48: Another magical girl is coming soon

Three days after Amatsuki Futaba transformed into Magical Girl Cui Xing and defeated the Monsters, Snow Rabbit's fluffy ears twitched slightly, and a message from Heaven gently drifted into its consciousness like a feather.

Unfolding the compressed information, Snow Rabbit took a look and immediately froze. Although it knew its Shuangye-chan was very talented and would definitely be taken seriously by the higher-ups.

But it originally thought that Heaven would at most give Twin Leaf some extra knowledge or rare items, after all, their girl's talent was evident, managing to obtain even the discontinued blessings of “Tree” and “Star.”

But who would have thought that the higher-ups would directly parachute in a Magical Girl Senior to escort and protect her.

It seemed it had still underestimated the influence of the appearance of the “Tree” and “Star” blessings. After all, those two had departed a long time ago, unlike the adults who were still active, who had left a deep impression on it.

Speaking of which, this matter definitely had to be told to Twin Leaf, but it needed to be edited and modified. After all, the higher-ups intended for the Senior to provide protection in secret, and it had to find a reason to rationalize her future appearance.

Sigh! Being a Magical Pet is tough these days.

Thinking of this, it couldn't help but recall its father. As far as it knew, its father was originally a bottom-ranked Magical Pet, but simply by contracting with Sister Bing Lan, he benefited for life. Now, countless people who once looked down on him, thinking he was the disgrace of Magical Pets, respectfully call him Grandpa Rabbit.

Envy, jealousy!

Sigh, I won't think about it anymore. I'll just obediently go and nurture my Shuangye-chan.

So, when it faced Amatsuki Futaba again, its tone carried a hint of well-placed excitement: “Shuangye-chan! Good news! I received a message! In nearby Xiafei City, there was a very powerful Magical Girl Senior who completely defeated the Monster King that was threatening the city!”

“Xiafei City has thus recovered its peace. But she didn't stop there. Instead, she decided to travel to other cities to help the Magical Girls there, allowing more cities to regain tranquility.” Snow Rabbit paused here, seemingly trying to build suspense, before saying in a slightly mysterious tone, “And the first stop she chose seems to be... our Mingyu City!”

Amatsuki Futaba was stunned, her eyes filled with shock. In the past few days, Snow Rabbit had told her many things about Magical Girls, including information about the Monster King.

According to Snow Rabbit, the Monster King is the personification of human evil. It constantly creates new Monsters, attempting to destroy the world. It is walking darkness, an inherently evil seed, and a being that must be killed.

Moreover, this fellow possesses extremely powerful strength, but he doesn't like to destroy the world directly. Instead, he prefers to slowly watch people sink into despair before pushing the world toward ruin.

Xiang Yan merely yawned in boredom at this statement.

Under the brainwashing of this incorrect knowledge, Amatsuki Futaba was extremely vigilant. Now, suddenly hearing that a Senior who had defeated a Monster King was coming to help, she couldn't even react immediately.

After reacting, she quickly became confused again, because Xiafei City was twenty-three cities away from here!

The distance was so vast that describing it as ten thousand miles wouldn't even be adequate.

Why would that Senior bypass nearby locations and choose Mingyu City as her next stop?

After all, according to Snow Rabbit, a Monster King is born in every city when the evil in people's hearts accumulates to a certain extent. Correspondingly, a Magical Girl appears to stop them. With twenty-three Magical Girls needing help ahead of us, how could this possibly be the first stop?

Her little head was full of question marks, and she voiced the question, but Snow Rabbit simply spread its paws, indicating that it didn't know either.

Meanwhile, the eavesdropping Xiang Yan also fell into contemplation. It was impossible for him not to notice the problem Amatsuki Futaba had found. He certainly didn't believe the rabbit's nonsense about not knowing.

But Xiafei City... that name sounded familiar.

Oh! I remember now!

Wasn't that the place I passed through while kidnapping someone earlier, and coincidentally ran into two Magical Girls fighting, both at the Stellar Traveler Initial stage?

If Xiafei City has recovered its peace, according to Snow Rabbit, doesn't that mean the other Dark Magical Girl at the Stellar Traveler Initial stage has been taken out by this Senior?

Even if she's not dead, she was at least driven away.

From any perspective, this upcoming Magical Girl is definitely a ruthless character, a fierce Crossing-the-River Dragon.

Furthermore, this so-called Senior is coming here inexplicably. Could it be that I was actually discovered back then, and the opponent used a method to track me that I couldn't even detect?

Damn it, she's not planning to come here and take me out, is she?

Thinking of this, Xiang Yan began to calculate how to deal with the situation.

I have an ID Card now, and although I haven't obtained a “Gun License,” taking action shouldn't be a problem. Should I kill this Dragon before she even crosses the river?

Just as he was brainstorming countermeasures, and even starting to devise various “ambush and kill” plans, Snow Rabbit's voice rang out again: “That Senior just defeated the Monster King and still needs to handle some loose ends. Plus, her family is also in Xiafei City and needs to be settled, so she won't be coming for a while—maybe a year or two.”

Snow Rabbit paused, then changed its tone and began to encourage Amatsuki Futaba: “During this time, Shuangye-chan, you must work hard to become stronger! Make sure we don't let the Senior look down on us when she arrives!”

“Don't worry, Snow Rabbit, I will definitely work hard!”

Xiang Yan listened quietly, a strange light flashing in his eyes.

A year or two... this time frame made him feel suspicious.

He suddenly remembered something and realized the hidden problem in Snow Rabbit's words... He recalled the information he had obtained during that brief time. If he remembered correctly, when he passed through Xiafei City back then, something like a Monster King seemed nonexistent.

No, to be precise, it shouldn't have been born yet, because the black crystal had been sitting in its original spot at the time, and what's more, it was intact.

Although he didn't know why that crystal hadn't absorbed negative energy, he was sure that thing still existed back then.

Therefore, the rabbit's words were very questionable; it definitely wanted to hide something.

After thinking, Xiang Yan realized the point of suspicion lay in the reason the rabbit gave for the Senior Magical Girl's delayed arrival.

In other words, the rabbit was actually giving a false timeline. That so-called Magical Girl Senior might arrive soon, or perhaps she was already here.

Furthermore, she was preparing to do something shady after arriving.

According to this line of thought, her target is probably not me, but you can't be sure. What if this is just a statement meant to deceive people?

Tsk! Lack of information is truly troublesome.

Thinking of this, Xiang Yan couldn't help but entertain the idea of grabbing the rabbit and torturing it, but he quickly suppressed the thought.

He decided to focus more energy on the rabbit during this period, as the rabbit might very well run off to meet and liaise with the Magical Girl Senior.

If it turns out I am the target, the worst-case scenario is letting Nelson step in and fight. It's not suitable for me to surface before certain things are clarified.

Sure enough.

A week later, a new Monster appeared in Mingyu City.

Amatsuki Futaba transformed and met the challenge. The Long Staff swung, starlight flashed, and trees sprouted forth.

During the fierce battle, Snow Rabbit suddenly cried out in alarm: “I... I sense it! The Aura of the Monster King! It's nearby! I'm going to track it! Shuangye-chan, I'll leave this to you for now!” Before the words even finished, Snow Rabbit turned into a streak of white light and vanished from sight.

Xiang Yan gave a cold laugh and silently followed.