Chapter 265
More accurately, it's the back of your own hand.
Just as Fang Ming was pondering, Youyou said:
"... I don't recommend you do that."
"Ahem... I haven't said anything yet."
"Your eyes have already betrayed you. You know your own situation, unless..."
"I know, you don't need to continue... cough cough cough."
Fang Ming seemed to know what Youyou was going to say. He interrupted Youyou and printed out the documents in front of him, putting them into his phone.
He then picked up the katana he had swiped from the Crocodile Brotherhood, got up, and left.
"Alright, it's almost time. I need to go get a sturdier car."
N City is quite a distance from White Forest Town, and in order to save the Magical Girls' energy and to prevent the Magical Girls Aurora Society from finding out about their whereabouts, he needs to prepare a car in advance.
And it needs to be a very sturdy car.
Hmm... Ideally, you could even enchant it?
(So that's how it is, so that's how it is... and then this, awesome, I understand everything now! [I'm going crazy. jpg])
(Riddler, get off the planet!)
(So what are you talking about? How did my cousin's health get into trouble?)
(Yeah, and what's my cousin planning to do? He should just say it clearly!!)
(Exactly, what does 'unless' mean? You should finish what you're saying!)
(I hate riddles!)
(Me too!!!)
The conversation between Fang Ming and Youyou on the Sky Screen left the audience Sky Screen completely confused.
The only people who could understand their conversation were probably those few who knew Fang Ming's true identity.
"... Can't I become Xiao Bai anymore?"
Listening to the conversation between Sky Screen Fang Ming and Youyou, Xiao Bai muttered to himself.
From the very beginning of this episode, Fang Ming chose to go to find Tucker in his true form instead of his Magical Girl Form, and Sky Screen Xiao Bai hadn't appeared for a long time either.
Xiao Bai guessed that it was probably the Erosive Power from last time that caused a small problem for himself on the Sky Screen.
If there was no way to revert to the original form before, then now... perhaps it's impossible to transform into Magical Girls.
Or perhaps transformation is possible, but it might come at a great cost.
That's why Fang Ming chose to act in his original form, because he might not be able to afford the cost of transforming.
But... what exactly is it?
After transforming, will the Erosive Power further erode the body, leading to an irreversible process of Demonization?
Or perhaps... they've temporarily lost their Magical Girls transformation ability?
The information revealed on the Sky Screen was too little, and Xiao Bai was able to guess it because she knew the true connection between Fang Ming and Xiao Bai.
Although she didn't understand why Fang Ming couldn't transform into Xiao Bai, she couldn't help but worry.
The reason Aurora and Luna were able to escape unscathed was because Xiao Bai was there to cover for them.
But if Xiao Bai can't appear, and Aurora and Luna don't have any other help, then this 'final battle' might encounter some unexpected events.
What worries Xiao Bai even more is that the version of herself on the Sky Screen seems to think that Nicole is enough and doesn't plan to call Xiao Qiu and the others over.
Given that his own situation was already quite dire, he still wasn't planning to ask for help. Xiao Bai couldn't understand what he was thinking on the other side of the Sky Screen.
What was he worried about?
However, remembering that Fang Ming had already made preparations for Youyou to come over, Xiao Bai temporarily put aside her worries.
Sky Screen Fang Ming would never fight a battle he wasn't prepared for.
Perhaps, unseen by Xiao Bai, Sky Screen Fang Ming has already prepared all his backup plans.
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Volume 3 Side Story <Magical Girl Aurora>: Chapter 291 Infectious Disease?
A black Jeep was parked beside the national highway in the Americas District.
The jeep looks like it was modified from some special vehicle; the body is very thick, and the glass is also very thick, like bulletproof glass.
Even in the sunroof area, you can see some signs of modification, as if something was once installed on the sunroof.
Aurora couldn't recognize what kind of car it was.
As the heiress of an arms conglomerate, Luna expressed surprise and curiosity about the car:
"This is not... intended for the military..."
"Cough cough..." Fang Ming's cough interrupted Luna's words. He said softly, "They're just some discarded defective products. As long as they're not illegally modified, no one will care if they're driven on the road."
"Oh..."
Luna nodded slightly and asked no further questions.
Fang Ming breathed a slight sigh of relief, sat in the driver's seat, popped a throat lozenge into his mouth, put on his mask, and then said to the two people beside him:
"We'll set off now. Even at the fastest speed, it will take at least five hours to reach our destination. You can rest during that time."
"Tsk, I told you we could just fly there..."
Aurora, sitting in the passenger seat, clicked her tongue in dissatisfaction.
Driving there would be a waste of time and Pain, so it would be better to just fly there. With the Magical Girls's flying speed, even if she had to save energy and not fly too fast, she could reach her destination from N City in at least two hours.
There's absolutely no need to waste time.
Fang Ming simply smiled and replied, "Unless you want to be surrounded by a bunch of weirdos as soon as you arrive at your destination... we'd better play it safe."
"... Will the Aurora Society really use satellites to monitor us?"
Lien asked, puzzled.
It wasn't Fang Ming who answered her, but Kelly.
Kelly said, "That's possible, but it's probably not about monitoring us; it's more like unnatural flight paths."
