The "spider" died, so abruptly that none of the parties could react.

Previously, in order to thoroughly investigate the disappearance of the cattail team, the investigation institute sent two additional investigation teams in addition to the patrol envoy Delphinium to the scene.

These two new investigation teams set out from the magical realm, and because of the urgency of the mission, they are on the move day and night. Although these magical girls had done their best to rush to Bai'an City as fast as possible, they didn't expect that the Delphinium, the patrol envoy, would move so quickly.

The day before, they had just arrived in Bai'an City, and the next morning they found out the location of the enemy's lair, and that night they even solved all the lairs with people, and at the same time rescued the target of this mission, the cattail team.

This makes these magical girls worship and lose at the same time: worship is because Delfinium's actions are very neat and handsome, and finding out the truth and solving the enemy as quickly as possible has always been the pursuit of the magical girls of the Inquisition; The loss is because they have solved the matter before they arrive, which is about equivalent to running for nothing.

This loss combined with hatred of the enemy turned into anger.

These later Inquisitor magical girls dealt a carpet-like devastating blow to the Black Ember Dawn forces that remained in Bai'an City.

With the death of the spider, the dawn of the embers of Bai'an City turned into a pool of scattered sand without a leader. Losing the only leader, and not having enough strength to fight against the magical girls, it is natural that it will collapse at the touch of a button, and it will be defeated.

At first, some evil believers who had mastered the ability to transform resisted stubbornly, trying to escape with the power of the remnant beast, but in the face of the encirclement and suppression of magical girls, they could not escape death after all, and they were ambushed and punished. After learning of the death of Spider and the others, the remaining members honestly chose to surrender - they had no means of countering in the face of a group of angry magical girls.

This conspiracy, which had been planned in Bai'an City for several years, was finally cracked, and it also caused a shock on the magical side of the entire Bai'an City.

Ordinary magicians have no way of knowing what the people of Ember Dawn have done, but that doesn't stop them from knowing that there is an extremely dangerous remnant beast that has secretly slaughtered so many lives. There is no other reason why the incident has spread so widely, precisely because there are so many people implicated.

According to the incomplete statistics of the Strange Strategy Bureau, because of the planning of the spider and others, as many as 400 civilians died directly or indirectly in their nests.

This has also become the most serious large-scale beast attack in Bai'an City in the past decade, even if this incident is actually silent and subtle, but the impact is far worse than any overtly beast attack.

The reason why no one has ever noticed the anomaly is that these cases are all hidden in the usual large and small attacks of cruel beasts. A large number of people were attacked at the scene, and the people who fled in a hurry were bewitched by the spider's ability, and unconsciously fled into the trap he prepared, thus becoming the missing "victims".

No one knew that these people could have survived, and even when the Bureau of Anomalies marked them as "killed", they were still dying in the lair of the remnants.

With so many and such a wide range of incidents, it naturally made the magic side of Bai'an City become dangerous, and for a while, most of the powerful magicians chose to move to other places to live, just because the events that happened here were too terrifying.

And along with the rout of the spider, the collapse of the nest, and the very few survivors survived it.

Among these survivors, there are magical girls who were directly rescued by Delphinium, employees of the Alien Bureau who strayed into this place, and a few civilians. Civilians will be comforted and compensated accordingly, and surviving employees who have been involved in this incident will receive a lengthy paid vacation and complete psychotherapy after completing the relevant forensic work.

As for the magical girls led by Cattail, the investigation team is not a field that the Alien Bureau can govern.

They will be sent back to their homeland, and the kingdom will begin to try to treat and rehabilitate them.

And because he was trapped in the lair for too long, and his magic power was seriously depleted, his true appearance was damaged...... Whether these magical girls can return to the front line to participate in the battle has to be marked with a question mark.

However, before being taken back to the magical realm by the investigators who arrived later, Cattail, who had been in a coma, briefly woke up once.

After learning that the people who saved her were Lantern and Delphinch, she dragged her very weak body to express her gratitude to the two, and also conveyed another message to Delphinch:

"Patrol makes your lordship...... What happened in Bai'an is just a small microcosm, maybe their plans here have been thwarted, but be careful, according to our previous investigation, there are at least 4 other cities that are very unusual happening. ”

This became the last thing she left for Delphinium before returning to the kingdom.

