Chapter 424: Group Looking for the Witch
As Jiang Xia successfully lured the cursed thread, Kidd beside him also recovered from the severe pain that felt like his heart was pierced.
He held onto the cold wall and struggled to get up. He looked at the Mist Tengu struggling with something invisible. Combined with the sudden pain he felt just now, he hesitated and asked, "...what happened?"
Mist Tengu did not answer. He concentrated on fiddling with his wrist, as if tying some invisible rope that was constantly struggling to it.
After a while, the ancient monster in myth stopped moving, looked at his hands in the moonlight, and said calmly: "You are cursed by magic."
"…Magic? Curse?"
Kidd was startled, and suddenly remembered the recording about "magic" he heard not long ago, and his assistant Terai Huang Zhisuke reminding him to be careful of magicians - it is said that some magicians think that magic is not decent, and therefore hate magicians like Kidd.
For Kidd at the moment, "magician" is just a very vague concept that he has just heard of.
He never expected that he would be targeted by the magician just after he heard this new word.
As he thought about it, Kidd couldn't help but press his chest, which was still covered in blood, again, and a layer of fine cold sweat appeared on his body.
He was injured in such a fatal place as his heart, but he had no idea who did it or how it was done, and he didn't know how to stop it... Fortunately, today was the day when he was robbed by Mist Tengu, and Brother Youkai seemed to know a lot about these metaphysical things, otherwise...
When Kidd thought about how he was almost taken away by the police just now, and the severe pain that penetrated deep into his bones, he couldn't help but feel a little scared:
"It's possible to curse someone silently... No wonder I was out of form tonight and was so careless that I overlooked the hypnotic gas spray device hidden in the display case."
Kiri Tengu glanced at him and said, "That's your own problem. The curse was just activated."
Kidd: “…”
The air was quiet for a few seconds.
After a moment, Kidd pressed his hat on his head as if nothing had happened, and changed the subject seamlessly: "Can you find the hiding place of the magician? I think I should talk to him and ask him why..."
Before he finished speaking, Kidd suddenly sensed something.
He suddenly raised his head and saw that the air near Mist Tengu's left eye was strangely distorted. Then, a wound suddenly appeared on Mist Tengu's eye, as if an invisible spike had stabbed it fiercely.
Kidd was startled, and suddenly realized something: "...The curse is still there?!"
Jiang Xia lifted the wings of the puppet to separate Kidd who was rushing over and seemed to want to give first aid.
Just as Kidd approached, one end of the illusory black line moved towards the thief again without forgetting its original intention. It struggled much faster and looked like a hostage happily running into the arms of the police... If it was allowed to stick to Kidd again, the energy core that came again would probably still flow towards Kidd and be wasted.
After pushing his competitor away and temporarily resolving the crisis, Jiang Xia raised his hand to cover his eyes and secretly repaired the puppet that was torn apart by magic.
During this process, the ghosts also suppressed the magic power that almost broke through the puppet and escaped, and carefully absorbed this wave of energy.
Jiang Xia felt the change in the magic power and was slightly surprised - just as he had thought just now, Koizumi Hongzi's magic power could indeed be used as an energy core.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xia couldn't help but turn his head and look at the night sky where the vague black line extended.
——Just now, Koizumi Hongzi's acupuncture for Kidd was indeed just the beginning.
Now, not only did she launch another attack, but judging from the state of the ethereal black lines and magic power, she seemed to have not yet noticed that something had gone wrong here, and she would most likely take other actions in the future.
...I don't know how much magic power is hidden in the witch's body; can that magic power be drained slowly like Gin's murderous aura, or will it take a certain amount of time to recover after it is used up?
Jiang Xia looked at the end of the black line, his eyes moved slightly, and he felt that he had seen a treasure.
…
The other side.
Koizumi Akako was wearing a red robe and a hood. With one of her exposed hands, she was pressing down on the mini-doll, while with the other hand, she was holding up the cursed hammer and hammering a nail into the doll.
This can bring piercing pain to the cursed person, making them continue to experience pain that goes deep into their bones - Koizumi Hongzi intends to use this method to torture the target, weaken his will to resist, and eventually make him take the initiative to eat the chocolate that "will make you fall in love with Koizumi Hongzi after eating it".
After hammering it several times and infusing it with sharp magic power.
Koizumi Hongzi reached out and pulled out the mini doll nailed to the wooden stake, twisting it in her hand.
She thought of the cursed man's twisted and painful expression at this moment, and how he knelt down in front of her after seeing her in order to get rid of the pain, and couldn't wait to seek relief. She couldn't help but reveal a little expectant smile:
"Almost."
As she said that, Koizumi Hongzi threw down the hammer and pushed the door open.
She threw off her loose robe, revealing the witch's costume with gold carvings underneath, then flew lightly into the air and headed above the magic circle she had set up earlier.
Countless crows flew over and gathered at her feet like a dark cloud.
Koizumi Hongzi floated towards the ancient throne in the center of the "dark cloud", lifted her clothes, and sat down gently.
She leaned back in her chair, crossed her long legs, and struck a comfortable pose. Then she continued to use the mini doll as a medium to channel her magic power, intending to pull the cursed target in front of her.
——She will be the only antidote to relieve the pain and appear when the target is on the verge of collapse.
By then, perhaps there will be no need for chocolate at all, and that "only exception in the world" will fall in love with her on his own initiative.
Thinking of the scene at that time, Koizumi Hongzi covered her lips and let out a low laugh, looking into the distance expectantly.
…
Next to the museum building.
Jiang Xia stared at the ethereal black line intently. When waves of sharp magic power surged along it, he held the magic power down one by one, carefully collected it, and slowly absorbed it.
After the ghosts absorbed the energy cores, they collapsed comfortably on the ground, wiping the corners of their mouths to savor the taste.
Miss Spider was more prepared for danger. At this time, she had already crawled up Jiang Xia's forearm, stretched out the eight sharp claws on her back, touched the ethereal black lines that had transported delicious energy, and looked like she wanted to crawl along them to the other party's nest.
Jiang Xia caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of his eye, and before she could crawl out, he took the initiative to pin down this very agile ghost.
...Although Miss Spider climbed up very quickly, she was still in the form of a ghost fetus and was too small, so she was not as fast as the Mist Tengu puppet driven by Jiang Xia.
After all, the person on the other side is a witch of unknown strength. It feels a bit dangerous for Miss Spider to go there alone as a ghost, so it would be better for them to go together later.
(End of this chapter)
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