r18novel Chapter 207 Unknown Power
Chapter 207 Unknown Power
Chapter 207 Unknown Power
In the dead of night, the city was shrouded in deep darkness.
The streetlights cast a soft glow, casting long shadows on the ground.
On this quiet night, a woman dressed in fitted sportswear was jogging along the street.
This is a good habit she has cultivated over a long period of time. Night running not only helps her maintain a good figure, but also allows her to sleep more comfortably. The woman's steps are light and her breathing is even. Wearing headphones, she listens to reports about severe weather in other cities while enjoying the unique tranquility of the moment.
however.
On a bench not far behind her.
A man lurked in the shadows, like a ghost.
His gaze was fixed on the woman, his eyes filled with greed. He took a drag of his cigarette, exhaling smoke through his chapped lips.
Judging from the cigarette butts scattered all over the ground, he had been here for quite some time.
His gaze swept over the woman's curves inch by inch, and the man's lips curled into a twisted smile.
The woman was completely unaware of the man's presence.
She was still immersed in the joy of her night run, sweat dripping from her forehead, and the swinging of her arms creating a fragrant breeze.
The man licked his lips, and his breathing became somewhat rapid.
He couldn't wait to rush up and pounce on the woman, and the green light in his eyes began to gleam with excitement.
Leaning slightly forward, the man resembled a lurking wild beast.
His hands clenched unconsciously, and the muscles in his legs began to tremble slightly. His gaze never left the woman, and his heartbeat quickened with each step he took as he looked at her.
Various wicked thoughts kept surfacing in the man's mind, and as he imagined the moment his desires were satisfied, the smile on his lips grew increasingly sinister.
I don't know how much time passed.
The cigarette butt had burned his fingers.
A slight pain brought the man back to his senses, and he realized that the woman had disappeared at the end of the road.
The man casually tossed the cigarette butt at his feet and leaned back on the bench.
He had no intention of leaving, because he had already memorized the woman's night jogging route. Before long, the woman would pass by again, and he would be able to admire her graceful figure once more.
The man let out a soft breath and casually took out his phone.
He habitually opened a live streaming app, quietly waiting for the woman to pass by him again.
However, what the man didn't notice was that the shadow beneath his feet was wriggling slightly, like boiling water, as if something was slowly trying to crawl out of his shadow.
After drying her hair, Tang Zijun slowly walked out of the bathroom.
I glanced at Tang Cao's bedroom. No light came out from under the door. The little girl was fast asleep, like a baby. She was exhausted today.
Not everyone can balance the work and studies of a magical girl, let alone Tangcao who now has to take time out for special training.
After encountering some setbacks, the Magical Supervision Bureau changed its approach. They began to contact the magical girls one-on-one, concealing their identities and refraining from actively contacting their parents and families.
Although the existence of magical girls has been revealed, their identities still need to be kept secret.
Even for magical girls who have joined and are registered with the Magical Supervision Bureau, the Bureau generally does not actively disturb their private lives.
There's nothing we can do about it. If the existence of magical girls is made public one minute, and then a girl suddenly drops out of school the next, anyone would notice that something's wrong with her.
Therefore, magical girls generally continue to live the same lives as before, while the agents of the Magical Investigation Bureau have a tough time.
Working at the Magical Girl Investigation Bureau is never an easy job. They have to handle the things magical girls investigate, and they have to handle even more things that magical girls can't investigate.
It can be said that everyone in the Demon Surveillance Bureau, from top to bottom, was in a state of constant rush.
Take Chang Lei for example. After the meeting, he didn't even have time to have tea with Tang Zijun before being called away by Ma Shiman. There were still many things in the bureau that required his approval, and he also needed to make decisions on the implementation of the plan.
Having no other choice, Tang Zijun took the few specially marked files with her and began to peruse them on her own.
Overall, the Magical Supervision Bureau reacted very quickly. From the fall of the Divine Tree to the exposure of the magical girl, the Bureau established a basic framework in less than a week and started operating at a rapid pace.
This level of efficiency is something many national organizations can't match, let alone the Demon Surveillance Bureau's investigation into extraordinary beings during this period.
Based on the principle of meticulousness, the intelligence department of the Demon Surveillance Bureau directly integrated nearly ten years' worth of case files nationwide, and reopened the investigation of any case that was found to be potentially related to the supernatural.
This increased the difficulty of the investigation, but fortunately, the friendly units in other departments were very willing to cooperate and gave them the green light all the way, so their investigation speed gradually increased and progressed very quickly.
Tang Zijun returned to her bedroom, casually picked up the file she hadn't finished reading, and gently flipped through a few pages.