She conveyed the results of her investigation before she was trapped in Bai'an City to Delphinium in the most concise language, without mentioning the handover process at all. The subtext is to give all the credit to the delphinium to express his gratitude.

Delphinium wanted to say that she didn't need the other party to do this, but after the cattail said this, she fainted again, and she didn't know if it was really a lack of energy, or if she simply didn't give Delphinium a chance to refute.

But in short, the most fundamental purpose of the delphinium trip was achieved. Although the members of the investigation team were seriously injured, at least they were rescued, and she was considered to have completed the task assigned by the investigation institute.

It's just that after completing this task, more doubts followed.

First of all, as Maowei said, there are several cities that have strange phenomena similar to Bai'an: a large number of people have disappeared inexplicably, various cases of unruly attacks by cruel beasts, and strange rumors...... Each of these clues has its own reliable sources: most of them are the result of the investigation team's field investigation, or reports from local magical girls.

Secondly, the delphinium was discovered after the battle, and after the spider died, there was an altar covered in flesh and blood under the spider's web.

She'd seen this altar before—in the sewers beneath Fangting City. In the same lair of the remnant beast, and in the center of the same defeat, she saw altars that looked very similar.

What is the connection between the two? This made the delphinium fall into thought.

Finally, it was mentioned by Spider himself during the battle, and he knew the name "Cornflower".

This is also the most puzzling thing in Delphinium's trip.

When she was young and active as a magical girl, she did use the code name Cornflower to make some names, but is this kind of name really remembered by people outside Fangting City twenty years later?

She didn't know, but she didn't think it was normal.

And since it feels abnormal, the solution is also very simple: check.

A thorough investigation of this matter requires manpower, and the current city of Bai'an happens to have one. After all, there are still a bunch of magical girls who have nothing to do.

These magical girls from the Inquisitor are gearing up because they were late and missed the whole event. After learning that there are several other cities that have similar phenomena to Bai'an, they enthusiastically signed up to go to the scene to find out.

There was also a small episode during this period. That's the local magical girl in Bai'an City, the blonde magical girl codenamed Mu Lily keeps saying "the real murderer".

She mistook Lin Yun for a bad guy in a misunderstanding, and she always believed that she had found the mastermind behind the scenes, but with the breaking of the incident, her rhetoric became empty talk.

Because after the case was solved, as the culprit of the incident, the photo of the spider had spread on the magic side, and naturally it also reached the hands of the magical girl team in Bai'an City - obviously, the spider's appearance had nothing to do with the person described by the blonde girl.

Although Mu Lily's head is not very bright, her eyesight should be fine, even if she is able to find out through the photo that she seems to have caught the wrong person.

Even if she kept shouting "there are accomplices" and "I was not mistaken", she was already regarded as a joke by other teammates and people from the Investigation Institute. In the end, in order to prove herself, she also wanted to sign up to participate in the investigation in other cities, claiming that she would go to other cities to "find the object of her humiliation, and be ashamed".

The end of the matter was that she was taught a lesson by the lamp, and she chose to give up.

This little farce came to an end.

As for the lamp himself, after a few days of recovery and cultivation, he has basically healed, and there is no major problem.

And as the second hero in this incident - although this credit is mainly for leading the way for the delphinium - she is also respected and thanked by the magical girls of the Inquisition.

As a result of this respect and gratitude, the small piano shop run by the lantern, called "Mingyin", became overcrowded in those days.

Some regular customers who frequent the Ming Yin Piano Store will find that there is a group of beautiful female clerks in the piano shop for some reason.

A considerable number of these female clerks did not know much about musical instruments, but they were enthusiastic and active enough to make the atmosphere in the piano shop warm enough, so the business of the piano shop improved a lot.

In this way, after about a week, the reconstruction of the affected location was completed by the Bureau of Alien Policies, and the victims were comforted; The magical girls completed the capture of the people involved, and the remnants of the beasts were exterminated, and this major incident that caused the magic side of the entire Bai'an City to shake finally subsided.

