"Not taking next year's exam?"

Aso's words were like a depth charge, causing the girls of the Fangting City squad to collectively lose their voices, and Delphinium became the only one to ask questions at this time, with a hesitant expression: "What do you mean by this?" ”

"It doesn't make any sense, it's just a proposal."

Aso Yuanka's face was as usual, as if she didn't feel that there was anything wrong with what she said: "If you have to give me an explanation, then you can take the next competition as the 'first test' of qualification, and if you can't pass the 'first test', you will naturally not be eligible to participate in the follow-up exam, right?" ”

"You're the examiner for next year's exam?"

"No, it's not."

"Then I don't think you have the right to make such a proposal."

Delphinium raised her chin slightly, and her gaze turned slightly cold: "Or is this the purpose of your 'exchange' in Fangting City?" Simply finding fault? ”

"As I said, I don't have the slightest malice, and if it's just to find fault, I don't need to stumble on a group of little girls I don't know, do I?" Madoka Aso's face was innocent.

It's just that the words in her mouth obviously can't convince Delphinium, and Delphinium doesn't even have the will to reply, just continues to stare at her in silence.

After holding on to this cold gaze for a few seconds, the smile on Aso's face finally couldn't be maintained, and after the smile faded, it was replaced by a helpless look.

"Well, it doesn't seem to convince you."

She sighed softly, "Indeed, maybe we have to find a place to talk, I can answer some of your doubts, maybe you can also tell me something I don't know." ”

"Looking for a place?"

"Well, at least not here."

Aso Enka turned her head sideways, looked at the girls beside her, and smiled mysteriously: "Some things are the topic of adults, and it is too early for children to understand this." ”

As soon as these words came out, the girls on the side had different expressions, some were indifferent, and some were obviously unconvinced. Lin Xiaolu took a step forward directly, seeing that she was about to refute, but before speaking, she saw Delphinium suddenly nodded.

"Yes."

She simply opened her mouth neatly, and her voice was loud: "Where to go?" Do you have any good proposals? ”

"You're the host here, you should be more thoughtful than I thought about where to talk about this kind of thing, right?"

Aso Yuanxiang hugged his arm: "I came back after so many years, I'm still curious about what interesting places are in Fangting City now, take me to see it." ”

“…… Let's go to the Strange Strategy Bureau in Fangting City. ”

Ignoring the other party's request for the second half of the sentence, Delphinium casually proposed, apparently not interested in "where to go", she was more concerned about the content of the conversation: "The conference room of the Alien Bureau can ensure that the content of the conversation is hidden and will not be heard by others. ”

"Strange Strategy? No, that's too boring. ”

Madoka Aso rejected the offer without hesitation, with some inquiry in her eyes: "Isn't there any interesting proposal?" ”

"What do you want?" Delphinium looked back at her, too.

"Since I'm back to Fangting City, I'm definitely going to visit the Alien Bureau in the future, so take this opportunity now, shouldn't I find a place with a more atmosphere?"

Aso Madoka pointed her finger at the crook of her arm: "Look, for example, find a better restaurant?" Or maybe it's a recent attraction? It's a little more romantic. ”

“…… If you don't want to go to the Alien Bureau, we can go to the study of the secret base and talk to it, and there won't be any outsiders there. ”

"Secret base? Isn't that still a place that I often go to next? ”

Aso Yuanxiang was dissatisfied: "You have been in Fangting City for more than ten years longer than me, you really can't think of it?" You know, even if I searched the Internet casually before I came, I could see many people listing 'check-in spots'. ”

"I'm sorry, I'm such a boring person." The delphinium couldn't help but pull down her eyelids and turn her face to look sideways into the corridor.

Probably because of the other party's previous orders, there were only sporadic staff passing by in the aisle at this time, and there was no intention of moving this way, and the area outside the lounge seemed to have some kind of artificially demarcated boundary, isolating everyone except the magical girl.

Wandering unfocusedly, the delphinium pursed her lips and thought for a while, then raised her head as if she remembered something: "Speaking of which, if you really want to find a place where you can talk about things and have enough 'commemorative significance', I have a proposal." ”

"Oh? How? Aso's eyes suddenly lit up, as if she was interested.

"It's a very quiet place, not many people go there often, but most people in Fangting City can't help but deal with it after all."

