Chapter 84: Anger (5k)
Since this statement came out, Wang Tengfei did make up many possibilities in his brain.
The person named "Lin Yun" was a disguise of the magical girl Cornflower from the beginning? Or is Lin Yun also a person with extraordinary powers, and he commissioned Cornflower to disguise himself as himself? Or rather
He knew that Lin Yun was widowed two years ago, so it was better to say that the most heated gossip in the subsidiary at that time was whether the female subordinate in the after-sales department who had always had thoughts about Lin Yun could take the opportunity to take the position.
And the fact is that until the female subordinate climbed to other high branches and was transferred to the headquarters, her relationship with Lin Yun did not make any progress.
In the past days, everyone thought that this was because Lin Yun was depressed and couldn't get out of the grief of being widowed, but now thinking about it, Wang Tengfei tasted a few different tastes.
In addition, whenever the company builds a team, Lin Yun always likes to work quietly alone, and he has always adhered to the bottom line when he encounters entertainment and entertainment, and never has anything to do with other women in the service place......
The combination of more than ten years of working together makes Wang Tengfei feel that he has associated with the truth.
"You have become the appearance of Lao Lin...... Is this also magic? That's why he asked.
His guess is that "Lin Yun" is just a false identity used by cornflower in the material society.
Although this speculation is bizarre, many clues in the past seem to point in this direction, and it is reasonable that something related to magic is bizarre.
"Almost."
The delphinium did not continue to explain, leaving an ambiguous answer, and took two steps back, ready to turn and leave.
Now that she has resigned from the company, she and Wang Tengfei are just familiar strangers, and there is no need to say anything more to each other. For her now, the most important thing is to rush to the last place where Moco appeared to see if her daughter and her party are really in crisis.
As for the leakage of identity, after notifying the Alien Policy Bureau, there will naturally be a special person to deal with it. After Wang Tengfei accepted the psychological hints of the different strategy bureau, he would subconsciously regard today's experience as a grotesque dream, and gradually forget it over time.
The intense headache still didn't subside, but Delphina knew she had no time to waste, so she withdrew the last of the magic threads and opened her palm, and her wand reappeared in her hand.
- "Cornflower! ”
At this moment, Wang Tengfei's voice came from behind her again: "You resigned and left, is it because there is some dangerous enemy in Fangting City?" ”
Instead of looking back, the delphinium summoned the magic around her, ready to take off again.
"You don't have to quit! If you don't have time, I can give you a job here! Wang Tengfei hurriedly said.
To this, the delphinium still did not respond.
Seeing that the figure that he had been looking at from afar when he was young was about to leave like this, Wang Tengfei felt exhausted for a while, because he really didn't know what else he could say.
He was successful, but that success was still confined to ordinary people.
He was rich, but money was so useless before the power of magic.
He only felt that every word he said was an insult to the once fanatical and pure self, and every time he tried to measure this once beautiful memory with interests, there would be a voice telling him: Don't say it, shut up.
Maybe you really should shut up, silence is the best option.
When Lin Yun submitted his resignation to the company, when Cornflower appeared in the city again, he should have understood that some things were over.
No matter what the other party disappeared for in the first place, and because of what he was an ordinary person who has been in this ordinary branch company for so long, but when he reveals his true identity in front of him, everything in the past has come to an end.
Perhaps, watching her leave like this is the most rational choice.
It's just that he still wants to talk about it, not for the present, but for the past self. If so, how should he express it now?
Looking at the figure in front of him that was gradually rising into the air, in a trance, he seemed to understand.
Suddenly he knew what he was supposed to say.
"Cornflower! Come on! ”
He suddenly opened his mouth and shouted, but his hoarse voice was as loud as a teenager at this moment: "The people who supported you in the past are still living in this city, although everyone will not deliberately think of it, but we all remember you!" ”
"I don't know why I disappeared, but now I'm fighting again to protect something, I guess it's an enemy we can't understand!"
"But if you need any help, we'll step up and help you, because you're our former hero!"
