Chapter 274
"What about the monster?" Fang Ming continued, "You must have encountered a monster that escaped from the town, right?"
"..."
Hunter remained silent.
He stared at the gun hovering in the air before him, and recalled the monster that had taken dozens of soldiers to defeat. He vaguely realized that something extraordinary had probably happened in the world.
After thinking for only a few seconds, Hunter replied:
"I don't know what that monster is, I only know that its body is very tough, and ordinary bullets or even armor-piercing bullets cannot cause it any effective damage."
"Only then, with more powerful firearms, can we damage and destroy them by sheer numbers."
"You only encountered one monster?" Fang Ming asked, frowning, after listening to Hunter's account.
Hunter was stunned. "One isn't enough?"
The words had barely left his mouth when Hunter suddenly realized something, his expression turning extremely grim. He asked:
"Could there be more than one monster like this!?"
"Didn't you use drones to scout out the town?"
"The order is to 'seal off the town,' and no other means are permitted to probe the town's interior, so..."
Hunter's expression turned ugly.
If there's more than one monster like this in the town, and the higher-ups forbid them from exploring the town's interior, does that mean... the higher-ups already knew what was happening in the town?
So what exactly are they blocking off here?!
Hunter's expression shifted between light and dark. Recalling the foolish orders and stupid things those people in the Americas District had given him, he sensed a conspiracy.
Fang Ming observed Hunter's expression, confirmed that he was not lying, and nodded slightly.
So, Hunter was indeed just following orders.
But if the monsters in the town don't escape, what's the point of the Americas District Federation having these people stationed here?
Fang Ming also had a bad feeling at this moment.
The presence of this army, whose specific circumstances are unknown, certainly has its significance, but what exactly is that significance?
Da da da da--!!
Boom!!!
Fang Ming and Hunter were still facing off when suddenly gunshots rang out and thunder roared outside.
At the same time, Hunter's walkie-talkie also crackled to life, and a soldier's voice came through, shouting:
"It's terrible, Colonel!! Monsters... so many monsters are rushing out of the town!! We can't hold them off any longer--Aa..."
"Kevin!!!"
The screams coming from the walkie-talkie made Hunter's eyes widen in horror; clearly, he had a good relationship with this guy named Kevin.
Upon hearing the intelligence transmitted over the walkie-talkie, Fang Ming suddenly understood the significance of this army's presence here.
It's not about sealing off the town and the monsters; they came here for only one reason: to become the monsters' targets!
Become a live target for those monsters to practice on!
(Ruthless! Those in Upper Rank in the Americas District are truly ruthless!)
(Using monsters to train troops? No... using your own soldiers to test the strength of monsters? What kind of crazy tactic is that??)
(The Americas District had previously planned to create 'super soldiers,' and they obviously wanted to see if these monsters could become 'super soldiers.')
(That's not all! Perhaps they also want to see just how far true supernatural power can go—that's something they're capable of!)
(I now wonder how those soldiers under the Sky Screen felt. Did they know they would be used as expendable pawns later?)
Sky Screen, the monsters of the town launched a full-scale attack on the soldiers stationed outside, and Hunter's expression below the Sky Screen also turned very ugly.
He never imagined that he would one day be treated as a pawn to be abandoned!
"... Colonel?"
Lieutenant Kevin stood beside Hunter, also frowning as he looked at the Sky Screen, and said to Hunter with concern:
"Colonel, will they, like what happened in the movie 'Sky Screen,' make us... the targets of monsters?"
"Hmph, they wouldn't dare do that now."
Hunter sneered, "The whole world is watching them now. Unless they really want to die, they definitely won't dare to make a move against us!"
Before the Sky Screen was revealed, perhaps the higher-ups in the Americas District would still send them on these suicidal missions.
But now that the Sky Screen has been exposed, the eyes of the whole world are focused on this place, including the eyes of the Magical Girls.
Unless the [Hunter] in the Sky Screen does something wrong, the real-life Hunter and his subordinates are inherently among the victims.
Unless those people in the Americas District are stupid, they definitely won't let Hunter and his crew do anything risky.
It might even turn around and protect Hunter and his group.
But despite saying that, Hunter was a little skeptical of his boss's character.
He gazed at himself and Fang Ming reflected in the Sky Screen, lost in thought.
I heard that the Magical Girl Alliance has been established and now needs some military personnel to guard the area around their base. Should he... submit an application?
"Strange... it seems like all the monsters have run away?"
Inside the town, among the tourists being protected by Luna, one of them peered out at the monsters running away and whispered a question to Luna.
Luna's gaze was fixed on the direction the monsters had fled, her embroidered brows furrowed.
She turned to look at Lien, Lien said, "It looks like they received some kind of order... This might be an opportunity, Luna. You can take this chance and get them to safety now."
Luna turned to look at the group of survivors she had found.
There were five of them in total, from different places, all travelers who were stopping in White Forest Town to rest.
On the day of the incident, they were planning to leave White Forest Town, but the sudden appearance of the monster disrupted their plans.
