015 The Poor Little Deer
“Ugh!”
With the sharp sound of shattering lenses, Shen Qiqi’s pink figure was thrown backward, crashing against a weathered brick wall. The young girl struggled to rise amidst the rubble.
The once impenetrable magical shield, which no monster could break, was now completely shattered into fragments. Her once vibrant and lively magical girl battle dress was now covered in dust, no longer gleaming as before.
Lu Yuan, the leader behind the little black creatures, approached calmly. With a casual flick of his hand, Shen Qiqi’s body was thrown flying again, as if an invisible hand existed here.
“After all, a plan and tools that have been abolished can only wield power and strength like a crippled one.”
Lu Yuan sneered at Shen Qiqi. “Hand over your finger, fake magical girl.”
“I don’t know what finger you mean…”
“I don’t understand what you’re implying.”
“But…”
Shen Qiqi rebuilt her defenses, her eyes red with anger as she shouted, “I am not a fake!”
She could transform, use magic, and her magic wand had clearly accepted her.
She was not a fake, absolutely not!
“That’s exactly what annoys me the most.”
This time, Shen Qiqi wasn’t thrown away but was instead crushed under a heavy pressure descending from above. The terrifying force gradually shattered the shield she desperately maintained. The ground beneath her feet cracked with fierce fractures.
It was like a silent lament.
“If you’re not a fake, then why can’t you defeat me?”
Lu Yuan said coldly, “Power is the proof of who is king.”
“The Eternal Hunt’s Soul Arrow guarantees this land, and under normal circumstances, at most, a third-stage Blood Source — Star Alignment level power — will appear.”
“I’m also under these restrictions.”
“If you were a true magical girl, not to mention defeating me, at least I wouldn’t be able to crush you so easily.”
Lu Yuan shook his head. “Weak, far too weak, completely powerless.”
“If you refuse to admit that, then drown in your ideals!”
With sudden force, Lu Yuan increased the pressure.
Shen Qiqi’s expression grew paler and paler.
Die, die, die...
Having always fought against evil and immersed in her own world, Shen Qiqi suddenly realized that justice does not always triumph over evil.
Justice can die.
It can be mercilessly and irrationally killed by the evil villain.
A sixteen-year-old girl, clearly not yet fully understanding death, now faced the threat of death itself.
When the false curtain was pulled away, she found herself walking slowly atop a narrow bridge above a ten-thousand-meter abyss.
At any moment, she could fall.
Into eternal damnation.
She was scared.
Fear irrationally seeped through her entire body, and those cherry-colored eyes filled with tears.
So scared, so scared, so scared...
She wanted to run.
Summoning all her strength to push away the invisible pressure, Shen Qiqi stepped through the air, ready to spiral upward and escape, only to be swatted down like a mosquito by the impatient Lu Yuan.
“Your fear is justified, your flight is correct, but…”
“You yourself are powerless.”
“I told you, hand over your finger.”
Finger? What finger? Did he want her finger?!
Terrified, Shen Qiqi burst into tears, curling up inside her magical shield, like the little kitten she had found at the start, hiding in a cardboard box.
Her strength was running out. Once her magic failed and she couldn’t summon her shield, she would surely die!
So scary, no, she didn’t want this!
Someone, anyone, please…
Someone, anyone, please rescue her…
Suddenly, Shen Qiqi thought of someone.
Like a drowning person spotting a straw on the water’s surface, she desperately grasped at it.
Even though she had no idea if the straw was of any use.
“Mo Bai, save me, Mo Bai…”
Shen Qiqi tremblingly sent out the distress signal, but immediately regretted it.
“No, what good would it do if he came? He’d die too, he’d die too!”
“I should call 911 instead…”
Having been a magical girl for so long, Shen Qiqi had almost forgotten about 911.
But just as she tried to withdraw the call for help sent to Mo Bai, the invisible pressure crushed her shield. Relying on instinct, Shen Qiqi narrowly avoided the invisible giant hand.
However, her phone was not so lucky; it was destroyed outright, reduced to a useless brick.
“You won’t be allowed to call for help.”
Lu Yuan licked his lips. “You three, don’t just watch the show. Guard the nearby entrances. Don’t let anyone come in and alert the Overseer’s Bureau.”
“Yes, boss, no problem, boss!”
The three little black creatures scattered in different directions.
“Then let’s continue.”
Lu Yuan leisurely raised his hand. “Since you refuse to reveal the whereabouts of your finger, I have no choice but to begin tormenting you mercilessly.”
He spoke seriously. “I will break your hands, crush your feet, blind your eyes, and snap your spine.”
“Throughout history, humans have excelled at torturing their own kind.”
“I believe this will be a wonderful experience for you.”
“For me as well.”
Watching Shen Qiqi’s desperate flight, Lu Yuan curled his lips. “Run, keep running.”
“Hunters enjoy the struggle of their prey. I’m no exception.”
“Pray you don’t get caught.”
“Poor little deer.”
...
“Is this… the place?”
Carrying a backpack stuffed with things in his pockets, Mo Bai looked at a sign indicating construction ahead and no entry, then without hesitation climbed over.
He vaguely remembered this place from about two years ago — it used to be a snack street, but then due to some incident, it was closed off for a time. No one came anymore, and it was abandoned.
Another year passed, and it was demolished, supposedly for building a new development. However, no one took care of it after demolition, and it remained so until now.
Mo Bai looked at the scattered rubble and overgrown weeds, nodding in approval. “This is really suitable for luring someone out at midnight and taking them out.”
“No surveillance, no visitors, such a mess — perfect for erasing traces. I’m seriously impressed.”
“First, let’s find that idiot. He called me to rescue someone but said nothing else. Probably fought so hard his phone got smashed, huh?”
Mo Bai didn’t turn on his flashlight but felt his way through the ruins in the dark. Soon, he spotted a man sitting on a stone smoking.
Why another middle-aged man? Is it because in some stories, magical girl villains are always middle-aged men?
Anyway, this suspected enemy had his back to him.
Completely unguarded.
Press F to start the backstab.
Glancing at the shadow beneath the man’s feet — vague but clearly not human — Mo Bai decisively pulled two oranges from his pocket.
These were no ordinary oranges.
They were rotten oranges.
Grinning wickedly, Mo Bai stealthily approached the man.
Then…
The Kitchen Queen’s first bomb, activated!
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
Among the explosions, mingled with someone’s screams.
In a blur only ninja-level dynamic vision could follow, Mo Bai flawlessly won the fight.
His clothes slightly dirty.
“Done!” Mo Bai brushed the dust off his clothes. “After seeing what these people are really made of, they’re just a bit tougher than ordinary folks.”
“Instant judgment: pure CJB.”
“Hope Shen Qiqi’s elite monsters aren’t too overpowered…”
Mo Bai pressed further inside.
Behind him, a certain girl was on the phone, looking utterly stunned.
“Hello? Is this Mo Mo-chan? You’re almost there? Hmm, let me tell you something.”
“You might not believe it, but I just saw your brother.”
“He blew an Abyssal citizen to death.”
“With rotten oranges.”