Chapter 113 Encounter
Bai'an City is a well-known tourist city in the southern part of Donghua Prefecture, with rich landscapes and natural attractions. What's more worth mentioning is that it is also a famous music capital, where a large number of world-class music festivals or exhibitions are held every year.
Home to the largest concert hall and two of the largest music schools in the entire Donghua state, the entire city is filled with an artistic atmosphere. Not only are the buildings along the street full of tributes and ingenuity, but you can often see huge music venues on the street, as well as musicians performing on the roadside.
Therefore, tourists and music lovers from all over the world often stay here, making the tourism and hospitality industry very prosperous.
When Lin Yun told the driver his destination, which was the Music Park in the Economic Development Zone of Bai'an City, the driver completely treated him as a tourist from out of town and introduced him to the local special attractions and how to buy specialties of Bai'an City.
Lin Yun didn't mind the misunderstanding, so he chatted with the driver about things to pay attention to when traveling in Bai'an City, as if he was really going there for a trip.
Of course, he was not actually a tourist, and his purpose of coming to Bai'an City was not tourism, so the music park he went to was actually the real destination of this trip - Bai'an City Strategy Bureau.
There is a common sense in the magical side of the material world: the existence of each city's strange policy bureau is different.
The Bureau of Strange Strategies in Fangting City is the most common one. It makes no secret of its status as a government agency and its management function over magicians. It owns a huge complex of buildings as its headquarters.
The Bai'an City Strategy Bureau is different. According to the information provided by the Investigation Institute to Cuiqiao, its address is located in the basement of Bai'an City Music Park, and all entrances and exits are extremely secretive. If you don't know this, then ordinary people will never be able to find the location of the Bai'an City Strategy Bureau.
As for why it is located in the basement of the Music Park, the reason is very realistic: when the Strategy Bureau set up its headquarters here, the Economic Development Zone of Bai'an City was still a deserted suburban wilderness.
But later, with the development and expansion of the city, this piece of wilderness was eventually designated as a new urban area. With the construction of various properties and public facilities on the surrounding land, the vacant land above the Yi Ce Bureau became particularly eye-catching.
At this point, if the Strategy Bureau does not build some buildings above the headquarters, it would be like trying to cover up something.
As a result, this place finally became a music park that fits the city's characteristics.
If Lin Yun remembered correctly, when the music park was completed, it was hyped up on the Internet. At that time, Anya even asked herself whether she should bring Xiaolu with her family of three to visit here.
Lin Yun did not agree immediately at that time, wanting to wait until the hype had passed and the reputation of the scenic spot had stabilized before considering whether to take this place as a family trip. But when that day came, there was no longer any so-called family trip.
Sitting in the taxi, looking at the bustling street scene outside the window, Lin Yun's thoughts were a little vague for a moment.
In the evening, when the taxi drove out of the port area and officially entered Baian City and arrived at the location of the Yi Ce Bureau marked on the map, the sun was about to set, and only a faint orange-red light remained in the sky.
The traffic slowly moved through the crowded roads, forming a long queue, waiting impatiently at the traffic lights at each intersection. From time to time, a vehicle would cross through the gap, trying to overtake or merge, making the traffic worse. The noisy honking sounded one after another, disturbing people's minds and making them more and more annoyed.
As time went by, the afterglow of the sunset gradually faded, and the sky of the city began to turn gray. But almost at the same time, the gorgeous neon lights began to shine, and the whole city of Bai'an was lit up with colorful lights. Bai'an City seemed to become more lively at night.
This prosperous scene turned into a picture reflected on the car window, which was fully captured by Lin Yun's eyes.
If when Lin Yun first came here, all he felt was the simple atmosphere of fireworks, then when he actually entered Bai'an City, he could feel that everything here was so warm and real.
The Cat Tail Squad disappeared in such a city?
He couldn't help but have such thoughts in his mind.
And as if in response to his thoughts, the next moment, a huge roar sounded ahead on the road.
The originally noisy sounds of car horns, the mixed music on the street, and the voices of drivers in the cars were all dispersed by the roar.
Lin Yun immediately turned his head and looked forward through the car window, but under the cover of night, the neon lights made the scene in front of him blurry, making it impossible to see what was happening.