Soon, a research report on monitor lizards caught his attention.
This giant lizard is none other than the strange beast that suddenly descended upon Liucheng and wreaked havoc on the city, and it is also the culprit that brought the magical girl into the public eye.
Tang Zijun adjusted her glasses, her expression turning serious.
Just then, Xiaobai slipped in with cat-like steps. She looked at Tang Zijun curiously, then aimed at the warm bed and jumped in.
boom!
A dull thud was heard as a chin struck the edge of the bed.
Tang Zijun turned her head sharply and saw Xiaobai covering her chin with her short legs, looking like she was about to cry.
"Ouch...it hurts so much..."
Huo Tang Zijun shook his head speechlessly.
"Have you gained weight? You can't even jump up here."
"Nonsense! You're the one who's gotten fat!" Xiaobai jumped up, glaring angrily at Tang Zijun, but quickly her face fell. "It's all because of that damn stupid bird... It chased me around all day... My legs are about to break..."
"Chasing after you to beat you up?" Tang Zijun was taken aback. "Why?"
"They say they're going to train my fighting skills, how annoying!"
Xiao Bai looked reluctant, then she leaped onto the bed and came to Tang Zijun's side.
"Let's not talk about this anymore, it annoys me just thinking about it... By the way, what are you looking at so intently?"
Upon hearing this, Tang Zijun displayed the file to Xiaobai. "It's some intelligence gathered by Lao Chang's side, about that strange beast from before. They suspect..."
"Ugh, so boring, I don't want to watch." Xiao Bai turned her head away. "Read it to me."
"..." Tang Zijun opened her mouth, then rolled her eyes at her. "They suspect that the strange beast is very different from the strange beasts they've encountered before, a point that has been confirmed by some of the magical girls."
"Not only can this beast appear in the sunlight, but its destructive power and size are also very different from previous beasts. This beast has clearly surpassed its kind and reached a higher level of threat."
"The Magic Bureau has collected numerous testimonies from magical girls who have fought against otherworldly beings. Their accounts demonstrate that..."
While previous beasts were powerful, none had ever been this enormous.
Listening to Tang Zijun's explanation, Xiaobai frowned slightly. "Isn't this normal? They don't know, but don't you? This beast is an enhanced species bred by Sir Skeleton."
"I know, but the question is, what kind of power did the Skull Lord Earth use to cultivate this kind of individual? That's the subject we need to study now," Tang Zijun said calmly.
"The Tree of Life," Xiaobai replied matter-of-factly. "Isn't that a divine tree? It contains that level of life force; modifying alien beasts should be a piece of cake, right?"
That's what I thought at first too.
Tang Zijun sighed softly, then shook her head slightly.
"But I'm afraid this matter has little to do with the Tree of Life."
As he spoke, Tang Zijun flipped his hand, and a white bone card that shimmered with emerald green light appeared at his fingertips.
"It's true that the Tree of Life has strong vitality, and it's also true that it can strengthen alien beasts. But the problem is that the power of the Tree of Life can only strengthen them, causing them to twist and evolve into other, more terrifying forms. As far as I know, it cannot increase the size of alien beasts."
Xiao Bai stared at the cards in Tang Zijun's hand, and she shuddered for no reason.
As a spirit beast, she could clearly sense the strange power contained within that card. It not only possessed the evil aura of the heretical demons, but also a portion of the life force of the Tree of Life.
These two completely different forces were roughly combined, but they did not exclude each other; instead, they achieved a certain balance, exhibiting a kind of indescribable strangeness.
"You don't actually think Sir Skull has some other tricks up his sleeve, do you?" Little White shrank back.
"He probably doesn't have a backup plan. If he really did, he would have used it already. There's no need to cause trouble now. What I'm worried about is... whether the heretical demons still possess powers that we don't understand."
Tang Zijun muttered something to herself, then put the file away and stood up.
"What are you going to do?" Xiaobai asked curiously.
"I have to go to the Reverse World. I have some very important things to talk to the Flower Fairy Clan about."
"I'm going too! I'm going too!" Having missed it last time, Xiao Bai jumped up excitedly upon hearing Tang Zijun's words this time.
"Don't your feet hurt? Do they not hurt now?" Tang Zijun said with a smile.
"You can carry me there," Little White said, wagging its tail.
Tang Zijun couldn't help but chuckle as she watched Xiaobai pretending to be obedient and acting spoiled.
However, he did not refuse. This conversation with the Flower Fairy Clan was indeed related to Xiaobai, so taking her along was not out of the question.
Thinking of this, Tang Zijun reached out and hugged Xiaobai, then turned and stepped into the reflection of the fish tank.