Chapter 124 Farewell Performance
"Spider" died so suddenly that no one was able to react.
Previously, in order to thoroughly investigate the disappearance of the Cattail Squad, the Investigation Agency not only sent Inspector Delphinium to the scene, but also dispatched two additional investigation teams.
The two new investigation teams set out from the Magic Kingdom, and because of the urgency of the mission, they traveled day and night. Although these magical girls had done their best to rush to Baian City as quickly as possible, they did not expect that the inspector, Delphinium, would act so quickly.
The people had just arrived in Bai'an City the day before, and they found the location of the enemy's lair the next morning. That night, they eliminated both the people and the lair, and also rescued the target of this mission - the Cat Tail Squad.
This made these magical girls both admire and feel disappointed: they admired her because what she did was very neat and handsome, and she found out the truth and solved the enemy as quickly as possible, which was always what the magical girls of the Investigation Institute pursued; they felt disappointed because the problem was solved before they even arrived, which was almost like a wasted trip.
This loss combined with hatred for the enemy eventually turned into vengeance.
These magical girls who later joined the Investigation Institute launched a devastating carpet-style attack on the remaining Black Dawn forces in Baian City.
With the death of the spider, the Black Dawn of Baian City became a pile of scattered sand without a leader. Without the only leader, and without enough power to fight against the magical girls, it was naturally defeated at the first touch.
At first, some of the evil believers who had mastered the ability to transform resisted stubbornly, trying to escape with the power of the remaining beasts, but they were eventually killed in the face of the encirclement of the magical girls. After learning of the death of Zhu and others, the remaining members honestly chose to surrender - facing a group of angry magical girls, they had no means of counterattack.
This conspiracy that had been planned in Baian City for several years was finally uncovered, and it also caused a shock to the entire magic side of Baian City.
Ordinary magicians had no way of knowing what the people of Black Dawn had done, but they knew that an extremely dangerous beast had secretly slaughtered so many lives. The reason why the incident spread so widely was because too many people were implicated.
According to incomplete statistics from the Bureau of Strategy, as many as 400 civilians died directly or indirectly in their lair due to the planning of Zhu and others.
This has become the most serious large-scale beast attack in Bai'an City in the past decade. Even though this incident actually happened quietly and imperceptibly, its impact is far worse than any overt beast attack.
The reason why no one noticed anything unusual was that these cases were all hidden in the daily attacks of large and small beasts. A large number of people who were attacked at the scene and fled in panic would be bewitched by the spider's ability and unconsciously escape into the trap he prepared, thus becoming the missing "victims".
No one knew that these people could have avoided death. Even when the Strategy Bureau marked them as "murdered", they were still struggling to death in the lair of the beasts.
An incident involving so many people and on such a large scale naturally made everyone in the magic side of Baian City feel insecure. For a time, most capable magicians chose to move to other places, simply because the incidents that took place here were too horrifying.
With the defeat of the spiders and the collapse of their nests, very few survivors managed to escape.
Among these survivors, there are magical girls who were directly rescued by Delphinium, employees of the Strange Policy Bureau who strayed into this place, and a few civilians. The civilians will be comforted and compensated accordingly, and the surviving employees who encountered this incident will receive a long paid vacation and complete psychological treatment after completing the relevant evidence collection work.
As for the magical girls of the investigation team headed by Maowei, they are not under the jurisdiction of the Strategy Bureau.
They will be sent back to the country, which will begin attempts to treat and rehabilitate them.
And because they were trapped in the nest for too long and their magic power was severely depleted, their true appearance was damaged... It is questionable whether these magical girls can return to the front line and participate in the battle.
However, before being taken back to the magical kingdom by the investigation institute personnel who arrived later, Cattail, who had been in a coma, woke up briefly once.
After learning that the people who saved her were Dengzhan and Cuique, she dragged her very weak body to express her gratitude to the two, and also conveyed another message to Cuique: "Sir Inspector... the incident in Bai'an City is just a small microcosm. Perhaps their plan here was thwarted, but please be careful. According to our previous investigation, at least four other cities are experiencing very abnormal things."
