However, in the face of Aozaki Aoko's defense, the expressionless puppet's face mechanically cracked into a smile.
He gave off a weird smile and uttered characters one by one.
Hodie mea obit die,et mea natus obire.”
(Today is the anniversary of my death and my birthday. Now, I am going to meet you.)
As the chanting became more passionate, the red light in the puppet's eyes became more intense. In an instant, curse bullets gathered in front of it, forming a row from left to right, locking onto two people respectively.
Oh no... this is damn...
Aozaki Aoko felt somewhat helpless. In fact, the curse bullet did not have much effect on her. Even though her magic circuit was now in a short-circuited state, she could not make any effective counterattack. But for a magician with a magic circuit, he or she possessed the so-called anti-magic power - even if it was not comparable to that of Heroic Spirits and Phantasmagoria, it was a basic defense that ordinary curse bullets could not penetrate.
However, this kind of cursed bullet can cause very effective damage to ordinary people, it is cheap to consume and very cost-effective. Obviously, the other party is sure that she will protect Shizuki Sojuro.
Damn it! I was supposed to kill him tonight...
"Then...what on earth is that..."
Seeing that the terrifying attack was about to come, Shizuki Sojuurō finally realized and asked the question that had been puzzled him for a long time.
If you are going to die, then at least you should know what is killing you, right?
“That’s really long-winded.”
Aozaki Aoko had never felt so upset before. The red light flickered and there was a sudden sound of breaking through the air. She had no time to answer the other party's slightly dull questions. She tried to form a magic barrier, knowing that this method was just a struggle for a slow death, but she still subconsciously poured out the magic power in her body again.
However, the only difference was that this time, a hand gently touched her shoulder.
At that moment, Aozaki Aoko only felt that half of the magic circuit in her arm was quickly washed away by a turbulent stream of water, and all the blockage feelings disappeared in an instant.
In conjunction with this, surging magic power was released, and under the opponent's construction, it instantly formed a series of formations, overlapping each other and shining in three layers.
Followed by.
Boom!
A huge magic cannon shot out from her hand, swallowing up the curse bullet directly, swallowing up the doll along with it -
The azure light faded away, and Shizuki Sojuro stared blankly at the man who suddenly appeared behind Aoko. His slightly long hair and pale mask seemed to exude a mysterious and unattainable aura.
"That's a curse bullet, a type of magic, a branch of the Nordic curse. Hmm... it's not a big threat to magicians, but it consumes less energy. It's usually used like a machine gun to deal with a large number of familiars and ordinary people... well, it's used here..."
The man's clear voice echoed in the shattered corridor. Judging from the voice, he was obviously very young. No, he was about the same age as me.
Shizuki Sojuro thought subconsciously.
He didn't know why he paid attention to this, but as long as he saw the other person's arm pressing on Aozaki Aoko's shoulder, he couldn't help but be attracted by it subconsciously.
But no matter what, no matter what the relationship between the other party and Qingzi is, as long as he shows up, Qingzi will obviously be out of danger.
This made him feel relieved, however, Aozaki Aoko obviously didn't seem that happy.
She knew very well that since Victor, the referee, had left the court, it meant...
This so-called experience ended in failure for her.
"You acted too early."
Aozaki Aoko said dissatisfiedly: "I still have a lot of spare energy that I haven't used yet."
"is it?"
Victor smiled, looked at the Kuonji Arima slowly falling in the distance, and chuckled, "I don't think so."
"However, this seems a bit absolute... After all, if you can really make up your mind to abandon the ordinary people next to you, then it should be no problem to deal with this level of puppets."
As he spoke, Victor waved his hand lightly, and the remains of the puppet were imprisoned by invisible magic power, and then they automatically broke apart at a rapid speed.
"Tsk, a perpetual motion machine that can automatically chant. Although it can only chant two low-level spells, namely, magic interference and curse bullet... it is still a rare material."
"Well, the self-retracting chain-type arm structure... this is pretty standard. It's obvious that they haven't put too much effort into the combat aspect."
"Oh my, a red crystal that can channel magic power and project the curse...?"
Victor was slightly stunned, then he took the broken head of the puppet in his hand, looked at the eyeballs inside, and smiled: "This is a good thing, my research on artificial humans just needs this thing."
"She's not a cheap one, but I thought she would use some trash to test you, but it seems like she's taking it seriously."
If converted into RMB, the value of this doll could be worth hundreds of thousands of yuan...
But... this is not normal.
Logically speaking, high-end materials should be used to make high-standard, more powerful familiars, but the design of this doll is full of dislocation...
They used high-grade materials to produce such low-level combat-effective stuff, and then used it as consumables.
can only say……
"Hiss, your sister looks richer than I thought..."
How willful.
……
Aozaki Aoko was very angry at the way Victor dealt with the spoils on his own.
I have to say, her relationship with Victor is quite delicate.
The relationship between the two was not very good. Rather, it was a crushing teaching confrontation and ridicule from the moment they met. Even after Victor became one of her cohabitants and even her mentor, their temperaments still seemed somewhat antagonistic.
On the contrary, it was Kuonji Yuzu whose quiet personality complemented Victor's usual calmness. Sometimes, every time she came home from school, every time she saw the two of them drinking tea, reading books, and studying their own magical knowledge on the sofa, Aozaki Aoko felt the absurdity of being an outsider.