"So, ahem, so ......"
Looking at the figure that was getting farther and farther away, he shouted at the top of his voice, "Please don't disappear again!" ”
After shouting this, he only felt a throbbing pain in his throat, followed by a cough. His physique, which has become fragile due to the erosion of tobacco and alcohol, and his physical strength that has become thin as he gets older, makes it impossible for him to shout easily.
But no matter how uncomfortable he was when he shouted, he felt that his former self, the self who liked magical girls, seemed to have risen from the bottom of the lake of memory, and the already blurred figure became clear again.
He couldn't regain that youthful impulse, but he seemed to have found himself.
Then, he saw the figure that was already flush with the sun, and gestured to himself from afar.
She was waving.
As if to promise "no problem", the girl waved her wrist and stayed in the air for a few seconds before bursting out again with her magic and flying towards the other side of the sky.
Only Wang Tengfei looked at the smaller and smaller shadow, although he was a little stunned, but for some reason, he showed a relieved smile.
"Let's take an early day off this afternoon."
Above the blue sky, a blue magic trail stretched across the sky. Although it is not in tandem with the other three colors as in the past, the blue that is alone is straight and clear, upright and firm.
That's the blue color that many people remember.
It is also the blue color that belongs to Fangting City.
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"-Whoa, whoa, whoa!"
Huge claws smashed to the ground from mid-air, tearing apart the concrete pavement and carrying up a cloud of earth and rocks.
In Lixing District, in the No. 1 Welfare Institute of Fangting City, the battle is still going on.
Withdrawing from the position of the remnant beast's attack, Lin Xiaolu clenched his wand and turned around, and brazenly shot a few more magic beams towards the remnant beast's head, but after the light blue magic beam touched the remnant beast, it could only leave a shallow scar.
"Whew!"
The attack of the cripple beast that could not seriously injure it only made it even angrier, and the crippled beast that was shaped like a tiger and leopard stood up with a strong and huge body, and in just two steps, it crossed in front of Lin Xiaolu, and then smashed down towards her place again.
"Damn!"
Swinging his wand and dispatching the magic power to move again, Lin Xiaolu shouted a little unwillingly: "Why is it so hard!" This guy! ”
"Xiaolu, don't be impulsive, save mana!"
Xia Liang on the side reminded seriously, and several splits were divided between the flickering of the diversion mirror beside him, and the pitch-black magic power that the remnant beast spit out from time to time was invisible: "This guy's epidermal defense is very abnormal, much harder than ordinary beetles!" ”
The remnant beast in front of him, or the black-robed man before, if he still had complete reason and could speak, he would definitely be sarcastic at this time.
Because of the three magical girls present, not to mention Bai Jingxuan, who was completely a newcomer, the other two were never able to break through its defenses.
A melee attack could only leave a few dents, and a long-range magic shot could only scratch the flesh on the surface, and even if it didn't dodge the attacks of the two at all, it didn't suffer any real damage.
The appearance of his transformation is probably at the level of the beetle if it is graded according to the evolutionary characteristics of the remnant beast.
Compared to the egg level, it has stronger magical power, and the special organs on its body are further alienated, covering most of the body. Judging from its extremely incongruously proportioned claws, the remnant beast that the man transforms into should be counted as an evolutionary state of the claw-eating type.
Xia Liang and Lin Xiaolu have not seen the remnant beasts of the Worm Rank, although they have always been asked by the Delphinium to stay away from the battle above the Worm Rank, but they also know what range their strength is about.
At least, Xia Liang, a real bud-level magical girl, shouldn't be completely helpless against her.
Even if her magic suit didn't really enhance her attack ability, and she hadn't been fully developed because she had only been acquired for a few days, she shouldn't have done some superficial damage to the man who had turned into a crippled beast like she did now.
And even if they can't actually hurt the men, the battle has to continue, because in the rear of them is the welfare home, among which there are countless innocent old and young, and if they lose here, the consequences will be unimaginable.