Delphinium said in a calm voice with an expressionless face, "You know, you should go there and have a look." ”

"No one goes, but I should be there...... Is this some riddle? Aso Madoka smiled wryly.

"Isn't it hard to think of an answer?"

"It's a bit difficult, after all, there are too few clues and conditions, and to be honest, there are too many places like this......"

Madoka Aso was halfway through her words when she suddenly lost her voice.

Even the expression on her face froze a little at this moment, she was silent for a long time, and then sighed resignedly: "Ah, I understand, you are right, it is not difficult to guess." ”

The two looked at each other inexplicably, and the atmosphere actually became much calmer at this moment, making the girls on the side completely confused.

“…… So what's that? Is there such a place in Fangting City? ”

Lin Xiaolu, who was on the side, listened to the conversation between the two from beginning to end, and could only ask in a daze at this time: "Can you make it clear?" ”

"I'm sorry, Bai Mei, I may not be able to send you back, can you fly back by tram or hide a little bit?"

But Delphinch didn't answer her question directly this time, but suddenly turned around and walked next to her and patted her arm: "Take the guests from Bai'an City to the secret base, remember to entertain them well, and I will come back later with this Aunt Aso." ”

"What do you mean by Auntie? Can't you speak better? Aso Enka on the side immediately retorted.

"Take them back, you can do it...... But where exactly are you going? ”

This strange atmosphere made Lin Xiaolu subtly a little uneasy, and the arm that was slapped by Delphinium subconsciously pinched the corner of her clothes: "Will it be dangerous?" ”

"No, it's not dangerous."

Delphinium said lightly, then approached Lin Xiaolu slightly, and said a location in a low voice as low as possible.

Her voice was indeed so soft that no one else around her heard what was said. But Lin Xiaolu got the answer she wanted, and her eyes widened slightly because of this answer.

Then, before she could say anything about it, Delphinium and Aso Madoka said goodbye to the other magical girls, walked to the corner of the corridor, and disappeared from everyone's view.

Lin Xiaolu looked at the bend, pursed her lips, and was speechless for a long time, until Mu Lily next to her came to her, and couldn't hold back her inner doubts: "So where are they going?" What did the inspector tell you? ”

“…… They're going to see someone. ”

Lin Xiaolu spoke again, turned her head with a complicated expression, looked at her and replied slowly: "Delphinium said that they are going to see my mother together." ”

……

……

An hour after the concert, the crowded concert scene finally gradually returned to calm. In the outfield of the Green Tower Stadium, although many fans who are still interested in chatting, the surroundings have become much more deserted.

The crowd of people who stayed in place gradually dispersed around the stadium, and an inconspicuous silver-white SUV drove out of the "Green Tower" stadium and slowly ran onto the road. The SUV blended in with the sparse traffic that also left the stadium, and drove slowly down the highway like the most ordinary group of fans.

It's just that if someone is a little sharper and can see the position of the co-pilot in the car, they will notice an unusual fact - the protagonist of the previous concert, Madoka Aso, is sitting in the co-pilot seat with a smile on his face.

At this time, the singer, who should have been accustomed to seeing bustling and extravagant, fiddled around with the furnishings in the carriage like a curious girl: poking and poking the seat cushion, flipping the button of the air conditioner, and then playing with the window next to the passenger seat.

The driver in the driver's seat on the side was indifferent to her behavior at first, and finally turned his head after the window was lowered halfway, glanced at her helplessly, and admonished: "Don't open the window randomly, aren't you worried about being photographed?" ”

It was the delphinium that drove the car.

She had been silent until now, not wanting to speak, looking ahead, acting as a cold driving machine. If it weren't for Aso's various small actions that really interfered with other people's attention, she wouldn't even say this.

And as she said this, Aso Yuanxiang, who was only silently making small movements, also turned her head, and while looking at her, she smiled evilly: "Is there anything that can't be photographed?" ”

Delphinch's gaze made contact with her for a second, then she took the initiative to stagger it, looked at the road ahead again, and put on a serious driving look: "You know, where we're going next, I don't want any inexplicable media people to follow." ”

"Ah, that's it."

Aso Enka was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then nodded approvingly, and closed the window with a smile: "Indeed, that shouldn't be something that is disturbed by outsiders." ”

There were only two people in the small SUV, and after saying this, neither of them spoke, and the car fell into a brief silence.

