Hidden Beneath the Gold...

The world inside the Sky Screen is about to face an invasion by Demons. In contrast, the world beneath the Sky Screen, which nipped Youyou's plan in the bud, has a much lower chance of being invaded by Demons.

This is probably why Sky Screen chose to air these two anime series.

Regardless of the origin of the Sky Screen, at least the airing of these two anime series has temporarily spared the world from the crisis of the Demons invasion.

"Sigh, there's no eleventh episode."

After the ending theme played, Lyla let out a regretful sigh.

Unlike the three episodes that aired consecutively at the end of the first season, there was no eleventh episode after the tenth episode of the second season.

It seems that the accelerated release of the first season was indeed because Sky Screen sensed something, which is why they had to speed up the broadcast to avoid a worse outcome.

"Alright, episode ten is over now. What are you going to do now? Go out and do your 'Magical Girls' work, or come train with me?"

Fang Ming stopped looking at the Sky Screen and asked Lyla.

Lyla stretched lazily, looking at Fang Ming with a disgusted and speechless expression:

"Uncle, are you out of your mind? It's already 10:30! Of course you should be sleeping!"

"..."

Fang Ming remained silent.

That's true, because when the Nightmare Seed still existed, Yu Muqiu and the others often chose to go out to 'work' at night, and Fang Ming also thought that Lyla was the kind of Magical Girls who would fight 'monsters' at night.

But actually, it's normal to rest at this time; Fang Ming almost fell into a cognitive trap.

"That's settled then. I'm going to rest now. Uncle, you can handle it yourself. Don't worry about it."

Lyla yawned and walked up to the second floor of the warehouse.

On the second floor of the spacious warehouse, there was a large bed with slightly worn-out bedding, which looked like secondhand bedding from who-knows-where.

However, the second floor was very clean overall, with no dirty or messy areas.

Lyla simply threw herself onto the large bed, without taking off her clothes or washing up, grabbed a pillow, and fell fast asleep.

Seeing Lyla's completely unguarded state, Fang Ming frowned and couldn't help but sigh.

He also went up to the second floor and pulled Lyla out of bed, saying:

"No face washing, no brushing teeth, no hair styling, not even changing out of your bathrobe... Is this how you usually sleep?"

"Uncle, you're so annoying! I like sleeping like this, I can sleep whenever I want, do you have a problem with that?!"

Lyla called out to Fang Ming in dissatisfaction.

Her blonde hair was now a mess from her earlier movements.

Fang Ming looked at her expressionlessly and said:

"Don't call me 'uncle,' call me 'teacher.'"

"Ha?"

"Didn't you ask me to teach you fighting techniques? Well, the first lesson I'll give you is to pay attention to your appearance, so..."

Fang Ming lifted Lyla by the scruff of her neck, like carrying a kitten, and carried her back to the lobby on the first floor, placing her directly opposite the restroom before saying:

"Finish your wash-up before you go to sleep!"

"You bastard--!!"

Lyla nearly exploded. She instinctively pulled out her phone from her pocket and said to Fang Ming:

"Don't think I can't beat you! Just wait until I transform, and see what I'll do... Huh? Little K, you betrayed me!?"

Lyla was only halfway through her sentence when she suddenly changed the subject, turning her attention to her contracted creature Little K.

Fang Ming didn't know what Little K had said to Lyla, but looking at Lyla's flushed face and recalling what Lyla had just said, Fang Ming roughly guessed that Little K was probably speaking up for him.

Otherwise, Lyla wouldn't have uttered the word 'betrayal'.

The thought of suddenly having a 'companion' brought a 'kind' smile to Fang Ming's face. He said to Lyla:

"It seems your partner agrees with my actions, Miss Lyla."

Fang Ming personally opened the bathroom door for Lyla, pointing to the facilities inside and saying, "So, should I take you in, or will you come in yourself?"

"?! You... you want to do it yourself?! Pervert! Disgusting! You lecher! Get out of my way!"

Lyla instinctively assumed a defensive stance, watching Fang Ming.

Then he pushed Fang Ming aside and went into the bathroom himself, saying:

"I'll do it myself! And no peeking!"

"..."

Although I'm not that kind of person, I still want to say that with your kid-like physique, I really wouldn't stoop to peeping...

Fang Ming inwardly grumbled, but to avoid the blond-haired man getting angry again, Fang Ming simply smiled, shrugged, walked to the sofa, sat down, turned on his computer, and started working, no longer paying attention to the bathroom.

"Little K! You betrayed me!!"

In the restroom, Lyla spoke in a low voice to her phone.

The previously black screen of the smartphone suddenly lit up, and an adorable little girl with deer antlers appeared on the screen.

She is Lyla's contracted creature, Magical Creatures in the form of a deer, Kelly.

You can also call her Little K.

Little K, the little girl with antlers wearing a white dress, covered her mouth and smiled after hearing Lyla's words, then said to Lyla:

"Isn't that good? You have someone to take care of you, so you don't have to be all messy all day long, and you can't even take care of your hair."

