69novels Chapter 691 What are you?
Chapter 691 What are you?
When it comes to detecting strange people, Xin Yuehu claims to be second to none.
Even someone as powerful as Red Rose wouldn't dare say she could pinpoint the exact location of the monster, while Heart Moon Fox could use a magical gadget she pulled from under her skirt to indicate the monster's exact location and even predict where it would attack.
That's right, the strange compass that I was tricked into using when I entered the world of magical girls by the secret manual is still faithfully working to this day, and can be called the most durable and excellent tool.
However, this excellent tool ran into a wall in this alley. No matter how it was adjusted, it could not show any trace of any strange witches or monsters in the vicinity.
"That's strange, there's no reaction at all."
The fox spirit reached out and fiddled with the completely motionless pointer, saying in distress.
Hellcat stood to the side, peering at the quiet compass in Heartmoon Fox's hand, and showed the same expression.
I vaguely remember that this compass can locate strange people in the vicinity. Since it's not showing any signs of working, it means there's no trace of any strange people around...
"If it wasn't done by a weirdo, then who could have caused this series of disappearances?" Hellcat muttered to himself.
Nan Jiayu wasn't the only one who thought this way; Su Tianqing shared the same idea.
In a world with superpowers and magic, everything that happens has a reason and a basis. No matter what kind of urban legend or supernatural story it is, it can be explained by magic or psychic abilities. Even if there are unsolved mysteries, it's just that the source hasn't been found yet.
After investigating the alleyway and finding nothing, Su Tianqing couldn't help but have some doubts—could these disappearances be a prank?
"I've already checked this area; there's no magic residue left."
"Here too, there are only some rats in the sewers, and they run away as soon as they see us."
They walked back and forth along the alley twice, side by side, but still couldn't find anything. The cat and fox stood dejectedly at the alley entrance, hands on their hips, looking like students facing the last question on a math exam.
"Cat, do you think it's possible that this is actually a prank?" Su Tianqing said.
"I don't think it's very likely. The victims in the missing persons reports have no connection with each other, so there's no reason for them to conspire to pull off such a prank," Nan Jiayu replied.
"But we've been searching for ages and haven't found even a possible thing. If there really was something, we should have seen it by now..."
After much hesitation and deliberation, the two were ultimately unable to provide a reliable answer.
Now that even the on-site investigation had yielded no conclusions, Su Tianqing felt even more disappointed, but she couldn't help but harbor deeper suspicions as well.
"Why don't we look around again? Maybe we can find some other clues?" the fox girl suggested.
Hellcat nodded, and the two turned and walked towards the alley entrance.
But just as they were about to leave the alleyway, the strange compass in Su Tianqing's hand suddenly began to shake violently.
The sudden tremor made the golden-haired fox girl feel uneasy, and her magic instantly erupted and spread, enveloping her entire body in a golden aura of magic.
The Hellcat beside him also sensed the danger coming from behind. Its body reacted before its brain, and it instinctively took a step to the side to dodge the arm that had silently emerged from the air.
"Watch out!" the Hellcat cried out.
Unable to touch the Hellcat, the arm immediately shifted its target to the golden fox girl beside it, only to be met with a scorching greatsword slash that pinned the arm that had emerged from nothingness to the ground.
The Capricorn Witch appeared beside the Heart Moon Fox, using her body and the flames wrapped around the lava greatsword to block the ethereal hand.
Hey, ever since that time in the mountain city when I was almost accidentally injured by the hyacinth's misdirected sword energy, this fox has been thinking about strengthening its physical combat power. The result is what you see here now—
Through data analysis and research on the prototype of the Fantasy Witch, I am gradually replacing the original Zodiac Witch from the main force, which can be referred to as "combat power optimization".
The first one to be optimized was Capricorn, whose combat range overlapped with the new witch. Based on the logic of saving combat power, I chose to put Capricorn into my personal bodyguard team. Unexpectedly, as soon as I put her in, she performed as intended in the design scenario.
"What is this thing?"
Seeing that the ethereal hand was being suppressed by the lava greatsword, Hellcat quickly stepped forward and stood between the fox girl and the hand with Capricorn. The two little heads peeked out from beside the witch, curiously looking around and observing.
At this moment, the strange compass finally took effect, its pointer firmly locked onto the hand, as if to say that this thing was the strange man hiding in this alley.
"I don't know... It looks like part of some weirdo's body." The golden-haired fox girl stared at it for a long time, but couldn't find a corresponding type in her knowledge of weirdos, so she could only say this.
In fact, humanoid monsters are quite common, and many wild monsters also look similar to humans. Most of them are astral monsters created by obsession or resentment under the influence of unowned magic.
The hand reaching out from nothingness... no matter how you look at it, it has nothing to do with a complete monster; it's more like a limb that has been separated.
"It seemed to be trying to touch us just now," Hellcat said warily. "Could it be the culprit behind all these disappearances, dragging its victims into some kind of situation by touching them?"
"...It shouldn't be 'domain'." Su Tianqing shook her head in denial.
"Only when the domain expands can it engulf a person, making it easy for me to detect its presence."
"There wasn't a trace of magic or domain monsters in this alley until just now. My monster compass only detected it after it appeared, which is more like..."
Feeling slightly hesitant about her conclusion, Su Tianqing carefully considered what she was about to say.
Although something felt off, I still spoke honestly:
"This thing is more like... a wild monster that appeared out of this alley the instant we turned around."
"..." "..."
The two looked at each other, both displaying expressions that seemed to say, "Is this really reliable?", regarding Su Tianqing's earlier theory.
Soon, the other companions also arrived one after another.
The six villains surrounded the Capricorn Witch's lava greatsword, peering out to observe the Void Hand, which was pinned to the ground and still struggling.
Just as the group was discussing how this thing had formed, a familiar voice rang out from outside the alley fence—
"Uh... Heart Moon Fox?"
The golden-haired fox girl turned around and met the gazes of the sky-blue girl standing outside the fence, preparing to enter the alley, and the iris standing beside her with a surprised expression.
Hyacinth was taken aback, hesitated, and struggled with her decision.
Actually, I was about to subconsciously say, "Okay, I knew it was Xin Yuehu who did this," and rush over, but when I looked closely, I realized that the six villains and the Capricorn witch were all inside the box, surrounding the lava giant sword and observing something. I only dared to tentatively ask to confirm.
"Hey, isn't this Hyacinth and Iris? You two are here too." Fenrir then realized what was happening and cheerfully walked over to the fence to greet them.
"We found something interesting in here, would you two like to come in and take a look?"
After exchanging greetings, Fenrir realized that the two people in front of him were probably also there to investigate the missing persons case, so he simply invited them to come in together.
Hyacinth glanced at Fenrir, then at the remaining five members of the villain squad huddled together, and together with Iris, took a step back in unison.
You mean you want me to go into a place that looks like a cage or trap, and have close contact with the six villains led by Xin Yuehu and a Zodiac Witch?
"No one would fall for that!" Hyacinth thought to herself.