The roads were still blocked and traffic was still stagnant, as if the roar just now was just an illusion and nothing had actually happened.
Soon, the sound of music on the roadside once again overwhelmed the uneasiness in people's hearts. The passers-by, who were originally a little stunned and confused, started moving again. They looked around a little confused, and for a moment they didn't know whether they should continue to walk forward.
"Master, stop the car."
But Lin Yun was different from them. His experience as a magical girl allowed him to make the first judgment: what situation should have occurred ahead.
Even though she was in a foreign place, as a magical girl she couldn't just sit back and watch the crisis. She had to go to the scene to check the situation, so she quickly decided to get out of the car and walk.
Ignoring the driver's idle words of "Brother, what are you afraid of?", he paid the fare, picked up his bag, pushed open the car door, and ran along the sidewalk towards the direction of the roar.
After running forward for several hundred meters, he finally ran into a group of people walking in the opposite direction.
"Don't go forward, turn around and run, there are beasts!"
The young man running in the front shouted at him, and then tried to drag Lin Yun away with him.
"The Strategy Bureau."
Lin Yun did not move, but calmly said three words to him. The young man then opened his mouth with some understanding, loosened his hand, and continued to run away.
Lin Yun went to the scene against the crowd and finally saw the scene on the street in the distance: a huge beast was standing on the road, wreaking havoc and trying to grab the people in the car.
Several pedestrians had already been injured by it and were lying on the side of the road, covering their bodies and wailing. The scene was filled with gloom and despair.
Lin Yun stood there and looked for two seconds, then immediately turned around and rushed into the convenience store next door with his bag.
There was no one in the convenience store at this time. Both the clerk and the customers chose to flee because of the attack of the beasts. He locked his luggage bag in the warehouse, looked at the camera in the corner, frowned, and had to climb out through the window again.
He wanted to find a deserted place to transform.
From the convenience store, they climbed into the back alley of the street. At this moment, the alley was empty. The dark and cramped space just blocked the surrounding vision. Even if someone looked out of the window, they would not see Lin Yun.
After confirming that there was no one around, he took out the heart flower from the inner pocket of his coat and placed it on his chest.
——Then he stopped what he was doing.
Because almost at the same time, he felt several strong magical fluctuations passing over his head at high speed, and one of them stopped after moving a short distance, then turned back and returned to his head.
"Uncle, what are you doing here?"
A clear female voice came from above the alley.
Lin Yun looked up and saw a girl wearing a layered princess dress and emitting a light yellow light. She was floating in the air and was looking at him with a puzzled look on her face.
The magical fluctuations on her body undoubtedly reveal her identity - she is a magical girl.
Lin Yun did not say anything. He just silently put away his heart gem, then pretended he knew nothing and ran quickly along the alley.
"Stop, don't run!"
However, before he could take two steps, he heard a voice coming from above his head again. The magical girl in light yellow clothes had already landed in front of him: "I just felt it! There is a fluctuation of magic power here!"
The girl had long curly light blonde hair, with her bangs combed to the sides, revealing a smooth forehead. At this moment, she was staring at Lin Yun with a pair of clear yellow eyes, looking at him with some arrogance:
"Who are you? A magician? You are sneaking around in this dark place. There are beasts causing trouble across the street. What is your connection with this matter?"
Something bad has happened.
Lin Yun thought to himself.
Although he was alert enough to stop his transformation in time and prevent the other party from seeing the truth, the fluctuation of magic power was inevitable. When both of them were using magic power, he could detect the other party, so there was no reason for the other party not to detect him.
But even so, he was still a little surprised, because even though he had old injuries, his perception as a magical girl was still at the level of a bud. The other party was able to perceive each other's magic fluctuations at the same time as him, which meant that her perception was also quite excellent.
However, judging from the fluctuations of magical power revealed by the other party, she is still far from reaching the standard of the Bud level.
Is he hiding his strength? Or is his perception ability beyond his ability level?
These doubts arose in his mind, but were quickly put aside. Lin Yun knew that he should not be thinking about these trivial matters now.
He tried to transform in this deserted alley, and the fluctuation of his magic power was detected by the other party. If he did not reveal his identity as a magical girl now, then there could only be one explanation - he was a magician.