This also became the last words she left for Delphinium before returning to her country.
She conveyed the results of her investigation before being trapped in Baian City to Kusanagi in the most concise language, without mentioning the handover process at all. The subtext was to transfer all the credit to Kusanagi to express her gratitude.
Delphinium really wanted to say that she didn't need the other party to do this, but after saying this, Cattail fainted again. It was unknown whether he was really out of energy or simply didn't give Delphinium a chance to refute.
But in short, the most fundamental purpose of Cuique's trip was achieved. Although the members of the investigation team were seriously injured, at least they were rescued, and she also completed the task assigned by the Investigation Institute.
However, after completing this task, more doubts arise.
First of all, as Maowei said, there are several cities with similar strange phenomena as Baian City: a large number of people disappeared inexplicably, various cases of brutal beast attacks that violated the rules, strange rumors... These clues all have reliable sources: most of them are the results of field investigations by the investigation team, or reports from local magical girls.
Secondly, it was what Delphinium discovered after the battle. After the spider died, there was an altar covered with flesh and blood under the spider web.
She had seen this altar before - in the sewers under Fangting City. She had also seen an altar that looked very similar in the same lair of the remnant beasts, also in the center of the defeated beast.
What is the connection between the two? This made Delphinium ponder.
Finally, it was Spider himself who mentioned during the battle that he knew the name "Cornflower".
This is also the most puzzling thing for Delphinium during this trip.
When she was young and active as a magical girl, she did gain some fame with the code name Cornflower, but would such a fame really be remembered by people outside Fangting City 20 years later? She didn't know, but she felt that this was not normal.
And since you think it is abnormal, the solution is very simple: check.
A thorough investigation of this matter requires manpower, and the current Baian City just happens to have some. After all, there are still a group of magical girls with nothing to do.
These magical girls from the Investigation Institute were eager to go because they were late and missed the entire incident. After learning that there were several other cities with similar phenomena to Baian City, they signed up enthusiastically to go to the scene to investigate.
During this period, a small incident occurred. That was the "real murderer" mentioned by the local magical girl in Baian City, the blonde magical girl codenamed Mu Lily.
She mistook Lin Yun for a bad guy due to a misunderstanding, and had always believed that she had found the mastermind behind the incident, but as the incident was revealed, her words became empty talk.
After the case was solved, the photo of Spider, the culprit of the incident, had spread among the magic world and naturally reached the hands of the Baian City Magical Girls Team. Obviously, Spider's appearance had nothing to do with the person described by the blonde girl.
Although Mu Baihe is not very smart, her eyesight should be fine. Even she could find out from the photo that she seemed to have caught the wrong person.
Even though she kept shouting "there are accomplices" and "I didn't make any mistakes", she was already treated as a joke by her teammates and people from the investigation agency. In the end, in order to prove herself, she wanted to sign up to participate in investigations in other cities, claiming that she wanted to go to other cities to "find someone who humiliated her and avenge her previous shame."
The end result was that she was given a serious lecture by Dengzhan and chose to give up dejectedly.
This little farce came to an end.
As for Dengzhan himself, after several days of recovery and recuperation, he has basically recovered and is no longer in danger.
As the second hero in this incident - although this credit was mainly for leading Delphinium - she also received the respect and gratitude of the magical girls of the Investigation Institute.
The result of this respect and gratitude was that the small musical instrument shop called "Mingyin" run by Dengzhan became crowded during those days.
Some old customers who frequently visited Mingyin Music Store discovered during those days that for some reason there was a group of beautiful female sales clerks in the store.
Many of these female clerks knew little about musical instruments, but they were enthusiastic and proactive enough, and were able to create a lively atmosphere in the store, which in turn boosted the store's business.
In this way, after about a week, the Strategy Bureau completed the reconstruction of the disaster-stricken areas and the comfort of the victims; the magical girls completed the arrest of the people involved and the elimination of the remaining beasts. This major incident that shocked the entire magic side of Baian City finally gradually subsided.
In such an atmosphere, the aftermath of the Bai'an City incident finally came to an end.
