Chapter 448 Kidd Brand Battery Asking for Monthly Tickets (づど)
The servant was the sniper who had just fired a sneak shot.
The master wanted to prioritize capturing the Mist Tengu alive, so naturally he had no intention of killing when he shot.
As for his magic power, he had low magic power, and he had been privately instructed by Yuan Hongnai to consciously avoid releasing magic power. Therefore, he successfully avoided Jiang Xia's hasty search.
Gen Hongna remembered that when they were communicating by radio just now, the servant said that although the shot he fired did not cause fatal damage to Mist Tengu, it did grazed the monster's leg.
Whether it was clothing scraps or blood, they were both excellent materials for divination or curses. Yuan Hongnai specifically asked him to collect them and bring them back.
However……
"I'm sorry, I couldn't find it." The servant bowed humbly, and his already short stature became even shorter:
"After Miss Hongzi left, I immediately went to the rooftop to search, but I couldn't find any pieces of clothing he dropped, nor did I see any blood or meat."
Yuan Hongnai was startled, and suddenly she thought of something. Her face changed suddenly, and she stood up: "...Have you really looked carefully?!"
…
A deep forest outside Tokyo.
An ancient castle stands quietly.
In the corner room, Kidd was lying on the cold floor, still trying to destroy the magic circle beneath him, in order to make things difficult for the two witches who were setting a trap for Mist Tengu.
At first, except for opening his eyes occasionally, he couldn't move an inch anywhere else.
But he was free anyway, so whenever Kidd recovered from extreme fatigue, he would try to move his fingers.
After an unknown amount of time, he vaguely felt that an indescribable power was gradually emerging in his body.
The force was very weak, but it was like water in a closed pool, dripping continuously and slowly increasing.
Kidd felt the changes in his body in confusion.
After watching for a while, he tried to use his mind to concentrate that little bit of power on his fingertips.
The originally cold fingers slowly regained some temperature, and the frozen joints also showed signs of easing.
With a clear goal in mind, the light in Kidd's eyes returned a little.
He looked intently at his hand and struggled to move it towards the nearest magic circle.
Just as I touched him, I heard a sudden bang of a window opening behind me. A shadow fell from the window and covered most of the room under the projection of the wall lamp.
——The window was broken, and someone flew in with a strong wind, landing directly next to him with a clear purpose.
The magic circle that was suppressing Kidd loosened instantly, and the invisible restraints seemed to be quickly pulled away by something and weakened rapidly.
Kidd was startled, then looked up and saw the familiar hem of the clothes, and was a little surprised.
…Mist Tengu actually showed up.
He was just about to ask Kiri Tengu how he found the place and what the two witches were doing now.
But before he could say anything, he suddenly saw Kiri Tengu half-crouching in front of him, staring at his fingers with great concern.
Then I couldn't help but reach out and touch it.
Kidd: “…”
The power that had been accumulated for a long time was rapidly withdrawn. The attention that he had just used to maintain his wakefulness became difficult to concentrate. In addition, the magic power that imprisoned him in the magic circle completely disappeared. Kidd felt lighter and suddenly felt an irresistible fatigue. His vision gradually blurred and swayed, and finally returned to darkness.
Jiang Xia looked at the thief who was suddenly lying dead: "......?"
...What's going on?
Could it be that the tiny bit of magic on Kidd's finger, which is so little that you can't even taste it, is actually very important?
Thinking of this possibility, Jiang Xia reached out his hand and pushed Kidd with a slight pang of conscience - he just suddenly discovered that Kidd had magic power, and that kind of magic power seemed to be different from that of Koizumi Hongzi. So out of curiosity, he absorbed the energy into the mark and observed it...
The person on the ground didn't move and couldn't be woken up at all. She was as dizzy as Koizumi Hongzi a few nights ago.
Jiang Xia was silent for a moment, then reached out and pressed his pulse. He found that the beat was quite steady and there didn't seem to be any serious problem, so he felt relieved.
He stood up and looked around.
Jiang Xia was able to find this place thanks to the illusory line that appeared on Koizumi Hongzi's body.
What happened a few days ago made him realize that Koizumi Hongzi seemed unable to see the magical dotted lines that represented some kind of connection, and her control over it was very tenuous - even its existence was difficult to grasp, so naturally she would not disguise herself in this regard.
So after leaving the building, Jiang Xia followed his memory and flew straight here.
Then, in the deep forest, I found a castle with a gloomy and eerie style, which looked suspicious no matter how I looked at it.
As they fell towards the castle, the ghosts they brought with them gradually began to murmur in excitement.
——There seemed to be quite a lot of magical reactions in the castle. Although not drastic, the sum of the bits and pieces was almost as good as that of a fully-conditioned Koizumi Hongzi.
Jiang Xia immediately asked the ghosts to separate, with each ghost leading a few Shikigami to move all the magic power that could be moved.
He himself flew to the room where the magical reaction was most active.
After that, he broke the window and saw Kidd lying dead on the magic circle.
…
After finishing the magic circle hidden in this room, Jiang Xia looked down at the fainted Kidd, looked forward to the magic of the new taste, and then kindly moved him to the sofa next to him.
He then pushed the door open, ready to bring his shikigami with him to personally search this surprising castle.
Although it's not very fair to break into a house and steal magic power.
But judging from what happened just now, the witches sent out that warning letter with the purpose of making him show up.
Now that he has been exposed as promised, how can I justify leaving without taking any reward...
In addition, judging from Kidd's condition just now, he did not seem to be made into a magic battery by Koizumi Akako - the line connecting him and Koizumi Akako should just be helping Koizumi Akako maintain the appearance of "Kid".
So now, Jiang Xia suspects that there is more than one magician here.
——Besides Koizumi Akako, there must be someone who provides her with magic power.
Koizumi Akako should have gone to call for help, but the reinforcement with abundant magical powers was too cautious to show his head.
...In that case, if you hang around the castle for a while, you might have a chance to see the new mysterious magician.
…
While Jiang Xia was knocking around the witches' magical weapons.
Rice Flower Arts Theater.
On the stage, the hero and heroine sat together at an ivory round table, with the night sky filled with artificial stars above their heads, spotlights shining on them, and soothing and sad music flowing.
The play has reached the middle stage.
Now, according to the script, the two protagonists have done everything they wanted to do and are about to commit suicide together. However, they get fake poison by mistake, and after resurrection, they will face social death and a series of other problems.
The style of the subsequent paintings is quite peculiar, but that is a story for another time.
And now, the atmosphere on the stage is just pure sadness.
(End of this chapter)
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