The magic of light blue and hibiscus purple surrounds the giant beast, constantly whirling and dodging, repeatedly beating and shooting,
On the other side, Bai Jingxuan helped Tian Sheng to sit aside, and under his command, he lifted the magic barrier shrouded outside the welfare home step by step.
"Hurry up, Xiaoxuan!"
While watching the battle situation in the distance, Mo Ke urged with some concern: "I feel that the situation over there is getting more and more stale!" ”
Since the first time they came to help and started fighting with the man, the momentum of Lin Xiaolu and the others has been getting weaker and weaker.
At first, it was able to suppress the frequency of attacks with a momentum, but as the remnant beast discovered that its attacks were not very effective, this momentum declined endlessly as the pace of battle extended.
By now, there is almost no possibility of a turnaround.
Therefore, the Moko and the others could only hope that they would drag the remnant beast and let their side quickly remove the barrier, so as to call the delphinium to come to support.
Time passed minute by minute, and the progress of the barrier was lifted, until at some point, the barrier, which had been hidden until a moment, began to flicker and ripple.
"There's a play! Ahem......"
Tian Sheng, who was sitting on the side of the road, shouted a little excitedly, and then sat back quite weakly because of the injury: "There are still a few last structural points left!" ”
Bai Jingxuan didn't say much, nodded obediently, and continued to start the work of lifting the barrier.
However, unlike the steady progress on this end, the battle on Lin Xiaolu's side finally began to have problems after a long time.
The first is that Lin Xiaolu himself made a mistake. She couldn't pick a position when dodging the Remnant's melee attacks, so she landed right on the trajectory of the Mana Bullet in mid-air.
Spit out from the enemy's mouth, each with a purple-black sphere the size of a basketball, rushed straight towards Lin Xiaolu in the air, and was about to shoot.
It was at this time that a mirror suddenly crossed in front of him, blocking the few magic bullets.
It's Xia Liang's magic suit, which can deflect the enemy's magic attacks. But in this case, she can only bounce and weaken the enemy's attack, and she doesn't even have time to set up another mirror to teleport.
Her haste also led to greater risks, as the remnants reacted faster. Almost at the same time that she chose to use the magic costume to protect Lin Xiaolu, it bullied her and struck Xia Liang with one claw.
As a bud-level magical girl, Xia Liang didn't master the technique, and naturally she couldn't open the barrier when she was close, but ate this attack solidly.
"Summer Cool!"
Lin Xiaolu shouted with some anger.
Her cries were useless, nor could they stop the beast. I could only watch Xia Liang, who was hit, fly out like a sandbag thrown out, and hit the wall on the side hard.
The remnant beast looked at Lin Xiaolu.
Having dealt with the biggest threat between the two, it knew it was time to end the fight, even if it had little intelligence left compared to its human state.
The green pipes wrapped around his body suddenly began to agitate, and purple-black magic power flowed out from his heart and was transported to all parts of his body, causing his already exaggerated body to bulge with hideous blood vessels.
Then, facing the last remaining magical girl, it kicked its legs.
Lin Xiaolu in the distance suddenly felt a pause in his field of vision, a flower in front of him, and wherever his eyes went, the enemy had disappeared.
The strong sense of déjà vu made her subconsciously stop breathing.
Again.
She couldn't help but think.
As she had done that night in the Wetland Park, she fell into a pre-prepared trap and was hunted by a remnant of the beast in the barrier.
At that time, she didn't have any power to resist, but she was defeated by the beetle in a few moves, and her head was almost cut off. If it hadn't been for the Delphinium that suddenly appeared and blocked that attack for her, she would be dead by now.
Thinking about it, it was from that moment that she developed a deep longing and love for the delphinium.
But this time, it was the delphinium herself that had been attacked by the enemy, and she could no longer hope to be saved by others.
Will I die here? Like Mom, sacrificed in battle?
She suddenly remembered the question she had asked the delphinium the other day.
At that time, Delphinium told her that if she didn't understand, she shouldn't think about it, she was just a child, and she would protect herself and give herself plenty of time to make decisions.
