Chapter Twenty-Five: Face Above All Else
In today's bungalows, there is a strange atmosphere from the morning - the calm before the storm. After the identity of the enemy, the existence of Aozaki Orange is revealed, Aoko and Yuju often lock themselves in their rooms, and even the conversation during meals becomes scarce. The girls who have done a good job in the division of labor have been busy in order to complete their respective tasks.
And the two of them uncharacteristically stayed in the living room today, which made Kamiya realize that something was going to happen tonight.
"It's snowing." Kamiya accosted the two on the couch.
Aoko didn't speak.
"Speaking of which, what should I call Miss Orange the next time we meet, Auntie?" Kamiya whispered.
"You!" Aoko suddenly bulleted.
"Speaking of which, my aunt's hair color is darker than that of Qingzi, that beautiful hair color, it's a pity to cut it short."
"Cut short?" You say the hair of the eldest sister? Aoko's attention was suddenly diverted.
"Well, my aunt's hair is shorter than Youzhu~~~~~~ what's wrong?"
"It's nothing, that guy used to have longer hair than me...... She cut her hair off~~~~~~" Aoko muttered to herself, completely ignoring the title of "big aunt".
Yuju also seemed to be interested in this, and looked at Kamiya with black eyes.
"Is there anything wrong with cutting your hair?" Kamiya was a little puzzled.
"Hmm...... Indeed it is. There's nothing to do right now anyway, so I'll explain it to you~~~~~ after all, if you don't say this, we'll be fighting Orange in the unknown."
"How about a commendation? After all, I survived that kind of attack~~~~" Aoko said and glanced at Youzhu.
And there are beads that are noncommittal.
"To put it simply, hair is also a weapon for magicians. Since ancient times, human hair and eyes have been easy to use as materials for magic tricks. Especially women. ”
"The more eye color, the better, and the longer the hair, the better. You just think of hair as the kind of raw and powerful 'raw material' that can easily replace itself and grow over a long period of time. ”
"That's why I keep my hair long, and even though it's a hassle to take care of my hair, I'm still a little interested in being a woman."
"So, isn't it a good thing for you that your eldest aunt's hair is short?" Kamiya turned his head to look at Youzhu, for a witch who couldn't cut the ham evenly, it was really too difficult to take care of her hair or something.
"It's good to say that if you just run out before you come here, long hair has a lot of uses. I'll only use it for instant enhancements, but my eldest sister will make it a permanent aid device. The hair that has accumulated years and ideas can be said to be a doppelganger of magicians. ”
"Maybe the eldest sister has used up her hair for more than twenty years in exchange for a rather powerful demon."
Hearing this, Kamiya was a little stunned.
"There's no need to worry, there won't be a demon that can wipe out Misaaki~~~~~~~~ the longer the history of the hair you use, the more powerful the demon can become, but the magician who uses the hair will have to cultivate one of the three pillars that has been accumulating in the past. You have to keep your hair long after you cut it short~~~~~~ making it easy to make that thing, but that's why it's so small. ”
It seems that she figured something out during the conversation, and Aoko's mood gradually became cheerful~~~~~~
"It's strange, Miss Orange is a puppeteer, she creates a demon, but she lowers her level, what is she thinking......" Youzhu thought with her chin in her head.
"It's just that there is no helper~~~~~ I don't want to rely on the strength of others in the internal disputes of the Aozaki family, so I want to take care of everything myself." Aoko replied.
"Ah.................. I wonder if the puppet in the amusement park was created by the eldest sister with her hair......"
"I think Miss Orange's demon should be stronger than her to ......," Yuzhu said what was in her heart.
"Do you want to suppress both of us at the same time...... When the time comes, no matter which of us draws the difficult one, don't hate each other, Yuzhu~~~~~ but I don't think she can beat you in terms of demonization~~~~~~" Aoko looked very optimistic.
"Aoko, even if you give twenty years of savings to the envoy, if it's just a small animal, it still has considerable limitations. So, if Miss Orange prepares a demon that can be a trump card...... It is indeed humans who can drive humanity to a dead end the most. ”
"Okay~~~~ I know, that kind of genius is indeed always scary, no matter what kind of creature corpse is prepared, I won't be surprised." For the head stick drink with beads, Qingzi nodded reluctantly.
"Next...... The eldest sister used to be a rune magician, so she was able to predict her tactics, and it seems that her trump card is to make a demon, and the automaton should have been used up in the previous battle~~~~~~"
Aoko looked at Youzhu, who nodded in confirmation.
"Then it's the same as scheduled, let's finish it today! I have been taken care of by her for the past month, and I must return it to her even harder! Aoko clenched her fists, it looked like a plopping sister fight, and I am afraid it was indeed a real sister fight.
When night fell, there were no Qingzi and Youzhu in the bungalow, and only the janitor of Shanggu was left.
Kamiya sat on the sofa in the living room, looking at the old CRT TV, he wanted to ask the two of them if they could inherit the house if they were glorious, but in the end he didn't ask, nonsense, can the eldest aunt really kill Qingzi? I'm afraid there will be more love education," Kamiya thought, ~~~~~~~~ thought.
Three of the five fulcrums on this land have been destroyed, and if they continue to be destroyed, it will mean the defeat of Qingzi and their family. Aoko and Youzhu had to split up in order to protect the remaining fulcrum. Aoko, who is a little weaker, borrows a demon with beads and goes to the Taochuan fulcrum, which has the strongest supply of magic power. Youzhu was completely prepared and went to the Shemu fulcrum.
In the middle of the night, when escaping the shackles of civilized society, magic can be at its most powerful. The young witch and the apprentice magician left the bungalow after greeting each other.
When the two of them went out, Kamiya sent them all the way to the foyer. Kamiya didn't say anything, and Aoko didn't say a word. Although Yuju looked back at Kamiya, he ended up leaving the outsider where he was.
In this way, Kamiya sat down in the hall, turned on the old TV, and relied on the silver to release the pressure on himself.
The "bell ~~~~~" phone rang, and in this strange western-style mansion, it seemed that for the first time Kamiya had heard such a modern voice.
"Hello, this is the Kuyuan Temple Western-style Pavilion, who are you looking for?" Kamiya took out the reception technique of the young lady at nine o'clock who studied in the TV series to deal with the caller who played the midnight bell.
"Upper Valley...... Jun ......"
"Listen to your tone...... It seems that he was beaten quite miserably...... "Kamiya involuntarily said such unobtrusive words, maybe the pressure was really too much.
Youzhu didn't respond to Kamiya's voice, but the other end of the phone was filled with a noisy, street-like noise.
"You're not going to start fighting on the street...... are you," Kamiya added.
After a long silence, Youzhu finally spoke again.
She ...... Are you back? ”
"No, and no calls."
"Really......"
"Where are you? I'm going to pick up ............."
The "beep .............................." call was hung up.