The Cardcaptor Mage
Chapter 6

First Make You Use Magic, Then Teach You Science

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"Fuck you!"

The despondent Fang Ran suddenly yanked off his belt. It hit the ground with two clacks like a stick, and Fang Ran covered his face with one hand, unable to bear the sight.

"I must have destroyed the Milky Way Galaxy in my previous life. What the hell is all this?!"

Who had ever heard of a protagonist's first ability being that his own belt turned into a Magic Wand?!

Jobs once said—how could a person be fired by his own company?

Fang Ran, too, wanted to pose a profound philosophical question—how could someone have his life saved by his own belt?

Forget it. Calm down. Pick up the belt first!

Fang Ran, you have to stay calm.

The more times like this came around, the more you had to show a man's composure!

Let's first analyze the situation according to the usual webnovel formula where a Long Aotian protagonist gets dragged into the Main God Space.

First, I don't know where this is.

Second, I don't know how to leave this place.

Then, I don't know what exactly happened.

Finally, I have reached a conclusion.

"Analyze my ass! First a station collapses, then a building collapses. What can I possibly analyze when everything collapses wherever I go?!"

With a furious fling, the belt that had just undergone its transformation suffered a second abandonment. Fang Ran gave up in exasperation!

No, calm down!

Fang Ran, you have to stay calm.

The more times like this came around, the more you had to show a man's composure!

First, let's analyze the situation properly. Since that belt—ptui!—since his Magic Wand had saved him, that meant the belt—ptui!—the Magic Wand really had magical power.

Which meant he could really cast magic according to anime conventions?

Fang Ran was initially delighted, but then Darko—cough, cough—furrowed his brow, feeling that things were not so simple.jpg.

As for the other unfortunate events, emmmm, no, wasn't it good that the building had collapsed? It wasn't his building anyway.

And look, most importantly—

That idiot Zombie had been crushed to death too!

Wahahahahahaha! (laughing wildly with his hands on his hips)

At that thought, Fang Ran froze, then burst into wild laughter inside.

That's right. Since that idiot Zombie had been crushed to death, it meant that what had just happened—his belt saving him—

No one! No living thing had seen it!

"As expected, my luck reaches the heavens!"

Fang Ran said shamelessly with a slight nod. Then he picked up his belt Magic Wand and prepared to leave, only for rubble to suddenly tumble down from the side.

The Zombie's familiar upper body appeared before Fang Ran.

"Hiss! Roar!"

Ah, that familiar roar.

The air suddenly grew somewhat quiet. The Zombie also fell silent, sharing a soulful five-second gaze with Fang Ran. Perhaps the scent of love drifted through the air...

Emmmmm.

"ROAR!!!"

"Fuck!!!"

The Zombie was the first to shatter the silence. With a roar like a general challenging an enemy, it opened its arms and tried to pounce on Fang Ran. Unfortunately, its lower body was still trapped.

Deep in the night, in an abandoned city, there were roars and a Zombie that was not human. For an ordinary person who had only ever lived a normal life and did not believe in ghosts or monsters, this was a scene no less terrifying than a horror movie, steeped in dread.

Fang Ran was not to be outdone. His legs trembled, and he nearly dropped to his knees before Zombie Daddy!

Just imagine: without a god's-eye view, if you suddenly found yourself in an empty city at night, running through the streets with your lungs burning, desperately trying to escape the horrifying creature constantly pursuing you from behind—

How would you feel?

It just wouldn't die. That hadn't crushed it to death?

What do I do?! What do I do?! What do I do?!

The instant his gaze froze, Fang Ran began thinking frantically.

"Sword Control, slash!"

A streak of sword light cut through the air. Ye Sheng stood atop a Flying Sword, formed a Sword Incantation with her fingers, and sent a blade of sword qi slashing toward the Middle-aged Gentleman.

"Hehe, truly impressive. To possess such strength at such a young age."

The Middle-aged Gentleman smiled gently and tapped the ground with his cane. A massive, ferocious demon suddenly crawled out of a crack that had appeared from thin air, blocking the attack in front of him.

Bang!

The sword qi shattered, leaving only an insignificant mark on the Demon Gentleman.

"Damn it!"

Ye Sheng muttered with a frown. She took a deep breath, intending to circle around again and search for an opening.

At that moment, battles were breaking out in more than one place atop the ruined remains of the building. The clash of lightning and flames below erupted into deafening explosions from time to time, shaking the ground beneath the Middle-aged Gentleman's feet.

"Heh, it really is lively," the Middle-aged Gentleman said with a smile, shaking his head. He looked at Ye Sheng with apparent sincerity and said, "Little girl, why not stop here? What good does it do you to keep pestering me?"

"If you leave obediently, I naturally won't pursue you."

Ye Sheng replied coldly. The Middle-aged Gentleman shook his head and said helplessly,

"Ah, what a pity. Then I can only..."

"Kill you."

As soon as the words fell, Ye Sheng's pupils contracted! An intense sense of danger struck without warning!

"Sheng-jie! Watch out!"

Hua Ling, who was holding off someone else, cried out as she pointed behind Ye Sheng!

Without a second thought, Ye Sheng raised her sword and turned to block. But before she could clearly see the demon behind her, a punch struck her in the abdomen, sending her flying in one direction like a meteor!

Meanwhile, Fang Ran, still confronting the Zombie, finally found a solution!

He discovered that he seemed able to climb the wall behind him. Once he got up there, all he had to do was shove the rubble aside, and no one could get up!

Damn! Heaven truly never bars every path!

Also, I'm seriously a genius!

"You can stay stuck there by yourself!"

Forcibly suppressing his fear, Fang Ran threw out a parting line and turned to leave.

Heh! As long as I climb that wall!

Fang Ran ran excitedly in that direction. But after only two steps, he saw a Black Shadow come from the other side of the collapsed building—from the sky, no less—

Boom!

It crashed down right in front of him.

The wall collapsed.

Fang Ran: "."

No, did it have to slap him in the face this hard?

A second later, Fang Ran shakily raised his hand. Trembling with disbelief, his face filled with despair, he thought of a horrifying possibility.

Could it be that everything collapses wherever I go?!

Fang Ran fell into a state of profound dazed shock. He did not even notice the unconscious Ye Sheng amid the rubble.

"ROAR!!"

The Zombie let out another furious roar, clawing at the debris around it. It seemed like it would soon break free.

At that, Fang Ran finally exhaled a murky breath as though resigning himself to Fate. Grabbing his hair, he sighed helplessly.

"Fine, Fate. You win."

I'll use it. I'll use it, okay?!

No longer caring whether he held a belt or a Magic Wand in his hand, he cast aside all distractions. Every movement from his memories awakened in his mind!

The Magic Wand began spinning in Fang Ran's hand!

"I command you, become the sharpest blade in my hand!"

He drew out that card, thick and extraordinary in texture, and tossed it before him with the same motion Sakura used in anime. Even though he felt the action was unbearably awkward and humiliating, he still raised the Magic Wand high and shouted through gritted teeth!

"Release the Seal!"

Then—

The Clow Card dropped straight to the ground.

Because Old Newton had explained the existence of gravity and other forces.

So it did not magically spin in midair.

The belt... no, the Magic Wand swung through empty air. The air suddenly became deathly silent.

Fang Ran suddenly felt deeply deceived.

I clearly tried so hard. I even shouted those embarrassing lines. I...

I really tried hard!

He threw the belt onto the ground again. Fang Ran's brow twitched as he clenched his fists and ground his teeth!

"Why the fuck does it teach me objective science when it's forcing me to use magic?!"

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