After being separated from their companions and witnessing the deaths of some innocent bystanders, this group gathered in the basement of a villa, locked the door, and remained silent, which is how they survived until now.
Incidentally, one of them was a reporter, and he was carrying a portable video camera at the time.
It was he who, after securing his safety and while there was still a signal, uploaded the video to the internet. It was subsequently captured by hackers and placed on a hacker-owned network, where Meng Chen saw it.
It's thanks to him that the Magical Girls learned about the situation and came to their rescue.
In this respect, you could say he saved himself.
"I can only bring a maximum of two people..."
Luna hesitated, glancing at the people around her.
There are five people in total, three men and two women. Apart from a couple, the rest don't know each other.
Upon hearing Luna say that she could only bring two, one of the men, a middle-aged man with slightly balding hair, immediately said:
"Take me... take me out! I can give you money! Lots of money!!"
"No! I'm still young! I don't want to die, take me out of here first!!"
The youngest girl was also pleading with Luna.
Luna frowned even deeper, looking very conflicted.
"Let's take that reporter and that girl out first," Lien suggested softly to Luna.
Luna blinked. "Why?"
"Thanks to this reporter's video, Mr. Fang Ming was able to realize that something was wrong with this town, and he deserves it."
"As for the girl here... she looks very light, taking her won't be too much of a burden for you."
Lien made a rational judgment.
Actually, it was simply the gazes of that middle-aged man and the other couple that made Lien feel disgusted.
In that couple, the girl seemed to look at Luna with a hint of jealousy. It was unclear whether she recognized Luna's identity or was simply envious of Luna's extraordinary powers.
The middle-aged man's gaze was far too... filthy, which made Lien very uncomfortable.
If it weren't for Luna's kindness and Lien's desire to maintain a good impression of Luna, Lien would definitely have chosen to let the three of them fend for themselves there.
After Lien chose who to leave, the middle-aged man and the couple started arguing again. Fortunately, although Luna was kind, she was not one to be bullied.
Their commotion, however, forced Luna to make a choice.
She told the remaining people to stay hidden there, while she, along with the reporter and the youngest girl, flew into the sky, heading towards safety outside the town.
Of course, she didn't forget to use magic to conceal her figure during this time.
"Thank you... thank you so much!"
The reporter was held in Luna's hand like a chick, hanging in the air, but he wasn't angry at all. Instead, he thanked Luna profusely.
Luna calmly replied, "It's nothing."
After all, taking a few people with her was nothing to her, who was already Magical Girls.
But the reporter didn't think so. Perhaps because he was away from danger, he suddenly became quite talkative, rambling on and on:
"No, no, no matter what, you saved me! I must thank you! But speaking of which... I sensed something was off about this town before, but I never imagined they'd go this far..."
"Huh? What do you mean?" The reporter's words caught Lien's attention. Clinging to Luna's back, she asked the reporter with a puzzled look.
The reporter adjusted his glasses and said, "To be honest, I'm not actually a tourist. I'm an undercover reporter who specializes in investigating strange things. I received information that there are cultists kidnapping people in this town, and some passersby are mysteriously disappearing."
"The day the monster appeared, I was gathering information by following a suspicious target, and then... then I saw it—that guy injected something into his body with a syringe! And then the monster appeared!"
"My God, this is terrifying! Those cultists... they actually turned themselves into something like this!"
"..."
Luna suddenly stopped in mid-air, her eyes wide, and turned to the reporter, asking:
"You mean, those monsters... are cultists??"
"Yes! Look, I even have video footage! I'll expose them when I get out!"
The reporter then reached for the video he had previously recorded with a portable camera.
But Luna had no time to think about any of that.
When Luna encountered this group of survivors, Luna remembered that Aurora had told her Telepathy that she had also encountered some survivors.
And those survivors... seem to be the town's 'cult members'!
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Thanks to 'Shu Ke 50643780977', 'Silly Baji Chang Yeyue' and 'Fu Hua?' for their spicy tips~
Thanks to 'LingShang' for the salted fish thrust reward~
Thanks to 'Luo Ye Guixi' for the soap tip!
Thank you~~
Volume 3 Side Story <Magical Girl Aurora>: Chapter 301 The Destroyed Transformation Device
(Oh no! Something terrible is going to happen!!!)
(Holy crap, these guys... are they really going to attack Aurora??)
(That's hard to say... if this group really is a cult, and they really did turn into weirdos on their own accord...)
(White Forest Town, right! I've got it! You'd better not do anything foolish! Otherwise--)
Otherwise, angry netizens will turn White Forest Town into a 'no-forest' town!
Actually, netizens don't need to say it.
The Federation began taking action after realizing that the cultists in White Forest Town might have designs on Aurora.
With the Americas District becoming increasingly chaotic and the existence of Demons now undeniable, the Federation deeply understands that the existence of Magical Girls is necessary to protect this world.
In addition to the 'conditions' that Xiao Bai had previously agreed upon with the Federation, the Federation is now wholeheartedly focused on the well-being of Magical Girls.
Anyone who tries to harm the Magical Girls will be eliminated by them.
Regardless of the faction.