Chapter 429: Mist Tengu or Kidd? Ask for monthly votes (づど)
Thinking of this, Koizumi Hongzi forced herself to remain calm and smiled, walking towards Jiang Xia holding the chocolate.
At the same time, in the building next door.
A hand wearing a white glove reached out silently and pulled the trigger hard.
With a slight click, a highly stretchable rope shot out from the muzzle of the gun, spanning the empty street. The end of the rope was firmly nailed into the concrete on the other side, and the middle section passed by the magic circle where Koizumi Akako and Kiri Tengu were.
Before that, several smoke bombs had fallen into the formation and exploded on the ground with a bang.
A large cloud of smoke rose up. Kidd took advantage of the smoke to swipe down the rope, reaching out to grab the Mist Tengu in the magic circle, intending to take the person away.
But before it hit the target, the rope suddenly broke without any warning.
Kidd lost his support in an instant and fell into the formation. He rolled twice due to inertia, and was caught by Mist Tengu and thrown aside.
The burning magic power surged out of the formation, wrapping around Kidd who had just entered the formation like slime. But just as it spread over his clothes, it was sucked away by the nearby shikigami, leaving only a trace of his existence.
...The final effect was that, for a moment, Kidd felt the warmth of spring in the middle of winter.
Unfortunately, the seemingly urgent situation at this moment left him no time to experience this magical change.
——Although the magic power in the array had not yet had time to penetrate Kidd’s body, it spread all over his body, locking down his movements like glue.
Kidd's movements were hindered, and when he was halfway up, he was forced back to his knees on the ground and was unable to move for a while.
He felt this strange situation, and felt like he had turned into an insect stuck in a spider web. Being unable to move freely meant that this rescue operation had completely failed:
Kidd thought to himself that as a high school student who admired science, he couldn't fight a magician head-on, so just now, he planned to make a quick decision and grab the Mist Tengu trapped in the array and run away - the Mist Tengu flew very fast, as long as they left that strange magic array, they should be able to escape smoothly.
However, the plan was going well. Unexpectedly, the rope broke at the critical moment...
Kidd sighed inwardly.
Just now, when he was in Terai's car, he checked this new equipment and found that the rope inside should not be so fragile.
So someone must have taken the initiative to cut it off - judging from the motivation, this "someone" could only be Koizumi Akako.
...He had just attacked suddenly, and with the cover of the smoke bomb, Koizumi Akako was able to react in the first time and cut the rope... Kidd subconsciously reviewed the reasons for his failure, while looking vigilantly at the witch opposite who reacted unexpectedly quickly.
Then he was slightly stunned.
——On the opposite side, Koizumi Hongzi looked down at the broken rope, then looked at the extra Kidd. The confusion in her beautiful red eyes was greater than that of everyone else present.
This made Kidd confused:
...Wasn't it Koizumi Hongzi who broke the rope?
That……
Based on the process of elimination, Kidd subconsciously turned his head and looked at the Mist Tengu beside him who was wrapped in magic and seemed unable to move.
When their eyes met, Mist Tengu's gaze slightly turned to the side, then quickly turned back to look at him. Although he had no expression, he looked inexplicably innocent.
“…”
...From the looks of it, it doesn’t seem to be Mist Tengu either?
Kidd was even more confused. Was it really a problem with the equipment?
When I think about it, it is indeed difficult to carefully inspect the coiled ropes... Of course, it is also possible that there is something strange about this magic circle that automatically cut the ropes.
Anyway, since the plan failed, we can only try other ways to escape...
Kidd secretly reached into his side pocket, where a tranquilizer gun was hidden - even though he was now bound by magic and had difficulty moving, it would not be difficult to hit Koizumi Hongzi since she was so close.
Right now, for some reason, Koizumi Hongzi's eyes kept moving back and forth between him and Mist Tengu. She looked greatly shocked and should have no time to worry about a sneak attack.
Take this opportunity...
Kidd took a deep breath and used all his strength to quickly take out the tranquilizer gun.
He turned the gun and was about to pull the trigger at Koizumi Hongzi.
But at this moment, the Mist Tengu, who had been motionless, suddenly struggled in the magic circle. Its huge wings flapped and "accidentally" slapped Kidd on the back.
Kidd was caught off guard, his hand slipped, and the gun fell to the ground with a click.
He was stunned for a moment, looking at the gun on the ground in shock, then turned around to look at Mist Tengu's wings that had folded again. He was a beat slow to sense something was wrong, and his eyes gradually became suspicious.
After having doubts, look again.
Kidd suddenly discovered that Mist Tengu's current state gave him a very strong sense of déjà vu - it was very similar to the way Mist Tengu looked when he was concentrating on eating gems before.
...Wait, if I think about it carefully, Mist Tengu's diet is indeed different from that of ordinary people.
Moreover, the slowly fading appearance of the magic circle beneath them reminded Kidd of the way those gems had gradually dimmed in the hands of Mist Tengu.
Thinking of this, Kidd suddenly realized something.
His forehead jumped, and he turned his head to look at Mist Tengu: "You wouldn't..." The remaining few words changed from sound to mouth shape: Are you cheating for food and drink? ?
Mist Tengu glanced at him and made no response in a haughty manner, except for the flapping of the wings behind him, which was very much like the way some people unconsciously move their hands and feet when they feel guilty.
Kidd: “…”
He touched the catapult prop on his waist, vaguely feeling that he had just blamed it wrongly - it seems that the equipment that Grandpa Terai got is of guaranteed quality. The reason why the rope broke just now seems to be due to some other reason...
Koizumi Akako didn't notice the secret one-way communication between Kid and Mist Tengu.
Her mind was very confused at this moment. One moment it was the equation of "Kid = Kuroba Kaito = Tengu", and the next moment it was the Mist Tengu and Kaito Kid in front of her... There is no clone jutsu in this world. So now... what is going on? ?
Is there something wrong with the divination, or is there something wrong with the positioning of the handkerchief?
Koizumi Hongzi looked around, held the only piece of chocolate in her hand, and fell into deep thought.
The reason why she did these things today was because she heard from the magic mirror that Kidd was the only man in the world who would not become her captive, so she wanted to eliminate this "exception".
...And now, let's put aside the relationship between Kiri Tengu, Kidd, and Kuroba Kaito for the moment and think about things in a simpler way.
——At present, it seems that Kidd is an "exception" certified by the magic mirror, and the magic mirror directly projected his image at that time.
But just now, judging from the way Kiri Tengu resisted her chocolate, this was obviously another "exception".
At the same time, two "exceptions" appeared that required strong chocolate injections, but there was only one piece of chocolate. If it was divided into two halves, it might not be effective, so he had to deal with one first.
Who should I feed it to?
(End of this chapter)
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