The main ingredient in this silence is called "embarrassment".

If there were other people in the car at this time, then the two would not have fallen into this inexplicable embarrassment, but unfortunately, there was indeed no third party in the car at this time.

Not because they had nothing to say to each other, but because there were so many questions that they couldn't think of where to start.

Fortunately, Aso Madoka didn't let this embarrassment last too long, and after a short silence, she leaned back on the back of the seat and said slowly: "Speaking of which, don't you ask me why I'm only back now?" ”

"Why do you ask?"

"Usually I still ask, after all, that happened before."

"Two years ago, I thought you were coming, but you didn't show up there."

When the car cornered, Delphich's eyes wandered between the rearview mirror and the front, and then turned the steering wheel slightly: "Actually, it's not just you, Hong Sihe, Su Shengzi, my biggest distress at that time was actually what should I do when you come?" What kind of attitude and face I will use to face you? ”

"I chose to live an ordinary life, thinking that I could immerse myself in it forever, but it turned out that I couldn't do it, I couldn't protect my important people. I'm really scared that you'll show up in front of me and ask me, 'Why didn't you save Anya?' ”

"Wishful thinking that the greatest threat has been solved; wishful thinking that one's life can remain peaceful right now; Wishful thinking to believe that there is nothing wrong with Anya...... I never thought it would happen like that, and it was like being in a nightmare and everything became unreal. ”

"To be honest, if you did show up at that time, maybe I would have to find a way to hide, because I don't know what answer I should give you."

She paused, took a slight breath, and whispered, "But fortunately, you didn't come, not even one of you." There were only a few neighborhood leaders she knew on weekdays, employees of the Alien Bureau who hid their identities, and the magical girls of Fangting City at the time. Everyone has their own 'Anya', everyone has their own understanding of who I am, they may not know enough about the truth, but at least at that time, no one will question me. ”

"You still think it's a good thing that I didn't come? My teammate's funeral Oh, such a big event didn't come, don't you worry about whether I'm dead too? Madoka Aso's eyes widened in disbelief.

"You won't, you're more afraid of death than anyone else." Delphinium said lightly.

"This kind of evaluation is too spicy for a magical girl, and you haven't considered changing the adjective? This kind of behavior of mine can also be called self-pity. ”

Aso Enka stretched out her index finger and retorted: "And you haven't thought that even if I care about my own life, I may encounter an enemy who can't escape?" ”

"You can't even run away?"

Delphinium glanced at her, "Is there that kind of remnant beast in this world?" ”

"Who knows? Before Anya's accident, we all believed that there would be no enemy who could kill her, didn't we? ”

Aso Madoka withdrew her hand and looked forward as well: "To be honest, when I heard the news from the dean, I thought she was playing some bad joke on me again. It wasn't until this incident was officially included in the archives as a key investigation matter of the Investigation Institute that I knew it was true. ”

"So you actually knew it right away?" Delphinium asked softly.

"Ah, probably the day after the incident."

"That's it."

“…… Speaking of which, don't you ask me why I didn't come? ”

Aso Enka saw the appearance of the delphinium that did not enter the oil and salt, and suddenly felt even more helpless: "Wouldn't ordinary people want their teammates to come back and discuss revenge together?" ”

"I don't need to get you involved in this kind of trouble."

Delphinium replied flatly: "It will definitely not be a simple existence that can kill Anya, and to take revenge on this kind of thing, you must be prepared to pay a terrible price." I can't ask you to take part in such a dangerous thing. ”

"Your thoughts are really like a pickle stone sometimes, smelly and hard."

Aso Enka squinted her eyes and said dissatisfied, but after a while, she smiled helplessly: "Also, this sounds like a lot of what you will think." So, you can assume that I'm talking to myself next. ”

"If you don't ask me why I didn't come, then I'll tell you myself, do you know why I didn't come?"

“…… Why? The delphinium asked in response.

"Because someone stopped me, let me not go yet."

Aso Enka leaned on her chair and looked ahead with Delphinium: "The dean met with me personally and told me not to interfere with your thoughts and let you think about what to do alone." ”

Tell me well, I'm still fighting with Kaven and not losing. As well as belated holiday greetings, happy holidays everyone.

(End of chapter)