ago, and we’ve been crushed by magical girls for even longer.

People’s negative feelings toward the Mogmog Group have started to fade. Of course, not for the bereaved families.

Looking at the messages, it’s clear that this is more convincing.

“What’s the point of an evil organization’s boss having a friendly image…”

Keru sighed again. This guy, seriously.

“Hey, with our current strength, we can’t even beat the magical girls. Forget winning, we can’t even stand against them. Building a friendly image is better than nothing.”

So, that’s it. A likable villain. Somehow, it makes sense.

I pulled out my phone with a bigger screen and checked the news. Sure enough, articles about the Mogmog Group’s resurrection were flooding in.

Even in the entertainment section, my photo was up.

Hmm, honestly, I look pretty. If I were still a man, I’d never have dreamed of such beauty. If someone like this smiled at me, I’d have slept well that night.

But now, it’s me.

Anyway, my photo and articles about the Mogmog Group were plastered all over the news and entertainment sections. And the comments were already a disaster.

[Leader is so cute lololol]

[Is it true she bit her tongue during the speech? LMAO]

[OMG Mogmog Group is so cute lololol]

[The Mogmog Group… killed so many people~~! How can you call such evil people cute~~! Everyone my age hates the Mogmog Group~~!!]

[Ugh, the smell of old people is reaching here]

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Most of the comments were friendly.

Of course, there were comments from people who had been harmed by the Mogmog Group, but they were getting buried under the flood of enthusiastic comments.

Well, it’s not bad.

As Dusik refreshed the screen, the donations kept piling up. Keru and I looked at each other and nodded.

Honestly, this isn’t just not bad—it’s amazing.

Even if I use the money I saved for furniture and clothes in my room, having extra funds for team dinners and bonuses is always good.

From my experience as a corporate slave, what motivates employees isn’t some sense of ownership or loyalty—it’s money. Loyalty comes from a fat wallet.

Come to think of it, there’s one more problem we haven’t solved.

“Keru, what should my title be?”

Keru, who had been smiling at the skyrocketing donations while looking at Dusik’s phone, glanced at me when I asked. He seemed to say, “Why does that matter?” which annoyed me.

“You should decide your own title. No Pretty Cure.”

This is off-limits, that’s off-limits. Why are there so many restrictions? It’s frustrating.

“Fine, I’ll just go with Mother-Body. Magical Girl Mother-Body.”

Keru looked at me and sighed in disbelief.

“Mother-Body? Not the Chinese characters, just the English?”

“母體 sounds a bit off. So, let’s go with M-O-C-H-E.”

“Moche… That might not be bad. The boss of the Mogmog Group, Moche… Leader Moche, Boss Moche. It has a nice ring to it.”

“Not Magical Girl Moche?”

“Magical girls are on their side.”

“Evil Magical Girl Moche.”

“No, the title isn’t the point. So, we’re going with Moche, right?”

“Yes.”

“Alright, let’s go with that. We need to formalize the contract, but that’s just between the two of us, so let’s head back to the room. I’ll come find you tonight.”

At Keru’s words, I nodded cheerfully.

Now that we’ve decided on the title, it’s time to make the contract. I get it, so I’ll head back to the room—just as I thought that…

-BANG!

With a loud noise, the iron door of the base crumpled and fell to the ground.

In the midst of everyone’s shock at the sudden situation, a sharp, irritable girl’s voice rang out.

“Hey, Mogmog, I heard you got a new captain!”

And at that voice, Keru flew behind me, trembling as he muttered.

“M-Magical Girl Priqu…!”

Hey, that’s not allowed!