In such an atmosphere, the aftermath of the incident in Bai'an City has finally come to an end.

And after the incident subsided, the magical girls of the Investigative Institute had no reason to stay here.

Next, they need to leave Bai'an City and go to the cities mentioned by Maowei before, and continue to search for possible clues to solve the bigger mystery.

It's just that, because they have been getting along with each other for a while, in order to say goodbye to the magical girls of the Investigation Institute, Lantern and others have also planned a special event:

- A farewell performance.

A musical performance in which a band of four members of the Magical Girls Squad of Bai'an City bid farewell to the magical girls of the Investigation Institute was held in a small performance hall next to the piano shop.

The venue of the performance hall next door was rented, and only a very small number of regulars were invited as the audience, and the performance went on as scheduled in a cheerful and enthusiastic atmosphere.

This is also the first time that Delphinium knows that the magical girl team in Bai'an City can also serve as a band.

Of course, this is not uncommon in the city of Bai'an, where men, women and children have mastered one or two musical instruments to a greater or lesser extent, and the average musical literacy is much higher than that of the outside world.

On the day of the event, Delphinium was also invited to stand alone in the back row of the performance hall, sitting away from the crowd, quietly listening to the performance of the girls on stage.

"Why are you here alone?"

In the sound of music, the voice of the lamp sounded in her ears: "Senior, you are the hero of this time, it is more appropriate to stand in the first row, right?" ”

"I'm old and I'm not used to being too noisy."

Delphinium said calmly, "What about you? Why did the band's keyboardist suddenly run off the stage to talk to the audience? ”

"The next repertoire is fine without me, they play at a good enough level."

Lantern explained confidently: "Even if it is Mu Lily, it is worth my confidence on the stage, although she usually looks silly, but after knowing that this performance is going to be performed, she is the most active person in rehearsals." ”

"Children always have a lot of plasticity."

Delphinium commented lightly: "So how to guide them is the most important topic." ”

"I think these kids are fine."

The lamp leaned back slightly, and said in a brisk tone: "Because I watched them grow up all the way, I knew that they would all be good children and pillars of the next generation." ”

"I don't deny it."

Delphinium looked at the stage not far away: "Especially the white thistle, even when you are not there, you can muster up the courage to hold up the scene, and she is very calm, I am very optimistic about her." ”

"Huh?"

Lantern turned his head sideways: "Is the delphinch senior interested in the white thistle?" ”

"I'm looking forward to her growth." The delphinium nodded slightly.

"Then stay tuned, Bai Ji is the next generation captain appointed by the older generation of our Bai'an City."

Lantern also said with some pride: "Even if you are interested, you can't poach it from our team in Bai'an City." ”

"You shouldn't be under 20 years old, even if you call yourself an older generation, you're just a child in my eyes."

Delphinium squinted slightly: "And I didn't say that I was going to poach people, my own rookie magical girl is troublesome enough." ”

"Senior, you also have a rookie team?"

Lantern automatically ignored the first half of the delphinch's words, and apparently, she was more interested in the content of the second half of the sentence: "Will the patrol make this kind of position also bring new people?" Is it a squad within the Inquisition? ”

"It's not what you think." The delphinium apparently didn't want to bring up the topic very much, and brought it over lightly.

"Really?"

Seeing that she didn't want to mention it, Dengzhan didn't ask anymore, but naturally changed the topic: "In that case, senior, you will leave in a few days?" ”

Delphinium raised her eyes and turned her face sideways: "Why do you think so?" ”

"Because, in a few days, it's the full moon festival."

Dengzhan looked at the stage in the distance, with a smile on his face: "On the day of reunion with relatives, you still have to go back to your own home, right?" ”

"Full Moon Festival ......"

This word made Delphinium slightly stunned, and then seemed to remember something, and her expression was a little trance.

And as if to confirm the words of the lamp, her mobile phone also vibrated slightly at this time.

It's Lin Yun's mobile phone.

Delphinium came back to her senses, subconsciously took out her mobile phone, swiped the lock screen, clicked into the message interface with information prompts, and saw a message from a familiar number:

[Lin Xiaolu: Will you come back during the full moon festival? 】

(End of chapter)