Chapter 189 Concert
“Bang!” “Shua!”
A black whip shadow slashed down from mid-air and hit the ground, leaving several whip marks on the mud, which was not hard to begin with.
Delphinium narrowly dodged to the side, avoiding the sudden attack, then narrowed her eyes slightly and allowed the silver-blue threads to pull her wrist and yank her forward.
Under the guidance of the silk thread, her body seemed to turn into a puppet, moving several meters in a posture and method that completely violated human body mechanics. Then, at a certain point, it suddenly stopped.
She stretched out her magic weapon that had transformed into a dagger and stabbed it fiercely at the neck of the person in front of her, but the fierce attack did not cause any serious injuries, but was firmly blocked by a blade made of black metal.
Using the long knife in his hand to push away the dagger of the emerald bird, Yuan breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "That's it."
"Give up?" Cuiqiao asked as she broke the dagger in her hand into silk thread.
"No, it's a tie."
Yuan shook his head: "Without using anything other than the magic suit, our fight seems to be limited to this extent. By the way, have your injuries improved a little?"
"It doesn't threaten my life for now, so don't worry about it." In response, Delphinium was slightly cautious.
This is the third time that Yuan has challenged Cuiqiao to a fight since he came to Fangting City.
The first one happened in the Strategy Bureau, where Cuiqiao used the temporary magic outfit made by Hongsi and barely repelled Yuan; the next two times took the form of simple hand-to-hand combat, and the locations were also set in open spaces on the outskirts of the city, and both times ended with equal results.
However, this kind of equal advantage relies on the unique trick of Delphinium.
To be fair, in terms of hand-to-hand combat skills, Yuan's level was the best she had ever seen. In terms of basic fighting skills, the opponent's level was a master. In addition to skills, in terms of key magic and strength, Delphinium was at a complete disadvantage. The reason why she could repeatedly equalize the results in the battle was entirely because she used the information gap.
Her fighting skills have a strong personal style, which can be said to be based on the assistance of silk threads and masterpieces. Many of her moves are completely contrary to common sense, even Yuan has never seen them. Therefore, Kuei had to package the information gap into a key killer move to end the battle.
Of course, the reason why the battle could be resolved so easily was because Yuan characterized it as "competition".
"If you do things this way, can you really report to the leader of Claw Scar when you go back?"
Thinking of this, Kuizi couldn't help but look at the other party with some suspicion: "Or do you have some way to beautify your behavior and say that playing is a test?"
"Business is business, and principles are principles."
She put away the magic costume in her hand carelessly, and wiped her palm across her chest. The magic girl's clothes on her body immediately turned into magic particles and scattered in the air: "Claw Mark respects the personality of each magical girl and allows magical girls to use their own methods to solve tasks, and my way is upright."
"Playing fair and square?"
"Defeat your opponent fairly and squarely."
Picking up the sackcloth package thrown on the ground and carrying it on his shoulder, Yuan shrugged: "Anyway, I've had a great time today. Thank you, do you want to go have a drink together?"
"liquor?"
"What else?"
With her free hand, she raised the cup to her mouth and smiled vaguely, "Among all the drinks in the world, is there anything more intoxicating than what's in this cup?"
"No thanks."
Also dispersing the magic suit in his hand, Cuiqiao waved his hand: "I am different from you. I have other tasks."
“It’s boring.”
Yuan shook his head and sighed, "Forget it, I'll go to the Strategy Bureau to see if the director is there and ask him out for a drink. It'll also be a way of thanking him for bringing us together."
This one is also exempted.
Delphinium grumbled to herself.
Of course, although she had some thoughts in her mind, her face was as cold and calm as ever, with no emotion at all.
Seeing that she didn't say a word, Yuan was too lazy to make himself look bad. He just gathered his tattered Taoist robe and walked towards the street shrouded in the night in a very casual manner.
"Oh, that's right."
Before the figure was about to disappear from Cuique's sight, she suddenly seemed to remember something and turned back to look at Cuique: "Fangting City seems to have become a bit lively recently. Next time we meet, please introduce your new friend to me."
New friend? The word made Delphinium raise an eyebrow, but before she could ask any more questions, Yuan's figure had already melted into the night, leaving no trace.
Only Delphinium was left standing there, looking thoughtful.
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Time goes back slightly to the afternoon of the same day.
Xizhao District, Xizhao Middle School, students are gathered in the classroom, enjoying the lunch break after half a day of classes.
In terms of temperature, the winter in Fangting City is not too cold, but it is located in the south of Donghua Prefecture, and the humid cold air often penetrates everywhere, making it difficult for people to rely on clothes to retain body heat.
Therefore, even during lunch break, students were reluctant to step out of the classroom, but instead huddled in the classroom and whispered to each other.
As for why they were whispering, it was because some students were lying on the tables to rest.
Lin Xiaolu was also one of the people who was resting on the table. The reason was simple: she was too sleepy.
In recent days, she has been working hard and practicing diligently. Whenever she has time, she repeats the process of strengthening her strength and cultivating her spiritual thoughts, trying to further improve her magic power and bring it to the bud level.
Unfortunately, although her magic power has indeed increased, her full potential is still a long way off.
The reason why she was so anxious was not only because she saw through some things and had some changes in her mentality, but also because the first Leaf-level girl appeared in the Fangting City Magical Girl Team.
——Just the day before yesterday, Xia Liang opened his business successfully and achieved a promotion in his level.
This means that a teammate who started learning almost half a month later than her and is younger than her in both age and experience has already surpassed her by two levels in ability.