This feeling of being protected is really good, very reassuring, very warm, and very happy. She would even wish she would have been a child forever and could hide in that gentle haven.
But this is no longer the case.
Although she was in danger, she didn't have the mood to retreat at all. What did she feel? Is it fear? Is it regret? Still unwilling?
Maybe it was all there, but more importantly, she felt the anger.
Anger at the enemy in front of you.
Not only did they attack a place like the Welfare Institute, it wasn't just that they almost killed the new magical girl in Fangting City, and it wasn't just that he had severely injured his friend just now.
Also because, that man's words, insulted and trampled on the word magical girl.
Boasting of nobility and righteousness, he is actually doing things like ambushing and killing ignorant girls. Their existence is an insult to the dream of a magical girl.
From the magical girls she saw in TV animations when she was a child, to her friends, her seniors, and maybe now one more junior, the faces of these magical girls all come to her mind.
Magical girls are supposed to be shining and beautiful, and she still believes so.
Therefore, she felt a strong anger at what the man said, "hunting" and "besieging and killing" magical girls.
The beautiful image she longed for and cherished the most was easily trampled on by the man in front of her, and she couldn't even imagine what kind of despair and helplessness those girls who had just become magical girls, but still had pure hearts and were full of hope for the future.
And the more unimaginable it became, the more intense and fierce this anger became, until it was about to burst through his chest.
At the same time, this anger is also directed at himself, at the deep sense of powerlessness.
Because, even if she was so angry, she couldn't do anything.
It's just a magical girl of the same level, she can't even hurt the enemy, it's like she's being played, and she may even die here next.
It's a shame.
She sneered inwardly.
Thinking more than anyone else, but being more useless than anyone else at critical moments. Delphinium is fighting enemies; Xia Liang is protecting himself; Even the newcomers are working to lift the barrier and free the hostages; Only himself, who is obviously on the battlefield, is like a bystander.
Closing her eyes like this, she seemed to see the delphinium looking at her with disappointed eyes.
Also, she thought. If such a self really dies here, I'm afraid it will only disappoint Delphinix, right?
But for some reason, she couldn't help but think of the night before.
She would remember what Delphinium had said to her by the river that day, she would remember Delphinium holding her hand, she would remember what Delphinium had said to her, "I'm here".
In a trance, she seemed to feel that her hand was indeed held by someone, as if it was really a delphinium here, and really wrapped her hands around her hand again, there was a cold but reassuring touch.
"Believe in your own possibilities."
Then, the voice of the delphinium rang in her ears.
This sentence made Lin Xiaolu suddenly open his eyes.
She began to feel something different: the touch on her hand grew real, intense, and she could no longer ignore its presence.
Looking at her hand, she saw nothing but silver.
It's magic, but not the familiar light blue, but silvery-white magic.
She saw that in her hands, the white magic was burning and flickering like a flame, followed by the power that filled her body.
And in the sight of the remnant beast, the magical girl who had been stupid all along, as if she was sitting still, suddenly burst out with incomparably powerful magical power.
Like a tidal wave, it began to spread out in all directions, and the white magic lit up everything in the girl's body, her eyes, the heart jewel on her chest, her hair, even the nails between her fingers, all flashed with a strong white light.
The blazing white light was like a dazzling sun, making the remnant beast in the shadows feel that all the magic power in its body was retreating into its body, as if it was about to be dispelled, and lost its due strength.
Raising her head from the burning white magic, the girl's eyes widened as if they were falcons, locking onto the remnants of the fast-moving beast.
A beam of magic like a flame was fired from the tip of her wand and struck the remnant where it landed, and the danger in it forced it to stop and avoid the attack.
It was this pause that exposed its figure to Lin Xiaolu's field of vision again.
"It's really disgusting, it's almost time to stop in moderation."
Looking at the remnant beast that appeared, Lin Xiaolu frowned, raised her chin high, and opened her mouth. Even the magic power around him fluctuated violently:
"I'm really ...... now I'm furious! ”