Why waste time fixing something that can be done instantly with magic?

Lyla rolled her eyes.

What she hated most were these trivial details. If it weren't for her hair, which her deceased mother had insisted she keep, Lyla would have cut it short long ago.

Simple and convenient!

And the dyeing process won't be as troublesome!

"But you still need to wash up at night, right? It seems like you haven't brushed your teeth for several days, has it?"

"..."

Lyla remained silent.

She hadn't had a proper rest these past few days because she was busy causing trouble for the Crocodile Brotherhood, and she hadn't paid much attention to her personal hygiene either, so she couldn't refute what Little K said.

Unable to win an argument with Little K, Lyla simply changed the subject:

"Speaking of which, was that old man really looking for Magical Girls?"

"Based on age... you should call him brother..." Little K muttered, but quickly replied:

"Probably. Aside from that, I can't think of any other reason why he would be here, but there are two problems."

"What?"

Little K held up one finger on the screen and said, "First, why did he come alone? Why weren't those Magical Girls with him?"

After saying that, Little K held up his second finger and said:

"Secondly, if his information came from official sources, why weren't there any officials around him? And why didn't he notify the authorities after finding us?"

After Little K finished speaking, he pinched his chin on the screen, lowered his head in thought, and finally withdrew two fingers, raising only one finger to say:

"And both of these points can actually be summarized in one sentence: Why did he come alone? Who is he relying on? Doesn't he know that he, like the Magical Girls, is already a world-famous person?"

Little K is quite intelligent. Unlike the silly cat Nino and Youyou, who, despite being a top student, lacks social experience, Little K's speech and behavior are more like those of a rational adult.

Not students.

Little K's analysis was very insightful. Lyla blinked, recalling Fang Ming's movements and skills in the alley, and said:

"Perhaps he thinks he can handle all the trouble?"

"Maybe, but I always felt that this 'cousin' gentleman was a bit strange."

What's strange about it?

"Hmm... I can't quite explain it, but he probably didn't mean any harm, so..." Little K smiled, raised her finger and pointed to her upper left corner, which was also directly opposite Lyla's upper right corner.

There were battery level and time displays there, and clearly, Little K was pointing to the time on the phone.

She smiled and said:

"You'd better hurry up and wash up, don't keep him waiting too long, otherwise he might get really angry and refuse to teach you fighting techniques, don't blame me for not warning you."

"Tsk, troublesome."

Lyla scratched her head in frustration and began to wash up seriously.

Little K smiled as he looked at her. A few seconds later, the figure disappeared from the phone, and the phone screen went black again.

In the endless ocean of data, Little K stared at several unusual data streams, his pupils darting around.

There was one more thing she hadn't told Lyla.

That means people are searching for them online, not just official sources, but also ordinary citizens.

The search efforts from the general public were the most intense, with several data streams nearly leading to information about Lyla.

Fortunately, it's alright.

Little K is now a data being; her greatest 'magic' is altering data.

Chapter 173 Hidden Beneath the Gold...

"Old Fang, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's that I've really tried my best."

On the other end of the phone, Meng Chen sighed:

"We've searched for so many 'Aurora,' including quite a few with red hair and a few with blue hair, but none of them seem like Magical Girls... Are you sure you're not mistaken?"

Fang Ming, holding his Bluetooth headset, listened to Meng Chen's complaints on the other end of the call, then glanced up at the blonde girl still in the bathroom. He whispered:

"The name should be correct, but as for the rest... I'm not really sure."

"So you're asking me for help with unverified information?"

Meng Chen was utterly speechless on the other end of the communication line.

Fang Ming did not respond; he was trying to figure out where things had gone wrong.

After a moment of silence, Meng Chen asked:

"So what do we say? Should we continue searching?"

"Forget it, thank you for your trouble. I'll handle the rest."

Fang Ming abandoned the idea of finding Aurora through hacking, since, judging from the current situation, he and Meng Chen were just wasting their time.

"I understand. Oh, right, Lao Fang, you still haven't told me why I'm the one replacing you in the Sky Screen— "

Click.

Before Meng Chen could finish speaking, Fang Ming decisively hung up the call.

And then he blocked Meng Chen.

Although he knew that with Meng Chen's hacking skills, it wouldn't take long for him to become his friend again.

But Fang Ming's decisiveness sent a signal to Meng Chen.

That means you shouldn't ask questions you shouldn't ask, because he won't answer anyway.

In the Sky Screen, Fang Ming was supposed to be helping Xiao Qiu monitor the entire city, but in the end, the person sitting in front of the monitor became Meng Chen.

While the audience certainly couldn't tell the difference between Meng Chen and Fang Ming, could Meng Chen herself not recognize herself?

That's why he brought up this issue with Fang Ming.

But how could Fang Ming possibly answer truthfully?

He had no intention of telling everyone that he and Xiao Bai were the same person, so he let Meng Chen guess for himself.

Anyway, whatever he guessed, he had no evidence.