After the incident was settled, the magical girls of the Investigation Institute had no reason to stay here.
The next step is that they need to leave Baian City and go to the cities that Maowei mentioned before, and continue looking for possible clues to solve the bigger mystery.
However, because they had been getting along well with each other for a while, in order to bid farewell to the magical girls of the Investigation Institute, Dengzhan and others also planned a special event:
——A farewell performance.
A band composed of four members of the Baian City Magical Girls Team performed a farewell musical performance to the magical girls of the Investigation Institute. The venue was set in a small performance hall next to the piano store.
The venue of the performance hall next door was rented, and only a very small number of regulars were invited as the audience. The performance went on as scheduled in a cheerful and warm atmosphere.
This was also the first time that Delphinium knew that the magical girl group in Baian City could also serve as a band.
Of course, this is not uncommon in Baian City. Men, women, young and old here have more or less mastered one or two musical instruments, and the average musical literacy is much higher than that of the outside world.
On the day of the event, Delphinium was also invited to attend. She stood alone in the back row of the performance hall, sitting away from the crowd, and quietly listened to the performance of the girls on the stage.
"Why are you staying here alone?"
Amid the music, Dengzhan's voice rang in her ears: "Senior, you are the hero this time. It's more appropriate for you to stand in the first row, right?"
"I'm old now and I'm not used to noisy environments."
Delphinium said calmly, "What about you? Why did the band's keyboard player suddenly run off the stage to talk to the audience?"
"It's OK for the following songs without me, their performance level is good enough."
Dengzhan explained confidently: "Even Mu Baili is someone I can trust on stage. Although she looks silly at ordinary times, she is the most active one in rehearsals after knowing that she will be performing this performance."
"Children are always very malleable."
Delphinium commented calmly: "So how to guide them is the most important issue."
“I think these kids are fine.”
Dengzhan leaned back slightly and said cheerfully, "Because I have watched them grow up, I know that they will all be good children and the pillars of the next generation."
"I don't deny that."
Delphinium looked at the stage not far away: "Especially White Thistle. She can muster the courage to hold up the scene even when you are not around. She is very calm in doing things. I am very optimistic about her."
"Um?"
Dengzhan turned his head and asked: "Senior Cuiqiao, are you interested in Baiji?"
"I'm looking forward to her growth." Delphinium nodded slightly.
"Then please look forward to it. Bai Ji is the next generation captain appointed by the older generation of our Bai'an City."
Dengzhan also said with some pride: "Even if you are interested, you can't poach us from our Bai'an City team."
"You are probably less than 20 years old. Even if you call yourself an elder, you are just a child in my eyes."
Delphinium narrowed her eyes slightly. "Besides, I didn't say I was going to poach anyone. I already have enough trouble with my own rookie magical girls."
"Senior, are you also leading a team of rookies?"
Dengzhan automatically ignored the first half of Cuique's sentence. Obviously, she was more interested in the second half: "Will a position like Patrol Inspector also bring in newcomers? Is it a team within the Investigation Institute?"
"It's not what you think." Delphinium obviously didn't want to bring up this topic and brushed it off lightly.
"Yeah?"
Seeing that she didn't want to talk about it, Dengzhan stopped asking and changed the subject naturally: "In that case, you will also be leaving in a few days, Senior?"
Delphinium raised her eyes and turned her face to the side: "Why do you think so?"
"Because, the Full Moon Festival is coming in a few days."
Dengzhan looked at the stage in the distance with a smile on his face: "On the day of reuniting with my family, I still have to go back to my own home, right?"
"Full Moon Festival..."
This word startled Delphinium for a moment, and then she seemed to remember something, her expression a little dazed.
And as if to confirm Dengzhan's words, her cell phone vibrated slightly at this time.
It’s Lin Yun’s cell phone.
Delphinium came back to her senses, subconsciously distinguished it, took out her phone, swiped the lock screen, clicked on the message interface with the message prompt, and saw a message from a familiar number: [Lin Xiaolu: Will you come back during the Full Moon Festival? ]
(End of this chapter)
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