"Well...... this"

Hearing this, the lamp first hesitated slightly, and then laughed a little embarrassedly: "It's actually a bit embarrassing to say it, can you stop laughing?" ”

"What's wrong?"

"That is, I've actually found someone, but I haven't won."

Pointing to the door of his head, the lamp smiled "haha" and said: "Originally, I followed the enemy to this lair, and I thought that I didn't have a chance to challenge the chrysalis remnant beast, but the result was ......"

"And it turned out?" The delphinium raised an eyebrow.

"As a result, I was almost caught, and I almost used up my magic to escape."

Speaking of this topic, the lamp subconsciously scratched the back of his head: "I didn't expect that man to be so strong." ”

"The man? Do you mean that the culprit has been found? ”

Delphinium asked, "Can you make it clearer?" What the hell is going on? ”

"It's a long story, but it actually started with the disappearance of the investigation team a week ago."

The lamp moved back to make herself more comfortable, and thought about it, "But what do you want to start with?" Inspector, did you hear about the past from the White Thistles? ”

"If you're talking about the process of the investigation team after they arrived in Bai'an City, then I have a general understanding."

Delphinium nodded: "According to the description of the white thistle, it seems that you have also provided a lot of information to the investigation team. ”

"Yes, but it's not just that."

Lantern added: "Actually, the cat-tailed senior of the investigation team warned me when we first met, telling me not to take it lightly. What they are investigating now is actually more involved than they imagined, and Ember Dawn seems to be preparing something very dangerous. ”

"Ember Dawn?"

Delphinium couldn't help but wonder: "The records in the investigation institute show that they are investigating the trajectory of the claw marks. ”

"According to Cattail's seniors, that was their goal when they first came to Donghua Prefecture."

"But the priority of this goal has changed after a large-scale survey of the Donghua Prefecture. Because they found quite a few clues, they all pointed to the same thing - Ember Dawn was planning something in the southern part of the East China Domain. ”

"So, what they were investigating later was actually something related to Ember Dawn?"

Delphinium frowned: "What are those guys planning?" ”

Whether it's claw marks or Ember Dawn, the delphinium doesn't know much about these organizations. Because the appearance and rise of these people was entirely after her retirement.

If it weren't for the previous attack on Fang Ting City, I'm afraid she wouldn't have figured out what the difference was between these organizations now.

"We don't know."

In response to the delphinch's question, Lantern just shook his head: "However, the cat-tailed senior once told me one thing before he disappeared. ”

"What?"

"About the disappearance of magical girls in the last two years."

The lantern clasped his hands on his knees and stared at the eyes of the delphinium: "Do you know that Ember Dawn has actually done a lot of bad things in the Donghua Prefecture, and they even have someone in charge of attacking those newcomer magical girls who are just starting out." ”

"You don't need to be so formal, just call me a delphinch." Delphinium nodded slightly, "As for what you said, I've heard about it. ”

Some members of Ember Dawn can master the power of the remnant beast, and even hunt magical girls in turn, she already knows from Lin Xiaolu.

It's better to say that he will now stand here as a magical girl, which actually has a lot to do with Ember Dawn.

If it weren't for that day, that night in the Fangting City Wetland Park, some of them wanted to do something to Lin Xiaolu, and they wouldn't have turned into a magical girl again so resolutely.

In a sense, the delphinium itself was deeply affected by this incident.

"Delphinium? Is this your code name for the Patrol Envoy? Lantern asked subconsciously.

"That's right." The delphinium continued to nod.

Seeing that the delphinium was affirmative, Lantern continued: "Then, patrol...... Do you know how many magical girls have disappeared in the last two years in Donghua Prefecture? ”

“…… How many people? Hearing her ask, Delphinium had a vague premonition in her heart.

"There are 11 magical girls who have certification plates and are recorded."

Lantern looked at the delphinium seriously, and said word by word: "This number does not include those magical girls who disappeared quietly. In fact, quite a few children are in the novice stage, and have not yet obtained their certification cards, and some have even disappeared without getting in touch with the Alien Bureau. Although it is not recorded in the archives, according to the feedback of the planters in various places, the number of children may have doubled. As a result, more than 20 magical girls have gone missing in the last two years. ”

"Two years? 22 people? The delphinium was a little stunned and said, "There are so many?" There are only many magical girls in the southern part of the entire Donghua Prefecture, and 22 people have disappeared in two years, and they have not been discovered until recently? ”

"This is also a considerable suspicion in the incident, but unfortunately we don't have any clue."

Holding his knees, the lamp lowered his eyes: "I heard that even the sowers in some cities have disappeared, and I don't know where they are so unlucky." ”

Hearing this, the delphinium also staggered her gaze and did not express any opinion on the topic.

"Anyway, we have a lot of doubts about this, Ember Dawn seems to be very enthusiastic and persistent about the siege of magical girls, and has repeatedly emphasized the word 'ritual', as if it is going on some strange activity."

Seeing that the delphinium was silent, the lantern said to himself: "When the cat-tailed senior came, he also asked me if there were any unusual things encountered in Bai'an City, and those are all likely signs of the dark activities of the black ember dawn. ”

"Actually, I did feel something strange in my daily actions......"

The lantern began to describe, and listed several places that he found strange, and why.

The reason why I say it is strange is because Lantern herself can't tell what she feels. The places she listed were places she had patrolled or fought, but it always felt like there was something hidden after that.

The list she gave was eventually handed over to Cattail, and the next day, the investigation team began investigating the locations listed on the lantern list.

In the first few days, Cattail occasionally contacted Lantern to communicate some of the progress of the investigation. But then, one day, the cat's tail suddenly became silent.

Dengzhan contacted the Alien Policy Bureau and spent a large number of people searching in Bai'an City, but in the end no trace of Maowei and others was found, so in desperation, he chose to report the matter to the Investigation Institute.

And in the process of waiting for the investigation institute to come, I always felt that I couldn't stay idle, felt that this matter had a lot to do with me, and wanted to search for more clues. So they joined forces with the Bureau of Alien Strategies to carry out a detailed investigation around the places where the lantern once provided, trying to find all kinds of clues.

Whether it was suspicious things or suspicious people, they were all summarized one by one and finally placed on the desk of the Alien Bureau.

After studying those materials, the lantern locked on several particularly suspicious people, and after a day of follow-up investigation, it targeted a certain man.

According to the information, the man used to be a magician, and was arrested and sentenced by the Anomaly Bureau for engaging in gray business. When he was released from prison and deprived of the ability to use the technique, he became a vagrant.

And during the period before and after the accident of the Cattail Squad, he appeared several times around the places designated by the lantern, and his behavior was very suspicious.

After locking on this person, Lantern decisively took the initiative to try to track his tracks, but what she didn't expect was that in the process of tracking, she somehow got lost.

After following the man into an underground passage, she got lost in it, and after a few tosses, found herself in a space that appeared to be a lair.

At first, she thought she was in the Strange Bureau, but she soon met several employees who were also besieged in the Bureau, and learned that this was not the real Strange Bureau at all.

After knowing that this was the lair of the pupal remnant beast, she redefined her goal and began to find the center of the nest with the main purpose of defeating the remnant beast.

Lantern's costume had the ability to track and investigate, so in fact, she did it quickly, finding the center of the lair and, more importantly, the man she had been following along the way.

- The man was feeding the remnants.

(End of chapter)