Fang Zheng is a man of his word. Since he has already promised Kikyo Kushida, he will not tell her secret to his classmates.

then……

"Wow... I never thought there would be such a bad human being."

He talked to Cuixingshi.

"Right. Although humans are indeed diverse, this kind of person is really quite rare."

Holding the Emerald Star Stone, Fang Zheng walked along the street at night, looking around. He was certainly not stupid enough to deal with the unidentified monster alone, but Shinku went to bed at nine o'clock every day, so Hinami had to stay with Shinku, and Lapis had to look after the house.

So after looking around, only Cuixingshi was willing to accompany him on a night outing.

Of course, it is obviously abnormal for a young man to stroll on the street late at night with a puppet in his arms, but if he is discovered, he can just say that he is a puppeteer performing a puppet show.

"This kind of human needs to be corrected. Don't you think it's too much?"

"I think it's okay. After all, there are all kinds of people in this world, but this kind of person is really too rare."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng looked at his watch.

"Well, we should go home. It looks like we haven't gained anything today."

"I want to eat ice cream!"

"Aren't you afraid of getting an upset stomach... Oh, right, you're not afraid of getting an upset stomach either."

Hearing Cui Xingshi's request, Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders. Then he held Cui Xingshi in one hand and carried the box in the other, and walked towards a nearby convenience store.

However, just as Fang Zheng was about to walk to the door of the convenience store, Cui Xingshi suddenly spoke.

"Hey, human, are you looking for someone with suspicious behavior?"

"yes?"

"Isn't that suspicious enough?"

As she spoke, Cui Xingshi stretched out her hand and pointed forward. Fang Zheng looked in the direction she pointed and was also speechless.

"Well, it's indeed suspicious..."

Under the white sign light, a beautiful girl with silver hair sat by the door of the convenience store. She was wearing a purple and white striped dress, and a western-style armor-like outfit on the outside. Judging from the metallic color, this was not a prop for cosplay, but a real thing.

At this moment, the silver-haired girl just sat there blankly, as if she was in a daze. However, even though there was such an eye-catching person next to her, the people entering and leaving the convenience store seemed to ignore her and didn't even look at her. It was as if there was nothing there at all.

To be honest, it is suspicious enough.

At this moment, the silver-haired girl seemed to have noticed Fang Zheng's gaze and raised her head to look over here. Fang Zheng, holding the Emerald Star Stone, walked in front of the silver-haired girl, lowered his body, and stared at her.

"Hello, little sister. Why are you here alone so late?"

“…”

However, in response to Fang Zheng's question, the silver-haired girl simply turned her head away, refusing to answer.

"What a strange fellow."

Seeing this scene, Cui Xingshi couldn't help but complain, and Fang Zheng tapped her little head.

"It's not your turn to speak."

"Ugh, what are you doing? You're just a human being...!"

Cui Xingshi, who was hit on the head by Fang Zheng, immediately waved her hands and feet in resistance, while Fang Zheng reached out to hold her down.

"Idiot, we are in front of other people now, can't you just pretend?"

"People who call others stupid are stupid!"

Cui Xingshi turned away angrily, folding his arms, looking very unhappy. Fang Zheng sighed helplessly and stood up.

"Okay, okay, I can buy you an ice cream, right..."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng walked into the convenience store with the Emerald Star Stone and bought some snacks and ice cream. When they walked out of the convenience store again, they found that the silver-haired girl was still sitting there, motionless.

Could it be an earthbound spirit?

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng also sat down next to the silver-haired girl. Then he reached out his hand, took out a box of ice cream from the convenience store plastic bag, and handed it to the silver-haired girl.

"Do you want to eat?"

“…”

Hearing Fang Zheng's voice, the silver-haired girl turned her head again. Then she stared silently at Fang Zheng and Cui Xingshi who was enjoying the ice cream. After a moment of silence, she reached out and took the snack from Fang Zheng's hand.

"Do you live around here?"

"You don't look like a local, are you a foreigner?"

"Lost?"

"Hello, Can you speak English?"

However, no matter how Fang Zheng talked to the silver-haired girl, she remained silent and just ate the ice cream that Fang Zheng handed over. Looking at the cream on the corner of the silver-haired girl's mouth, Fang Zheng took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped the corner of the girl's mouth.

“……!?”

This sudden action startled the silver-haired girl. She stared at Fang Zheng with eyes wide open in surprise. Although she didn't say anything, her eyes revealed her emotions very well.

"Sorry, I got used to it by accident."

