The Monster Appears Again

"Uncle! What's wrong?!"

"Tsk, someone's blocking the way."

Fang Ming narrowed his eyes, staring at the car that had deliberately stopped in front of him, his left hand already in his side pocket.

Thanks to the 'local custom' of not banning guns in the Americas District, Fang Ming now carries an ordinary, easily concealable handgun with him.

Handguns are basically useless against Magical Girls and monsters, but they are still useful against ordinary people.

In front of Aurora, Fang Ming had to maintain his 'ordinary persona' no matter what.

As for whether it's reasonable for ordinary people to carry guns... that's none of your business, as long as no magic was used.

Aurora heard someone blocking her way and immediately looked around.

Sure enough, the cars in front blocked Fang Ming's car, and other cars blocked other routes to prevent Fang Ming's car from escaping from another direction.

Looking at the markings and license plates on these vehicles, Aurora frowned and said:

"Those damn crocodiles again... What are they up to?"

"Don't get agitated, they don't seem to have any malicious intent."

Fang Ming whispered to Aurora.

Although the Crocodile Brotherhood members did indeed stop Fang Ming's car, after getting out, they bowed deeply in Fang Ming's direction. At the same time, the leader walked towards Fang Ming with a smile even more obsequious than a scoundrel.

How can I describe that smile...?

In Stephen Chow's comedy film "Kung Fu," the leader of the Axe Gang has a strategist who flashes a fawning smile when encountering a powerful enemy or a difficult opponent.

Indeed, this guy in front of him was just like a strategist in a movie, his humble and subservient posture was practically begging Fang Ming to kneel down and lick his shoes.

It's hard to say that this guy came with malicious intent.

They say you can't hit a smiling face, and these people are practically begging to lick Fang Ming's feet with their smiles. Fang Ming is too embarrassed to actually pull out his gun and call them out one by one.

So after a moment's thought, Fang Ming gestured for Aurora to be quiet, then secretly covered his entire body with magic to prevent anyone from shooting at him. Only then did he roll down the car window and ask the guy:

"The Crocodile Brotherhood? What's up?"

"Um... haha, you must be Mr. Fang Ming, right? Well... it's nothing much, it's just that our boss would like to meet with you and Miss Campbell, just once... we hope you and Miss Campbell can do us the honor..."

The Crocodile Brotherhood member, dressed in a black suit, adopted the most humble posture Fang Ming, while occasionally glancing cautiously at the back seat.

Fang Ming noticed the beads of sweat on the other man's forehead and glanced at his slightly twitching Adam's apple. He knew that the guy was extremely nervous and afraid that Fang Ming would refuse.

After a moment's thought, Fang Ming knew why.

The release of the first episode of Sky Screen not only made Aurora a world celebrity, but also put the Crocodile Brotherhood in the spotlight.

Countless people are eyeing the Crocodile Brotherhood, just waiting for them to do something stupid in the second episode so they can swarm in, claiming it's 'avenging Aurora,' and devour this prize completely.

Therefore, the Crocodile Brotherhood must save itself.

To save themselves, they must find the key figure who put the Crocodile Brotherhood in this predicament.

Aurora.

If they could gain Aurora's forgiveness and approval, even just a single word in public, the Crocodile Brotherhood's predicament would crumble on its own.

This is why they were willing to risk offending Fang Ming to intercept Fang Ming here.

After all, if Fang Ming and Aurora were to actually go to the N City, they would never have the chance to meet the Magical Girls again.

Fang Ming stared intently at the gang member before him, not answering immediately, but turning to Aurora and asking:

"Little girl, what's your opinion?"

"I told you not to call me 'little girl'!" Aurora retorted habitually, then added, "... Whatever, it's up to you, Uncle."

She crossed her arms, turned her head away, and didn't want to look at the Crocodile Brotherhood members.

Fang Ming then looked at the person who had spoken and asked:

How did you find us?

"Um... well, send someone to keep watch. If they spot a car we might instinctively overlook, surround it immediately..."

"Tsk, quite clever."

Fang Ming quickly understood how the Crocodile Brotherhood found them.

Because this vehicle is also protected by a spell similar to "no unauthorized personnel allowed," ordinary people will instinctively avoid or ignore it when they encounter it.

However, this magic cannot hide from surveillance. So when ordinary people and surveillance cameras are both focused on the same area, as long as they keep an eye on the cameras and determine what the surveillance personnel are observing in the current area, they can easily escape detection.

By comparing the two, it would be easy to identify Fang Ming's car, which had been enchanted.

That's why Fang Ming said the Crocodile Brotherhood quite clever.

"Alright, lead the way."

Fang Ming said simply to the man and rolled up the car window again.

Since the other party has gone to such lengths, Fang Ming wouldn't mind giving them the opportunity to meet.

After all, he really should have a good talk with the local bigwigs about the matter of Aurora's 'compensation'.

Chapter 196 The Monster Appears Again

The boss of the Crocodile Brotherhood is named Tucker.

He was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties.

He became president ten years ago.

Over the course of ten years, he transformed the Crocodile Brotherhood, which at the time only occupied two districts, into one of the three major underground gangs in N City. His methods and wisdom were truly remarkable.

Having secured this position, his family is now his primary concern.

Especially his own brother, who is more than ten years younger than him.

To train his younger brother, even though he was second-in-command, Tucker demoted him to the debt collection department to collect debts from others.