It is impossible to say that there is no envy or jealousy in her heart. As the only species-level person in the team, Lin Xiaolu felt a strong sense of crisis.
Time had already unknowingly come to the middle of December, and there were still three months until the annual magical girl qualification examination. If she was still at the seed level by then, she might not even get the certification card.
Considering Cuiqiao's increasingly intimate attitude towards Bai Jingxuan recently, and the strange atmosphere between her and Xia Liang, if by the time the exam is over, she is the only one who fails... Lin Xiaolu no longer dares to think about it.
No matter what the reason is, she must awaken her magic suit as soon as possible.
With this in mind, Lin Xiaolu has been running to the training ground more diligently than Bai Jingxuan these days. She even finally put aside her pride and asked Xia Liang for the secret of awakening the magic suit... But even after doing this, her magic suit was as if it didn't exist, with no movement at all.
The magic suit failed to awaken, and a lot of her sleeping time was consumed instead. So Lin Xiaolu has been a little listless these days, and she often even dozed off in class.
At noon that day, when she was lying in her arms, her consciousness was between half asleep and half awake, she suddenly felt her arm being patted.
She raised her head groggily and looked to the side, and found a girl she was not familiar with, standing next to her, holding two pieces of colored paper.
"Oh, sorry, Xiaolu, I disturbed your sleep."
The girl smiled apologetically and placed the piece of paper in her hand on Lin Xiaolu's desk: "Someone asked me to give this to you."
"Others? Who?" Lin Xiaolu, who was a little confused, asked subconsciously, and then she saw the girl pointing at the door of the classroom. Following the other party's gesture, she found a boy with a familiar face peeking at the door.
Because she had just woken up, Lin Xiaolu took some effort to remember who the other person was - it was the guy who confessed to her more than half a month ago.
Perhaps he noticed Lin Xiaolu's gaze. The boy looked at her for a second, then hurriedly shrank behind the wall.
Seeing the other party's strange behavior throughout, Lin Xiaolu couldn't help but look down at the two colorful pieces of paper on the table. Only then did she see clearly what they were: a pair of concert tickets.
That guy, is he going to ask me to go to a concert? After realizing this, she picked up the two tickets without hesitation and handed them back to the girl in front of her: "Sorry, please help me return it to him, I don't need it."
"He said it's okay if you don't go with him."
The girl didn't accept it immediately, but pointed at the ticket in Lin Xiaolu's hand and said, "You really don't want it?"
"No, I don't want him to waste money on this."
Lin Xiaolu said solemnly: "So please tell him that I don't like this."
"Well... okay, I'll go back then."
Apparently she understood the logic behind this matter, and the girl showed a somewhat ambiguous and gossipy smile on her face: "Sorry to bother you, Xiaolu. Continue your nap."
Then he walked to the classroom door with the ticket, and stuffed it back into the boy's hand amid his disappointment.
After confirming that the ticket had been returned, Lin Xiaolu breathed a sigh of relief and lay down on the table again, trying to find a comfortable position to continue her nap. However, before she could move, she noticed that there seemed to be someone in front of her seat looking at her.
Without even looking in that direction, Lin Xiaolu could confirm that it was Jiang Yuan, the only classmate she could call a "friend" in this class. Because she was sitting in the row in front of her, their seats were close together.
"Xiaolu."
Jiang Yuan lowered her voice and said to Lin Xiaolu in a rather mysterious tone, "Do you know how hard it is to get those two tickets that boy gave you?"
"have no idea."
Lin Xiaolu buried her head in her arms and said in a muffled voice, "I'm not interested either. I don't like any singers."
“That’s not just any singer’s concert!”
Jiang Yuan knocked on the back of her chair in dissatisfaction, trying to attract Lin Xiaolu's attention: "That's the concert of Madoka Aso, a popular idol who has been popular for more than ten years and is famous all over the world!"
"so?"
"Even your favorite magical girl anime, "Aizo Angel", the theme song was sung by her!"
Jiang Yuan covered her mouth with her hands and raised her voice a little: "As a new-age ACG fan, you should understand this kind of status!"
"……don't know."
Lin Xiaolu looked up in bewilderment: "The theme song of 'Colorful Sky Angels' is indeed very nice, but what does this have to do with the status of the star?"
"Are you stupid? It matters a lot! Anyone who can sing for a magical girl anime must be the top of the pop music world!"
Jiang Yuan said angrily, "Yuuka Aso is a top music star in Dongying Province. She rarely holds concerts in Donghua Province before! Even if she does, it is only in large central cities. She rarely comes to a small place like Fangting City. Do you know how rare this opportunity is?"
"oh."
"Don't you want to hear her sing the theme song of "Colorful Sky Angel" live?"
"...I think so?" Lin Xiaolu said uncertainly.
"Hehe, then you were right to reject him!"
Jiang Yuan smiled sweetly, reached into her sleeve, and suddenly pulled out two tickets that were exactly the same as the ones she had just seen:
"For the sake of your persistence in our alliance of misfits! Let's go and listen together!"
Thanks to book friend Magnetic Field Dian Lao for the leader reward, book friend Shi Tou Zou Xing, book friend fish Hehe, book friend 3zh-bth, book friend parzen, book friend Xia Lu syaru, and book friend 20200219001153310 for the helmsman reward.
The activity of collecting extras ended at the end of last month. I have already selected some extra settings from book friends and will gradually invest in them over a period of time. Stay tuned.
(End of this chapter)
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