It was then that Fang Zheng realized something was wrong. After all, he basically took care of other children in the same way at home. Like Meigan, Eve, Lapis, Hinami... plus the three little ones with Little Wings, Fang Zheng had gotten used to it. The silver-haired girl in front of him looked only a few years older than Meigan and the others, so Fang Zheng subconsciously treated her as a child.

However, even after hearing Fang Zheng's apology, the silver-haired girl did not say a word. Instead, Fang Zheng saw her reach out and take out a notepad and a ballpoint pen from her bosom, then write something on them and then show them in front of Fang Zheng.

【Who are you? 】

"You can't speak?"

Seeing the note in front of him, Fang Zheng was stunned for a moment, then he opened his mouth to answer.

"I'm just a passerby."

[A passerby with a talking doll? ]

The silver-haired girl stared at the Emerald Star Stone, but the latter ignored her and immersed himself in the joy of tasting delicious food.

"Of course, passers-by are all kinds of weird. For example, you look weird to me. I've never seen a girl dressed like this appear in front of a convenience store..."

Just like that, Fang Zheng and the silver-haired girl started chatting in this special way at the door of the convenience store. The silver-haired girl did not speak, but just responded briefly with a note, while Fang Zheng talked to her about various things. It must be said that although on the surface the silver-haired girl seemed to be a very taciturn person, in fact she was quite "talkative".

However, after checking the time on his phone again, Fang Zheng had to stand up.

"It's getting late and I should go. Do you really not need help?"

“…”

The silver-haired girl shook her head silently.

"Well, it's not very safe here at night these days, so you have to be careful when you're alone."

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, the silver-haired girl raised the note in her hand that said "Be careful on the road", and Fang Zheng smiled and waved his hand, then turned around and held the Emerald Star Stone and walked back home.

"Isn't that girl weird?"

"It's a bit strange indeed, but she shouldn't be the criminal. I don't sense the bloody smell from her."

"Wow...but I feel like there's something strange about the aura around her..."

"The breath of death may not be too familiar to you."

Fang Zheng certainly understood what Cui Xingshi was talking about. He could sense the deep breath of death surrounding the silver-haired girl. Even though Fang Zheng was just an ordinary person now, based on his experience he could tell that the girl definitely possessed super terrifying power.

However, I couldn't sense the bloody aura coming from her. She didn't look like the perpetrator of a massacre at all...

"Um?"

Just as Fang Zheng was walking down the street, he suddenly stopped and raised his head to look to the side.

"What's wrong? Human?"

Noticing Fang Zheng's strange behavior, Cui Xingshi asked curiously, while Fang Zheng stared at the house not far away with a serious expression.

"Look over there."

"there?"

Cui Xingshi raised her head curiously and followed Fang Zheng's line of sight to a nearby residential building. From the outside, this was just an ordinary house. However, when Cui Xingshi's line of sight moved to the window on the second floor, she screamed in shock. On the white curtains on the second floor, she could see a large area of ​​scattered dark red marks. That was...

"Blood?!"

"It seems to be correct, but I don't know if it is the criminal we are looking for..."

"ah--!"

However, before Fang Zheng finished speaking, a mournful cry suddenly came from inside. Upon hearing the sound, Fang Zheng's expression suddenly changed.

"I'll go in and check the situation. Emerald Star Stone, do as we said before!"

As he spoke, Fang Zheng took out his gun and quickly rushed towards the house in front of him.

The door of the house in front of him was ajar. Fang Zheng quietly walked to the door, slightly opened the door, and looked inside. There was a dead silence in the house, and no sound could be heard. He raised his gun and quietly walked into the entrance. He looked around and soon found a body on the floor not far away and blood splattered all over the wall.

How cruel.

Looking at the corpse and splattered blood in front of him, Fang Zheng's face darkened slightly. Then he looked forward cautiously and planned to go upstairs to check the situation.

However, just as Fang Zheng was about to go upstairs, the air suddenly became heavy.

Then, in the blink of an eye, Fang Zheng felt that he had lost control of his body, as if he was frozen in place!

What is this? Magic?!

Realizing this, Fang Zheng's eyes narrowed, and at the same time, he could feel a strange and thick murderous aura gradually emerging behind him. It condensed at one point, and then suddenly stabbed at his heart!

And just at this moment...

"Water Dream!!"

The sound of the Emerald Star Stone suddenly rang out, breaking the originally condensed air. The next moment, thick vines broke through the floor, forming a barrier, blocking Fang Zheng's back!