"Even if they had a way to distinguish magic, they would definitely be able to detect Little Red and Xiao Lan's presence the moment they entered supersonic flight."
"And it's not just the Aurora Society," Fang Ming added, "The authorities might also target you."
"Why?" Luna asked, puzzled.
Fang Ming calmly said, "They won't allow forces they can't control to appear in this world. If I were the Aurora Society, I would even cooperate with the authorities to carry out a capture plan against you 'witches'."
"That's probably why Mr. Fang Ming wanted to go there in the normal way," Kelly asked.
Fang Ming nodded. "Yes, once they focus their attention on the 'supernatural,' they will ignore the ordinary things."
"Therefore, going through the area normally, pretending to be a passerby who has accidentally wandered in, is the safest way and will save us a lot of trouble."
"All right..."
Hearing Fang Ming and Kelly's explanation, Aurora was still a little anxious, but she stopped complaining. She leaned back in the passenger seat, crossed her arms, and looked out the window.
Fang Ming said no more and started the vehicle, heading towards White Forest Town.
Although he intended to travel to his destination in a normal manner, Fang Ming floored the accelerator on the nearly empty road, exceeding 200 miles per hour, leaving a black afterimage on the national highway.
Fang Ming, who had finally upgraded his driving skills from LV2 to LV3 during this period, could almost act as a professional race car driver.
With his superhuman physical abilities and a little bit of magical assistance, Fang Ming had no worries about the car going out of control at high speeds.
A real-life version of "Speed" unfolded on the national highway.
Fang Ming was driving very fast, but Aurora and Luna didn't react much.
They are Magical Girls; even if the car has an accident along the way, they can get out of the car safely and might even be able to save Fang Ming.
So along the way, except when encountering sections of road with traffic police, Fang Ming would slow down slightly, otherwise he would keep the accelerator floored to the maximum speed to reach his destination.
At this Speed Demon, the agreed-upon five hours were shortened by Fang Ming to just two and a half hours.
When they were less than fifty miles from White Forest Town, Fang Ming slowed down.
"We'll be at our destination in a few minutes. Get ready... okay?"
Fang Ming had just finished speaking with the Magical Girls when he let out a surprised exclamation.
Hearing the surprised exclamation, Aurora turned her gaze from the side window to the front, and then she expressed the same question as Fang Ming:
"... What's going on? Why are the troops here?"
Just ahead of the route Fang Ming and his group were about to take, a group of heavily armed soldiers from the Americas District blocked the road.
One of the soldiers was standing at the cordon. Fang Ming raised his hand, signaling him to stop the vehicle.
Looking at the fully armed Federation soldiers, Fang Ming narrowed his eyes slightly and whispered to the two Magical Girls:
"No matter what happens later, do not use anything with magical power unless absolutely necessary, understand?"
"I understand, uncle."
"Um."
Aurora and Luna nodded simultaneously.
Fang Ming finally let out a breath, and at the soldier's signal, he pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road, rolled down the window, and asked the soldier:
"Sir, is there anything I can help you with?"
A fully armed soldier, wearing goggles, glanced inside the vehicle and then said to Fang Ming:
Please show me your driver's license and identification.
Fang Ming, already prepared, handed over his identification to the soldier, jokingly adding:
"Sir, you look like you're from the army, right? How come you're doing traffic police work? Cough cough..."
Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask.
The white soldier spoke indifferently, and in the meantime, he held up his driver's license and compared the photo on it with Fang Ming's.
After watching for a while, the white soldier asked, "From the Central Continent District? What are you doing in such a remote place?"
"Outing."
Fang Ming pointed to Aurora beside him and said with a smile, "This is my niece, and the one behind her is my niece's friend. They're about to start school, so I was thinking of taking them on a trip to the Americas District before they start school."
"I heard there's a forest nearby with pretty nice scenery, so..."
"Alright, Mr. Fang, I don't care where you're going next, just don't go through this area."
The white officer seemed impatient with Fang Ming's incessant chatter. He tossed his driver's license and ID back to Fang Ming while issuing him a warning.
Fang Ming looked utterly confused and asked, "What's wrong?"
"A highly contagious disease has broken out in the town ahead. If you don't want to be locked down here, what you need to do now is take yourself and your niece and go back."
The white officer said indifferently.
Fang Ming was very surprised to hear this, and his surprise was even tinged with some fear and unease. He quickly thanked the white officer:
"Oh... I see! Thank you for informing me, sir. I'll take my niece back right away!"
As he spoke, he started the vehicle and slowly reversed, fleeing along the national highway as if avoiding some monstrous flood, under the watchful eyes of the white officer and the surrounding soldiers.
Looking in the rearview mirror, Fang Ming's expression returned to normal only after the military troops had completely disappeared from view.
"'Infectious disease'... It seems the Federation does indeed know something."
Fang Ming said to the Magical Girls around him, "We can't even rule out the possibility that the Aurora Society already cooperated with the military."
"It's okay, we're already here... Uncle, find a place to park, Xiao Lan and I will sneak over."
Aurora wasn't discouraged; in fact, Aurora felt relieved when she realized the car hadn't gone in.