This job is simple in some ways, but difficult in others. Collecting debts is easy, of course, but it's difficult not to feel sympathy and compassion for the various people from all walks of life you encounter while collecting debts, including those from the lowest rungs of society who are struggling financially but have no choice but to borrow.

Tucker's original intention was to expose his younger brother to these things and toughen him up, but he never expected that his brother would die while collecting debts.

Tucker didn't think much of it at the time; his brother's death had clouded his judgment. After investigating, he discovered that almost all the debt collectors were dead, and the only survivor was a girl named 'Lyla'.

That's why Tucker started a city-wide manhunt for Lyla, ordering his men to capture the brat alive and bring her before him to find out the real reason for his brother's death.

But...

Who the hell would have thought that those monsters that appeared out of nowhere were the ones who killed my brother!

Lyla... Aurora was not only not the murderer of her brother, but she actually avenged him.

Of course, if all they know is the truth, that's fine too. At worst, Tucker can personally apologize to the Magical Girls, and that'll be the end of it.

But unfortunately, the Sky Screen exposed all of this to the whole world!

Now things are really messed up. The stock of his own group has plummeted, and countless enemies are eyeing his prize, wanting to devour the entire Brotherhood alive. In just one day, the Crocodile Brotherhood become precarious.

Seeing the skyscraper he had built with his own hands about to collapse, Tucker was naturally extremely anxious.

He then mobilized all the resources at his disposal, using the political, business, and underworld circles to find Aurora and respectfully invite her here in an attempt to win her forgiveness!

Magical Girls now more than just hope for this world; they are like gods!

They probably don't even realize that if they were willing to stand on the screen, in front of the public, and say that they would lead people toward hope, the people would immediately kick out the incompetent Federation president and push them to the top.

It's not impossible that the entire world could even be transformed back into a religion-centric world.

Because compared to the ancient churches that only had doctrines and no 'God', there really is a 'God' in the real world.

Magical Girls are gods!

If God has spoken, then even the most unforgivable sins can be forgiven.

Because God forgave him.

That's why Tucker is sitting here, holding a 'cross' shaped like Magical Girl Xiao Qiu's wand, praying as he waits for the person in question to arrive.

"Boss! Mr. Fang and Miss Campbell are here!"

As Tucker held his staff and prayed devoutly before the portrait of the Magical Girl Xiao Qiu in the room, his subordinate suddenly burst in and shouted at Tucker.

In the past, a subordinate who didn't know the rules like that would definitely have been dragged out and fed to the fish by Tucker.

But at this moment, he no longer cared about these trivial details, and instead excitedly told his subordinates:

"Quick... quickly, please bring him over!!"

Urged by Tucker, a handsome young man with short, black hair and a petite blonde girl walked in from outside the door.

The young man with black, tousled hair is Fang Ming, the cousin and a crucial character among the Magical Girls.

The other blonde girl is Magical Girl Aurora has dyed her hair!

Upon seeing the two, Tucker was so excited he almost cried.

Before the two could speak, Tucker strode up to them, decisively and without hesitation, knelt before them, slamming his forehead heavily on the ground, and said:

"Lady Aurora!! I was wrong about what happened before, please forgive me!!!"

"!?"

Fang Ming was stunned, Aurora was dumbfounded.

The two of them were stunned for a long time.

So what's going on here?

Even with his vast experience, Fang Ming was stunned for a long time upon seeing one of the underworld bosses kneeling before him.

When Fang Ming learned that the leader of the Crocodile Brotherhood wanted to meet him and Aurora, he had already made countless preparations and contingency plans in his mind.

He imagined that the Crocodile Boss in front of him would be like in "The Godfather," maintaining his mafia boss aura while engaging in a transactional conversation with Fang Ming.

He also thought that the crocodile boss would speak to them kindly and try to win Aurora's forgiveness.

She even considered that the crocodile boss might look down on Aurora, thinking Aurora was just a little kid, and condescendingly order her Aurora to do certain things.

But...

I never expected this.

The moment they met, the other party showed no restraint and had none of the demeanor expected of a gang leader, immediately prostrating himself in a classic dogeza (prostration).

Even if a Japanese person came to see this, they would think it's a textbook example of perfection.

Fang Ming was stunned, and Aurora stared wide-eyed for a long time before she could recover.

Seeing that Aurora didn't seem inclined to speak, Fang Ming then addressed the leader of the Crocodile Gang:

"Um... Mr. Tucker, right? Would you like to get up? It's not very convenient for us to talk like this..."

"Alright, alright, no problem. Divine Messenger... uh, no, Mr. Fang, please have a seat. You and Lady Aurora, please have a seat first!"

With Fang Ming's permission, Tucker immediately stood up and respectfully invited Fang Ming and Aurora to sit down.

Divine messenger...?

Ah?

What the heck?

Fang Ming's expression grew increasingly strange as he listened to how Tucker addressed him.

Meanwhile, Tucker had already brewed two cups of hot tea for Fang Ming and Aurora.

Watching Tucker's skillful tea-making technique, Fang Ming couldn't help but scrutinize Tucker.

His dark golden short hair, meticulously groomed stubble, and emerald green eyes all testify to his Americas District.

However, among the decorations in the room, there was a calligraphy banner that read "Clear Mirror, Still Water" hanging on the wall, and landscape paintings of Central Continent District hanging on both sides.

Fang Ming even saw a statue of Guan Gong in this world.

And Japanese samurai swords displayed on the shelf.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing is the several portraits of Magical Girls hanging behind the office.

"..."