Chapter 445: All Witches Are Liars

As the performance approaches, the lights in the theater go down and the music flows.

As the actors stepped onto the stage, the audience's presence was reduced to a minimum. Next to Jiang Xia, Suzuki Sonoko, who had been excitedly talking to him, also calmed down and sat down to watch.

Jiang Xia looked around and left the two clever ghosts with some simple instructions.

Then he leaned back slightly and leaned against the soft back of the chair.

The shikigami that are invisible to ordinary people surged into the sky, crawled out of the ceiling, and gathered on the roof.

Soon, on the dark roof, an equally dark figure appeared and spread his wings.

Jiang Xia's consciousness also moved into the puppet constructed by Mist Tengu.

He recalled the direction given in Kidd's notice and flew away.

…

Nearly twenty minutes later.

The time and place of the announcement.

Jiang Xia landed silently in the shadow on the top of a building.

Then he looked at the man standing on the roof of another building and fell into deep thought.

...Before that, Jiang Xia passed by the police.

Judging from the police's calls, in the eyes of others, the arrogant figure on the roof of the opposite building was indeed Kidd.

But in Jiang Xia's eyes, the "Kid" on the roof at this time was a woman surrounded by a circle of dense magic.

——The woman had a bulge of magic on her head and a soft extension on her back, making her look like she was wearing a tall hat and a fluttering cape. She was wrapped in pure and delicious magic, so her face couldn't be seen clearly, and only a vague figure could be seen.

In addition, behind the figure, there is an almost invisible illusory line extending outwards, spreading into the distance.

Jiang Xia glanced at the line with sparse magic power and difficult to see clearly, and his eyes fell back on the "Kid" wrapped in magic power. A series of images of "coated in breadcrumbs and fried until golden brown" emerged in his mind.

The next second, he shook his head secretly and threw the strange picture out of his mind.

Then throw away the ghost babies that are ready to make a move.

Afterwards, Jiang Xia estimated the amount of magic power to be consumed and the distance between the two sides, and silently weakened the strength of the puppet.

Puppets are made of piled-up puppet clay, and the material of puppet clay is Shikigami.

Once it is weakened at this time, a lot of free Shikigami will be freed up.

Jiang Xia released these extra Shikigami together with the Shikigami that were previously in the seal and let them float quietly towards "Kid" who was standing on the roof of the opposite building and imitating Kid's pose.

——There are a large number of shikigami, and they can pick up energy cores with efficiency as high as a swarm of locusts passing through.

Once the good delivery guy on the other side is surrounded by Shikigami, she will no longer be able to easily use magic to float away.

At that time, Jiang Xia will be able to easily fly over and catch the person, drain his magic power using familiar methods, and in the process, find out where his stable energy core supplier Kidd is now.

——According to Kidd’s habit of knocking out and tying up someone before disguising himself as that person, other people who disguise themselves as Kidd may also take similar actions.

…

While waiting for the Shikigami to float over and encircle him, Jiang Xia secretly looked at the figure standing on the upper floor, who was suspected to be disguised as Kidd.

Although the vision was blocked by magic, the woman's face could not be seen clearly.

But when the two keywords "magic" and "female" are mentioned, one can't help but think of Koizumi Akako.

After guessing the witch's specific identity, Jiang Xia looked at her from afar, his eyes moving slightly.

It shouldn’t have been too long since the last time I exhausted all my magic power.

Koizumi Akako's magic power has grown back so quickly?

This is so useful...

Just as I was thinking about it, "Kid" in the distance suddenly pressed down the earphones and listened to something.

Immediately afterwards, she suddenly turned around, looked in the direction of Jiang Xia, then turned around and ran.

…

Her running speed was much faster than the floating shikigami.

Jiang Xia was startled, and glanced to the side thoughtfully, then temporarily put away the Shikigami, flapped his wings and took off, chasing after him.

"Kid" heard the unusual sound of wind behind him and looked back.

The one dressed as Kid is indeed Koizumi Akako.

The clothes that Gen Hongna gave her before can help accumulate magic power, so that she, a witch who currently lacks magic power, can maintain this "Kid" form for a long time.

——"If Mist Tengu can't see through the transformation magic and mistakes us for Kid, he should follow us to check the situation. That would be great, no matter who plays the role."

"But, considering that it is an unknown monster after all. If he can see through our magic, it would be best if you act as bait."

"The love chocolate you used may have taken effect on Mist Tengu. Look, he just flew with you for a while that day and didn't hurt you, right?"

"So I think that only if you go there in person can you lead him into the magic circle without fail."

...Recalling what Minamoto Hongna had told her before, Koizumi Hongzi looked back at Mist Tengu who had indeed caught up with her, let out a small breath with mixed feelings, and continued running.

…

While Jiang Xia was trying to chase him, he was observing the direction in which "Kid" escaped. He felt that Koizumi Akako's goal was very clear - it seemed that she wanted to lead him to somewhere.

...If I get past that, will I be able to suffer a magical attack?

Thinking of this, Jiang Xia secretly looked forward to it and followed "Kid" steadily to make sure that he could step into the magic trap smoothly.

Anyway, the one here is not the real body. If the puppet is injured, it can be repaired by simply adjusting the distribution of the puppet clay.

And if the magic power attacks the soul... then there is even less need to worry.

…

After flying for a while after chasing the fast-running "Kid", Jiang Xia vaguely saw that she passed by a very inconspicuous rain shield of the same color as the roof.

Jiang Xia took a look and flew straight away.

Sure enough, when he flew directly into the sky, the "rain shield" suddenly lit up, and the magic circle hidden underneath took effect. A strange red light shot up into the sky and enveloped him.

Jiang Xia's eyes lit up secretly, and he was just thinking "unfortunately I was ambushed and fell into the magic circle."

However, just as he folded his wings and showed a slight tendency to fall, his entire body suddenly felt empty.

——The magic power in that magic circle was sucked away and consumed in just a few seconds.

Jiang Xia: “……?”

He was dazed by this sense of dislocation, as if he was starving and saw a table full of delicacies, but when he poked with his chopsticks, he found that there was only a thin piece of advertising paper in front of him.

...Compared to this empty shell of magic, the magic wrapped around "Kid" in front is more substantial and more refined.

And at the moment when Jiang Xia was deceived by the "advertising paper", "Kid" had already run a long distance.

Jiang Xia glanced at her back, feeling a little unhappy about being cheated, and swooped down faster. He grabbed the magic block's shoulder and pressed him against the side wall of the roof tower.

(End of this chapter)