However, if he admitted that he was a magician, he would face the next question, which was the same as what the other party had asked just now: what was he doing here? You know, there was a crippled beast causing trouble in the direction he came from. It was normal for a magician to watch or run away when encountering a crippled beast; but hiding in an alley and secretly using magic power was indeed too suspicious.
Putting yourself in his shoes, if Lin Yun himself found such a magician near the scene of the beast attack, he would also immediately suspect that the other party had some connection with the beast.
But when it was his turn to be suspected, he couldn't help but feel a headache.
Directly confess his identity as a magical girl to the other party? Putting aside the difference in appearance between his real body and the magical girl, even if there was no such factor, he had no reason to reveal his true identity to a strange magical girl.
The true identity of a magical girl is a very private and confidential matter. In many cases, no one except teammates will know it, so he should not make an exception easily.
So, if she didn't admit her magical girl identity, what was the most appropriate statement? Should she lie that she was a magician, or continue to pretend to be an ordinary person and claim that the other party had made a mistake? After a brief decision, Lin Yun decided to do the latter.
If he lied that he was a magician, he would inevitably face questions about "what were you doing hiding in an alley", which would undoubtedly be more difficult to explain. If he claimed to be an ordinary person, he only needed to insist that he didn't know what "magic power" was.
He is confident enough to hide his magic power without using it. No matter how the other party verifies it, they will only find that he is an "ordinary person".
"I don't know what you're talking about."
So, Lin Yun put on a stern face, pretending to be unhappy, and turned the tables: "Look at you, are you a magical girl? There are beasts hurting people behind you, why don't you go and fight with them, but come to stop me, a passerby?"
"ha?"
His rebuttal made the blonde magical girl raise her eyebrows, and then she said dissatisfiedly: "There are three of us on this trip. My two teammates have already gone to deal with the remaining beasts. I came here to stop you, a magician who doesn't look like a good person at first glance. Is there a problem?"
...Is this child's brain not working well?
Lin Yun couldn't help but wonder in his heart. After all, he had just asked the other party a question, and the other party quickly revealed how many people were his companions.
"I don't look like a good person?"
However, he was not in a position to voice his suspicion, and continued to accuse the other party, "If you are really a magical girl, how can you just say this without any evidence? Don't you feel ashamed for framing innocent people so easily?"
"How can it be a frame-up?"
The blonde girl widened her eyes and pointed at Lin Yun and said, "I can clearly feel the fluctuation of magic power coming from you!"
"Fluctuation of magic power?"
Lin Yun looked at her directly, with a hint of confusion on his face: "What is that?"
"You don't know?" The blonde girl was a little surprised and gradually lowered her outstretched finger. "You don't know what magic is?"
After a brief moment of astonishment, she was stunned for a moment, then suddenly raised her eyebrows and raised her voice as if she was irritated: "Do you think I'm a fool?"
"Hmph, forget it. I'll arrest you first and let Bai Ji and the others judge who you are later."
The blonde girl relaxed her brows and said with a bit of pride: "If you surrender now, I won't use force on you."
"I told you, I don't know what you're talking about!"
Thinking that things were not going well, Lin Yun retreated while thinking about what to do next: "Be careful or I'll report you to the Strategy Bureau!"
"The Strategy Bureau can't control me!"
The blonde girl rushed towards Lin Yun aggressively: "Don't even think about running away!"
It looks like there is no room for maneuver, so let's transform.
Lin Yun sighed in his heart and reached out to touch the heart flower on his chest.
Whether it was to deal with the opponent's attack or to prove his identity, he might have to transform to continue. So he placed his hand on the heart flower, ready to activate it.
——Bang!
“Waaaaaaah!”
However, this preparation was never put to use.
Because before he could make the next move, he heard a crisp sound and a scream.
The blonde girl in front of him tripped over a trash can that had been placed at the side of the alley. She lost her balance, took two steps, and fell to the side.
The direction she fell was the same direction as the obstacle that had tripped her.
Bang! In Lin Yun's sight, the blonde girl fell straight into the trash can, with her upper body completely buried in it, leaving only her legs dangling outside.
The alley became quiet again.
(End of this chapter)
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