"You look down on me too much by saying that!"
"Really? I'm glad you still have the energy to refute me, but Aoko."
Victor shrugged, tilted his head and looked at the "male protagonist" beside him, and suddenly asked: "What are you going to do now?"
Want to prove yourself?
Kill the other person?
Victor's sudden inquiry brought the girl's complaints to an abrupt halt, and she fell into silence in the quiet night.
Yeah, what's next?
After the puppet is dealt with, it’s time to get back to the topic.
Eliminate the witnesses.
"But...but...since Aozaki Touko's attack has been confirmed, it means that the previous speculation that he was an innocent person involved is correct, right?"
Aozaki Aoko subconsciously defended herself.
It wasn't just the hesitation that had prevented him from doing it before, but more importantly, during the chase just now, Shizuki Sojuurō had repeatedly tried to protect her even though he knew nothing.
The way he acted as if everything was fine as long as Aozaki Aoko could survive made her extremely angry.
But it also constantly shakes her will.
"Yeah, but so what."
Victor blinked his eyes strangely when he heard this. Could it be that love really makes people less intelligent?
"Clearing witnesses has nothing to do with innocence. What you said is..."
It was as if those so-called witnesses had deliberately seen the magician's crime scene...
Victor said as a matter of course. Suddenly, as if he sensed Aozaki Aoko's slightly pleading gaze, Victor paused and turned his head helplessly and said, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"I'm not the manager of your Misaki City. I don't have the final say on how your Misaki City handles the witnesses."
"That……"
Aozaki Aoko was delighted and saw Victor pointing upwards.
"Youzhu is here too~"
As if responding to Victor's words.
Suddenly, unknown music started playing.
At that moment, Aozaki Aoko's face turned pale.
Victor narrowed his eyes slightly. It was a melody with a hint of nostalgia. Once in another copy, there was a boy who also liked to play similar-style music with leaves blowing away.
However, this tune is not just about nostalgia, but more about mourning for the past mixed in with the nostalgia.
That is a heavy history called the Mysterious Hymn.
Once it began, once it ended.
This is incredible music played in dreams, announcing that people should return to reality. It is full of energy and vitality, yet feels a little lonely.
Echoing in the night sky, weaving into a song.
Unearth the paradise that people have now lost.
The many dreams abandoned by people and the idols of the past forgotten by the world respond to the cry of the blue kitten.
This was the first time Victor saw the full power of Kuonji Yuju.
——A bell called "Night Feast".
He actually expanded his territory directly to express his attitude.
As expected of you, your style is unique to Kuonji Arizuma.
Victor smiled and took a few steps back. He observed as quickly as possible, releasing the identification technique unscrupulously.
Soon, the information collection bar in his skill panel began to grow slowly -
Let me see it.
In the legend, it is a fairy tale where everything incredible is allowed.
Closer to magic than magic... the fairy tale magic of Arizuma Kuonji.
"——You are so willful. Aoko, is this something you can decide on your own?"
The girl descended from the clock tower like a black bird of prey. She sat on a mechanical crescent clock. In the night, she seemed like a princess who controlled everything.
Her slender fingers straightened the messy clothes as if she was combing feathers, but her tone was mixed with coldness.
There was also a hint of dissatisfaction with Victor for indulging the other party.
"Youzhu..."
There was a hint of nervousness in Qingzi's voice.
...Until the face that was somewhat arrogant just now disappeared like mist under Youzhu's gaze.
Kuonji Yuzu might be the only person in Aozaki Aoko's life who can make her feel oppressed.
Victor watched the show happily and took out melon seeds from his backpack like a magician. Fortunately, the half-face mask did not cover his mouth, otherwise the fun of his life would have been reduced by half. By the way, he even had the leisure to pass a handful to Shizuki Sojuro next to him, which made the latter feel quite flattered.
"Uh, thank you... that girl from before..."
Shizuki Sojuro took the melon seeds, but he had no mood to do so. He stared at the dark girl in the air, and vague memories began to emerge...
"Oh? You've seen Youzhu before?"
Victor asked curiously. This was his first time to come into contact with the so-called "protagonist".
But he had to admit that the natural impression this guy gave him was pretty good.
Well, being too dull and harmless is actually quite dangerous in a sense - it's like in the eyes of evil people, good people who are too kind make them hate and fear them more, and it is easy to cause critical damage to them.
"Ah... maybe, you've seen it before?"
Because I was far away and couldn't see her face clearly, I felt like I had seen her a few times in the town.
Shizuki Sojuro tried hard to think, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it. The strange feeling of tension always disturbed his thinking and he couldn't concentrate well.
"is it?"
Victor, as always, liked to use an undeniable tone, but he was certain in his heart.
This guy seems to have developed some kind of resistance to mystery.
This is not good news.
The fact that he was able to leave an impression on Arizuma means that Shizuki Soujuurō has gradually gotten used to the magical hints that Arizuma Kuonji used on him to reduce his presence and avoid being noticed, and they have begun to become ineffective.
This situation not only shows that Shizuki Soujuurō has a little talent for magic, but more importantly... it shows that Mystery has already accepted the other party, or in other words, in Shizuki Soujuurō's concept, he has completely realized that Mystery exists.
When this happens, not only does it imply that magic will no longer be effective against Shizuki Sojuro, but his future life will also inevitably be intertwined with mystery.
